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This book was published in conjunction with the exhibition "Coming of Age: The WPA/FAP Graphic Arts Division & the American Print," part of an exhibition suite on the art of the New Deal Era exhibited at the Northern Illinois Art Museum - May 28, 2010.
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Hodgins named Big Sky's top Freshman; Nelson, Ojeda on All-Conference Team
Following a successful run in the 2012-13 Big Sky regular season, the Eastern Washington University women's basketball team had three individual members honored on the All-Big Sky Conference Team, which was announced last Monday, March 11.
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In a vote of the league's 11 head coaches, sophomore guard Lexie Nelson was one of six players selected to the All-Big Sky First Team, while senior Carrie Ojeda earned the first All-Conference distinction of her career as a member of the honorable mention squad.
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With much warmer air moving into central Indiana, fog will be a big concern. Temperatures are 10-15 degrees warmer than 24 hours ago. Right now winds are strong enough to prevent the fog from developing. Once the winds lighten up, fog will form quickly and it will be dense. We will be watching this hour by hour overnight and on Thursday. Most of the latest analysis has this happening later Thursday and Friday. We will have all of the ingredients in place for dense fog…warmer air, snow on the ground and light winds.
Fog and rain are in the forecast for Friday. Heavy rain is forecast for the weekend, with highs in the 50s. The warmest actually be Saturday night and early Sunday. This is also when the heaviest rain will fall. Rainfall potential is 1-3 inches and with the snow melting, flooding is a concern this weekend. Temperatures will back through the 30s later Sunday and a few snow showers may mix with the rain. This is an active weather pattern, so stay tuned for updates.


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This weekend, the Minnesota Center for Book arts (MCBA to its friends) is celebrating its 25th anniversary, and they'll be having a day full of creative events and activities, starting at 10 am. Most relevant to my particular slice of local journalism is that the local cell of the International Cartoonist Conspiracy will be at the Center from 1 to 4 pm, with information and help on creating your own mini-comics! They'll have templates, sample books, and lots of good old-fashioned advice and assistance.
The event's aimed at middle- and high-schoolers, but don't let that stop you older (or younger!) folks; these cartoonists are happy to teach people of all ages how to create your own slice of sequential art. There's no schedule, either; drop in any time from 1 to 4 and there'll be helpful cartoonists on hand.
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Our coils use Litz wire. Coil testing gives excellent depth capabilities, all with light weight for size coils.
These coils have a low parasitic capacitance and excellent internal resonance, making them sharp and powerful. They may require a new range of settings. They give excellent weight for size. Larger size coils may be more susceptible to EMI than smaller ones.
Detector Coil Sizes and Pricing:
Coil sizes begin at 6″ and go to 30″. Prices below are for round Mono's and increase at $10.00 per extra inch diameter. Variations of shape are the same pricing, but need to be arranged by special order.
Coils now come with a skid skin fitted over the outer coil circle.
15″ Litz Wire Example/Demo Front and Side View.
All Detector coils are waterproof.
Size Price Coil Weight (approx plus skid skin )
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8″ - $280.00 530 g
12″ - $320.00 580 g
15″ - $350.00 680-780g
20″ - $400.00 780-980 g
25″ - $450.00 900g-1.2 kg
30″ - $ 500.00 950g-1.2kg
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14″ Coil: 38 X 38 X 6 cm 1.8 kg
18″ Coil: 49 X 49 X 6 cm 2.0 kg
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Phone Chris on 02 69263530, or mobile 0448992033, or send an email using the address on the Contact Page. Provide me with your postcode, location, phone number, and the size detector coil you may want and I can arrange shipping prices and let you know total costs. We prefer Direct Deposit. If this is not suitable, we can send you a PayPal invoice, or some other method. We do not have credit card facilities, but you can use a card in PayPal.
We do not keep all detector coil sizes in stock and there may be up to two weeks before we can have your order ready to go. Also please read the section below on what we do and about the Carbon Coils.
Detector Coils are packed in a flat pack for shipping. Pick up is available in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Shipping world wide is available.
Coils up to 25″ are generally sent by Australia Post. Over that size we quote for shipping using Interparcel (the link below). You can use the link to check yourself, or contact me and I will arrange a quote for you.
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We custom case detector coils in several sizes up to 35″. We can also case a coil winding to any size you have (up to 50″) or want by special order if necessary. The sizes of the detector coils shown above and below are our field testing set. Each coil is individually cased using a combination of carbon fiber and composite materials.
48 inch coil mounted on a Minelab Detector
The windings are made using a combination of materials and wire from Link Technologies in Melbourne Australia and the USA. Prices above are for this super sharp wire or Litz wire coil winding made into a coil using carbon and composite fiber. Link Technologies also do Detector Mods. If you want information about Mods, cables, or other technical information you can talk to Peter (Woody) using the Link Technologies link above.
Size comparison of a 36″ uncased coil winding from Link Technologies , with a 17 X 12 and an 18″ coil inside.
Our composite cased detector coils are not factory cased. Each one is handcrafted with techniques which enable us to effectively case these coil windings. Because of this it is important for you to note that there may be imperfections in the appearance of the casing. These are aesthetic only and will not affect the durability and structural strength of the coil. What we do guarantee is that your coil will be tough and durable! They are also waterproof.
The outer coil case consists of approximately 1.2 mm of composite fiber, and the spokes are 15 mm carbon fiber unidirectional/weave cased tubing. The mounting bracket is fully molded carbon fiber and is sized to fit the standard Minelab detector shaft. The detector coil is finished with a final coat of black finish.
We recommend using a Hip Stick with the coils. When you do this you can eliminate almost all stress on your elbow and arm muscles.
If you want to get really serious about giving your metal detector perfect balance you can do what we did with our field testing metal detector. On the detector pictured in the image below, we replaced the entire Minelab shaft and armrest with carbon fiber. The upper shaft was 102 cm long. The armrest was relocated forward of the head so that the head could be moved away from the coil to a position behind the elbow where its weight became a counterbalance and dramatically reduced the leverage required to lift the coil. A smaller, more compact battery was then attached to the detector head with Velcro to make maximum use of all necessary weight for this counterbalance. By doing this the point of balance for the detector was only just in front of the hand grip. Pretty much where the bungy cord is attached in the image below. You can check out carbon fiber upper shafts at Miners Den in South Australia. I think they are perhaps the best value at the moment.


