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First up, new episode from Japan.
This week's episode was mostly filler and honestly, I don't know what to really think about it. I think it may be perhaps that there will be a new arc in the manga coming up, and the Lost Agent Arc did not have the same amount of significant events happening towards the finale as the Soul Society or Arrancar arcs did, so maybe I don't have the same excitement for big animated moments. The filler material itself is decent, but I am not sure whether it really contradicts canon or not. I thought the added moments of insanity between Chad and Orihime were good, but now I am wondering when the fight with Ichigo happens, will it lose some of it's impact? Also I liked the fight between Chad and Orihime against Tsukishima, but now I am stuck between is it good that Pierrot gave Chad and Orihime more participation in this arc or did they make Tsukishima too weak? I thought the moments between Tsukishima and Riruka were interesting, but again in the manga it was never stated if Riruka was under control of Book of the End before she was introduced (ala Ginjo) or not. To me as a viewer, it makes me wonder if Riruka was aware of what Tsukishima was really doing or not, so honestly I can't make the different-ion between fixing a plot-hole or a plot-contradiction. One thing I have to note is that the overall animation and art of Riruka was weird, especially the facial expressions. Orihime at times did look odd, but Riruka had the most awkward facial expressions and her eyes kept bugging out. I know this is anime, but come on! Usually Pierrot can do the "terror stare" very well, but with Riruka it was just Bizare. I mean everyone else's facial expressions looked normal, so I don't know what that was about, but it was really distracting and made it hard for me to take Riruka seriously, which is a shame because Megumi did really good this week.
Overall it was an ok episode, and the animation looks great for next week.
Final Rundown
- Story 7.5/10
- Art/Animation 8.5/10
- Sound Effects 8/10
- Music 10/10
- Acting 10/10
- Omake 7/10
I give Bleach 357 a 8.5 out of 10.
Now on with this week's dub review.
For what it is, the voice acting has been great overall for this arc. Although the casting for some parts is questionable, for a filler arc its still pretty good. Vic did ok for Senbonzakura, and honestly his acting is decent, but honestly I think he was miscast. In my opinion Vic should have been casted as Wabisuke, it fits his vocal range much better. Senbonzakura should have been voiced by a tenor or someone with a deeper vocal range, like Troy Baker. On a positive note the sound mixing has improved SO MUCH over the last couple of months. The vocal and audio tracks are all leveled and nothing seems out of place.
Overall an ok episode and I can't wait for episode 241.
Final Rundown
- Story 8/10
- Art/Animation 10/10
- Sound Effects 10/10
- Script adaptation 9/10
- Music 9/10
- Acting 9/10
I give Bleach episode 240 a 9.2 out of 10.
Join me next Tuesday when I review Bleach 358 sub and Bleach 241 dubbed.
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Georgia never wanted to be a jet-setter. A plain old country vet was fine for her. But one distress call from her best friend and the next thing she knows she's neck deep in the world of polo's most elite international players - complete with designer dresses, fine champagne, and some of the most gorgeous thoroughbreds she's ever seen. Some of the most gorgeous men, too....
Alejandro Del Campo needs his team to win the season's biggest polo tournament or else he's not sure how much longer they're going to be in business. What he doesn't need is some sassy new vet telling him how to run his business - and distracting him at every turn. But as they come closer and closer to the championship match, it soon becomes clear that Alejandro wants to win Georgia just as much as the tourney trophy. But can he ever convince her his world is where she truly belongs?
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Summary: Myfanwy Thomas is born (as a fully grown adult) during a rainstorm and surrounded by people wearing surgical gloves. Now when I say, "people", that is a bit inaccurate. What I really mean to say is Myfanwy is surrounded by bodies, all of whom are wearing surgical gloves. Which is a bit disturbing….
Even more disconcerting is the discovery that her body once belonged to another woman, one who seems to have enemies who are willing to go to extreme lengths to make sure she never tells anyone what she knows. The problem is, Myfanwy doesn't know what it is she isn't supposed to know. More worrisome is the fact she doesn't know who she is…
You might think her memory loss was due to amnesia - unfortunately it isn't anything so mundane - it is far too pervasive. Myfanwy's previous personality, memories - everything that made her is completely gone, leaving behind a brand new, unencumbered person looking out of the eyes, which once belonged exclusively to another woman. You might be wondering with this memory loss how Myfanwy knows her name…
A single clue was left in her jacket pocket, letter written by her body's previous occupant, beginning with "Dear You,". This gives her a choice - leave behind the life her body's previous occupant enjoyed for a cushy life on an anonymous white sand beach somewhere or learn who betrayed her and put and end to them.
