text:
I am asked questions, all the time.
Asking questions is a sign. What kind of questions… that is yet another sign.
And then asking intelligent questions… well, that is quite another matter.
I am going to my memory now, and say what I retained about questions from the book Curious… that the better questions, the more intellectual questions one asks the higher level of evolution the person is.
But no matter what question you ask, the answer, if it sticks strictly to the question, will be on the same level where you asked it from.
That is a problem…
Unless the answer comes from a higher level, because the answerer intuited your real question, or refuses to answer on your own level, you'll end up with an answer that confirms your low level of thinking, low level of evolution.
The two main areas that this comes up, in my practice, are
- vibration
- muscle testing
The first one is a real problem for me.
Your question, even if it is not formulated, is firmly rooted in your world view, in your understanding of what you are asking about, and what is your desire…. and the level of your vibration.
You can only hear it from that level, in that context.
And the famous saying: no problem can be solved on the level of consciousness where it was created… my answer will not be useful because my answer, answered from my level of consciousness, will not fit into the world you live in.
90% of the people who ask for their vibration, immediately unsubscribe. Some express their displeasure very vocally. Others try to teach me manners. Or try to suck on my time, only to curse me out in the end.
Fun life, eh? lol.
And some ask a better question, hear a better answer, and become students or clients.
Learning to ask better questions is hard.
My level, in asking questions, on a scale of one to ten, are still on level three…
It may surprise you, but not all aspects of consciousness are on the same level.
Consciousness in one area can be many levels higher, or lower than in another area.
The easier it is for you to get out from your personal view, and into the view of others, or higher, or wider, or richer… the higher you are in consciousness with regards to asking questions.
I am on level three. I lived most of my life on level one. All my questions designed to confirm or dis-confirm something that I already thought… not further.
Level three is asking questions that, at least cursorily, include my own perspective. 1
- Albert Einstein asked level four questions.
- Carl Yung asked level one questions.
- Nietzsche asked level two questions.
- Gandhi asked level three questions.
- Osho asked level four questions.
- Carl Marx asked level four questions.
- Socrates asked level five questions.
- The Buddha asked level three questions.
- Lao Tsu asked level five questions.
- The Prophet Mohammed didn't ask any questions. That is level 0.
- Genghis Khan asked level four questions.
Most people, like religion, don't ask questions… they only have answers. To everything.
And many people's questions are answers in disguise: they ask no questions. They already know. Level 0.
I have written about asking questions before… so to complement this short article, I am republishing the ones that belong together.


text:
Avengers Beach is a Building. It was only available to build and upgrade during the limited-time Sun, Surf, and Mischief!. There is a small pool and wave machine, as well as chairs, a sandcastle, and palm trees. The only characters who can interact with this building are Wasp, Loki, and Iron Man—but only if the player bought their event outfits from Van Dyne's during the event. The Avengers Beach takes up 5x6 (30) plots.
Requirements Edit
- Stage 1 - Stage 1 of Avengers Beach is the basic layout.
- Unlocks at: Level 6
- Quest: Avengers Beach!, Pt. 1
- Cost: 100 Credits
- Time: 8s
- New Action Areas: Deck Chair, Pool, Sand Castle, Towel
- Stage 2
- Unlocks at: Level 6
- Quest: Avengers Beach!, Pt. 4
- Cost: 10 beach balls, 100 Credits
- Time: 8hr
- New Action Areas: Wave Machine
- Stage 3
- Unlocks at: Level 6
- Quest: Avengers Beach!, Pt. 6
- Cost: 15 Beach Balls, 100 Credits
- Time: 1d 7hr
- New Action Areas: Lifeguard Chair
Action Areas Edit
As you upgrade Avengers Beach, you add to the available action areas. Only 3 characters total can use this building, and none of their Actions overlap.
- Deck Chair - a red reclining chair by the wave machine. When Iron Man uses this area, he lounges around and has the drones fly him drinks.
- Lifeguard Chair - a lifeguard chair in the back by the palm trees. When Loki uses this area, he uses frost magic to make it snow on the beach.
- Pool - a small pool connected to the Wave Machine. When Loki uses this area, he paddles around in an inner tube shaped like Jormungand.
- Sand Castle - a small sand castle near the water. When Wasp uses this area, she shrinks to tiny size.
- Towel - a black and yellow stripped towel on the sand. When Wasp uses this area, she lounges on the towel in the sun.
- Wave Machine - a wave ramp connected to the Pool. When Iron Man uses this area, he surfs.
Interactions Edit
Avengers Beach allows two interactions for Iron Man, Loki, and Wasp each.
Iron Man Edit
- Order A Drink - 3h, Deck Chair
- Surf's Up! - 6h, Wave Machine
Loki Edit
- Explore The Depths - 3h, Pool
- Freeze Them Out - 6h, Lifeguard Chair
Wasp Edit
- Lounge Around - 4h, Beach Towel
- Visit Your Castle - 8h, Sand Castle
Trivia Edit
- Very rarely, Missions requiring Actions for the Beach will appear on the Mission Board. These only appear if players own both the Beach itself and the outfit required for the character to preform the Action.
Gallery Edit
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Good morning! :) I'm feeling a little guilty here because we all over slept and missed church today. I even slept through almost an hour of my alarm going off -- so I KNOW I was tired! WOW! I'm glad I wasn't suppose to be at work today. LOL! But... it does feel good to just have a day with the family where we're not rushing around, going from here to there & back again. Daylight savings time is NOT my friend.
So... since I have all of this extra time on my hands, I thought I'd show you a card I made the other day. ;)
I just LOVE this paper from Sassafras. It's so funky and fun. I was trying to capture (on paper) the feelings you have when you're crazy in love.... and those whirling emotions that come with it.
My crochet flower actually coordinates perfectly with the paper... but for some reason, the camera makes it a little off. :) The sentiment is much cooler in real life too b/c it's adhered in a wave-like pattern where parts of it are higher than another. You'll just have to take my word for it. ;)
Hope your Sunday is full of great family time & rest. And for those of you who actually made it to church today... I hope it lifted your spirit. :) Have a good one!!!
Cardstock: (True Black, Rustic Cream) Papertrey Ink; (Persimmon) Memory Box
Patterned Paper: ("Fractal Garden", Amplify Collection) Sassafras
Ink: (Antique Linen Distress Ink) Ranger
Rub-ons: (Haunted) Cosmo Cricket
Accessories: (chipboard button) Jenni Bowlin; (crochet flower – Dear Lizzy Collection) American Crafts
Fiber: (black floss) Bazzill
Tools: sewing machine
1. Create card base from cardstock.
2. Lightly sand edges of patterned paper. Mat onto black cardstock. Machine stitch in place.
3. Apply rub-on sentiment onto notched cardstock. Mat with black cardstock. Ink edges. Apply to card using dimensional foam.
4. Apply rub-on to chipboard button. Ink edges and secure onto crochet flower using twine. Adhere to card.


text:
I woke this morning in excessive amounts of arthritis pain. My left elbow has not been working well for a month. My lower back is always painful after a restless night's sleep. Neither of my knees is willing to do the basic job required of knees in the early morning when you first wake up. So I had to work joints back and forth to loosen them up despite the pain. I had to stretch parts where muscles were knotted up in protest to stretching. And it took me a half hour of painful work to get on my feet.
I have been psychologically in pain of late as well. Being a school teacher who dedicated his life to getting young people to work together and grow up and mature, I have been deeply distressed by both the police shootings of innocent black men and the massacre of policemen here in Dallas. My publishing goals have also hit a brick wall with recent rejections and cancelling of contracts. I need to curl up in a corner and lick my wounds.
When I was a child I relied on stuffed animals to make me feel better when I was sick and in pain. I had a toy tiger that was my constant companion. I had a couple of teddy bears, one a panda, the other Smokey the Bear. And there was a terrycloth pink elephant that I shared with my sisters. Like many children, I talked to the stuffed animals. Like a strange few other children, the stuffed animals would answer back. I think that plays a large part in explaining why I am a writer of fiction stories. I medicate my mind not with drugs, but by talking things out with imaginary people.
At this moment in time, when I am on the verge of being overwhelmed, it is a good thing that my hoarding disorder has caused me to collect stuffed toys. I have more than one magical teddy bear to turn to. Everything will be all right in the end.


text:
My 18 month old son has bad breath?
I brush his teeth but he gives me a major hard time. Any suggstions or cures for this problem??
I brush his teeth but he gives me a major hard time. Any suggstions or cures for this problem??
Categories: Toddler & Preschooler Tags: Bad Breath, Bad Day, Day At A Time, Hard Time, One Day At A Time, Teeth
I would suggest bringing it up at his next check up. My son does to when he first wakes up. It's awful! We use the colgate for kids and it seems to work. 🙂
Are you brushing his tongue, too? The tongue is a major breeding ground for bacteria. If that doesn't help, you may want to mention it to his pedi–bad breath CAN be a sign of digestive problems.
Ah, the heartbreak of halitosis. Brushing his teeth is great – also try giving him lots of fresh fruit to each. Fresh fruit is kind of like nature's teeth cleanser/breath freshener.
If he's giving you a hard time about brushing his teeth, there must be something unpleasant about it. Try giving him a little bit of control over it (let him hold onto the brush while you also hold onto it and brush for him). Sing a song while you're brushing his teeth that he knows when the song is over, so is brushing his teeth – then clap, tell him what a good job he did, etc., after you're done.
He might have an infected tooth. Could be a source for both the odor and the resistance to brushing. Maybe it hurts him. Have it checked by a Dr.
Our youngest has Acid Reflux, diagnosed at 3 months, so mention the bad breath to the doc and if there are any symptoms that he feels coincide with acid reflux he'll order some tests and see if that's the cause. Good luck!
you should have your doctor check him. When my daughter was about three she had bad breath too. When her doctor looked at her mouth and throat, she had sores in her throat (viral, like cold sores) I think she took antibiotics for it.
Good Luck!!
well this is common with babies there digestive tracks are not fully allighned so food isnt digested properly also you should try and give him food that is pasterized
put the toddler toothpaste on the tooth brush & hand it to him & let him do it… He will probably only chew on it, but it is still wiping away plaque & bacteria… about the bad breath, bring it up at his next checkup. good luck!
You can bring it up to the doctor at your next well baby check up (write it down so you don't forget! =D)
I use baby tooth paste and let my daughter and son brush their teeth first and then I do a quick once over (have him stick out his toungue and brush it quickly) I also make sure to floss every day. They make these really cute 'flossers' for little ones in fun shapes and colors. Let him floss first and then follow up with you flossing his teeth. Start getting him used to spitting out what's left in his mouth by having him rinse with water and spit it out when you are done. This is his chance to spit! yay!
Make sure he's not eating too much in the way of meat products. If his diet is balanced with foods from every food group is essential in combatting stinky breath! 🙂
You can try using one of those rubber finger brushes for cleansing gums and toungues of younger babies and (if you dare) use it to clean his toungue.
Good luck!
you must know that there are many causes of bad breath such as dirty mouth, lack of oral hygiene, dry mouth, sinusitis, cavities, gum disease, smoking, medications, eating a garlicky meal and stomach related illness. to get a good remedy try to seek the help of a dentist. bad breath treatments depends on the cause of it.
but make sure that you never leave oral hygiene habits unattended for this is a good solution for bad breath. keeping the mouth hydrated by drinking adequate amount of water can keep bad bacteria in the mouth at minimum. brush and floss teeth very after meal to remove plaque that can rot between teeth causing foul odor in the mouth. visit your dentists to check for cavities and gum disease for they accompany bad breath.
for more tips on how to beat bad breath visit
Wrap a damp washcloth around a finger or two and rub his teeth and gums clean. Also let him drink water as well as milk. Never let him go to bed with a bottle/sippy cup unless it has water in it because milk/juice/formula will rot teeth if the fall asleep with any in their mouth which children often do who have bottles/cups in bed. That can add to funk breath. Also try a little mini tongue scraper.
When ours was 18 months old we took her in to the pediatrician who noticed the bad breath and said it was a sign of either a sinus infection or an ear infection. It turned out to be an ear infection. The pediatrician did say that kids under 2 shouldn't have bad breath, so you should probably take your child to the pediatrician. Also, you might try checking for dehydration, if you press on a fingernail and it takes a long time to return to its normal color, it can be a sign of dehydration. Hope this helps.
You must be logged in to post a comment.


