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10 Ways To Introduce Your Boyfriend To Your Parents
When you introduce your boyfriend to the family, it is a daunting task. Even if your family *sorta* knows him, making the formal introduction is terrifying, but important. This person will hopefully be in your life for a while, so he would want to make a good impression! Here are five ways to make the situation less horrifying, and more enjoyable for everyone involved!
Bringing a boy to a relaxed cookout is almost foolproof to introduce your boyfriend. You can easily escape your immediate family and mingle with acquaintances. You can sit by the bonfire away from everyone, or you can merge yourselves into the thick of things, all without being too obvious.
A large barbecue or cookout is an awesome way to casually introduce your beau to your family and friends. There'll be many people and you won't have all eyes on your man. Plus, it's probably the least uncomfortable on this list.
2. Breakfast, Brunch, or Even Coffee
Breakfast and brunch are two things with end times. It's not a 5-course dinner with no light at the end of the tunnel– both are relatively quick meals from which you can escape to an "appointment" or "event" (even if no such thing exists). If it's really awkward, it shouldn't be too long! If it goes well, it goes well! Plan the event to introduce your boyfriend to your parents.
3. Outdoor Concert
An outdoor concert is super casual, with a laidback come-and-go vibe. Bringing your significant other to meet up with your family or some friends is extremely casual, very easy to escape, and also a lot of fun! It's a great way to enjoy some music and spend time with your loved ones.
4. Sports event
Sporting events can be a tricky place to introduce people — it can be loud and impersonal, yet everyone is squished in close proximity. However, there's something to watch if you need to get away from an awkward conversation, and there's always concession stands to grab a bite and a break.
5. If you must…Dinner
Okay, dinner is the go-to, but also the last resort. It's long and complicated — there are expectations, there are fake laughs, there are skin-crawling silences. If you're going to dinner, go casual. A formal evening will invite discomfort and prolong the occasion.
These tips are all on a worst-case-scenario basis. If your boyfriend and family hit it off, that's awesome! It happens frequently, but it may not. Even if they don't seem to click right away, give it time; if he's the right person, they'll warm up to him! Always make sure to keep the conversation going (as the mediator), and enjoy the occasion regardless of its outcome.


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Men's Soccer headed to National Tournament
After playing frightfully well over Halloween weekend in St. Paul, MN with consecutive wins Friday night versus the Hawks of Harper College (8-1) and over the Anoka Ramsey Rams (3-0) on Halloween night, the gentlemen Thunderducks advance to the National Championship Tournament in Herkimer, NY (November 12-15)
Richland College Athletic Director Guy Simmons congratulated the team.
If you see Coach Worley or any of these fine student athletes, please let them know how proud of them we are. Also please wish them and our women good luck and let's bring home two National Championships! Let's go, T-Ducks!

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Four African-American Vietnam veterans return to Vietnam. They are in search of the remains of their fallen squad leader and the promise of buried treasure. These heroes battle forces of humanity and nature while confronted by the lasting ravages of the immorality of the Vietnam War.
Tagline:A War Never Ends
Language:English, Français, Tiếng Việt
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Importantly though, when it comes to retirement income, there are two other ages you need to consider; the Australian retirement age when you're eligible to start drawing on your super and the age you're eligible to receive the Age Pension.
Age Pension age
This is the age you qualify to receive Government Age Pension benefits. The current Age Pension age is 66, but this could be higher based on your date of birth as shown in the table below.
|If you were born between
|You can receive the Age Pension when you are:
|1 January 1954 to 30 June 1955
|66 years
|1 July 1955 to 31 December 1956
|66 years and 6 months
|On or after 1 January 1957
|67 years
To be eligible to receive the Age Pension you must also meet the Income and Assets Tests.


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#29424 new enhancement
Differentiate between internal and external links
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Currently Tor Metrics opens external links in a new tab. This is bad for two reasons:
1) It gives external pages access to window.opener.location which could be used to redirect Tor Metrics users discreetly to a non-Tor Metrics site that does malicious things but looks like Tor Metrics
2) It is bad for accessibility where users may use assistive technology that is upset when new tabs appear
3) It is bad for users that might not want new tabs all over the place and are perfectly capable of using the back button
It would still be good to be able to distinguish visually where there are external vs. internal links. I will leave the actual design/implementation up to UX people as I have no suggestions that I think are great.
The following StackOverflow post talks about a CSS selector that can be used for external links:
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Happy to change this on the Tor Metrics side if this is bad. I was under the impression that it's a good thing, but that impression may be very old or very wrong.
So, right now we're writing external links as:
Shadow
I assume we'd remove the target and instead define some class for external links and use that for the styling? I can try that if the approach sounds sane.
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The idea was to do something consistent across the whole Tor web presence. The _blank thing is bad for a lot of reasons, but I'm not sure what the best practice "right" thing is to do. We would apply this as part of the Bootstrap 4 update once it is integrated to the styleguide.
comment:3 Changed 21 months ago by
Sounds good to me. Leaving things as they are until there's a plan for moving forward. Thanks!
comment:4 Changed 15 months ago by
What's the status of this one? Have we updated to Bootstrap 4 yet?
If so, what are the next steps?
comment:5 Changed 15 months ago by
What's the status of this one?
Not in the current roadmap.
Have we updated to Bootstrap 4 yet?


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Saffron Ricotta & Carrot Ravioli with Hazelnuts
Carrot is a simple ingredient that is elevated in this more complex dish. The earthy notes paired with the crunch and nuttiness of hazelnuts is a heady combination.
- Makes : 4 |
- Prep Time : 40 mins |
- Cook Time : 60 mins
Carrot Purée
1 kg whole carrots, halved
2 tsp (10 ml) olive oil
40 g roasted onion
100 g water as needed (add little by little)
2 Tbsp (30 ml) olive oil
4 tsp (20 ml) maple syrup
2 tsp (10 ml) cider vinegar
a pinch of saffron, lightly toasted
500g 00 flour
1 tsp (5 ml) salt
4 eggs
3 egg yolks
1 Tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
100 g carrots
30 g Parmesan cheese
5 g parsley, chopped
60 g hazelnuts, toasted and finely chopped
pinch of nutmeg (optional)
crushed black pepper
Parmesan Crisps
50 g grated Parmesan
2-3 strands of saffron
2 young carrots, thinly sliced (use a veggie peeler)
30 g butter
3 dandelion flowers, picked (optional)
Carrot Purée
Toss the carrots in olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place into a roasting tray and place into the preheated oven at 180 ºC.
Roast until dark and caramelised, this should take about 30 minutes.
Remove and allow to cool. Once cool, peel the outer layer and place into a blender, there should be approximately 400 g.
Blend the carrots with the oil, maple syrup and vinegar and add half of the water. Blend and then check the consistency and add more water to reach the desired thickness. Check and adjust seasoning.
Soak the saffron in the teaspoon of water for 10 minutes.
Place all of the ingredients into a food processor and blitz to combine. Turn out onto a clean work surface and knead for about 3-4 minutes. Wrap in plastic wrap and rest in a cool place or the fridge for at least 45 minutes.
Preheat the oven to 180 ºC. Drizzle the carrots with a little olive oil, season and then roast until soft. Once cooked, chop quite finely.
Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and once well-mixed pre-weigh the fillings to portions of around 20-25 g.
Note: ensure that the nuts are crushed/chopped finely so as to ensure that they do not puncture the dough.
Unwrap the rested pasta dough and press out as thinly as possible by hand in order to fit through a pasta machine. Feed the dough through your pasta machine continuously lowering the setting to result in thin pasta sheets.
Put the sheet(s) onto a floured surface (semolina works well for this if you have it available). Use a cutter to cut 32 x 6-8 cm rounds.
Place a spoonful of filling in the centre of 16 of the cut rounds.
Dab water around the edge of each and then place a second sheet on top to close. Secure by pressing down with your fingers. Use the same cutters to cut again to neaten the edges if you prefer (this step is optional).
When ready to cook, place into a pot of salted boiling water and cook until tender.
Parmesan Crisps
Sprinkle on a non-stick pan over gentle heat, allow the cheese to melt, watch so that it doesn't burn. Remove sheet gently with a spatula and reserve until needed.
To Finish (garnish)
Heat the butter in a non-stick pan; add a couple of strands saffron and the sage leaves. Add the baby carrot ribbons and gently fry (Tip: for visual appeal you can use a veggie peeler to make ribbons, you can slice the whole carrot from top to bottom lengthwise, keeping the young green shoots at the top intact).
Then toss in the ravioli and gently coat with the butter sauce. Add a spoon full or two of the pasta cooking liquid if you need to loosen it up.
To plate, start with a generous swirl of carrot purée. Serve four pieces of ravioli per portion on top of the purée and portion sage leaves and baby carrot ribbons to each plate. Finish with picked dandelion flowers and Parmesan crisps.