Review: This book is a couple of years old now and I have no idea how I missed it when it was first released! In fact, if it hadn't been misfiled in the new release section of my local book store I would have continued on blissfully unaware I'd missed this great book. But the fates (or gnomes - which I swear are responsible for the proliferation of misfiled books - since this book was in the completely wrong place) smiled down on me and this book caught my eye. It is one part "Agents of Shield" (before they were a thing), one part Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and one part Dark City mixed together to create a completely engrossing, snarky supernatural thriller.
What I enjoyed was how O'Malley worked both personalities of Myfanwy into the story in a way I haven't seen in a very long time. By using letters one personality wrote to the other, it allowed the author to create a more dynamic story. It enabled the O'Malley to slip in information and a plot points into the narrative without having to add repetitive transitional passages describing some sort of flashback to Myfanwy's previous personality or discombobulate the reader by switching to abruptly between narrators. "Dear You," at the beginning of the letter was all that was needed to read to know who was talking and what was going on. Very clever and fun to read! The spacing of the letters in the narrative was also wonderful. The author used them to heighten tension by breaking up scenes, doling information and by having significant plot points happening in the letters themselves (they are not all dossiers on the main player in the story). The letters from one personality to the other added significantly to the storytelling allowing an extra level of detail and fun to the overall book. (Plus the letters allowed me to feel further connected to both personalities which helped me become seriously invested in the book - I really liked them as a plot device and I think O'Malley used them to their fullest advantage).
The other aspect I really enjoyed was the fact Myfanwy was in charge of her own destiny. She investigated the crime perpetrated against her with only the help of her former self. Myfanwy stood on her own two feet and figured out what needed doing and did it. She did not rely on someone else to save her. Meaning? She was not a damsel in distress who could only trust the smoldering gentleman she worked with, whom she couldn't be sure wasn't the one who betrayed her. Now I like an urban fantasy romance book as much as the next gal, but I am very glad that the author didn't use this short cut of a plot device in his story.
So to sum up basically all I can say is SQUEEEEEE!!! Seriously I think you should read this book!! It is a great tale of urban supernatural espionage with a strong and capable woman getting things done! If you like mousey librarian types who find themselves in a small cage filled with large lions and tigers and discovers they are really a sabertooth tiger, then this book is for you!
Office of Fair Warning: It is a hair slow in the beginning but once Rook Thomas starts her first day at the office things really take off! You only have to make it to chapter three which is thirty-one pages in - so I have faith you can stick with it! I know I have hung in there much farther into a book before it finally decided to get up and move (and seriously it is only a little slow), so this should be a piece of cake!
And BTW ignore the description on the back cover! It makes this book sound fluffy when it is nothing of the kind AND it is a bit inaccurate! There is no purple slime in the book - purple spores and mold yes - but no purple slime!
My 52 Weeks With Christie: A.Miner2015— Amber
Amber had been after me to read Daniel O'Malley's The Rook ever since she read it, what was it, last year, I guess? And I've said before that I should have learned by now that when she nags me to read something, she's right.
Darn it, she's right again.
In The Rook, Daniel O'Malley has created a great protagonist in a familiar world that's beautifully strange. Myfanwy Thomas becomes aware that she's standing in the rain, there's a ring of dead people all wearing latex gloves around her, and she has no earthly idea who she is. And there's a letter in her pocket that begins:
"Dear You,
The body you're wearing used to be mine."
From that point on, the new Myfanwy (which she pronounces to rhyme with "Tiffany") has to figure out who she is, what she's supposed to do, and who removed the memory of the Myfanwy before her. She discovers that she was a Very Important Person in a secret government organization in Britain, and she's a great organizer. But she's going to have to figure out how to survive - and where she lives, what she likes to eat, and how to get into her office - all while keeping her amnesia secret. Because someone close to her is out to kill her.
In general, I'm not a fan of amnesia stories, but Daniel O'Malley blows this one out of the water. He's created two great characters in Myfanwy, both unique and distinct from each other, both incredibly likable, and then he surrounded her/them with a host of wild and unpredictable people, none of whom Myfanwy is sure she can trust. The letters the old Myfanwy writes to her new self are fun and sometimes poignant, and incredibly clever. The way the new Myfanwy attacks her surprising life is nothing short of inspirational, in a darkly funny way.
Make no mistake, this is not a gentle, cozy book. There are some truly awful things that happen, the language is often adult, and the bodies are not at all off-stage. But the humor is laugh-out-loud and the pacing is both breakneck and impeccable. Amber tells me there's a sequel early next year, and I cannot wait!