text:
Also found in: Dictionary, Medical, Wikipedia.
DigimarcA digital watermark from Digimarc Corporation that works like a QR barcode for both print and audio but much less "techy." Hidden to the naked eye in a common SCAN HERE icon as well as in everyday printed material, the code is also not discernible in the audio signal of a video or TV commercial. However, the Digimarc mobile app is able to recognize the code via print or sound and retrieve the appropriate Web page for more information. See digital watermark and barcode.
|The two SCAN HERE icons from the Winter 2014 issue of CNET Magazine look alike. Under magnification, the dot patterns are visibly different however.


text:
Principal Product Design in Paris
Job Description
The Emerging Markets Design Team is looking for a Principal Product Designer to help achieve market-fit and reinvent QuickBooks as a global small business platform.
As a Principal Designer, you'll be driving product innovations – looking 2-3 years out as well as delivering pixel-perfect design specs. You'll join a large and diverse team of passionate designers, researchers, and storytellers across the globe.
· Passionate
· Articulate
· Persuasive
· Innovative
· Self-directed
· Collaborative
· A problem-solver
· Connecting with customers
· Customer-centered design processes and research techniques
· Solving complex customer and business problems at scale
· Working in a fast, collaborative, experiment-driven environment
· Sweating the the design details – interaction, animation, visual design and content
· Storytelling, presenting your ideas, and negotiating
· Design for multiple platforms within the realm of technical possibilities
· Articulate complex visions through simple, elegant designs
· Deliver compelling UX visions, UI specifications, wireframes, and prototypes
· Inspiring partners to deliver awesome customer experiences
· Want to make your design community a place for sharing knowledge
· A degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Product Design, or a related field
· 8+ years' experience delivering products or services, preferably in the SaaS business
· Deep knowledge of design principles and methods of innovation, and ideation
· Knowledge of web and mobile technologies and their impact on the feasibility of a design.
· Mastery of design and prototyping tools
· Expert communicator, presenter, and negotiator
· Self-directed - and a strong collaborator - who loves working as a team
· Able to manage multiple complex projects in a timely manner
· Written and spoken English proficiency
· Great interpersonal skills to collaborate with a wide diversity of colleagues in other disciplines and cultures
Imagine a career where your creative inspiration can fuel BIG innovation. Year-over-year, Intuit has been recognized as a best employer and is consistently ranked on Fortune's "100 Best Companies To Work For" and Fortune World's "Most Admired Software Companies" lists. Immerse yourself in our award winning culture while creating breakthrough solutions that simplify the lives of consumers and small businesses and their customers worldwide.
Intuit is expanding its social, mobile, and global footprint with a full suite of products and services that are revolutionizing the industry. Utilizing design for delight and lean startup methodologies, our entrepreneurial employees have brought more than 250 innovations to market – from QuickBooks® and TurboTax®, to GoPayment, Mint.com, big data, cloud (SaaS, PaaS) and mobile apps. The breadth and depth of these customer-driven innovations mean limitless opportunities for you to turn your ingenious ideas into reality at Intuit.
Discover what it's like to be part of a team that rewards taking risks and trying new things. It's time to love what you do! Check out all of our career opportunities at: careers.intuit.com. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.
About Intuit


text:
The English experience from 1899 to 1933 from the point of view of a bourgeois family, the Marryoten. To a certain extent, we also see the world in the eyes of a working-class family, the Bridges. Treated events include the Second Anglo-Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and its aftermath.
Cavalcade is one of my favorite movies directed by Frank Lloyd. If you are looking for a great movie to watch online for free for today's evening, then Cavalcade will be a good choice. In the comparison to latest cinema movies, Cavalcade is doing really good work. In the cast of the movie are Herbert Mundin and Una OConnor in the main roles. Frank Lloyd with Cavalcade and his last few other movies created something like a new era of the cinematography. Watch Cavalcade for free or download it using the download button.


text:
Join Bollycurry for free to comment on this photo. Have an account already?
Use Login to comment.
Forum Code
HTML Embed Code
Download Wallpaper Sized images of Bollywood actors John Abraham and Varun Dhawan in a still from song 'Toh Dishoom' Image Download Links 800x600 | 1024x768 | 1280x800 | 1280x1024 from Dishoom Photo Gallery


text:
David Benjamin Blower
Live@The Chaplaincy
Warwick University
Driving. It's rarely straightforward is it? Ditto leaving the house at any time. Combining leaving the house and rush hour driving... Ultimately that meant that by the time the man previously previously known as Warren the Shoe, and now previously known as the Bearwood Mountain Man, and I reached The Chaplaincy at Warwick University, having taken various detours and endured afternoon traffic jams, the pizza was chewed over and cold and the available pop was flat and warm.
And so it goes, getting to and into this David Benjamin Blower performance, which perhaps ranks as one of the three weirdest gigs I've attended, well ever... The others? I know you'll want to know that amongst those are Spacemen 3 at Dingwalls; I saw what appeared to be a huge gap in the audience directly in front of the stage and bowled towards it, beer in hand, only to upend myself entirely when I crashed into the kids sitting on the floor, that I hadn't seen in the darkness, and of course, arse over tit. As they say. And the journey home fucked up by our minicab driver being arrested by the police, in the middle of north London nowhere. There are others for other reasons, Atari Teenage Riot in Anaheim, Killdozer, Kevin McCarthy, Tricky and Jonathan Richman, that last man alone maybe three weird ones on his own. All weird and all great. And so...
David Benjamin Blower's new record, We Really Did This and We Really Existed, is receiving all kinds of deserved plaudits. It's a dynamic confluence of acoustic instruments and eclectic electric possibility. It is to be immediately and patiently absorbed. It's one of the LPs of the year and the best recording of music and lyrics as a piece to come out of Birmingham, since, I don't know, probably since Steel Pulse's Handsworth Revolution. It's pure genius demands attention.
At the Chaplaincy, a tight circle of fans surround David as he unfolds his music stand, picks his ancient parlor guitar from the ground, sits not necessarily relaxed. He does this, performs in intimate spaces. It suits the words and the music.
In front he surveys the pizza, the soda, enervated, dessicated maybe even before we drove.
David explains that he'll perform We Really Did This and We Really Existed in its entirety and that it will take an hour or so, and he will add the between track poetry musings which add so much, and while available on disc don't make it to Spotify.
The melody of The Two Horses and Everything Is Changed ease you but don't prepare you for the oncoming maelstrom. It's the apocalypse out there and we are here to talk it over with David. It's like a Sweeps Week Disaster Epic and we're aboard the good ship Hale-Bopp. Should we worry?
"We all walk into the future backwards
Because the past is our only reference...
And only rarely does the present demand
That what we turn and refer to what's stood there ahead of us."
Even with the stripped down guitar and vocal only sound, the power of his songs, like the single, The Soil, is there, heavier than heavy metal.
The performance then, beyond captivating for an hour. The audience entirely and utterly wrapt. Not breathing between songs. And then it's over. There's an awkward silence, like something I saw once when the Teenage Fanclub played the Jabberjaw Coffee Shop on Pico, drained the room, with their outlandish noise, to nervous exhaustion.
At the Chaplaincy, David ends with an offer to lead a post show conversation about catastrophe...
For us there was a parking problem and we had to beam back up we had to go.
Essential Info:
David Benjamin Blower website here
On Bandcamp here
Ancient Champion only ever communicates with us online so, so much we don't know. Proud Citizen of Nowhere is the response when we ask where you from? We do know the Ancient Champion is releasing a new single each month of 2019. Instrumental music characterised as easy listening for difficult times. And a collection of extremely short stories, Six Stories About Motoring Nowhere as part of the SideCartel's Sextet series. More info at AncientChampion.com
Ancient Champion - A Song For Older Skins Outsideleft contributor the Ancient Champion is taking over the world in 2018. A new single every month and a collection of short stories to come.
Punk Publishing Andy Conway and David Wake's guide to the world of DIY book publishing. Love this so much almost don't want to share it!
Walker Brigade - Therapy Animal (LP) Loving the latest LP from the Walker Brigade 'Therapy Animal'. They say Anthemic despair and savoir faire. Difficult to argue with that.
Christian Present - Ma Dernière Pelée Christian Present's beautiful, challenging and enthralling poetry...
The Rakers - Regina (LP)... Petulant, primitive & all-powerful rock 'n' roll from Baton Rouge's Rakers. Amazingly graceful and not to be trifled with.
Pixie Kisses... Our favorite poet, Pixie Vic brilliantly skewers every rock you reside on or under. Out in December.
Most Things Don't Happen... Great collection of Kirk Lake's song lyrics, poetry and prose of the past decade and more
Buried In Time... Andy Conway's Jack the Ripper takes a trip to Birmingham
Every Day I Atrophy... Award winning Chris Connolly's first collection of short stories. Get it from Amazon and elsewhere....
Ron & Nancy - the SideCartel present out loud SoCal 90s pranksters Ron & Nancy. Every one a winner, baby that's no lie.
Prehistoric Man - Soundscaper Prehistoric Man's ransacks his library of sounds. Blissfully.


