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These are possibly one of my favourite treats to give to people who can't see how chocolate can be made into a clean and healthy treat. Why? Because they are just so deliciously decadent, chocolatey and delicious…and good for you.
Here are some other reasons why these chocolate truffles are amazing:
+ Children will LOVE them. In fact I guarantee they will never know these are good for them!
+ They are incredibly quick and easy to prepare, requiring only one bowl to wash up
+ You can get creative with this recipe. Roll them into balls, press them into shaped ice cube trays (lego moulds are currently my favourite for children!)
+ These would make an incredibly tasty slice, pressed into a tin lined with baking paper. Feeling extra decadent? Drizzle with my chocolate drizzle. See here for a recipe.
1 cup walnuts or pecans
1 cup of medjool dates, pitted
2 tablespoons of melted coconut oil
2 tablespoons coconut milk or cream
1 tablespoon cacao powder
1 tablespoon chia seeds
1 tablespoon desiccated coconut
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon maca powder (optional)
Extra cacao powder, for rolling
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Combine the nuts into a food processor and blitz until roughly chopped. Add the dates and pulse until combined. Add all of the other ingredients and pulse until the mixture sticks together when pressed between your fingers. If needed add more coconut oil or coconut milk. Roll a tablespoon of mixture into a ball and roll in extra cacao powder. Refrigerate. These will also keep well for a month in the freezer (if they last that long!).


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A CPN excluded me from a meeting about my son. I am his carer. At the time I did not know that they were not legally within her rights to do so but I felt bullied and they were supported by some minions so they got away with it. My son's life had been endangered when he lived away from home and I want him to live so it was concerning that they tried to persuade my son that it was not in his interests to live with me. I think the staff at Avenue House are all very poor.
Response from Chris Bench, Clinical Director Primary and Planned Care, West London Mental Health NHS Trust 10 months ago
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Debate is raging in the United States about marijuana. Everything about it, legalization, its uses, its benefits and its dangers. Right now more than half of the country, 25 states plus the District of Columbia, have policies legalizing or decriminalizing the use of marijuana either recreationally or for medicinal purposes. For the first time in more than 40 years of polling the issue, most Americans support legalization, according to a Pew Research Gallup poll done March 2013. The poll showed 52 percent of Americans in favor of legalization and 45 percent against, rising 11 points since 2011.
The federal government's official position on marijuana, according to a document released January 2011 and featured on the Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA) website, is that, "The clear weight of the currently available evidence supports [Schedule I] classification, including evidence that smoked marijuana has a high potential for abuse, has no accepted medicinal value in treatment in the United States, and evidence that there is a general lack of accepted safety for its use even under medical supervision… Specifically, smoked marijuana has not withstood the rigors of science –it is not medicine, and it is not safe."
Though public opinion may be turning toward viewing marijuana as not a big deal, federal laws make it exceedingly difficult for even medical researchers to obtain supplies. In the United States, research-grade cannabis is controlled by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA,) whose mission to curb abuse often poses a significant hurdle for researchers interested in studying marijuana's curative properties.
"If you're going to run a trial to show this [cannabis] is going to have positive effects, they're [NIDA] essentially not going to allow it," said Lyle Craker in an article from Popular Science. Craker is a professor and horticulturist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
"We have FDA-approved [Federal Drug Administration] protocol, but the only way to actually get marijuana for the study, the only federally approved source, is at [the] University of Mississippi," he said. "NIDA refused to sell us the marijuana for study."
In the same article, the director of communications for the Multidisciplinary Association of Psychedelic Studies (MAPS,) Brad Burge, said, "The United States government has gone to great lengths to prevent [medical] research on whole-plant marijuana." MAPS is currently involved in a lawsuit with the DEA over the right to establish a medical marijuana farm.
But although it may be difficult for many researchers to obtain supplies for testing and clinical trials, there are those who manage to make it through the arduous requirements to be allowed access to cannabis to use in their research. The Center for Medical Cannabis Research (CMCR) at the University of California has been studying cannabis since the 1999 passing of the state's Marijuana Research Act. According to their website, their purpose is to conduct "rigorous scientific studies to assess the safety and efficacy of cannabis and cannabis compounds for treating medical conditions."
"The regulatory and other approval processes involved in clinical trials with cannabis requires authorization for each research [trial] by the Research Advisory Council of California, the US National Institute on Drug Abuse, the US Department of Health and Human Services and the US Food and Drug Administration," writes Dr. J.H. Atkinson, Co-Director of CMCR, in an email. "Every branch was cooperative and helpful. On the other hand it is likely that some researchers will be put off by the requirements."
The Center organizes and assists cannabis research throughout California. Research focuses on the latent medicinal benefits of cannabis for the treatment of various diseases and conditions. Currently the emphasis of their funding goes toward researching the treatment of ailments such as:
Severe appetite suppression, weight loss and cachexia due to HIV infection and other medical conditions. Chronic pain, particularly neuropathic pain.Severe nausea and vomiting associated with cancer and its treatment. Severe muscle spasticity caused by diseases such as multiple sclerosis.
