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The panel discussion consists of the follow people: Fred Malone, Ed Stetzer, Ted Christman, Voddie Baucham, Donald Whitney, Andy Davis, Phil Newton, and Tom Ascol.
Q:The different between a Reformed church and not a Reformed church.
A: (Christman) We are all in the process of reforming; the definition allows for room between four point and five point Calvinists. A deep and profound commitment with sola Scriptura is fundamental.
Q: Voddie, how essential are godly men in the leadership of a local church?
A: I think godly men are essential in a local church. Baxter bemoans the idea of homes that are not governed appropriately and how difficult that is for the pastor and likewise how easy it is when there are godly men practicing godliness in their homes and in the church.
Q: What do you do strategically to gear discipleship toward men?
A: The first thing we do is to be priest and prophet in their home, to expect and equip men to do that. We put alot of capital in men to being disciplers in their home. "I double-dog dare you to be a shepherd in your home."
Q: Phil, what's the best training method or program for raising up elders in the church?
A: Biblical exposition is the starting point, but it is out of the natural teaching and preaching men are being raised up. Some accountability and discipling as well–we went through a series of questions for men in dialogue to teach doctrinal development in men. Small group and one-on-one discipling compliments the preaching.
Q: Andy, how do you know when it is time to leave a church?
A: I think all of us would sense the calling of the Lord (John 10 – my sheep hear my voice). The Lord is sovereignly and providentially leading us to a life of good works. When things are going very difficult, questions are being asked is it time? But no soldier who is called gets involved in civilian affairs. You try to stay because God has called you there. There are some key issues if the church significantly rejects, there may be a time to leave or resign (such as exclusivity of Christ, inerrancy, etc.).
Q: Would you say the burden of proof is on the change–the reason of leaving.
A: Yes.
Q: At what point is a church in its size to plant another church?
A: (Baucham) When we started, we had it all figured out. But then we ran into this little problem–we grew faster than we expected, and we didn't have planters ready. We learned to hold that loosely. We plant when there are planters ready. I think there is a danger inherent in the question to believe that you have to be a certain size to plant.
Q: But it is a battle–do we try to grow bigger here, or no, we are going to expand out. Can a small church do that?
A: (Stetzer) Every church should be involved in church planting at some level. I think ultimately to the leadership of the Holy Spirit in the congregation. Most of you right now could and should be involved to be planting churches, but you will not because you are trying to maintain the ministries you have right now. There are two forces: the centripetal force (outward) and the centrifugal force (inward), and it is often that the centrifugal force wins the day. You can be involved in church planting at different levels, and you could be involved right now.
Q: Churches that have multiple services–would that not be a better option? Is that a good recommendation?
A: Yes and no. For me, the more we planted, the more we sent our way. Some of the best church planting churches have multiple services.
Q: Fred, Founders is openly Southern Baptist, but how can it reach out and bring in others who are not Southern Baptist but are Reformed?
A: (Malone) I think first of all in certain ways we tried from the beginning. We had contact outside of Baptist circles with the conferences to teach and rehearse Baptist theology and distinctiveness. I think the expansion of contact came through the Journal and now has come through the website. Our concern is not just to be Southern Baptist or Reformed, but to be biblically-based churches that are preaching the gospel solidly. The press, the journal, the media that we are doing, but now, there is such a rise of interest in the Reformed faith as expressed in the sovereignty of God in salvation and holy living in biblically-based churches, and we need to find new ways to bring encouragement and opportunities to facilitate those growing convictions.
Q: In what ways can churches who are Reformed and Southern Baptist work together to plant churches?
A: We need to provide opportunities for fellowship, recognizing that there are going to be differences between us. Just because you are preaching the five-points of Calvinism does not mean you are preaching Jesus Christ. Expository preaching is not just a running commentary but a putting forth of Jesus Christ. I don't believe we have taught men to preach Christ faithfully in the pulpits. The best book for Christ-centered preaching is C.J. Mahaney's The Cross Centered-Life.
(Stetzer) I want to encourage you that your influence is remarkable inside and outside the denomination. I am very encouraged that you are going to take that influence and focus in on church planting and evangelism. Do not underestimate that. There are thousands of people who are watching this conference. Taking biblically-based churches to plant churches will be an incredible gift to the body of Christ. Thank you for doing it.
Q: Does a church planter require a different skill set than a pastor who wants to revitalize a church?
A: It begins with a common set, but I do think you can be a great pastor but cannot plant a church or revitalize a church. Church planters have to be
Q: Are you churches biased to church planting than going into established churches and doing the work of reformation?
A: (Stetzer) Of course. Why would they not be? That is the natural order of thing. Dever's guys have the t-shirts that "church planting is for wimps."
Q: What's the failure rate of church plants?
A: After four years, 68% stay around (through NAMB). Acts 29 success rate is 96%.
** Note: I did not type most of the Q&A. It was lengthy with a lot of going back and forth. I would encourage you to check out the archive video from the 316 Network under Bethel Baptist Owasso.


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LIVONIA (WWJ) – As residents in one Livonia neighborhood take a sigh of relief, one local business man is upset his proposal to run a pawn shop was turned down.
The Livonia Planning Commission on Tuesday decided against Mark Aubrey's proposal to build a Motor City Pawn Brokers at a vacant, free-standing gym on Middlebelt Road just north of 6 Mile Road.
Aubrey, who already operates another location of the business on Grand River in Livonia, said the location would have made a perfect location for the pawn shop.
His business proposal, however, was vehemently opposed by residents in the nearby Valley Wood Condominiums, who said they were concerned about the type of clientele the store might bring in. The residents worried that the pawn shop would further exacerbate problems they have with a nearby gun shop and liquor store.
Aubrey contends that his business is respectable, adding that pawn shops are getting a bad rap from TV shows that generally paint them in a negative light.
"It's not like what you see on TV. We haven't had any problems in 30 years," he told the Livonia Observer. "Our customers, they love us here. It's really not that way, and the perception they have, it's a real false perception."
In addition to their Grand River location, Motor City Pawn Brokers operates stores in Warren, Ferndale and Roseville.

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fruit sugar
Also found in: Dictionary, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia.
a sweet carbohydrate of either animal or vegetable origin; the two principal groups are the disaccharides and the monosaccharides.
beet sugar sucrose from sugar beets.
blood sugar
1. glucose occurring in the blood.
2. the amount of glucose in the blood.
cane sugar sucrose from sugar cane.
fruit sugar fructose.
fruit sug·ar
d-fructose. See: fructose.
fruit sugar
See fructose.
fruit sug·ar(frūt shug'ăr)
See: fructose
See: fructose
Patient discussion about fruit sugar
Q. what is more healthy, brown sugar or fruit sugar?
A. fruit sugar
Q. What difference does fructose makes to a diabetic with respect to glucose? I am diabetic with type 2 NIDDM. My colleague with the same NIDDM type2 has a better glycemic control than me. He follows strict diet. He prefers fructose sugar and avoids other sugar as much as possible. He suggested me the same. What difference does fructose makes to a diabetic with respect to glucose?
A. All carbohydrates—like starch and sugars like dextrose, maltose and glucose must be controlled for high consumption by a diabetic. Whereas fructose sugar had a slight different metabolic route inside the body and it does not requires insulin. Glucose requires insulin. As a diabetic lacks insulin production; the glucose increases the sugar level of the body but fructose is out of this system of functioning by our body and makes a diabetic to control it well. The energy level of glucose and fructose are almost similar.More discussions about fruit sugar


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Using Left Hand In Eating
Please clarify the use of our left hand while we eat or drink? Can we, while drinking water in a glass, use our left hand?
While explaining the sunnah of eating and drinking with the right hand Mr Ghamidi
Declaring Allah's name before eating and drinking and using the right hand for the purpose: The first of these is to express gratitude to Allah for His bounties and to invoke His blessings and the second is to constantly remind us that those who are bestowed with the favours of Paradise will receive their account in their right hand on the Day of Judgement. In other words, when a true believer uses his right hand while eating and drinking, he symbolically expresses his desire to be among the (companions of the right hand) on the Day of Judgement. The Prophet (sws) has directed us to follow thisSunnah of the Prophets in the following words:
إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ طَعَامًا فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ نَسِيَ فِي أَوَّلِهِ فَلْيَقُلْ بِسْمِ اللَّهِ فِي أَوَّلِهِ وَآخِرِهِ
When anyone among you is about to eat food, he should say bismillah.If he forgets to say it at the beginning and [remembers it later on while eating], he should say: "In the name of Allah both at the beginning and at the end."