text:
Avionica Receives vSTC for miniQAR, avRDC and avCM
LE BOURGET, France -- Avionica has received Validation of Supplemental Type Certificate (vSTC) from EASA for its miniQAR MkIII Quick Access Recorder (QAR), avRDC Remote Data Concentrator and avCM 4G Cell Module. The vSTC from the European Aviation Safety Agencycovers more than 300 aircraft models and opens the door for additional aftermarket sales opportunities to install Avionica products on European-based aircraft.
With this approval, EASA joins Brazil ANAC, Canada TCCA, Hong Kong HKCAD, Malaysia CAAM, People's Republic of China CAAC, Ukraine SAAU and UAE GCAA DOA.
"These new EASA vSTCs enhance the global reach of our QAR, Aircraft Interface Device (AID), and Communications products and adds to the long list of regulatory agencies that have approved our STC," said Anthony Rios, Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Avionica. "Receiving these validations bodes well for Avionica, as it streamlines Avionica's ability to support the growing demand for our wireless data recording and connected aircraft products worldwide."
The expanded footprint of the EASA vSTC keeps a global footprint for the hardware on airlines and operators around the world to quickly and efficiently add hardware to their aircraft and take advantage of FOQA programs and Big Data Analytics capabilities within the industry. What before would take months to accomplish with certification efforts, now only takes days.
Avionica is a world leader in innovative, miniaturized aircraft data collection and wireless data transmission equipment. More than 9,000 QARs have been delivered around the world for air transport, business and general aviation aircraft. The miniQAR features solid-state reliability, 400-hour recording capacity, and easy installation.
avRDC is an aircraft interface platform with a wide array of airborne data bus interfaces and hosts the processing muscle to support a variety of functions based on operator requirements. avCM enables automated data transfer to and from the aircraft through existing 4G and LTE cellular networks enabling FOQA/FDM and wireless data loading programs for aircraft operators around the world. It features a seven-band HSPA+ 4G cell module that transfers data on demand with worldwide coverage.
Avionica, LLC is a GE Aviation company that has been headquartered in Miami, Fla. for more than 25 years. The company is a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative, safety-qualified, state-of-the-art data collection and data transmission products for aircraft. More than 9,000 of Avionica's Quick Access Recorders (QAR) have been delivered around the world, with Supplemental Type Certification (STC) earned on more than 300 models, including air transport, business and general aviation aircraft.


text:
Did your dog make the "nice list" this year? If so, this Pawliday Box is on the top of their wish list. This under-the-tree-ready (because wrapping is for the birds) holiday gift box contains three bags of our most popular, delicious treats. They also snuck in a holiday ugly sweater bandana so your pooch can participate in all of your ugly sweater parties. Get ready for some extra slobbery kisses under the mistletoe this year! I and love and you is a pet food company that provides small and large furry friends with real meats, real ingredients, and nothing weird.
- 1 Bag - Hip Hoppin Hearties
- 1 Bag - Fresh All Rover Breath Bones
- 1 bag - Cow Boom! Beef Strips
- 1 Ugly Sweater Bandana
Stay up to date by following on Facebook and Instagram.
Win an I & Love & You Pawliday Box
Giveaway begins on 12/7/18 and ends on 12/20/18. Must be 18 years or older, open to residents of the US only. This giveaway is in no way endorsed, affiliated or associated with Facebook, Twitter or any other Social Media Networking Site. Please visit the other blogs in this hop for chances to win more great prizes.
Disclosure: Susie's Reviews receives compensation or products from brands in exchange for the posts on this site Our opinions are honest and our own.


text:
J L Ruiz has been inducted into the Bestselling Authors International Organization
for his #1 Bestseller, Irreversible Damage: The Kate Suarez Social Justice Series.
J L Ruiz is a man of dual professions and passions. Born in Mexico City, J L moved to the U.S. after attending one of the Mexico's most celebrated universities, UNAM. Not only is he a highly in-demand dentist with a portfolio of celebrity clients, he has also done important research within his field and serves as an educator giving monthly seminars. Living, studying, and working in America as an immigrant helped him contemplate society from a unique perspective. His literary works comprise of strong immigrant characters that spread important social and political messages to a large demographic of readers.
His novel, Irreversible Damage: The Katie Suarez Social Justice Series, received recognition from the International Latino Book Awards in these categories: Best Young Adult Latino Focused Book; Best Latino Focused Fiction Book; and Best Novel – Adventure or Drama – English. The book's cover has also been recognized in the Best Cover Illustration category for the cover artwork by artist Ignacio Gomez.
This is the first novel from his new social justice series about the poignant story of a young Mexican-American girl and how the tragedies of life lead her to the path of social justice activism. As the novel's protagonist, Katie Suarez fights adversity and challenges corruption; anecdotes of her bravery are meant to inspire the readers and commemorate the immigrant spirit.
We have taken over 1,500 Authors to Bestseller! Will you be next?


text:
Won't you come home, Rick Perry, Won't you come home……I'm so glad Gov. Good Hair reads my column as I have a few more words of advice to pass on to him.
Right after I wrote last week that he should get his behind back to Texas instead of traipsing around running for President as Texas was drying up, burning up, and throwing up, Gov. Rick mounted his white horse and headed back to these parts. Either that or he didn't want to share the stage with his fellow Republicans in a scheduled national debate.
The reason I think Gov. Rick is so foolish to leave Texas in our time of crisis is because I simply can't believe that independent voters all over the U.S. will vote for another Texas president on the heels of Bankrupt Bush. We may not like everything Obama has done, but it's been a hell of a lot better than what would have happened under John (You kids gets off my lawn) McCain. Oh, wait, under John McCain we would have had Sarah Palin to help him govern.
While I don't resent aid to the Texans that have been so dreadfully hurt by the drought and most recently, the wild fires, and may need help, I'll bet Gov. Rick will be first in line to get those hated federal government subsidies.
In fact, I'll bet that's why he is burning rubber (or aviation fuel) to get home. Not because he's read my column but because he wants to start work on getting those government emergency subsidies before those nasty, money-grubbing Yankees along the east coast who suffered devastating floods and hurricane damage last week get all the federal monies.
If we know, we tell…Sources in the sheriff's department (and I've got some good ones which just really ticks off the sheriff, who subscribes to the "mushroom" theory) tell me that since Fort Bend County has reached over half a million people, the deputies have petitioned to have a election about putting the department under civil service rules.
This rumor has been confirmed by County Judge Bob Hebert who says the petition he received from the deputy sheriff's association is even now in the office of the county attorney who is verifying the names on the petition to make sure they work for Fort Bend, which the judge says he believes will be verified quickly.
In the last census, Fort Bend sailed past a half million people and that census, by law, became official on September 1. Judge Hebert said he and the commissioners and the sheriff knew this was coming and have had preliminary discussions about it. He said the election he will call very shortly will be voted on simply by the sheriff's deputies, not the citizenry.
By going under civil service rules, deputies can only be fired for cause, not at the whim of a newly elected sheriff. It allows the employee appeal rights if they think they have been wrongfully terminated and it also allows for competitive examinations for promotions. It removes employees from being employees at will. It actually protects the county from rogue elected officials.
As it stands now, any newly elected sheriff can refuse to "rehire" the deputies who are currently working for that department. That was one of the things Milton Wright did when he became sheriff. He didn't "rehire" any deputies he didn't like, including a deputy who had served admirably and well for that department for over 15 years under four different sheriffs. After she left, several things were inserted into her personnel file without her knowledge or permission and contrary to policy which requires for entries to be signed, these were not signed. All of the letters of commendation and attaboys also magically disappeared.
She was fired without cause. She is now a reporter for this newspaper.
So the first day Milton Wright served as sheriff, he fired without cause, the deputy he didn't like, just like George Molina, who his first day in office, did the same thing. I supported both men until their first day in office and I realized that Fort Bend had attracted two very unqualified men to run for sheriff, who hired and fired according to their misguided likes and dislikes of employees, not their qualifications. Yes, civil service is a long time coming.
Which brings us to another matter……I'm not sure how much you trust my judgment after the Molina and Wright fiascoes, but another new candidate for sheriff has asked me to lunch and, I guess, is seeking my support.
His name is John Minchew and I've actually known him for several years as he used to live in Missouri City, although now he lives in Pecan Grove and he and his wife are very active in the community there. He first got into law enforcement while in the Army and Air Force. He has worked as a peace officer in Harris, Fort Bend County, and Florida, his home state.
But he has been more involved in security services, first working in upper management for Wackenhut Security for many years, then starting his own security companies. He's already told me his motivation to run is all about business as he thinks we need a sheriff with some business experience and the ability to manage employees and a budget.
So I'm going to lunch with him and see if he laughs at my jokes (unlike DA John Healey who has to buy a grin and wouldn't even laugh at my jokes while soliciting my support). I'll report back.
One more story…..I lived through a wild fire on our ranch when I was a young girl. It was only grass and did not endanger our house as it was on a remote section of the ranch and we contained it before it got to the house.
But it was frightening. In the middle of the night a neighbor who lived next to that part of the ranch called to tell us that our pastures were on fire. By the time we arrived, our neighbors were out in force and started beating the fires with wet tow sacks. Fortunately, the pastures were near a small creek (Oak Creek) and we filled wash tubs with water and soaked the tow sacks (burlap sack for all you people unfamiliar with what a "tow sack" is) in the tubs.
We started a firebreak where we set a controlled fire so that when the large fire reached the firebreak, there was no vegetation to feed it.
I was young and didn't understand how you fought a fire with fire, but it gave me a front row understanding from then on. I've used the same precept in my life many times, sometimes successfully.
I want to emphasize how frightening the fire was. We watched some valuable land and crops become cinders and I was actually frightened that it was the end of the world. I can sort of understand how those people in Bastrop and Magnolia feel.
It's getting cooler. I hope next week is better.