According to Atkinson, the study that has provided the most promising results for the use of cannabis in medical treatments so far was for the treatment of HIV-related peripheral neuropathy (PPN) –injury to the nerves that supply feeling to your arms and feet.
"Our research focused primarily on chronic pain due to nerve injury (neuropathic pain), where the injury is due either to physical trauma, the effects of diabetes or infection with HIV," writes Atkinson. "Several of our studies of these conditions all pointed in the same direction–that cannabis helped alleviate pain that was otherwise not responsive to standard treatments."
In the study, Dr. Donald Abrams evaluated the safety and effectiveness of marijuana when smoked to treat pain caused by HIV-related PPN in order to measure its effect on pain relief. Marijuana was compared to a placebo. The placebo was a cigarette that smelled and tasted like marijuana but had no active ingredients such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) or cannabidiol.
Cannabinoids are the active chemicals in cannabis which are responsible for the 'high' feelings felt throughout the body. The main active cannabinoid is THC. Another active cannabinoid is cannabidiol, which relieves pain and lowers inflammation without causing the 'high' of THC, according to the National Cancer Institute.
The influence of the study was grounded in "…background of research in chronic pain and in multiple sclerosis…that helped identify conditions most likely to benefit from cannabis (e.g., pain from nerve injury, muscle spasm from multiple sclerosis)," writes Atkinson.
50 participants made it to the end of the trial. Smoking marijuana reduced daily pain by 34 percent compared to 17 percent with the placebo. The smoked marijuana was tolerated well and relieved the chronic pain. The findings were comparable to clinically proven oral drugs for the same pain.
So can the results of cannabis research help lead to legalization?
Not necessarily, Atkinson cautions.
"The CMCR was established, authorized and funded by the Legislature of the State of California to conduct high quality medical research that will 'enhance understanding of the efficacy and adverse effects of marijuana as a pharmacological agent,' stressing that the project 'should not be construed as encouraging or sanctioning the social or recreational use of marijuana,'" Atkinson writes. "Thus, our work was separate from the question of 'legalization.' Government policy makers may or may not wish to consider the research conducted by the CMCR as part of discussions of legalization."
In 2009 the American Medical Association (AMA) called on the federal government to reconsider its classification of marijuana as a Schedule I controlled substance. As the nation's largest physicians' organization, the AMA has maintained that marijuana should remain a Schedule I controlled substance since 1997. Such a significant shift in long-held ideology by such a prestigious group reflects the rapid shift of opinion in the nation as a whole.
Five years later the federal government has yet to heed that call, from the public and from the experts.
"Marijuana is a linchpin in the war on drugs," says Burge. "There's a lot of investment in marijuana remaining illegal."


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I'm coming to STL for a work event in May. I'll be staying at the Renaissance Grand for 5 nights and am interested in finding some fun/exciting restaurants to try for dinner. I'm a pretty adventurous eater. I'd prefer to stick close to the hotel, as I'll be getting done with work pretty late.
Any suggestions for a sit down (or even take-out to eat in the hotel room) would be appreciated!


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September 24, 2009
Cash for My Clunker I am not "car" guy. I don't worship the automobile. It is the most practical way for me to get to where I need to go when I need to get there. It's transportation not a symbol of who and what I am.
My current transportation is a 1994 Toyota Corola. It runs great. Looks half decent, and none of the things that are wrong with it matter at all to me. I bought it off a neighbor for $2,000 last October. I bought it because my previous transportation was no longer the best way to get from here to there and back.
That car was a 1986 Volkswagen. I bought it as a 3 year old used car just off a lease. It was a great reliable car for the 10 years I drove it. It had problems that were getting worse and were not worth fixing. The biggest one was that it really didn't work very well in reverse. If you held the shifter in place and were delicate with the gas and clutch you could get the car to back up on a level surface or maybe up a very slight incline. If you didn't have enough pressure on the shifter or too much pressure on the gas pedal, it would pop out of gear.
It sat in my driveway for months waiting for me to get around to dealing with the lost title so I could donate it in the hopes of getting some meager tax write-off.
Then one day a neighbor called and asked what my plans for the car were as they were interested in it of their high-school aged son. I told them it wasn't worth owning and I was going to junk it. They said they wanted it anyway.
I explained that in addition to not having a functioning reverse gear, the air conditioning didn't work, it leaked oil, the windshield had a large crack, there were some electrical problems with the tail lights due to the fact that they leaked and filled with water every time it rained.
It was also filthy. before is sat for months in the driveway it hadn't been washed or cleaned in any way in years. Occasionally when the level of the kids garbage got too high in the back seat I'd empty it out, but that's about it.
I did everything in my power to convince them that the car was not worth owning, but they persisted. They bought it and paid cash.
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September 07, 2009
I'm Becoming More Progressive as I Age It happens. They tell me it's unavoidable. It's part of the aging process.
That is to say new glasses with progressive lenses.
Apparently they are not making small type harder to read on everything as part of some conspiracy to pull the wool over everyone's eyes. It's just my eyes getting wooly.