Once again, she was right. The Rook just moved to the top of my "Best Of" list, and you know how long that list is! Someday, I swear I'll listen when she shoves a book in my hands and hollers, "READ THIS!" And you should too. Seriously. Read this.— Fran


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Apartment Doubling-Up Hits the Working Class
By ALAN FINDER
Published: September 25, 1990
Willie Avery Jr. is the kind of hard-working, tax-paying citizen who forms the bedrock of any community. But he cannot afford his own New York City apartment, so he and his wife, Sonja, and their two small daughters live with relatives in a small house in Springfield Gardens, Queens: 10 people jammed into four bedrooms.
Doubling-up, once mainly the plight of the poorest of New York's poor, has become an affliction of the working class. Affordable housing has become so hard to find that the number of families forced to live doubled- and tripled-up has increased markedly in the last few years, housing experts say.
In housing projects alone, the number of two- and three-family households has doubled in seven years, according to housing officials, who estimate that at least 100,000 people live doubled-up in projects. Labor leaders say crowded housing is among the gravest concerns of workers.
For these families, temporary stays with relatives and friends are often grueling ordeals that strain marriages and friendships. Adults have little privacy and children readily pass around illnesses and find it difficult to study for school.
At the Averys' temporary quarters, now populated by Mrs. Avery's mother, uncle, a brother-in-law, two sisters and one of their children, the line can be long for the only bathroom. The kitchen is used in shifts.
Their long-term prospect is worse. Like many others in their circumstances, the Averys' ordeal may be only a stop on the way to homelessness.
Mr. Avery worked for 28 years at the same job, distributing chemicals at an auto parts factory in Woodside, Queens. He was earning $30,000 a year when he had heart-bypass surgery in January. He has been out of work ever since, and has seen his weekly income of $600 shrink to a $105 disability check. His family was evicted from their apartment in Hollis in June because they could not pay the rent.
Now they cannot afford even the $360 a month Mrs. Avery's mother asks for the two small bedrooms in which the family has been living. She has ordered them out by the end of the month.
''I might have to go on welfare,'' said Mr. Avery, a wiry man with a dark beard and glasses who looks considerably younger than his 49 years. ''I don't want to, but I might have to.''
The number of families that became homeless increased sharply and unexpectedly in July and August, city officials said last week. The increase forced the city to begin moving families back into welfare hotels, breaking a promise two years ago to stop using the hotels by this past summer.
City officials attributed the increase to their recent success in providing permanent apartments for homeless families living in hotels and shelters. They speculated that families who had been living doubled-up may have decided to declare themselves homeless to qualify for the apartments.
Many housing experts agreed with that, but added that the economics of New York housing had contributed significantly to the increase in crowding and homelessness.
When asked how far up the economic ladder crowding went, Peter Marcuse, a professor of urban planing at Columbia University, said, ''I can tell you that it goes right through tenured college professors.'' He lives with a daughter and her foster child in his small Manhattan apartment.
The reasons for such crowding are clear. Rents on vacant apartments have increased more sharply in the last decade than many people's incomes. The city has begun an ambitious effort to produce new housing, but cannot begin to meet the demand.
No Trickle Down
Overcrowding is expanding even in New York's real-estate slump. Housing prices have fallen and some rents for luxury apartments have declined, but that has had no effect on housing for the less affluent.
''The real-estate market's woes do not mean that the affordable housing problem has been solved,'' said Eric H. Weinstock, director of the housing research project of the Community Training and Resource Center, a nonprofit agency. ''It really doesn't matter much to these people that a studio apartment that was selling for $120,000 has dropped to $90,000.''
The statistics show a big gap between families' incomes and housing costs. The median household income in New York in 1987 was $20,000 a year, according to the city's most recent housing survey. The median renter's income was $16,000 a year.
Most of those in such households -as well as those earning $25,000 or $30,000 - could not buy an apartment or house, even at lower prices. Many cannot afford to rent, either. ''And rental rates have not dropped significantly,'' Mr. Weinstock said.
'We Couldn't Afford It'
A family making $20,000 a year can afford a monthly rent of about $500, under conventional guidelines. But a vacant two-bedroom apartment in most neighborhoods - including many of the most impoverished and crime-ridden areas - rents for at least $600 to $700 a month, many experts say.
Sandy D. and her husband, Gary, together make $22,000 a year at their jobs at a Queens garment factory. After getting married last winter, they lived in a furnished studio in Forest Hills that rented for $650 a month.
