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The United States Embassy has data indicating the number of Nigerians who come to join their spouses in the US every year. In this instance, no attempt was made to collect such data. However, several trends were deduced from several exchanges that took place with friends and friends-of-friends and acquaintances in several enclaves in the US. Some of the patterns that emerged include the fact that no fewer than 310 folks embark on this voyage - of which eighty per cent are women. Of this, about two-thirds are Christians with post-secondary education; and two-thirds are between the ages of 25 and 37. Of the base number, eighty-five per cent are from the southern region, with eighty-seven per cent appearing to come from financially-disadvantaged homes.
What is true of the US also seems to be true of Canada, the United Kingdom and various European Union nations. What's more, the percentages of Nigerians who go overseas to join their spouses, fiances and fiancees have increased twenty-five per cent in the last two decades. It is instructive to note that the immigration process can be trying and costly. Frankly, it is a process that demands a lot of resourcefulness, wits and perseverance. It is a process that, more often than not, results in rejection and depression. Even so, many and many more are willing to undertake this mentally and physically-draining exercise.
But why do Nigerians go though this tortuous immigration process? Why do Nigerian women, living in Nigeria, agree to marrying men they, in most cases, hardly know? And why do Nigerian men go home to marry instead of marrying the women they've romanced here in the US. After all, most of the women who are already in the US are well-educated, well-read and well-travelled; they are well mannered and have, in most cases, proved their trustworthiness. These are women of two worlds: they know Africa and also understand the Western society. But in spite of their advantages and pluses, the vast majority of these women are likely to lose their boyfriends to women back home.
In significant numbers, Nigerian men would rather go home to marry the "unknown and the greenhorn" rather than marry the proven and the reliable. Granted that a thousand men have a thousand reasons for going home to marry, there are common threads as to why they do what they do: one, because they can; two, most men are under the illusion that women back home are innocent, un-spoilt and virginal; three, it is an ego-boosting exercise; and four, it allows some men to mask their shortcomings since the women who are already in the US can tell where these men stand on the social and economic ladder. Additionally, some men want their women to look up to them since it makes them appear more than what and who they really are. Other men go home to marry because, as some have stated, "Nigerian girls in the US are rotten, too exposed, too independent and/or too aggressive."
I am reminded of a friend in Washington who once told me that there was nothing he could teach his girlfriend in terms of romance and sex and everyday reality. Sex, for instance, was awe-inspiring and earthshaking. In the end though, he went home to marry a "village girl," who pretended for a while before proving that "everything a Yankee can do, a Naija woman can also do." Shortly thereafter, he also realised he was her one-way ticket out of the misery and poverty that have come to characterise Nigeria. In any case, the majority of such marriages start collapsing within 18 months. The American society has a way of Oprahlising girls from Bauchi, Timbuktu and Aba.
And, of course, there are the traditionalists, the purists: men who don't mind dating and/or cohabitating with girls from other ethnic groups. But when it is time to start a family, they'd rather a girl from their own ethnic groups. In spite of modernity/westernisation, the majority of Nigerian men living in the US prefer women of the same ethnic group. Ethnicity, as it turns out, is a superseding factor when it comes to marriage.
When it is all said and done, the Nigerian male can be perplexing. His life is full of contradictions. In so many ways, he is a wounded animal as a result of his historical past. There was a time when he was the primary breadwinner, head of the household. He was the man who moved mountains. But that was a time long gone. He misses the past; he misses the era when most men were sheriffs. And frankly, the modern era has not been kind to men (particularly those who have refused to assimilate or acculturate). And even though the outside world is depriving him of his manhood, he has found a way to make parts of his world his playground. In this playground, he is the sole captain. Or so he thought! To make his thoughts a reality, he marries a greenhorn.
More often than not, most of these marriages are not based on love or affection. Most are not even like the marriages of yesteryear: a union between two families. On the part of the greenhorns, it is mostly about the need to escape the prevailing poverty and despair that have engulfed the country. Most of these women are seeking a way out of the misery that Nigeria has become. Therefore, when presented with the opportunity to hop, they pack and run! It should be noted here and now that it is not all the women who come to join their husbands fit this profile. A good number come for the right reasons.
In the end, most that came to join their husbands become disillusioned, disappointed and unhappy and are likely to seek divorce within three years. As for the men, well, some will plead with, cajole or trick their wives into going into the nursing profession. The nursing profession, they believe, is a sure avenue for making money and living the good life. Be it in Houston, Seattle, Dallas, Miami, New York and every where in between, African nurses abound. They are everywhere working mostly the night and graveyard shifts, toiling day and night and away from their husbands and children just to make ends meet. With no time to smell the roses or to wonder at the beauties that surround them, they become strangers in the world they live in.
In the end, a simple question becomes germane: if you find a woman you love and respect and can get along with, what is the point returning to the continent to find the inexperienced? If you already have a woman, here in the US, who makes your heart skip beats and you fancy her worldview, what's the point in abandoning her? And after several years of putting up with your eccentricity, infantile behaviour and messy bedside manners, what's the point dumping her for the greenhorn?