Actually I'm kind of relieved. I'm a graphic designer. If there was some vast small type conspiracy and they didn't tell me, I'd be worried.
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September 06, 2009
Lines in the Sand It's nice when a brief news story calls to mind one of your favorite poems. In fact it's poetic!
The poem is by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The news story is from Reuters:
WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Sunday President Barack Obama will "draw some lines in the sand" in his Wednesday speech on healthcare.
Gibbs also said on ABC's "This Week" program that Obama still wants a public option included in healthcare reforms and believes it is a valuable tool to provide choice and competition.
Gibbs declined to answer a question as to whether the public option is essential for Obama to support healthcare legislation.
The poem is by Percy Bysshe Shelley.
I met a traveler from an antique land
Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.
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Getting Apple Wrong Glenn Reynolds who runs a regular series of posts titled "Bites from the Apple" in which he links to a number of MAC sources, apparently doesn't pay too close attention to his subject matter.
Today the post "THINGS THAT DON'T SUCK" he writes:
So when I bought my new MacBook Pro a couple of weeks back, it was obvious that there was a recession on — not only did I get a discount for being UT faculty, but they threw in a free 8GB iPod Touch.
The free iPod Touch is an annual Apple back to School promotion- not an indicator of the recession. It's goal is to get Macbooks into the hands of college students. Reynolds got his by virtue of having the college ID that got him his standard educational discount.
The iPod promotion serves another purpose for apple as well. Every fall, they hold a press event at which they unveil the newest versions of the iPod family. This year's event is scheduled for September 9. The back to school give-away helps to clear out old inventory that they were going to take a loss on anyway. The cost of giving away a soon to be discontinued iPod model is probably less than the margin they are making on the sale of the computer.
Reynolds, who is also a digital photography enthusiast, may find himself disappointed on September 9 when Apple announces the new iPod Touch that includes a camera.
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Unanswered: ianywhere slow now on VMWARE ESX
Since a customer moved the database to a virutal machine Vmware, windows 2000 using sybase ianywhere 8.0.3:5002 the database is now slow. Major slow. Not only our applications but what took only a few minutes for even sybase dbbackup.exe across the network now takes for ever. Our applications of course are also affected. Any ideas. They say CPU says only 3% being used, they have 1G of memory allocated and 1Gbit ethernet. How to we prove the db IO as well being slow? I am going to move the DB DSN as well for a test to another location physical machine.
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Any form of database server is not really a good candidate to virtualize. Databases are typically IO intensive applications without the need to hog CPU. You should also look for swapping or paging activity, to verify that enough memory is available to the application.
Enable disk performance monitoring using "diskperf -Y" on both the physical and virtual machines, and then compare the average throughput for the same type of queries against the servers. You would probably need to reboot them for this.
The fact that the CPU is only at 3% does not really matter, you need to look at the disk stats and check that memory is sufficient.
If you are using iSCSI devices, slow network responses could be the culprit, or the fact that the device or the VM is NOT communicating at full duplex. Verify that the NICs are set for full duplex, and are in fact using full duplex
I would also suggest maybe comparing startup parameters on the old and new systems, to ensure that the VM config and the physical server configs are at least similar in terms of memory allocated for caches and temp usage.
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I will have them give that a try. To get them to move back or stub this out may be like pulling a tooth. thank you again. I still would like other suggestions if at all possible.


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The many influences and inspirations behind Mr. Robot
Mr. Robot is a successful drama-thriller series that took viewers by surprise last summer with its gripping storyline, multiple plot twists, edgy cinematography and memorable characters. For many it was a breath of fresh air in the TV market.
The show's creator Sam Esmail has talked in numerous interviews about the many inspirations that his series has drawn from, including hit movies and TV shows; different aspects of the show have been inspired by different things, and by making this mixture of different genres and concepts, Esmail has managed to create a unique work that stands on its own as an exemplary piece of television.
With the new season upon us, we look into the many movies and TV shows that Mr. Robot was inspired by and see just how the show benefited from each inspiration.
Please be aware that this article contains spoilers for both season 1 of Mr. Robot and anything else mentioned.
1] Fight Club (1999)
That is probably an obvious one. The dissociative identity disorder that Elliot is revealed to have mirrors a similar condition of the main character of David Fincher's 1999 film, as well as the novel by Chuck Palahniuk of the same name. Just like Tyler Durden, Mr. Robot is revealed to be a figment of the main character's mind and influences him to act on taking down the corporate society. Sam Esmail acknowledges the influence of Fight Club on the show by adding a piano cover of "Where Is My Mind?" by Pixies to the ending scene of episode 9 – the episode in which we find out the truth about Mr. Robot. This song was popularised by having been used in the end credits of Fight Club. Subtle.
2] American Psycho (2000)
American Psycho is a 2000 film directed by Mary Harron, and based on a novel by Bret Easton Ellis. The main character of this piece is Jason Bateman, a rich New York investment banker who exercises a lavish lifestyle by day but becomes a serial killer by night. Influences of Bateman can be seen in Tyrell Wellick, a Senior Vice President in E Corp who uses unorthodox (to say the least) methods to try and rise up in position. Here is what Sam Esmail had to say about American Psycho:
"When I wanted to tell the story of the corporate world, we wanted to strike a balance between being straightforward and satirical. In my opinion, American Psycho goes over the hill much more than our show does — we want to be audacious but not go too over the top — but it is one of the best films about corporate politics even though it is not, I hope, a realistic representation. I love that movie, and it for sure influenced Mr. Robot."