text: Bradenham 1st game postponed against Wroxham now to be play at Hale Road on May 5th. Res step closer to promotion with a 4 – 0 win over Mulbarton Res Goals from Hindry, Pease, Nicholls and Watts-Sturrock. Next game against Gayton Res Wed 25th Apr at Hale Road 18:45 KOContinue reading


text:
La sala de prensa de
Esta sección contiene una lista completa de nuestras notas de prensa.
Less than 48 months have passed between the presentation of the
Electromobility creates new jobs at
Production of the
Andreas Scheuer, Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure:
"Electromobility is creating around 1,500 new jobs in carbon-neutral production here in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.
Winfried Kretschmann, Minister President of the State of Baden-Württemberg:
Fritz Kuhn, Mayor of Stuttgart:
"The investment by
Further information, film and photo material in the
Further information and pictures for journalists and media representatives can be found on the
© 2020


text:
Welcome to our summer reading program with the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! This year, we are looking at DC's Legends event from 1986. From the creative team of John Ostrander, Len Wein, John Byrne and Karl Kesel, this first company-wide… Read More ›
Green Lantern Corps
WCPE Episode 052 – For July 1, 2015 – DC, San Diego, and Marvel
Welcome back to the Worst. Comic. Podcast. EVER! This episode is filled to the rafters with comic-talking goodness. We start out looking at the first month of books from DC Comics post-Convergence. Some of the books covered include Dr. Fate,… Read More ›


text:
Are you planning a late winter getaway or spring break vacation? Here are some tips to stretch your travel budget.
New travel site powered by Priceline® provides exclusive deals for militaryLast month, the United States Department of Defense officially introduced American Forces Travel, a leisure travel site created in partnership with Priceline®. This all-new site offers attractive discounts on hotels, air fare, rental cars, vacation packages, cruises and more. For example, more than a million hotel deals are available at more than 71,000 destinations around the world with discounts of up to 60% off.
American Forces Travel was developed exclusively for current and retired members of the U.S. military and their families. Eligibility includes all active duty military (Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard); all members of the Reserves and National Guard; all retired military including those in the Reserves and National Guard who are retirement eligible; all disabled veterans and all Medal of Honor recipients. Verify your eligibility here.
How to fly free if you're a disabled veteranMilitary veterans who are 100% disabled are now eligible to travel on military aircraft at no cost when space is available. This free travel benefit is available through the military's Space-Available (Space-A) Travel program.
Recent expansion of the Space-A program provides no-cost travel between military installations for fully disabled veterans as part of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act. The Space-A program previously was open only to active duty, Reserve and retired troops.
Get tips for planning your trip with Space-A Travel.
Learn more about signing up for Space-A Travel.
View an interactive map of AMC (Air Mobility Command) terminal locations.
Leave Comment (0)


text: Below are some of my all time favorite reads that I've personally selected for you.I'd love to know your feedback on any of my recommendations- just drop me a comment below. Amazon.com Widgets Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Name (required) Mail (required) (will not be published) Website


text:
Council OKs Deal to Curb Owens Lake Dust
Declaring it a historic moment, the Los Angeles City Council approved a deal Friday aimed at decreasing air pollution in the Owens Valley.
The council's unanimous action, with 10 members present, culminates a decades-long debate over Owens Lake that has focused mainly on how much the city should do to stop dust from the Inyo County lake bed from polluting the air.
Councilwoman Ruth Galanter, who championed the deal within the council, said it shows that both sides--the city and the Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District--finally negotiated in good faith. "The hardest part of negotiating this was overcoming the suspicion on both sides," she said.
Under the deal, which still must be approved by the Great Basin board and the California Air Resources Board, 22 1/2 square miles of the lake bed will be undergo dust control treatment by 2006--or as much is necessary to bring the particle pollution down to levels that meet federal standards. For their part, Owens Valley air quality officials agreed to scale back the improvements they had sought and allow them to be phased in gradually. Owens Lake is by far the single largest source of particle air pollution in the United States.


text:
- Home
- About YC Hertfordshire
- News
- Mentors talk about their experiences of supporting young people in Hertfordshire in 2017
Mentors talk about their experiences of supporting young people in Hertfordshire in 2017
27 October 2017
As a part of National Mentoring Day we're celebrating the fantastic work of our mentors and hearing about their experiences supporting Hertfordshire young people at a key time in their lives.
As a part of National Mentoring Day we're celebrating the fantastic work of our mentors and hearing about their experiences supporting Hertfordshire young people at a key time in their lives.
The YC Hertfordshire employer mentoring programme launched in early 2017 with funding from The Careers and Enterprise Company. The scheme supports students across Years 8, 9 and 10 who are at risk of disengaging or underachieving in their studies.
We want to offer mentoring to at least 250 young people across the Hertfordshire over the next three years. Could you help?
We are looking to recruit mentors with a wide range of backgrounds, ages and interests, who can offer an hour or two fortnightly for up to six months at a time. Mentoring is a brilliant opportunity to inspire and motivate the workforce of the future and help them achieve their potential. You will receive full training and support.
What's it like to be a YC Hertfordshire mentor? This is what some of our mentors had to say about their experiences of mentoring young people in 2017:
Liz Mitchell - Sales Assistant at F Hinds Jewellers
"Young people go through a lot: they are faced with big decisions, such as career choices, and often have to deal with personal challenges at the same time… having a non-judgemental adult to talk things through with is hugely beneficial for them and shows them they are not alone. Young people are intuitive and respond well when they feel they have an adult on their side who is being genuine and who wants to help. To anyone considering mentoring - you should go for it!"
Shelley Owide - Partner at Dr Clean, mentored a Year 8, female student
"The employer mentoring scheme helps young people with all areas of their school life as well as building relationships and choosing a career. This was my first experience of mentoring a young person and it exceeded my expectations. I've learnt that you have to be really open and inventive when looking for solutions and be prepared to 'think outside the box'."
Chris Mason - Director & owner of Intelligent People Ltd
"I tried to help my mentee understand the importance of school work and its connection with what happens in the future. We talked a lot about post-school options and that he was very much in control of his own performance and that the time to influence his grades was right now. I hope that this helped him to focus and make subtle changes to his attitude and outlook on life. I found mentoring a very rewarding experience and was very well supported by my supervisor and the school."
Tracey Walton - Retired teacher and owner of an education consultancy business
"I love mentoring young people and feel that young people respond well to being mentored by a volunteer who is not a parent or a teacher, but is just there for them. I have gained so much from being a mentor – it is both rewarding and fun. I would unreservedly recommend it."
Lucy Hammill - Support Officer, Hertfordshire County Council
I built up a good relationship with my mentee and we were able to talk about her social life and situations with school peers and friends as well as about future goals, personal interests, social media, decision making and work, looking at option choices and qualifications. The mentor training was thorough and enjoyable and I felt supported by my supervisor, YC Hertfordshire and the school. I also benefitted from the extra training given such as the online-safety CEOP training. Mentoring has given me the opportunity to make a difference in a young person's life.
See what else our mentors had to say here:


text: Give the Gift of Meals to Homebound Seniors this Holiday Season 15 November Gifts may be tax-deductible Give the gift of a nutritious meal, friendly visit and safety check to a local homebound senior citizen this holiday season by participating in the 2017 Home-Delivered Meals Holiday Gift Certificate Program. Meals purchased with a holiday gift certificate through Forsyth County Senior Services will be delivered through the Meals on Wheels program. "The Meals on Wheels program does not only provide a warm and healthy meal. A meal delivery offers seniors valuable social interaction and a safety check," said Senior Services Director Ruthie Brew. "Forsyth County Senior Services is proud of the support this program ... November 15, 2017 Photo, Senior Services Read More »


text:
The Dynastar Team Pro junior skis are designed for Entry Level athletes.
The Team Pro is is one of the only junior skis of that category that has a sandwich construction and a wood core. These skis are ideal to get junior racers to evolve to the next level. Recommended binding: Nova Team 7 Maxplate
- Structure: Traditional Wood Fiber
- Sidecut: 112/65/95
- Radius: 10
Includes Bindings.


text:
Update 1: for reasons I won't go into, I want to avoid having anything other than the properties to be persisted in my entity objects. This means no extra properties or methods...
I have an entity called
Entity1 with (say) 10 public properties. In one place in my code I want to output serialized JSON with (say) 3 of those fields, in a second place I need to output 7 fields and in a third place I might need to output (say) all 10 fields. How do I do this using Newtonsoft's JSON library?
I can't use
[JsonIgnore] or
[DataMember] as that will apply to all cases, so I won't be able to create "custom views" of the data (my own terminology :-).
I tried to achieve this using an interface:
public interface Entity1View1
string Property1;
string Property2;
string Property5;
Entity1 implement
Entity1View1 and I passed an
IList<Entity1View1> to the JSON serializer (the objects were actually just
Entity1 objects). Didn't work: the serializer output all the 10 public properties of
The only other way I could think of was to implement
Entity1Wrapper2 etc. type of classes where each object would hold a corresponding instance of
Entity1 and in turn expose only those public properties that correspond to the properties I want to show in "View1", "View2" etc. Then I pass lists of these wrapper objects to the serializer (should work, haven't tried it yet).
Is there a better way?
If it matters, here's my configuration:
- .Net 4.5