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It's easy to get caught up in the tornado of manufactured love known as Valentine's Day. It's a day of couples doing what couples should be doing depending on their own timeline, but en masse. If you're single this week, it's no wonder that some turn to a pint of ice cream and/or a tub of cookie dough! Even radio DJs talk about how they have not had a date for this special day for xyz amount of years. However, it is not always this way and Valentine's Day is not just a day for couples, it's a day of celebrating love! Love can be celebrated with family and friends, not just the significant other. Perhaps celebrate the federal government's extension of legal benefits to same- sex marriage in all states, including states where same- sex marriage is not legal. It is OK to be without a Valentine or not be in a relationship, who says you need to have either to celebrate? Year round, family and friends are the type of people who will listen and who will lend a hand when in need. Love is more than romantic love, it's sisterly, motherly, brotherly. Spending time at home, going to the movies or going out to a lovely restaurant are all great things that one can do to spend a little time with friends and family. Or if you want to try something unconventional, perhaps reserving a paintball session or challenging each other at video games would be more suited for your tastes. Valentine's Day has a special place in everyone's hearts as a day of celebration, but remember that there are more than one kind of love and it is good to celebrate it all.
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Practical Recycling
by Sherrie D. Thornton
"Recycling--what a mess--I hate it," at least that's what I say every time I load up the station wagon with my monthly collection of office paper, newspaper, plastic, cardboard, glass, and tin cans. My car looks like I robbed the dumpster.
I started recycling about five years ago as my part to help alleviate the landfill dilemma. I started with newspaper and aluminum and gradually added to my repertoire as I saw it was not that difficult and I liked having 1-2 bags of garbage for collection each week. The community also grew to meet the needs of avid recyclers in the area by providing drop-off spots for recyclables. It became a challenge to see how little my garbage pickup could be.
Over the years I have tried a variety of recycling aids--none of which I have fallen in love with. Basically, my system consists of a series of boxes and bags which I separate items into as they become recyclable. When the box/bag becomes full, it exits the house into the laundry room in the garage. Once that area has becomes unmanageable (things falling out the door when I open it and the laundry piling up because I can't get to the washer), I back the car in and load the items into the car trying to keep the different recyclables grouped together. For our aluminum cans, I keep a large trash can outside and when the can becomes full, we go to the aluminum recycler and sell the cans. Aluminum is the only recyclable we sell. The kids get the money or we go to a cheap lunch.
My kids really appreciate my recycling ways because when they have an art project or need cardboard/glass jar, I inevitably have something to meet their needs. We also use the back of already used paper for scrap paper, notes, and drawing projects. So, in essence, these items are recycled twice--once when the kids use them, and again when I recycle their projects.
As of yet, there is no curbside recycling in our area, but there is a new recycling plant about 2 miles from my home. Sometimes it is a real pain to clean, separate, and hold all this garbage but the rewards come when I take my 1-2 bags of garbage a week (for a family of four plus four pets) to the curb versus my neighbor's 7-9 bags each week. Recently, our city council has talked about charging for garbage pickup by the pound--I'm all for it! Maybe it would force some of these lazy people to take a few extra minutes to save some landfill space.
My goal is to become the ultimate recycler and find a use for almost all my garbage. Composting is my next challenge--the first time I tried it, I found the dog eating out of it. Going to have to come up a new plan for that venture.
Recycling is a wonderful way to help save our increasingly shrinking and fragile planet. I plan on being around for quite a while, so my feeling is that I should do everything possible to preserve its resources. Recycling requires a minimum of effort and costs basically nothing but your time and a little extra storage space in your house. By recycling, I am saving landfill space and a variety of natural resources which would normally be harvested were it not for recycled resources taking their place.
In addition, recycling not only encompasses trash, frugal shopping at garage sales and Goodwill-type stores is also included in recycling. In effect, someone else's items which they no longer want and that would probably end up in a landfill somewhere are recycled to someone who is interested in using them a while longer be it furniture, books, clothing, or any other number of goodies you can dig up and find. This type of recycling is my favorite and I am not above driving through the area neighborhoods on garbage day to see what is sitting at the curb--it's amazing what people will throw out!
Save our planet and Happy Recycling.
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So Long, Farewell…
A quick story about a baseball season coming to an end:
In September of 2007, the Minnesota Twins were winding down a very disappointing campaign. At the time, I was attending college at the University of Minnesota-Morris and happened to be on campus for a weekend.
Now, I had a variety of options: from which to spend my day: Video games, movies, sleeping, studying (!), etc. The Twins were just playing out a string of meaningless games.
Almost needless to say, I spent the afternoon watching the Twins game. Why? Because I knew that, in a few months, all I would want is for baseball to return, so I decided to enjoy one final game. For whatever reason, that very day and game also seem to stick out in my mind.
Due to work/school requirements, I may not get the same opportunity the next couple of days (I'll watch what I can), but the feeling is still kind of the same. Though right now I just want this nightmare season to come to a close, I also know that Spring Training never quite comes early enough, either.
-Ozzie Guillen is gone from the White Sox (probably headed to Florida). Let the NL East deal with him, is what I say. I think Ozzie is probably a better tactical manager than many people (including myself) give him credit for, but his personality is just too brash and profane for my tastes.
Preview (61-99, 5th, 10 GB KCR): Sean O'Sullivan (2-5, 6.92) vs. Anthony Swarzak (3-7, 4.42)
Never Gonna Give You Up
(Okay Family Guy fans, have your laugh now…out of your system?!)
You know, I almost started this post by talking about how my expectations for the Twins have changed and how we should start watching them purely "for love of the game" and not expect them to be in any sort of pennant race. But then, I got to thinking about those poor fans in Pittsburgh, Kansas City, and a few other cities around the MLB circuit that haven't had anything break right over the past decade (or more) and would love to be competing in any race of any kind right now. Do I think the Twins will win the AL Central? No. Especially not after those two horrible series' against KC and Cleveland, teams that supposedly give us the advantage over Chicago the Detroit down the stretch. But do we still have a chance? However slim, yes we do, and that is the way I look at it (or at least am trying to, anyway).
I think that the past three seasons ('07-'09) have proven that only so many things can break right for a small-market organization. In the early part of this decade, the Twins were reborn as a competitive team thanks to a lot of young talent peaking at the same time. A few years later ('05-'06) the team was still able to contend because of our ability to make steals of trades and keep calling up effective players from the minor leagues. The last three years, though, has seen a complete reversal. The farm system is beginning to get tapped out (they may still be decent, but not like the talent of years ago), and the trades (Bartlett/Garza for Young) haven't been going our way. Plus, the terrible economics of a no-salary cap sporting structure forced the Twins to lose guys like Torii Hunter and Johan Santana, keystones of the franchise.
That being said, the Twins still have a pretty good nucleus of young talent (Mauer, Morneau, Kubel) that can win in the future, but the trick will be keeping them together. One would hope that Mauer (the biggest fish who needs to be landed and mounted behind home plate) can see that and will elect to stay with his hometown team, but nothing is guaranteed in this game.
Thus, the Twins' goal for the last month and a half of this season is to be as competitive as possible to show our young talent that this is a team that can seriously compete again in the future. That starts tonight against Texas, who is currently leading the AL Wild Card standings and thus will be a tough team to beat on the road. However, if there is one thing I never underestimate about a Ron Gardenhire-coached team, it is their ability to come back in the face of severe adversity. Just when you think this is about to happen…
…the Twins will do something crazy like sweep the Rangers and get back in the thick of things.
Preview (56-61, 3rd, 3.5 GB CWS): Francisco Liriano (5-11, 5.39) vs. Tommy Hunter (5-2, 2.26).


