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I suppose I should fear Rich's wrath in posting this (this may be my last post; in which case hasta luego!), but I want play devil's advocate regarding the shorts.
Perhaps it's just how I was raised, in an American sporting landscape where sports teams are treated no different than a McDonalds, but the changing of uniforms is quite common. Granted there are certain pillars with established teams, most notably color: Cowboys are white. Red Wings are red. Celtics are green. Yankees are white and navy pinstripes. These, and many others, are the same teams that could never relocate for fear of fan rioting.
The same goes for footy: Liverpool and United will always be red, Chelsea blue, Madrid white, Celtic green, Brazil yellow, St Pauli poop brown, etc.
Other, less established teams feel they have to change their designs (or "rebrand") every 5-10 years to rekindle interest and make a quick buck or two. And they're a business, so they have every right to do so. Some rebranding works impeccably. Others are a disaster.
Look at Oregon University's football team. Or the majority of MLS clubs. Research the USMNT in the past 15+ years alone. (USSoccer, and Nike, can't even stick with a single color. Are we red with a blue sash? White with red horizontal pinstrips? Denim?!?) Granted, these are all located in the USA, but that is the prism by which I view other teams even if in other nations. Change is often a constant.
But the teams that have oodles of history and fandom (even if in America or England) are unable to make any design changes: even shorts. Although we may argue otherwise, we really don't have any comparable history or crazy fan base. And thus we don't have the luxury of demanding white/black/white every year until FFC ceases to exist. I firmly believe that several of the established clubs, if given the opportunity, would change a few things about their kits to make some extra money.
I'm not saying that's a good or bad thing, but just the reality of the situation. Why?
Because kits currently exist to do one thing: make money. The days of when they served some higher purpose (be it local, ethnic, national, etc ties) are long gone and will never return. If FIFA allowed sponsorships on national team kits, the last bastion of non-capitalistic kitdom, (sans manufacturer logo,) you best believe it would happen. It's just a sad reality we all need to face and accept.
And lastly, isn't our name the "Whites"? So, wouldn't an all-white kit make more sense than the traditional white/black/white? I dunno. I'm okay with the white shorts, mainly because our home kit is still predominately (i.e. the top is) white. If we suddenly went all-black, I'd have an issue.
Anywho, bring on the Faroese, amirite?


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Once upon a time in a land far, far away…or was it right down the road and just the other day? Either way it's the beginning of a story. A story of everyday, told with just a little bit of fairy tale mixed in. A story that begins with the image and goes wherever your mind takes it, a different place for each and every person.
Jamie Heiden is a photographer first. She gets the most satisfaction out of taking a picture. But when she sits down at her computer, the beginnings unfold. Most of her finished images contain multiple photographic layers. Dodging, burning, boosting contrast and adjusting exposure were all tasks performed in the darkroom that are now tools she has at her fingertips using the computer. What would have taken hours in the darkroom can be done and then undone in half the time, not necessarily making the completed process any shorter but allowing for ten times the amount of experimenting within.
Her titles are an integral part of her images. She loves the journey words allow us to travel. So for her, there is something about the combination of words and pictures that completes the process. But, she's not a writer and can not offer this journey with words alone. She takes pictures and they are her stories.
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Apps page on zendesk management console (& website)
Just a brief post to say that it would like to see apps & integrations organized into related web page and management page.
That's because I found really useful previous version of the page, that suported me to search for apps filtering by kind and/or features, and this organized view helped me to select new apps and test some of them.
On the contrary, at the moment you have a simple apps page, and if you don't know the name of the apps, of if you're looking for something you need and you'd like to try, you have to pass mouse over each of them, and see what's their main feature.
Could you maybe consider a filtering option?
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Drew Brees won a Super Bowl and got paid, Joe Flacco won a Super Bowl and got paid, and Aaron Rodgers was just recently given a five year, $110 million extension – setting the bar for him to make the most money in a single season of any player in NFL history at $24.5 million. A quick look at recent Super Bowl history and the common denominator with those three quarterbacks are Super Bowl rings. Then there is Tony Romo, the Dallas Cowboys quarterback of the last seven seasons, who has won one playoff game since taking over for Drew Bledsoe at halftime of a Monday Night game at Texas Stadium against the New York Giants in 2006. One playoff game in seven years and Jerry Jones decided to break the bank for Romo, giving him a $108 million extension that will keep him in Dallas until he's 39 years old – or more simply put, until he retires.
To be clear, this is not an indictment on Romo. He is the best option for the Cowboys going forward, a guy who the Cowboys would certainly rather have at this point over the Kevin Kolbs of the world – or any other average quarterback that was on the free agent market this offseason. Romo does have the fifth best quarterback rating in NFL history at 95.6, and he does have a win percentage 57.3% as the starting quarterback. Rather, this is an indictment on Jones. Giving your marquee quarterback a hefty contract when he's proven absolutely worthy of it is one thing, but it's another thing to do it when he hasn't proven he can come up big in big moments, when it matters.
Leading the Cowboys is no small task, and it comes with lofty expectations. Those expectations are magnified tenfold when you consider the national exposure the Cowboys receive. Accompanying the expectations is unrelenting pressure. Roger Staubach handled it well, winning three Super Bowls in the 1970s. Troy Aikman guided the Cowboys to three more in the 90s. In between those two greats was Danny White, a guy who was able to win games, but never able to bring his team over the hump. Naturally, parallels have been drawn with Romo as the guy who put up great stats, but couldn't deliver a Super Bowl.
The pressure that Romo faces entering this season is arguably the most he has faced in his seven years as Cowboys starter, for no reason other than the deal he signed last month. Jones has long been a believer in Romo, feeling that he can be the one to produce the kind of success that Staubach and Aikman did and bring the Lombardi trophy back to one of the NFL's most decorated franchises. Jones feels that the key to the Cowboys' success is Romo putting in "Peyton Manning type time" in preparing for the season, and perhaps that was the reason for a rather offensively minded draft.
The Cowboys traded back into the first round to #31, selecting Wisconsin center Travis Frederick (whom many feel they could have drafted in the second or third round), took San Diego State tight end Gavin Escobar in the third round, Baylor wide receiver Terrance Williams in the fourth round, and Oklahoma State running back Joseph Randle in round six – all to help out Romo and the offense. By trading back with their initial first round pick, they bypassed players like Florida defensive tackle Shariff Floyd, who would have been an ideal fit in Monte Kiffin's Tampa 2 defense, as well as North Carolina defensive tackle Sylvester Williams and Louisiana State safety Eric Reid. The emphasis on offense in the draft, surrounding Romo with more talent at the skill positions and helping solidify the interior of the offensive line, are moves that are without question Romo friendly.