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She shared: "I definitely would love to collaborate with Zayn. From here, I watched the Naughty Boy thing and I have always seen where he's going.
"He's definitely helped him get that sound, that sound that's different but still cool, very relevant but it's different and it's new and special - which is something I think I do very well."
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Inspired by our L'Affichomania exhibition, our winter book club delves into the life of Sarah Bernhardt, the daughter of a courtesan who transformed herself into one of the most famous stage actresses who ever lived, as well as a national icon of France. Ms. Fenley will lead a discussion on Bernhardt's avant-garde performance style and its influence on the culture of the period, as well as her transition from stage to screen and eventual role as an international cultural icon. Light refreshments will be provided. The book is available for purchase from the Museum Store.
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Naxxramas Clear, Malygos 30%
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Oh yes, Naxxramas is clear. Gratz all on a very good kill.
After that we moved on to Malygos heroic and got him to 30%, so he's the next on our list.
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So this week we did the following progress, and it's not even over yet:
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About Dudhsagar Plantation
Dudhsagar Plantation is located in Goa. The cottage has a restaurant which serves scrumptious foods and various delicacies. The 6 cottages are well maintained and spacious. All the cottages are equipped with an attached bathroom, hot and cold water supply and drinking water. The property comprises modern features like limited hour operational front desk assistance and airport transfers on extra cost. There is an ample space for parking within the premises. The other features are room service, laundry facility and power backup in case of power cut. Dudhsagar Plantation is located 30.3 km away from the Madgaon Railway Station and 53.5 km from the Dabolim Airport.
No of floors: 0 | No of rooms: 6
Checkin Time: 1100 pm
Checkout Time: 1100 pm
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by Gail and Russell Dohrmann
About the Book
CUBA NOW is created from images taken with iPhone, and Lumix Cameras on a January 2014 trip to Cuba - Havana and Trinidad. Many of the images are taken with the Hipstamatic Camera App. Many of the images are processed on the iPhone or iPad - iPhoneography.
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- Category Arts & Photography
Small Square, 7×7 in, 18×18 cm
214 Pages
- Publish Date Apr 16, 2014
- Language English
- Tags Cuba, Havana, Trinidad, iPhone, Art, Photography, iPhoneography
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Gail and Russell Dohrmann are freelance photographers whose home is in Boulder, Colorado. They are the authors and photographers of the book Boulder's Favorite Places and the photographers for the book Best Boulder Region Hiking Trails both published by Westcliffe Publishing Co. They are contributors to photography magazines having had articles published recently in After Capture Magazine (both on-line and print versions). They exhibit their prints in local and regional art shows where they have been recognized for their work.
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Welcome to the ineedhits Search Engine Marketing blog, where we share the latest search engine and online marketing news, releases, industry trends and great DIY tips and advice.
The guys at Greg Yardley's Internet blog were the first to spot Google doing some testing of a new AdWords feature. What are they testing? The addition of a click-to-call icon next to standard AdWords copy.
If you click on the icon, you can enter your telephone number, and Google will connect you with the advertiser for free without sharing your phone number with anyone. If you stay on the search results page you can see how the status of your call changes from "calling your number" to "you are now connected". The advertiser does not get to see your phone number, nor does Google store it.
The screenshots that Greg has on his blog look very cool – but as he also points out, there's a huge scope for abuse unless Google can find a way to avoid it. Just think prank calls!
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Montce Swimwear Euro Top - Tillie Floral Pattern Bikini
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Floral patterns and fashion-forward style are all yours in this one of a kind Montce Euro Top in Tillie Floral. This is print that is specific to this company, warm blue-grey with little white flowers dancing around the canvas. If you are in love with floral patterns, or love the cute air this bikini top gives off, it's sure to be a comfortable designer swimwear option that makes you feel and look excellent.
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What should I include in a contract for a wedding. I know to include the obvious: names, dates, times,location. Also, info on refundable and non-refundable charges. Do I include the amount of cupcakes(they want cupcakes) & flavors, etc? Does anyone have a generic contract they use?
Thanks for the help!
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This is might help you out: http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-630887.html
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MEXICO CITY, March 28 (Reuters) - Mexico's securities regulator fined Spanish construction firm OHL's Mexican unit 71.7 million pesos ($4.10 million), flagging inadequacies in its financial reporting though there was no evidence of fraud, a statement from the bourse showed on Monday.
The company, a subsidiary of Spain's OHL , has been battered by corruption allegations since recordings were first leaked early last year that appeared to show its executives discussing overcharging the government for a highway concession.