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Adventure of a Lifetime
Kilimanjaro in Tanzania is one of the most accessible of the world's seven summits — neither oxygen nor technical climbing skill are required — which makes it a doable adventure for almost anybody who is plenty determined and reasonably fit. But you can really improve your odds of making it to the top by choosing the right route and outfitter.
The two most popular trails up the mountain are the Marangu (don't even think about it; the vast majority of the 20,000 tourists who attempt Kili every year do the Marangu, also called the Coca-Cola route for the beverage sold at the dormitory huts along the way; it's steep, crowded, and has a two in three failure rate), and the Machame (usually five days of climbing). We chose the longer Shira Route, which gave us time for acclimitization — I believe choosing Shira was a big part of our success.
Two other factors to consider: how grueling the climb to the summit can be, and whether to tackle the Western Breach, a rock scramble up the mountain face between 16,000 and 18,000 feet. On the Shira route, camping at 18,500 feet meant we had a short, sweet climb to the summit on day eight; it also allowed us to ascend the Western Breach in daylight; Machame climbers who do the Breach generally set out at one or two in the morning, ascend it in the dark and continue on to reach the summit at dawn. I wouldn't have wanted to tackle the Breach in the dark, though a group of climbers who did told me it wasn't scary because you couldn't see the sheer drops.
Timing & Outfitters
Our guides recommended September as the driest, most pleasant month; November and December are the wet season. Consider a full-moon climb. Not only is the moon rising alongside the massif one of the most moving sights you will ever see, but you will be able to make your way after dark solely by its glow. If you choose to go during the new moon, you'll see a spectacular sky full of Southern Hemisphere stars.
To climb Kilimanjaro, you can simply show up in Arusha or Moshi, Kili's hometowns, and hire yourself a porter, a trail guide and a cook; it's the cheapest way but you're relying on your own instincts to assess the expertise of your team. Some climbers who've done it this way tell of guides who pushed the pace in order to get the trip over as quickly as possible (they get paid whether or not you summit). Or you can use an outfitter, which I highly recommend: if there's trouble, you are with the group that has a VHF radio and cell phone, not the group that's frantically trying to find somebody who does.
Some outfitters use local teams led by an expat trip leaders (usually American or British). Our outfitter, Wilderness Travel, uses an all-Tanzanian team, and I was very pleased that our leaders were locals. It was reassuring to be taken up the mountain by men who had grown up on its flanks.
Another choice you'll make is whether to go with a set group as we did, or do a private trip. Group travel is a leap of faith, and joining a group in as rigorous an environment as Kilimanjaro makes for some interesting social interaction (one of the effects of altitude sickness is grouchiness). We all commented on how civility crumbled as we marched toward the top. So weigh your tolerance for group. Not surprisingly, private trips tend to be a little pricier.
Wilderness Travel (800-368-2794) has set departures, and will do private trips if you assemble six people or more. Other top outfitters that run both group and private trips include Mountain Travel Sobek (888-687-6235) and Abercrombie & Kent (800-554-7016). A British firm, Journeys by Design, does private trips exclusively (011-44-1273-623-790).
WHAT TO ASK Find out whether you'll be climbing the Western Breach, and if so, what precautions (helmets, time of day to climb) will be taken against falling rock. Ask how medical evacuation of climbers is handled, and what kind of accreditation the trip leader has for dealing with medical issues, especially acute mountain sickness, as well as how many times he has summitted with clients. Find out the outfitter's success rate for reaching the top.
Training and Getting There
You don't have to be an athlete to climb Kilimanjaro, but you do have to be fit. Brook and I counted on regular cardio workouts at the gym and weekend hikes to get us in shape. If you have a chance to do some hiking at altitude, that's a plus. And even if, like us, you're only carrying day packs, you'll want to test-drive your backpack before the trip to make sure it's comfortable — and that goes double for your boots.
The most direct route from the U.S. is via Amsterdam where you can pick up a KLM nonstop to Kilimanjaro International. The airfare is steep; an outfitter's group rate is usually better than anything you'll find on your own, unless you're willing to take a more circuitous route, say, through Nairobi.
What to Bring
Your outfitter will send you a dismayingly long list of essentials for the trip. We followed it to the letter, and wore every stitch of clothing we brought. Summer by day, winter by night is the Kili weather cliche, so you'll need everything from shorts to expedition-weight fleece. Think layering. There's a fair amount of downtime on the mountain, so pack playing cards or other small-scale entertainment — but remember, your porter has to carry whatever you bring.
You'll be above the mosquito zone, so anti-malarials aren't needed unless you combine a climb with a trip to the coast or a safari but you will want to consider diamox to combat altitude sickness. Your travel doctor can advise on inoculations and other drugs to bring, but be sure to have ibuprofin, immodium and Pepto-Bismol at hand. We found eyedrops a godsend at dust-ridden camps. For up-to-the-minute health information, consult the Centers for Disease Control Web site.
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Check with the State Department to see if there is a warning on travel to East Africa; one was in effect when we traveled there in October 2003. We didn't feel at risk, but you'll have to weigh this issue for yourself.
The IMAX film, Kilimanjaro: To the Roof of Africa is available on video and DVD. While much drama is lost in downsizing to a small screen, there's excellent footage of the Western Breach. The lavishly photographed book of the same name by Audrey Salkeld, which chronicles the IMAX team's ascent via the Western Breach, is filled with mountain history, botany and lore.


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From his collaborations with and influences from such creative and versatile producers and DJ's, to his live performances with the Bad Jazz Troupe, to his spinning vinyl records, these experiences have all combined to generate the unique sound found in Dusty's productions. As a passionate DJ, he travels the world consistently, having performed for audiences in New York, London, Madrid, Canary Islands, Copenhagen, Saigon, Manila or Singapore. He cleverly manages to move dance floors with an individual and positive twist, not by submitting to musical clichés, but by always seeking a distinctive sound, that blends sophisticated old and contemporary dance music.
As a do-it-yourself man, Dusty took months to build a full-scale music studio environment out of white cardboard paper, to be used as basis for the title song's music video, "Mood Matters," in which a large dancing milk carton programs beats, plays instruments and dances along to the jazz driven House track. Paper drum- and tape machines are brought to life by means of elaborate stop-motion generated sequences, which can also be found on the album's cover art.
If you are already familiar with the eclectic Jazz & Milk cosmos - exemplified by several releases from artists such as Ray Lugo, Sam Irl, Fredericks Brown, The Jivers and Mr. Chop, then you can rightly expect, and not be disappointed by, all the different styles and influences shining through on this album – all held together by the connecting force in Dusty's music: a whole lot of Rhythm!


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City News Service | 10/10/2013, 3:30 p.m.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced an initiative today to makeover 40 streets around the city.
The mayor's "Great Streets" program—issued under his first official executive order — involves assembling a working group across five city departments.
The group's "first priority will be to make sure streets projects are coordinated," Garcetti said. "No more Bureau of Street Services paving a street on Monday, DWP digging it up on Tuesday."
A pipe project in the Department of Water and Power could be combined with street furniture and sidewalk repair projects, for example, he said.
Though there have been past efforts by city leaders to improve Los Angeles' street conditions, Garcetti's aides said this initiative will focus on "main street" corridors, making them more livable and tailoring projects to the needs and characteristics of the surrounding communities.
The task force will include officials from the planning, cultural affairs, transportation, public works and the economic and workforce development departments. They will also work in tandem with the Department of Water and Power and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
The program marks a "fundamental change in how we perceive, interact and build around us," Garcetti said. "A great neighborhood needs a great street as its backbone, and, as city leaders, we need the backbone to make the bold changes necessary to build great streets."
In the coming weeks, Deputy Mayor for City Services Doane Liu will call a meeting of the working group, which has 90 days to present a list of 40 streets to include in the program, mayoral spokeswoman Vicki Curry said.
The public will get a chance to participate in the process, and the plan is to begin work on some of the streets in 18 months, she said.
In addition to identifying streets, the Great Streets group will also be charged with determining what projects should to be done and their costs, creating a method for coordinating service, setting a time table, and developing metrics and benchmarks to track progress.