However, Jerry Jones could be overlooking the biggest fact of all – that a $108 million contract coupled with more offensive firepower creates more pressure for a guy to do what fellow Cowboy DeMarcus Ware said when asked about the contract; it's time for Romo to put up or shut up.
Jake Carapella is a Dallas Cowboys writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @JKCSports1, "Like" him on Facebook or add him to your network on Google.


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Learn how the drive chain and gearing work on your motorcycle – how to adjust your chain tension, inspect the chain and sprockets for wear, and replace them. This is also handy if you want to change your current sprockets to get more umph or create a more comfortable highway rpm for commuting.
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In this workshop you have a few options:
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Citizens' Roles in Managing Lakes
February 2014
When I began as a lake scientist and manager, I wanted to have a role in cleaning lakes. Now, more than 35 years later, I am frustrated with insufficient tangible outcomes from our lake programs. Sure there have been success stories, however for the time, effort and money we have dedicated to fixing lakes, we can do much better.
Rain gardens, native plantings, permeable pavers and many other runoff control projects, called best management practices or BMPs, are helping our lakes when implemented by individuals and neighborhoods, right? Not so fast.
Most often these well-intentioned actions are applied lacking clear objectives or any management context. The intended or expected benefits do not occur.
The lake management profession has long encouraged citizens to help improve lakes and our institutions have gotten into the act. Pretty much every agency and do-gooder environmental organization has a "What You Can Do" element to their programs. Unfortunately, we have over-sold the role of citizen-based initiatives by unrealistically raising their expectations.
Most lake impairments are the result of widespread and hardwired changes to the landscape. BMPs, at best, provide minimal mitigation. In addition, many impaired lakes no longer are responsive to pollution reductions because the impairments are internalized.
Then, should we abandon these practices? No. We should urge their use in a larger management context, applying them strategically as part of a management plan that has clear expectations and outcomes.
If we continue on the current track – training, encouraging and rewarding citizens to implement BMPs with no objective management context – I fear are misleading our citizens to expect lakes are improving as a result of their collective actions. I see no evidence of this. In fact, the state's list of impaired lakes keeps growing.
Advising citizens that BMPs are good is like advising people to eat less fat. Less fat in your diet is generally considered "good," but if you are morbidly obese or have serious cardiac issues, "good" is not good enough and you'd be ill advised to rely on that as the sole strategy for maintaining health.
Diamond Lake in Minneapolis is a "poster child" for my point. The Clean Water Legacy Fund granted the Friends of Diamond Lake $224,224, which along with leveraged funds reached a total of $598,324 for their "Go Blue Diamond Lake Community Makeover." The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) refers to this project as "A Clean Water Success Story." The MCWD report noted these outcomes: 25 rain gardens, 14 permeable pavement systems, 22 rain barrels, 3 RainXChange systems, 4 trees planted, 1.5 million gallons of runoff diverted and 3.3 pounds of phosphorus (per year) prevented from entering Diamond Lake. Of the listed outcomes, the only actual pollutant was phosphorus.
So, what was the problem phosphorus caused in Diamond Lake and how well did this project mitigate it?
First of all, Diamond Lake isn't a lake. It is a "high profile wetland" according to the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB). According to the MPRB, the usual measures of water quality (like phosphorus) do not apply to wetlands. Also, according to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Diamond Lake is not impaired for phosphorus – it is impaired for chlorides, which this project did not address.
What about the phosphorus reduction of 3.3 pounds per year? Aside from Diamond Lake not being impaired for phosphorus, the MPRB's management plan for Diamond Lake neither assessed possible impacts of excessive (or any) phosphorus nor recommended any specific phosphorus reduction goals. On the other hand, the MCWD is requiring an 84-pound reduction (but with no expected outcome reported). So, the 3.3 pounds is about 4% of that target. On a unit cost basis, it could cost an additional $15 million to remove the remainder, even though it is unclear that phosphorus is a problem in the first place.
I know some of the people involved in the Diamond Lake project. They are motived by a sincere desire to improve Diamond Lake. In this case, and in many, many cases like this, they have been led to expect water quality improvements in Diamond Lake, which will not occur as a result of this project.
I don't know what the real water quality problems in Diamond Lake are. Apparently neither does anyone else. I found several references to the lake having an "F" grade, but as the MPRB noted, this grading system is not applicable to wetlands (I agree, I invented the grading system). In the documentation for this project, there was an overall lack of good planning. I found no definitive statement of specific problem(s), no diagnostic assessment or modeling, no statement of measurable goals or outcomes.
The Friends of Diamond Lake participated in this publically funded project with good faith and the expectation that Diamond Lake would be improved as a result of their efforts. Instead, they got a 4% reduction in a non-problem at a great cost.
Our institutions have done a poor job at restoring impaired lakes. It's time to engage citizens in effective and meaningful ways to help make our lakes better. We should all do our part to reduce runoff and remove pollution, but we must do much more if we want to clean up our lakes.
Those having the responsibility for protecting and improving our lakes can better engage citizens and citizens can be better advocates for the lakes they care about. Here is how:
- We should expect and demand real, measurable improvements in lake quality with the investment of public money and citizen efforts. This can happen only when we clearly identify the problem(s) affecting our lake, accurately diagnose and quantify the causes, list measurable outcomes (and measure them), then demonstrate how each management action is necessary to accomplish the goal.
- Citizens should expect to have meaningful roles and responsibilities in protecting and caring for lakes they love. When asked to implement actions in their yards or neighborhoods, they should have good information regarding how their actions contribute (or not) to a common goal.
- Citizens can and should do their part to reduce runoff and pollution in runoff. This is good general advice. Even if these efforts do not result in significant pollution reductions, it gives citizens good standing to expect the agencies charged with improving our lakes to achieve results.
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The ECORD Science Operator (ESO) is a consortium of European scientific institutions formed to undertake mission-specific platform (MSP) expeditions for ECORD on behalf of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (2003-2013) and the International Ocean Discovery Program launched in October 2013. ESO comprises the British Geological Survey (BGS), the MARUM, University of Bremen and the European Petrophysics Consortium (EPC). BGS acts as consortium coordinator responsible for overall ESO management under a contract from EMA as designated by the ECORD Council. The EPC is contracted to carry out logging and petrophysical activities. The University of Bremen is contracted to carry out curation and data management tasks.
To date, ESO has completed seven MSP operations, 4 expeditions from 2003-2013 and 3 expeditions since 2013. ESO is preparing one expedition to the Gulf of Corinth (Greece) in 2017, and 2 expeditions to the polar regions in 2018-2020 (see above MSP schedule).