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Mixed Olive Spread
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Recipe by icetea
Keep pitted olives and pimientos in your pantry, and you can whip up an entertaining spread in just five minutes. From the Pillsbury website
Top Review by cslowe40
I made this and used a plunger chopper on the olives and garlic. I also added a splash of lemon & lime juice- It was very tasty- I used it with a plain Hummus and small toasted bread chips and crackers- Looked good in the bowl, kept well. I recomend it !
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1⁄2 cup pitted kalamata olive, drained
- 1⁄2 cup pitted ripe olives, drained
- 1⁄2 cup pimento stuffed olive, drained
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
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- In food processor bowl with metal blade, combine all ingredients.
- Process with on/off pulses until finely chopped. Serve with small, thin slices of Italian bread or baguette-style French bread.


text: In the end of issue 99 one of the Saviors says "We attack at dawn". He obviously meant attack on Alexandria and not group heading to Hilltop. Considering issue 100 happend during night and ended during sunrise, Rick and others won't be able to get back to Alexandria at time. But on the other hand Negan already stated after Glenn's murder that they will come for their first offering in week so he probably considers Rick's group as punished enough. I would just like to hear your opinion about this.


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The deadline to declare for the 2015 NFL Draft is Thursday, and LSU feels good about its chances of keeping three key players -- offensive lineman Jerald Hawkins and Vadal Alexander and cornerback Jalen Mills.
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Matrix Field: Point or highlight specific cells with validation errorsAsked by PeterBishop on September 01, 2015 at 01:21 PM
I am putting numbers into a Numeric Text Box Matrix in form KSIM BA. The numbers are -2, -1.5, -1, -0.5, 0, 0.5, 1, 1.5 and 2, but I am getting the error that only numeric values are allowed. Aren't these numeric?
It seems to me that you appear to be having some issues with numeric validation in your matrix.
However, when I tested this I found it is working normally on my end as I was unable to replicate the problem that you've mentioned after testing it on your form.
The only time I found the validation warning appear was when I entered in the " - " hyphen as a negative symbol but after typing in the numeric value then it went back to normal with no issue.
Thank you for your assistance. Yes, I found that it worked fine when I opened up another version of the form.I may have had a hyphen or a comma slip in there by mistake. I noticed that the boxes turned red, but I kept on going because I didn't know what that mean. I didn't see the warning until I scrolled down to submit. After that, the form froze.
If you are taking suggestions, you might also disable input and make the warning visible when the offending character is entered. With that, I might have been able to recover.
I've got a lot of data in there now. Is there any way to unfreeze the form?
Otherwise, thanks again for your help…
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We can take your suggestions and we can forward it to our developers as a feature request. Although, we might need more information or specification on how you would like it to work.
Currently, this is how the validation works, when you enter a non-valid data, it will automatically show the error highlight color
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input.form-validation-error {
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You can check my cloned form here: http://form.jotformpro.com/form/52438810477965?. You'll see that the specific input with validation error is now more brighter or have a solid color.
For the other issue that you are having with regards to the form freezing after clicking submit, please refer to this link instead: http://www.jotform.com/answers/653161. I opened a new thread so that we can focus on it better. We will address that shortly.
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(welcomed; welcoming)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English welcumian, wylcumian, from wilcuma, noun
Date: before 12th century
1. to greet hospitably and with courtesy or cordiality
2. to accept with pleasure the occurrence or presence of <welcomes danger> • welcomer noun II. interjection Etymology: Middle English, alteration of wilcume, from Old English, from wilcuma desirable guest (akin to Old High German willicomo desirable guest); akin to Old English willa, will desire, cuman to come — more at will, come Date: 12th century — used to express a greeting to a guest or newcomer upon arrival III. adjective Date: 12th century 1. received gladly into one's presence or companionship <was always welcome in their home> 2. giving pleasure ; received with gladness or delight especially in response to a need <a welcome relief> 3. willingly permitted or admitted <he was welcome to come and go — W. M. Thackeray> 4. — used in the phrase "You're welcome" as a reply to an expression of thanks • welcomely adverb • welcomeness noun IV. noun Date: 1525 1. a greeting or reception usually upon arrival <a warm welcome> 2. the state of being welcome <overstayed their welcome>
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Glow from the inside out with this delicate blend which supports your lymphatic system and your immunity at all times of the year. Hibiscus is rich in antioxidants and Vitamin C helping to keep skin firm and glowing. Blueberries and Elderberries are known to provide protection against various diseases and promote optimum health and vitality.