Abidde writes from Montgomery, Alabama, USA, vide email@example.com
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- AnonymousDecember 4, 2010 at 8:39 AM
This is very true and accurate ... U see this happening every minute and I no longer feel sorry for the guys who fall into this trap.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousDecember 6, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Same here. They go home and the girls pretend like they have never gone out in there life, then come to Yankee and open eye for the man....WELL ALL I CAN SAY IS GOOD FOR THEM....ReplyDelete
Those that it works for i wish ya the best...
- AnonymousDecember 8, 2010 at 8:53 AM
Any doofus of a man dumb enough to marry a so-called innocent deserves whatever he gets! And i honestly can't say i'm sorry for him all i can say is that it makes for pretty damn good drama watching him realize who he married.ReplyDelete
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London Buses route 394 is a Transport for London contracted bus route in London, England. Running between Homerton University Hospital and Islington, it is operated by HCT Group.
Route 394 originally commenced operating on 15 September 2001 as the Shoreditch Hoppa[1] under a London Service Permit.[2] It was developed to address the lack of public transport running east to west across Shoreditch and funded as part of the New Deal for Communities (NDC). The NDC appointed Hackney Community Transport to run the service following a competitive tendering process.[1]
The service initially ran at a half-hourly frequency between Tolpuddle Street in Islington and Broadway Market. It was operated with two Renault minibuses in a unique blue livery and served several roads with no other bus routes.[3] Passenger numbers rose rapidly to 2,200 per week and Transport for London agreed to integrate the Shoreditch Hoppa into the mainstream London Buses network, with a route number and inclusion on network maps.[1]
Transport for London awarded HCT Group subsidiary CT Plus a contract to operate route 394 from 3 May 2003.[4] Upon being re-tendered, CT Plus retained the route with a new contract commencing on 1 May 2010.[5] At the same time, the route was extended to Homerton and the vehicles on the route changed to low-floor Dennis Dart SLFs. The frequency of the route was increased; from initially using just two vehicles, it now requires 10 buses.[6]
In October 2009, a baby was born on a bus operating route 394. The baby was given the middle name Dennis after the manufacturer of the bus.[7]
Current route
Route 394 operates via these primary locations:[8]
- Homerton University Hospital
- Hackney Central station
- Cambridge Heath Andrews Road
- Broadway Market
- Haggerston Park
- Hoxton
- Shoreditch Park
- Angel station
- Islington Tolpuddle Street
Route 394 links the busy boroughs of Hackney and Islington, and visits the culturally significant areas of London Fields and Hoxton. Its route was featured in Time Out London magazine in March 2009.[9]
- ^ a b c Making the Connections: Final Report on Transport and Social Exclusion, report by Social Exclusion Unit of HM Government, February 2003
- ^ 1997 - 2003 on HCT Group website, retrieved 2009-10-18
- ^ Aldridge, John (October 2001). "Hackney's Harriers herald East End innovation". Buses. Ian Allan Publishing (559): 13.
- ^ Our red bus routes on HCT Group website, retrieved 2009-10-09
- ^ Bus tender results Route 394 Transport for London 29 October 2009
- ^ Aldridge, John (January 2011). "In London: North of the Thames, hail-&-ride is alive and thriving". Buses. Ian Allan Publishing (670): 25.
- ^ Irvine, Chris (27 October 2009). "Baby born on London bus named Dennis after manufacturer". Daily Telegraph.
- ^ Route 394 Map Transport for London
- ^ Bus Route 394: Angel Islington to Hackney Time Out London, 2 March 2009
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Kickboxer (Review)
United States/1989
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Netflix Streaming: Yes
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manages to thoroughly entertain through its action, charm, and humor..."
his brother is paralyzed in a kickboxing match, Kurt Sloane
(Jean-Claude Van Damme) must learn the art of Muay Thai to avenge him...
Kickboxer follows Kurt Sloane. Kurt is an aspiring fighter and
the brother and cornerman of American kickboxing champion Eric Sloane
(Dennis Alexio). Searching for new challenges, Kurt and Eric travel to
Thailand where Eric challenges local champion Tong Po (Michel Qissi) to a
fight. Tong Po ruthlessly defeats Eric. Lusting for vengeance, Kurt
seeks training from Xian (Dennis Chan), a locally-famous trainer.
Reluctant at first, Xian agrees and the training begins. Queue the epic
training montages and inspirational music. The film leads to a great final
battle. The ending was a bit strange, though; considering everything that
happened leading up, it felt odd watching such a joyous and abrupt
Then again, that's part of Kickboxer's charm. Kickboxer
is a cheesy action film — there's no doubt about that. The story is
cheesy and cliché (it's pretty much Rocky 4), the dialogue is stilted,
the ending feels like it belongs in a different film... The cheese never
stops piling. And, I love it for that. I was thoroughly entertained
from beginning to end. I laughed at the unintentionally hilarious
dialogue and the often intentional humor. Just watching Van Damme dance
brought a smile to my face. Watching Van Damme vigorously train and
ruthlessly fight brought motivation into my heart. The whizzing
spin-kicks, the powerful uppercuts, the agile dodging... It's fantastic.
Despite its flaws, which aren't so severe to begin with, Kickboxer
manages to thoroughly entertain through its action, charm, and humor —
both intentional and unintentional.