ESO Tasks
- As an Implementing Organization for MSPs, ESO has the task of operational and scientific planning; engineering development, platform and equipment procurement; contracting; essential training of personnel; safety surveys; data management; core curation; onshore science parties (OSP); publications; outreach and other related pre-, intra- and post-operational activities.
- ESO also undertakes the staffing of MSP science parties in consultation with USSSP, J-DESC and ESSAC.
- It is ESO's responsibility to ensure that MSPs comply with international and national regulations and obligations.
- ESO provides facilities and staff to ensure the maintenance of capability in science operations for ECORD on a year-by-year basis.
Past ESO members
- Timothy Brewer, University of Leicester – EPC Manager 2003-2007
- Alister Skinner, BGS-Edinburgh – ESO Operations Manager 2003-2008
- Dan Evans, BGS-Edinburgh – ESO Science Manager 2003-2010
- Colin Graham, BGS-Edinburgh – ESO Data Manager 2003-2011
- Albert Gerdes, MARUM, Bremen – ESO Media Relations 2003-2015
- Alan Stevenson, BGS-Edinburgh – ESO Outreach Manager 2005-2016
- Annick Fehr, RWTH-Aachen – EPC Staff Scientist 2008-2016
To date, ESO has completed seven scientific expeditions of mission-specific platforms (MSPs). Four expeditions in the first phase of IODP (2003 to 2012), which are the Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX), the Tahiti Sea-Level Expedition, the New Jersey Shallow Shelf Expedition and the Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes Expedition. Three expeditions in the second phase of IODP (2013-2023), which are the Baltic Sea Paleoenvironment Expedition, the Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life Expedition and the Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater Expedition.
ESO is preparing three MSP expeditions for the next three years: to the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in 2017 (Exp 381) and to the polar regions, in the Arctic in 2018 (Exp 377) and the Antarctica (Exp 373) in 2019-2020.
MSP Schedule
- Expedition 373 Antarctic Cenozoic Paleoclimate – Antarctic summer season
Co-chiefs Scientists: Trevor Williams and Carlota Escutia
- Expedition 377 Arctic Ocean Paleoceanography (ArcOP) – cancelled
Co-chiefs Scientists: Rüdiger Stein and Kirsten St. John
- Expedition 381 Corinth Active Rift Development – 22 October-mid December 2017 (from/to Corinth, Greece)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Lisa McNeill and Donna Shillington
- Expedition 364 Chicxulub K-Pg Impact Crater – 5 April to 31 May 2016 (from/to Progreso, Mexico)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Joanna Morgan and Sean Gulick
- Expedition 357 Atlantis Massif Serpentinization and Life Expedition. 26 October to 11 December 2015 (from/to Southampton, UK)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Gretchen Früh-Green and Beth Orcutt
- Expedition 347 Baltic Sea Paleoenvironment – 12 September to 1 November 2013 (from/to Kiel, Germany)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Thomas Andrén and Bo Barker Jörgensen
- Expedition 325 Great Barrier Reef Environmental Changes – 11 February to 6 April 2006 (from/to Townsville, Australia)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Jody Webster and Yusuke Yokoyama
- Expedition 313 New Jersey Shallow Shelf – 30 April to 17 July 2009 (from/to Atlantic City, NJ, USA)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Gregory Mountain and Jean-Noël Proust
- Expedition 310 Tahiti Sea Level – 6 October to 21 November 2005 (from/to Papeete, Tahiti, France)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Gilbert Camoin and Yasufumi Iryu
- Expedition 302 Arctic Coring (ACEX) – August-September 2004 (from/to Tromsö, Norway)
Co-chiefs Scientists: Jan Backman and Kate Moran


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Bonus material! Includes the prologue and first chapter of The Drafter, the first novel in Kim Harrison's new series!
Don't miss this thrilling first look into the elite world of Peri Reed, government agency operative extraordinaire, and catch more of her character in The Drafter, the first book in the all-new suspense trilogy from number-one New York Times best-selling author Kim Harrison, out September 1.
Every hero, even the accidental ones, has a beginning. Silas' radical theory that drafters are not replaying time as much as they are temporarily sliding into an alternate universe has never been well-received, but frankly, the darling of Opti's research has enough clout not to care until a professor with a grudge tries to put a permanent end to it. Love can't alter time, and sometimes even being able to rub out a single mistake isn't enough....
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I've always enjoyed Kim Harrison's work and had no reason to anticipate otherwise with this new series, but the narrator makes it almost unbearable.
A good narrator pulls you into the story and allows you to ride the current without drawing attention to herself. Not this one. She is so busy ee-nun-cee-ate-ing and emoting, she imbues every trivial observation (i.e. "He picked up the pencil.") with a gravitas more appropriate to the report of a plane crash. Everything she says sounds affected and phony; we're not supposed to hear the (bad) acting, but it permeates every word.
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We have a heightened sense of smell when we are hungry. Our sense of smell is what allows us to perceive flavor in our food; hence when we plug our noses and chew cinnamon raisin toast, all we taste is sweet, but when we unplug our nose we taste the cinnamon and raisin. When I first tried the new limited edition Apple Crisp Yoplait yogurt, I was hungry. I could taste fresh apple pie with oatmeal/brown sugar crumble on top. This yogurt is delicious and very balanced. The second time I ate this didn't catch-all the "nuances" that I did when I was hungry, but it is still just as delicious. The flavor in Apple Crisp Yoplait is amazing. I'm in awe of the flavor scientist that created this flavor. Apple flavor is fairly easy to create, … [Read more...]
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Yoplait Simplait is "simply" the best non-Greek yogurt I have had. It has a wonderful custardy/creamy texture, the perfect tartness, a light cream cheese undertone and delicious flavors of jammy strawberry and buttery vanilla. I am in Awe! In general, processed foods have lengthy ingredient statements that confuse us consumers. This kind of thing keeps most of us preparing our own family meals. In one of my food science classes, the professor used a microwave dinner ingredient statement to explain additives. This microwave meal had 68 ingredients. How are we supposed to decipher all this information? Six simple ingredients is the Yoplait Simplait label, but flavor scientists know otherwise. Flavors can consist of one to several … [Read more...]
Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen Yogurt, flavor review
We can rely on Ben & Jerry's for delicious and fun frozen desserts. Greek Frozen yogurt is no exception and as the package states, it's "really Greekin good". Recently, I found two of the four Greek frozen yogurt flavors: Blueberry Vanilla Graham and Raspberry Fudge chunk. Ben & Jerry's Greek Frozen yogurt is easy to scoop, has a light texture (not too dense), is smooth and is not too cold when consumed. My family enjoyed both flavors, but preferred the Raspberry Fudge chunk. Chocolate always wins with my girls. The raspberry has a nice natural flavor and tartness, it reminds me some of a sherbet flavor. Blueberry Vanilla Graham has a nice malty/buttery flavor from the graham pieces. In fact, the sweet buttery graham crust … [Read more...]
