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▶ How long has Texas Sports Reach been around?
Texas Sports Reach was founded in 1998 by Eddie Anderson. Texas Sports Reach is affiliated with Sports Reach based in Kentucky but is incorporated separately and operates with it's own leadership and Board of Directors.
▶ Is my donation tax deductible?
Yes. Texas Sports Reach will send you a receipt, at the calendar year end, so you can write off your donation(s) on your federal tax return.
▶ Where do you get your members from and do you have to be an athlete to participate?
Most of our members are referred to us by word of mouth from current or former members. We have also had people join from seeing us at secular sporting events. Participation is open to anyone regardless if you play sports. On most trips we have non-softball playing members who participate because they have a true conviction to share the Gospel with inmates. These members share in the crowd throughout the day while the softball games are being played. This allows more people to be reached and hear the Gospel and is a vital part of this ministry. We also take musicians along that sing and play praise songs. We also use people behind the scenes to help grade Bible Studies and help with administration.
▶ What sports do you play?
Currently Texas Sports Reach focuses on slow pitch softball. We also have contacts with other prison ministries in Texas and Louisiana that play basketball.
▶ Where do you play?
Texas Sports Reach currently travels regularly in Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Colorado. We hope to continue to expand our reach as God opens new doors. The National Sports Reach Network has a presence in most southeastern states as well as Illinois and Nevada. They also sponsor several international sports mission trips each year.
▶ How is Texas Sports Reach Financed?
Texas Sports Reach is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation. It relies on financial contributions from individuals, businesses and churches. The finances are under the direction of the Board of Directors. If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation please visit our Donations Page.
▶ What skill level do you need to play on a team?
A "rule of thumb" is that a player needs to be at least a good D level or average C level or above for slow-pitch softball. These skill levels are based on competitive tournament play and not leagues. If you still have questions about this please contact us.
▶ How often do you play?
Our season typically starts in March and goes through late October. We play no less than once each month and also go on a mission trip each year. You can view our Volunteer Opportunities or contact us for more specifics.
▶ What church do you attend and what are your spifitual beliefs?
We are from all different churches and have different religious backgrounds. However, all of our players are required to agree on our Statement of Belief. There are teachings that we consider essential to the Christian faith, and each player must be in agreement on those teachings.
▶ What is your mission statement?
We are a ministry committed to showing the love of Jesus Christ, sharing His Gospel and making disciples through sports related activities. The primary audiences will be inmates in both state and federal prison systems and individuals at secular sporting events.
▶ What is the purpose of Texas Sports Reach?
The purpose of Texas Sports Reach is to use sports as an evangelistic tool to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ and make disciples through individual and group evangelism.


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Here, you will find a large selection of examination gloves for use in all branches of healthcare. Whether you need nitrile, latex, neoprene, sterile or non-sterile gloves, we offer the right disposable gloves for every application and at a great price.
Examination Gloves Protect the Examiner and the Patient
Examination gloves are among the most important consumables in all medical disciplines and are worn to prevent infectious transmission and cross-contamination. Medical examination gloves are equally designed to protect the examiner and the patient, as direct skin to skin contact is completely avoided. As a rule, disposable gloves are powder-free and non-sterile, simply because general exams and treatments do not often require sterile protective clothing. Likewise unlike sterile surgical gloves, which often come in pairs, examination gloves can usually be worn on either hand.
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Examination gloves are most often made of latex, natural rubber, vinyl or sometimes copolymers. In order to assure a high level of comfort, the exam gloves should provide a good fit. That means that they should be made in accordance with the anatomy of the hand and offer ample freedom of movement without being too loose. The elasticity of disposable gloves makes it easier to put them on and take them off while also preventing them from tearing. Today's modern materials are highly elastic, despite being thinner; usually AQL 1.5 or less.
Exam gloves should always maintain balance between tactile sensitivity and safety. The thinner the material is, the better the touch sensitivity of the wearer, but also the higher the possibility is that the material will puncture, tear or become porous. Therefore, medical gloves are put through strict tests and are allowed to have a maximum thickness of AQL 1.5. This ensures that the material remains thick and tear-resistant under strain and has enough security for the user. The disposable nature of these items makes them especially hygienic.
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There seems to be a growing problem at festivals between security and fans in the crowd. The security guards are there to protect the bands and fans, but there are a few who can't differentiate between using and abusing their power. Jake Taylor, vocalist of In Hearts Wake, recently stepped in to save a fan at the Dallas stop of this year's Warped Tour.
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Show Review: Take Captive
Venue: Rockettown
Location: Nashville, TN
Date: April 28, 2016
Guest Writer: Marriah Gonzalez
Today's local music scene is saturated with artists who lack depth and individuality, but Take Captive have managed to obtain a unique sound and an on-stage delivery that set them apart. I had the privilege of watching their first show as a pop band after making the leap from the post-hardcore genre, and I was blown away. Check out their new single, "Invincible" below.
AC/DC to Move Forward With Axl Rose
There has been widespread speculation that Axl Rose would be replacing Brian Johnson for the remainder of the AC/DC tour, and thanks to an official press release, the rumors have been confirmed.
Album Review: Black Tide – "Chasing Shadows"
While still young, Black Tide is a band that has set the bar high from the beginning, getting signed at a very early age to a major record label with an album that gained critical praise. The common factor in every album is the use of crushing riffs, and shredding solos, while maintaining catchy melodies to tie it together.


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Fend off the most blustery of days with a cup of Wintertide. This caffeine-free herbal blend features locally grown farmer's mint blended with thyme and allspice for a refreshing mint tea with savory evergreen notes and hint of spice.
Contains 1.4 oz, approx. 20 servings.
Naturally grown mint, organic thyme, organic allspice.
Steep 1 tablespoon in one cup hot water at 212°F ( boiling) for 5+ minutes.
Caffeinated teas come from a single tea plant, camellia sinensis. The leaves are picked and processed in different ways to yield the variety of caffeinated teas we enjoy.
Black Tea
Black tea is made from rolling the tea leaves and oxidising them, which allows them to turn black. Heat is then applied to dry the leaves. Black teas feature deep and robust flavors and generally have the highest caffeine content of all tea. Our black teas are sourced from India, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.
Oolong teas are partway between black teas and green teas. Some oolongs are darker and feature more roasted, caramelised or earthy flavors, and some are closer to green teas, with lighter, more floral, fruity, or grassy notes. Oolong tea contains a oderate level of moderate caffeine. Our oolong tea comes from Taiwan.
Green tea is made from young fresh leaves, heated soon after picking to prevent oxidation and keep its green color. Moderate to low caffeine. Our green teas come from Japan and Taiwan.
Herbal teas, also called tisanes, are infusions made from plants outside of the tea plant. Herbal teas are usually caffeine free, as are all the herbal teas we carry. (There are some plants besides camellia sinensis that do contain caffeine, such as yerba mate and yaupon holly; however we do not carry those currently in our collection.) Herbal teas can be made from a wide variety of herbs, flowers, and spices. You are likely already acquainted with some of the more popular ingredients in herbal teas, such as mint, chamomile, ginger, hibiscus and rooibos.