إِذَا أَكَلَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِيَمِينِهِ وَإِذَا شَرِبَ فَلْيَشْرَبْ بِيَمِينِهِ
When anyone among you eats, he should eat with the right hand and when he drinks, he should drink with the right hand.
This shows that it is a very important sunnah. Believers follow it with great care. However, it does not mean that while eating or drinking we use left hand accidently or occasionally it would not be halal for us. Rather as a general rule we should follow the sunnah.


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Lustrous wool with a well defined crimp to felt, tease or spin into medium to thick yarns. Hand washed and dyed in New Zealand. Colors will vary.
New size! 100 grams.
The sheep are well cared for and are not mulesed.
Ideas for Use:
- Separate into individual groups of colour.
- Spinning - Open the fibre out and spin a soft single thread. Ply with a fine cotton, silk or commercial woollen thread to strengthen the yarn for knitting. The fine thread will be almost hidden in the yarn and won't obscure the fabulous colours.
- Weaving - Use the beautiful shiney staples for extra texture in handwoven fabrics. Handknot the staples into beautiful rugs or wall hangings.
- Felting - Use the coloured staples as surface decoration. They look fantastic lightly felted into the surface of a natural colour felt.


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Christian Mee
Christian obtained his pharmacy degree from UQ in 2002, and completed his intern year at the Airlie Beach Day and Night Pharmacy, Airlie Beach in 2003. After spending time working in western QLD and Sydney, he moved back to Airlie Beach and opened Amcal Pharmacy Cannonvale in 2006.
In 2009 he relocated to Mossman when he purchased Mt. Demi Pharmacy and Anich's Mossman Pharmacy. Since this time he and his staff have worked hard improving the pharmacy offer in town by way of offering additional pharmacy services and product ranges. In April 2012 Mt Demi Pharmacy was relocated to the more convenient location of the Town and Country Shopping Centre and was renamed LiveLife Pharmacy Mossman.
Christian is a big believer in professional development and continuing education. He is an accredited pharmacist and currently juggling work as a full time managing pharmacist while completing an MPA through the James Cook University campus.
When not working or studying, he loves playing golf or riding his bike.


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The Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games is the first Games in history to mitigate the entire direct carbon footprint of its Organizing Committee prior to the Opening Ceremony. Sochi 2014 officially announced that over 520,000 metric tons (MT) of CO(2) equivalents have already been mitigated through the "Sustainable Future" program, implemented in Russia by Worldwide Olympic Partner and Official Carbon Partner of Sochi 2014, The Dow Chemical Company.
Sochi 2014 is also the first Olympic and Paralympic Games with a neutral carbon footprint associated with the travel of spectators and media attending the event. This footprint was estimated to be 160,000 MT of CO(2) equivalents. Dow worked with international experts Offsetters to offset the travel footprint prior to the Opening Ceremony by retiring carbon credits from a portfolio of high-quality projects developed to international standards, and recognized under the International Carbon Offset and Reduction Alliance (ICROA) Code of Practice. Embracing the global spirit of the Olympics, this portfolio includes projects from Russia, Brazil and South Korea -- Host Territories of the next three Olympic Games -- in addition to a project implemented by Dow at one of its manufacturing facilities in the United States.
"It is with great pride and excitement that we announce today the fulfillment of a key milestone on our commitment to deliver Games with minimal impact on climate," said Dmitry Chernyshenko, president and CEO of the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee. "The 'Sustainable Future' program went above and beyond our expectations, as it reached our mitigation goals in such a short time. The program is also contributing to promote technological advancements and delivering long lasting benefits to the Russian economy."
"Dow is a global leader in the chemical industry and a renowned innovator, providing us with sustainable solutions to improve venues and city infrastructure," said Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). "As the Official Chemistry Company of the Olympic Games, Dow will continue to play a significant role in supporting the IOC's long term vision for sustainability at the Olympic Games."
Selected by the Sochi 2014 Organizing Committee and the IOC to be the Official Carbon Partner of this year's Olympic Winter Games, Dow stepped up to the challenge by working closely with the organizers, renowned international experts and Russian companies to identify and assess opportunities to deliver substantial greenhouse gas emissions reductions and technology enhancements in key areas of the Russian economy.
After a thorough evaluation, Dow implemented the "Sustainable Future" program with projects targeted at air sealing solutions for buildings to enhance energy efficiency, technologies to enhance energy efficiency of industrial processes, low-weight and high-strength materials for structural integrity and durability of civil infrastructure, and a holistic project to increase crop yield and engage local producers on how to reduce emissions and conserve energy in agricultural and farming practices.
In order to support this new approach to carbon mitigation enabled by the "Sustainable Future" program, Dow partnered with Offsetters and other international experts to develop an innovative GHG accounting framework enabling economically viable projects to deliver climate benefits for the footprint mitigation of a large-scale event. Dow's Climate Solutions Framework was launched at the United Nations' COP 19/CMP 9 event in Warsaw, Poland, in November 2013, with broad recognition from private and public sector players from around the world.
"The Worldwide Olympic Partnership allows Dow to showcase its solutions on the world's most revered global sports stage," said George Hamilton, vice president, Dow Olympic Operations. "As the Official Chemistry Company of the Olympic Games, we evaluated what the needs are for the Olympic Movement and the role Dow could play in helping to make the Games better by our participation. Our capabilities and expertise make us a key player to advance the 3(rd) pillar of the Olympism -- the environment -- and this is how we have been working with Organizing Committees and the IOC to deliver game-changing innovations for the Olympic Games moving forward."
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The following editorial was printed in the August 10, 1997 issue of the Ukiah Daily Journal.
By K.C. Meadows, Editor,
The Ukiah Daily Journal
There are times when something goes so wrong, you can't possibly understand how it happened and yet you witnessed it.
That's how I felt watching the videotape of this weeks Mendocino College board of trustees meeting when the college administration, without blinking an eye, shut down the school newspaper. The Eagle.
It is my firm belief that they - and by "they" I mean college president Carl Ehmann and executive vice president Don Vasconcellos - squashed the Eagle simply because they don't like the flow of criticism coming from it by the Eagle's student editor Marya LeGrand, its faculty advisors King Collins and Dale Glaser and others, many of whom are rallying around Dean Susan Bell and her charges of administration wrong-doing.
The administration has glommed onto (actually I suspect they germinated the seed) a plan by English teacher Nancy McLelland to bring the Eagle into the English Department, thereby yanking it out of the hands of the dissidents and back onto safe ground where the only articles to see the light of day will be those about how wonderful the College of Oz really is, accompanied by the sort of navel gazing parodies of modern literature which can be found in free magazines crowding bed and breakfasts throughout the county.
The administration's excuse for stifling the Eagle's voice is that McLelland's proposal is now on paper and needs to be studied. Mr. V. also said at the meeting that halting the production of the Eagle now is in that proposal.
I've looked at the proposal and I don't see any thing in it that suggests the Eagle should stop publishing until the shiny new Eagle is ready.
In fact, I don't see anything in the proposal that could be used right now to establish anything. The proposal is an incomplete attempt at organization weighted down with a sheaf of papers, a good third of which are copies of other colleges' course catalogues of journalism courses.
The actual "proposal" is only five pages long and consists of such phrases as "The Eagle Proposal: A Holistic Approach." It makes no reference to how a newspaper would be produced and published only about how a writing teacher can adequately produce journalists.
Interestingly enough the majority of the pages included in the "proposal" are given over to an analysis of how many students versus staff or others are writing in the Eagle.
This is where the administration shows its hand. It is the administration's contention that not enough students are writing for the Eagle and therefore the paper is no longer viable.
McLelland's numbers show a college paper where somewhere between 50 and 90 percent of the writing was done by students over the past four years. Then it shows only 33 percent of the 1997 Spring issue was written by students. Some people would say that part of the reason is that students were being discouraged from participating in the Eagle by members of the staff opposed to it.
The inadequacy of McLelland's proposal only makes it more incredible that the board of trustees allowed the administration to use it as an excuse to shut down the student newspaper.
I have nothing against Nancy McLelland and she may be a wonderful English teacher. And I'm not opposed to the college having a regular journalism course of study. I think it's a dandy idea.
What I object to is the board of trustees sitting in glassy-eyed submission as Mssrs. E. &V. muscle the Eagle out of existence. Mssrs. E.&V. shuffled papers and refused to answer direct questions with the excuse that "a meeting has been scheduled" on the matter. That meeting which took place Thursday - and another that will take place Monday does not include any member of the Eagle staff, either student or faculty.