Like most of his films,
Jean-Claude Van Damme is a little robotic in his delivery. Sure, he's a
nimble and truly talented martial artist, but his acting tends to be a
little stiff. Fortunately, Van Damme is loaded with charisma and charm — he also gets better as the film progresses. The supporting cast
suffers from some similar lows, but they're more than serviceable. The
film is shot well and sounds great. The soundtrack is comprised of
inspiration 80s music à la Rocky 4 — does it get any better? I can watch
an entire film with Van Damme simply walking through Thailand with this
soundtrack. Directors Mark DiSalle and David Worth delivers a cheesy
but charming martial arts action movie. It never strays far from the
formula — sharing similar tones to Bloodsport and, again, Rocky 4 —
but it really doesn't have to. The change in arena and strong focus on
training, plus the general entertainment value, make this more than
Overall, Kickboxer is a great film. It's easy to trash
this film, especially since it's not technically up-to-par with other
genre classics. However, Kickboxer has what many classic sports/martial
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Score: 8/10
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We're the craft boxes that did live under your bed. You moved us the other day, when you moved your bed in order to clean under there. You may have noticed that after you moved us out, you didn't put us back. That's because we've had enough.
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The boxes of craft items.
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Deer Avenue is a fairly small street. Being a native of the MIdwest. I appreciate the quiteness of the street. If you get lost you will have to turn your car around because it is a dead end. Be careful when you pass the 3950 mark the road becomes an excess of potholes. The area is off a busy business section and caters to mostly small businesses and houses that are made into apartments. Chances are you won't discover this road unless you know it. If you do get lost and happen on this road by chance, park over on the side and simmer down from the business of the main streets. There is not much action on this street but I sure do appreciate the quiteness of the street.
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Scott wrote:Perhaps Mel was a fictional character
Yes, that's correct. Mel isn't a real person. It was a publicity stunt by a gear manufacturer and meant to be funny. If you go back and read through the thread, you can see who (eventually) got it and who didn't (it took most of us a little while to figure out; Biglost gave it away, but his post doesn't exist anymore). Most of the post in this thread were actually posted in jest. Some were even in on it.
If you read the thread with all this in mind, it might give you a different perspective and maybe even give you a few laughs. I wasn't sure if you knew the story or not, thus my comment.
Anyway, here is another similar stunt, same time period:
After clicking on "English", check out the slogan on the right:
I think most of knew that it was a gag (and went along with it and enjoyed it), but many (including myself) did not know it was perpetrated by a gear manufacturer (one who definitely had a sense of humor).


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Cern is a lab like no other. The sheer internationalism of the place is striking: corridors and hallways are filled with a profusion of different backgrounds.
The scale of the enterprise - the quest to probe deeper and deeper into the workings of the atom - lures scientists from around the world.
Yet they are not foreigners to each other because between them a new language has developed, one involving strange names like neutrinos and quarks, and stranger concepts like the weak force and dark energy.
But what really marks out Cern becomes clear as a giant lift descends beneath the Geneva suburbs.
Pit of 'snakes'
This is the largest underground lab in the world. Its main circular tunnel runs for 27km.
It is so vast that the human eye cannot really see the tunnel bending, as it stretches into the distance, a long string of lights fading into darkness. In fact, everything about the place baffles the senses.
It was on the scale of a cathedral and down in its depths, gangs of builders and engineers were at work on the latest phase of construction. The hiss of welding torches echoed off the walls.
There was a chill in the air, and the dust of a hundred drills. On the floor was a snakepit of cables. Scientists have resorted to size in their bid to understand the miniscule building blocks of the Universe.
Not only is the job of assembling this lab massive, running it will be too.
We crossed the fields that straddle the French-Swiss border to reach the opposite side of the tunnel.
The farmland remains unchanged despite the physics underway down below. The herds of cows are untroubled by the presence of so many high IQs.
Levels of understanding
In a building the size of a hangar stood something that was on the scale of a giant submarine. This was Alice, one of the new detectors, and Lewis Carroll would have been impressed.
The technicians putting the machine together were dwarfed by the vast rings of its sensors. Soon it will be lowered underground and then be ready to absorb the unimaginable forces unleashed when particles are fired around the tunnel and forced to collide.
The scientists were patient with my puzzled questions. Their conversation required new forms of understanding: antimatter, super-symmetry and multi-universes are not easily grasped.
When the new machines, collectively known as the Large Hadron Collider, are fired up in 2007, the research will no doubt throw up new discoveries and new thinking.
It may revolutionise science, but at ground level the farmers may scratch their heads and the cows will continue grazing.


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Every quarter of the year, I break up my training routines to change things up and avoid staleness with workouts, as well as over training (over-running, over-high rep calisthenics, etc.). Doing this, I have found that staying strong and maintaining cardiovascular fitness are easily maintained. As written in the 20 Years of Periodization, from the ages from 27-47, this has been my year-long cycle: January to March: Near 100 percent weights, more non-impact cardio workouts. Ruck / Swim with fins. April to June: Calisthenics and cardio workouts. Run / Swim Progression. July to September: Calisthenics and cardio workouts (advanced). Run Max / Swim Progression. October to December: Calisthenics, weights, and decrease running / non-impact cardio workouts. Ruck / Swim with fins. Here is an email from a follower of that plan who stays operational with his fire department, but is requesting some advice on changing it up.