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How many half-finished songs or killer ideas do you have collecting digital dust on a hard drive?
Getting started on a new song or project is easy. But being able to finish your songs and setting them into the world is much harder.
When inspiration comes it's magical. But all too often it takes months or years from that first moment to reach a release-ready master. In some cases, it's taken me so long that just the thought of that session file made me anxious.
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"Childhood Trauma and Violent Extremism"
Details: Dr. Heidi Ellis, director of the Boston Children's Hospital Center for Refugee Trauma and Resilience, will speak about her research on how youth refugees' experiences post-settlement may lead some to violent extremist ideology. The event is co-sponsored by ALLIES and the Child Development Association.
When and Where: 6 p.m.; Cabot Hall Room 206
"Doughnuts with (Howard) Dean"
Details: The Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life is hosting an afternoon of donuts and discussion with Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont, 2004 presidential candidate and former chair of the Democratic National Committee.
When and Where: 2–3 p.m.; Rabb Room, Tisch College
"Art and Storytelling in our Current Political Moment"
Details: Obie award-winning playwright Kirsten Greenidge, and filmmaker and Tufts Lecturer Khary Jones, will be discussing art and politics at this Center for the Study of Race and Democracy-sponsored event.
When and Where: 4:15 p.m.; Austin Conference Room, Tisch Library
"Junior Sendoff"
Details: The Tufts University Social Collective (TUSC) is hosting a juniors-only event celebrating the end of the semester and sending off those going abroad in the spring. There will be free food and giveaways.
When and Where: 5–8 p.m.; Alumnae Lounge
"Women of the Wall with Lesley Sachs, Executive Director"
Details: The Tufts for Two States Coalition is hosting Lesley Sachs, the executive director of Women of the Wall, an organization that seeks to achieve gender equality in religious expression at the Western Wall in Jerusalem.
When and Where: 8 p.m.; Tufts Interfaith Center
"The State of Immigrant Justice at Tufts: Honoring 5 Years of UIJ"
Details: Tufts United for Immigrant Justice (UIJ) is celebrating its five-year anniversary as a student group on campus, with reflection on what the group has accomplished and what it has left to do. Food from local immigrant-owned businesses will be available for purchase, with proceeds going toward hurricane and earthquake relief efforts in Puerto Rico and Mexico.
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Poll To Swamp: Best SFX Movie Ever?
Byrd writes: Today (March 25) the Internet Movie Data Base poll is about what was the biggest special effects movie of the past few years. All three of the LOTR movies are listed with "Return of the King" in the lead by a wide margin. [More]Posted in Old Main News on March 25, 2005 by xoanon


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My main research interest is the development of tools and workflows to transfer sensitivity analysis methods and knowledge to industrial practitioners. This knowledge transfer aims at improving the consideration of uncertainty in mathematical models used in industry.
My current project aims to transfer global sensitivity analysis methods, tools (i.e. the SAFE software toolbox) and knowledge to the (re)insurance industry and to tailor them in such a way as to facilitate their uptake in the (re)insurance sector. I am currently a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow based in the department of Civil Engineering at the University of Bristol. The aim of the project is to enable the (re)insurance sector to more efficiently capture the uncertainties and sensitivities embedded in their mathematical models, with structured approaches to validate these models and to test the impact of assumptions on the model predictions.
More info here: www.safe-insurance.uk
Valentina Noacco received her MSc in Water and Environmental Management in 2012 and her PhD in Civil Engineering in 2017 ("Investigation of long-term drivers and controls on fluvial dissolved organic carbon and nitrate in the UK") from the University of Bristol. In 2017 she held a 7-month research project at the University of Bristol on Applied Sensitivity Analysis.
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Having confined the long trousers to the back of the wardrobe and the sun-tan cream to the front, we were surprised to wake up to a wet and grey morning here in Ha Long Bay.
However, the day was improved significantly by the news via email that Ann has officially been offered the job she was chasing. A quick email to formally accept her new venture will now set the wheels in motion, and by the new year, Ann will be back into full-time employment.
I digress – back tour arrival into Ha Long Bay. As the morning progressed, the weather didn't brighten-up any, so we thought we'd go ashore anyway. The only other option was to taken the three-hour (!!) coach journey into Hanoi where we'd heard that the roads were poor and the journey could sometimes stretch to four hours. Definitely wiser, in our view, to take the short Tender journey into the Bay area.
On arrival, it was a short walk into the main drag – the first thing we noticed was the lovely beaches but the complete absence of people (apart from the hustlers at the quayside). Where was everybody? Even the mopeds were conspicuous by their absence. There was a four-lane road stretching in front of us, left-to-right, and hardly anything on it! It was all very strange as it felt like a Brit Seaside resort OUT of season.
Turning left, we took a short walk along the pavement to see if we would discover anything of interest. The Cafes all looked closed and there was a deserted theme-park, gently decaying – it all looked very sad. After about 20 minutes we realised that only building of interest was the Novotel :(, and so we turned round and headed back towards the pickup point.
On a positive note, we did see the occasional local juggling their wares from shoulder to shoulder, and also a covered outside market full of authentic fakes of every luxury brand going. We had a quick look round, but the place lacked any atmosphere because this was pretty much deserted as well!
Disappointed, we headed back on board for a cuppa. We spent the rest of the afternoon with our feet-up in the Library.
We're at sea tomorrow, and then it's Hong Kong for the final leg of our holiday.
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MAGGIE STONE, Darlinghurst Theatre Company at the Eternity Playhouse, 30 September-21 October 2018. Photography by Robert Catto: above - Branden Christine and Thuso Lekwape; below - Eliza Logan, Branden Christine and Anna Lee; below again - Eliza Logan and Thuso Lekwape
Maggie Stone (Eliza Logan) is a bank loans officer whose selection criteria are dodgy at best and plain racist at worst. A black man, Benedict Deng (Thuso Lekwape) arrives at her desk looking to borrow and is at first mistaken for a cleaner; yet when revealed as a potential customer he is given equally short shrift.
Down the track Deng's wife Amath (Branden Christine) also fronts Maggie's desk. She is accompanied by strenuously earnest do-gooder Georgina (Anna Lee) and the clash of class and attitude is snidely fiery between her and Maggie.
Further on in time again, Amath's angry son Benny (Lekwape again) is on the verge of trouble with the law even as loan shark Leo (Alan Dukes) lurks. Local Muslim shopkeeper (Kate Bookallil) adds to the poisonous mix of racial and social prejudice.
Written eight years ago, Caleb Lewis's one-act, 80-minute Maggie Stone is initially composed of movie-style fragmented scenes. Where we are is signalled from a sign above the stage – "The Deng Home" and so on – which is as well as it would otherwise be bewildering.
As the interplay between white and black, older and younger, mother and son, friend and foe, middle class and working class goes on the cliches come thick and fast. Virtually every possible dramatic permutation gets a go but is given little time to gel or go anywhere.
Director Sandra Eldridge makes good use of designer Sallyanne Facer's ingenious setting of a wall of shipping containers in which doors signify different locations. A table and chairs, an office desk and a sofa variously occupy an otherwise empty space and give the actors plenty of room and the audience plenty of scope to imagine.
The actors make as much as is probably possible of an uneven and sometimes banal script. Eliza Logan and Branden Christine are strong in the face of storms of platitudes while Anna Lee is funny in her snobbery and exchanges with the other two women. Alan Dukes and Thuso Ekwape are given little to do other than make sleazy (the former) and fulminate (the latter) and they do so effectively.
Although there are gasps from the audience as Maggie takes matter-of-fact pride in her racist attitudes, there is little to be gained either dramatically or politically from the formulaic parade of traits that follows. Interest and electricity pick up considerably after a seemingly endless 30-40 minutes, but by then it's too little too late.
The narrative focus on Maggie and her awakening to decency is insipid in the face of the possibility of looking at the reality of Australian life for a black refugee family. It's enticingly hinted at but never explored and these glimpses are a further frustration. A lost opportunity despite the best efforts of cast and director.