The board of trustees should be ashamed of themselves. Time and again they were asked directly whether it wouldn't be better to allow the Eagle to publish its annual "back to school" issue while McLelland's proposal is fleshed out in meetings. Time and again they mumbled about "operational" decisions and how they couldn't interfere with "operational" decisions. Poppycock!
No matter what the adversity or controversy on campus, the school newspaper should continue to be published. It's a very bad precedent to set and a terrible message to send to students: "If we don't like what you're printing, we'll eliminate you."
Since the college administration has cut off funding to the newspaper, as it stands the Eagle will not publish again until the sanitized version with the administration's blessing is published, probably not until spring of 1998. It should be noted that this also means the Eagle will not be around to report on the Mendocino College board of trustees elections either.
But we will.
Thank you, K.C. We feel that your comments were a definite factor in the administration's change of position. -Marya Legrand, Editor of the Mendocino College Eagle
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text: Our district planning process begins with the district's curriculum and educational vision. We build on this preliminary visioning work, then engage the district community in a series of workshops and planning sessions that explore how schools can be organized, configured, and designed to support their educational vision. District Master Planning must consider not just school buildings, but also all the assets of a community, including transportation, libraries, recreational centers and higher educational facilities. Our Educational Facilities Effectiveness Instrument is used to assess each school building for 21st century learning, so that considerations for capital expenditures are determined by more than just the physical conditions of a facility; they are evaluated for how well they support 21st century learning pedagogy.


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So, tomorrow I march into my Fantasy football championship (12 team, full PPR) with this roster…
- QB: Cam Newton
- RB: James Connor
- RB: Todd Gurley
- WR: Julio Jones
- WR: Tyler Boyd
- WR: Alshon Jeffery
- TE: Rob Gronkowski
- Flex: Josh Allen
- K: who cares
- DST: Denver
What's that you say – injuries happen? Let's see what I'm really throwing out there…
- QB: Josh Allen
- RB: Gus Edwards
- RB: Todd Gurley
- Oh wait, he's doubtful – probably either Kallen Ballage or CJ Anderson
- WR: Julio Jones
- Oh wait, he's doubtful – probably Robert Foster
- WR: Alshon Jeffery
- WR: Jarvis Landry
- TE: Rob Gronkowski
- Flex: Could be Kallen Ballage or CJ Anderson, or Robert Foster depending on Julio's status
- K: still don't care
- DST: Denver
If I end up pulling this off, they should double my winnings.
UPDATE: 12/23 – I got slaughtered. It was over before Todd Gurley even got a chance to be scratched. Oh well, 2nd place in one league, and 4th in another isn't a bad year. Gronk goosed me in the championships! Never again Gronk. Never again. Julio ended up playing, so I flexed Kallen Ballage. That ended up being garbage.
I need a beer.
BYO just published a bunch of recipes from Bell's brewery. I love their Hop Slam. I also love their Two Hearted Ale. Since Hop Slam is one of those "…don't make plans the next day if you are going to drink a few…" beers, it is better suited to be a small batch.
Two Hearted Ale, on the other hand, is well suited to be a keg beer in my tap room. Not a session by any stretch of the imagination, but a beer that I could probably get away with having two, and not feel bad the next day. It is a REALLY good beer.
To give you an idea of how good this beer is – it got a 100 on Ratebeer. Yes, its that good.
The recipe:
Not a lot of creative license here. I'll follow the recipe the first time out, and if all goes well, maybe I'll put my own spin on it. But, it's a freaking perfect beer – I can only screw it up by monkeying around, right?
The Steps:
- 75 minute mash
- 75 minute boil
- Hops @ 45/30, and dry after primary is done
- Yeast nutrient and fining agent at 10 minutes
- 2 packs of rehydrated S-05
The Numbers:
- Pre boil volume target: 7.59 gallons
- little on the high side
- Pre boil gravity target: 1.057
- exceeded @ 1.060
- Post boil volume target: 6.34 gallons (5.25 gallons into the fermenter)
- too much – 6 gallons into the fermenter
- Post boil gravity (OG) target: 1.071
- missed @ 1.065
- makes sense – I have .75 gallons more than I should have, so its a touch diluted
- Final OG target: 1.010
- Measured ABV (est): 7.2%
Misc Notes:
- BIAB large batch
- No sparge method
- Struggled with volumes today – it was about 40 degrees outside and I didn't have a particularly strong boil going. Ended up adding 8 minutes onto the boil to get the volume down a little. In retrospect, probably should have gone about 15 minutes total and pushed it to a full 90 minute boil.
- The cold wreaked havoc on my poor battery powered drill. I had to break out the corded drill for grain milling and aerating.
- Oh my freaking god – that corded power drill aerated the HELL out of that beer. Unreal. I'll have to do that every time from here on out instead of my little 18V battery drill.
- MY HYDROMETER BROKE DURING CLEANUP! This is a very essential piece of equipment as I have two beers in the tank already, and both are needing hydrometer updates.
12/24 update – The hydrometer I ordered on 12/22 actually ARRIVED. Thank YOU Amazon Prime.
Fermentation Notes:
- Brought a space heater in to the basement to help fermentation area stay around 70 degrees
- 12/24 – visible krausening in the tank (since there are a couple gallons of empty space, the airlock doesn't usually go too crazy – I keep an eye on the krausen activity. I'll be taking a hydrometer reading on the night of the 27th (per the recipe instructions).
- 12/27 – dry hopped, couldn't take a hydrometer reading due to trub surrounding the sample spout, and I'm not ready to empty the bulb yet. Since fermentation could be sluggish to due temp control issues, I don't want to remove any yeast that I don't have to yet.
- 12/31 – emptied the bulb in my conical for the first time. No gravity reading yet.
- 1/1 – Happy New Year! emptied the bulb for the 2nd time. Most sediment settled and now I have clear beer at the bottom of the conical. Took a gravity reading – 1.010 (TERMINAL). Will give it 24 hours to let any final sediment go to the bulb, and will probably keg tomorrow night when I get home from work. Got a real winner here.
Tasting Notes:
- 1/1 – first time tasting since my sampling spigot was blocked by a ton of trub. Nice hoppy and pine finish. Slight sweetness. Very much reminds me of a Bell's Two Hearted (which is good considering its a clone).


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Hi everyone! While I was in Toronto at the Bite Lip Lab on Queen Street West, the guys who worked there recommended that I stroll a few minutes down the street to the Abnormal Beauty Company. They both raved about it and said they swear by their products because they are high quality but also low priced. I'm glad I listened to them and stopped into the company's flagship store. I thought I'd review some of the DECIEM skincare products I picked up from brands like The Ordinary and NIOD. The Abnormal Beauty Company is such a cool looking shop. It didn't look like any makeup or beauty store I'd been in before. It is very industrial and minimalist. The products were displayed on simple metal shelving.
I was a little confused at first about whether DECIEM was the brand-name of the products, but it turns out DECIEM is the name of the Toronto-based beauty company and it stocks various brands such as NIOD, Hylamide, The Chemistry Brand, The Ordinary, Stemm, Fountain, HIF, Ab Crew, and ESHO. All products carried by DECIEM are free of parabens, sulphates, mineral oil, methylchloroisothiazolinone, methylisothiazolinone, animal oils, benzalkonium chloride, coal tar dyes, formaldehyde, mercury, oxybenzone and do not test on animals.
I immediately sought help from one of the SAs who was super friendly and knowledgeable about all of the products. For skin that is sensitive to fragrance, she recommended The Ordinary brand. She said one of their best sellers is the high-strength lactic acid exfoliator. The Lactic Acid 10% + HA 2% "is an alpha hydroxy acid that exfoliates the skin. This 10% formulation offers mild exfoliation and is supported with a purified Tasmanian pepperberry known to reduce signs of inflammation and sensitivity that is often associated with exfoliation."
I definitely prefer acid exfoliators, that gently dissolve dead skin cells, over scrubs that contain physical exfoliators like microbeads or other little particles that I find too harsh and can leave my skin red and irritated. The lactic acid serum can be left on overnight, but because it is fairly concentrated, I have only been leaving it on for 10-15 minutes so far. I use it once a week. It is not irritating my skin or drying it out. It really seems to be working to get rid of the flaky, dry skin I tend to get in the wintertime. It leaves my face feeling very smooth.
The other best seller that she recommended for dry skin, was Matrixyl. I had never heard of this before. Apparently this peptide (or amino acid) stimulates the production of collagen, a protein which repairs skin tissue and gives it is elasticity. UK researchers at the University of Reading investigating wound healing, found that Matrixyl can almost double the amount of collagen that the cells in our body produce, provided the concentration is high enough.¹ #science
I am loving this serum! It is completely clear and odourless. It comes with an eyedropper applicator and you only need to apply a few drops and spread a thin layer over your skin. It feels a little bit sticky at first, but then absorbs into your skin. I have been applying it nightly before bed. I am definitely noticing that my skin is much more hydrated and softer. Apparently Matrixyl is a great anti-aging serum so that's a bonus!