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This is not a portfolio. Rather, it is simply a collection of photographs that I've shot over the last 5 years culled together, from the abyss of my growing collection of hard drives so that I might enjoy them more frequently. To some extent, these images chronicle my foray into photography, beginning with landscapes and travel photography, and moving into portraiture, weddings, fashion, beauty, and commercial work. The common denominator here is the use of black and white photographs exclusively - a treatment to which I am unabashedly partial to. I like the stark contrasts, and the gradations of tones from white to black. I like the unique interpretational abilities it offers. Indeed, beautiful black and white photography doesn't attract with a play of colors. Here, close attention to composition, lighting, perspective and the context it is shot in are important. One can read a black and white photograph, instead of just viewing the subject matter.
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Beating depression can be hard work. One thing that will help is to be thankful for what you have. It can be hard to think positive, but the more efforts you make towards thinking positive, the better you will feel. It may not be an instant-cure, but in the real world, it's what it takes to make it through the darkest of times. Whether you suffer from routine sadness or clinical depression, you should keep in touch with a professional. This is the best way to get an accurate diagnosis and find out if you need medication. They will also recognize what form of depression you're going through. Ceasing to use the word "depression" can often have a positive effect on your mentality when you are down. Seek out a word or phrase to use that is not as negative for the times that you feel sad. Reforming your negative habits is a crucial part of healing from depression. One way to do this is to replace your negative habits with positive ones. If you are depressed after something bad happens, tell yourself it is not your fault! Do not continue to sabotage yourself with problems. No matter what the severity or circumstances surrounding your depression, you should have a professional consultation. Your doctor can properly diagnose your depression, and recommend therapy or medicine to help you. They can also tell you exactly what form of depression you have, which can make finding effective treatment options a lot easier.
If you are living with depression, avoid food and beverages that have artificial sweeteners in them, such as diet soda. Artificial sweeteners can reduce your serotonin levels, make it difficult to sleep, and giving you headaches. Because of the fact that these are already symptoms of depression, it can be harmful. It is important to remove these items from your diet, and avoid consuming them.
Look to the future and not to the past when you are living with depression. As long as you have hope, you have life. Having a solid future gives you hope.
It is helpful to attempt to understand the nature of your depression. Depression affects people both physically and psychologically. If you have felt stressed for a long time, your brain is not releasing as much serotonin as before. When this happens, the symptoms of depression will worsen. To boost the brain levels of serotonin, many doctors prescribe anti-depressant medications. You can boost your serotonin levels naturally several ways. Stay away from stimulants, such as alcohol and caffeine, get plenty of sleep and exercise, and stick to a healthy diet.
Psychological counseling might work for you. The combination of therapy and medication is quite effective in the treatment of depression. Studies show that doing two treatments together is better than one on its own. Medication will help you get rid of mood swings and therapy will treat depression at its roots. Sleep enough hours. Adequate periods of sleep increase your physical and mental health both. The effects of anxiety and depression are made worse when you are fatigued and sleep deprived. If you suffer from insomnia, talk with your physician about using some kind of medication.
If you are feeling down, stay away from sugar. This even includes things like honey and fruit juice. All of these types of sugar get into your bloodstream faster than the complex carbohydrates of whole grains. This will result in an initial energy burst followed by a crash of fatigue and depression. Identify your negative habits and behaviors that create a depressive environment for you and change them. Strive to replace negative habits with positive ones. It's normal to get down after a negative event, but you need to realize it is temporary and don't let yourself get locked into a downward spiral over it. Be assertive and don't sabotage yourself.
Many times when people show sympathy for your depressive behavior, that will just reinforce the way that you are acting, and you will have a harder time getting out of it. Make a plan to accentuate positive, instead of negative, feelings. Helping other people can help you to battle depression. When you assist others, you turn your focus outward, and you don't have time to worry about your negative thoughts and problems. Talk out your feelings with a friend whenever you are feeling depressed. When you don't express your thoughts and feelings, it can cause depression. Talking to a friend can help you release all of your negative feelings. You may also get some wonderful advice from your friend.
When you are feeling depressed, choose friends carefully when you socialize. Everyone has different personalities and strengths, so spend time with friends and family who can lift you up and make you feel better about yourself. Making your group of friends smaller isn't ideal, but keep yourself aware of the way their attitudes affect your depression.


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A body found in a northwestern Indiana lake may be the remains of Dr. Teleka Patrick who went missing at the beginning of December. A private investigator working for Patrick's family told the media the police did contact the family to say they believed the body was Patrick, but the coroner will make the official identification, according to MSN News on April 8.
The body was discovered by fisherman who spotted something floating. The body was spotted in an area close by to where Patrick's car was found abandoned by an Indiana State Trooper along Interstate 94 the day she went missing. Patrick was 30 and a first year psychiatry resident when she was reported missing.
She was a resident at the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine. There is some mystery to this disappearance. Patrick tried to rent a hotel room on the night she went missing, but she was turned away for lack of identification and she didn't have enough money.
Why she was trying to rent a hotel room in the town that she lived in is part of that mystery. Authorities have no idea why she left Michigan and drove to Indiana either, there are so many unanswered questions in this case. There is no apparent signs of how Patrick died, but an autopsy is scheduled this week.
Update 4/10: The body found has been identified as Dr. Teleka Patrick and what happened to her the night she went into the water remains a mystery. The investigation around Patrick's disappearance come across an abundance of red flags. Police believe that Patrick was fighting with her own inner demons, according to MLive on April 9.
The doctor's car was found in a ditch, not far from the lake. It is not known now and may never be known what caused Patrick to go into the lake back in December. Patrick claimed she had a fiance', but that didn't turn out to be the case. There was no fiance'. Police believe they may never know what happened to the pretty, bright doctor who was just starting out in her career.
The media and law enforcement uncovered information that few people appeared to know. Patrick left the hospital after finishing a shift at Borgess Medical Center on December 5, the night she went missing. The people who came across her that night report that she began acting "erratically."
YouTube videos created by Patrick in which she speaks to a mystery lover were discovered. What really shocked the people who knew the missing doctor was the discovery of a personal protection order that a judge had granted against Patrick to Rev. Marvin Sapp. He is a Grammy-nominated Gospel singer and Grand Rapids pastor. Sapp is considered an innocent victim of stalking by Patrick. It looks as though Patrick was living a secret life that no one knew about.


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I would like to make the little menu that pops up when I press Alt+Tab to gain the ability to jump to a particular window by pointing my mouse at one of the icons. This is the behaviour that my Mac OSX laptop has.
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I use Xfce, with the default windows manager (XFwm). I currently have Ubuntu 10.04 and 11.10, although I plan on updating both to XUbuntu 12.04 once the dust settles (probably mid-may?). (Clarification, for my current setup, I installed Ubuntu, then added xfce manually after the fact).
So, a series of related questions.
How do I set this up? (If this is not possible, please answer the following questions to help me learn)
Is the Alt+Tab a function of the desktop environment, or the windows manager, or some other piece? (IE if I switch to using some other tool, could I potentially get this) Are there any customizations that are available either from settings or add-on applications that would allow me to change the behaviour of that menu?


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A Passage to India
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But the horses didn't want it – they swerved apart; the earth didn't want it … they didn't want it, they said in their hundred voices, "No, not yet," and the sky said, "No, not there." (3.35.29)
For more on this passage, see "What's Up with the Ending?" For the purposes of our discussion of this theme, however, this quote is a critical one that shows how difficult it is for Aziz and Fielding to remain friends given their particular historical circumstances. Aziz an Indian, Fielding an Englishman in British India. The quote underscores again that true friends – such as other-worldly Godbole and dead Mrs. Moore for Aziz – seem to be possible only outside human time and space.


