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New Hearing Device Technology That Can Improve Your Hearing
Many people experience hearing loss but do not seek help for this problem due to perceived embarrassment. You think that you can manage your hearing, which is an unfortunate decision to make. The many years you spend not addressing your hearing needs and receiving treatment only adds to the severity of your hearing loss. Hearing loss greatly impacts your psychological, social and cognitive experiences. The condition can lead you into withdrawal and isolation.
Getting Through Breast Cancer Treatment One Day At A Time
When you are diagnosed with breast cancer, your mind can go reeling in all kinds of directions. If you have questions, it's important that you talk with your oncologist about these questions. While you can do research online, talk with your doctor about reputable sites that they suggest, or ask for information about your type of breast cancer. With so many questionable sources on the internet, it's necessary to get the facts from your doctor.
3 Tips To Alleviate Achy Feet
The holidays will soon be here. If you suffer from arthritis in your feet, walking around the stores can leave you in serious pain. Luckily, there are some steps you can take to alleviate the discomfort. Before you head to the stores in search of holiday bargains, here are three methods you can use to bring comfort and joy to your aching feet. Go Hot and Cold If shopping has left you with aching feet, it's time to relax.
Solve The Food Allergy Mystery By Visiting An Allergist
Many people are allergic to certain types of food. If you find yourself breaking out in hives, or getting some other reaction, then you need to determine what exactly it is that is making you ill. You can speak with an allergist and discuss the situation. They will likely want to narrow down a list of what are the likely culprits. Some things, such as shellfish, are easy to rule out for some people.
Proactive Appointments With Your Primary Care Physician Improve Your Overall Health
If you are the type of person that waits until a problem gets so bad you need to go to the emergency room, you are taking unnecessary risks with your own health. While you may feel as if your issue is no big deal, there are many times that a small problem that isn't handled becomes an emergency. When you are beginning to feel sick with symptoms you rarely experience, it's important to discuss the symptoms with your primary care doctor.
Make Your Home Safe For A Loved One With Alzheimer's Disease
If you live with an elderly family member who has Alzheimer's disease, you might be concerned about his or her safety around the house. There are a variety of mobility aids that you can purchase to help your loved one move about your home safely. Check out the following tips to help you turn your house into a safe space for your aging loved one. Get Rid of Clutter Cluttered homes aren't safe for people with Alzheimer's for several reasons.
Preparing For A Tummy Tuck: Clothing Edition
As you get ready to undergo a tummy tuck, you know you have to arrange for time off work, have people scheduled to help you out for a few days, and stock the refrigerator with recovering-from-anesthesia-friendly foods. However, you also need to take a look at your clothing because the abdominal surgery is going to affect what you wear for several weeks after the surgery and beyond. Loose, Comfortable, Stretchy Pants
The Role Menopause Plays In The Development Of Varicose Veins
Your body goes through a lot of changes as you approach menopause, and the appearance of varicose veins is one of them. Like with hot flashes, loss of bone density, and other unpleasant symptoms of menopause, it's only natural for you to have questions about the causes, treatment, and prevention of varicose and spider veins. What occurs during menopause? During a woman's childbearing years, the ovaries secrete estrogen and progesterone – commonly known as the female sex hormones.
4 Problems You Didn't Know A Chiropractor Could Treat
If you've had back pain, you may have been to or considered visiting a chiropractor. However, chiropractic adjustments can do a lot more than just "pop" your back. Check out these four common problems you didn't know a chiropractor could treat. Chronic Headaches Chronic headaches can have you running for the pain medication every day, but those medications have unpleasant side effects and only mask the problem. Many people have chronic headaches because they actually have tight muscles or limited movement in their neck or back.
Don't Fear Flying When You Have Back Pain — Use These Strategies To Keep Your Pain At Bay
Managing your back pain on a day-by-day basis can be challenging in its own right, but when you're traveling by airplane this summer, the prospect of keeping your back pain at bay can seem daunting. Airplane seats aren't known for their comfort, and the confined quarters you'll experience — often for several hours at a time — put you at the risk of being stiff and sore by the time you land.