I have also been using the Flavanone Mud from the brand NIOD. The Flavanone Mud claims to be scientifically engineered to be more than just your average mask, including ingredients like "molecular oxygen gas", three different types of clay (black Amazonian, sedimentary white clay, & copper-rich clay from Brazil), "a highly-purified flavanone derived from the inner white parts of citrus peel," and "a sea polysaccharide from microorganisms found in Polynesian coral reefs", all of which apparently decongest your skin, purify it and protect it. Witchcraft? Who knows.
I love the packaging, which reminds me of an old fashioned medicine bottle. The Flavanone Mud is very thick and light brown and has a very distinct medicinal scent. There is no added fragrance listed in the ingredients so the scent is just from the active ingredients. It makes me think me of something you might have gotten at a medieval apothecary shop! I don't know why but the fact that it smells, well, a little terrible, makes me believe that it is somehow more legit and authentic and must really work. That is my very unscientific reaction anyhow!
The Flavanone Mud should be applied in a thin layer once a week on clean, dry skin for 10 minutes. It does warn that "Its action may lead to a stinging sensation which actually increases for a few minutes after the product is rinsed-off" however I have not experienced this. It says "Some benefit will be seen immediately after the first use, but the benefits will be more evident 24-48 hours after application and will continue to be maintained with continued use."
I really like this mask. I sometimes don't notice much of a difference after I use a mask, but not with this one. My skin feels so soft and smooth after I use this. Any rough or dry patches completely disappear. It also dramatically reduces the redness in my skin for about 24-48 hours after using it.
The Ordinary brand is incredibly low priced compared to most skincare products. The Lactic Acid 10% + HA is only $6.70 CAD and the Matrixyl 10% + HA is $11.50 CAD. If you can't make it to the physical location, you can order all of the DECIEM brands on their website: http://deciem.com/. I am particularly interested in ordering their $6.80 CAD Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5, which was not in stock at the Queen West location while I was there. I have been reading up on how good Hyaluronic Acid can be for hydrating dry skin.
A few of the DECIEM brands, including NIOD, are now also available through Sephora. The NIOD Flavanone Mud is $39.00 CAD. I would love to hear from you if you have tried any of The Abnormal Beauty Company's products and what you would recommend.
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Carrington will spearhead a nine-strong New Zealand team in Milan when racing begins tomorrow night (NZ time), with the championships doubling as a qualifier for next year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
The 26-year-old is a warm favourite in the K1 200m - the event in which she's the reigning world and Olympic champion - but she'll also try and add the K1 500m world title for the first time, despite a hectic schedule of four consecutive days of racing.
"Just having the experience of racing over the last two years, racing both K1 500m and 200m, has given me the confidence that I can do both events," Carrington said. "My training schedule has also prepared me to compete in both events so I have the stamina and fitness to do both."
Carrington picked up K1 500m silver at last year's world championships in Moscow, although Hungary's gold medalist Danuta Kozák is likely to focus on K2 and K4 team boats this week. Kozák lost the recent Hungarian national trials to rising under-23 star Anna Kárász, who shapes up as Carrington's main rival in the longer distance, while Beijing Olympic champion Inna Osypenko-Radomska, having switched nationalities from Ukraine to Azerbaijan, also looms as a big threat.
Polish paddler Marta Walczykiewicz, who finished second to Carrington in the K1 200m world championship final, is likely to be in the mix in the shorter distance, although the Kiwi hasn't been touched at world cup level in recent years and sounded a warning to her rivals she's in as good a shape as ever.
"My preparation for these worlds has gone really well - every year since the last Olympics, I've been able to build up and build up and this year has been really good. Just having another year under my belt and being able to work on those things I need to work on has helped me get stronger and fitter."
Paraconoeist Scott Martlew will start the New Zealand campaign tomorrow, having been confirmed overnight in the tough KL3 division, with Carrington, fellow K1 paddler Marty McDowell (K1 1000m) and men's K2 pairing Darryl Fitzgerald and Zac Franich racing heats and semifinals on Thursday.
The women's K4 of Jaimee Lovett, Caitlin Ryan, Aimee Fisher and Kayla Imrie aren't racing until Friday, although there are high hopes the crew will be able to qualify a team boat in Rio after a strong world cup debut earlier this year.
The New Zealand team arrived in Milan on Sunday, after a varied buildup. McDowell and Carrington spent time trialing a pre-Olympic training base in Spain before heading to Slovenia, where they met up with the women's K4 and men's K2. The team also used Rowing New Zealand's base at Lake Bohinj for some of their harder sessions, with Olympic single sculls champion Mahe Drysdale following their progress from the comfort of the coach boat last week.
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008
20 ladies attended today. We had a lot of show and tell. Our new knitter, Deb, had made a cute little doll's sweater; Connie brought in pieces of a fishing quilt to get some opinions on how to jazz it up; Tina brought in a wedding quilt she made a long time ago for her son; Marguerite brought in her finished star quilt which she offered to finish for someone at her former church then donate it to the church. Well now she's finished it and likes it much better than she thought she would. She wishes she hadn't been so quick to offer it as a donation. But she did so off it will go. Marie brought in a shirret rug she was working on. She informed me that her middle initial is R and she often feels that it should stand for Rugs. That seems fitting to me since she makes every kind of rug there is! Elaine, our biology professor knitting friend joined us--it's her spring break. Pat was tying a bunch of baby quilts she had put together. Betsy brought in a really cute purse she had made. She's gotten to be an expert purse-maker. She also brought in our finished future raffle quilt top freshly ironed but unfortunately I didn't have a piece of batting big enough for it. And our old friends Alberta and sister Nancy, and Ingrid joined us again. We haven't seen them for awhile so it was nice to have them back. Next week I will be in Texas with my mother and sisters so you all will have to continue on without me. See you in 2 weeks!
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1. Apple cider vinegar:
Apple cider vinegar is made of citric acid that which play a role in dissolving kidney stones and helping the body pass the stones more easily. Apple cider vinegar helps in the prevention of kidney stones to begin with by alkalizing the effect on blood and urine and promoting the production of hydroelectric acid in the body to prevent the formation of kidney stones.
2. Lemon juice and Olive oil:
This is one of the most effective remedies for kidney stones and the pain they cause. At the first symptom of stone pain, mix 2 tbsp of organic olive oil with 2 tbsp of organic lemon juice.
3. Watermelon:
Watermelons and watermelon juice are good for flushing out the kidneys and dissolving kidney stones. Fruit and vegetable juices such as grape, orange and carrot juices are also best home remedies for kidney stones.
4. Pomegranate juice:
Pomegranate juice prevents the formation of various types of kidney stones. If you are at risk for kidney stones, then take two of pomegranate juice every day. Not only pomegranates are also full of antioxidants that protect the body from damaging free radicals.
5. Water
You are drinking sufficient water every day to keep your body and kidneys hydrated in all season especially during summer to prevent the increase chances of an imbalance in your kidneys.
6. Nettle Leaf
The nettle leaf helps maintain the flow of water through the kidneys and bladder, thus promoting smooth urination. At the same time, nettle leaf helps keep crystals from forming into stones and keeps bacteria away.
The nettle leaf helps maintain the flow of water through the kidneys and bladder, thus promoting smooth urination. At the same time, nettle leaf helps keep crystals from forming into stones and keeps bacteria away.
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8. Kidney beans:
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9. Cereal Grass:
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I liked the entries for this week's contests so much I thought about getting them made by some custom fortune cookie company and giving them to the winner. However, based on the prices, I must conclude that making custom fortune cookies is more difficult than cold fusion. Let me know if anyone finds a reasonable price for a set of custom cookies.
Before I tell you this week's finalists, I'd like to recognize some entries that were either user or staff favorites: etmoose's poisoned, Mach3's offensive Chinese diction, What's vague self referential fortune, Fuzz O.T.C.'s don't want to know, S.G.N.D.'s Sarah Connor, nmrboy's entropy, Arkansas' inspirational cookie, greg's pretend atheist, Alex's slaves, pennydreadful's Konami code, rudolphs001's your mom, and amueth's missed droids.
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Old Monastery Wedding. Sucevita Destination Wedding.
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Earlier this summer I traveled far up in the north of Romania to photograph the wedding of Raluca and Lucian. I had an amazing time there. I was overwhelmed with the beauty of the mountains. I experienced the craziest wedding party of this summer. I broke the record in wedding coverage, photographing for 23 hours. (Many thanks to Em Iova for working beside me on this day). And I won a fearless award with an image from this day.