Stew – I am a 45 year old fire fighter. I started your periodization training plan this spring and have gone from a big and slow 230 to a leaner and more fit 210. So thanks. However, I am a little concerned with the upcoming lift cycle, as I tend to gain muscle mass (and bulk / fat) easily. I would like to work on strength, mobility, and maintain current cardio levels, but I do not want to gain a lot of mass as it has slowed me down the past 10 years. Love this system, but need to adjust I think. Thanks - John S.
You know, a lot of firefighters are finding the TRX to be very useful in the firehouse for workouts in between calls. With regards to making changes -- absolutely! All systems need flexibility and should be able to adjust fire when needed. In fact, my plan for the winter is doing something similar. I recommend laying off high running miles. Maybe resort to some non-impact activity like rowing, stair stepper, elliptical, bike, swimming, etc. Your joints will thank you for it. However, I am doing something this year completely different as well with regards to strength training. I am reducing my high reps calisthenics by wearing a weight vest. This will help cut my reps by 50-75% but avoid many of the 1-2 rep maxes that made me very strong last year BUT too big. I got up to 225 pounds last winter and when the spring running started, it about crushed me. After the running / high rep cycle (and some food planning) I am back down closer to 200lbs where I plan to stay for good.
Another tool I am using in place of heavy barbells this winter is the TRX. I am going to use weight vests with the TRX and calisthenics as much as I can to reduce repetitions and build / maintain strength through the winter without gaining weight. These workouts will be followed by some form of cardio workout -- short runs or non-impact options like rowing and swimming.
For the rest of the year, I will be posting on the Friday Workout of the Week article here on Military-Fitness my favorite TRX / Weight Vest / Cardio workout that I created the previous week.
For example, while we are reducing our weekly run totals, we start to add different resistance training in the fall. See below for a TRX / Cals / and Carries Workout we did this week: Run 1 mile Repeat 3-4 times Pullups max TRX atomic pushups max TRX Squat / Rows 10-15 TRX rollouts 10
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Run 1 mile
This is a quick and effective full body workout that you can make much harder with a weight vest if you prefer and follow it more a longer non-impact cardio workout. For instance, we swam 1500-2000m after this workout.
Yes – make changes and experiment. If your goals are to stay leaner than normal, either change up the weight and repetition ratio of the resistance training, or maybe add some hard and fast interval training sessions with both resistance and cardio -- fast / slow sets or both. Regardless, at our age our weight loss or maintenance starts in the kitchen, so eat well and don't over-eat.


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Trauma. The word lands heavy, evoking thoughts of a fragile mind subjected to extreme instances of devastation, violence, brutality, and depravity.
Trauma. The word lands heavy, evoking thoughts of a fragile mind subjected to extreme instances of devastation, violence, brutality, and depravity.
All right. You got me. I'm no political scientist. I'm not a law student, or some government employee.
I'm just another human being. A private citizen. As such, I have what you may call "common sense." We all have this. We all use it. And sometimes, when you look at the world around you with your common sense spectacles on, there are lots of things that don't seem to make sense.
That's because a lot of the world we see every day (by that, I mean western, urban society – by the way, did I mention I live in Canada?) was not constructed and shaped with common sense alone in mind. It was also carved by greed, weathered by whimsy, and built on lies.
But what if we did use common sense to shape the society in which we are a part?
What amazing possibilities abound, in a world built on common sense?
I propose a thought experiment. Call it an exercise in imaginative reasoning. Let's say that we could make any changes we wanted, to official policy, law & order, the media, the prison systems – ANYTHING. This is a perfect world. It lives in our minds, and nothing can ever corrupt it, if we don't want it to. Continue reading
I don't recall exactly what reason brought me to Roland's house that day in the fall of my nineteenth year. More than likely I was meeting up with his sons so that we could set off on some type of mission of fun and mischief. Roland had raised three sons, and the eldest two were young men whom I happily called friends. The youngest was in the process of reaching an age I could tolerate and was showing signs of becoming just as fair and likeable a man as his siblings. Continue reading
When I was eighteen years old, my wisdom teeth were pulled.
It was a fairly painless procedure in and of itself, as I was unconscious at the time of its occurrence. The maxillofacial surgeon's assistant sat me in a chair and put a mask over my face. She told me that the gas worked fast and that I should try to breathe normally, then she left the room. Immediately, I began pulling the deepest and fastest breaths I could muster. I had never gone under anesthesia before, and I wanted to suck the biggest narcotic high off this rare opportunity that I possibly could. After a few deep pulls, the assistant poked her head around the door frame and said, "Um, I haven't actually turned the gas on yet. Just relax." My cheeks flushed briefly. Continue reading
The age of technology influences everything from the way we do our taxes to the way we buy our groceries. The world of social networking has drastically altered the manner in which we communicate to one another, individually or as a community, and even the formerly staunch rules of interpersonal relations. Blogs have evolved from simple message boards and public diaries to sources of legitimate news and information, and private citizens have hitherto been promoted to reporters without credentials or authors without contracts. We are as connected and capable of communicating with a twelve year old child in Ghana as we are a corporate director in Denver. We can even talk to celebrities. Continue reading
The collar of her jacket had been bothering her from the moment she donned the beige tweed fiasco before leaving the flat. Now she was trapped in a date of the "trying to nail down a life-mate before it's too late" variety, nestled in a forgivingly private leather booth at the neighbourhood bar. Continue reading
An old man sits with a book entitled The One Minute Organizer, his umbrella dripping against his leg, a pair of reading glasses perched upon the bridge of his hooked nose. Continue reading
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Tony Holman, Chairman of the Little Shoal Bay Protection Society has stood down in favour of Mr Jeremy Richards, a local resident with a long and strong interest in the reserve.