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Hashi Magazine Explores the Intersection of Food and Culture
HONOLULU, HI (September 5, 2019)—Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival (HFWF) announces the launch of a new bi-annual print publication: Hashi Magazine. Examining the connection between food and culture, Hashi leverages moments, stories and content sourced by the Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival to share with readers.
Serving as the 'Ultimate Guide to Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival,' the inaugural issue of Hashi reports unique stories of participating restaurants, talent and organizations. The publication dives deeper by spotlighting our islands' culinary history and the LGTBQ Stonewall Riots, which will be commemorated at HFWF this year. The Fall 2019 issue, launched today, also includes the 2019 program for the festival with event details, talent lineup and Keiki in the Kitchen® section.
"Hashi is the Japanese word for chopsticks, but is also defined as a bridge," said Denise Yamaguchi, CEO of Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival. "In my nine years of running the Festival, we've experienced many intrinsic connections between food and culture through our interactions with chefs, farmers, winemakers, mixologists, partners, etc., who hail from different parts of the globe. Food is the common bond that unites us, and I feel that it's our responsibility to share these stories with the world."
The feature story recounts as cross-culture experience with internationally-recognized Chef Rick Bayless at Papahana Kuaola, where he prepared a 200-pound locally-raised pig with authentic Mexican marinade and cooked it in a traditional Hawaiian imu (or pit). The story is also told through video on an online platform, www.HashiLife.com, which also launched today. The Hashi website will evolve over the next few months with postings of original content and video stories focusing on food and culture.
Helping to storytell accounts of the local community and beyond for this first issue include notable journalists and influential community members: Joe Bock, Tannya Joaquin, Chandra Lucariello, Catherine Toth Fox, Carly Tracy and more.
Now in its ninth year, the Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival unites Hawai'i's leading talent with internationally renowned chefs. It's the premier epicurean event in the Pacific where local and visiting chefs get to cook alongside each other, learn new skills, meet fellow chefs and connect over food.
Read more and discover #HashiLife at www.HashiLife.com.
Stay connected with the Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival via www.HFWF.me or follow HFWF on Twitter/Instagram @HIFoodWineFest and Facebook at hawaiifoodandwinefestival for more information on upcoming events.
The Hawai'i Food & Wine Festival is the premier epicurean destination event in the Pacific. The Festival features a roster of more than 100 internationally renowned master chefs, culinary personalities, and wine and spirit producers. Co-founded by two of Hawai'i's own James Beard Award-winning chefs, Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong, the Festival will showcase wine tastings, cooking demonstrations, one-of-a-kind excursions, and exclusive dining opportunities with dishes highlighting the state's bounty of local produce, seafood, beef and poultry. Proceeds support local beneficiaries committed to sustainability and cultural and educational programs in Hawai'i.


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Ryanair is the largest European airline by scheduled passengers carried and the busiest international airline by passenger numbers. Last year, the company was facing major performance and user experience issues due to their traditional REST mobile architecture. Intermittent network connectivity coupled with scaling challenges was resulting in booking times taking at least 5 minute to complete. Now, with Couchbase Mobile, Ryanair provides a truly amazing user experience for its 3+ million mobile users, having decreased booking time to under 2 minutes. In this session, Vladimir will go through the Ryanair mobile architecture, why the team moved to Couchbase Mobile, and how the Ryanair mobile user experience has been completely revamped.


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Veterans Outreach Forum and Picnic
8400 W. 31st Street
Brookfield, IL 60513
July 30, 2019
10:00am to 12:30pm
Veterans Outreach Forum and Picnic
This event will cover resources and benefits information for veterans and their families. Representatives from federal, state and county agencies will be available onsite for individual assistance.
RSVP to the Cook County Department of Veterans Affairs by July 19, 2019. See form in Downloads section for details.


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How Contentos Will Tackle The Blockchain Scalability Problem? According to Co-founder
Contentos is a blockchain based platform that is on a mission to disrupt digital content producing industry. With the sole aim to empower content producers, advertisers and users, Contentos is building a decentralized content producing ecosystem.
Mick Tsai, the co-founder of Contentos, talked to BlockPublisher about blockchain, challenges they are facing, his team and how 2019 will prove to be the year we will see solutions to blockchain scalability problem. He said;
"We have five core members, first is myself of course, then we have chief marketing officer (CMO), she was head of LiveMe Taiwan. Then we have Andrew in New York and he is helping us with business development and we have Zack, he is he also has engineering background and lastly we have very valuable advisors. I said valuable because they bring a lot of value to Contentos. A lot of projects these days just list a bunch of advisors but those advisors, if you take a close look, don't really know what value they bring to the project".
"Most of our developers are in Beijing. We have 8 core blockchain developers who are all in Beijing right now. Anyone can check their profile on GitHub and it is because we are keeping everything transparent. Their average working experience is 6-8 to years in their traditional software development but the most senior guy who has blockchain technology experience of about 3 years. Blockchain is a very relevant young domain in software development, people are still learning and understanding this space. I think we just need to stay with the trend and make sure we understand other teams progress while in the meantime, borrow or invent something really good for everyone".
"The reason why we are using DPOS is because of TPS. Based on our existing user, our product testing data, we know what kind of TPS we have to prepare in order to introduce most of the users into this ecosystem. I think the EOS right now is doing pretty well because all the gambling things for the first time they are using the enhancer DPOS to solve the issue, which I think is also one reason why recently all those scams became so popular since there is no need to wait longer unlike in Ethereum".
"There is one company called Matter and they are the very first team to implement plasma protocol on Ethereum and based on testing, they can achieve 25,000 TPS. We will soon see more and more of these types of things but I think this year, we definitely will be able to see some really visible scalability implementation in blockchain".
SEE ALSO: Interview With Contentos Co-founder: 'We Are Not Just Talking, We Are Actually Building Things'