Greek Yogurt, Vanilla Flavored products
The yogurt aisle at the supermarket in the US has changed. In 2010, Greek yogurt accounted for 20% of total yogurt sales. (Chicago Tribune March 16, 2012). Greek yogurt has a creamier texture, higher protein content, tarter/less sweet taste and higher cost than traditional yogurt. The consumer will pay more for this yogurt; in some cases $0.30-0.80 more per cup. If you are relatively new to Greek yogurt, following are taste comparisons of some of the vanilla flavor products on the market. Greek Gods is my favorite product. I choose the low-fat version of this yogurt flavored with vanilla cinnamon orange. It reminds me of a custard. Greek Gods makes a truly delicious, treat like product. All flavors in this product are truly natural … [Read more...]
Fage Greek Yogurt Review
As a flavorist and food technologist, I have been extremely fortunate in my career. A large part of my work is tasting products. Evaluating Greek yogurts on the market has been a treat. Especially when it comes to Fage. It is one of the more expensive yogurts on the market, sometimes listed at $1.89 and it is delicious. I recently tried two flavors (1) Strawberry with 2% milk fat and (2)Cherry Pomegranate with 0% milk fat. Fage yogurt is uniquely packaged, with two cups; one large cup for yogurt and one small cup for fruit. The serving suggestion is not to stir. Therefore, I scooped out a little yogurt and dipped it in the fruit. The 2% milk fat Greek yogurt that came with the strawberry fruit was amazing: creamy like butter and … [Read more...]
Chobani Greek Yogurt Vanilla Review
I was in love with Chobani Greek yogurt, until I tried vanilla flavor. The texture and creaminess of this yogurt is delicious, but the vanilla flavor is terrible. Vanilla is my favorite flavor, I stock a 16 oz of Costco's vanilla extract in my kitchen . You can use vanilla extract in about everything sweet: milk, hot cocoa, cakes, lattes, teas, cookies, etc. Vanilla enhances flavor and adds a nice creamy sweetness to foods and beverages. The vanilla flavor used in the Chobani Greek yogurt did none of this. Chobani vanilla yogurt started out sweet and beany, but had a terrible smokey,woody character that came on strong and lingered unpleasantly. The vanilla flavor did not balance well with the tart yogurt. The ingredients in Chobani … [Read more...]
Trader Joe's soy yogurt strawberry flavor review
There has been a lot a press about soy's heart benefits and possible positive affects on women's health http://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20110630/benefits-of-soy-a-mixed-bag. In general it is best to have a varied diet and try new things. This is, however, the first cultured soy product(a yogurt style non-dairy food) I have tried, Usually, it is the beany, cardboard taste of soy products that sways me towards the more familiar dairy products. I was pleasantly impressed with soy yogurt, though. Although, there is a distinct soy taste, it isn't unpleasant and blends well with the creamy, tart character of the yogurt. There is a green, sour, slightly floral fruity note that is supposed to be strawberry flavor. It isn't a distinct … [Read more...]
Chobani Greek Yogurt Strawberry fruit on the bottom review
I'm cheap. Therefore, even though I've heard people RAVE about Chobani Greek yogurt (because of the high protein), I still did not buy it. Greek yogurt is almost always 3-4X the price of regular yogurt. I have been missing out. Last week I tried the Yoplait Strawberry Greek style yogurt and liked the low sugar, high protein and creamy texture. Today I tried the Strawberry Chobani Greek style yogurt and fell in love. This yogurt and flavor is absolutely delicious and good for you. Chobani is most likely more expensive because it uses evaporated cane juice instead of high fructose corn syrup and other all natural ingredients. The process to make Greek yogurt is also different than the standard yogurt at the grocery store. Thankfully, I was … [Read more...]
Yoplait Greek Strawberry Yogurt review
My close acquaintances know I have a sweet tooth. Therefore, I usually have a homemade sweetened vanilla latte or caramel macchiato every morning. I enjoy my sweetened latte with a muffin, toast with honey, yummy granola bar or doughnut. When I visited Italy, their breakfasts consisted of sweet pastries (even pie) with an espresso. I loved breakfast in Italy. Because my breakfast isn't the healthiest, I tend to get hungry in the late morning. My go to snack is almost always yogurt. Yogurt is a healthy snack: low in calories, high in calcium and has live bacteria. Yogurt is typically convenient and good in taste. In the last five years there has been a movement towards Greek style yogurt. Yogurt marketed as Greek Style … [Read more...]
Dannon Danimals Smoothie, Swingin Strawberry Banana Flavored review
I have a four year old little girl who loves the pink "yogi milk" with the monkey on it; Danimals smoothies. Before tasting it, my general impression was that it must be too sugary, like the other kids yogurts on the market. To me, yogurt is supposed to be healthy. It is a good source of protein, calcium, healthy bacteria and it should not be laden down with sugar. Since I was raised by a dairy farmer turned health inspector, I am most definitely pro-dairy. I buy milk, cheese, yogurt, half n half, sour cream, whip cream and real butter. Sometimes my husband purchases cool whip (non-dairy!) when I'm not with him, but other than that, I opt for real dairy products. My husband claims cool-whip tastes good. I am pleasantly … [Read more...]


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Godrej RT EON 231 C 2.3 Double Door Refrigerator is a 3 star rated refrigerator with high energy efficiency and having a lot of storage space. This is a unique refrigerator looking fabulous. Getting into the detailed performance of the latest Godrej fridge review.
The Godrej refrigerator is a double door fridge with a perfect finish. It comes with a metal and browned colored mix texture which is unique. It is also available in steel color also but the brown textured color looks more unique. The door handles is available for both the doors and have a steel finish.
The fridge is designed to a robust quality. It is designed in a perfect way and the air vents are placed to get a better air flow. There are multi-utility shelves available. The gasket is the removable type and can be cleaned easily. It is double door fridge and the freezer is available in the top door.
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December 3-5th. State Fair Grounds!
They're selling 2 or 3 day passes this year. You can buy online to avoid the morning lines:
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WEll my buddy, and I were planning on going to the SAR Saturday, but after CRUNCHING THE NUMBERs we will pass.
As with all the Discounts, and Parking Discount we figure it will still cost $17.50/MAN to go the the Show.