Tony and Dinah Holman have been heavily involved in endeavours to save and improve the Bay since the 1960s when the then Northcote Borough Council proposed to use the former Northcote Gas company land for other industrial use.
Strong community opposition saw the council re-zone the land for holiday accommodation (a camping ground and motel). This too had quite strong opposition from many who wanted the land for a park.
Then in the 1970s the Birkenhead Borough Council began dumping waste products in the wetland and Dinah and others fought this to a standstill.
These unpopular activities by the two councils led to increasing concern from more and more people who saw the beauty, importance and potential of Little Shoal Bay.
The final catalyst for very strong action from the community came about when it was learned that the new North Shore City Council had secretly decided to sell the motel and camping ground into private hands, who seemed likely to build intensive housing in the Bay.
Tony and Dinah invited a number of local activists to form the LSB Action Committee whose objective was to stop any such development and to urge the council to buy back the land for open space for the whole community.
A large groundswell of public support saw petitions, and protest meetings of some hundreds in the Bay (with the Mayor and some councillors present.)
This work continued unabated for about six years. During that time Tony Holman was elected to council where he pushed for the repurchase, continually backed by strong public support. These efforts were successful in 1999 when the land was repurchased and zoned as public open space.
After that, the Action Committee and Tony continued to play an important role in seeking improvements to the Bay and to make submissions on numerous matters.
In 2008 the LSB Action Committee changed its name to LSB Protection Society to put greater emphasis on a public guardian role, aiming to see that what has been gained over a long period of time and struggle is not eroded, and that the public is kept informed of any matters which might impact on a park – a precious gem for the enjoyment of the public.
In signing off, Tony says that little would have been achieved without huge and persistent public support over five decades and he hopes that this will continue well in to the future. Of current concern to him and the Committee are the considerable dangers for this and most reserves arising from the proposed Unitary Plan for Auckland.
His final plea to the community – please cherish and take care of your park and have the authorities on if you don't like their "improvements" to your park.
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After a period of unseasonably warm weather, Raggs, our calico, decided to find her own way to cool off. She was out on the deck, on her back, all four paws in the air, letting the wind blow her belly fur. She was quite comfy it appeared.
A new quilt, in patchwork calico, can certainly jazz up the bedroom decor. Besides, it's warm. Ask Ginger, our dog.
Nothing satisfies a sweet tooth like warm brownies with vanilla ice cream melting down the sides.
Date night is extra special when you've not been on one in a good while. Popcorn, diet cokes and an interesting movie. Fun and relaxing.
Persuading other book club members to try massage therapy, my comment was, "the worst one I ever had, was wonderful."


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NEW DELHI: The upcoming general elections may throw up many new celebrity faces in the Indian parliament.
Almost all major parties have allotted tickets to stars and Bollywood divas. In fact, a few places may see star wars such as in Chandigarh where former Miss India and Aam Aadmi Party candidate Gul Panag is taking on actress Kirron Kher of the BJP.
While Panag is a local girl and her father has been the founding member of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) , Kher is the wife of actor Anupam Kher and she claims that she also has roots in Chandigarh.
"I have joined AAP as it is a movement and mainstream parties have failed to deliver,'' says 35-year-old Panag who won the Miss India pageant in 1999.
From Meerut, the Congress has fielded actress Nagma (her real name is Nandita Morarji).
The 39-year-old actress, who was once romantically linked to former Indian cricket captain Sourav Ganguly, says she won't rely on her star power to attract voters.
"I've been working for Congress for the past 10 years. I am putting in as much hard work in politics as I put into my film career,'' Nagma said while visiting Meerut on her first campaign trip after her nomination last week.
The Trinamool Congress has fielded actress Moon Moon Sen from Bankura in West Bengal. Moon Moon is the daughter of legendary Bengali actress Suchitra Sen who passed away a few months ago.
In fact, Mamata Bannerjee-led Trinamool Congress has quite a few personalities from sports and entertainment, including former Indian football captains Bhaichung Bhutia (Darjeeling) and Prasun Banerjee (Howrah), matinee idols Satabdi Roy (Birbhum) and Tapas Pal (Krishnanagar), singers Indranil Sen (Berhampore) and Soumitra Roy (Malda North) and theatre personality Arpita Ghosh (Balurghat) in the fray.
Former Bollywood queen Jayaprada, who along with her mentor Amar Singh, has joined Ajit Singh's Rashtriya Lok Dal, is likely to contest from Bijnore in Uttar Pradesh.
Jaya Prada represented the the Rampur Lok Sabha seat in the outgoing parliament.


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"Helping students better understand how science applies to food will, ultimately, make them better chefs. It will also encourage them to think analytically, as well as creatively, outside the box."
I'm Professor Lynn Tripp. I teach food science in the culinary science program at JWU's College of Culinary Arts.
To stay relevant in industry, I serve on the education committee for the international chapter of the Research Chefs Association (RCA). I'm also on the board of the New England chapter of Research Chefs.