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March 24–COCONUT CREEK — – Vice President Joe Biden opened a new phase in President Barack Obama's reelection campaign here on Friday, warning seniors that in 2012 they face a stark choice between Democrats who want to protect Social Security and Medicare, and Republicans who supposedly would gut the programs to favor the rich.
The Republicans, Biden claimed to a crowd at the Wynmoor Village condominium community, "balance the budget on the backs of seniors and middle-class Americans. Why? So that they can preserve — this is so not your father's Republican Party — so that they can preserve a trillion-dollar tax cut, a new trillion-dollar tax cut, for the wealthiest Americans. "
The Democratic view, Biden said, is that "every American, after a lifetime of hard work, should look forward to the security and dignity that Social Security and Medicare provide. "
Republicans swiftly dismissed Biden's claims as partisan claptrap, but the vice president's foray into one of the many senior communities of South Florida highlighted the importance of the state's most important bloc of voters: the over 65s.
Without the backing of older voters, Biden and Obama can likely kiss Florida, and perhaps their hopes for a second term, goodbye.
The Wynmoor speech, Biden's only public event on Friday, was billed by the Obama campaign as the second of four major addresses the vice president is giving to frame the Democratic case for retaining the White House. The first was last week in Toledo, Ohio — like Florida, a big state that could go either way in November.
Biden didn't live up to his reputation as a long-winded speaker, talking here for just 29 minutes. He used a soft, almost hushed voice when he leaned into the lectern and described his mother's need for costly health care at the end of her life, then veered to shouted denunciations of Republicans.
He jabbed at former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination. He sought to tie Romney to the recently published House Republican budget plan, something he said would turn Medicare into a voucher program that wouldn't keep up with the rising cost of health care.
"There is no daylight between Governor Romney and the Republican leaders on the most important issues facing this country. Not even Romney's Etch A Sketch can change that. He may buy a new one, but he can't do it," Biden said.
Local politicians and party activists were plentiful at the public gathering — sheriff candidates Louie Granteed and Scott Israel worked the crowd — but most of the 400 seats went to Wynmoor residents. Most seemed to adore Biden's message.
"It was phenomenal," said Esther Sabel, 75. "He dealt with things that are important to senior citizens today. "
U. S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, a Miami Republican who represents part of South Broward, called the vice president's assertions nonsense. "Just like the story goes George Washington couldn't say a lie, it looks like this administration can't say anything that's true," he said.
"They can't talk about anything that they've done because every single thing that they've done has been, frankly, just disastrous, so then they have to go to very, very old and tired false attacks," Diaz-Balart said in a telephone interview. He wasn't present for the speech.
The congressman said the Obama administration's signature issue, overhauling the health care system, has actually robbed funding from Medicare, so that it is disingenuous to cast Republicans as the villains.
Republicans also pounced on Biden's failure to mention the controversial Affordable Care Act by name, even though Friday was the second anniversary of what the opposition party derides as "Obamacare. "
"What a pathetic situation," Diaz-Balart said.
Though U. S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, did tout the law by name just before Biden spoke, the vice president talked only about some of its popular provisions, such as the closure of the "doughnut hole" in prescription drug coverage, a change he said saved the average recipient $600 last year.
Obama hasn't always been popular in South Florida's big retiree-filled condo communities. One of his most prominent 2008 supporters was then-U. S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton. Wynmoor, now home to about 8,500 people, a quarter of them seasonal snowbirds, once booed and jeered Wexler at a town hall meeting because of his support for Obama over Hillary Clinton.
But courting seniors has a big payoff: they come out on Election Day. In the last presidential election, 68. 9 percent of Floridians 65 and older voted, compared with an overall 56. 5 percent for all age groups.
"Investing in senior vote appearances is actually pretty good politics. The likelihood that they're going to turn out and vote is high and you want to make sure that they're going vote for you," said Kevin Wagner, a political scientist at Florida Atlantic University.
The vice president's ltime and attention show just how important the state's 29 electoral votes are in deciding who wins the presidency
Sporting a button that declared, "When Broward Democrats Vote, America Wins," county Democratic Chairman Mitch Ceasar was blunt: "The senior vote is a critical element of the Democratic Party base. "
U. S. Rep. Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, who succeeded Wexler as Wynmoor's congressman, was blunt: "This is a community that's active. They have influence and they vote in large numbers. "
After the speech, Democratic insiders said Biden attended a closed-door gathering of about 40 community leaders in Hollywood. A campaign spokesman said it wasn't a fundraiser.
Watch Republican TV ad with party's counter to Obama and Biden at SunSentinel. com/BrowardPolitics.
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You can use your card everywhere Visa debit cards are accepted. To conduct purchases with a signature:
- Present or swipe your card.
- Choose "credit."
- Sign, take your card and receipt.
To conduct purchases with a PIN:
- Swipe your card.
- Choose "debit" and enter your PIN.
- Many grocery stores, convenience stores, and U.S. post offices offer cash back without a fee.
- If you want cash, select the amount and it will be added to your purchase.
- Take your card, cash and receipt.
Gas stations – Paying at the pump may cause a hold of up to $75; consider paying inside, saying how much you want to purchase, and signing the receipt.
Restaurants – Restaurants may verify you have enough in your account for the bill. Make sure you have enough funds to cover any added tip.
Hotels – The hotel may hold the amount of your estimated bill, making that amount unavailable for other purchases. When you check out, the hold may take a few days to be removed.
Auto rentals – You may use your card for final payment for a rental car, but a credit card may be necessary to reserve a rental car.
Returns – Store return policies vary. You may receive a credit to your account or a store credit. A credit to your account may take a week to process before funds are available for use.
You can use EPiC to pay bills online, in-person, or over the phone. By using EPiC to pay bills online or over the phone, you can avoid costly fees charged by check cashers and others.
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Merchants are generally not able to determine the balance on your card, so you should always verify the balance before using your prepaid debit card. Attempting to use your card for purchases that exceed your balance may result in the card being declined.
Cardholders can check the balance on their cards and review all their account transaction activity 24 hours a day online or by calling 1-866-213-4074.
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Recipients must have activated the card and created a PIN in order to make ATM withdrawals. The amount that can be withdrawn from an ATM cannot be more than $1,000 during any 24 hour period and depends on limits set by the ATM owner. Some ATM owners impose limits on how much can be withdrawn in a single transaction or in a day.
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ATM locators are available for ATMs owned by Bank of America.
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For withdrawals from ATMs that aren't owned by Bank of America, (after one free withdrawal per deposit, there will be a $1.25 fee charged by Bank of America, plus an additional charge by the owner of the ATM.)
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- If you must use an ATM at night, consider taking someone with you.
- Always protect your card by keeping it in a safe place. If your card is lost or stolen, contact us immediately.
- Be discrete when entering your PIN at the keypad. After completing your transaction, carefully put away your card, cash and receipt before leaving the ATM area.
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- Never give information about your card or PIN over the telephone. If someone is asking for this information, refuse and immediately contact us.
- Call 911 if you need emergency assistance. Immediately contact your local police if you experience or suspect a crime related to your account
Recipients who choose to withdraw cash at a bank teller will be able to do so without paying any additional fees by visiting any bank that is in the Visa bank network. There is no fee for teller cash withdrawals.
In order to transfer funds from your card account to a traditional checking or savings account owned by you at any U.S. financial institution, you may perform an Online Funds Transfer via the Customer Service website. To begin this process, you will simply sign on to the website at www.bankofamerica.com and select the "Transfer Funds" option from the Account Summary page.
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Draft Horse Tack Is Designed For Larger More Powerful Equine.
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horse tack is built heavier and much stronger than English or even
Western equipment. It is created specially for your larger, stronger
animals. When it comes to outfitting your larger verity of equine, if
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Draft horse tack is one of the three most common styles of equine equipment. All equine accessories and equipment are designed differently based on the various styles of horses and riding. Making sure that you buy the right accessories for the right style that you engage in is essential. When it comes to equipment built for the larger equine, you need to be especially careful. This is because these products are designed to be stronger and more durable than other styles, because the animals are larger and stronger than traditional mares and studs. Keep this in mind so that you can buy saddles, reigns and other equipment that fills your needs, and not Western or English accessories.
Draft horse tack is often thicker, heaver, and more bulky than Western or English equipment. That's because these types of animals are bigger, stronger, and are used for different purposes. Most commonly, they are a work animal, which makes the need for better, stronger equipment so much more important. If you've never this type of equipment before, you need to make sure that you know what you're looking for. That way, you will be prepared to buy the right accessories and won't get something that you don't need or want.
Draft horse tack can be found in a variety of sizes, shapes, colors, and styles. It doesn't matter if you want a pink bridle or a thick leather set of reins. You can find just about any style, design, and color that you want when it comes to saddles and other equipment. All you need to do is to take the time to decide what is most important to you when you're shopping, and you'll be able to easily get what you need. This heavy duty tack is often more about purpose than fashion, though, so choosing quality products will be first and foremost, in most cases.
If you invest in equipment for your larger animals because you found something cheap, you're likely to get poor quality if you don't research the product to make sure it is good quality before you buy. That is the only precaution you need to take when it comes to this heavier verity of equipment. Quality should come first, and then you should worry about the cost and how affordable it is to you. By owning an animal of this nature, you should be prepared for all the expenses, including the cost of buying draft.