The Pressure Of It All! Three Natural Remedies To Cure Your Chronic Headaches
Headaches are no big deal to most people. They will tell you to just shake it off and continue on with your day. For those who suffer from chronic headaches, however, simple "shaking it off" is much easier said that done. While waiting for a headache to go away, you can't focus on getting any work done, and it interrupts your entire day. If over-the-counter medications aren't cutting it, there are safe and natural alternatives you can turn to.
Reasons Your Teenage Daughter May Benefit From A Breast Reduction
When you are the parent of a teenage daughter, the last thing you likely think they will need is a pediatric plastic surgeon. However, there has been a rise in demand from teen girls for breast reduction surgeries in recent years. While the reasons for the surge in cases is unclear, you may be wondering what you should do if your daughter has come to you asking for this type of medical care.
Two Treatments To Consider For Treating Neurological Problems
When you suffer neurological trauma, your quality of life can be seriously compromised. In some cases, when looking for treatment, your best hope will be to prevent further damage and retain what functionality you have. In other cases, treatment can help you to regain functionality. Knowing what treatments are available and what they can accomplish for you will help you to make confident decisions about the care you or your loved ones receive.
How To Help Your Baby Develop Strong Vision
Even though your newborn cannot see much, from birth the eyes develop at an astonishing rate. Blurry shapes become real objects, and a flat, dull single dimension turns into full depth perception. Most infants' eyes follow a natural development pattern, but you can aid in strong vision development by providing eye-stimulating activities for your child. 1. Keep things moving. Even though your baby will not be able to focus directly on your face during the first few months of life, you can still help your baby develop strong eye movement and head movement by altering their physical environment.
Questions About Medicare Supplement Plan G
There are many different Medicare supplement plans to help cover the costs that are not paid by Original Medicare. One of these plans is Plan G. Here are a few questions and answers about Medicare Supplement Plan G to help you understand this coverage: What charges does Medicare Supplement Plan G help cover? Hospice Care Hospice care is often available to help terminal patients feel more comfortable during their final stages of life.
How Can Nasal Spray Help With Your Baby's Cold?
Nasal spray can be very helpful for babies with colds. If you're a parent with a sick baby, nasal spray can be a valuable medicine to have on hand. How can nasal spray help with your baby's cold? Babies don't know how to blow into facial tissues, which means that when a baby gets a cold, the baby's nose is likely to run down his or her face. For this reason, relieving a baby's congestion is often a top priority for parents who want to keep their babies comfortable and happy.
Why Does Your Mouth Hurt?
There can be a lot of reasons why you may be experiencing tooth, gum or general mouth pain. Some of the reasons are ones that should send you in to the dentist for an examination and possible treatment. However, other causes may be ones that you can treat at home. The information detailed here will help explain some of the reasons for different mouth pains to you and help you understand what you can do to deal with them.
Are You A Runner? You Need To Be Aware Of These Common Injuries
Whether you are just starting to run or you are a seasoned marathon runner, you need to be aware of the possible injuries you could get. You may currently have pains and aren't sure where they are coming from, or simply want to try and prevent as many injuries as possible. Here are some common runner injuries to be aware of. Plantar Fasciitis If you have been running for a while, you might have already experienced this injury.
Hand Problems Associated With Aging
Aging is a natural process that everyone goes through. Over time, bodies begin to experience changes that can affect daily life. One area where changes are especially obvious is the hands. The hands are an integral part of daily life and any decrease in their function can cause some major problems. Luckily there are treatment options for many hand problems that are associated with aging. Here are three common hand ailments that send many people to the doctor for treatment.
Ways Fresh Lemon Juice Can Improve The Looks Of Your Skin
Going to a spa or health clinic can be a great way to rejuvenate your skin; however, there are also ways you can do this at home for a more affordable cost. If you are interested in obtaining nicer, healthier-looking skin, you may want to run to the store and purchase a bag of lemons. Lemons are affordable and natural, and they can have positive impacts on the condition and looks of your skin.
What To Expect When Your Get A Surface Peel To Brighten Your Complexion
If your skin has discolorations, fine wrinkles, and other surface imperfections, you may want to consider getting a chemical peel from your dermatologist. You can get a light peel during a short session that has a quick recovery time. A light peel evens your skin tone and removes mild damage caused by the sun. Your doctor can also give you a deep peel if it is necessary, but it requires a much longer recovery period since it removes the top and middle layers of your skin.