Every year I take a group of students to their annual conference, which is held throughout the country — this year, we just got back from Puerto Rico — where they compete in a culinary competition. We've won first place 5 times, 2nd place 4 times. The RCA is an organization that blends culinary arts and food science, which is extremely relevant today as we're moving into chefs in the food industry.


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Cheetah heels: Michael Kors
Black Shoulder bag: Marc Jacobs
I've noticed that lately I've been sticking to shades, instead of colour. It is like a routine I've fallen into by these dark days. Instead of the sun coming out, I'll bring some life and colour into my day. I love this flutter sleeve bright top, it's such an instant mood booster when I wear it. Paired with my favourite boyfriend jeans, it's such a laid back look. To add a punch to the outfit, I added it with some cheetah heels which I feel could be considered neutral to some people! Hope everyone is having a great week!


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Join Paul F. Aubin for an in-depth discussion in this video Creating massing forms in Revit Architecture, part of Revit Architecture: Advanced Modeling.
Creating forms is the most basic skill you need to develop when working in the Conceptual Massing Environment. Form making in the Massing Environment differs quite a bit from the standard Revit Project Environment or the Family Editor. Therefore, the focus of this movie will be on the basics of form making. We will not be building anything particular, but rather we're going to learn the concepts required and the techniques required to create many common forms. Now I am going to start with some of the forms that you can create in the Standard Family Environment like, extrudes, blends or sweeps.
Now you may recall if you've watched some of the previous movies that we have a single Create Form button. So how does it know whether you wanted to do an extrude or whether you want to do a revolve or whether you want to do a blend? Well, it largely guesses based on the objects that you draw, the shapes you draw and how you select them. So I am in a file called Create Forms and it has several shapes in here already to get us started, so that will help us speed things along. From previous movies, you may recall that what's required to create form in the Massing Environment is you set your Work Plane, you draw your sketch, and then you create form.
I've already got several sketches here, they are already established, most of them to this Work Plane. So I am just going to simply select the form that I want to create and then come over here and click Create Form. And at its most basic it will guess what the appropriate form is and simply create it. Now in that case, we just had a basic rectangle and there was really only one thing that it could do with that, it could extrude it. Now, if I came over here, did the same thing with this form, it will just simply extrude it again. But what would happen here, if I selected two forms, stacked on top of one another.
Now for if I just kind of take a quick look at this, orbit it around, what you see is, those things are stacked relative to one another. In height, one of them is associated with this plane; the other one is associated with this plane. If I do Create Form there, I get essentially the equivalent of a blend. So in the traditional Family Editor Environment, you would click the Blend tool and then you'd sketch your base and then you'd sketch your top. Here in the Conceptual Environment, you set your Work Plane, you draw your first shape, cancel out of there, you set your next Work Plane, you draw your second shape, and then you select these two, and there is really only one thing that Revit can give you with this and that's a blend.
And you can see here that it blends between the rectangle and the circle in much the same way that it did with little pyramid shape right here. So that's the basic idea, so again I've just got the forms here just to move things along a little bit. We saw in previous movies that in some cases when you choose something, you'll get more than one choice, so there was really no ambiguity with any of these forms here, but this one could either be a cylinder or a sphere. So I can choose whichever I prefer.
There's another way to create a sphere as well, so that was certainly one way that I could do it, where it basically revolved that circle to give me a sphere, but if you look over here, you'll notice I've got a line and half an arc, and I've got a similar version of it here with another line and have an arc, but this one you'll notice has a line connecting the arc there, this one does not. So the difference is that technically these two shapes here, and let me do it with a window selection. Technically, what I am going to get here is actually a surface revolve.
When I do Create Form, there's really only one thing that it can give me. Notice that it didn't actually show me multiple glyphs, because the only thing it could do with that, and it was really this straight line that was the giveaway, is revolve that arc around to form a sphere. So with this shape, the difference is that I actually have two lines, let me zoom in slightly here to show you. I actually have two lines there, this one and this one, and so really if we select just this portion right here.
If I were to just go right to create form with only that, it would actually extrude that, because it would assume that that's what we had in mind. If I undo that with Ctrl+Z and I select everything including this line here, then it makes my intent a little bit more obvious and I end up with a revolve again. So you'll notice that the same basic shape by introducing this additional line that becomes an axis line, there is really only one thing that Revit can properly assume to do with that, and that's to turn it into a revolve.
So sometimes, when answering that first basic question, how does it know what shape to create, sometimes you have to kind of help it along by introducing an additional bit of line work to kind of get what you intend in mind. Again, sometimes it will not be clear, it will give you more than one choice and in this case I could go to the cylinder, other times you're going to have to make it clear by introducing that additional shape. Now what about a sweep? Well here, if I zoom in on these two little S-curves over here, I've drawn the S-curve in two different ways.
In this case I have a chain of lines and arcs. So here, if I do my Tab key, there is one arc here, there is a line here, and another arc here. Here, I just have a spline, a continuous spline. Now in both cases, I am going to select this polygon and then the chain with the Ctrl key and go to Create Form and that gives me a sweep. Here's the spline with the hexagon, Create Form and there is a sweep. But notice the difference between these two when I zoom in.