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Today, people use a large amount of energy and we need to be careful about how much non-renewable energy we use. Non-renewable energy is energy that can be used only once. Non-renewable sources such as oil, gas, and coal produce greenhouse gases when they are used. We depend on non-renewable energy such as oil, gas, and coal which pollutes the air and can destroy the environment. One way to help protect the environment is by learning ways we can conserve energy
Non-renewable energy is energy that can only be used once. Renewable energy is energy that can keep producing indefinitely without being depleted. Although both kinds of energy can have a negative effect on the environment, non-renewable energy can destroy the environment and cannot be replenish. Non-renewable energy such as coal produces carbon dioxide when it is burned. It also produces emissions, such as sulfur, nitrogen oxide, and mercury which can pollute the air and water. Biomass which is a renewable energy source can pollute the air when it is burned, but not as much as fossil fuels. Renewable energy sources are unlimited and only a few causes air pollution whereas all fossil fuels can destroy the environment in some way or another.
Some ways one can conserve energy and help the environment is by turning your refrigerator temperature down, turn down your water heater thermostat, set your thermostat at 68 degrees during the day, clean or replace air filter, weatherize your apartment, walk, bike, or carpool whenever possible, and buy a vehicle that gets good mileage.
According to GovPro (2007), governors are making an effort to conserve energy by "setting renewable portfolio standards, establishing renewable fuels standards for transportation and heating, setting efficiency standards for government buildings and fleets, establishing financing mechanisms for advanced energy technology programs, and measuring and monitoring energy savings and environmental benefits".


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(09-30-2019, 01:26 PM)Mangy Wrote:(09-28-2019, 06:02 PM)Nooj Wrote: it's silly too, because that kind of speechifying is ALL over Nolan's moviesThe Hathaway stuff never bothered me (and I don't totally get why people hate her), although Jessica Chastain figuring out the equation to find her father, then throwing the papers up in the air while spinning around Mary Tyler Moore style did give me a chuckle. "Hoorayyyyyyy!"
but the moment it's a woman emotionally, but sternly making her case to a man....
I dunnooooOOOOooooo hahahaha
(stops laughing and glares)
The weak part of the movie is all the Casey Affleck/Topher Grace burning cornfield stuff. Nolan had to cross-cut with *something,* but it wasn't compelling at all. Also, I wish someone, at any point, noted that their dinners consisted of corn on the cob and corn muffins with corn pudding. Just one "CHRIST, CORN AGAIN? REALLY?" would have been nice.
I always laughed at the speech about how they were seeing the last crop of okra, ever. I wish someone had gone 'good, I fucking hate okra.'