text:
legal resources necessary to hold negligent facilities accountable.
Sample Verdicts & Lawsuits Against Sava Senior Care Nursing Homes
SavaSeniorCare is one of the country's largest privately held operators of nursing homes. The chain has nearly 200 nursing homes across the country across 22 states. The chain has approximately 25,000 beds in its facilities. The chain has its headquarters in Atlanta. Its website is www.savaseniorcare.com.
SavaSeniorCare has been in business for a long, albeit in various different iterations. The current version of SavaSeniorCare originated from Mariner Health Care back in 2005. Originally, the nursing home business and the real estate were owned by separate entities. When the owner of the real estate, Rubin Schron, attempted to raise the rents on the nursing home, litigation between the two ensued. The litigation resulted in Schron winning control of both the real estate and the homes that operated on them.Episodes of Safety Concern Violations & Lawsuits Against Sava Senior Care
SavaSeniorCare has been the target if several federal lawsuits. The nursing home chain was sued by several whistleblowers for charging Medicare for unnecessary services. The federal government intervened in one of the cases and trial was set for December 2018. The lawsuit alleged that SavaSeniorCare set unrealistic financial goals for its nursing homes that resulted in provision of medically unreasonable, unnecessary and unskilled services to Medicare patients.
This was after the chain entered into a settlement agreement with the government in 2010 for a kickbacks scheme and other false claims. The chain has also faced multiple class action suits and is a continuous recipient of negative publicity for shocking incidents at its nursing homes. SavaSeniorCare has even seen one of its facilities terminated from the Medicare program.
SavaSeniorCare homes receive continuous low ratings on Medicare quality surveys. In addition, its homes have received numerous fines resulting from federal inspections of the facilities. Inspection reports have detailed multiple failures in patient care, including the areas of investing and preventing abuse of the residents.
While many homes are successfully sued for failure to prevent pressure ulcers and other similar deficiencies, the incidents that SavaSeniorCare has been sued for and have put it in the news seem to be even worse. Some of the lawsuits include:
- Sexual assault of residents
- Dumping patients and evicted them from the facility
- Staff laughing as a man lay dying
- Leaving residents languishing in their feces
- Injuries to residents from negligence
SavaSeniorCare has faced both litigation and negative media reports about incidents in its nursing homes as well as its treatment of residents. The company has settled several lawsuits with private plaintiffs and is the defendant in many more. Here are some of the incidents and litigation that occurred at or relate to the SavaSeniorCare homes.Lawsuits Against Sava Senior Care for Nursing Home Negligence
2016 - Settlement (Undisclosed) in Wyoming - Poplar Living Center has been the defendant is numerous lawsuits. The nursing home settled a lawsuit in which a blind resident was standing by a curb waiting for a ride. A van driven by one of the facility's employees hit the resident, injuring his arm and causing numbness. The amount of the settlement is confidential. There was reference made to a slew of previous lawsuits against this particular facility. Specifically, there were six previous wrongful death lawsuits as well as an extensive history of federal inspection reports stating that the facility was understaffed. Shortly after this settlement was reached, there was a lawsuit brought by a woman who claimed that the nursing home failed to diagnose her cancer.
2011 – Jury Verdict ($2,350,000) in Michigan – The resident had a swallowing disorder, but was given whole meatballs that were intended for another resident. This particular resident could not chew and swallow whole meatballs. The resident began to choke, but due to the fact that the dining room was not sufficiently staffed, there was nobody present to perform the Heimlich maneuver on the resident. Instead, the nurse's aide who should have performed the maneuver on the spot wheeled the resident 40 feet to another nursing station where the maneuver was attempted. The resident was suffocating for 15 minutes by the time the paramedics dislodged the meatball, causing brain death.
2017 - Jury Verdict ($13,109) in North Carolina – The resident was able to exit the facility on his own in a motorized wheelchair. When attempting to wheel himself down a ramp, he wheeled over a curb. Then the wheelchair pitched forward and the resident hit his face and head on the ground. The resident died from his injuries. The lawsuit claimed that the nursing home staff did not adequately supervise the resident, allowing him to exit the facility on his own. The nursing home was also accused of not adequately marking the wheelchair ramp.Nursing Home Negligence Lawsuit Against Sava Senior Care for Inadequate Medical Care
2015 - Lawsuit Filed in Tennessee – A resident died of cardiac arrest. Nurses were notified of the resident's critical potassium levels, but there were inconsistencies and medical records that were missing. The lawsuit also accused the nursing home of failing to uphold standards of patient care.Lawsuit Against Sava Senior Care for Sexual Assault of Residents
2017 - Lawsuit Filed in North Carolina – A CNA at the Brian Center was found guilty of several felonies, including sexual assault of rape of residents. He was sentenced to 23 years in prison. The lawsuit alleged that the nursing home management knew of the incidents for some time before it was reported and before the CMA was fired. The lawsuit claims that the nursing home tried to cover up the misdeeds of the CAN by trying to silence the victim. Like all other lawsuits against the chain's homes, this lawsuit alleges that the failure to adequately and properly staff the nursing home placed the residents in danger.Lawsuits Against Sava Senior Care for Nursing HomeNeglect
2006 – Jury Verdict ($3.2 million) in Colorado – The resident was a 41-year old quadriplegic. The plaintiff claimed that the staff did not know how to treat his wounds or transfer him properly. He claimed that his call lights were ignored and he was left to sit in his own urine and feces for extended periods. He suffered various injuries while at the facility, including a burn that required surgery. The plaintiff claimed that nursing home staff retaliated against him when he complained. Included in the plaintiff's award was an amount for the extreme and reckless conduct of the nursing home.
2008 – Jury Verdict ($375,000) in Colorado – An 87-year old woman was staying at the nursing home for short-term rehab after surgery. She rang the call button for help to use the bathroom, but her call for help was not answered. After some time had passed, she attempting to get up herself, but fell and broke her ankle. The resident then died from complications of surgery to repair the broken ankle. The lawsuit claimed that the resident's call was ignored because the facility was short staffed.Lawsuit Against Sava Senior Care for Patient Dumping
2018 – Lawsuit Filed in California – Six different nursing homes belonging to SavaSeniorCare were sued for a pattern of evicting residents. Nursing homes are required to give a resident 30 days' notice if they are evicting them against their will. The facility also cannot simply throw them out in the street, but must also help facilitate their transfer to another facility. Here, the facility was accused of evicting residents without any prior notice and not helping transfer them to another home.Criminal Charges Against Sava Senior Care Employees for Shocking Conduct
2018 – Criminal Charges Filed in Georgia – Hidden camera showed nursing homes aides laughing as a resident gasped for air and they were struggling with putting on his oxygen mask. Before that, the resident was pressing his call button and begging for help and was ignored while he was crying out for assistance. Even though the resident could not breathe, it was an hour before 911 was called. The family had placed a hidden camera in the room to monitor the resident's treatment. Law enforcement found this alleged conduct to be so wanton and heinous that the CNAs were charged with various crimes, including murder.
2017 – Termination from Medicare in Alabama – Medicare took the drastic step of terminating a SavaSeniorCare Healthcare home from the program for drastic and repeated violations of federal nursing home regulations. These violations were detected in the course of inspections that were undertaken of the facility.Concerned About a Loved One at Sava Senior Care Nursing Home? Get Legal Help Today.
If your loved one has been the victim of any conduct of this type or even something less than these shocking examples, you need to retain counsel to represent the interests of your family. Nursing home chains such as SavaSeniorCare have high-priced lawyers on their payroll to protect the company's interests, even when the nursing home engages in egregious and shocking conduct. As such, you need a lawyer on your side to hold nursing homes such as these accountable.
The nursing home attorneys at the Nursing Home Law Center have been fearlessly vindicating the legal rights of families for years, often going up against large national chains such as SavaSeniorCare. Call us today at (800) 726-9565 to schedule your free no-risk case assessment. Find out how we can help your family right a wrong that was done it by a nursing home.Colorado


text:
Located at the corner of Cloverdale Blvd and 53rd Avenue. If using a GPS device... you can enter the address 5035 Cloverdale Blvd, Flushing, NY and that will be the exact location.
SBRA is a member of bicyclelongisland.org.
Thank you for visiting the SBRA Website. PS: best viewed in all browsers, but IE -- sincerely, your Webmaster.
Please send comments & questions about the SBRA site to the SBRA-Webmaster.


text:
We've decided to resurrect one of our old columns, It Happened This Week! In case you're not reading about fashion news on Internet for the majority of your waking hours, we've got you covered. This week, Justin Bieber clones were everywhere, Rachel Zoe announced her fashion line launch, and Evan Rachel Wood and Alexa Chung nabbed fragrance campaigns. Read on!
2. And so has a 27-year-old woman, who was mistaken as the 16-year-old singer while at a bar, prompting us to rediscover the hilarious Tumblr page Lesbians Who Look Just Like Justin Bieber. (TMZ)
3. Evan Rachel Wood was chosen to be the face of the new Gucci fragrance campaign. Can we expect a "Gukki by Gukki" spoof à la male face of the brand, James Franco? (WWD)
5. Ralph Lauren is retiring soon, $1 billion richer. This is one guy who won't be worrying about receiving those social security checks each week. (NYMag)
6. Espirit takes on Coco Rocha, Du Juan, and Anne V for upcoming campaigns in an attempt to resurrect their '80s mojo. (Stylelist)
7. Rachel Zoe's first fashion line set to come out for fall '11. We're excited to pick up lots of faux fur, wide-legged pants, and sunglasses large enough to act as solar panels—straight from the source! (The Cut)
8. Taylor Lautner's July GQ spread is passable, until you get to the Matrix meets Fast and the Furious, car jumping photo... (Fashion Indie)
9. Visionary and forward-minded Vogue publisher Tom Florio has left Conde Nast to create a new media company of his own. Anyone hear some deathy sounding knells right about now? (NYDaily)
10. Dov Charney posts his phone number online and invites anyone with a question about American Apparel to call him. We've got one—what's up with these things? (Racked)


text:
Sanger Sequencing
The Colorado State University Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility is pleased to announce a partnership with GENEWIZ for Sanger DNA Sequencing Services. The partnership will provide the following benefits for CSU researchers:
- Next business day turnaround time
- Expert Technical Support
- Network of Convenience, including local drop boxes, courier pickup, and free sample shipping
- Preferred pricing (>35% less than historical PMF prices!)*
- Centralized internal billing which enables you to order services using your CSU fund number
*To request complete pricing details contact Deanna Adams.
How To Order Sanger Sequencing Service
To receive the benefits listed above, please follow these instructions when creating your account and placing your orders with GENEWIZ:
1.) Create a GENEWIZ account at www.genewiz.com, see "Register".
- For PI/Institution ID, enter 149587516 – THIS STEP IS REQIRED TO RECIEVE CSU PREFERRED PRICING
- Enter the email address of your PI
- Enter your lab's shipping address
2.) To order, please log in to your GENEWIZ account and follow these steps:
- Choose "Create Sequencing Order"
- Choose "Same Day"
- Complete the form as needed – the most popular and economical service is "Premix"
- For Payment, please enter your 7 digit Grant Number in the PO Field (Credit Card orders are processed in a different manner. Please DO NOT enter CC info in this area.)
- Choose your nearest GENEWIZ Drop Box
- Print out a copy of your order receipt
- Prepare samples according to GENEWIZ Sample Submission Guidelines
- Enclose samples and order receipt in a plastic baggie or blank envelope, and drop off in GENEWIZ Drop Box.
- Your results will be posted to your GENEWIZ account the next business day.
GENEWIZ Drop Box Locations
- Microbiology, PMF (hallway outside of C110)
- MRB, Room 111A (mailroom)
- Pathology, Room 110 (mailroom)
- Scott Engineering, third floor elevator nook
- Vet Teaching Hospital, Room A205 (Clinical Sciences Mailroom)
- Research Innovation Center (Foothills campus), Room D242
- Plant Sciences, C129 (mailroom)
Samples must be dropped off by 1:00 PM to ensure inclusion in the daily shipment. A courier will pick up all shipments daily and deliver to FedEx.
Technical Support
For technical support related to your sequencing results please contact:
GENEWIZ DNA Sequencing Technical Support
Phone: 1- 908-222-0711, Extension 2
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Hours: 6 AM – 6 PM Mountain Time
General Questions
To request additional Drop Boxes or for general questions, please contact:
Deanna Adams, Proteomics and Metabolomics Facility
Brian McFadden