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Morgan Rothschild Academy
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About Morgan Rothschild Academy
Focused on early child development to enhance learning patterns and brain development, Morgan Rothschild Academy in Shanghai, China, serves a multinational population of young children from countries including China, Japan, the United States, New Zealand, France, and Switzerland. The school, which was founded in 2005 by Morgan Huang, encourages its students to cultivate inquisitiveness, advanced intellect, and an appreciation for education. The tools mastered by students of Morgan Rothschild Academy prepare them to effectively handle scholastic and social pressures as they move forward in their academic careers.
In addition to encouraging a love of learning, the Academy strives to nurture each student's individual talents, creativity, and personality to promote a beneficial educational experience. Through play and group cooperation, children gain confidence and valuable understanding of mutual respect and kindness. The school's caring, skilled faculty and staff work closely with students individually and as a group, and their expertise in education and early childhood development gives them critical insight into each student's developmental and educational needs.
AmCham Shanghai's Annual Independence Day Celebration
The Morgan Rothschild Academy aids the educational development of children from around the world under the leadership of founder and director Morgan Huang. Located in Shanghai, China, the Morgan Rothschild Academy has served as a main sponsor of the annual Independence Day celebrations hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai (AmCham Shanghai).
Each year, AmCham Shanghai draws as many as 2,500 attendees to its annual Fourth of July celebration. The event features both indoor and outdoor activities such as hotdog-eating contests, face painting, and hat decorating. Children can enjoy a number of attractions at Kiddy Land, in addition to taking part in the yearly children's parade.
Food vendors at the event offer several American cultural staples including hotdogs, chicken wings, hamburgers, and popcorn. Attendees can also enjoy North American alcoholic beverages, such as Jack Daniel's whiskey and a selection of American beers.
In addition to live performances from local bands, the event has featured appearances from American cultural icons such as the Harlem Globetrotters. AmCham Shanghai also sponsors several lucky draw contests featuring prizes such as roundtrip airline tickets from China to North America.
Shanghai Commission Has Broad Oversight of Educational Programs
An early childhood education center in Shanghai, China, Morgan Rothschild Academy offers bilingual instruction in English and Chinese. For its Chinese instruction, Morgan Rothschild Academy uses curriculum approved by the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission. A government department, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission implements laws, rules, and policies for all levels of education throughout the city.
In establishing educational strategies for Shanghai, the Commission reviews plans for the city's social and economic development to ensure that educational programming meets these aims. The commission also has macro-level oversight of the full spectrum of education programs, from preschool through higher education and vocational and technical programs. As part of this responsibility, the Commission establishes standards and teaching requirements for pre-primary, primary, and secondary education.
Schools can employ the research-based curricula developed by the Commission to ensure that students in their programs develop and learn appropriately. Through its comprehensive oversight of Shanghai's educational programming, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission helps ensure greater access to quality education for the city's students.
Children Gain Lifelong Benefits from Quality Early Education
Based in Shanghai, China, Morgan Rothschild Academy uses research-based curricula to provide quality early childhood education to its young students. At Morgan Rothschild Academy, students engage in varied activities to promote intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development. Participation in early childhood education programs offers many benefits for children.
According to industry experts, children who take part in well-conceived early childhood development programs often demonstrate greater achievement later in their school careers. Children also may demonstrate higher intelligence scores and greater ability to develop stronger social relationships than their peers who are not engaged in high-quality programs. Additionally, children may show higher rates of verbal and physical development during early childhood.
Participation in early childhood education not only benefits the child, but also the child's community. Children who receive high-quality education early in their academic career often go on to achieve greater success as adults and have more opportunities to make contributions to their communities.


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Avocado, Grapefruit and Spinach Salad
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Recipe by susandoeshair
Not only is this salad delicious, it's beautiful as well. The recipe has been in my family for years, originating with my Aunt in Laguna Beach CA some 40 years ago. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 pink grapefruit (canned works well too and is quicker!)
- 2 avocados, peeled, seeded and sliced into 1/8 's
- 1 bunch baby spinach leaves
- 1⁄4 cup French dressing
- 1⁄4 cup blue cheese or 1⁄4 cup gorgonzola, crumbled
Directions See How It's Made
- Spread the spinich on a round platter, keeping it fairly flat. Keep in refrigerator to chill.
- Lay sliced avcados in colander in sink, and peel and de-membrane the grapefruit over the avacado. The citrus acid in the grapefruit keeps the avocado from darkening.