3] Taxi Driver (1976)
Scorsese's 1976 thriller served as an inspiration for the atmospheric depiction of New York, as well as the main character's voice-over. Sam Esmail had indeed a lot to say about this film:
"Looking back at Taxi Driver or, really, any of the Martin Scorsese films, he really filmed New York City in a way that I saw New York City. It's gritty, it's the underworld, and we wanted locations like Coney Island or the Lower East Side that are amazing to look at — they are beautiful in their ugliness. It's cheaper to shoot in Toronto, so it's a shame we were the first ones to show that version of NYC in a while, but my edict from the get-go is we shoot NYC. If you remember from the pilot, Elliot is walking by the subway, and this crazy extra started walking towards the camera. Someone mentioned cutting it, but I said, 'Are you crazy? This is amazing.' That's when you know you're not in Toronto.
"Taxi Driver is one of those films that is groundbreaking in how much you're inside this character's head. It uses voice-over in a revolutionary way where the audience is invited as a co-conspirator to the whole story line. You have this intimate relationship with Travis Bickle that you wouldn't have without the voice-over — the device is such a powerful hook if done well. Elliot is so socially anxious and awkward that the only way to relate to him is to be inside his brain — otherwise it's going to be hard to really engage with a character like him — and that's how I came up with the voice-over's whole imaginary-person component."
4] Stanley Kubrick's Films
Kubrick's masterpieces served as an inspiration for a great many things in Mr. Robot, including cinematography, framing and title card scenes.
"A Clockwork Orange […] immediately stands out, but one of the biggest influences on the show is Stanley Kubrick in general. In terms of Clockwork, the title cards are an inspiration. There are these glasses that I make Darlene [Carly Chaikin] wear that are a little bit of a nod to Lolita. And, actually, it's not a huge spoiler, but there'll be a little bit of a nod to Dr. Strangelove in the season finale that people can look out for.
There is an Eyes Wide Shut feel to the FSociety members wearing the masks. When I flew back and forth shooting the show, The Shining happened to be on the plane. I love that film, and I noticed Kubrick frames his characters with a lot of head room, which lends itself to an unsettling emotional reaction. Whatever Kubrick deliberately decided to do for that film, we chose something similar for the show. Another huge Kubrick influence is how he used wide angles. I have an affinity for wide angles — when I directed episode two, the show opens basically with this massive wide shot, which is very unusual for a television show, and Elliot standing dead center in the middle of this doorway. You can't tell that story with a lens that isn't as powerful. Kubrick also loved his wide-angle lens, and there is a certain tone when you keep using it. It is eerie and detached, but at the same time it is compelling and makes you look at the frame more. It's not for every scene, but it's definitely something we include more on our show than a typical show."
5] The Matrix (1999)
Esmail has cited this neo-noir science fiction film to be an influence on the way the story is told without the audience knowing that Elliot is Mr. Robot until much later into the work:
"Ultimately, the journey that we're on is Elliot's journey. What I honestly wanted to do was really start to explore — which is what the series is about, it had been out there that I always intended it as a feature film — so the whole reveal of Mr. Robot as Elliot was my 30-minute mark. I kind of liken it to "The Matrix," where you find out what the Matrix is about 30 minutes into the movie, and the movie explores that concept. It's about that. What I wanted to do was, what happens to a guy when he literally discovers that he has this Dissociative Identity Disorder, where he's losing time, where he can't account for some of his behaviors and memories. And that he's hallucinating things. What does he do? What does that look like? Especially when massive consequences off of his actions when he's lost that time is off in play in the world. That, to me, the missing time and where is Tyrell is setting us up for the next stage and bringing us into the questions and journey."
6] Blade Runner (1982)
Esmail was influenced by this cult science fiction film in the way it portrays the character development of Hauer – a replicant, who is the main antagonist for most of the movie, but does not choose to kill the main character in the end. Esmail drew the inspiration for Tyrell from this character, and even though Tyrell Wellick still seems to be a rather wildcard character, we can assume that he might turn out to be a "villain-gone-good" character and perhaps even make an alliance with Elliot. This is what Esmail himself said about Blade Runner:
"Blade Runner's morality influenced the storytelling of our show. It is so fascinating. The ending scene is so beautiful between Rutger Hauer and Harrison Ford. Even though Hauer is the villain, you don't hate him at the end. And Ford could have gotten killed — and now I am totally spoiling the movie for anyone who is reading this, so you have to put up the spoiler alert — but he doesn't kill him! It's so beautiful, and there is not really a good-guy-bad-guy scenario. There is just this grey area that is so ambiguous, and it is the same with Tyrell. Even if you hate him, you still love watching him."