What To Do If Your Child Is Stung By A Bee
If you have a small child who has never had been stung by a bee before, you are most likely a bit apprehensive about what will happen when the occurrence does finally occur. Since bee stings are known to lead to allergic reactions in some people, it is important to be prepared for this in advance should it happen to your child. Knowing the symptoms of a bad reaction is key in getting the appropriate help. Here are some steps you can take to prepare yourself for when your child becomes stung by a bee.
How To Treat Eye Floaters At Home
If you notice specks, strings, or clouds, that appear to float in your field of vision, then vanish as you try to look straight at them, it could be eye floaters. Eye floaters are caused by the thinning of the vitreous, a gel substance, as a person ages, and the shapes get clearer against a plain background. Eye floaters may seem alarming, but they aren't usually a cause of concern, and you can try natural treatment.
3 Tips For Increased Comfort When Recovering From Cataract Surgery
Cataract surgery can be a wonderful thing if you've been suffering from cataracts. However, you might be worried about the discomfort of the recovery period. Luckily, there are steps that you can take to maintain increased comfort during the healing process. Then, you can focus on enjoying your improved vision after your procedure, rather than dealing with pain. Take these three steps, and you're sure to find the healing process to be a bit easier than you thought it would be.
Shocking Aquatic Therapy Case Shows Promise For Those Afflicted With Paralysis
If you're suffering from partial or complete paralysis, it's easy to lose hope. You may even feel like skipping physical therapy, failing to see the point in such endeavors. However, a recent breakthrough in Ireland seems to show that aquatic therapy may help restore some or even all function after paralysis. The Incredible Story A man in Ireland named Gareth Galway suffered from total paralysis (to the point where he couldn't breathe unassisted) due to infection by a disease called "
3 Ways To Deal With Hearing Loss
Losing your ability to hear can be a traumatic experience. Not only can it change the way in which you experience the world, but it might cause you to rely on certain tools that you are not used to using on a daily basis. Luckily, you don't have to go into the situation "blind"; here is a list of some of the ways in which you can cope with hearing loss.
Dealing With Ingrown Toenails When You Have Diabetes
If you have diabetes, an ingrown toenail can be dangerous. This is because diabetes causes poor blood circulation in your toes, and that makes it easier for infections to develop. For that reason, you want to prevent ingrown nails from occurring in the first place, and take quick action if you suspect you have one developing. Here are a few things to know about dealing with ingrown toenails when you have diabetes.
What To Expect While Recovering From Rotator Cuff Surgery
Recovering from rotator cuff surgery is a long process. In fact, it typically takes between four and six months before patients completely recover from having their rotator cuff repaired. During the recovery process, it's extremely important that you follow the instructions given to you by your shoulder surgeon and/or physical therapist so that your recovery goes as smooth as possible. Learn more about rotator cuff surgery and what to expect during the recovery process.


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Leading paediatric consultant Dr Michael Marsh has been appointed medical director at Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust.
He takes over from Professor William Roche, who joined NHS South East Coast Strategic Health Authority in April.
The medical director role will see Dr Marsh split his time between his clinical work as a consultant paediatric intensivist and representing the medical interests of the Trust and its clinicians.
"I am honoured to take up such a prominent position within the Trust and very much look forward to developing our vision for the future," he said.
"We possess some of the country's top medical professionals and it is a pleasure to be given the opportunity to work alongside them to continue driving forward."
Dr Marsh has held various senior positions since joining SUHT in September 1998, taking in spells as director of the paediatric intensive care unit, clinical lead for paediatrics and divisional clinical director for women and children.
He has also played a major part in securing the development of a world-class specialised children's hospital on the Southampton General site.

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At the end of the match they slumped back in their seats exhausted, tongues hanging out, trying to catch their breath. The players were pretty tired too. Approaching midnight on a Wednesday and no one could make sense of it all; a few hours' sleep later, Thursday now, time for work, they still couldn't. All they knew was that they'd enjoyed it; every mad minute of it. Uppers, downers, screamers and laughers, it had been some trip.
Where to start? How about at the end? When a game ends with a 91st-minute free-kick and the men standing over it giggling are Alvaro Arbeloa and Sergio Ramos, when the two most expensive players in history walk away grinning "go on then, your turn", and when a brilliant Ramos curler follows, stopped by an equally brilliant save and you think: "makes sense tonight," you know something's happened.