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Starting off the festivities…Rogue Mocha Porter
January 1st, 2011 by Jenn in Other Beer Reviews
Since I'm on a Rogue kick, started off with this beauty….Fell in love right away. Coffee & chocolate flavors were fabulous. Dare I say that it reminded me of Guinness yet slightly smoother and lighter?
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Buffalo Gal Necklace, Buffalo Nickel Necklace with Cabochon
● Buffalo Gal Necklace, Authentic bezel-set Buffalo Nickel and Sterling Silver Pendant
● Handmade pendant necklace features a bezel-set buffalo nickel (minted between 1913 and 1938) and precious or semi-precious gemstone cabochon. Hand-stamped detailing, an oxidized patina, and low-sheen finish create an organic look
● Includes a spinning bail and a self-adjusting 24" sterling chain with a hand-forged clasp
● Hand-fabricated using eco-friendly reclaimed .925 Sterling Silver, reclaimed .935 Argentium Silver, a buffalo nickel, and an 8mm gemstone cabochon of choice. Contact me for additional gemstones/quotes. Ask about ptional personalization on back.
● Arrives in a beautiful linen-covered gift box with ribbon
Stones shown in above photos are:
1) Chrysoprase, Blue Sapphire, Mother of Pearl (L to R)
2) Turquoise - Sleeping Beauty
3) Turquoise - Sleeping Beauty
4) Blue Sapphire, Chrysoprase, Mother of Pearl (L to R)
5) Amethyst
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- Canada : 1 - 4 weeks
- United States : 2 - 5 business days
I'll do my best to meet these shipping estimates, but can't guarantee them. Actual delivery time will depend on the shipping method you choose.
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Buyers are responsible for any customs and import taxes that may apply. I'm not responsible for delays due to customs.
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Just contact me within: 14 days of delivery
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Because of the nature of these items, unless they arrive damaged or defective, I can't accept returns for:
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Protect your sewer lines
Putting fats, oils and grease (FOG) down your drain is harmful to your plumbing and the City's sewer pipes. It can create blockages that cause back-ups into your home and affect the City's sewer infrastructure.
And no, running hot water with it does not make it okay. The grease hardens in the pipes as it cools and sticks to the pipes causing buildup that over time will block the entire pipe.
Cooking grease coats pipelines similar to the way that fatty foods clog human arteries. The grease clings to the inside of the pipelines, eventually causing complete blockage. Flushing grease down the toilet also causes sewer backups.
Prevent FOG clogs
- Fats such as butter, margarine, and shortening should go into your green cart as should oils such as salad dressings and sauces.
- Small amounts of grease and cooking oil (from a frying pan for example) can be absorbed with paper towel and put into your kitchen catcher or green cart.
- Alternately, grease/ oil can be placed in a disposable coffee cup and left out to harden or freeze until hardened to avoid spills in your green cart.
- Large amounts of oil (from a deep fryer for example) can be brought to the Eastside Recycle Depot. Look for the container shown in the photo below.
- Do not dispose of cooking grease in your garburator.
Important facts
Do not dispose of the following items in your sinks or toilets:
- Fat, oil and grease (FOG)
- Disposable diapers, tampons, pads
- Condoms
- Medicines
- Food waste, including from waste disposal units
- Cotton balls and Q-tips
- Chemicals
- Plastic items
- Needles and syringes
- Clothing and rags
- Cement and building materials
- Wood
- Razor blades
- General household and garden waste
- Dead pets and pet waste
Other considerations
Avoid planting trees and shrubs near residential and City sewer pipelines. The continual flow of nutrient filled water found in pipelines attracts tree roots through pipe joints and manholes. The roots eventually grow, causing separation of the pipeline joints or blockages in the pipe.
Rocks, debris, power outages, vandalism, rain and construction are also contributing factors to sewer spills.
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A variety of services – from shower doors to shelving, Legacy Glass & Supply can help you improve your home's energy efficiency and aesthetic. We install a variety of after-paint products.
Do you need installers for hardware and other building products for your new construction or remodeling project? Legacy Glass & Supply has you covered. We work with builders, contractors and homeowners in the Greater Orlando area and the surrounding communities.
We offer a large assortment of sliding, framed, and frameless shower doors.
We install wooden ventilated shelving and custom California-style closets.
From standard sizes to custom cuts, we offer all types of mirrors.
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The European Tour heads to the Oceanico Victoria Golf Course in Vilamoura this week for the Portugal Masters.
A host of big names are in the field – including Ryder Cup stars Francesco Molinari and Martin Kaymer – as the battle to infiltrate the top 60 on the money list and qualify for the Dubai World Championship heats up.
And with only seven events left until the season's finale, it is an important week for those currently languishing outside the top 115 in the Race to Dubai standings with aspirations of retaining their tour card.
The Oceanico Course is set to yield some low scores this week. At 7,231 yards, it isn't one of the longest tracks on tour, all four par 5s are reachable in two and the average winning score over the past three years is -21.
Tom Lewis defends the title he won so memorably last year in only his third professional start, but having recorded just one round in the 60s since April 22, a repeat performance seems somewhat unlikely.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Molinari and Kaymer have been installed as the joint favourites this week, but there are plenty of other names worth considering.
That being said, it is hard to look past Molinari at 16/1 with Ladbrokes. The Italian will be on cloud nine after securing the half point that won Europe the 39th Ryder Cup. He is currently seventh in Stroke Average, 23rd in Driving Accuracy and third in Greens in Regulation on the European Tour. He also has tremendous course form at Oceanico, finishing second in both 2010 and 2011.
Danny Willett, at 25/1 with Ladbrokes, looks a good bet this week. He finished in a tie for second at the Omega European Masters, a tie for 26th at the KLM Open and a tie for fifth last week at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, his last three starts. He currently ranks 25th on tour in Driving Distance and finished in a tie for sixth here in 2009.
Joost Luiten is a good price this week at 50/1 with Labrokes, and a player who is capable of going extremely low when everything clicks into place. He is eighth on the European Tour in Stroke Average, 16th in Driving Accuracy and 14th in Greens in Regulation. His recent form isn't spectacular but he has a very good record at the Portugal Masters, finishing 29th in 2010 and second last year.
Alvaro Quiros may seem like a strange selection given his form, but 66/1 with Ladbrokes is a decent price for someone with such a good record in this event. He finished 11th in 2007, won the tournament in 2008 and finished 16th in 2009 and 2011. He loves playing golf in warm conditions and said on arrival in Portugal he felt confident returning to Vilamoura.
Gary Boyd, at 125/1 with Ladbrokes, is a good outside bet this week. He missed the cut last week, but showed some good form two weeks previously at the Italian Open, where he shot a closing 63 en route to a tie for fifth place. He finished ninth at the Portugal Masters in 2010 and, coming into the week in 116th place in the Race to Dubai Standings, he knows he needs a good finish to secure his 2013 playing privileges.
3pts outright on Francesco Molinari at 16/1 with Ladbrokes
2pts each way on Danny Willett at 25/1 with Ladbrokes
2pts each way on Joost Luiten at 50/1 with Ladbrokes
2pts each way on Alvaro Quiros at 60/1 with Ladbrokes
1pts each way on Gary Boyd at 125/1 with Ladbrokes


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Excerpt from chapter 6 of Robert G. Wright's book entitled "Killing Cancer–Not People"
"Step Three of the Cancer Diet: Restructured, Ionized Water Could Save Your Life"
He quotes Dr. Hidemitsu Hayashi, M.D., Director, Water Institute of Japan
"Water treated by electrolysis to increase its reduction potential is the best solution to the problem of providing a safe source of free electrons to block oxidation of normal tissue by free oxygen radicals."
Mr. Wright writes:
"I undertook a study of water, off and on, for about four months. I am now slightly less confused than when I started. Wait, that is an overstatement. I know a lot more than I used to and, more importantly, I am aware of the real importance of this life-sustaining fluid – especially in its "ionized" form.
Water is an enigma to many – make that most – people. They know they need it, but they don't seem to know why or in what form. I'd like to have a dime for every time I've heard that "water is water." Well, I can assure you that while it may look the same, it is definitely – and conclusively – not all the same. And here's what I mean.
Water out of the tap is not the same as bottled water. Water flowing down a stream from a glacier is different from Mississippi River water. Everglades swamp water differs greatly from that in the Great Salt Lake. You get the picture. We have difficulty discerning, however, the quality, structure and properties of the water we drink and pay no mind to its purity, hydrating effectiveness, mineral content or electrical characteristics (what's that?). Nor do we seem to know why these elemental attributes are important."
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Credit : Robert G. Wright, author and director of the American Anti-Cancer Institute
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All new Mazda MX-5 Review
All hail the all new Mazda Mx-5…
Long awaited, I bought the car just after it came out in September, not realising quite how popular it would be and was told it wouldn't be arriving until January! Luckily, I had fate on my side and my beautiful new Mx-5 arrived no other day than Christmas Eve itself. Christmas miracle or what!? Thanks Santa.
Anyway, I've got the all new Mazda Mx-5 Sport Nav in Ceramic White and it's a game changer for me. As a lifestyle blogger, I'm constantly on the move, whether it's travelling cross country or scouting locations for a fashion shoot, so it's the perfect riding companion for a road trip. Not only does it look and feel like a dream, but it also holds my coffee for me during journeys, keeps me warm with the heated seats and cool with the roof down, listens to my questions and gives me answers in return with voice activation, plays my favourite music through the Bose sound system and most importantly, is really fun to drive, all while doing it safely and seriously in style. What more could you want?
There's about 7 different colours you can choose from and 3 of them are different whites. As mentioned above, I went for the 'Ceramic Metallic' which is the most beautiful white I've ever seen. It almost changes colour by the weather and its surroundings. In sunlight it looks a dazzling pearlescent white, on grey days it looks more of a silver white and as it gets dark/on stormy days it has a blue tinge to it. When I looked at it online I didn't like the colour, but don't be fooled by the website as it literally looks nothing like it does online – I'd definitely recommend seeing it in the flesh because, as soon as I did, it blew all other colours out of the water.
What's more, I love gadgets and the all new Mazda Mx-5 certainly doesn't disappoint, from those mentioned above to Bose speakers in your head rest so you can hear your music/the phone when you've got the roof down, heated seats and strategically placed cup holders for the driver! I also chose the Sport over the SE/SE-L (standard model) because it had all the added features mentioned in this post as well as leather seats and black alloys which look amazing with the black wing mirrors and roof – it gives it that monochrome look everyone is coveting right now!
I'm not the only one who is in love with the all new Mazda Mx-5 as it's already won 4 awards in the short space of time it's been released: The Sunday Times Top 100 Cars Winner for 2016, Auto Express New Car Awards Winner 2015, Reddot design award best of the best 2015 and Car of the year in Japan for 2015-2016. Plus, it's been nominated as one of the 7 finalists for the 2016 European Car of the year! The winner is announced in February. Meanwhile, Top Gear has rated it 9/10 and said it's "the same as it's always been. Just, better than it's ever been before" and has been noted to be very competitive against the BMW Z4 as well as some other sports car models.
There are 4 key components of the all new Mazda Mx-5:
1) KODO design: It has an edgy look, with dynamic lines which flow from tip to end giving it a sense of motion and power, but its solid stance from being very low on the ground suggests its road-holding agility, which is second to none. The colour of the car sweeps into the inside of the doors making it seamlessly stylish.
2) SKYACTIV technology: this ensures you can enjoy the exhilaration of those twists and turns without compromising your fuel economy. Mazda has optimised engines and transmissions for the rear wheel drive and it is much lighter and stronger bodied than its predecessors. It's the most compact MX-5 of any generation, and by moving the engine closer to the vehicle's centre, the car has achieved the ideal 50:50 weight distribution. It does an average of 47.1mpg and I filled my tank up fully for £35 which beats my previous golf, which was easily £50 to fill up.
3) MZD connect: With the touch screen you can access your contacts and texts, play music using bluetooth on your phone and there's even a multimedia commander you can press on your wheel which will tell you pretty much anything you ask it to, whether it's where you are on the map, if you want to play a specific song or if you want to call someone. Not bad eh!?
4) Advanced safety technology: It has innovative advanced safety features, such as Blind Spot Monitoring that beeps if you're too close to a car when changing lanes or vice versa and a High Beam Control which darkens lights of those behind you and also turns yours on automatically when it's dark enough and off when approaching oncoming traffic.
So, all in all, I couldn't be happier with my purchase and rate it 10/10 for style and performance.
This picture pretty much sums up how I feel about the all new Mazda Mx-5…