- On the platter, alternate slices of avocado and grapefruit in a circle on top of the spinach.
- Sprinkle with blue or gorgonzola cheese and DRIZZLE with dressing.


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Yoga was brilliant. The pain, the sweat, the joss sticks and, if you could bear it, the chanting. Everyone was doing it: Madonna, Gwyneth, Stella, Geri. Men too - Sting, Simon le Bon. It was wildly infectious.
But fads, like gangs, do not last for ever. One morning this summer, while the last of the die-hard yoga lovers were practising their standing poses, an invisible corner was soundlessly turned. And just like that, yoga was so 2001.
Cometh the hour, cometh the fad. Enter: running.
Chances are that if you haven't started running, you soon will; or at least you will feel guilty for failing to have done so. This is the pathology of fitness crazes: no one is safe. They creep up, as if from nowhere, and apparently at random. Suddenly your friends and colleagues are taking it up, and boring on about it, and you think, well, heck, why not?
Last month, Tatler magazine marked this change of headwind with an article on the hot new sport for the "fiterati". It listed a bevy of celebrity converts, including Alastair Campbell, Claudia Schiffer, Daphne Guinness, David Tang, Laura Bailey, Nigella Lawson, Geri Halliwell, the Hamiltons and Alexander McQueen.
"We noticed about six months ago that suddenly people were adventuring out [running] on their own," says Tatler editor Geordie Greig, whose "eclectic mix" of contributing editors includes Tom Wolfe, Toby Young and Daphne Guinness. He notes that when it comes to identifying new fitness and style trends, "we find we tend to be a little bit ahead of the game".
What happened to yoga? "Of course, a lot of people are still doing yoga; it's a fantastic way of relaxing," says Greig. But running is a way of getting "back to basics". (In the interests of accuracy, he points out that one could argue that pilates - dismissed by purists as "yoga-lite" - had already eclipsed yoga by the time running got hot.) The being outdoors factor, and venturing out alone , are apparently crucial elements in this new trend.
So is running really the next big thing? "I guess ... to a certain extent," says Steven Seaton, editor of Runner's World, with some reluctance. (I have made him cautious by referring to running as a "fad".) "Running has always been an effective and efficient form of exercise," he says, "but it hasn't been sexy." Until now? "Yes."
And how did it become sexy? Well, there's Paula Radcliffe, but Seaton thinks Nike, bete noire of the anti-globalisation movement, has a lot to do with it. The company has spent millions, Seaton says, promoting running in Britain. Last year, it launched an annual 10km race. Competitor numbers were capped at 10,000, and places were gone within five days, before the studiously hip television ads had even kicked in. This September, it allowed 20,000 people to race; places were gone within four days.
Then there are the Cancer Research runs. Nine years ago, the charity started 5km women-only "Race for Life" runs. The first year there was one race and 680 runners. This summer there were 100 events around the country, with more than 250,000 women taking part. Next year, the charity expects more than 300,000 women to get involved, and Seaton believes this alone has increased the number of British runners by around 10%.
He doesn't have any firm figures on how many Brits run; probably two million do it once a week or more, but that doesn't necessarily include any of the 3.4 million people who run at the gym, he says, because they tend not to class themselves as runners: the received wisdom is that unless your running shoes are getting muddy, you're not really a runner. Anyway, no one is keeping count properly.
But Seaton does think that running has been getting dramatically more popular over the past two years, particularly among two main groups: "second-chance males" who did exercise in their 20s, but have done nothing since and are starting to worry about their hearts and waistlines; and women aged 20 to 25, who have probably been drawn in through fun runs and other races (of which there are now about 3,000 a year in this country).
As fitness trends go, running is a good one. You don't need a teacher; you can do it anywhere, anytime; there's no technique to speak of; and it burns off more calories per minute than any other form of exercise. "There's a trend towards running because it works," says Matt Roberts, celebrity personal trainer and author of the Fat Loss Plan. "The downside [of yoga] is that it isn't cardiovascular, it won't burn fat, and it won't make you feel more energetic."
Roberts says that unless you are training for a race, running two or three times a week, for 20 to 45 minutes, is plenty. The most important thing to remember, he says, is to keep your brain and body interested (which is why running outside is a good thing). To stay fit, keep your heart rate at between 70 and 85% of its maximum; to find out what that is, simply subtract your age from 220. To do this properly you will need a gadget to monitor your heart rate while you run - a reasonable one will cost around £75 - which brings us on to equipment.