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Who need the Cross Roads of the West Gun Show,s and the RETAIL PRICES. I can buy my AMMO at Wal-Mart CHEAPER!
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November 8
More difficult going today for NaNoWriMo. I had to go back and forth between the Index Card app on my iPad, to remind me what today's chapter was about, and Penultimate app, to look and look again at the sketches of the new setting and new characters. As a result, I didn't stray too far from what I'd planned. Sometimes whole new angles crop up as I write. Not today. Though I did make a decision on the dog character, something I'd been waffling over. Not anymore!
Still, I was not happy to be interrupted early in the writing process by a call from my case manager, saying she couldn't come today. And of course she was only available on days that didn't work for me when we tried to reschedule. Crap. I was sputtering along till she called. Maybe being annoyed by once again having my schedule dictated by others helped. After that, I sped up, and soon I was typing along. My fingers hurt. But that's OK by me! I got 2028 words written this morn.
November 9
I took Classical Civilizations in Grade 9. My teacher: Mr Payne, a florid man with well-worn skin who kept a 40-ouncer in his office desk drawer and gave incredibly fascinating lessons on ancient Greek and Roman societies, philosophers, and literature. I have never forgotten his lesson on Plato's realism or forms, particularly the day he shook a desk and told us in a loud voice that this was a copy.
I thought of him when I was devising my transporter for my NaNoWriMo novel "Time and Space" (http://nanowrimo.org/en/participants/shireenj/nov
2092 words for today's NaNoWriMo writing marathon. Snack time!
November 10
I watched The Illusion of Time on PBS's NOVA last night. I was hoping to learn something new about time and time travel. I did learn one thing, but most of it cemented what I had already learnt. Seeing the same information presented in a different way means the knowledge sticks a little better in the memory banks anyway. A good thing.
So having learnt everything I can about time and time travel, it was time to write my how-to-build-a-time-machine chapter. A lot more stuff came into the chapter as I wrote. I think I was procrastinating getting to the time of the matter. But I finally got there. Wrote it out. Looked at it. Checked my notes. Fleshed it out. And I think enough of the bones and details are there for me to know what I was thinking when it comes time to revise the novel.
I was going to add some details to previous chapters that had flitted in and out of my head yesterday and today. But I've run out of time, energy time that is, and my head needs chocolate! Perhaps tonight I will be able to focus and think. 2519 words today.
November 12
It's a procrastinating, vascillating, restless kind of writing day. I read the paper and Zite on my iPad, drank hot chocolate, made coffee, anything to avoid writing. I read the NaNoWriMo pep talk of the week and finally felt initiated enough to sit down at the computer. The chapter doesn't go exactly as planned. Right off the top, my writing starts to go off on a bit of a tangent from my outline. Eventually I finish, but it doesn't feel right. I'm restless, I head for the fridge, I'm not hungry, I head back to the computer. I work again on some of the dialogue. Details appear I hadn't expected. Cool. I'm still not entirely happy as in I-feel-something's-missing unhappy. But the brain isn't producing, so time for lunch. Maybe this aft, I'll find it, whatever "it" is.
2279 words today. I'm 700 short of the halfway point. I can't believe that! But I can't believe how far we're into November either!
November 13
One should not write about French Toast on a weekend morning at brunch time. And one definitely shouldn't write an entire scene during which the characters are eating said French Toast with puddles of maple syrup and heaps of berries. I am starving! Although after interspersing dialogue with descriptions of the diminishing French Toast on their plates, it's not so bad as at the beginning. I guess OD'ing on an image does have its rewards.
2129 words for today's NaNoWriMo session. Best of all, I'm well past the halfway mark now. NaNoWriMo says I'll be done by November 23rd. I wish. Hopefully, if I keep my word count up -- not always a sure thing during the saggy middle -- I'll get to the 50k mark then, but I wont' be done my novel. Onwards!
November 14
So I had to do some thinking this morning. I had done a lot in the last few months, but not enough apparently! It's amazing how much knowledge we store in our heads about our environment, how things work, things like infrastructure and language and names and classes and races and genders. My Toronto of the future is not like today's, and where things are the same, there's a reason for that. But I got tired of thinking and just decided to write and see what comes out. Of course, this means lots of inconsistency can pop up, which means needing an eagle eye during revisions or revising for one aspect of life in the future at a time. I'll probably do the latter. It's how I did it for my previous two novels, given I can't hold a lot of different details in my head at the same time.
Fewer words today although more pages. That's dialogue and short paragraphs for you. 1995.


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Iqbal Zahoureddin Mirza Abed Turkistani (Mrs)
Po Box: 89381
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2005 : Subspecialty Certificate in Urogynaecology, UK
1990 : Arab Board qualification examination in the specialty of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
1985 : MRCOG Part I (First Attempt). Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, UK
1983 : MBBS with Honors Degree.
Clinical Experience:
12/03-10/05 : Clinical Fellow (Subspecialty Fellowship Training program)in
Urogynaecology at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) & Basildon University Hospital, United Kingdom.
09/02-12/03 : Clinical Attachment, Urogynaecology units at the Basildon University Hospital and UCLH
07/93-08/02 : Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynecology (OB/GYN) in King Khalid University Hospital (KKUH), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
05/91-Present : Assistant Professor, KKUH, King Saud University
11/90-07/93 : Senior Registrar, (OB/GYN) in KKUH
11/87-11/90 : Registrar, OB/GYN in KKUH
03/88-03/89 : Residency training in OB/GYN (combined job) for one year in Good Hope Hospital, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
01/86-02/87 : Elective training for MRCOG Part II Examination requirements at KKUH as Senior House Officer (6 months in General Surgery, 3 months in Neonatology and 3 months in Anaesthesia).
10/84-11/87 : Clinical Demonstrator at the Senior House Officer level in King Khalid University Hospital. KKUH is one of the two University Hospitals of King Saud University in Riyadh. This is an 800-bed general teaching hospital with 65 beds in OB/GYN conducting about 3,800 deliveries per year.
07/83-07/84 : Internship in KKUH, King Saud University, Riyadh in General Surgery, General Medicine, Paediatrics and OB/GYN (3 months in each).
Symposia / Courses attended:
· The International Symposium on Clinical Risk Management in Obstetrics & Gynaecolog Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (5 - 6 Nov, 2007).
· The 37th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (August 20-24, 2007).
· The 35th Annual Meeting of the International Continence Society, Palais De Congres de Montreal, Quebec, Canada (August 31st to September 2nd,2005 ).
· The Urodynamic Bristol Course at St Mary's Hospital, London, UK
(13th - 16th June, 2005).
· ICS UK, 12th Annual Scientific Meeting in Glascow, Scotland , UK (31st March
& 1st April,2005).