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When Dave McLellan took over as Corvette's new chief engineer on January 1, 1975, it was a whole new world. The prevailing trends went from performance cars to safer cars with reduced emissions. Not even Duntov could have made a difference in the '70s. But as performance went down, Corvette sales went way up. The sales department was happy, but the Corvette was really getting old. Dave McLellan was an unknown to the Corvette community and many wondered what he would bring to the brand. It turned out he brought a lot.
McLellan was a car guy. He rebuilt his family's Frazer and entered the Fisher Body Craftsmen's Guild Model Contest. Upon graduation from Wayne State University in Detroit with a degree in mechanical engineering, GM hired Hill on July 1, 1959. Throughout the '60s Hill worked at the Milford Proving Ground on noise and acoustics issues with GM tank treads, Buick brakes, and tuned resonators for mufflers. Hill was also going to night school to get his Master's Degree in engineering mechanics. In 1967, Hill was part of the group that planned and operated the 67-acre Black Lake where ride, handling and crashworthiness tests are performed.
Chevrolet Engineering brought in Hill to work on the 1970 1/2 Camaro and Z28. Hill wanted to move into management so he took a yearlong sabbatical and attended MIT Alfred. P. Sloan School of Management. The school emphasizes innovation in practice and research. In July 1974, Hill was Zora Arkus-Duntov's part-time assistant, training for taking over the position in 1975.
While Hill didn't have Duntov's racing experience, he owned several Porsches and understood racing sports cars. As Duntov was leaving, he told Hill, "Dave, you must do a mid-engine Corvette." Little did they know that it would finally happen 45 years later. When Duntov took control of Corvette engineering in 1956, he had to boost sales and make the Corvette a performance car and a capable race car. When Hill took control, Corvettes were never selling better, but the platform design was nearly 15 years old. Hill had to keep the car fresh, hit the new requirements and maintain performance ... all with a limited budget.
Management figured that the Corvette had a captive audience so they didn't have to spend money to change anything. Fortunately, that lame notion was overruled. The 1978 glass fastback and the 1980 front and rear bumper covers were excellent updates. Another major issue was quality control. The St. Louis assembly plant made three other cars and workers were often unfamiliar with the specialties of the Corvette. This issue didn't get fixed until the assembly line was moved to the Corvette-only Bowling Green facility.
McLellan knew that the C3 needed to be replaced, as the chassis was designed around 1960. For a brief period it looked like the mid-engine Aerovette would become the C4, but Chevrolet decided to abandon all mid-engine programs. The all-new C4 began to take shape in Jerry Palmer's Chevrolet Studio Three in 1978. When the C4 debuted in December 1982, it received rave reviews despite the fact that suspension engineers later admitted that they overdone it with the stiff suspension. By 1985, the suspension was softened and the 150-mph Corvette won Car and Driver's Fastest Car in America award and began a run of total domination in the SCCA Escort Showroom Stock racing series from 1985-'87. Porsche bought a Corvette to take apart to find why the car was unbeatable. By the end of 1987, SCCA kicked out all of the Corvettes for being too fast. McLellan followed up with the Corvette Challenge factory-built race cars.
McLellan's personal style was more suited to the intricacies of modern electronic computer-controlled performance cars than Duntov's. Where Duntov's enthusiasm was effervescent, McLellan was laid-back and approachable, but not shy with the automotive press. After the successful rollout of the C4, McLellan took on four very serious performance projects for the Corvette: The Callaway Twin-Turbo option, the ZR-1 performance model, the LT5 Lotus/Mercury Marine performance engine, and the mid-engine CERV-III. Let's look at all four projects.
Supercars were all the rage and by 1985 Porsche had their 959 and Ferrari was about to unleash their F40. To have something to offer while McLellan was starting his ZR-1 project, a deal was made with Reeves Callaway to build brand-new Corvettes with a Callaway Twin-Turbo package. The cars had 345 horsepower (stock Corvettes had 240) and from 1987-'91 RPO B2K was the only non-installed official RPO Corvette option ever offered.
The ZR-1 super Corvette had two components. The first was its Lotus-engineered, all-aluminum, double-overhead cam engine. McLellan's engineers set down the size parameters and horsepower objective; Lotus did the rest. McLellan turned to the best manufacturer of all-aluminum, performance marine engines in the country: Mercury Marine. The end result was the beautiful, jewel-like LT5, an engine that is still respected today. The second component was the widening of the ZR-1's body to cover the enormous 315/35ZR17 rear tires and beef up the car's drivetrain and suspension.
The 1990 CERV-III Corvette was McLellan's vision of Duntov's mid-engine Corvette, with electronic steroids. The car had a carbon-fiber, Lotus-style backbone chassis; four-wheel steering; active suspension; a transverse-mounted 650-horsepower twin-turbocharged LT5 ZR-1 engine with a dry-sump oil system and a four-speed transaxle. This was the final design that started out as the Indy Corvette in 1986 and had a top speed of 225 mph. And lastly, the CERV-III was designed to be manufactured. When McLellan was part of the 1992 "Decision Makers" three-man internal Chevrolet design group, gathered to evaluate the direction of the C5, McLellan chose the CERV-III concept over the front-engine "Momentum Architecture" and the stiffer/lighter restyled C4. But the CERV-III was deemed too expensive for the market. The "Momentum Architecture" with its backbone structure, transaxle and all-aluminum engine with design elements from the LT5 lives on today in the C7.
And finally, McLellan oversaw the three-year (1990-'92) mid-cycle refresh. The process started in 1990 with an all-new dash; 1991 saw new front and rear bumper covers; and in 1992, the 245-horsepower L98 was replaced with the 300-horsepower LT1. In 1990, McLellan won the Society of Automotive Engineers' Edward N. Cole Award for Automotive Engineering Innovation. In 1991, GM was offering early retirement packages, allowing 53-year-old employees to receive the same benefits as those retiring at 62. McLellan took the offer and stayed on as a consultant while GM looked for a suitable replacement. McLellan was fortunate enough to still be in his consulting position on July 2, 1992, to be on hand to see the one-millionth Corvette roll off the Bowling Green assembly line. What a thrill for a car that McLellan had given so much to and a car that was so often on the line for its survival.
Finally, on November 18, 1992, the new chief of Corvette Engineering was Dave Hill. Since then, McLellan has been a much sought after automotive consultant, he wrote and illustrated Corvette From the Inside and he's a frequent and revered guest of honor at all of the top Corvette events. McLellan goes down in the automotive and Corvette history books as the second of the five great Corvette chief engineers. Vette
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Magazine article New Internationalist
The Seven Good Years
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The Seven Good Years by Etgar Keret translated by Sondra Silverston, Miriam Shlesinger, Jessica Cohen, Anthony Berris (Granta, ISBN 978 17837 80464)
Israeli author Etgar Keret, well known for his acerbic and witty stories, here turns his attention to a memoir of sorts, covering events taking place during the first seven years of the life of his son, Lev. Episodic rather than comprehensive, Keret recounts happenings both momentous and banal with the same engaging mix of naïve astonishment and sly humour. Whether discussing rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, coming to terms with the serious illness and death of his father, or navigating the pitfalls of his son's pre-school class, Keret's oblique approach and winning self-deprecation give the reader much to appreciate. In these pages, the personal is most decidedly political.
Initially, The Seven Good Years presents as an artlessly stitched-together series of anecdotes about the irritations and oddities of everyday life. …


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If movies reflect our collective unconscious, we are scared.
Why do I say this?
Well, according to Wikipedia, between 1930 and 2018 there have been 188 end of the world movies, over half in the last two decades alone.
Anyone who wants a more sustainable life and world, knows in their hearts a dystopian future is upon us if we don't change the way we buy, invest and vote, and soon.
But like ever diminishing numbers of Key deer in Florida looking in the headlights of oncoming cars, we know are doomed and we are fascinated by it.
I know I am scared. I've done the calculation. In 2050, I will be 87 which means I could be around to see the End as predicted by many.
It is hard to accept this, yet the evidence is clear. Hurricanes, droughts, resource conflicts…. Nature doesn't need us and is telling us in no uncertain terms.
Years ago, I might have written some theoretical pap about the a coming dystopian nightmare. It would have been unconvincing, not because I was wrong, but because no one believed any of these terrifying movies might coming true.
But our egos knew and the movies kept coming.
My analysis?
The emerging confluence of authoritarianism, hyper-consumerism, carbon, and willful ignorance will take us over the proverbial cliff and there is little we are able or willing to do about it. Random picks from my twitter feed this week sadly underscore our resignation:
- A Europe to Asia Arctic passage is celebrated for lower shipping costs!
- US vets vote against their own health care!
- Immigrants and refugees are blamed for the wars in home countries!
- Dole lauds sustainability but sells individually plastic wrapped potatoes (WTF?)!
- Exxon gives $1 M to study a carbon tax: and is hailed as progressive!
Get the picture?
These are but examples. If you want the theory, read Umair Haque's recent articles, he nails it.
Only an environmental religious rebellion will save us now.


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3 Keys to Local and Regional Grocers' Survival
Editor's note: This article is the second in a series. Read Part 1.
For local and regional supermarket operators, achieving success requires striking the right balance between the demands of a rapidly evolving consumer base and financial necessity in a competitive environment full of ongoing threats from national chains, specialty stores, hard discounters and ecommerce retailers. In the best of times, this is a daunting task and — especially for some local independents and regional supermarket chains — these aren't the best of times.
Community Knowledge
Localization, or the precise tailoring of assortment by store, or by cluster, based on customer demand, is an essential first step toward differentiating your stores, attracting and retaining shoppers, and meeting demanding margin goals, and it trades on your deep understanding of the community that you serve.
Localization requires two modern management tools to be effective, however: 1) analytics that provide input into market conditions, consumer behavior and store performance, and 2) the ability of the organization to execute in an agile manner. Local and regional operations that can respond to market conditions with agility don't need to seek approval from multiple layers of management, giving them an inherent edge over national-chain competitors.
Greater Agility
But without good customer and performance analytics, it's all but impossible to get your assortment mix right. Building robust analytical decision models — either with partners or on your own — to discover that mix before your competition does, and execute against it in-store, is a crucial differentiator. While local and regional grocers are ostensibly more nimble and know the communities in which they operate better than national players, this conceptual advantage didn't translate into success when up against consolidating national grocers 40 years ago, nor did it stop the rapid growth of Walmart 20 years ago.
The difference now is that, with so many partners and vendors offering affordable analytics tools and services, regional operators and even independents with several stores can access the data and information they need to generate the insights necessary to make great assortment choices. That said, analytics alone aren't enough to guarantee success.
Retailers have to use those analytical outputs to create operating models that allow them to become more nimble, to target consumer segments more successfully (and even segments within those segments), and to identify and mount effective competitive responses to real-time changes in their local or regional market.
balanced Assortment
In today's hypercompetitive market, local and regional grocers' organizational operating model and merchandising strategies must align on finding the right mix of established national and local or regional brands, emerging brands, and own brands, especially in the fresh categories — produce, deli, bakery, foodservice, meal kits, and so on — that best satisfy local shoppers on a variety of levels. Even tried-and-true brands can appear to be new to your customers, particularly if these brands have had limited distribution earlier in their life cycles.
Balancing incumbent and challenger brands — national and local, own-label or another label — to achieve ideal composite margin yield, attract a loyal and sustainable shopper base, and give you price flexibility is simply good business.
But balanced assortment is the cornerstone of a larger, total store-brand differentiation strategy that creates a clear identity for your store or stores in the communities in which they operate. It also lets customers know who you are, and that you know who they are and what they want. Tailoring product mix to local markets also gives you the ability to tell — and illustrate — your company's unique story, allowing consumers to identify and relate to your stores in emotional, not just transactional, ways.
Additional Approaches
What other approaches enable local and regional grocers to compete? Two additional strategies will help. The first is an absolute and unrelenting commitment to offering top-quality products and establishing store-level metrics and operational policies that make sure that everything the customer sees, smells and/or tastes is as fresh and high-quality as it can be, particularly if it has your store's name attached to it. This has been the cornerstone of successful regional operations as diverse as H-E-B, Wegmans and Meijer.
The second approach involves optimizing your presentation, merchandising and storytelling — illustrating and reinforcing the unique role your stores play in the communities that they serve. For example, if you operate in a region that boasts a lot of local farmers — perhaps even urban farmers — you can showcase locally sourced products and local producers by stocking their items and displaying them alongside other perishables in a way that creates a "farmers' market" feel.
Localization is also critical when it comes to differentiating through fresh and foodservice offerings that meet the unique needs and tastes of your local community. Given the scale of their operations, by successfully leveraging analytics, regional grocers are also in the best position to authentically offer favorite local and regional prepared foods.
If the history of supermarketing teaches us anything, it's that local and regional grocers are capable of successfully addressing any competitive challenge, provided that they focus on their assets — like their intimate knowledge of, and connections to, the communities they serve — while embracing and integrating the latest that technology has to offer.