The orthodox wedding ceremony took place in the in the Sucevita Monastery, a painted church part of World Heritage Sites.
Here is what Raluca writes about her wedding:
– Tell me about how your wedding day has been. What were the best parts of your wedding?
It all went so fast that I can hardly remember something clearly.
I guess the karaoke part was nice, the flying candles also and the flash stickers dancing.
– What were you looking for when searching for a wedding photographer? Why did you choose me?I loved the way the photos looked. The looked clean, natural.– Were your expectations met?Totally. It felt like having a friend not a photographer. That was the best part!– Are you satisfied with the quality of the photographs in terms of artistic expression?Totally.– What was the response/reaction of your parents and your friends when seeing the images?They did not see them yet. Didn't get the time to do that :( I wait for the album.– What did you most enjoyed about working with me?Impression of having a friend. That was what I needed. Thank you!
– Were there any things that did not meet your expectations?Nop. I would like to know you better. You really are a nice person.– What would you tell to another couple who was considering Maria Hedengren Photography for their wedding?This is the song for Maria! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC5E8ie2pdM
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Makeup: Francesca Schipor, Vogue Beauty Center Radauti
Wedding dress: salon Gabriela , Rosemarie
Groom's suit: Bigotti, Plaza Mall Bucuresti
Flowers: Moments in Style, Suceava
DJ: Zamfirache
Stationary: Erwan Renaudo + Raluca Podiuc
Wedding design and concept: Raluca Podiuc
These are sooo amazing! I love the energy in all of the pics!
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Beautiful! :)
Sooo stinking good! I love the feel and story-telling behind all of your images. So so fantastic.
Amazing work! absolutely stunning :)
Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
The night shots are so.damn.good!
Such a gorgeous couple! Their portraits are just stunning!
Beautiful from start to finish - I love your eye for composition!
the reception looks like a blast! the last shot is great.
Beautiful job capturing their wedding day!
beautiful work as always! loving her dress and wrap.
Great job! Love the black and white photo in the tall grass.
Super coverage!!!! Love the reception party photos!
Great shoots! Love the details.
Amazing job. Perfectly captured!
Where to begin? these are just amazing throughout, flawless :)
Those ceremony shots are unreal. Absolutely beautiful and emotive.
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I love chocolate. And by love, I mean I cannot go a day without eating it. But once I got into my 30's, the continuous intake started to show. First on my thighs, where the excess fats like to accumulate especially for women. Then my digestion slowed down from all the processed sugars. And my skin was not as fresh-looking as it used to be and I would prefer it to be. But as I can't really stir myself away from eating any sweets at all, I found out great alternatives.
1. Dates
Dates are rich in proteins (which keeps your muscles strong) and vitamins (which keep you filled with energy). They are also rich in selenium, manganese, copper, and magnesium that keep your bones strong. They include potassium, yet little sodium, regulating your nervous system. As well as they contain iron and are, therefore, suitable for those who suffer iron deficiencies. They promote digestion and bring elasticity to your skin. As they prevent melanin to accumulate in your body, they are much better for you than any magical anti-aging pills.
They also lower the cholesterol levels. And they kind of taste like chocolate, right?
2. Trail Mix
Use the dates mentioned above to create your own. I even like drying my own fruits when I see they are going to be left behind when in season.
Apricots, plums, grapes, mulberry, figs, etc. they are all natural sugars which intensify when dehydrated. Plus, you will be able to have them at any time of the year.
Then make your own trail mix using your favorite ingredients. You can use any or all the above-mentioned things in combination with some nuts. It is a great healthy alternative to any processed sweets. Dried fruit spikes your blood sugar a lot, but if you combine nuts with them, it lowers your glycemic index. You could even add spices like cinnamon, cardamom, and a little sea salt.
3. Black tea, lightly sweetened with either agave syrup or stevia and cacao nibs, and a splash of milk.
Hear me out, before you skip to the next point. Sometimes when you feel hungry, you might just be a little thirst talking. I like to run my creativity wild while preparing my foods and drinks. And sometimes, if the snack seems a little too small, this is a great way to get some extra healthy nutrients in.
4. Compote
It is a light meal that you can pair with a couple of nuts, or just drink the juice that is left.
Simply slice some apples or pears into pieces, add some dried fruit (my favorite are plums and raisins because they add extra sweetness), and water and heat up for about 10 minutes, till the fruit softens.
5. Cinnamon
Sprinkle it wherever you can.
It improves your metabolism, evens out your blood sugar levels and makes your breath nice.
I like mine on the previously mentioned compote. You can mash that up into an applesauce. I also started adding cinnamon to my Greek yogurt and, despite my initial hesitations, it tastes delicious. It is also good in a spread made of cottage cheese, dried plums, sunflower seeds, and cinnamon, of course.
Those will get you through to the next meal and hopefully set the healthy tone for the rest of the day.
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By Kathleen Allen
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Tucson, Arizona Published: 11.28.2008
A boozy blonde, a lounge lizard named Buddy Toupee, and a private detective who drops lines like "And then she was gone. Trailing perfume like a whispered prayer."
Now that would be enough to sign us up for a look-see.
Add music and we're there.
That's what you'll get with Invisible Theatre's "Gunmetal Blues," a musical detective spoof with Sam Spade-ish lines, a Lauren Bacall-esque seductress, and a host of minor characters familiar and funny. The show, directed by Gail Fitzhugh, opens in previews on Wednesday.
"Gunmetal" is the brainchild of Scott Wentworth, with music by Craig Bohmler and Wentworth's wife, Marion Adler.
Wentworth's first career is as an actor (he was nominated for a Tony in 1989), his wife's as a singer/actress.
At first Wentworth, who penned the book for the musical in the late 1980s, was resistant to the idea of a noir-ish spoof.
"I thought parodies of detective stories were so easy and done to death," he said, speaking from Canada, where he was performing in a production of "Medea."
"But Marion hooked up with Craig and they started kicking ideas around for songs. I would periodically get a tape of music, and I thought there was a reason to write this.
"We literally thought we were creating it for us; we never thought it would have a life," said Wentworth.
"There have been over 100 performances in Canada and the States. Sometimes we feel we've written this underground hit."
The play's success has been attributed to Wentworth's "witty book" (The New York Times), and indeed the sendup is full of delicious lines such as "It was dawn when I left the Red Eye. And the rain on my face was a washrag full of straight pins," and "Forget about ships, this face could launch a thousand rockets. She had hair the color of moonlight on topaz and a mouth that could send Shakespeare thumbing through a thesaurus."
In "Gunmetal Blues," Sam Galahad, a struggling private detective (Armen Dirtadian), is hired to find the daughter of a recently dead millionaire. Love and other complications ensue.
While it comes across as a parody, it's more than that, Wentworth insisted.
"It's really a parable about a generation of people who grew up expecting life to be one way, and it turned out another way.
"'Gunmetal' is kind of fabulous for these times. It's funny. It's about greed. It's about people who have let down their fellows, people who are lost and trying to come back to some kind of connection. Hopefully this play can entertain, and make people think."
"Gunmetal Blues"
• Presented by: Invisible Theatre.
• By: Scott Wentworth with music and lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler.
•Director: Gail Fitzhugh.
• When: Previews 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; opens 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Regular performances are 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays; 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; and 3 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 21.
• Where: Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave.
• Tickets: $18-$27. Half-price rush tickets available 30 minutes before curtain, subject to availability.
• Reservations/information: 882-9721.
• Cast: Armen Dirtadian, Betsy Kruse-Craig and Mike Padilla
• Running time: 90 minutes, plus an intermission.
● Contact reporter Kathleen Allen at firstname.lastname@example.com or 573-4128.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
'Gunmetal Blues' film noir on stage
November 26, 2008, 11:16 a.m.
Tucson Citizen
Film noir isn't just on film anymore. Invisible Theatre has mounted a rainy night black-and-white production of "Gunmetal Blues" perfectly cast with Tucson's matinee idol Armen Dirtadian as the troubled private eye and Betsy Kruse-Craig as the doll.
Private eye Sam Galahad (Armen Dirtadian),
is a sucker for a mysterious blonde
(Betsy Kruse Craig)in "Gunmeal Blues."
Although both singing actors are best known for their heroic performances at The Gaslight Theatre over the years, don't mention the G-word to either one. They start shaking their heads and waving their arms.
"This is nothing at all like Gaslight," says Kruse-Craig, looking alarmed that anyone would even ask. "There's a lot more to the story, and this is a much more intimate stage."