text:
Europe urgently needs to transition to clean and safe renewable energy. To prevent the worst effects of climate change, this transition needs to be very fast. However, lack of public support is currently slowing down the energy transition.
This Vision Statement sets out demands for a future energy system for Europe which is sustainable, carbon-free, socially fair, publicly owned and controlled by local communities and people.
Most EU member states positively acknowledge renewable energy communities in their draft National Energy and Climate Plans and some commit to boosting community renewables. However, for most EU countries, they do not match this acknowledgment with concrete policies or measures to support energy communities. As they finalise their plans by the end of 2019, there is room for all countries to improve the level of detail and clarity of their plans to support energy communities.
Copyright Friends of the Earth Europe
Genuine, just solutions to climate change
Less is more: reducing energy consumption for a safer planet and better homes
Oil and gas exploration, and mining
Delivering a just transition to a 100% renewable, no nuclear, super energy-efficient, zero-fossil-fuel Europe by 2030
Creating a future powered by clean, fossil-free, community owned energy
Making multinational companies accountable for harm they cause anywhere in the world
When EU and international policy-making is overly influenced by business and interest groups
Our rights, and how we can shape society
The weakening of vital protections to please big business
EU trade and investment policy should start to put people before profit
Food and farming in Europe and its global impacts
Genetically modified crops and organisms
Standing up for our right to nature
Rethinking plastic, and reducing, reusing and recycling resources
Europe's consumption of land, materials, water and carbon


text:
2018 April-June
Download the newsletter in PDF format:
2018 Issue 105 Spring April-June.pdf
April/May/June 2018
Issue 105
The Positive Aging Newsletter by Mary and Kenneth Gergen
Sponsored by the Taos Institute (www.taosinstitute.net)
Wall Street Journal
Beyond the Pressures of Planning
The Blessings of Being in Nature
Merry Making and Longevity
Stayin' Alive with Dancing
Overlooked by the Times, but Not by Grandchildren
A Challenging Opportunity for Volunteering
The Relational Book for Parenting by Saliha Bava & Mark Greene.
- Information for Readers
Beyond the Pressures of Planning
There are many paths to positive aging, but our Italian colleagues have brought to light a route deserving a special welcome. We have often emphasized in this Newsletter the importance of remaining active over the lifespan. We have reported on the positive benefits to health and happiness of physical exercise, travel, gardening, community work, creative activities and so on. However, there is an interesting overtone to these reports, as they may suggest that one should at all times remain fully and productively engaged. This would include planning, scheduling, accounting for the use of one's time, and even feeling guilty for slacking off. At this point, the call to activity becomes a threat to aging positively.
The Italian report offers a promising alternative to the relentless pursuit of activity. As Romaioli and Contarello (2018) write, many of the 30 elderly individuals they interviewed offered a vision of aging that, while active, was not so driven. The vision carries echoes of the Taoist idea of wisdom in its emphasis on the harmony of everyday life. There is no clear English word for this idea. In Italian it is disponibilita. It comes close to the idea of being available to whatever presents itself. Rather than following a daily plan, one maintains a balanced availability – sensitive to the opportunities and needs of the moment. To illustrate:
- From a 74 year old woman, "In the situation I'm in right now, I'm happy not to have plans because I'm free to take all the opportunities that come along. Having plans makes me stressed, in any case, through trying to make it happen…my mind and emotions are free as far as everyday life is concerned."
- From a 75 year old man: "I don't make plans any more. My daughter and grandchildren make plans; I made plans in the past: some went well; others less so because not everything goes as you expect. That's life, and I think and hope I won't have to make any more plans!"
- From a 72 year old woman: "I say, 'This morning! and that suits me just fine! Tomorrow we will see.' If it's raining tomorrow I'll get out a book and read; today it's nice and I'm going to go for a walk."
In the present bustle of everyday life, with its emphasis on striving, improving, and winning, there seems enormous wisdom in this emphasis on the harmony of moving gently and sensitively with the currents of the day.
Ken and Mary Gergen
From: Romaioli, D. and Contarello, A. (2017). Redefining agency in late life: The concept of disponibility. Aging and Society, 1-23.
The Blessings of Being in Nature
Science writer Kevin Loria summarizes wide-ranging inquiry into our relations with nature and why it is important to our ways of life. As he sees it, both physical and mental health are benefited by spending time in natural environments. Here are 4 reasons why it can be important.
- Walking in nature improves short term memory.
Several studies show that nature walks have memory-promoting effects that other walks don't. In one study, University of Michigan students were given a brief memory test, then divided into two groups. One group took a walk around an arboretum, and the other took a walk down a city street. When the participants returned and did the test again, those who had walked among the trees did almost 20% percent better than they had first time. The people who had taken in city sights did not consistently improve.
A similar study on depressed individuals found that walks in nature boosted working memory much more than walks in urban environments.
- Being outdoors has a demonstrated de-stressing effect.
Being outside changes the physical expression of stress in the body. One study found that students who were chosen to spend two nights in a forest had lower levels of cortisol — a hormone often used as a marker for stress — than those chosen to spend that time in a city. In another study, researchers found a decrease in both the heart rates and levels of cortisol of participants who spent time in the forest compared to those in the city. "Stressful states can be relieved by forest therapy," the researchers concluded. Among office workers, even a view of nature out a window is associated with lower stress and higher job satisfaction.
- Spending time outside reduces inflammation.
In one study, students who spent time in the forest had lower levels of inflammation than those who spent time in the city. In another, elderly patients who had been sent on a week-long trip into the forest showed reduced signs of inflammation. There were some indications that the woodsy jaunt had a positive effect on those patients' hypertension levels as well.
- Outdoor experiences may help fight depression and anxiety.
Anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues may all be eased by spending time in nature — especially when that's combined with exercise. One study found that walks in the forest were associated with decreased levels of anxiety and bad moods, and another found that outdoor walks could be "useful clinically as a supplement to existing treatments" for major depressive disorder. An analysis of 10 earlier studies found that so-called "green exercise" improved both self-esteem and mood. The presence of water made the positive effects even stronger, the findings suggested.
We are not sure we will complete this edition of the Newsletter, as we are off for a walk…
From: Spending Time Outdoors by Kevin Loria
Business Insider, June, 2018
Merry Making and Longevity
As people grow older they often become more cautious and careful. They are tuned in to possible dangers, take extra good care of themselves, and possibly look on to merry makers with a sense of smug superiority. Recent research suggests they may be fooling themselves. Better to make merry! In one study researchers focused on the 90+ age group – the "oldest-old" –and the fastest growing age group in America. The research was aimed at finding out what habits lead to quantity and quality of life. In this case the researchers focused on lifestyles that favor living longer. Analyzing more than 1,600 cases, the results showed that people who drank two glasses of beer or wine a day improved their odds of living longer by 18% over those who abstained. As Dr. Claudia Kawas, a neurology specialist and head of the study commented at a national meeting, "I have no explanation for it, but I do firmly believe that modest drinking improves longevity."
The positive attitude usually associated with having a couple of drinks may be part of the explanation. A recent study at Yale University focused on a group of 4,765 people with an average age of 72, who carried a gene variant linked to dementia. Not all those who have the gene develop dementia, so the question is what factors are important to slow (or hasten) its onset. One measure used by the researchers was attitudes toward aging. As the results showed, those who had positive attitudes about aging were 50% less likely to develop the disorder than those who approached aging with more pessimistic or fearful attitudes. Having a good time in life may contribute to having a long time.
From: The Surprising Secrets to Living Longer — And Better, by Jeffrey Kluger & Alexandra Sifferlin, TIME Feb. 26, 2018.
Stayin' Alive with Dancing
John Grumbine loves to dance. He likes the hustle, waltz, rhumba, and the fox trot, especially. Three or four times a week, John goes to the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Lancaster, PA. What is unusual about this story is that John celebrated his 100th birthday March 31. He began his dancing lessons in 1996, shortly after his wife had died. He was lonely and needed an activity. He tried golf and bowling, but dancing was the activity that he enjoyed the most. At one of the dance functions he met his second wife, Betsy, and was dancing with her until she died in 2013. Today his regular dance partner is Junko Wright, whose husband prefers golf to dancing.
John's dance instructor is very positive about John's dancing skills. "We are amazed at all his achievements. He has taught us that age is just a number. He inspires us to keep going and to work hard. John can dance for 40 minutes straight without stopping. I can still push him … to learn new things. Dance keeps his brain active and keeps him healthy. And it gives him something to look forward to – a place to go to socialize with other people."
Besides working in business and helping to raise 4 children, he also managed to earn his master's degree in pastoral counseling when he was 80 years old.
From: Stayin' alive with dancing, Philadelphia Inquirer, May 7, 2018, B6.
Overlooked by the Times, but Not by Grandchildren
Grandmothers play an increasingly important role in contemporary family life, especially as the culture has moved toward two-career households. Many will not see their grandchildren into maturity, but they may well be remembered. As the New York Times reports, they may not only be recalled with fondness, but they may also serve as revered models for their grandchildren. Because March was Women's History Month. The New York Times put out a call to readers to honor famous women who had been forgotten, in that they had not had a Times obituary. Interestingly, some 2,500 submissions were sent in to the newspaper. Many came from readers who told stories of their grandmothers or great grandmothers. On March 25, The Times printed obituaries for 9 of these, to honor these great women, who were also beloved grandmothers.
Science and medicine were significant pursuits of three of them, and one, Dr. Anita Figueredo was a surgeon, a mother of nine children, and a humanitarian, who had a long friendship with Sister Theresa. Two were political activists, one of whom wrote a book about her experiences in the Spanish civil war; one was an artist, who wrote and illustrated little stories for the "Weekly Reader" from 1925 to 1960. One was a literary agent, who represented Eleanor Roosevelt, among others. Grandchildren do remember, often with deep fondness and appreciation.
From: Overlooked by the Times, but Not by Their Grandchildren by Nancy Wartik, New York Times Obituaries, Sunday, March 25, 2018.
A Challenging Opportunity for Volunteering
We have often reported on the benefits of doing volunteer work after retirement. It is not simply that one remains active in body and mind, but there is great joy in contributing to the well being of others and the environment. Here we call attention to one of the most challenging and rewarding of volunteer activities.
As is well-known, the U. S. has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, and harsh sentencing policies that far exceed the norm in other developed countries. For example in Norway the longest prison sentence allowed, under any conditions, is 21 years. Their system is designed for rehabilitation, not retribution. Today more than 2.2 million Americans are in prison. Among our prisoners are many who have lost ties with their families and friends, due to their long separations. No one visits them or gives them a sense of hope for the future.
Prisoner Visitation and Support (PVS) is a volunteer visitation program serving federal and military prisoners throughout the United States. Their priority is to visit those prisoners who do not ordinarily receive visits from family and friends, want or need visits, are in solitary confinement, on death row, or serving long sentences. Volunteers are mature individuals, who are good listeners, and willing to visit anyone, without prejudice. They do not impose any religious or philosophical views on prisoners, but accept them as they are. To be a visitor one receives some basic training, and agrees to serve one day a month for at least two years. Most of the visitors are retired people. To learn more about becoming a volunteer, visit (www.prisonervisitation.org), the website for Prisoner Visitation and Support. This is a signal opportunity to expand your capacities and help other humans who deeply need support.
The Relational Book for Parenting by Saliha Bava & Mark Greene. New York: ThinkPlayPartners.com
Grandparents are now some of the most significant partners in the family dynamic of child care. Many of us are parenting for the second generation of young people, and many more of us are thinking about how we might best interact with our grandchildren in today's world. We have found words of wisdom in this innovative little book, right on target for communicating with our grandchildren. We are especially drawn to the relational perspective featured in the book. From this perspective, the focus shifts from the individuals making up a relationship to the process of coordination. What is most important is not the individual dancers, one might say, but their dance. Thus, for example, the authors trace the origin of a child's anger, not to a psychological source, but to the pattern of relating in which the parent and child are engaged. Changing the pattern changes the dynamic. Communication improves and anger disappears. The book is also a visual treat, with charming cartoon figures illustrating the major ideas. A good companion for the older generations and as a gift to the younger ones. MMG
Chris Robertson writes:
Dear Mary and Ken,
John is sending you his book that was just published in case you want to mention it in your Positive Aging Newsletter. Have a great summer!
All the best, Chris and John.
John Creveling's book, More Than What You See: Poetry, Art, and Photography, is filled with John's creative work. In 2009 John was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. Despite the limits of the disease, he has striven to live life as fully as he can. As an artist, he has directed his energies to creative activities, which are manifested in this book. As his wife and dear companion has written, "John reminds us to savor every moment of every day. It is not surprising that John's motto has always been carpe diem, a Latin phrase that encourages us to enjoy the pleasures of the moment without being overly concerned about the future." The book is rich in poetic expression, as John reveals his life's experiences and thoughts, combined with his beautiful photographs and illustrations. It is a book to be especially treasured by those enduring chronic illnesses for its upbeat message of living well despite limitations.
Available through Amazon, and other book sellers.
A New Open Access Journal
Innovation In Aging. The journal publishes conceptually sound, rigorous research that describes innovative theories, research methods, interventions, evaluations and policies relevant to aging and the life course. Oxford University Press. Academic.oup.como/innovateage
Information for Readers:
We hope that you enjoy The Positive Aging Newsletter.
Questions & Feedback:
If you have any questions, or material you'd like to share with other newsletter readers, please e-mail Mary Gergen at – email@example.com
Past issues:
Past issues of the newsletter, including our translated issues in Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Danish, Greek, Italian, and Chinese are archived at: www.positiveaging.net
How to subscribe, unsubscribe or change your e-mail address:
New subscribers can join by visiting – www.taosinstitute.net/positive-aging-newsletter – on the right column, you will see a blue box that says – "Click here to Sign Up" – fill in your information and submit.
To change or unsubscribe send an e-mail to:


text:
The Nearevo solution
A complete proximity discovery & marketing platform for businesses
Internet of things discovery
Nearevo helps businesses IoT enable their real-world locations by placing small electronic devices in, on or next to any of their physical objects. People nearby can scan or tap the objects and interact digitally via their smartphones.
Proximity discovery
Nearevo helps businesses get discovered by more nearby users, visitors, customers and staff. Using a Nearevo powered app, smartphone users scan or tap any IoT enabled object to view it's digital content.
NFC tags
Small electronic stickers (38mm diameter) requiring no batteries. Our NFC tag devices can transmit your Discovery messages to iPhones and Android phones which are held a few cms away or tapped onto the tag.
Pocket size electronic transmitters (52mm diameter) that run on a small battery for upto 2 years. Our beacon devices broadcast your Discovery messages to iPhones and Android phones up to 50 metres away.
Build your internet of things
We help your business digitally enable your objects by supplying 2 types of internet of things device: beacons and tags.
Your beacons can be placed at a visitor attraction entrance, in a shop window, pocket or even a van or other location where they can broadcast to every phone within a 50 metre radius. They can keep going for upto 2 years on a single battery. There are no moving parts, lights or buttons so they're very robust.
Your tags can be stuck next to an exhibit, on a product or in-store shelving, or in, on or next to any other object. Their top surface is covered in plastic, making them water-resistant and hardy against multiple taps by a smartphone.
Choose our out of the box Nearevo branded beacons & tags to work alongside the free Nearevo app. Or add your own branding with our bespoke options.
|get started today
Out of the box or bespoke
The Nearevo solution includes an iPhone and Android app which allows mobile users to detect your beacons and tags with a quick scan or tap.
As well offering a choice of Nearevo, own-brand or co-brand beacons & tags, we provide you with 3 smartphone app options...
1. Out of the box: our ready-made and free Nearevo branded app
2. Bespoke & fully branded: a version of our own app with your logo and in your own colours
3. Bespoke & co-branded: combining our trademarked Tap & Discover call to action and our Powered by Nearevo logo with your own logo and colours
You may prefer to integrate our internet of things ecosystem and proximity discovery of beacons and tags into your own apps. With Nearevo's bespoke services, let us build a tailored SDK and API's to suit. Our technical team are standing by to assist your developers, so get in touch today.
|get started today
Getting started is easy
Our solution provides access to an easy to use cloud dashboard. Login from any browser whenever you wish to configure your Nearevo or own-brand Beacons and Tags.
When you first login all your internet of things devices will already be listed. Simply edit which message, image and web page is to be displayed in the free Nearevo app or your bespoke Nearevo powered app when somebody receives your Beacon notifications or taps your Tags. Making changes is easy and takes seconds. Do it as often as you like.
Our Dashboard also gives you statistics on how many times people have interacted with your Nearevo or own-brand internet of things devices via their smartphones.
|get started today
Create exclusive discovery pages
Simply point your Beacon & Tag devices at any existing page on your website and you're all done. Or why not create additional unique Discovery Pages on your site just for your internet of things devices.
Maybe you need "learn more about this exhibit" pages in your museum. Or a "10% off" promotion for your concert. Perhaps your restaurant needs a "how was your meal" feedback form. Or your store needs "more info" cards next to each item.
Create additional Discovery Pages on your website and add maps, sound & video clips, forms, contact details and more. Point your Beacons and Tags at them and make discovery an experience for your visitors, customers and other users.
|get started today
Even fine-tuning is simple
Download our Android Tune app from the Google Play Store to calibrate your beacons. It's very easy to control the beacon signal power with a simple slider. This defines the radius (from 1 to 50 metres) in which iPhones & Android phones with a Nearevo powered app will receive your Beacon message.
For example, you may only wish people stood next to an exhibition stand to receive a description. Or you might want everyone inside your music venue to receive a programme link. Change the range in seconds, as often as you like.
Calibration also allows you to manage a fleet of Beacon devices, pushing different messages as people move around your venue or store.
|get started today
PoS materials, window stickers,...
If a user has a Nearevo powered app set to auto-scan then nearby Beacons will be discovered automatically. But some users prefer to just scan when they spot they're in a Discovery Zone and want to learn more about the things around them.
We can provide you with Nearevo or branded window stickers & other printed labels. Place these near your Beacons to indicate the area is a Discovery Zone.
Our NFC Tags also show your brand or the Nearevo Tap & Discover call-to-action. Placing these in easy to reach places will make tapping simple for your visitors.
Please get in touch if you require bespoke or co-branded PoS materials & Tags.
|get started today
App SDK, webhook & API's
There are huge possibilities for integrating proximity devices into other web, tech and marketing solutions. The Nearevo solution can help you achieve this.
Nearevo has eased the pains in configuring Beacon and Tag devices and managing them in the cloud. Our in-house infrastructure provides a complete internet of things ecosystem, letting you focus on your own higher level services.
We provide API's for you to configure & manage your Nearevo or branded Beacon and Tag devices. We also push device event data to your server webhooks in real-time.
We supply a ready-made Nearevo branded Discovery app for iPhones and Android phones. Or we can add your branding, giving you your own Discovery app which is fully managed by us. Alternatively you may wish to integrate our proximity ecosystem and the discovery of internet of things devices into your own existing app. Our team can assist with this and build an SDK to suit, as well as work alongside your developers to advise and support their integration.
|get started today
Technical specifications
Nearevo Beacons + NFC Tags
Case: matte white ABS + adhesive sticker
Dimensions: Ø52.6 mm x 11.3 mm
Weight: 24g
Distance Range: up to 50 metres
Radio Protocol: low energy
Beacon Protocols: Eddystone, iBeacon & TLM
Battery Life: between 16 and 24 months
Battery: Coin Cell CR2477 3V – 1000mAh
Idle Current Consumption: 2.4μA
Operating Temperature: -25 to +60ºC
Storage Temperature: 0 to +35ºC
Certifications: CE, FCC, IC, Anatel
Android phones: Nearevo powered app
iOS phones: Nearevo powered app
Configuration: dashboard + API's + Android app
NFC Tag
Material: PET coated paper sticker
Dimensions: Ø38 mm x 0.2 mm
Weight: < 1g
Antenna Size: 30mm
Radio Protocol: Near Field Communication
I/O Spec: ISO 14443A / 13.56 MHz
Battery: not required
NFC Forum: Type 2
Data Retention: 10 years (estimate)
Operating Temperature: -25 to +50ºC
Outdoor Use: partially water resistant
Certifications: RoHS, CE
Android phones: Nearevo powered app
iOS (iPhone 7 onwards): Nearevo powered app
Configuration: dashboard + API's