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Beta male: the Cat Whisperer
'I am not a practical man. It's a fact borne out by years of mishaps with tools, cars and paint'
To Hull on the train with the family, costing about one third as much for all four tickets as I had paid a few weeks earlier to travel to Leeds alone. The pricing structure on Britain's railways puts me in mind of Lord Palmerston's famous comment on the notoriously complicated Schleswig-Holstein question: "Only three people have ever really understood it: the Prince Consort, who is dead, a German professor, who has gone mad, and I, who have forgotten all about it."
Be that as it may, after some kerfuffle (the 17.19 to Hull having turned into the 17.33 to Harrogate, without moving so much as an inch from King's Cross station, etc), we arrive to be met by my nephew in my mum's car. But


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Hoda Kotb still has a soft spot for Matt Lauer, though the disgraced TV host has been accused of sexual assault in the workplace.
NBC announced Tuesday that Kotb would replace Lauer as Savannah Guthrie's co-host during the 7-9 a.m. hours of "Today," and Kotb revealed she'd heard from Lauer since the news of her promotion was made public.
"He was sweet this morning. Certain texts popped up, and there was one from Matt: 'Congratulations!'" Kotb told E! News. "And he said some nice words."
Lauer was fired in November after several women spoke out against him and accused him of harassing them or assaulting them during his time at NBC. One woman claimed Lauer sexually assaulted her in his office until she passed out. Another claimed the "Today" host sent her a sex toy with an explicit message.
Lauer has remained out of the public eye since the scandal broke.
Kotb said "it was really nice" to hear from her former colleague.
Kotb told E! News, "It meant the world to me to hear from him."
Twitter users were quick to chime in on Kotb's comments about Lauer saying they wished the new "Today" co-anchor hadn't said anything at all.


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Du, the telecom operator is targeting to deliver free WiFi at major locations in the UAE, in line with the Smart City initiative. The project is called "WiFi UAE" and is aiming to provide free WiFi in over 100 major locations in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
"Today is a defining moment in the journey of the UAE's Vision 2021 as we transform into a smart city. Time and again, we have seen that progressive cities evolve — enabling their residents to use time more efficiently, leading to better, easier and happier lives," said Ahmad Bin Byat, chairman of Du.
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Everyone who's taken advantage of the Queen's meal plan personally identifies with a food item offered on the menu. For example, I personally identify as Bacon Spinach Alfredo Pizza. Everyone has an item for every state: Sober, drunk, high, or all of the above. But if faculties were meal plan foods, what would they be? To be clear and concise, low quality image macros and gifs have been removed from this piece.
Arts & Science – 4 Piece
You got to the front of the line, then you realized you need to chose something. Maybe you should have been thinking about this decision earlier? Well, now that you're here, might as well chose the most generic on the menu.
Commerce – Starbucks at Goodes
Did you know there's a starbucks in Goodes? Neither did I. This is perfect for you if you're the type of the person who gets caught jacking off in front of a mirror. Starbucks is a status symbol too; you're on a student budget but you miraculously have enough money to afford 20 shots of espresso over ice in a venti cup. Truly miraculous. Don't forget to thank Dad later!
Engineering – Tim's
Long line to get in the door, good bang for your buck once you're in. You might occasionally leave feeling absolutely disgusted with yourself, but that's just part of the experience. Also the only place selling caffeine cheap enough and fast enough to meet your needs.
Nursing – Loco Salads
Much like the their jackets, this is a friendly choice, very considerate, very kind. No animals were harmed in the making of this salad. This is an easy choice as I've never seen a man eating a "Location" Salad.
Music – CGC
Fun, tasty, and unjustifiably expensive for a single meal. You're left knowing you had fun but simultaneously wondering if it was all worth it. At least you have something cool for the talent show.
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PHILLIPA ALLEN struck a superb goal to seal victory for Reading Girls Ladies in the final of the San Marino Cup tournament against a Spanish side.
It was a tremendous achievement as they remained unbeaten in all their six games on days when the temperature soared to 40C (104F).
They never looked back after getting off to a good start by beating Norwegian side Asil 2nd 4-0 with goals from Amy Watsham, Tracey Beales (2) and Hazz Fraser.
Their next match was much tougher as they were up against CFF Maritim, a Spanish Academy side. Reading went a goal down to a tremendous lob but Allen matched that with a superb equaliser just before half-time.
Reading also fell behind in their game against Como, a very good Italian academy side, and spent much of the first half on the defensive, with keeper Lauren Wells making some excellent saves.
The English girls upped the pace in the second half and surprised the Italians with their attacking play. Lian Ryan smashed home a free-kick to level the scores and Reading had chances to win the game.
This left Reading second in their group, with the Spanish girls finishing top on goal difference. Reading met New York Dragons in the semi-finals, with the Americans having won their group without conceding a goal.
The game was largely dominated by the midfielders and defenders, and so scoring chances were limited.
The tie went straight to penalties. After five kicks apiece, the score stood at 3-3, taking it to sudden death. Nikki Hipgrave kept her nerve to score before the American keeper fired her kick over the bar to give Reading victory in a great game.
The final was played in San Marino's Olympic Stadium where England men's team had played a World Cup qualifier in 1993.
It was a rematch with the Spanish team who had beaten Asil 1 in their semi final also on penalties.
This time Reading were ready for the skilful Spanish style of play and took the game to them.
Amy Watsham opened the scoring mid-way through the first half.
After the break, Reading maintained the pressure, only for Maritim to equalise with 10 minutes remaining and for the first time they looked dangerous.
So the teams were required to play 20 minutes of extra time with the temperature on the pitch up above 40 degrees.
Reading Girls were not going to be beaten, though, and during the first period of extra time the ball was passed to Allen, who produced a stunning strike which flew into the top corner of the goal.
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The 100 per cent electric Roboshot injection-moulding machines (IMM) made by FANUC Corporation can now be equipped with Cartesian robots made by Sepro Group and integrated into the moulding machine controls via Sepro's Visual control system.
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Sepro Group and FANUC Announce Open Integration Partnership
This partnership aims to meet increasing demand for robot/IMM packages and will allow Fanuc to benefit from Sepro's knowhow in the fields of Cartesian robots
This new partnership is the twelfth of its kind for Sepro and confirms the 'Easy Package' approach, which allows an increased connectivity between the moulding-machine, the robot and the automation peripherals, allowing easy retrofit for the customers that are already equipped.
The benefits of FANUC Roboshot all-electric injection moulding machines include maximum precision, proven reliability, repeatability, and ultimate process control.
The Visual system delivers one unique control platform that is open to different technologies and open to integration with injection moulding machines. An easy-to-use robot control developed by Sepro, Visual makes easy, open Integration possible.
The FANUC Corporation is one of the worldwide leaders in factory automation for CNC control systems, robots and production machinery.
Sepro has more than 30,000 injection moulding machines equipped throughout the world. The technical innovation and the international market renew the Sepro Group's success every year.