For the torch songs in "Gunmetal Blues" the cozier stage means a more sensual, shaded interpretation. The singers' phrasing can hang in the air on lingering notes that reluctantly slip into the past.
"You can give a song more layers and more character," she adds, explaining that she plays four different women - all blondes. So each needs a different singing style, a different pace to match the change in personality.
"This is the hardest show I've ever done in my life," injects Dirtadian, lest anyone think he just has to stand around looking cool. "It's the most detailed, and the writing is so rich."
He leans forward, reciting some lines. "She had hair the color of moonlight on topaz. And a mouth that would have sent Shakespeare thumbing through a thesaurus."
To fill the silence, he began another. "The gray mist of morning had given way to a ceiling of cold, unblinking stars."
The imagery definitely was several cuts above Guy Noir on National Public Radio's "A Prairie Home Companion." Scott Wentworth wrote the script, with music and lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler.
"I get so caught up in the writing," Dirtadian says. "It is very precise. You can't ad-lib. If you can't think of the exact word, you can't just use a synonym. It's like doing Shakespeare. You can't ad-lib Shakespeare, either."
He has a point. Stephen Sondheim is another theater icon who kept coming up. "The music is similar to Sondheim," Dirtadian says.
"Which makes it wonderful to act," Kruse-Craig jumps in.
Both start singing together. It does sound like Sondheim, but sexier.
"One of the characters I play is a bag lady. It feels like I'm singing 'Sweeney Todd,' " Kruse-Craig beams.
Her other three personalities are Carol Indigo, who drinks not wisely but too well; Laura Vesper, a business executive in touch with her inner woman; and Jenny, the sweetheart every guy dreams of in the wee small hours of the morning.
The bag lady? Her name is Princess.
Completing the cast is Mike Padilla as the Piano Player, working in that kind of seedy hotel where lonely hearts pile up on the hard shoals of bitterness. Padilla also covers several small roles, as well, from cop to doorman to cab driver.
The plot begins with a flashback to 10 years before, at the same seedy lounge, when Sam felt one of those electric looks from a woman he would never forget. Or ever meet. But now, Sam is pulled into investigating a murder that may involve that very same blonde. Or maybe it's a suicide, and more than a coincidence she's the same woman. He can't be sure. There is only one way to find out.
What: Invisible Theatre presents "Gunmetal Blues" by Scott Wentworth, Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler
When: 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday previews; opening 7:30 p.m. Wednesday; continuing at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, 3 p.m. Sundays through Dec. 21
Where: Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave.
Price: $18-$27
Info: 882-9721, www.invisibletheatre.com
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving from IT!
Happy Thanksgiving from
In the spirit of the holiday season, why not
join us for a "delicious" mystery!
Millionaire Adrian Wasp is found dead.
A mysterious blonde is seen leaving his penthouse. Can detective Sam Galahad find Wasp's missing daughter and only heir? Or is she better off lost?
The answers await you at ...
December 1 - December 21, 2008
The Invisible Theatre continues it's 38th Anniversary season
with GUNMETAL BLUES by Scott Wentworth
with Music and Lyrics by Craig Bohmler and Marion Adler.
This is a stylish musical murder mystery directed by Gail Fitzhugh
with its own witty and jazzy spin on the Hollywood film-noir genre. Not only is it in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett
and Raymond Chandler but is also an homage to the art of theatrical storytelling. All of the characters are played by
three actors! IT's cast features Tucson favorite's Armen Dirtadian
as the handsome gumshoe looking for a lost heiress, Betsy Kruse Craig as the blonde he can't figure out or forget and Mike Padilla as the man behind the piano who knows more than he's saying!
Wednesday - Thursday 7:30 PM
Friday - Saturday 8 PM
Sunday 3 PM
Special $18 Previews
Monday, December 1, 2008 7:30 PM
(a portion of proceeds will benefit The Loft Cinema)
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 7:30 PM
Call IT at 882-9721 for reservations.
We know, beyond a "shadow of a doubt",
this is the one show of the holiday season
that would be "murder" to miss!
Invisible Theatre 1400 North First Avenue at Drachman
P.S. Don't miss Suz in The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
She will be an "Invisible Doggie Walker Clown" this year!
Look for the red nose and sequined high tops!


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Iran has to stop sponsoring terrorist militias first
I really pitied Hamid Abu Talibi, head of the office of Iranian President Hassan Rohani, when he tweeted about his boss's Gulf tour: "Rohani's regional initiative to accept the invitations of the Omani and Kuwaiti heads of state is a sign of the need to establish Islamic friendship relations and reviving regional relations. This regional initiative is an opportunity to be seized by our friends in the region because it will not come again. Seize the good opportunity."
I pitied Abu Talibi for several reasons. The main one is that I find the small mullahs just as arrogant and conceited as the big ones. Like their teachers, the small mullahs lack diplomatic finesse and only know evil sectarian discourse.
The second reason is that Abu Talibi's tweet reminded me of vendors trying very hard to sell an unpopular product in a depressed market. They tell potential customers that their merchandise is the last of the stock and that this is the final chance to get it this cheap.
Can you imagine a diplomat, supposedly aware of the fast-changing and deeply complex strategic realities surrounding him, referring to dialogue as a "once in a lifetime opportunity" to be grabbed by others? The place for such language is the bazaar and not diplomacy. Skilful diplomacy opens doors and never shuts them or even hints at shutting them. Only vendors selling unsold bad-quality dead stock would use that kind of language.
I know that bazaar language is more often than not the language dominating Iranian foreign affairs. Iranian negotiators are very skilful at bidding their time, outmanoeuvring their opponents and draining their energies. This is not surprising given Iran's long heritage in carpet making and trading, which must have imprinted patience in the collective unconsciousness of Iranian society.
However, to hawk Rohani's initiative in such an amateurish way is not going to make it attractive. The people charged with selling the product have really made a mess of the situation. Nobody is going to buy or even look at the merchandise.
I frankly cannot see this once in a lifetime offer mentioned by Abu Talibi. I don't see how a simple mentioning by Rohani of a dialogue aiming at correcting some misunderstandings in diplomatic relations between Iran and the Gulf countries would constitute an "opportunity".
The opportunity in question must be a chance for further cheating and deception and a dialogue that starts with denying the heart of the problem and source of all crises can only be a trick for a bigger masquerade.
If opportunity there is, it must be one for the mullahs to start rearranging their cards in light of the new international and regional strategic conditions. They must seize the opportunity to make wise choices that will spare the region and the Iranian people further crises.
In the Arabian Gulf, the real opportunity will be created when several factors come together. At the top of these is for Iran to stop sponsoring terrorist militias in the region. Iran must demonstrate a genuine intention to engage in a constructive dialogue without preconditions and around a carefully planned agenda focusing on specific unsettled issues between the Gulf Cooperation Council countries and the Iranian regime.
The opportunity in question will arise when the mullahs finally recognise the sovereignty of Iraq, Syria and Yemen, when they stop reiterating their claims regarding Bahrain, when they return the three Emirati islands, when they change their behaviour in the region and when they make serious proposals for peaceful coexistence in the Arabian Gulf.
Just a few days ago, we heard Turkey formally accuse Iran of sending refugees to battle fronts in Syria and Iraq and of endeavouring to destabilise the region. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has accused Iran of wanting to convert all of Syria and Iraq to the Shia sect. A few days before that, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke of the dangers of "Persian nationalism". These accusations by former allies cannot all be made up.
Iran has made many mistakes in its regional policies. The ideology of sectarian expansionism is, in the end, detrimental to Iran and Iranians. It must be abandoned in favour of peaceful coexistence. Otherwise, the mullahs run the risk of facing a fate similar to Saddam Hussein's.
History teaches us that no regime can last when it treats its neighbours as enemies. Given the fast-changing geostrategic conditions regionally and internationally, the conceited mullahs, big and small, cannot go on for long using a patronising and condescending language and adopting a haughty Persian attitude.


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How Do Metal Detectors Work?
You may be a metal detecting enthusiast, even an experienced detectorist, and yet you don't know exactly how your detector works. Well, it isn't magic! There is real science in how they work, and it's information that may be helpful to you in your hunting. This post will explain, in general, how these machine work in simple terms. Of course, if you have a high-end or very specialized detector, there are much more detailed and intricate processes involved. The technology that is involved in metal detectors today can be very sophisticated and complicated, but the goal here is just to familiarize you with the basics of how metal detectors function.
Parts of a Metal Detector
In order to understand how metal detectors work, you first need to know what their key components are. Even though detectors look different, the way they work is typically the same, so they all have parts that function similarly.