7] Breaking Bad (2008-2013)
This might seem like a stretch, but Esmail says that this cult show about meth-cooking chemistry teacher inspired Mr. Robot in the way its story is told – it is one cohesive storyline with a clear beginning and end, and that is Esmail intends to do with Mr. Robot.
"What was revolutionary about Breaking Bad, and I don't know what other shows have done this, but it was committed to telling one story. 'Here, we are going to tell one story from beginning to end, and it's really going to have this cohesive thread, and we are not going to deviate from it.' Sometimes he'll be cooking meth, and then for stretches he'll have nothing to do with meth. That was inspiring because Mr. Robot initially started as a feature film with one story — the ending of season one is the end of my act one, or about the 30-minute mark, and then the real story begins in season two — and I had an ending in mind. When I made the decision to turn it into a television show, I just remembered, Well, Breaking Bad did it, they went from beginning to end and they stuck to this journey! That's what I wanted to do with Mr. Robot."
MORE: What can we expect from season 2 of conspiracy thriller Mr. Robot
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The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (LTSP) alum the Rev. Dr. Ernest McNear (MDiv, UTI, 1999) tells his call story and about his experience at LTSP.
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With "Star Trek Into Darkness" now less than two months out from release, anticipation is higher than ever for J.J. Abrams' sci-fi sequel – so much so that even the arrival of a new image or two is enough to send fans into a tizzy.
Allow us to present, then, not one, not two, but three brand-new stills from the summer blockbuster, one of which depicts a small craft that's been tagged by ComicBook.com as a "photon torpedo casing" (i.e. a capsule used for space burials).
So if the theory proves accurate, exactly whom does it contain? Guess we'll find out when "Star Trek Into Darkness" hits theaters on May 17.
Check out all the new photos (the latter two of which are Empire exclusives) in the gallery below.


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The School Games is a unique opportunity to motivate and inspire millions of young people across the country to take part in more competitive school sport.
The Spirit of the Games Values focus on personal excellence through competition. The six values of passion, self belief, respect, determination, honesty and teamwork were developed by young people to identify what the experience of school sport should be built around.
These values have been successfully applied by schools to developing a range of behaviours, qualities and inter-personal skills with their students based on sporting experiences, scenarios and attitudes.
By providing competition in different formats it makes competition more attractive and accessible for young people, and ensures they can all take part in competitive sport irrespective of their experience, talent or ability.
Click here to go to the School Games website where there is lots more information on the project as well as our school's page showing all the events our pupils have been involved with this year.
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Day 27
Make something with another #CreativeSprint-er.
Since I don't know any other CreativeSprinters my friend LJ helped me out with this collaboration. She has nagged me since I can remember to make stuff with butterflies, which I stubbornly refuse to do for snobbish (and hypocritical she points out) reasons. So here's how this butterfly project came to be (through the magic of texts and teamwork):
SAG: Think of Bug things. What comes to mind?
LJ: Butterflies.
SAG: Somehow I knew that was coming.
LJ: Hahahahaha
LJ: Specifically a butterfly standing on a long piece of grass with its wings closed.
SAG: I'll have you know there are already two butterflies featured in this project. One is an origami dollar & the 2nd is in a pop up card.
SAG: [back to the project at hand] 2d? 3d? Is it doing anything silly?
LJ: Make the antenna cute because that's my favorite part.
LJ: (I feel so demanding)
SAG: Of course. I got pics of a snout butterfly in AZ. Ever seen one?
LJ: No! I'm gonna google it
SAG: Well I'm demanding of you now, too. I will make a butterfly but I want it to be an unusual circumstance. Think! >:3 (I love that face)
LJ: How about a paper butterfly on a real piece of grass?
SAG: Maybe…
LJ: Does your camera have a timer? Because you lying on your stomach admiring the butterfly in the background would be super cute
LJ: Like fuzzy person in the background, paper butterfly in the foreground
SAG: Not gonna happen! Haha!
LJ: Or on a cat's nose
LJ: Also super cute
SAG: Oh, they'd eat it before I could take a pic
SAG: Which ones?
LJ: The snout ones
LJ: Snout butterfly on a snout!
SAG: Hahahaha! Yes, but whose? The cats are not likely to cooperate ;)
LJ: Or you could draw it on one, I'd take that, too
LJ: Those old dogs [my LL's] would they sleep through it?
SAG: They won't cooperate either. One of them regularly growls at me when I approach the door. The other (I swear it was purposely) took a [expletive] right outside my open window. I'd entered her territory earlier in the day. She never did that before!
LJ: What awful dogs
SAG: Maybe I could turn a pic of my cat (photo) into (sort of) 3d & put a paper snout butterfly on the nose.
LJ: Ooooo!
LJ: That's VERY fancy
SAG: Haha! Ok, so we're going with a snout butterfly on 'pop up' snout of a cat?
LJ: I'm for it!
SAG: Alrighty! I may have to use an online kitty, I don't think I have a good photo for this.


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Harry Redknapp admits he faces something of a selection dilemma when it comes to Emmanuel Adebayor, with the striker nursing a knock.