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One of the most common apps in Yemen is Routekick, available also in Oman. It works like Uber and provides the customer any vehicle with a driver (motorcycle, car, mini-van, truck). It works also offline.
Due to the economic crisis in the country and the lack of cash in some areas, Yemen Kuwait Bank offers a new service linked to Yemen Mobile. YK bank provides customers full remote control of their accounts through mobile phones without the need of going to the bank: Customers can cash up their account, check it, withdraw from it. It's basically the first time a collaboration between the main mobile company and a bank happens, something new for Yemen.
Other widespread apps are Imo and Wechat, used to make video calls, whose popularity is partly due to the fact that Skype was banned by TeleYemen in 2010 because it provided an unauthorised communications service.


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text: With 2019 upon us, we've done our research and have found that it's projected to be another great year in real estate. There is an increase of inventory which helps to bring prices down and interest rates have come down some as well. If you're thinking about selling, although prices have come down some, we still see values up over 25% in the past 4 years which means excellent equity to have available to use. We love talking real estate, so give us a call to discuss how your home situation looks in 2019! Happy New Year!


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Welcome to Reykjavik! At 6 pm, meet your Tour Director and traveling companions for a welcome dinner at your hotel.
After an orientation drive of Reykjavik, continue to Thingvellir, a geological paradise. Here, walk through the rift valley that marks the separation between the North American and European tectonic plates. Next, stop at the hot springs at Geysir for a real treat: meet the chef of the Geysir restaurant in the geothermal areas. Taste freshly baked bread, which is cooked using the heat from the hot springs, and served with Icelandic butter, boiled eggs and herring, and a glass of Geysir schnapps, served at freezing point. Marvel at the mighty Gullfoss waterfall. Arrive in Kirkjubæjarklaustur.Today's Distance: 221 mi / 356 km
Drive through the national park at Skaftafell and stop at Lake Jökulsárlón, where some of the most spectacular scenes of the James Bond movie Die Another Day were filmed. Watch how the largest glacier in Europe, Vatnajökull, flows into the lake, forming icebergs.Today's Distance: 155 mi / 250 km
Enjoy a spectacular drive along Skogafoss and Seljalandsfoss waterfalls and see the Eyjafjallajökull volcano, well known for the eruption that generated the massive ash cloud in 2010. Stop in Hellisheiðarvirkjun, where you will visit the geothermal heat and electric POWER STATION. Arrive in Reykjavik, and enjoy dinner at a local restaurant.Today's Distance: 158 mi / 255 km
Departures April 12-September 20 include a morning excursion by boat to watch whales in their natural habitat. This afternoon, join an optional excursion to the Blue Lagoon. Tonight, a farewell dinner has been prepared at one of the city's fine restaurants to celebrate the success of your Icelandic journey.
Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning.
Motorcoach; boat cruise.
No matter what you're into: food, wine, history, art, music or anything else,
we give you the freedom to personalize your vacation with optional excursions that speak to your interests.
When you book your excursions with us, you can be assured that every optional excursion that we offer coordinates with the free time that you'll have in your destination,
so you'll never have conflicts between included and optional activities.
Our team of travel experts carefully selects each optional excursion that we offer to ensure that you receive the highest quality at a great value.
Our tried-and-true partners have a finger on the pulse of the city in which they operate so they deliver the very best experiences.
We offer experiences you cannot create on your own and because you're booking with us, we coordinate all your transportation and timing needs.
The following optional excursions are examples only for this vacation. These may or may not be offered, and availability is subject to days of operation and seasonality. Please select a departure date to view optional excursions and pricing for a specific date (due to currency fluctuation, pricing shown is subject to change until purchased). Optional excursions are available for purchase on our MyGlobus site 90 days prior to the tour start date.
Enjoy a peaceful time at the Blue Lagoon, an incredible geothermal spa set in an otherworldly area where lava and thermal waters complement each other.
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Come face to face with icebergs the size of football fields and stunning scenery showcased in Hollywood blockbusters on this fabulous cruise across the Lake Jökurlsárlón glacial river lagoon.
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Private Touring: Globus European Private Touring enables you to experience all of the attractions, sights and highlights of your selected Globus tour as a private experience - delivered just for you and your traveling party. With Private Touring, you'll have your own dedicated Tour Director, your own private transportation and driver, and your own professional local guides. All with greater flexibility in pace and your experience.
Contact Globus or your preferred travel agent for pricing for your specific party size as well as any other information on Globus Private Touring.
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text: Preparing for ANC 2013: Wellness Village May 15, 2013 – If you think the Annual National Conference (ANC) is all "go, go, go!" with no time to relax, you'd be mistaken. With all that's on the schedule for ANC in Kansas City, Mo., you won't have a minute to be bored – but that doesn't mean you need to feel stressed or overwhelmed! If you need to take a break from the excitement of the Exhibit Hall or rest your mind after an education session, pick up information on how to live a healthier life at the Wellness Village. This is the place to slow down and think about your mental and physical health. The Massage Corporation will be on hand to soothe your sore muscles, while the Tanita Corporation (Just added to the roster of companies!) will showcase a bevy of tools to analyze body composition. Once you're armed with that information, check in with the American Heart Association. Their representatives can not only speak about the importance of blood pressure, cholesterol and weight issues in your personal life, but also about what's available for school programs. When you're finished there, move on to the American Red Cross to learn more about CPR and First Aid classes and certifications. Finish up your visit to the village by speaking with representatives from Forrest T. Jones & Company, this year's Wellness Village sponsor. If you're in the market for a new insurance plan – whether it's health, disability, auto or homeowner – the representatives can help you find a plan that suits your needs. The Wellness Village opens on Monday, July 15, as part of the Exhibit Hall at ANC. For more information about the conference or to register, visit www.schoolnutrition.org/ANC. EXHIBIT HALL HOURSMonday, July 15 10:00 am–2:00 pmTuesday, July 16 8:30 am–11:30 am*Tuesday, July 16 11:30 am–2:00 pmWednesday, July 17 10:15 am–1:15 pm*Special Exhibit Hall time for directors only. You must register as a director member in order to participate. Each director may be accompanied by one employee from the same district, but they must enter at the same time.Related LinksANC 2013ANC RegistrationANC Exhibit Hall