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The Daily Startup: Sqrrl Nabs Funding for NSA-Secure Database
Top stories in today's VentureWire:
Sqrrl Data Inc. has raised $5.2 million in Series A funding for a secure database based on technology developed at the National Security Agency. Sqrrl's product, called Sqrrl Enterprise, is targeted at customers in regulated industries such as health care and finance. It can secure data inside the individual cells of a table or spreadsheet and allows users to set fine-grained permissions, so that only those people with the proper clearances can see the cells.
Venture Investment Associates, a firm that backs venture capital, buyout and energy funds, has started raising its third energy fund of funds, said Managing Director Jason Andris. The firm is also beginning to make direct investments in oil and gas exploration, technology and services companies for the first time, he said. Mr. Andris declined to state the target for the new fund, but said that it would be larger than the firm's second energy fund, closed with $81 million in 2011.
Also in today's VentureWire, Dauria Aerospace will launch the first Russian private space satellite for about $3 million early next year, by leveraging the same technology found in your smartphone…Medical device technology company Insightra Medical Inc. has closed a Series C financing round co-led by Baird Capital's venture capital group and Tekla Capital Management…and Hybrid storage vendor Nimble Storage Inc. filed to raise as much as $150 million in an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
(VentureWire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals and personnel moves involving startups and their venture backers. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click "try for free.")
Elsewhere around the Web:
New York has become a battleground for Airbnb, which connects travelers with homeowners who have rooms to rent. The city's powerful hospitality industry is working to limit the venture-backed startup's activities in the Big Apple, The Wall Street Journal reports. Although Airbnb has faced opposition in other cities, the New York market is critical to its success.
Venture capitalists see the food industry as ripe for innovation, the New York Times says.


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North Atlantic Archaeology Publications for sale at: MUN Bookstore*, I.S.E.R. Books**, and the Department of Archaeology Office***.
- *Ancient cultures, bountiful seas : the story of Port Au Choix. M.A.P. Renouf (1999). Historic Sites Association of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's.
- **Ancient People of Port au Choix by James A. Tuck (1994). ISER Books, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's. ($12.95)
- ***Avalon Chronicles, Volumes One-Eight (1996-2003). Colony of Avalon Foundation, Ferryland NF. (vol. 1-7 $9.95 each; vol. 8 $24.95)
- *** Fish into Wine, the Newfoundland Plantation in the Seventeenth Century by Peter E. Pope (2004). University of North Carolina Press ($35.00 cloth, $25.00 paper).
- ***A Guide to the Gardens of the Colony of Avalon, Ferryland, Newfoundland. Peter J. Scott (1999). The Colony of Avalon Foundation, Ferryland, Newfoundland ($2.50).
- **Living in a Material World: Canadian and American Approaches to Material Culture; edited by Gerald Pocius (1991). ISER Books, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's. ($29.95)
- *The Many Landfalls of John Cabot by Peter E. Pope (1997). University of Toronto Press. ($50.00 Cloth, $17.95 Paper)
- ***Palaeo-Eskimo Culture in Newfoundland, Labrador and Ungava. Reports in Archaeology No. 1 (1986). Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's. ($11.50)
- ***Prehistoric Archaeology in the Maritime Provinces: Past and Present Research; edited by Michael Deal and Susan Blair (1991). Reports in Archaeology 8. Council of Maritime Premiers, Fredericton. (Out of Print)
- ***Red Bay, Labrador: World Whaling Capital A.D. 1550-1600 by James A. Tuck and Robert Grenier (1992). Atlantic Archaeology Ltd., 226 Mt. Scio Road, St. John's. ($13.75)
- ***Shanawdithit's People: The Archaeology of the Beothuks by Ralph T. Pastore (1992). Atlantic Archaeology Ltd., 226 Mt. Scio Road, St. John's. ($19.95)
- ***Studies in Newfoundland Archaeology: Theses on the Archaeology of Newfoundland and Labrador. Volumes One-Three, on Compact Discs. (2001-2002). Archaeology Unit, MUN. ($15.00 each; $40.00 set).
- *** North Atlantic Archaeology. Vol. 1 (2008) (pdf of contents page).
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On Wednesday July 16, Houston City Council had a relatively short meeting with nearly unanimous votes on all issues. Mayor Parker made a brief report on the humanitarian crisis of children crossing the Mexican border. She stated that the federal policy is to relocate the children in facilities designed for that purpose, and since none are available in Houston, none of the new arrivals will be moved here.
The Council appointed members of the Boards of Directors of the Brays Oaks Management District, the Independent Police Oversight Board, the Metropolitan Transit Authority Board, the Midtown Development Authority, and the Miller Theatre Advisory Board. While all appointees were approved, Board Chairman Gilbert Garcia was sternly criticized by Council Member Brad Bradford for failing to meet with him on one occasion in November and for declining to meet with two branches of a large civic association. But other council members praised Garcia and the work of Metro under Garcia's leadership, and even Bradford joined in voting to confirm.
The Council voted on 30 routine matters including accepting work for completed projects, approving future contracts, hearing a presentation on Parks and Recreation standards of care for youth programs, and rescinding the historical designation of a church. Section 6-5 of the Code of Ordinances was amended to designate the City of Houston as Caretaker for animals received at B.A.R.C immediately upon intake. The change was necessary because of an amendment of Section 573.20 of the Texas Administrative Code governing veterinarian practices. Only the designated caretaker to administer vaccinations and other treatment. Without the change, new animals received at B.A.R.C would have to wait 3 days before being treated, which could result in spreading infections and other diseases.
The longest debate of the day concerned an agreement for $970,000 to retain Susman Godfrey, LLP, as council for an actuarial malpractice suit against Towers, Watson & Co. (f/n/a) Towers Perrin Associated. Towers Watson was the firm that advised the City of Houston on the Houston Fire Department's Relief and Retirement Fund years ago under the Brown administration. The firm underestimated the city's cost of the fund by more than half, resulting in higher payments of $100-$150 million. While the Council agreed with City Attorney Feldman's view that Susman Godfrey is the best qualified firm for the work, some, including Council Members Bradford, Green, and Davis, insisted that there should have been more assurances of participation n the litigation by local minority firms. However, Mr. Feldman explained that the Susman firm has had an exemplary record of hiring minorities. On the other hand, actuarial malpractice is a highly specialized area of law which occurs only under limited circumstances. All of the recent cases have dealt with public pension funds, and the Susman firm successfully pursued a well-publicized case in Milwaukee. As with other professional service contracts, it is not clear how divisible the work will be or to what extend local firms will be need to be subcontracted. The contract was approved with only Council member Davis voting "no."
Mayor Parker started her press conference with an update on the new policy on the sale of properties seized for delinquent taxes called "strike-offs" as well as further remarks on immigration and issues arising from Council actions.