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Last Updated: 12/10/11 6:53pm
Harry Redknapp admits he faces something of a selection dilemma when it comes to Emmanuel Adebayor, with the striker nursing a knock.
The on-loan striker has shone for Tottenham since completing a switch from Manchester City, but he is struggling with a hamstring problem.
His presence would be missed should he be forced to sit out a trip to Newcastle this weekend, with Spurs looking to build on the momentum they established before the international break.
Redknapp is, however, reluctant to push Adebayor too hard and risk losing him for a prolonged period of time.
He told Sky Sports News HD: "He has got a bit of a hamstring. He played on with it last week. He did it in the first half against Arsenal and he played on, which is not easy. He did have a tear. It's touch and go for him really.
"It's a dangerous one. If he tears it badly, he has got a grade one tear if he makes a real mess of it and he could be out for six or seven weeks.
"It's a difficult one to risk him, but we will see how he feels. We will give him a couple of days yet, keep treating him and hopefully he could be okay.
"If he is a doubt, I wouldn't want to risk him. I wouldn't want to lose him long term."
Adebayor is not the only doubt heading into Sunday's meeting with the Magpies, with the latest round of international fixtures having done Tottenham few favours.
"We have got one or two little knocks," said Redknapp.
"I lost a couple of boys last night playing for Croatia - (Vedran) Corluka and Niko Kranjcar both had to come off with injuries. They are getting scans today (Wednesday).
"Sandro, as well, picked up a calf last week, so we are waiting to see how he is. We have got one or two niggles but hopefully we'll be okay."
Rafael van der Vaart's fitness is also a concern, with the Holland international having struggled to shake off a niggling hamstring complaint.
"He sometimes has a problem with that Rafa," said Redknapp.
"He has had a few hamstrings since he's been with us, but he's important to us - he scores goals. He's an amazing finisher. Last season I think he got 12, this season he's capable of getting near 20 goals from playing in that position where he likes to play. "


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The peace and joy of Christmas is celebrated by many throughout the world.
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Exchanging gifts and cards amongst each other serves as a prime activity amongst the people of Bahamas. Children are often gifted withtoys and candy canes by their parents in the guise of Santa. Since a Christmas tree is the centre of attraction in most houses so children take active participation in the decoration of the Christmas tree. The tree is duly decorated with twinkling lights, tree top angels, icicles and other ornaments. Apart from decorating the Christmas tree, the interior of houses are as well taken care of. The house is neatly cleaned up and new curtains are hung up. Families prepare food, cakes and other goodies for families and loved ones. Moreover all the fixtures and furniture are removed so that the house gets a vacant and clean look. Moreover in order to add more décor to their household, beautiful clothes are placed.
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The Sociology of Philosophies : A Global Theory of Intellectual Change Paperback
by Randall Collins
A comprehensive history of world philosophy, this book is also a social history of global intellectual life.
Eschewing polemics, it presents a sophisticated view of the multiple cultures of world history, disintegrates stereotypes of regional cultures, and reveals how creativity is driven by a range of conflicting positions in each community.
We see what is sociologically universal about Western, Indian, and Asian intellectual life, as well as what combinations of social ingredients have produced their divergent pathways.
Through network diagrams and sustained narrative, Randall Collins traces the development of philosophical thought in China, Japan, India, ancient Greece, the medieval Islamic and Jewish world, medieval Christendom, and modern Europe.
What emerges from this history is a general theory of intellectual life, one that avoids both the reduction of ideas to the influences of society at large and the purely contingent local construction of meanings.
Instead, Collins focuses on the social locations where sophisticated ideas are formed: the patterns of intellectual networks and their inner divisions and conflicts. His theory describes how, when the material bases of intellectual life shift with the rise and fall of religions, educational systems, and publishing markets, opportunities open for some networks to expand while others shrink and close down.
It locates individuals - among them celebrated thinkers like Socrates, Aristotle, Chu Hsi, Shankara, Wittgenstein, and Heidegger - within these networks and explains the emotional and symbolic processes that, by forming coalitions within the mind, ultimately bring about original and historically successful ideas.
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Review by Mr.Durick
An adequate reviewer of this book would be well rehearsed in the histories of Asian, Indian, and Ancient and late western philosophies. I am not that person. I read philosophy for the same reason the great philosophers studied it: to learn to lead the good life. I am very much not academic-like in my taking on philosophy. The author proposes that there are significant interactions among the personalities in a particular philosophical nation, so to speak. Some personalities wield more power than others. There is room in the attention space for a limited number of ideas to be considered. The author draws diagrams of personal connections and reviews a whole lot of philosophy to a depth to which I have never been. I have, however, done some serious reading of philosophy, so I could understand it, although I, shudder, had to work at it. I have noticed that Plato and much of Hinduism have similar takes on the cyclicality of things that is not in, say, the Bible. From the table of contents of this book, I thought that it might address the possibility of connection between Greek and Indian thinking. He treated each national, so to speak, area as independent or largely independent. That is to say, my interest was not addressed. Nevertheless he had enough to say of each area that my attention returned every evening to the book until I was through it, and I feel well served by it. He is a sociologist so he can mention the social construction of mathematics with a straight face, but there is no gobbledygook. His sentences take more work than the sentences of, say, Bertrand Russell, but they make sense as for example, "Along with the rise of Vaishnavism and its inner splits and its polemics with Advaita had come the spread of argument about epistemological validity into every intellectual camp." I am finding that the book that does address my interest in the Indian and Greek connection, <I>The Shape of Ancient Thought</I>, is as difficult to read, again because of the long sentences and the number of new ideas to be juggled. The well rehearsed reader should not have as hard a time with either.