Here, I've got a seam where it went from arc to straight line, back to arc. Here, it was seamless, because I'm sweeping along a continuous spline. So if the seam is important to you and you want to avoid getting the seam, then this is the approach you have to take as you can use a spline. Now if I direct your attention over here to the toolbox, we have two kinds of splines, we have the spline with the control handles, and this is more of like a Bezier curve, and we have this one Spline Through Points. So there's actually two ways you can create the curve and both would give you the same result here, but it's just a different kind of curve and you can feel free to experiment with those.
Now something that you can't really easily do in the traditional environment is what would be termed a loft in most 3D applications. A loft is where you create multiple shapes like multiple cross-sections and then essentially do a continuous blend from shape A to B to C. So to do this in the traditional family environment, I would have to blend from the first rectangle to the second and then from the second to the third. But of course when I do that, I would get straight segments in each case.
In other words, if I take this guy like this and do this, you see how I get a straight line here. I am going to undo that. But if I select all three together, and do Create Form, then Revit will actually average the path between the three shapes and it'll have this curvature to it and that's more of a loft. So you actually do get a quite different result when you select all three shapes at once. And if I select this guy and kind of spin it around a little, you can see that the three cross-sections are still in there as rectangles, but they have that curved path which blends between each of the three.
So it would be much more difficult, if not impossible, to get that form in the traditional Family Editor. Okay, so that's sort of something that's pretty unique here in the Massing Environment. Now we already talked about this in a previous movie, but I just wanted to remind you that if you use your Tab key, you can select just a single edge and then if you create form what you get instead of a solid form is you get an individual plane. Okay, and if I select the others, they will extrude separately and I get an individual plane there. So it becomes like a hollow shape there.
Now, what about something like a pyramid form? Now, by the way, what I'm doing here is a little trick here. I want to point out is if you select something first and then hold down the Shift key and drag your wheel, it orbits around what you have selected. This is a much better way to control your orbit. If I didn't have anything selected and I do that, you see how I am kind of orbiting around the center point, and sometimes the thing that you're trying to look at could spin right off screen. But if you select something first and you orbit, then it centers the rotation around there.
So it's usually a better thing to do if you can remind yourself to always select something first. Now what I have here is a square here and a really tiny square up above it. To get a pyramid shape, there really isn't any way that you can extrude from a square to a point. So if your pyramid has a little top shape here, then you could do it with a blend. But what you'll see, if I zoom in, is that I do have this flattened out top surface there. Now technically speaking, if we were going to go build a pyramid, it probably wouldn't end at just a perfect point, so that might actually be appropriate.
But if you actually wanted it pointed, then what I am going to do with these shapes over here is show you how we could do this using a combination of solid forms and Void Forms. And this will give us an opportunity to also talk about voids, because up until now, all the forms we've been creating we've been using the solid. So, I am going to start with this one and it was drawn on a vertical plane, which is actually buried under here somewhere, there it is right there. That was drawn if I use the Tab key on a reference plane, which you can see is kind of buried underneath there and that's where this triangle was drawn.
And so it's pointing straight upright, and I'll just do Create Form for that. And you can see that it's only a short depth of about 10 feet there. I could type in directly some number or I can use these control handles and actually snap it, and you could see right there that it's snapped to that plane. Let me show you that again. If I back it off a little bit and kind of pull it forward, you can kind of see it highlighting when I get close by, so it snaps right to that, and it turns out that was 28 feet, so I could've typed that in.
And so that gives me just an extruded wedge. Now I am going to create a Void Form and I do that by selecting one of these triangle shapes here, which was also drawn on a vertical reference plane. Go to the dropdown here, go to Void Form, and it again creates just a short depth void, in this case it's only about 7 feet, and what I am going to do is simply take this grip here. And you can kind of see it cutting through as I drag, so if I stop short, it kind of did it, but you notice how it doesn't look like it's doing anything, you've got to deselect it to see the effect.
So you can kind of see that it's only cutting halfway through. Now if I want to adjust it later, I've got to move my mouse over here and Tab, and I might have to do it a few times to get back to the void, it's still there, okay. And I can tab in to that face again, right there, and continue to stretch it so that it cuts all the way through. And again, the effect is concealed while the void is selected, but as soon as you deselect the void, it applies the cut, and if I select this and spin around, you can kind of see the effect there.
So I just need to repeat that process with this one, make it a Void Form, stretch it all the way out here, deselect. Select something so that I am orbiting around it, and there is a pyramid that has a point at the top. So it's a slightly different approach to the issue. If having a flat top bothers you, then you can use a combination of solids and voids there. So as you can see that basic form making in the Conceptual Massing Environment is easy once you know the process and workflow.
It does take a little bit of getting used to at first, but the basic idea is begin with an idea of what you want to create, set your active Work Plane to draw one or more shapes. You select those shapes, either the one shape or multiple shapes and use the Create Form button and that gives you your form. If you want a Void Form, you use the drop down and you create Void Form. And that gives you something that will cut away from a Solid Form. So with a little bit of practice even complex forms can be created quite efficiently.