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Sun: 11:30 - 15:30
Closed on every 20th of the month
The Brew & Bake Company is an American bakery and cafe along Clementi Road offering a unique and warm experience of dining with its offerings from sweet treats down to the coffee blends they are preparing for everyone.
Nice place with a nostalgic place with great service staff. Like the cakes and the tarts. Like the ambience and the setup. Must try their wonderfully baked cakes and waffles
Read about this cafe in 8 days magazine, so decided to venture here. Found it just 2 shops away from Fong Seng (NUS students would know where Fong Seng nasi lemak and prata shop is!).
Inside, the quaint cafe is cosy and full of colour. Walking into it reminds me of my childhood days from the 90s. Carebears, muppet babies, old-school McDonald's collectables, and Koeda chan toys from the more recent years. We started reminiscing our childhood days just looking at the entire bookcase of toys.
It rained on the day of our visit, making it even more romantic. Sitting inside the cafe, sipping on my cuppa Hazelnut Latte, watching the world go by outside. This is a nice place to while away the time, or just hang out with friends. I really appreciate the respect and distance that the cafe staff gave us by not popping up every now and then to clear away the empty cups and plates. We enjoyed our afternoon tea in peace and quietness.
Their cakes are rich and flavourful. Definitely value for money. I ordered the Lemony peppermint pie and I love it! It's light and tastes like a puff of cloud. My better half ordered the Peanut butter candy bar pie - if you have a sweet-tooth, you'd definitely love this! And we ordered a brownie to go, simply because we could no longer stomach another cake though we were craving for more. Haha...
I'm definitely coming back. Next time, I'm bringing my besties along. :)
This cosy little cafe tucked away in Clementi Road is full of character and like the name suggests brew fragrant coffee and bake unique cakes for its customers.
I was fascinated by the collection of old school toys from the 80s and 90s beyond the colorful signage at the entrance. The friendly staff also welcomed me and my friends as we sat at a cosy little corner and admired the toys.
We were also treated to the smell of aromatic coffee as we choose from the wide range of both hot and cold beverages from the counter. The mocha and latte were great and there is even an Alchemy Frappe with choice of mixing your own different flavors of syrup.
One of the greatest highlights are the special cakes with unique ingredients like the Pineapple Upside-down cake and Peanut Butter Candy Bar Pie. The flavours are rich and servings are just right.
All in all, the place is perfect for a nice afternoon tea or gathering with friends. Be sure to go early though as seats are limited towards evening and night hours.