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David Hare at bay in his man cave
A real treat yesterday - I was privileged to be invited into Sir David Hare's snug writing studio in Hampstead for a chat about his career and the art of screenwriting for a Sight and Sound article. Hare is best known for writing the screenplays for The Hours and The Reader but he is also a prolific playwright who has achieved the remarkable feat of having three plays running on Broadway simultaneously.
He was charming, loquacious, fascinating and a tiny bit indiscreet - which hopefully will make for a decent piece for the film buff's bible. The studio, which was like the ultimate man cave (for a man who is obsessed with theatre, film and literature) was once the painting studio of the artist Mark Gertler who was played by Rufus Sewell in the 1995 film Carrington, the script for which was written by Hare's old mucker at Lancing College, Christopher Hampton.
The route by which I ended up chewing the fat with this eminent scribe (named by the Sunday Times as one of the 50 most influential Britons of the last 50 years) is somewhat tortuous. Some years ago I sneaked into a series of lectures by the screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière at the FAMU film school in Prague. The school were so hard up that when they heard I had a car they asked me if I would drive him to the airport. I hastily ran outside to give my beaten up Citroen a bit of a wipe down with some paper towels and a bottle of water (it was covered in cherry blossom). On the drive to the airport Carrière was chatty and told me a thing or two about working with the great Luis Buñuel but when he complained of being too hot there was a bit of an incident. I turned on the car's airconditioning and a thick cloud of cherry blossom fired into Carrière's face. He didn't see the funny (or surreal) side of this but in his defence he was exhausted at the time. However a few months later he was good enough to agree to let me interview him at his home in Paris - and when I told Nick James, the editor of Sight and Sound, he commissioned the piece which you can read below. Subsequently I have always grabbed the opportunity to meet screenwriters whom I admire - it's a great chance to learn from them.
Interviewing the screenwriter of The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Cyrano De Bergerac (1990) and most of Luis Buñuel's French oeuvre requires me to find a discreet Parisian archway that leads into a charming tree-shaded courtyard. On one side stands a large white house with a spacious front terrace, in the middle of which stands Carrière, the man who describes film as "the first language successfully invented by man".
In France Jean-Claude Carrière is known as a leading intellectual who happens to have one of the longest and most distinguished lists of screenwriting credits in the world. Mention him to a French person and they are likely to talk about his book Conversations Sur L'invisible, his exploration of the frontiers of science, or his theatrical partnership with Peter Brook. His TV film La Controverse de Valladolid (1992), a 16th Century courtroom drama, is often cited as an example of the occasional excellence of French television. Where another writer might have been typecast for life as a surrealist following "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972) Carrière has been mercurial in the extreme, working with directors as diverse as Jesus Franco and Louis Malle. Today he is as much in demand as ever. He has just returned from Spain where Milos Forman is filming his script for 'Goya's Ghost'.
Before I have even asked him a question he starts to talk about The Mahabharata. He adapted this ancient Indian epic for a 1985 stage production directed by Peter Brook and it later emerged as a five and a half hour film in 1989. He has recently been asked to take a stage production back to India and the project is clearly important to him. "An Indian friend said to me: 'once you have entered the Mahabharata you never escape' – but" he adds, "it's a pleasure - a delight."
As Carrière explains the startling parallels between the story and the war in Iraq I notice that the room we are in is furnished with ancient Indian carvings and I begin to wonder if it will be possible to shift the conversation to his early career – particularly events leading up to his meeting Luis Buñuel in 1963. Biographical information about Carrière is surprisingly scarce but when I ask him what made him a writer in the first place he answers willingly.
"I am a pure product of the system of public education in France", he begins, adding that he was "born to be a peasant". His parents could not have afforded to send him to college but at the age of nine and a half he was judged the brightest child in his département and this put him on a path that lead to France's elite École Normale Supérieure in Saint-Cloud. Here he received the education which, he believes, forms the bedrock of his ability to tell stories well, but he places equal emphasis on the practical skills he aquired. "Some of the teachers really taught me how to work, how, for example to use a library. This saves you a lot of time later. Even now I work much more rapidly than young people".
To Illustrate he tells me about the research he undertook for the script for Cyrano De Bergerac. Facing the tricky question of how Cyrano escapes each day through the besieging Spanish lines to post his letter to Roxanne, Carrière started looking at agricultural history. He discovered that in the 17th century the wheat was considerably taller than it is today. He contacted France's Musée d'Histoire Naturelle and it emerged that strains of ancient cereal crops had been preserved. A field was sown in Hungary and several months later - voila! Not only can Cyrano run, unseen, through the towering wheat but also the director, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, had an image for the poster.
After university Carrière, like many Frenchmen of his generation, did his national service in Algeria, the subject of his only autobiographical film - C'était La Guerre (1993). He had, however, already published a novel and two novelizations of Jacques Tati films. Tati had invited writers to submit outlines for Monsieur Hulot's Holiday and Carrière won the commission by proposing that the story be told from the point-of-view of a minor character in the film. He followed this up with a reverse-adaptation of 'Mon Oncle". The novelization may be a debased genre, but it seems an extraordinarily fitting way for a novelist to begin his metamorphosis into screenwriter.
Despite what Carrière describes as Tati's "paranoia – his persecution mania" they became good friends and Tati instructed his assistant, Pierre Etaix, to let Carrière learn about the film making process. "I was already completely addicted to film. This was the early sixties and everybody wanted to make films, I was a member of the cineclub at university, I didn't want to do anything else."
But Carrière's interest extended beyond mere film fandom and throughout his career he has directed his considerable intellectual powers towards understanding film's continually evolving grammar. Where other film makers of his generation might have shown a tendency to become nostalgic about the old ways of doing things, Carrière has been far too busy observing the way this new language is constantly shaping and enriching itself. A typical passage in his 1994 book The Secret language of Film analyses the development of the filmed close-up of the human gaze, showing how the actors have been directed to look progressively closer to the camera. Both this analytical approach and his love of sharing his knowledge eventually lead to his directorship of FEMIS, France's most prestigious film school, and nowadays he gives lectures and screenwriting seminars all over the world.
On his return from Algeria Carrière teamed up with Pierre Etaix and a producer gave them the opportunity to make two short films. The second, "Heureux Anniversaire" (1962), won the Oscar for best short. "When the producer told us we had won the Oscar we asked 'What is an Oscar'?" A first feature "Le Soupirant" (also dated 1962), followed. It was a remake of a Buster Keaton's Seven Chances (1925) and it won the attention of Luis Buñuel.
"The very first edition of La Révolution Surréaliste had included an article about Buster Keaton and American slapstick – which was very close to the surrealistic state of mind". Buñuel had also admired a documentary that Carrière had written about the sexual life of animals but when they met in Cannes Carrière was far from being a shoe-in for the job of writing Buñuel's next feature." Buñuel met four or five other writers, but I knew he was looking to adapt 'The Diary of a Chambermaid' so I had already done the preparation and we had a long talk about it. A week later the producer called me and said, 'you are going to Spain tomorrow'. That was the beginning of my wandering around the world."
From then on Buñuel employed Carrière to write all his French films in a partnership that lasted 19 years. Their final collaboration, on Buñuel's book of memoirs (My Last Sigh, 1982), provides a telling anecdote that speaks volumes about Carrière's quiet determination and adaptability.
"He (Buñuel) couldn't work any more – he was seventy nine – eighty. I proposed to him that we write a book about him but he said 'no'. So to convince him I wrote, by myself, one of the chapters as if I was Buñuel. And he read it and he said to me 'I think I wrote it!' And I said 'well in a way you did' because from talking with him so much I knew his character and his history. So then we sat down and started to work exactly as if it were a script. Working together in the morning, talking - with me alone in the afternoon; writing."
Carrière is clearly proud of his achievements and he doesn't clutter up his conversation with false modesty, but in his working life it is perhaps his ability to set aside his own ego and enter the mind-set of a highly idiosyncratic creative personality that has drawn so many of the worlds finest directors to him over the years. When I ask about his lack of professional egoism he describes it as being simply a matter of "personal character" but he admits to learning about the need for a writer to be flexible early on. "I was asked to adapt Robinson Crusoe for television and in one of the very first meetings the producer said to me; 'don't you think Crusoe is a little bit too much alone?' So after that I was ready for anything!" The irony is that his openness has lead not to his being pushed around and forced to work on rubbish – but instead to producing a body of work that is consistently of the highest quality. Glancing through his credits a pattern emerges that cannot but speak in his favour; if a director you have heard of has teamed up with Carrière once – you can be sure he came back for more.
The success of the films themselves obviously plays a significant part in this but clearly the atmosphere of mutual respect and amicability is important. There is a sense also that Carrière enters each new project with the attitude that he is going to learn something and might even be changed by it – rather than with a set of fixed ideas. What is without doubt is that he always brings his remarkably robust imagination. Whether you are telling the story of a woman falling in love with a chimpanzee as in Max Mon Amour (1986), or a bunch of petty criminals on the make in post war France (Le Gang, 1977), Carrière will enter the situation with unbridled enthusiasm. "The imagination is a seamless capacity of the mind"" he says "but it is also a sort of muscle."
It was Buñuel who introduced to him the idea of giving this muscle a workout. After their days work on a script they would both withdraw to their rooms to create a story. "Then we would meet at the cocktail hour to tell them to each other. After a long day I was often tired and would have preferred to watch TV!" Even now he makes an effort to stretch his imagination, seeking out the "vicious and the criminal" within himself.
Interestingly enough Carrière does not share that great obsession of all screenwriting gurus – story structure. "They are teachers, not writers" he says – then diplomatically adds; "I have lunch with Sid Field (the American screenwriting teacher) whenever he comes to Paris. I have absolutely no disdain for these teachers. I agree with Kant that you must know the laws if you want to break them, but I had a classical education. I learned storytelling from Shakespeare, Racine, Seneca.. also – when you are working with the kind of directors I work with, you know you are not going to respect conventional ways of storytelling".
At this point in our conversation a beautiful dark-eyed little girl totters into the room and clambers onto Carrière's lap. This is his two-and-a-half year old daughter, Kiara, by his Iranian-born wife. He has another daughter by a previous marriage and is also a grandfather. Carrière's deep voice seems to hypnotise Kiara and she quickly falls asleep.
If he has a bugbear it is the unfairness of the American dominance of cinema distribution in Europe – what he calls, "the free fox in the free henhouse". In his opinion European integration has made the situation worse because American distributors no longer have to deal with countries individually. But today, rather than focus on the adverse effects this has on Europe, he chooses to pity the Americans who, he says, only get to watch American films; "What I call the solitude of American culture".
Carrière has worked, occasionally, for American studios but when I ask what kind of practical differences he encountered he replies, "Certainly I signed a different kind of contract but the American films I worked for were not really American. The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) for instance, takes place in Europe, Phil Kauffman (the director) is a friend of mine."
Mentioning this film triggers Carrière to talk about a year with which he is perhaps identified more than any other screenwriter. In 1968 he had just finished writing The Milky Way for Buñuel and was working on the script for Taking Off (1971), Milos Forman's essay on the American hippy movement. They researched the script in New York then proceeded to Paris to do the writing - just as the May riots were coming to the boil. Still regularly meeting Buñuel, Carrière had a unique perspective on events. "Buñuel was coming from Fascist Spain and Milos from Communist Czechoslovakia, and they could not understand, at all, what the students wanted." But Carrére supported the students and still does; "we gained so much. It was the beginning of women's liberation, homosexual rights, the ecology movement – everything was being born". Certainly the events of '68 are a subject he is qualified to speak on. As well as living through them he has written a diverse trilogy of films specifically set in that year – The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Taking Off (1971), and Milou in May (1990), as well as a novel (The Years of Utopia).
Talking to Carrière I am aware that I am in the presence of a man for whom life has been a remarkably stimulating adventure. Driven by a consuming curiosity and a willingness to learn and change, he has become the epitome of the successful European screenwriter. He has been courteous and willing to talk about the past while his enthusiasm for the things he is working on now has proved to be irrepressible. He tells me that he hates to repeat himself and recently turned down an offer to adapt another Indian epic, the Ramayana. Instead he has chosen to enter the world of opera. "I noticed that in opera there are long scenes of dialogue which are not sung. They are always boring and very bad, and badly acted." He had the idea of writing, instead, a short text that would be read out by a professional actor (Carole Bouquet recently performed this role at Paris's Théâtre du Chatelet). "Maybe it's a new form" he says "and that really interests me".
Kiara is stirring awake and we have started to bite into time set aside for another meeting. It is time to bring the interview to a close. Finally he tells me a charming story with a winning mixture of irony and regret. He has retained what he calls his "native home" in the rural Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France, where he likes to keep in touch with his peasant roots. He recently invited over a neighbour of his own age who has never left the region, to show him a dry stone wall Carrière had built with his own hands (a craft he has taken to with characteristic vigour). The neighbour assessed his handiwork and finally announced: "You have not lost everything". Even this idea – the idea that Jean-Claude Carrière should never have left the family farm – is one that he is open to.