text:
Live the good life at Middlefield Oaks. Enjoy picnics in the park, scenic drives, cookouts, ice cream socials, celebrate �Miniature Golf Day� and numerous other fun events. You can go on outings to local scrumptious eateries, trips to the coast, Wildlife Safari and many other fantastic places such as the Roaring Rapids. You can watch your favorite television program in the TV room, take a relaxing stroll through our marvelous courtyard or sit with your sweetie while sipping on a Root Beer float in our nostalgic �Coca Cola� room.
Middlefield Oaks� serene setting and views of the surrounding mountain ranges can only be described as heavenly. The ambience embraces the small town values and charming peaceful country living of Cottage Grove, Oregon. Minutes away are Cottage Grove Hospital, convenient shopping, museums, covered bridges, Dorena Lake, golf courses, historic downtown and other great local attractions such as the annual Bohemia Mining Days. With easy freeway access, everything Cottage Grove has to offer is just around the corner.
One look at the beautifully landscaped grounds, spacious apartments, luxurious decor and you�ll know this is a great place to call home. From assisted living to memory care, you�ll find a comfortable retirement lifestyle that fits your specific needs. We offer a Respite Program which provides the caregiver or family an opportunity for a break. Life is meant to be lived and enjoyed at Middlefield Oaks. You truly can have it all!


text: Quick pass at refreshing the blog design to better reflect my new locale. I may have been inspired by passing the Nuart Theatre yesterday. That was where I saw the "Director's Cut" of Blade Runner for the first time. Not the real Director's Cut, but the the unauthorized 1990–1991 workprint theatrical release with temp music from Planet of the Apes. It's my favorite version.


text:
Detroit News reporters try to decipher meaning, if there is any, in Detroit's ugly 30-17 loss to the Giants. The Detroit News
Allen Park -- Detroit Lions coach Matt Patricia confirmed Monday that Steve Longa tore his ACL, ending the linebacker's season.
Longa was injured Friday night, during the second quarter of the team's preseason game against the New York Giants. He was attempting to make a tackle on a touchdown run by Giants quarterback Kyle Lauletta.
After the game, Longa's leg was in a heavy brace and he was being consoled by teammates.
More: Wojo: Lions look weak, but it's too early to freak
More: Lions' Decker confident he'll be 'a lot better' going forward
Undrafted out of Rutgers in 2016, Longa joined the Lions practice squad that year, after he was released by the Seattle Seahawks. He made the 53-man roster last season and was one of just four players to play more than 300 special teams snaps.
Longa had to battle through tragedy last season. On Sept. 29, his father, Etienne, died when he was struck by a vehicle in Pennsylvania. He was 55 years old.


text:
Glen Torridon stretches for eleven miles from Kinlochewe to Loch Torridon and the scenery is fantastic. Torridon is best known for the three giant mountains that lie on the north side of Glen Torridon; Liathach, Beinn Eighe and Beinn Alligin. Liathach with its fantastic setting and forbidding south wall of old sandstone dropping into Glen Torridon is, in many people's view, the best mountain in Britain.
The mountains to the south of the Glen are impressive and include some great Corbetts including well known Beinn Damh. Further south lies Applecross with another excellent Corbett, Beinn Bhan. In fact this area has seven 2,900ft Corbetts and Top 500 Summits, all of the highest quality.
To the north of the Torridon giants lies the Flowerdale Forest. When walking the hills it is not obvious why the area was given the name, Flowerdale, by the McKenzies of Gairloch (the owners of the Estate) but apparently it was because of the impressive displays of wild flowers in the Glen.
The Top 500 Summits in the Torridon area are;
1 Liathach – Spidean a' Choire Leith 3,461 ft 2 Beinn Eighe – Ruadh-stac Mor 3,314 ft
3 Beinn Eighe – Spidean Coire nan Clach 3,258 ft 4 Beinn Alligin – Sgurr Mhor 3,235 ft
5 Sgorr Ruadh 3,152 ft 6 Maol Chean-Dearg 3,061 ft
7 Beinn Liath Mhor 3,038 ft 8 Beinn Alligin – Tom na Gruagaich 3,025 ft
9 Beinn Dearg 2,998 ft 10 Fuar Tholl 2,976 ft
11 Beinn Damh 2,963 ft 12 Ruadh – stac Beag 2,940 ft
13 Beinn Bhan 2,940 ft 14 An Ruadh – stac 2,927 ft
15 Meall a' Ghiubhais 2,910ft 16 Baosbheinn 2,871 ft
17 Sgorr nan Lochan Uaine 2,858ft 18 Beinn an Eoin 2,805 ft
19 Sgurr Dubh 2,566ft
I have described my two favourite walks in Torridon. Firstly a circuit of Liathach and secondly a round of the two Corbetts lying in the Flowerdale Forest, Baosbheinn with its many summits and nearby Beinn an Eoin.
Spidean a' Choire Leith 3,461 ft
Mullach an Rathain 3,359 ft (Munro only)
The small passing place road from Kinlochewe to Torridon passes Beinn Eighe then Liathach. For those who love the Scottish mountains this is one of the truly great drives in the world. A short walk from the road to Loch Clair gives a superb view of Liathach.
There is a small car park marked on the 2.5 inch map as the road passes directly south of Spidean a' Choire Leith, just over two miles before the small village of Torridon is reached (reference 936566). Fifty metres west of the stream, the Allt an Doire Ghairbh, a cairn signals the start of a path which leads all the way to the ridge, a height gain of nearly 3,000ft. The ridge is reached just east of a Munro Top, Stob a' Choire Liath Mhor. Go west along the ridge and over this Munro Top. A final ascent then leads to the Munro and highest point on Liathach, Spidean a' Choire Leith.
From the summit of Spidean a' Choire Leith, descend south and the south west to a col. The path can then be followed around the south side of the Am Fasarinen Pinnacles. The low point between the two Munros is then reached and a climb of just under 500ft just north of west leads to the summit of Mullach an Rathain.
There has been much debate as to whether Mullach an Rathain qualifies as a Top 500 Summit. Most sources put the drop at 152 metres which would exclude it from the list as 500ft equals 152.4 metres. Our own testing put the drop at 153 metres, just over 500ft of drop but this is not sufficiently accurate to be relied upon. We have therefore relied on the drop quoted in the hill bagging website, 152.1m or 499ft and Mullach an Rathain is therefore excluded from the list.
From the summit of Mullach an Rathain, descend south into a corrie and then follow a stream, the Allt an Tuill Bhain, to the road. It is a two kilometre walk east back to the car.
There is accommodation in Torridon including a Youth Hostel, a great bar at the Torridon Hotel and Inn, and a lovely coffee shop, the Torridon Stores and Cafe.
Baosbheinn 2,871 ft
Beinn an Eoin 2,805 ft
Few visitors venture north of the Torridon giants to the Flowerdale Forest and its two mighty peaks, Baosbheinn and Beinn an Eoin. The peaks lie either side of Loch na h-Oidhche, a long walk from the road. There is a bothy between the two mountains, Poca Buidhe, but as it does not feature in the 'Bothy Bible', I presume it is locked most of the time, as it was on our visit.
I would recommend staying in Gairloch, a beautiful place with superb sea views and only a ten minute drive from the start of this walk. Gairloch is also home to what is, in my view, the best cafe/bookshop in Britain, the Mountain Coffee Company and Hillbillies bookstore. Andrew, the owner, has put together a fantastic selection of walking books that is hard to beat. When the sun is shining, you can sit outside overlooking the sea and the two peaks featured in this walk.
There is a small car park next to the A832 between Gairloch and Kinlochewe (reference 856721). The track starts a few hundred metres to the east of the loch and continues south east then south for five kilometres. After crossing the Abhainn Loch na h-Oidhiche, follow the path for a further 400 metres, turn east to reach the bottom of the north ridge of Beinn an Eoin just to the north of the north west buttress. Climb the ridge bypassing the north west buttress then continue just east of south over three minor tops. On the final summit climb the ridge narrows.
Carry on south over the summit and descend the ridge for roughly 400 metres, then drop down steeply west to the Poca Buidhe Bothy at a height of around 1,300ft. From the Bothy walk south west then west to the bottom of the ridge leading up Baosbheinn. Climb north west over two tops, pt 707m and pt 806m (this latter top is a HUMP having a 100m drop on all sides) to reach the plateau summit of Baosbheinn.
From the summit continue north north west over two minor tops and descend north at the col before the final top, Creag an Fhithich. Continue just east of north for around three kilometres crossing the Abhainn a' Gharbh Choire to arrive at the outward track two kilometres from the start point.


text:
Enjoy the elephants freedom and happiness with Pamper a Pachyderm
Meet and feed the lucky female elephants that have dumped their trekking seats and their mahouts hooks have been cast aside. .
See they walk, scratch, swim, eat and dust bath in the surrounding forest. Only small group enjoy a full day experience with their
freedom. The unforgettable is having picnic lunch in the beautiful atmosphere and finish the wonderful day with rubber rafting
in the river on the way back to the park.


text:
All-in-one free web application security tool. Web application vulnerability and privacy scanner with support for HTTP cookies, Flash, HTML5 localStorage, sessionStorage, CANVAS, Supercookies, Evercookies. Includes a free SSL/TLS, HTML and HTTP vulnerability scanner and URL malware scanner.
Category: Sports
Keywords: free paid sure team fixed goals match picks proof score today gratis soccer betting matches singles football betticket prediction predictions
Last fetched: 2018-11-18T11:14:00.111566+00:00
HTTP status: 5 Sub-resource URL
Server: Apache
Announces web server software and optionally version details.Read more...
Transport Layer Security (TLS) is not enabled-2
X-Frame-Options header is missing
X-XSS-Protection header is missing
X-Content-Type-Options header is missing