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Longtime lakeside resident June Earline Knight de Leon died peacefully in her Chula Vista home on Nov. 5, 2015, at the age of 79.
Knight de Leon was born December 22, 1935 in Beaumont, Texas, the daughter of Christine Collins and Harry Knight. She graduated from Beaumont High School in 1955 and attended Lamar College of Technology (later advanced to Lamar University), receiving a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry in 1967.
In an effort to draw more people and more businesses to Vidor, the city is providing tax abatements in several reinvestment zones for new residential construction and for substantial home improvements totaling $15,000 or more. In addition to the tax abatements being offered to promote growth, city code enforcers are identifying and have identified several substandard residential buildings for potential demolition.
The actions are part of the city's "Pride and Progress" initiative.
Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) has named Anita Frank principal of Pietzsch-MacArthur Elementary. Frank currently serves as principal of Fletcher Elementary. Assuming the role of interim principal of Fletcher Elementary will be Gloria Guillory, who currently serves as assistant principal. Both will assume their roles effective Monday, Feb. 1.
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The Texas Department of Aging and Disability Services (DADS) has selected Calder Woods for a new Reminiscence Therapy program designed to help residents with dementia.
Reminiscence Therapy uses tangible prompts, such as tactile objects, recordings and familiar items, to stimulate discussion of past activities and experiences, according to the DADS website.
Calder Woods is one of 50 facilities DADS chose to be a part of the program with an additional 50 to be added in 2016.
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In a study based on Kafka's office writings,[4] Reza Banakar points out that many of Kafka's descriptions of law and legality are often treated as metaphors for things other than law, but also are worthy of examination as a particular concept of law and legality which operates paradoxically as an integral part of the human condition under modernity.[5] Josef K. and his inexplicable experience of the law in The Trial were, for example, influenced by an actual legal case in which Kafka was involved.[5]
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Try Too Hard to Identify With Their Pop Culture
I know what you are thinking, "But we are supposed to identify with them!" Yes, and no. When there is something in pop culture that you truly enjoy, but all means incorporate it into your classroom. BUT if there is something that you barely know what it is, but you think it just might be cool with your students, don't touch it.
Take your cues from your students. If they want to share something with you, embrace it and go with it. This also means, that you shouldn't take every little pop culture reference and turn it into a lesson. Instead be selective, it will be more meaningful.
On top of this, be very careful with how you appropriate your students' cultures. Every culture should be celebrated for its unique qualities, not just how the mainstream interprets them.
Be Sarcastic
Sarcasm has no place with children in a classroom. Period. It is belittling and leads to misunderstandings. Just stop.
Don't Learn About Their Lives
Ask your students questions about their lives. Lots of questions. Let them know that you are invested in them as people, not just students. When you have a relationship with your students, you life is easier, and you will grow together.
Don't be wishy washy. Don't do it. Sometimes you are the only bit of consistency that your students have. Don't take that away from them. This does not mean that you can't change your mind, but it does mean that you may need to explain your reasoning from time to time.
Keep Them In Their Seats
Dr. Kagan said it best, all students want to move, talk with their peers, and have fun. Gone are the days of keeping students in their neat rows of seats all day long. Here are the days of cooperative learning, movement, and engagement.
By using brain breaks and other kinesthetic activities students are getting more oxygen to their brain, and are therefor able to focus on their task.
These dice simulations are a great way of getting students up out of their seats and moving around for an experience they won't forget.
Repeat after me, FIRM BUT FAIR. One of the absolute worst feelings is when you feel like you are getting a raw deal. This is perpetuated when you don't have the maturity to see that not everyone needs the same things.
Am I saying that everyone gets the same things and treatment all the time? Absolutely not. I am saying that everyone gets what they need.
Am I saying that everyone gets the same things and treatment all the time? Absolutely not. I am saying that everyone gets what they need.
Be Clueless About How They Are Feeling
Our students come to us with a lot of emotional baggage. We need to be keen as to their feelings and life happenings. If Maslow's hierarchy items are not taken care of, then a student is working at a deficit. Take the time to get to know your students' emotional needs and situation. Ask simple questions such as if they ate breakfast, who is home with them, and how did you sleep last night. There is a wealth of knowledge and understanding in their answers.
Don't Share About Yourself
Elementary students already think that teachers are some breed of alien that never leave the school. Open yourself up to them and share your passions. As a hobby I race cars. I share all about my hobby with my students and it forms an instant bond. I also tell me students a ton of stories about my cat and the silly things she does.