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In this episode of OffBeat Business TV, Host Susan Hamilton talks with media expert J Loren Norris, Host of Leading Leaders Podcast and Story Power TV. The challenge for business owners in media today is to share their story, without contributing to the confusion in the marketplace with an additional talking head. When you're really good at what you do, everybody thinks they can do it, too. Loren uses picturesque descriptions to help you recognize how to demonstrate your skill set for the highest possible effectiveness.
How do we use podcast and video media to benefit our brand AND add value to the marketplace? While no one starts out top billing, it can be a beautiful progression towards greater influence - IF you recognize the need to grow with your show. Susan and Loren discuss storytelling and media training to help you monetize the program while you build engagement, not after. It's all about relevance, understanding your audience, and focusing the message on all of it.
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Wuhan Coronavirus Turned Into Political Show? Dr. Lin Xiaoxu
Is the #Wuhan #Coronavirus outbreak going to stay at the level of #SARS, MERS and Ebola or is it going to be much worse? How are the #Chinese people coping with the crisis? And what's the Communist leadership's bottom line if the epidemic grows out of control ?
Here is Simone Gao's interview with #Dr.LinXiaoxu, a Chinese and American trained microbiologist. He was lab director of viral disease branch of the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research who was involved in the outbreak response for #MERS in the Middle East in 2014. –
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Just 2 years ago Donald J. Trump humbly became our President and brought the country back to The American People.
January 20th, 2017 will be remembered as the day The People became the rulers of the USA again.
The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer…
America started winning again, and winning like never before.
Former President Barack Hussein Obama laughed and said it would take "a magic wand" to reach 4% GDP.
We reached 4.2% GDP is short order
The Mainstream Media (MSM) mocked and continue to mock President saying his policies would not bring back jobs.
Our unemployment is now near the lowest since Y 1969.
Democrats and the Fake News said The Trump tax cuts would crash the economy.
Today, we are seeing historic economic growth across the board.
President Trump has proven that our country is at its best when it is in the hands of The People.
There is nothing The People cannot accomplish with Strong conservative America First leadership.
The Congressional Democrats and MSM are desperate and will do anything to gain power in Y 2020.
That said we all need to stand united with our President, because this is our country, not that of progressive Marxist socialists.
Making an Keeping America Great!
Have a terrific Holiday weekend.
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Our Setup
Our Tow Rig is a 2004 Nissan Patrol 3.0Lt Turbo Diesel it has been specifically set up for Towing, 4wding and is a very reliable sturdy Rig. We have fitted it with the following
- Roof Rack / Side Awning/Rear Awning
- Side Steps
- 3" Rhino Grunt Exhaust
- Heavy Duty King Coil Springs & HD Ultima Shock Absorbers
- 33" Mud Tyres (But can't wait till they wear out they are noisy as all get out)
- Monkey Flares (Similar to Kut Snake Flares)
- ARB Bullbar
- TMAX Winch
- Dominator Bar Lights x 2 /Dominator 9" Spotlights
- Black Widow 4WD Drawer System with Fridge Slide
- Cargo Barrier
- We Installed a bench of the Rear Door that holds the spare tyre (Easy to Prep lunch on ETC)
- Anti Nads System
- Garrett Turbo
- Extra Trans Cooler
Plus, probably a few other things I'm sure I have forgotten to mention. (Stay Tuned will update)
Our Camper is a 2017 Austrack Savannah X – forward fold camper trailer with all the mod cons see below link for specifications.
- Thetford Porta Potti 365
- Country Comfort Gas Hot Water System
- Kogan 24" TV & DVD Player
- Touring Awning
- 85LT Eva Kool Travel mate Dual Fridge/Freezer – Used as Freezer in Camper Trailer & Can hold up to 80 Cryovac Meals
- Waeco CFX-75LT Dual Fridge/Freezer
- Weber Baby Q with a tonne of Extras – But our favourite the Pizza Stone that thing is magic!!!
- Goliath Platform Ladder –
Multi Use– Weber stand- Helpful for Roof of Car – Extra Bench Space or putting up the awning if you are short 😉
- 2 x Solar Blankets 1 x 200w and 1 x 120w Both are 4wd Supacentre Kings Brand
- 1 x 160W GP German precision Solar Panel Set – these are our back up and work fantastically in the overcast weather
- 2 x 9Kg Gas Bottles
- 1 x Diesel Jerry Can
- 1 x Water Jerry Can
Again, there may be some things I have left out but will update as we go!