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You're About To See A Lot More Of This Guy In The Trump-Russia Probe
The resignation of John Dowd as President Trump's lead attorney for the Russia investigation left a gaping hole in the president's legal team, and according to several reports, Trump has been recently struggling to find lawyers who want to represent him. But he's not completely out of luck: Andrew Ekonomou, a Trump lawyer who's previously served a smaller role on his team, is now reportedly being elevated to a more prominent position. So, who is he?
Since June, Ekonomou has been part of a small group of lawyers assisting Jay Sekulow, Trump's personal attorney, in matters relating to the Justice Department's Russia investigation, Reuters reports. However, Sekulow and Ty Cobb, another chief Trump attorney, told NBC News on Wednesday that the 69-year-old Ekonomou will now play a more prominent role on the legal team following Dowd's departure.
Ekonomou is an attorney at Lambros Firm LLC, an Atlanta-based law firm that handles civil and criminal racketeering cases for state district attorneys. Before joining Lambros, Ekonomou led the criminal division at the U.S. Attorney's office in Atlanta, and according to Reuters, even briefly served as acting U.S. Attorney for that district in 1982.
In 1987, Ekonomou worked with Sekulow on a high-profile First Amendment case that ultimately came before the Supreme Court. The two became colleagues again when Ekonomou joined the American Center for Law and Justice, a conservative legal advocacy group founded by Pat Robertson and for which Sekulow is the chief legal counsel.
Ekonomou told Reuters that, at some time around the 1990s, he had a "mid-life crisis" that he said resulted in him enrolling in Emory University and pursuing a doctorate in medieval history, which he received in 2000. Ekonomou went on to write Byzantine Rome and the Greek Popes, a scholarly book about Rome and the papacy in the seventh and eight centuries. The Logos journal called it "significant and serious work of scholarship," while one Amazon reviewer noted that "at least 30% of the pages are footnotes."
"He is a force of nature," Drew Ashby, a trial lawyer who worked for Ekonomou between 2007 and 2010, told Reuters about his former boss. "Andy has the kind of presence and the kind of mind that I would think would make Donald Trump listen."
Currently, Ekonomou works under contract as an assistant district attorney in Brunswick, Georgia, and told Reuters that he "prosecutes a lot of murders for the D.A" in his current position. When asked what other significant cases he's worked on lately, Ekonomou said "that's basically it."
"Nothing earth-shattering," he added.
The elevation of Ekonomou comes at a perilous time for Trump's legal team.
In addition to the departure of Dowd, Trump has reportedly failed on numerous occasions recently to hire top lawyers to represent him. In mid-March, Republican power lawyer Ted Olsen declined Trump's request to work for him, the Washington Post reported. The Hill reported in June that four top law firms also refused to be retained by Trump, and according to the Daily Beast, so have Tom Buchanan and Dan Webb, two other top attorneys.
After Dowd resigned, the White House said that two other lawyers, Joseph diGenova and Victoria Toensing, would be joining Trump's team. However, Sekulow announced days later that diGeova and Toensing won't be working for Trump after all, due to unspecified "conflicts."
On Tuesday, a prankster poked fun at Trump's reported difficulty finding a lawyer with a satirical Craigslist posting. The faux-job listing bore the title "SEEKING LEAD ATTORNEY FOR DIFFICULT CLIENT," and jokingly requested an attorney willing to work for "a client who is very forceful and opinionated about his defense and is his own best counsel."


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The ladies of Swaffham Golf Club held their closed autumn meeting earlier this month.
The format was two scores out of three to count and all scores on the par threes. It was a great day with no rain.
A delicious lunch was served, followed by prize giving.
Results: 1st Team Anne Tucker, Nicky Monk & Di Smith 79pts. 2nd Team Jan Trollope, Jan Somerville & Ann Ewer 75pts. 3rd Team Penny Murray, Elma Shedden & Clare Sutton 73pts. 4th Team Sheila Hussey, Lu Claridge & Ann Curtis 71pts. 5th Team Mary Haskins, Steph Ashton & Amanda Bloomfield 70pts.
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Nearest the Line 9th Hole: Nicky Monk.
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Objective To identify the frequency and qualitative characteristics of stem cell-related marketing claims made on websites of clinics featuring common types of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners. The involvement of complementary and alternative medicine practitioners in the marketing of stem cell therapies and stem cell-related interventions is understudied. This research explores the extent to which they are involved and collaborate with medical professionals. This knowledge will help with identifying and evaluating potential policy responses to this growing market.
Design Systematic website analysis.
Setting Global. US and English-language bias due to methodology.
Main outcome measures Representations made on clinic websites in relation to practitioner types, stem cell therapies and their targets, stem cell-related interventions. Statements about stem cell therapies relating to evidence of inefficacy, limited evidence of efficacy, general procedural risks, risks specific to the mode of therapy, regulatory status, experimental or unproven nature of therapy. Use of hype language (eg, language that exaggerates potential benefits).
Results 243 websites offered stem cell therapies. Many websites advertised stem cell transplantation from multiple sources, such as adipose-derived (112), bone marrow-derived (100), blood-derived (28), umbilical cord-derived (26) and others. Plant stem cell-based treatments and products (20) were also advertised. Purposes for and targets of treatment included pain, physical injury, a wide range of diseases and illnesses, cosmetic concerns, non-cosmetic ageing, sexual enhancement and others. Medical doctors (130), chiropractors (53) and naturopaths (44) commonly work in the clinics we found to be offering stem cell therapies. Few clinic websites advertising stem cell therapies included important additional information, including statements about evidence of inefficacy (present on only 12.76% of websites), statements about limited evidence of efficacy (18.93%), statements of general risks (24.69%), statements of risks specific to the mode(s) of therapy (5.76%), statements as to the regulatory status of the therapies (30.86%) and statements that the therapy is experimental or unproven (33.33%). Hype language was noted (31.69%).
Conclusions Stem cell therapies and related interventions are marketed for a wide breadth of conditions and are being offered by complementary and alternative practitioners, often in conjunction with medical doctors. Consumer protection and truth-in-advertising regulation could play important roles in addressing misleading marketing practices in this area.
- stem cells
- complementary medicine
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A bad day snuck up on me yesterday. Generally, if a day starts well, I can keep the good day momentum going throughout the rest of my activities for the day. But every once in a while, the bad day is sneaky, and it waits until late morning or even early afternoon to rear its ugly head.
A normal bad day is easy to deal with. You know from the get go that things are not going well. You can keep a sense of humor about the fact that it would have been smarter to stay in bed all day. You know that nothing productive will happen from the moment you wake up, and so you're not disappointed when nothing does.
There's something almost comforting about a normal bad day. As a believer in balance and Murphy's Law, I feel like a normal bad day is my payment for all the good days I have. Just as in college, I felt that in order to keep my dorm room neat and clean, I had to have a center of chaos (usually a drawer) wherein I allowed the entropy of my stuff to reign. Without that center of chaos, the chaos would demand payment and my room would become, in the words of my mother, "Who Did It And Ran." Similarly, the gods of apathy require a certain number of bad/non-productive days as payment for the number of with-it, productive, "I can kick your ass, pile-o-tasks" days that I enjoy. So when I have a normal bad day, I can enjoy the fact that I paid off some of my debt to the apathy gods (not that they care--HAR!) and know that I will be back on track the next day.
But a stealth attack--whoo, that's a horse of a different color.
Yesterday started off great. LO woke up around 5:45 or so and politely requested some breakfast. I took him downstairs to watch Good Morning Indiana while I obliged. (I've so become a mom--I watch morning news shows. I even look forward to them!) He went back to sleep like an angel around 6:45 or so, and I was able to shower, make breakfast, and see J off to work with a hearty kiss. The siren song of the internet took away a good hour of LO's nap, and I think that was when the stealth attack really began. Rather than get started on the things I needed to do for the day, I let myself overindulge on FaceBook and my favorite advice columnist sites. A god of apathy stood over my shoulder, rubbing his hands.
Then, LO wanted second breakfast/first lunch. We spent a lovely half hour making funny faces at each other after he ate, when I realized I was a little tired. I still hadn't started doing anything productive, but it was still early. So I took a little nap. (And when I say little, I mean little.) LO let me sleep for about 10 minutes before the frustrating unspecified sobbing (aka FUSSing) began. Nothing would calm my LO. I suspect that the apathy god was pinching him when I wasn't looking.
Suddenly, I looked up and it was 3:30. So much for my plan to get to the bank and the grocery store. At that point, getting the laundry in off the clothes line might be a little too ambitious. LO, the adorable baby who smiled at me so engagingly in the morning, had been replaced by this time by a screaming demon of anti-calm. I looked hopelessly around the house. The pile of mail, unsorted. J's works shirts, wrinkly. Zucchini for zucchini bread--rapidly becoming something at which the dog would turn up his nose. Freelance writing research--undone. How had my day gotten away from me so effectively?
J arrived home around 6. He saw the glint of crazy in my eyes and suggested we take a walk. So we leashed up the dog and Bjorned the child and went to the park across the street. LO fussed for approximately 2.7 seconds in the Baby Bjorn, and then ZZZZZZ.... At the park, we found a huge contingent of adorable kids dressed up for a Halloween activity at the local zoo. (We live directly across the street from a tiny zoo. It's AWESOME). The children were charmed by Obie, even though he was twice the size of most of them. We were charmed by the tiny pirates, witches, ninjas, pumpkins, lions, tigers and bears, oh my. The god of apathy stayed home.
Unfortunately, he was waiting for me when we got back. After dinner, I attempted to get LO to sleep at an earlier hour than normal, which meant I fell asleep next to him with my clothes on at 8:30 at night, leaving the dishes undone, the laundry unfolded, the teeth unbrushed, the meds untaken, and the husband unkissed goodnight.
This morning I had some coffee. We'll see if it helps.