The four key components are:
- Shaft – This is the main part of the detector that all of the other parts connect to. It's usually adjustable for the user's comfort.
- Stabilizer – This attachment is the part of the detector that makes it comfortable to use. Think of it as the armrest of the machine. It stabilizes the metal detector as you move it around.
- Control Box – The control box is the brains of the machine. It contains the battery, device controls and settings, the microprocessor, readout, and speakers.
- Search Coil – This is the bottom part of the detector that you swing over the ground. It's an antenna that contains coils that are integral for the machine to be able to detect metal.
How Metal Detectors Work
While detectors can be complicated, the principle behind their function is fairly simple. Metal detectors transmit and then analyze a magnetic field as it is returned from the area that the signal was originally transmitted into (the ground).
There are two coils in the search head of the metal detector. One acts as a transmitter, and the other acts as a receiver. The first one transmits a magnetic field that is generated by electricity that moves through the coil. That magnetic field that is being transmitted will cause electricity to flow into metal objects that it comes into contact with. The second coil, the receiver, identifies the difference in the magnetic field that is created as the buried metal absorbs it and the electricity begins to flow through it.
When the change is detected, the second coil send the alert to the control box through the attached cable, and you hear the signal from the speakers or your headphones. The weaker the returning magnetic field, the weaker the alert.
That's it in a nutshell. One coil sends, the other receives, detects changes and lets the control box know.
Final Thoughts
Now you understand the basics of how a metal detector works, and knowledge is essential to being successful with your detecting. Even the best equipment in the world will not do you much good if you don't know how to use it. For a more detailed explanation of how metal detectors work, go here.


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Day 2 of Game Developers Conference 2014 is getting underway and today Google is hosting a special Developer Day at Moscone Center in San Francisco.
Building on yesterday's announcements for game developers, we'll be presenting a series of sessions that walk you through the new features, services, and tools, explaining how they work and what they can bring to your games.
We'll also be talking with you about how to reach and engage with hundreds of millions of users on Google Play, build Games that scale in the cloud, grow in-game advertising businesses with AdMob, track revenue with Google Analytics, as well as explore new gaming frontiers, like Glass.
If you're at the conference, the Google Developer Day sessions are a great opportunity to meet the developer advocates, engineers, and product managers of the Google products that drive users, engagement and retention for your games. If you're remote, we invite you to sit-in on the sessions by joining the livestream below or on Google Developers channel on YouTube.
The Developer Day sessions (and livestream) kick off at 10:00AM PDT (5:00PM UTC). A complete agenda is available on the GDC Developer Day page.
Last December we announced the initial release of LiquidFun, a C++ library that adds particle physics, including realistic fluid dynamics, to the open-source Box2D.
To get Google Developer Day started, we're releasing LiquidFun 1.0, an update that adds multiple particle systems, new particle behaviors, and other new features.
Check out the video below to see what Liquid Fun 1.0 can do, visit the LiquidFun home page, or join today's LiquidFun session at Google Developer Day to learn how LiquidFun works and how to use particle physics in your games. The session starts at 4:35PM PDT (11:35PM UTC).
By Greg Hartrell, Google Play Games team
Today, everyone is a gamer — in fact, 3 in every 4 Android users are playing games, allowing developers to reach an unprecedented audience of players in an Android ecosystem that's activated over one billion devices. This has helped Google Play Games — Google's cross-platform game service and SDK for Android, iOS and the web (which lets you easily integrate features like achievements, leaderboards, multiplayer and cloud save into your games) — grow at tremendous speed. The momentum continues on Google Play, where four times more money was paid out to developers in 2013 than in 2012.
With the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this week, we announced a number of new features for Google Play Games and other Google products. As they launch over the coming weeks, these new services and tools will help you unlock the power of Google to take your games to the next level.
With game gifts, players in your games can send virtual in-game objects to anyone in their circles or through multiplayer search.
To help players get the most out of your games, Play Games will be expanding engagement and discovery options.
We'll be introducing game gifts, a new service that lets players send virtual in-game objects to anyone in their circles or through player search. The Play Games app now supports multiplayer invites directly, further helping players discover your game and keep them playing. And the Google Play Store will also feature 18 new game categories, making it easier for players to find games they'll love.
Further enhancing Google Play Game services, we're expanding multiplayer to support iOS, bringing turn-based and real-time multiplayer capabilities to both Android and iOS.
To further help with cross platform game development, we're updating our Play Games Unity Plug-in to support cross-platform multiplayer services, and introducing an early Play Games C++ SDK to support achievements and leaderboards.
In addition, we're launching enhanced Play Games statistics on the Google Play Developer Console, providing easy game analytics for Play Games adopters. Developers will gain a daily dashboard that visualizes player and engagement statistics for signed in users, including daily active users, retention analysis and achievement, and leaderboard performance.
Of course, once you build a great gaming experience, it's important to get rewarded for your work, which is why we'll also be introducing new features to the AdMob platform. We're making Google Analytics available directly in the AdMob interface, so you can gain deeper insights into how users are interacting with your app. Turning those insights into effective action is vital, so we're excited by the opportunities that in-app purchase ads will offer — enabling you to target users with specific promotions to buy items in your game. Advertising continues to be a core vehicle driving many game developers' success, so we're also bringing you new ways to optimize your ads to earn the most revenue.
Check out the stream from our Google Developer Day sessions at GDC 2014. Learn more about how to reach and engage with hundreds of millions of users on Google Play, build Games that scale in the cloud, grow in-game advertising businesses with AdMob, track revenue with Google Analytics, as well as explore new gaming frontiers, like Glass.
In this mobile world, games aren't just for the hardcore MMOG fan anymore, they're for everyone; in fact, three out of four people with an Android phone or tablet play games. If you're a game developer, Google has a host of tools available for you to help take your game to the next level, including Google Play game services, which let's you leverage Google's strength in mobile and cloud services so you can focus on building compelling game experiences for your users. Today, we're adding more tools to your gaming toolbox, like the open sourcing of a 2D physics library, as well as new features to the Google Play game services offering, like a plug-in for Unity.
First, we are announcing the open-source release of LiquidFun, a new C++ 2D physics library that makes it easier for developers to add realistic physics to their games.
Based on Box2D, LiquidFun features particle-based fluid simulation. Game developers can use it for new game mechanics and add realistic physics to game play. Designers can use the library to create beautiful fluid interactive experiences.
The video clip below shows a circular body falling into a viscous fluid using LiquidFun.
The LiquidFun library is written in C++, so any platform that has a C++ compiler can benefit from it. To help with this, we have provided a method to build the LiquidFun library, example applications, and unit tests for Android, Linux, OSX and Windows.
We're looking forward to seeing what you'll do with LiquidFun and we want to hear from you about how we can make this even better! Download the latest release from our LiquidFun project page on GitHub and join our discussion list!
If you are a game developer using Unity, the cross-platform game engine from Unity Technologies, you can now more easily integrate game services using a new Google Play Games plug-in for Unity. This initial version of the plug-in supports sign-in, achievements, leaderboards and cloud save on Android and iOS. You can download the plug-in from the Play Games project page on GitHub, along with documentation and sample code.
New game categories are coming to the Play Store in February 2014, such as Simulation, Role Playing, and Educational! Developers can now use the Google Play Developer Console to choose a new category for their apps if the Application Type is "Games". The New Category field in the Store Listing will set the future category for your game. This will not change the category of your game on Google Play until the new categories go live in February 2014.


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Greetings fellow fathers and wanderers! I'm Ben Mullen, and I am the co-host of The Poppin' Bottles Dad-Cast, a podcast where my "neighbro" and I discuss all things related to being dads. Particularly in my case, from the perspective of a new dad, as my daughter Emma is at this point 4 months old.
I started podcasting about 4-5 months ago, having had multiple failed attempts at blogging and vlogging. Podcasting has turned out incredibly well for me and I now have 3 shows in my own production company, which I'm crazy excited about. The first show, now called "Sketchy Radio" is the one I started with, its every Friday and it's just me blabbing away into a microphone. The second show is called "Brudders" and if you haven't guessed by the title, it is my brother Ash and I teaming up to ALSO blab about whatever is on our brains this week. The third show of course, with my neighbor Nick we talk about all things Dad related in this crazy world we live in. We are only three episodes deep but we've gotten a great response from people and have just been added to the Life of Dad Podcast Network!
As I mentioned, this is my second try at blogging, but this time I have a purpose! A direction! It will act as both a personal blog at times but also as a "partner" to The Poppin' Bottles Dad-Cast from my perspective. Needless to say there will be situations where Nick or I will not get around to talking as in-depth as we would like on some topics. Therefore we can use our blogs as a follow up outlet to give you more details and further discussions on the topics of our show. Obviously if you are reading this you already know how to get to mine, but just in case you are unaware, you can findNicks blog on here as well .