Now this does not give carte blanche to use your students as a sounding board. Choose what you share carefully. You want to be a real person, but remember that they are kids.
Be Cold
You are not a robot, don't act like one. When I first started my student teaching a teacher told me, "Don't smile until Thanksgiving." I thought that was ridiculous then, and I find it even more ridiculous now.
Show emotion to your students. When you are happy smile, laugh, and spread your joy. When you are having a hard day or not feeling well share that too. Students need to know that it is alright to express emotions in healthy ways. They need you to model that for them. Even more, you need the ability to express how you feel.
Give Commands
You catch more flies with honey than vinegar. I am not saying that you should merely propose ideas for student action, but you don't need to be a drill sergeant either. There are many, many happy mediums.
I have always chosen to treat students as adults by using my "pleases and thank yous" when requesting they do something. I feel that this serves the purpose of showing them that I respect them, while also modeling appropriate manners.
When I first started teaching I was assigned the book How to Talk So Kids Can Learn, (affiliate link) and it was solely responsible for a complete mind shift on how I communicated with students. If you are having a tough time connecting with a student I would highly recommend it!


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Very glitchy. Then when i tried to get walkthrough it made me share the game. So i did but when i went back for walkthrough it froze my whole phone. I had to restart my phone. Then i tried once more and again it froze my phone. Not worth the trouble:/
Fun but confusing! Some objects were hard to find! Had 2 use walkthrough 2 finish. Gave 4 stars..
Confusing game. Still had rope at the end that I already used on the flag pole.
What is the point of the rope and the flag. Raising the flag doesn't open any boxes or give any puzzle pieces. Can finish the game without it.
Game was very cute! The graphics are adorable. Only 3 screens so it wasn't that difficult. (1885)
Still had a rope didn't know what to do with, then game ended
i finished this one
Great game
The graphics were actually cute, but the game had a lot of glitches. Perhaps that's why I had a score of 8024. Lol. It was fun anyway.
3972 good game
I couldn't find the fish. The clues were not clear
Great game


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National Directorate for Cooperation and Institutional Integration
Mr Jorge Mariano Jordán
National Director for Cooperation and Institutional Integration
He has obtained his university degree in International Relations at Universidad de Belgrano (UB, University of Belgrano) and he got his Master's Degree in Diplomacy at Academia Diplomática Brasileña, Instituto Rio Branco (Brazilian Diplomatic Academy, Rio Branco Institute) in Brasilia, Brazil. Since 1999, he has been working in the National Foreign Service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship, for which he serves the function of representing Argentina abroad and in several agencies of the National Government. He is currently Minister Plenipotentiary, Second Class Category C. He was the tenured lecturer of the subject "History of Latin American International Relations" at Universidad del Salvador (USAL, University of El Salvador) and professor of the subject "Theory of International Relations" at Universidad Católica de Salta (UCASAL, Catholic University of Salta.)
The National Directorate for Institutional Cooperation and Integration has the primary role of dealing with institutional cooperation and integration actions between the Ministry and the organizations and authorities of the different branches of government in the national, provincial or municipal levels and that of the City of Buenos Aires, and between regional entities and intermediate institutions. It also deals with the design and implementation of public policies aimed at young actors involved in science, technology and productive innovation, for the purpose of promoting support for such policies.
His functions also include participation in international technical cooperation affairs related to science, technology and productive innovation.
Main responsabilities:
- Dealing with the development of actions designed to optimise the institutional relations of the Ministry with the Argentine National Congress.
- Helping the Minister in the coordination of the relations established with the provincial and municipal governments and that of the City of Buenos Aires.
- Dealing, within the scope of jurisdiction of the Ministry, with institutional matters regarding the relations with civil entities and corporations, as well as those relations with non-governmental organizations.
- Collaborating with the areas of the jurisdiction on the design of plans, programmes and projects within the scope of jurisdiction of the Ministry in order to coordinate with the other jurisdictions and organizations the actions aimed at promoting local and regional development.
- Participating in bilateral agreements related to the fields of science, technology and innovation with foreign governments.
- Collaborating with the areas of the jurisdiction on the design, assessment and follow-up of the ministerial plans, programmes and projects, and proposing measures designed to optimise their management and coordination with other jurisdictions and/or organizations.
- Helping in the institutional coordination, design and implementation of public policies aimed at young actors involved in science, technology and productive innovation.
- Intervening in every matter related to bilateral, regional and multilateral cooperation programmes, as well as those of international cooperation with companies, within the scope of jurisdiction.
International cooperation
The National Directorate for Cooperation and Integration promotes the strengthening of the international cooperation –with a foreign or multilateral country- as a strategic tool in the design of policies and the development of science, technology and productive innovation at a national level.
National Directorate for Cooperation and Institutional Integration
Phone: (54-11) 4899-5000
Godoy Cruz 2320 (C1425FQD)
Autonomous City of Buenos Aires
Informative Seminar on Cooperation Opportunities in Intelligent, Ecological and Integrated Transportation for the European Union Horizon 2020 Programme
5th Awards Ceremony for International Cooperation in Science and Technology "Luis Federico Leloir" and "RAICES"