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Skylar Grey has taken to social media with a video of a bizarre sight she captured in
Wellington over the weekend.
The American singer-songwriter was in New Zealand with Eminem for his Rapture tour, which saw them perform together at the Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Saturday night.
Grey, real name Holly Brook, co-wrote 'Love the Way You Lie' for Eminem and Rihanna, and provided guest vocals with Eminem on Dr Dre's 'I Need A Doctor'.
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While in Wellington, the artist took in the local sights - including a strange one on the capital's waterfront.
In a video posted to her Instagram on Sunday, Grey captured a person enjoying a walk in the Wellington sunshine.
However, the person's identity is masked by an enormous sailor hat, covering their entire body.
The hat is the type you might make out of paper as an art and craft project, or one you might turn into a boat to race in the water.
The performer offers no explanation to the scene, and the video is filmed in silence.


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On Sunday, the U.S. Women's National Team beat Japan to win the Women's World Cup, nabbing the championship for the third time.
There was, naturally, some controversy along with the victory. There were some unsavory references to Pearl Harbor, and FIFA, per usual, earned criticism: According to NBC, FIFA refused to tweet about the win from its main Twitter account. Plus, there's always the question of how to maintain interest in a U.S. women's soccer league after the bells and whistles of a world cup are gone.
On Sunday, at least, that interest was strong. On-field celebrations (especially in the form of a post-win smooch between player Abby Wambach and her wife) were exuberant. And there's nothing quite like the unadulterated fan freakouts posted to social media in the throes of soccer passion. Here are a few of our (NSFW) favorites:
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Suicide Rates Are Rising, But Nobody Really Knows Why
Suicide rates appear to be at all-time highs, with the latest research suggesting rates are one-third higher than they were in 1999.
Among people ages 16 through 64, the rate of suicide climbed from about 10 per 100,000 to 14 per 100,000 people. That's a significant increase during a period of time where, by all outward measures, stigma about mental health issues and depression has been significantly decreasing. More than ever, it is safe and people are encouraged to talk about — and seek help for — a mental health concern.
So why this significant rise in the suicide rate?
Thoughts of suicide are usually a serious, often un-diagnosed symptom of clinical depression. For some, these thoughts turn into devising a plan and even making an attempt. People who die by suicide are usually suffering from depression and aren't getting adequate — or in some cases, any — treatment for it. People who have been unsuccessful in dying by suicide say they usually immediately regretted having tried, because it really is a permanent solution to a transient emotional state.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), however, 54% of Americans who died by suicide had no known mental disorder diagnosis. It could be that the person simply never saw a healthcare or mental health professional in order to be diagnosed. It could also be indicative that not all suicidal thoughts occur in the context of a mental illness.
Experts are hard-pressed for scientific data that could explain the rise. Instead, we have to turn to hypotheses and correlations. But these are really nothing more than educated guesses.
The latest data come from the CDC in a study released earlier this month. It built upon data from a similar CDC report released last year that showed rates for suicide had climbed 25% from 1999 to 2016.
In response to that study released last year, the BBC had this to say, suggesting that perhaps the lack of access to timely, adequate mental health care might explain some of the rise:
Prof Julie Cerel, president of the American Association of Suicidology, noted that having better reporting standards could account for some of the increase, but also pointed to a lack of adequate funding for mental health research and preventative care.
"Our mental health systems are just really struggling across the country," Prof Cerel says. "In terms of training mental health professionals, we're not doing a great job."
As of 2018, only 10 states mandate suicide prevention training for health professionals.
Others have suggested that perhaps it's also due to the economic downturn which began in 2008 and lasted through most of 2016. If true, however, such an explanation doesn't really help us understand the rise in suicide rates during the period before the economic downturn.
A study in early 2019 of over 85,000 youths found an even more disturbing trend. Those researchers found that from 2007 through 2016, the increase in the rate of suicide for girls ages 10 to 14 was highest, rising by nearly 13% since 2007. The rate also rose for boys, but only by 7%.
The researchers concluded:
Following a downward trend in suicide rates for both sexes in the early 1990s, increasing rates of youth suicide since 2007 have been associated with an accelerated narrowing of the gap between male and female rates, with the largest percentage increase in younger female individuals. These trends were observed across all regions in the United States.
Tween and teenage girls are especially at risk. And this, to me, tells us something important.
Why Are Suicide Rates Going Up?
In this era of being able to talk far more freely about mental health issues than ever before in the history of humanity, it's unimaginable that this openness hasn't translated into more people seeking help for suicidal thoughts.
If I'd have to guess — since that seems all that we're capable of doing right now — I'd say it was a combination of factors that has led to this increase. One factor is that while stigma has reduced around mental health issues, access to adequate mental health care has arguably actually declined since 1999. Despite laws trying to protect people's access to such care, I believe the declining population of psychiatrists and others interested in going into the mental health profession has contributed to significant challenges in most parts of the country in actually obtaining care and services.
Second, the specific increase in young girls attempting suicide is concerning. Young girls are particularly vulnerable to social pressures during this age period (10 to 14 years old), as they are developing their own sense of self, worth, and self-identity. Combined with an increased use of social media compared to boys, technology may actually be playing a more harmful role in their lives than anyone has yet realized.
Third, political divisions in our country have never been more rancorous or stronger. Combined with a weak economy during much of this time period, we may not yet be seeing the positive effects of a recovering economy fully playing themselves out in families. The opioid epidemic may also be partially to blame for this increase in rates, since it was in full swing when data in 2016 and 2017 were collected.
In short, I wouldn't be surprised that there is a complex multitude of factors that contribute to this increased rate of suicide among Americans. We can hope that many of these factors — such as the reduction of the opioid epidemic, a recovering economy, and efforts to increase recruitment of new mental health professionals — are heading in the right direction and may impact future suicide rates.
At least we can hope.
Suicidal? If you're thinking of suicide, please call toll-free the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741 any time, day or night. Afraid that someone you know may be contemplating suicide? Talk to them — talking about it doesn't increase the risk of it occurring.
National Center for Health Statistics. (2019). Suicide Rates for Females and Males by Race and Ethnicity: United States, 1999 and 2017.
Ruch DA, Sheftall AH, Schlagbaum P, Rausch J, Campo JV, Bridge JA. Trends in Suicide Among Youth Aged 10 to 19 Years in the United States, 1975 to 2016. JAMA Netw Open. Published online May 17, 20192(5):e193886. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.3886
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Welcome to Arizona!! Im in Phoenix! :)ReplyDelete
What a drive!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 4:34 PM
We did a one-day drive like that once and it was before I knew how to drive stick, so Ian was stuck behind the wheel the entire trip. It was fairly brutal. We definitely needed naps after that one.ReplyDelete
Glad you're safe and sound. xx
So funny that you guys were driving in the exact opposite direction as us :)ReplyDelete
So glad you made it!! I live in AZ, you MUST eat at an In-n-out burger!!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 27, 2012 at 6:55 PM
Welcome to my home town!ReplyDelete
It's nice and warm out. haha.
Wow you guys are driving beasts! Glad you had a safe trip :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Great post! Maybe we can follow each other on bloglovin or GFC? Please leave me a comment or follow me and I will follow you =)ReplyDelete
Yay!! Now only 12 hours to slc!!ReplyDelete
that is a mission!ReplyDelete
have fun!
- AnonymousNovember 28, 2012 at 11:03 PM
Yikes, what a long drive! I certainly wouldn't undertake it alone. =/ Glad you're safe!ReplyDelete
wow congratulations!ReplyDelete
17.5 hours in one day?! Good for you guys. Glad you made it there okay!ReplyDelete