I like to think I have a pretty good idea of what kind of dad I want to be. I was raised by a pretty interesting group of people in a somewhat strange concoction of circumstances (strange compared to "normal" people). But I believe that it created a "perfect storm" if you will of a parental figure in me and I hope that I can tap into it and be as successful as possible. Needless to say, none of it (especially the part about actually having the kid) would be possible without my amazing wife Carissa. Go team!
So I hope you guys enjoy the miscellaneous ramblings of a young dad yet to come. I always appreciate comments and suggestions so feel free to leave some! And most of all, don't forget to tune in every Sunday for The Poppin' Bottles Dad-Cast!
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Martha Stewart cooks, cleans, crafts, gardens and entertains better than anyone. Who among us hasn't, at one time or another, watched the lifestyle expert with overwhelmed awe and wished that we could say to her, Whatever, Martha! We can't, but they can! Alexis Stewart and Jennifer Koppelman Hutt are bringing their witty, irreverent, comedic points of view to life in the series Whatever, Martha!
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PeerJ (an open access publisher of articles in the biological, life & medical sciences) today announced that all authors can now make unlimited submissions to PeerJ PrePrints entirely for free. Previously authors without a PeerJ publication plan could only publish one free preprint per year and so this represents a significant new benefit for authors.
PeerJ has been publishing 'PeerJ PrePrints' (an innovative pre-print server for un-peer reviewed articles in the biological, health and medical sciences) since April 2013. Since that time, almost 100 preprints have been published, some of which have received more than 5,000 views. Reflective of the diverse ways in which preprints are being used by authors, many have been revised multiple times; several have gone on to be published as formal peer-reviewed articles in PeerJ (and other journals); several have received multiple instances of 'review level' feedback from readers; several have been submitted by 'citizen scientists'; and one preprint was even used as a way to get work into the world despite the US Government shutdown. Preprints have also been used as a way for conferences to build up a complete record of their conference output.
Thus, PeerJ has demonstrated that there is a strong desire from the community to publish preprints. It is a core belief of PeerJ to maximize the ability of all authors to publish their work as freely as possible, and as a result this new policy ensures that as many people as possible are able to do so. Henceforth any author will be allowed to publish as many PeerJ PrePrints as they wish, without needing to take out a paid PeerJ publication plan.
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All works published in PeerJ are Open Access and published using a Creative Commons license (CC-BY 3.0). Everything is immediately available--to read, download, redistribute, include in databases and otherwise use--without cost to anyone, anywhere, subject only to the condition that the original authors and source are properly attributed.
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ESL Program- LLI offers full time ESL programs with monthly start dates throughout the year. We have a 7-level curriculum which ensures students are placed into appropriate levels with students of their ability. Our curriculum is broken into 4-week blocks and each level is 8 weeks in duration. Classes are kept to a maximum of 12 students ensuring students receive one-on-one attention from the teacher and a great learning environment. Class hours are 23-30 hours per week. Students can complete our entire program in as little as 12 months.
This program is offered throughout the entire year with a continuous intake of students. Upon arrival a student will take a level assessment test that is used to place students in their appropriate classes.
LLI utilizes a topic based teaching methodology that focuses on student engagement. Students learn by using English rather than memorization. This ensures students have strong skills of English including speaking and acquire the language rather than just focusing on test results.
Students have two options to choose from including our general English stream (23 hours per week) that focuses on spoken language and our academic stream ( 29 hours per week) that prepares students for college and university entrance.
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"There is a terrible desperation to the increasingly pathetic rationalizations from the climate denial camp. This comes as no surprise if you take the long view; every single undone paradigm in history has died kicking and screaming, and our current petroleum paradigm 🐉🦕🦖 is no different. The trick here is trying to figure out how we all make it to the new ⚡ paradigm without dying ☠ right along with the old one, kicking, screaming or otherwise." - William Rivers Pitt
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I have spent more than 30 years studying political history, and I have nothing to which to compare the craziness of today. I have no idea what will happen in the hours after I hit the send button. But it does feel like the political tide is turning.Heather Cox Richardson
Cummings remarks this summer were prescient:Im begging the American people to pay attention to what is going on. Because if you want to have a democracy intact for your children, and your childrens children, and generations yet unborn weve got to guard this moment
this is our watch. pic.twitter.com/ShTZwbQROP Elijah E. Cummings (@RepCummings) July 24, 2019
mucifer (14,935 posts) October 17, 2019 Elijah Cummings 🦅✨ 'signed subpoenas from his hospital bed' for Trump impeachment before his deathSource: Independent UKElijah Cummings was kept busy to the very end of his life leading an investigation into Donald Trump before passing away at the age of 68 on Wednesday, his aides have said.The chairman of the House Oversight Committee was signing subpoenas from his hospital bed, one aide told the New York Times.He also helped lead a Democratic caucus conference call.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi described Mr Cummings as a north star 🌟 who spoke with unsurpassed clarity and moral integrity on the House floor. Ms Pelosi, who grew up in the city Mr Cummings represented, said he was her brother in Baltimore during a press conference on Thursday, adding: Weve all lost a friend
Im devastated by the loss.Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/elijah-cummings-trump-impeachment-death-subpoena-house-investigation-baltimore-a9160436.html
Adam Schiff @RepAdamSchiffFollow Follow @RepAdamSchiffMoreAdam Schiff Retweeted The New York TimesMulvaney just said that U.S. military aid for Ukraine was held up pending Ukraines investigation of Democrats.Things just went from very, very bad to much, much worse.Adam Schiff added,The New York TimesVerified account @nytimesBreaking News: Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, said the U.S. froze aid partly to pressure Ukraine to investigate Democrats. He undercut President Trump's denials of a quid pro quo. https://nyti.ms/32kfgNb 12:04 PM - 17 Oct 2019
Thu Oct 17, 2019, 09:21 PMriversedge (51,870 posts)Republicans worried by Mulvaney's confirmation 🦀 Trump sought exchange of favors with UkraineSource: CNNUpdated 8:57 PM ET, Thu October 17, 2019😈 Mulvaney confesses to quid pro quo: Get over it(CNN)A top White House official said on Thursday that President Donald Trump had withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine in order to pressure the country to open an investigation that he thought would politically benefit himself, worrying some Republicans in Congress in the middle of an impeachment inquiry.Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told reporters that the Trump administration "held up the money" for Ukraine because the President wanted to investigate "corruption" in Ukraine related to a conspiracy theory involving the whereabouts of the Democratic National Committee's computer server hacked by Russians during the last presidential campaign. When pressed on whether the President sought an exchange of favors, Mulvaney said, "We do that all the time with foreign policy."It was the first time the White House acknowledged a link between the withheld aid and probes that Trump sought.Some Republicans were deeply concerned by Mulvaney's comments."You don't hold up foreign aid that we had previously appropriated for a political initiative," said 🐘 GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. "Period." 🧐 👍Republican Rep. Francis Rooney of Florida called Mulvaney's acknowledgment about withholding Ukraine aid "troubling," saying it is "not a good thing" to do that in connection "with threatening foreign leaders."Rooney would not rule out the prospects of supporting impeaching the President."I'm not going to say anything about that until all the facts are in," he said. "I remember too many people saying, 'Oh, this is a witch hunt against Richard Nixon,' and come to find out it wasn't a witch hunt."Hours after the news conference, Mulvaney released a statement reversing his prior comments, now claiming there was "absolutely no quid pro quo between Ukrainian military aid and any investigation into the 2016 election.".............................Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/17/politics/republicans-mick-mulvaney-reaction/index.html
John M. R. BordersElijah Cummings death made me really reflect upon the period of time that I came of age as an adult. Many of of us realized that the world of injustice we were protesting and trying to change at the time, was the "Ball of Confusion" that could only inevitably lead to a monster like Trump. The USA saw the looming Republican descent into confederacy and fascism, but got lost in its default rhetoric about law & order/Patriotism/ fake morality/fake "christian" values/abortion tropes. And now we are in the fullly grown belly of the beast of that creation as exemplified in this old Temptations song of that era.Juxtapose a few lyrics here and there, and you have the Dystopian World of Trump and fascist Republicanism we inhabit today. The difference this time however, is the nation and world is finally awake to its deadly threat to life itself. So I am optimistic that the destruction of Trump and the forces that power Trumpism will truly usher in a golden age envisioned by many people of my era.https://www.palmerreport.com/analysis/land-of-confusion/22053/