· 1st European Master Class on Botulinum Toxin for the Overactive Bladder , one day course held at the Institute of Neurology, University College London (October 6, 2004).
· Joint Meeting of the International Continence Society and the International Urogynaecological Association (ICS-IUGA) in Paris-Palais des Congres, France (August 23 -27, 2004).
· Professional Practice in Promoting Continence, ICS UK 11 Annual Scientific Meeting in Bournmouth, UK ((March 18 -19, 2004).
· Complications in Gynaecological Surgery, Prevention and Management, Joint BSGE / RCOG Meeting (8th & 9th October, 2002).
· "Update 2001": Department of CME at Truman Medical Center, Kansas City, USA (April 20 - 21 2001).
· Attended the third International Symposium on "Recent Advances in Obstetrics & Gynaecology" at Riyadh Armed Forces Hospital (14 -16 October 1998).
· Symposium on "Obstetric Emergencies" in King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh (23 -24 March 1998).
· Symposium on "Diabetes in Pregnancy" in King Fahad National Guard Hospital, Riyadh (20 -21 November 1995).
· "Senior Registrar & Registrar Conference" in the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London (28 -30 November 1991).
· Symposium on "Advances in Obstetrics & Gynaecology" in KKUH (27- 28 October 1991).
· "Advanced Course for Obstetricians and Gynaecologists" held at Queen Charlotte Hospital London (4 -7 October 1988).
· Symposium on "The Progress in the Treatment of Infertility" held at King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh (March 12 -13, 1989).
· Symposium on "Gynaecological Cancer in Saudi Arabia" held at KKUH (January 1987).
· Selected as the 'Best Resident of the Year', twice, in 1985 and 1987.
Academic Experiences:
· Joined the Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Course in Basic and Advanced Cardiac Life Support, held at KKUH (December 1986).
· Secretary of the Department Board of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
· Member of the Statistics Committee in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and several other committees organized by the Department.
· Coordinator of the Residency Training Programme in OB/GYN at KKUH, Member of the Morbidity and Mortality Review Committee, KKUH. Member of the Promotion.
· Committee at the OB/GYN Department. Member of the International Continence Society. (ICS office, Bristol, U.K.)
Research experience:
· Paravaginal Cystic Tumour Secondary to Schistosoma Haematobium Infestation (A Case Report) .
· Central Retinal Artery Occlusion associated with severe ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, published in the 'European Journal of Ophthalmology', 2001.
· A study on Maternal Complications & Fetal Outcome in Unbooked Mothers; Comparison between a Rural and a University Setting.
· Assessment of different Modalities of Osteoporosis Prevention on Bone Mass, Bone Tumour and Fracture Rate among Asymptomatic Postmenopausal Women.
· Characteristics and outcome of cases of Breech presentation at KKUH, Riyadh.
· Determinants of Caesarean section in Breech presentation at KKUH, Riyadh (unpublished)
· A study on Premature Rupture of Fetal Membranes at KKUH titled "Should infants born after premature rupture of membranes investigated and treated for infection". This study was accepted for presentation in the symposium on "Feto-maternal Morbidity and Mortality" held at the Security Forces Hospital in Riyadh on 8-9 March 1987.
· A study on "Maternal Mortality at Riyadh Central Hospital in 1978-1981". This was a research project as a medical student for the subject of Community Medicine.


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|The demon Nalda Delia possesses many eyes. The most important of those being the one that resides in his chest. According to legend, this eye can see a great distance away, past the Four Seas, to ascertain itself of the crimes committed by people of wicked hearts, and punish them with calamity. It is said that those who anger the ember god will have their souls imprisoned, spending the rest of eternity in torture.
An eye within Nalda Delia's torso that hides terrible magic.
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Some people say we live in a "rape culture"
Know what we really live in? A SHOCK CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§"§$%
Modern people get high on shocks in the SHOCK CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§"§$%
People like to get shocked by what X or Z did or how that person in video Y ACTUALLY DARED to do M and how NOBODY DID ANYTHING about J and how S is so fucking L and how TERRIBLE U was and how OMG THEY CAN'T BELIEVE what happened to K and they like to BE LITERALLY SHAKING FROM THE EVENTS IN G
This is why we live in a SHOCK CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§"§$%
When we see something with multiple possible explanations we automatically assume the most shocking and terrible one
Why? Because we live in a SHOCK CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§"§$%
We like the high of getting shocked and we like the anger rage indignation sadness moral superiority righteousness devastation and desire for revenge we can share and wallow in with our fellow "citizens"
And who profits in the end? The ones who promise us to stop all that evil evil!
Which is ironic because we dont really want the evil evil to stop – we are much too addicted to being shocked – if there was nothing to be shocked about wed rather invent something to be shocked about than to not be shocked
That's because we live in a SHOCK CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§"§$%
This is why we don't vote for politicians who propose actual solutions and rational arguments – we don't really care about solving the problems
We'd much rather have a rockstar up there who validates our feelings of shock – an entertainer who provides us with our fix of shock by being shocked himself and allowing us to be shocked about the shocking shockingness of something shocking happening in this shocking world
We don't want solutions – we just want to be angry – and we want a leader who lets us wallow in the anger and rage without taking it away from us
And it is ironical that this requires us to live in a constant lie divorced from reality – because if we admitted that we like being shocked we would validate the evil evil and then the evil evil would no longer shock us
So we live in extreme cognitive dissonance basically just trying to trick ourselves into believing that we really care so that we can still be shocked
Because we live in a SHOCK CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§"§$%
And this addiction requires us to keep our eyes closed – because the moment we would open them we would realize that our desire to be shocked is empty and ridiculous – if we opened our eyes to realize the nature of this addiction the addiction would evaporate – and in a weird twist of human existence an addict's worst and most secret fear is to no longer be addicted – but again the addict can not be conscious of this contradiction because if he was then the addiction would be destroyed which constitutes the fear in itself
So even more weirdly consciousness in itself becomes the object of fear! Not because consciousness is scary but because consciousness would forcibly resolve a contradiction that we rely upon to get our emotional highs – addicted to shock and pain
And we can see how we defend this addiction to pain for example in toxic relationships where the suggestion to not be so attached to the other person is met with an indignated "But I WANT to care! How cruel would it be to not care!" – and in another weird twist love is thus equated with pain – "If I am not in agony then I am not truly in love" – by manufacturing this suffering we trick ourselves into believing that there is something out there that is magnificent enough to suffer for – worth caring for – and yet this thing eludes us like a phantom because it doesn't exist and is only a compensatory emotion of magnificence for the extreme suffering – in fact this thing that we imagine is RELIEF – and we like to HOPE that the RELIEF will come – and there is the trouble – we are addicted to HOPE as much as we are addicted to the SHOCK – but in order to HOPE we must suffer because without suffering there can be no hope as there is nothing to hope for – so in a third and final twist we do not even WANT relief – we want the DESIRE FOR RELIEF – and in order to desire we must create suffering because without suffering desire can not exist
We want the ultimate cinematic build-up to the final transcendence of pain – only that there is no transcendence and our entire life consists of the epic build-up in expectation of an overwhelming climax – a climax that never comes – and if we are honest we don't want it to because we aren't addicted to the climax but to the build-up and eager expectation – that is – suffering
Indeed one could argue that we only keep imagining and talking about relief and transcendence so that we can justify our suffering – if there was nothing to suffer for we could not justify suffering and thus we could not satisfy our addiction to shock – so we don't really want relief we really only want some imaginary object to yearn for without ever getting it (ironically we also desperately need to believe that we can't survive without this thing because else we couldn't be shocked by its absence – and yet, we live) so that we can continue suffering "in peace" – it is the wanting that we want, not the getting
One may almost ask – is desire and suffering actually the same thing?