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My daughter teaches Kindergarten in a local grade school. This school has a great idea – before Halloween, all the staff vote on a 'theme' for their Halloween costumes that year. This year's theme is 'Rock Star'. My first reaction was 'great – that is so simple – I am off the hook this year in the costume design process'. WRONG. Teaching 5 year old's, my daughter wanted a costume that 5 year old's would love and relate to – AND – by no means was she going to be a 'girly Hannah Montannah' (she is also the local high school volleyball coach and had an image to uphold). So – dad spoke up this year – what about Animal from the Muppets? UGH – that is when my work on the hardest costume ever began. I had to make a Animal of The Muppets Halloween Costume.
I bought a very cheap stretchy orange fur like fabric for the body suit. I borrowed one of my daughter's Under Armour tight body shirts and made my own pattern. I then traced her hand and elongated the fingers until the hands fit like gloves. We then cut up an old pair of jean and a rock t-shirt.
Time for the hard part – that crazy, crazy head. For this, we borrowed a friends softball helmet. I used a paper plate folded in half to make the mouth. Black and red felt for the mouth and tongue, white foam for the teeth… Styrofoam balls for the eyes and nose (nose one was spray painted red first). How to do the crazy fur and unibrow? Ah hah – feather boa's from the craft store! Perfect. Last touch – neck collar and chain from the local dollar store.
What seemed impossible at first – turned out to be my best costume yet!


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sculpture trail
Necessary Journeys
Dave Morris
A remarkable Artist who has exhibited all over the free world from the UK to Japan and Poland to the USA. The work is to be found throughout public and private collections. He has also taught at Universities in the UK, Sweden, Italy, Spain and across the USA.
Gilbert Ward.
When I am working for a fixed site, I try to make the piece (usually in stone) fit the place, and fitting into its landscape. One hopes that those who pause upon finding the sculpture, will come to an understanding of its meaning, and of its becoming a living part of their landscape.
"A Conflict of Interest"
"These structures, made from cast iron and welded steel are both an anti-war statement and a plea for world peace. The Christian Cross and the Muslim Crescent work together in visual harmony.
The title of the four works emphasises the opposing forces of commerce and spirituality. The pursuit of wealth and the imposition of ideology can both create untold misery for millions of people. The four sentinels stand in silent vigil, as metaphors for both centres of worship or centres of power.
The site at Allen Mill is over 2 hectares, it is a reclaimed industrial site with adjacent river bank and woodlands containing the remains of the old lead smelting mill. The site is being developed as an out door sculpture gallery. The first works are visible from the entrance and outside the bakery/café but as the project develops new sculpture is being sited to draw the visitor into the surrounding countryside. The site provides a variety of settings which will accommodate a wide range of works and show them to great advantage. Visitors are encouraged to follow the sculpture trail along the River East Allen from Allendale Town to Allen Mill. Current works by: Peter Graham, Eden Jolly, Jason Mulligan, Dave Morris, Colin Rose, Neil Talbot, Gilbert Ward, Paul Wager.
Scroll through the gallery below or press the play button in the right hand corner to see some of the current works.