- Understanding some different approaches to modeling
- Building an in-place mass
- Creating and manipulating massing forms
- Using X-Ray and Dissolve
- Performing an energy analysis
- Applying geometry to surfaces
- Configuring divided surfaces
- Nesting massing families
- Stitching borders with adaptive components
- Working with lofting techniques
- Adding dormers and soffits
- Choosing a wall modeling strategy
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Nanjing Zhuma (Bamboo Horse) Opera
Nanjing Zhuma opera originated in Mazhen of Tang Dynisty, became popular in Song Dynasty and reached its peak in Qing Dynasty. Zhuma (bamboo horse) is also called Mayi (horse art), madeng (horse lamp), zhumadeng (bamboo horse lamp), using a bamboo horse as the prop. The bamboo horses are made from bamboo skins for the framework, which are glued with red, black, blue and white paper to form the horse shape. When the performance is presented, the front part of the horse is hung in front of the actor's belly while the rear part of the horse is arranged on the waist of the actor. In this way, the actor looks like riding the horse. The opera is sung with Gezai melody in the local dialect spoken in the southern Fujian. The dialogue is presented with colloquial doggerel in the performance and displays a strong rural style and deep folk culture.
Zhanghzhou Xiang Opera
Xiang opera is a major local opera, originally named Gezai opera, also named Zidi Play. Gezi opera was originated in Jinge of Zhangzhou, but developed and formed in Yilan of Taiwan. It is very popular in the Southern Fujian province, including Zhangzhou, Xiamen, and Quanzhou, as well as Yilan of Taiwan and the Southeast countries where many overseas Chinese have migrated. Xiang Opera is mainly presented in the Southern Fujian dialect by actors and actress, which is vivid, humorous and easy to understand. There are over 500 traditional Xiang opera plays. The representatives include "Lei Wanchun beat Tiger", "nectornade in Hometown of Overseas Chinese", "An-an Looking for Mother". The feature of Xiang opera is that it has more singing than speaking, with strong rhythm, expressive force and folk sentiment.


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Check-ups or physicals are recommended at 1 months, 2 months, 4 months, 6 months, 9 months, 12 months, 15 months, 18 months, 2 year, 3 year, 4 year, and 5 year. After age 5, well-visits are recommended at least every other year through adolescence and yearly for children playing sports. Please call at least 2 weeks in advance to schedule your appointment. Be sure to check with your health care insurance about coverage for well-child visits. Please remember to bring your child's immunization card to all visits.
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Your time is just as valuable as ours. We have set aside time in our schedules just for your child. If you are 15 minutes late for your appointment, it may be necessary for you to reschedule. We may be able to work you back into the physician's schedule, but a wait may be necessary.
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If needed, we request that you use Baptist Hospital as this is where we use an answering service. You will be connected to the doctor directly. Please limit calls after 10:00 PM to true emergencies. Have your pharmacy phone number ready and turn off call blocking.
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We now have a medication refill Iine where you can Ieave a request for medicines to be refilled. ADHD medication requests can be left on this line, but the prescription must be picked up in person. Antibiotics will not be refilled unless they are for prophylactic use or for acne.
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We are participating physicians in many insurance plans. An updated list is available from the receptionist and on our website. Please inform us of any change in your health insurance and be kind enough to fill out a new demographic sheet when you change insurances. This allows us to bill correctly. Be sure to bring your child's insurance card to every visit.
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We accept personal checks, cash, Mastercard, Visa, and Discover. We also offer a flexible payment plan. Please see our Financial Coordinator for details. We are happy to file insurance for your reimbursement as long as you are free to choose your own pediatrician.
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As a courtesy to you, we will file claims to your insurance company. We ask that you bring complete insurance information regarding your policy with you, including your insurance card. Any fee, co-payments, or deductibles are due at the time of service.
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If you have any questions about your statement, please call our Billing Service at 951-2298 or the toll free number 1-888-951-2985. Look in the lower right hand corner for any payments you owe. As the parent, you are financially responsible for any costs the insurance does not cover.
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Medical records can only be released from our office with a signed consent by a parent or legal guardian. Please allow 1 week for our staff to prepare copies of records. As a professional courtesy, there is no charge for us to send a copy of your records to another physician. If you need copies made for personal use, there will be a charge of $1.00 for the first page and $0.50 for each additional page.Copies of medical records must be picked up by a legal guardian with a photo ID. This is to protect your child's privacy
Facilities and Equipment
We do minor surgeries such as laceration repair, treatment of warts, removal of moles, circumcisions and ingrown toenail exlusion. We do casting for nondisplaced fractures. We aggressively manage asthma in the office to prevent ER visits and hospital stays. We do hearing tests for all ages, transcutaneous bilirubin checks on newborns (no blood drawn), pulmonary function testing, teenage gynecology and have a CUA waived laboratory.
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The Sweeney
I wrote three Sweeney novels which were originally published at the time of the original series. These are now available again in hardback, paperback or Amazon Kindle.
The Sweeney: Regan
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Corrigan is a half-Welsh, half Irish Detective Inspector who has recently resigned moments before the sack after a drunken midnight journey in a "borrowed squad car" culminating in an off road journey through a hedge, into a field, and the death of a Fresian milker. He's now looking for something, anything to produce income to survive even his modest lifestyle in a council flat in Welshpool. Corrigan comes up against a world of crime and individuals as mad as the ex-detective trying to make sense of it.
'The Dark Shepherd' has three murdering psychopaths competing with each other. 'Road of Bones' has a young English public school killer hired to bring down a passenger plane. He has a sideline in drowning people and inhaling the bubbles of their last breaths. The third Corrigan novel, "Travel Tips for the Dead", is set in the Arctic.


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