But we don't really care beause we really like to be shocked
Because we live in a SHOCK CULTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!§"§$%


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The vehicle inspection company Opus Group has decided to move its 2016 year-end report forward to February 14 to present the company's new growth strategy for the coming five years. The new growth strategy will be presented together with the 2016 year-end report at a press and analyst conference on February 14 in Stockholm.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors Katarina Bonde, the CEO Magnus Greko, board member and the Head of the Vehicle Inspection division Lothar Geilen, CFO Linus Brandt will all be present. The press and analyst meeting will be web casted on www.opus.se and there will also be a live telephone conference connected to the meeting. More information about the conference will be sent out in advance through a press release.


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Second attempt at disneyland with kids - and it went really well!! We went for five days, with an extra day to relax and go to the beach. It was a great pace to make it so that we weren't frantic trying to beat all the people around us to the next ride.
Jonas has a pretty good talent for posing for pictures.
Gwen LOVES It's a Small World and the "Tea Sets" rides.
We were in line for Winnie the Pooh and this picture was Jonas idea/posing "Mom! hurry and take a picture because I'm 4!"
As far as Gwen is concerned, nothing is more terrifying than Winnie the Pooh.
Jonas respectfully declined to be in the above picture with me and Gwen... sucker.
Mickey and Minnie get piggy-backs
Jonas hated HATED waiting to get into the park in the morning. Every morning he would throw a little tantrum. Super fun.
They totally loved the parades.
Russell was great at getting the kids (and himself) to sleep in the hotel. Here he's scratching both their backs.
Jonas and Russell's favorite ride.
Gwen was fascinated and terrified by the princesses at the same time. She hid in my shoulder the whole time we were talking to them, and then as soon as we turned away from them she would smile at me and talk to me about how excited she was that she got to meet a princess.
Alice in Wonderland and all of her dressed up crew sat and talked to jonas and gwen for like five minutes. It was so much fun. They were trying to get Gwen to acknowledge them the whole time... and she didn't. :)
And that's it! Woo hoo! fun trip! Not pictured: Long car rides with a maddening amount of stops to accomodate stomach-flu-ridden-potty-training children. Luckily they recovered quickly. :)


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Howard, Red Wings blank Coyotes
Jimmy Howard stopped all 29 shots he faced to earn the shutout, as the Detroit Red Wings dumped the Phoenix Coyotes 3-0 to even their Western Conference quarterfinals series at two games apiece on Tuesday night.
Detroit won as -230 home favorites, while the teams played UNDER the 5-goal total set by oddsmakers.
Henrik Zetterberg and Todd Bertuzzi each had a goal and an assist for the Red Wings, who also got a marker from Pavel Datsyuk in the win.
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Texas Instruments Inside?
Back in 1982, Texas Instruments Inc. (TXN ) had one of the hottest brands in techdom. Its digital watches and calculators were everywhere, as were its ads with TV icon Bill Cosby promoting its home computers. But when its PC business folded in 1984, so did TI's last attempts at mass marketing.
Now that's changing. In November, TI launched a major marketing blitz aimed at reintroducing itself to consumers while spurring sales of flat-screen TVs that use its digital light-processing chips. In TV spots that will air during peak viewing times, including the Super Bowl on Feb. 6, TI is promoting the picture quality of sets that use DLP, a proprietary technology that involves bouncing light off more than a million tiny mirrors. If the ads are a success, consumers could see TI start to position itself as a hip, innovative company behind a range of consumer products. "We're in an era where communications and consumer electronics are the most important [markets]," says Richard K. Templeton, who became CEO in May.
TI is taking a page from the famous "Intel Inside" ad campaign -- but success is not guaranteed. That campaign helped establish Intel Corp. (INTC ) as a brand consumers could trust when shopping for what was then a complicated and relatively new market for PCs. Intel also gave hundreds of millions of dollars in marketing funds to PC makers that used its chips. Many depended heavily on Intel, boosting its influence in the market. But TI isn't spreading marketing largesse; moreover, it's loath to risk alienating the manufacturers that buy its chips by doing anything that could undermine their brands.
Still, TI is eager to establish itself in consumer electronics. As home entertainment goes digital, it's looking more like PCs, where manufacturers' brands have less sway over buyers than those of Intel and Microsoft (MSFT ) Corp. "People are starting to look at what the components are," says researcher NPD Group Inc. analyst Stephen Baker.
That gives TI an opening. When the first TVs based on DLP hit the market in 2002, they quickly took hold as a viable alternative to plasma and liquid-crystal-display sets. The latest models are just seven inches thick, making them almost as slim and sexy -- yet they go for about half the price. In September, DLP sets accounted for 28.1% of the big-screen market in North America, neck and neck with plasma and LCD. Sales should reach $750 million for TI this year, says American Technology Research analyst Erach Desai, up 127%.
With the peak TV-buying season approaching, TI and its customers know their growth is vulnerable. Digital-TV sales are expected to rise 70% this year. But with prices falling rapidly, plasma sales soared 58% from August to September, compared to 28% for DLP sets, according to NPD. So in addition to its TV advertising, TI is also installing slick in-store displays with retailers such as Best Buy, hoping to promote what they claim is the superior picture quality. One factor in TI's favor: DLP sets typically come in much larger sizes than plasmas, making them a more popular choice for sports nuts and home-theater enthusiasts. The upshot: DLP should continue its strong growth even if ever-cheaper flat-panel technologies like plasma grab more share. "I think they have an opportunity," says American Technology Research analyst Erach Desai.