Only two things matter: your shoes, and - if you have breasts - your sports bra. If you intend to run regularly, you should spend at least £60 on shoes, says Jim Eltringham, manager of Runners Needs, in Camden, north London. As for the brand, Eltringham says people run in different ways, so will have to find the brand that best suits their style but, generally speaking, Asics is "the strongest footwear brand for runners anywhere in the world".
"At the London marathon, if you did a shoe count, at least 40% of people would be wearing Asics," he says, because it is a brand "without a weak shoe in the range". (Interestingly, Eltringham claims that Radcliffe, who is sponsored by Nike and pays nothing for her trainers, does not train in Nike Air Max - which cost about £130 - but instead chooses the far cheaper Nike Pegasus, which "would suit about 50% of the people who come in this shop".)
Shoes and bras aside, it is all just for show, but if it is show you want, Hind and Concurve are allegedly the brands of choice. This season's top running gadget is a GPS-linked watch, which for a mere £220 allows you to find out how fast you are running - and how far you have run. Eltringham is sniffy, however: "I would say it is not quite as accurate but you'd be better off with an A to Z and a piece of string."
So will running go the distance, or will it soon be consigned to the great big fitness-craze graveyard in the sky, alongside step, water aerobics, spinning, et al? Seaton is hopeful - after all, running has none of the disadvantages or expense of "gym-bound exercise", as well as being a particularly powerful form of exercise.
One last thing, though ... didn't running used to be called jogging? And, not to put too fine a point on it, wasn't jogging an enormous fitness craze even back in the 70s, and haven't some people, in fact, been jogging regularly ever since?
This turns out to be a black-and-white issue among fitness and style gurus. The answer is that the new craze for running is entirely unrelated to the olden-days craze for jogging. Greig, who says he has little time to run with three small children under foot, describes jogging as "passé". "Jimmy Carter was a jogger," he says. "Clinton was a jogger." (George Bush, needless to say, is a runner.) "If you're jogging, you're not going anywhere," says Greig. "If you're running, you're in the game."
"Jogging is a phrase used by people who don't run," says Seaton. Jogging indicates a lack of seriousness, if you will. It's the sort of phrase you only hear on Crimewatch, he says, as in: "The suspect was seen jogging from the scene."
But there's no actual difference between running and jogging? "Um, no," he says.


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Ceramic Heat
Chemistry defines ceramics as inorganic, non-metallic, and heat resistant compounds formed by both metallic and non-metallic elements. They are usually and generally described as hard but brittle, resistant to corrosion, and can withstand very high temperatures, while being excellent insulators. Traditionally, ceramics are composed of clay or cement, hardened by high heat, and used for pottery and house construction materials. However, advances in ceramics which involve carbides, and the mixed-oxide ceramics which can act as superconductors. These advances, including the ceramics' natural knack for heat resistance and conduction result to technological advances of many forms –one of which is the use of heat.
Ceramic heat may come in many forms and uses, may they be industrial or domestic. They range from the simple ceramic hair straightener, to Ceramic Heat tiles, up to Ceramic Heat emitters used in warming up homes for winters. Ceramic Heat devices are usually one to look out for when you are looking for optimum heat performance coupled with safety.
Take for example the ceramic fan heater which is the latest when it comes to electric fan heaters that you can find in the market today. There are a number of considerable advantages you can get when it comes to heating up in the cold seasons with the use of this particular type of heater. First is its electronic energy source, which saves you the worry of having to deal with the worldwide hike in oil prices. Its energy-saving capacity is also a bonus when it comes to the cost-cutting factor which you may have to consider in buying a new home heater. Plus, since ceramic heat does not make use of fuel, its efficiency also spreads out to environment-protection compliance by being pollution-free.
Second is its safety for everyday use. The mechanisms of action for its heat production involve passing of electricity through heating wires which are embedded in ceramic plates which heat aluminium baffles. These baffles then heat the air when they are blown by the fan. This simple process makes the heater all the more safe and efficient. Safety does not stop there though, for these heaters come with other features such as special warning devices that caution users when something gets off beam.
Third is its efficiency. While being commonly adequately-sized to be portable, its range of heat-radiation is not confined to a small area surrounding it, and is even sufficient to heat up a small room. This type of ceramic heat source also heats up a lot faster than the average conventional fan heater, but its exterior casing manages to remain cool even if it's made up of metal because of the insulation provided by the ceramic plates.
Ceramic heat does not stop there though. There are many other technologies and everyday devices wherein which ceramics and heat play a duet. The site here is but a sneak-peak of what the technology in ceramics is capable of, and much other potential it holds for other important instruments at a safe and cost-saving rate.