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CHICAGO (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers from Northwestern University report symptoms of Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disease afflicting over 1 million people in the United States, may be improved by blocking a specific potassium channel in a select group of brain cells.
The common symptoms of Parkinson's disease, including resting tremor, muscle rigidity and slowed movement, are the result of dopamine loss from the cell. Researchers have found a mechanism that may lessen the symptoms and slow progression of the disease.
Scientists say a potassium channel unique to the affected brain regions controls the cellular mechanism responsible for Parkinson's disease symptoms. The potassium channel, called Kv3.4, is found in a subset of neurons outside the basal ganglia. The basal ganglia are structures located deep in the brain that are responsible for normal movement such as walking. Neurons in another region of the brain contain high numbers of potassium channels that may account for the symptoms in Parkinson's disease patients.
Current therapies to surgically destroy these neurons or employ electrode stimulation to disrupt neuronal activity provide symptomatic relief. They also cause unwanted side effects such as uncontrolled movement. "The perfect therapy for Parkinson's disease would be to prevent neurons from exhibiting the behavior that causes the symptoms … without altering their 'good' behaviors," says researcher James Surmeier.
Blocking potassium channels with the Kv3.4 subunit or eliminating the subunit using gene therapy techniques are two possible therapeutic options, the authors write. Surmeier says, "Doing so would eliminate the 'bad' behavior but, importantly, preserve the 'good' behavior … of these neurons."
This article was reported by Ivanhoe.com, who offers Medical Alerts by e-mail every day of the week. To subscribe, go to: /newsalert/.
SOURCE: Nature Neuroscience, 2003;6:258-266
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TC TO JOHN STERLING ; 25 November 1839; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18391125-TC-JOST-01; CL 11: 216-219
Chelsea, 25 Novr, 1839—
My dear Sterling,
We hear bad accounts of you last week; how you have had Bronchitis, are meditating the possibility of Italy again &c. I called next day at your Father's, for farther news; but none had then come. I will continue to hope that it is but a false alarm; a necessary alarm, to keep you from excess of confidence, excess of work and movement, to which I know you at all times too prone. Keep snug within doors mostly, till the dry weather return; working with extreme moderation, reading light stuff, oftener than writing either light or weighty; then in the brisk dry months, on that western coast, get yourself a horse, and go galloping about: that is my prescription! I cannot afford you in Italy any more; you have work to do in England, I hope,—and will do it, if you can only remember that golden maxim, Festina lente [Hasten slowly]. The Annandale Farmer exclaimed to a man he saw riding a certain Rosinante of measurable vigour: "Take time, my lad, ride at leisure! Thou may'st depend on't, the slower thou ride'st, the sooner thou'lt get to thy journey's end!"1 A precept I have applied a thousand times to myself; and have too often forgotten, never without penalty.
We see your lucubrations in Blackwood; always with pleasure. I rejoice in the omen of their accepting your Dichtung und Wahrheit. Let us hope they will find their interest to lie in going on with it. Would not a few Notes here and there be of use to the uninitiated? I find the Translation good in itself, exquisite as compared with the generality of our Translations: a page or two of it I was at the pains to hold in close contact with the original proved to be grammatically exact almost to the last fibre; good flowing English too: but the Goethe tune, the last perfection of Translation, was not fully in it; that will come by degrees. I translated Goethe some two years before I could discover that he had a tune; what indeed all mortals have. There is nothing of it, or next to nothing, in my Meister's Apprenticeship; in the other Meister I did get hold of it, not to lose it any more. For the rest, I will heartily congratulate you on being laid hold of by that man; he will not let you quit of him again till you have made out his wondrous secret, and learned from him what none else can teach you. A translator is properly a perfect reader; one never reads honestly till one tries translation: Goethe deserves much reading in a sense no other man of these ages can pretend to do.— Theophilus was a beautiful portrait; such as the original deserved. Good Mr Dunn!2 One will hardly ever see a face like his again in this world. But indeed the man's Life was a kind of Picture; not a solid angular Reality, with its contradictions, with its self-assertion, as other men's lives are and ought mostly to be.
Compare him, for example, with Sinner Saved! Many thanks you [sic] for these two books; which I read with many thoughts. A most notable Antinomian savage this "S. S." Poor brother mortal, deep sunk in poverty, coal-dust and every degradation and defacement; struggling withal to be a man, not the simulacrum of a man! I know few things that have more of a savage greatness in them than that last victorious vision of his on the pear-tree, and his running into the tool-house, covering his head with his blue apron, to pray, weeping as if tears of blood, God be merciful to me a sinner! We could not do without such men. Yet the man is a savage too, a gross base greedy-hearted plebian coalheaver to the end of him. Never was a struggling sunbeam imprisoned in a stranger element, and bidden struggle there. Requiescat [Let him rest], the monster! By the bye, having a sudden opportunity, I sent off these two little books to my Mother, tho' I know them to have been only lent me; if you need them before they return of their own will, let me know, and we will fly to Aldersgate the cheap fountain-head.3
Emerson's Letter was straightway despatched ("Concord, Massachusetts, U.S."): there is not time yet, I apprehend, for an answer?4 I have heard nothing of him; indeed it was mine to write; and I have been too busy for writing to any one. Only last week I finished an astonishing piece of work, a long review article, thick pamphlet or little volume, entitled "Chartism." Lockhart has it, for it was partly promised to him, at least the refusal of it was; and that, I conjecture, will be all he enjoy of it. Such an Article, equally astonishing to Girondin Radicals, Donothing Aristocrat Conservatives, and Unbelieving Dilettante Whigs, can hope for no harbour in any review. Lockhart refusing it, I mean to print it at my own expence; so in any case you will see it, and have the pleasure of crying shame over it. The thing has lain in my head and heart these ten, some of it these twenty years: one is right glad to be delivered of such a thing on any terms. The Meisters are coming out, two in one, in a few days.— By the bye, you understand the "Article" to be entirely a secret even to yourself?
I have seen almost nobody; I could call for literally nobody. The calling hours of every day not a day of deluging rain I have spent on horseback, in the Streatham lanes, in the Willesden region, in our old Hampstead courses—do you remember that day?5 Till this bout of riding, I never knew what a most lovely country of its sort this London region is. Green, frondent, fertile, entirely subdued to man; whatsoever all this in its utmost perfection can offer, without running water, rock or mountain, is there. The hectic dying beauty of some of these sun-glimpses I have come upon in my solitude are things to be enjoyed—in profound silence, you Knave! I am also greatly delighted with the country people, working on the roads &c, down to the very children; and rejoice to call such people my kindred. Unhappily the day after tomorrow I part with my horse; the mud having grown too intense for me. It was a present from a certain worthy wealthy Mr Marshall of Leeds last summer, this horse: his son now pretends to "borrow" it from me, half-guessing, I believe that I would fain be rid of it till spring again. Kindness is frequent in this world, if we reckon upwards from zero (as were fair) not downwards from infinity; and always very precious, the more so the rarer. If I had Sterling now to gallop about with me in the warm weather! Why not, one way or other? It is among possible things!——— Mill was not at home, one night when I called; I see or hear nothing of him these four weeks. I believe he is about selling his review-trade to some similarly trading individual.6 No sect in our day has made a wretcheder figure in practice than the Bentham-Radical sect. Nature abhors a vacuum: worthy old girl, she will not make a wretched, unsympathetic, scraggy Atheism and Egoism fruitful in her world; but answers to it: Enough, thou scraggy Atheism; go thy ways, wilt thou!
My paper alas is done! There will be penny postages soon; then I will write oftener; a word almost daily. Ever yours, mein Lieber [my dear].
T. Carlyle
My Wife has got an ugly cold, chiefly by undue audacity (in the theatrical way!)— We hope to see it go, one of these days. My brother is still here: they call him John;—a more restless man than a certain other John I wot of; which is saying something! Miss Martineau is in Newcastle, ill for the winter. Miss Wilson borrowed the Review Article; returned it in solemn silence towards me, as was fit,—in zealous approval towards others, as I hear. Basta [Enough]!


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The federal budget deficit was $292 billion for the first two months of fiscal year 2013, $57 billion more than the shortfall recorded in October and November of last year, CBO estimates. Without shifts in the timing of certain payments in each year, however, the deficit for the two-month period would have been about $8 billion lower this year than in fiscal year 2012.
Total Receipts Were Up by 10 Percent in the First Two Months of Fiscal Year 2013
Receipts for the first two months of in fiscal year 2013 totaled $346 billion, $30 billion more than those in the same period last year. Compared with receipts in October and November last year:
- Net receipts from individual income and payroll (social insurance) taxes rose by $23 billion, or 8 percent. Increases in amounts withheld from workers' paychecks ($21 billion, or 8 percent) accounted for most of the year-over-year gain, partly because wages and salaries were higher and partly because October 2012 had two more days on which tax payments were received than October 2011 did. Nonwithheld receipts, mainly from filings of 2011 tax returns by people who had received filing extensions, increased by $2 billion.
- Receipts from corporate income taxes, which are quite small at this point in the year, have been slightly less.
- Other revenues rose by $7 billion (or 22 percent). Receipts from the Federal Reserve accounted for about $4 billion of that increase, primarily because of higher yields on the securities it holds. In addition, excise tax receipts rose by $2 billion in the first two months of the fiscal year, compared with the same period a year ago.
Spending Was About 4 Percent Higher When Adjusted for Timing Shifts
If shifts in the timing of certain payments were excluded, spending in the first two months of fiscal year 2013 would have been about $22 billion (or 4 percent) more than outlays in the same period last year. (The year-over-year changes discussed below reflect adjustments for those calendar-related shifts.)
For some major programs and activities, spending increased:
- Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid—Expenditures for each of the three largest entitlement programs were higher, with outlays for Social Security benefits increasing the most—by $8 billion (or 7 percent). Spending for Medicare rose by $6 billion (or 8 percent) and outlays for Medicaid rose by $4 billion (or 9 percent).
- Other Activities—Expenditures in this broad category increased by $7 billion (or 4 percent). Spending increased for the Departments of Agriculture and Justice and for several other programs.
- Net interest—Outlays for net interest on the public debt were $2 billion (or 5 percent) higher, reflecting both the growing debt held by the public and higher payments for inflation-indexed securities.
In contrast, outlays decreased for some major categories of spending:
- Unemployment benefits—Spending declined by $4 billion (or 22 percent), mostly because fewer people have been receiving benefits in recent months.
- Defense—Outlays were $2 billion (or 2 percent) less than in the same period last year.


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I've looked all over for the Tab of Tony McManus' briliant version of the above. Anybody know where I can get one?
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