A harder task may be establishing TI's brand in other categories. TI is the No. 1 seller of chips for cell phones, supplying the brains of the snazziest multimedia models in the market. But cell-phone makers are unlikely to cede space on handsets for TI's logo. And it's far from clear that buyers would search out the chipmaker in a crowded consumer-electronics market even if they knew who it was. "It's an uphill battle," says Silicon Valley marketing consultant Regis McKenna.
Still, as technologies converge, chipmakers are assuming more influence over the design of electronic products. That may help them play a bigger role in marketing, analysts say. TI recently announced plans to add digital TV to cell phones by 2007. If that's not a gizmo fit for a Super Bowl ad, what is?
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is there a reader app for the iPad?
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apple makes the best reding app ever it is called ibooks. go to the app store, search ibooks. when u find it push download now, it is free. with ibooks you can read,store,buy books and pdf files. there may be other "reading apps" like the indue one but it costs money,isn't organized and is just bad. the stuff that apple makes its self is the best.
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- Mar 30, 2012
Yes there is, iBooks which gives you a huge rang of books from movies ect
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Stuartli 18:11 23 Apr 2005
Are you using a telephone extension lead to connect to your modem (plus an RJ11 data cable) from the Master Phone Socket?
If so, using a Master Socket to modem RJ11/45 data/voice cable of a suitable length could solve it.
I bought a 10 metre Lindy cable from click here for £7.59 including VAT, which is the cheapest I've seen for this length. The outlet is based near me so it just meant a personal call, but you can phone in an order or do it online.
On the other hand one of the offspring, also with Pipex, connects with no problems using a 20 metre telephone lead extension....:-)


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Coloring Book is the third solo full-length album from the 23-year-old Chicago sensation Chance the Rapper.
The album has been received with critical acclaim, earning Best New Music on Pitchfork, glowing responses in The Atlantic and MTV News, and gratitude from devoted fans. With its black gospel influence (the album opens with a collaboration with Kanye West and the Chicago Children's Choir), the album is a joyful, spiritual celebration of life's blessings, a nostalgic look back at childhood, and an open-armed collaboration with a multitude of other artists.
In the past, the rapper has spoken openly about his own drug use, and even "dedicated a small travelogue to taking acid south of the US border" (his last album was named Acid Rap).
In his new project, however, he uses the language of drugs to symbolically convey the complex emotional dynamics of romantic relationships, friendships and growing up.
In "Same Drugs," he sings: "We don't do the same drugs no more." In response to more cursory interpretations of the lyrics, he tweeted:
Same Drugs isn't about drugs 😒
— Lil Chano From 79th (@chancetherapper) May 13, 2016
Rather, the song is a poetic, beautifully simple way to describe how it feels to grow apart from someone you once loved—to realize that you don't "do the same drugs" anymore.
In "Smoke Break," he uses smoking weed as a metaphor to discuss the ways his life has changed since becoming a father (he had a daughter this past September). He and his partner are now so busy all the time, rushing around to take care of themselves and the baby, "throwing on clothes," and "putting milk in the bowl," when they used to have more time to actually smoke a bowl.
But they're "too young to get old," and he's determined to still make time and space for their romantic partnership, even if, with a new baby, there's "no time for sex." He sings: "Let me crack your back / Let me rub you all over […] Let me make this blunt / Make you dinner or somethin'[…] Slow it down for a second…We deserve, we deserve / We deserve, a smoke break."
Other artists chime in throughout the album with their own take on substances. On "No Problem," Lil Wayne says that he "just popped five percocets and only caught a buzz" and on "Smoke Break" Future raps about giving a woman "a perc for esteem."
The metaphors and wordplay abound, and sometimes, too, a blunt is just a blunt.
You can listen to "Same Drugs" below, and explore Chance's own annotations of his lyrics on the rest of the album over at Genius.


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Exercise makes me really excited about life!!! Today I met with one of the Trainers at the gym for an orientation. ( I have belonged to the gym for forever, have paid for it every month and have only gone sporadically). He kicked my butt. Today was part I, cardio. I actually loved it... He pushed me so hard on the elliptical machine (it wasn't actually the elliptical but something like one) and I had fun... Then we went to the treadmill which was boring and onto the recumbent bike which I thought would be easy but was really difficult. I did 15 minutes on each machine and there were times I thought I couldn't do it anymore but I did it!!! I finished with some stretching!!!
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My meal plan is coming along pretty well... I have become addicted to whey protein shakes... I read an article that you can add cooked oatmeal to them with almond milk ( i don't drink milk) and fruit ( I use blackberries) and I also add colon cleanse... I am going to try the oatmeal tonight, but if anyone has tried it with the oatmeal please let me know... don't forget the ice cubes to really make it a smoothie... other ideas are peanut butter, frozen bananas, low fat yogurt and any flavor whey protein mix. (i buy it at Wal Mart for less than 15 dollars for a month's worth)
I believe that since I am doing all of the right things... I have begun to believe in myself and have been "Loving Life" and really feel that I can reach the goal that my doctor has set for me... Exercise four days in a row really has helped my attitude and getting rid of the toxins in my body by eating healthy really makes me believe that I am on the right road to my goal!!!
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Life is Beautiful and it is us who can make it that way. Only us can be responsible for us. We can get cheered at and Ra,ra. The rest depends on us totally. All the right things for the body is there. Exercise, portions. A good attitude and motivation. You have a good trainer.
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When a powerful Florida lobbyist discovered that a nanny sexually abused his daughter, he wielded all of his considered political capital to pass some of the strictest sex offender laws in the country. Today, 800,000 people are listed in the sex offender registry, yet the cycles of abuse continue. Moving from the halls of power to the cardboard homes of a marginalized pariah people, this enlightening documentary defies expectations and challenge assumptions to argue for a new understanding of how we think about and legislate sexual abuse.
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I haven't had a burger in awhile and was starved from a long day out, with my kids. I had went to the store that morning, and picked up some vegan boca burgers and red petite fingerling potatoes. I thought I would try it on a vegan hawaiian toast! It was mouth watering delicious!!
Boca vegan patties
Veggy american cheese
Alfalfa sprouts
Roma tomatoes
Cook boca patties and set on hawaiian toasts
Top with ingredients
Red fingerling fries:
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Hawaiian Toasts:
1 cup almond milk
2 tbsp nutritional yeast flakes
1 tsp of sweetener
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp of sea salt
A pinch of nutmeg
6 whole wheat buns
Mix all ingredients (except bun slices) in a shallow bowl. Dip the bun slices into almond milk texture and cook until browned.