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Could you imagine having a houseboat like this as a kid? You could easily spend your whole summer on a tiny house building like this; it's the ultimate summer vacation tiny houseboat. This tiny floating houseboat is the coolest thing ever. With three level of space to enjoy, from the main level tiny house where you can change into your swimsuit or spend some time reading or hanging out on one of the benches inside. Then you have the outdoor wrap around patio on the main level; then you move up a level to the upper deck where you can hang out with friends and family, and then up above to another level where you have an upper-level hammock. There is a boat motor attached to the back of this tiny houseboat, and it looks like this family travel around in this tiny floating home quite a bit.
A houseboat such as the one in the photos is the ultimate vacation home and the perfect place to create memories with family and friends. This houseboat is simple and wouldn't cost too much to build. A houseboat is just one of the tiny house buildings you might consider to use on your vacation, and there are plenty of other tiny house designs to think about. If a vacation tiny house building sounds like a good idea, you have lots to choose from to include Airstream trailers, tiny houses on wheels, wood cabins, yurts, and park models to name a few. You might build a tiny house building of your own, or purchase a log house kit, or prefab tiny house building to help with most of the work. The options are endless.
This houseboat provides the perfect vacation home to spend time with the kids, but houseboats are also popular options for full time living. Either way, a houseboat has plenty of advantages when it comes to small house living. For starters depending on where you live a houseboat may not be considered real property, so you might not be paying property taxes. In others locations where it may be considered personal property, you'll be levied a small personal property tax annually. Another benefit is you don't have to worry about yard work, or shoveling the driveway in the winter. And you will always be guaranteed of a water view without the worry of anyone blocking that view. There is a certain serenity about staying on the water that you can't get from anywhere else. There may be a certain rocking sensation from the water's surface that can be soothing for most people; you may want to try staying in a houseboat before investing to make sure that swaying doesn't bother you. Water has calming properties that most people love, and there is a soothing effect to the movement of a boat while it is in the water that may slowly rock you to sleep. Houseboats are an excellent escape for people who wish to find and have some peace.
This tiny floating houseboat is just one of the unique tiny homes you will find. A houseboat is just one of the tiny house buildings you might consider when thinking about a tiny house of your own. Whether you are thinking about downsizing so you can travel more or pursue your passions, or are in need of a vacation home, artist studio or writers retreat, there have never been so many tiny house buildings available as there are today. Small house living is a great way to get the space you need, and with so many options there is something to suit most any budget, lifestyle and need.
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Name: Kim Alexander
Occupation: High School English/Mental Health and Wellness Teacher
Age: 40 in June
Lifestyle: Always trying to find a balance between my busy life and making time for stillness.
What does a typical day look like for you? Up early to go to the gym before work. Then during the teaching day I teach classes, do marking, prep and plan for upcoming lessons, conference with students and colleagues, attend meetings, and advocate for students.
What is really important to you? Helping students grow and learn. Also, growing and
learning myself.
What would you like to be remembered for? Empowering students to succeed, advocating for students with mental health and wellness issues, and being a role model for others.
What role does fashion play in your life? I'm in front of students all day so, to me, fashion has to be something that makes me feel confident and reflects my personality.
What do you love about Fresh Collective? The staff who are knowledgeable and friendly. I love that the clothing is unique, beautiful, and sustainable. Also, I love that I'm supporting local designers.
What do you have that you'd like to promote? I graduated from a CAMH program and received my Certificate of Concurrent Disorders. With this, I got a mental health and wellness course started at the school where I teach. It will be the first in the school board and I'm very excited. As someone who has, at times, struggled with mental health issues I am looking forward to helping end stigma and be a role model for others.
Anything else we should know about you? I'm passionate about reading, tea, meditation, yoga, Canada, the CBC, and the Toronto Maple Leafs. I'm also turning 40 this year and I'm looking forward to all the new experiences and people that will come my way.


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A mother and father are in jail after gas station clerks found a 9-month-old baby on the side of the road.
Angela Bumbalough says she glanced out the window of the Petro Fast in Rabbittown and saw something on the side of the road.
She says she was shocked to find a baby in a car seat.
"He was there, a car seat, strapped in. He had a bottle and jar of Vaseline in his car seat. Beautiful baby boy," Bumbalough said.
Bumbalough says the mom arrived at the gas station about 10 minutes after she found the baby.
The mother, Heather Demonia, demanded clerks give her baby back, but Bumbalough says she didn't know if the woman was actually the mother.
Police say the father, Thomas Broome, also returned to the gas station.
Both Demonia and Broome were arrested and charged with reckless conduct.
Nicole Bailes with the Hall County Sheriff's Office says the child was left on the side of the road as a result of a domestic dispute between Demonia and Broome.
"They set the child out on the side of the road, and one left on foot, because they were arguing, and the other left in a vehicle," Bailes said.
The sheriff's office says there are signs of neglect on the child, and they will seek additional charges.
The child is in protective custody.