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The five-session program has been designed by renowned author and consultant Jessica Hartung and will include:
Session 1
September 27, 2019: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Guest Speaker: Gerry Agnes, CEO, Elevations Credit Union
- Leadership Context for the Academy — Identify relevancy of academy to current strategic and tactical challenges.
- Grow Your Listening Intelligence Understand listening habits and improve them dramatically using the ECHO Listening Profile, developed in Boulder, with Allison O'Brien, an expert in transforming workplace communication.
- Professional Relationship Building — Peer-to-peer learning in small group discussions.
- Local CEOs Share Lessons from their Career Experience
- Professional Headshots
- The Conscious Professional — book signing and discussion.
- Action Learning — Apply and integrate information for one's own context and opportunities.
Session 2
October 18, 2019: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Guest Speaker: David Barnett, CEO, PopSockets LLC
- Authentic Communication for Leading Diverse Teams Inclusively, with communications expert Sage Hobbs.
- Leading Your Health and Wellness, with mind/body expert Evan Manée.
- Action Learning Integration Work, with peers to apply insights and gain new perspective.
Session 3
November 1, 2019: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Guest Speaker: Dana Dupuis, founder, ECHO Listening Intelligence
- Embracing Innovation by seeing a longer-term perspective with futurist and author, Eric Meade.
- What Story Do the Numbers Tell? Gain commitment to values-driven business initiatives with adviser Susan Graf.
- Integration and Application.
Session 4
November 8, 2019: 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.
- Guest Speaker: Brook Eddy, CEO, Bhakti Chai
- Collaboration for Innovation — leadership-development expert and CEO or Integrated Work, Jennifer Simpson.
- Employer Cyber-Security and Human Risk Factors — with data privacy and protection innovator Juliet Henry, legal expert Melissa Reynolds and security expert John O'Dea.
- Case Study — Identify specific application opportunities and options with peers.
Session 5
November 15, 2019: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- Guest Speaker: Adrian Tuck, CEO, Uplight
- Strategic Line of Sight — Align everyday activities with larger strategic goals.
- Inner Wisdom and Outer Purpose — Gaining insight and direction with innovation mentor Laurie Seymour.
- Coaching Mindsets and Skillsets.
- Celebration of Progress.


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I was invited several times to join a group of ladies in the mountains for hiking, card games, food, and fellowship. I declined … always having a convenient excuse. This time I committed wholeheartedly to go. Hallelujah !!
For the Beauty of the Earth
Text: Folliot S. Pierpoint
Music: Conrad Kocher; Arr. by W.H. Monk
For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
The drive offered trees de-leafed and blanketed woodlands. Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel leant their leafy greenery to the mountain terrain. Reaching the mountain top we were greeted by the glory of spacious skies and blue ridged mountains in the distance. These same mountains have forever hugged the northern section of our beautiful southern state. Breathtakingly beautiful, the sounds of silence, broken only by the soft drifting leaves as they gracefully floated on the wind, found their resting place; giving up life to make room for future forest flora. Who but You, Dear Lord, could have designed the cycle that knows no beginning and has no end.
For the beauty of each hour
of the day and of the night,
hill and vale, and tree and flower,
sun and moon, and stars of light;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
I marveled as the sun set. The mountain top in the west stood boldly holding the sun's rays in check as it slid lower towards the horizon. Early morning light seeped into the sky gently pulling all of earth out of repose into the day's busyness. Blessed are we for the light of day … by the star-shine of night.
For the joy of ear and eye,
for the heart and mind's delight,
for the mystic harmony,
linking sense to sound and sight;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
We joined, making ready for the birth of our Lord. Ribbons, berries, pinecones, evergreen trees, ornaments reflecting celebrations of the past told their own individual stories. As busy happy hands worked our hearts sang praises for the gift of Your Son. Dear Lord, our joy was magnified by the love and compassion of each other's stories. Talents emerged, each using our own special gifts to glorify Your Precious Name.
For the joy of human love,
brother, sister, parent, child,
friends on earth and friends above,
for all gentle thoughts and mild;
Lord of all, to thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
Love blossomed this week; love grew stronger as the day's confessions, beliefs, hopes, and tearful fears were tenderly revealed; friendship strengthened our own hearts as we began to see the treasures each of us offered to Your Kingdom, Lord.
For Thy church, that evermore
lifteth holy hands above,
offering up on every shore
her pure sacrifice of love;
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
Church-a biblical word for "assembly," described the ladies gathered on this mountain-top; together our hands worked for the good of all; each one used their own special gifts; in combination our own unique love-inspired actions lifted up Your Name sky-high!
For Thyself, best Gift Divine,
to the world so freely given,
for that great, great love of Thine,
peace on earth, and joy in heaven:
Lord of all, to Thee we raise
this our hymn of grateful praise.
Love, Joy, and Peace reigned as hurts, pains, and sorrows ebbed.
"Blessed be the tie that binds, our hearts in Christian Love."


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People's Blues of Richmond - "Outta My Mind" (audio) (Premiere)
The bluesy retro rock of the People's Blues of Richmond, especially on their latest track "Outta My Mind", is owed in no small part to producer Mark Neill (the Black Keys' Brothers).
With their latest song "Outta My Mind", the Virginia rock 'n' roll band called People's Blues of Richmond bring to mind two recent rock LPs in particular, both by the same artist: the Black Keys. The first is 2014's Turn Blue; the psychedelic washes of "Outta My Mind" align quite closely with the '60s psych mood of that album. Most of all, however, it brings to mind the megahit record Brothers, with its retro-minded production and songwriting.
As it turns out, these parallels are not merely by coincidence. In recording "Outta My Mind", People's Blues of Richmond sought out producer Mark Neill, who co-produced Brothers alongside the Black Keys and Danger Mouse.
Singer/guitarist Tim Beavers tells PopMatters more about the song and the collaboration with Neill, "'Outta My Mind' is a song about a guy who has a couple of things driving him crazy. The girl he used to be in mutual love with is with a new guy. He begins to see love as dull and futile and his memories become blurred from alcohol binges. He eventually consciously decides to let himself fall into blissful madness. It's a song that was inspired partially by bouts of depression -- the ones that feel like they're your new normal and like you'll never come back from them -- combined with my interest in madness and heartbreak and my love for the key of A minor.
"Recording 'Outta My Mind' was a new experience for us. We were ridiculously excited to record with Mark Neill in his home town in south Georgia. For years, we've driven around listening to the Black Keys' Brothers album marveling at the huge sound of the recordings, so getting the opportunity to work with the man behind the curtain on that album was a dream come true. He had a painstaking, old-fashioned method of recording that really captured the character of the instruments, the band, and the song. The session pushed us all individually and as a group, and I think we ended up with a really special song unlike any we've recorded before."
Splash and thumbnail images of the band by Ashly Covington.


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The euro is encroaching on the dollar's territory as the world's currency of global borrowing, but that doesn't mean anyone wants to keep hold of it.
"No one wants to hold euro cash as an asset anymore but everyone wants it as a liability," George Saravelos, Deutsche Bank AG's global head of currency research, wrote in a note. As a result, the euro zone "is emerging as the new global provider of liquidity to the international financial system, slowly replacing the dollar," he said.
The common currency is increasingly being used in international borrowing, inter-bank funding and cross-border carry trades. This helps subdue the euro during periods of risk appetite, but could contribute to volatility and a rise in the currency when risk aversion returns.
The carry trade involves borrowing in a low-yielding currency and putting the money into others with higher interest rates, or other assets with stronger returns. It works well when volatility is low.
Euro-funded carry trades resulted in returns for all but three of the 23 emerging-market currencies tracked by Bloomberg, compared with 10 for dollar-funded trades.
Still, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. has suggested certain dollar-neutral carry trades on the possibility the global economy will steady.
The euro has fallen more than 3% this year and volatility in the euro-dollar pair hit record lows late last month. The lack of price swings has been attributed to steady monetary policy outlook at the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve, as well as fading recession fears.
Deutsche Bank's Saravelos argues that outflows based on the increased use of the euro as a funding currency for liabilities are keeping the currency subdued when risk appetite is high. The euro should have been appreciating against the dollar and moving closer to $1.40 over the last two years, he added. The common currency declined 0.1% on Wednesday to $1.1076.
"Despite the huge swing in the external accounts, the euro has stayed weak," he said. "This is unprecedented." - Source: Bloomberg -