Something? Everything. "It lacked balance," said Carlo Ancelotti. Sod balance. It had everything else: more than 30 shots, one red card, three penalties, none of which were, three very particular celebrations, points proven, and 10 goals. Ten. The highest total at the Santiago Bernabéu since the 1967-68 season, even though both goalkeepers had been superb. Sevilla scored three and, for the first time in history, two penalties were given against Madrid at home, but still the visitors lost by four. It finished 7-3. And even the scoreline is deceptive: if that suggests a game that was always Madrid's, think again. The shot count is almost identical, 18 to 17, and the game stays alive, at least until the last 15 minutes. Fans are dragged into it, fighting for breath.
Coming off the clásico defeat, the night had started with whistles. It ended in an ovation, a kind of exhausted, empty, satisfied ovation. They could almost have laid back and lit up a cigarette.
Gareth Bale curls in a belting first and a deflected free-kick makes it 2-0. A penalty follows, a hat-trick perhaps? Cristiano Ronaldo, though, takes it. He has a point to prove. Only 31 minutes gone and it's 3-0 and Madrid are flying. After 39 minutes it's 3-2. Two in two minutes, first Ivan Rakitic, then Carlos Bacca. Game on. On 52 it's 4-2, Karim Benzema assisted by Bale; on 59 it's 5-2, Ronaldo assisted by Bale. Game off again. But on 62 it's 5-3. Rakitic scores the goal of the night, swinging in a gorgeous, deliberate 20-yarder. Ten minutes later, he has a penalty to make it 5-4. But 10 and a half minutes later it's 6-3: Rakitic misses, at the other end Ronaldo doesn't. Benzema then adds his second, Madrid's seventh. Ramos nearly makes it eight.
"Beautiful lunacy," El País calls it. Ancelotti calls it "mad". "It was a crazy game," Bale smiles.
The world's most expensive player makes his first start at home and scores two, provides two and plays 90 minutes. There are two more chances too: one flies just over, the other, a neat one-two with Benzema, is pushed away by Beto. What he does get is two goals with his left foot, two assists with his right. "Ten out of ten" declares AS, naming him the "motor of the game", the not-at-all-forced award sponsored by a car. "As well as talent he has a guardian angel," runs Juanma Trueba's match report. "He's accompanied by a chorus of fat little trumpet players with wings." Marca calls it an "exhibition." They mean Bale, but the whole thing was. By the end, it is impossible to keep up.
In one headline, Bale is likened to legend Ferenc Puskas, the man who one team-mate lovingly says "played pregnant" but had a left foot that was a "scandal". "Cañonito [little cannon] Bale," runs the headline, drawing on the Hungarian's "Cañonito pum!" [little cannon, bang!] nickname. But it is Ronaldo who overtakes Puskas to become the club's fifth all-time top scorer. Bale is one of three players to get two goals, along with Benzema and Rakitic. But Ronaldo outscores them all. He scores a hat-trick against Sevilla for the fourth season in a row. Oye, y si jugamos cada semana? Can we play you every week?
The timing could not be better … time for a celebration. When Bale scores, he leaps into the air and then does that heart thing. Benzema, meanwhile, runs to the bench to embrace Zinedine Zidane. As for Ronaldo, he stands to attention, saluting. Sepp Blatter had made the "worst mistake of his life," according to AS's resident mad Madridista Tomás Roncero. Worse than the Qatar thing or the short shorts thing or the racism thing or the [obscured on legal advice] thing. During the week, someone finds a video on line. At Oxford University, Blatter performs his drunk granddad at a wedding routine, a 77- year-old trying to make a bunch of 18-year-old students laugh.
Asked about Lionel Messi and Ronaldo, Blatter jokes that one spends more on the hairdresser than the other – a deeply offensive slight to Messi who he's basically accusing of having rubbish hair – and admits that he likes "them both very much" but prefers the Argentinian. "Leonard" Messi, he says, "is the good boy that every father would love to have" while the "other one" … He pauses then lurches up to perform a military march but he looks more like some robotic dinosaur whose batteries are dying, which when you think about it … "Ronaldo is like a commander," he says.
Ronaldo says he "understands certain things" now. Banners supporting him are dotted round the Bernabéu. He wants to score. So although Bale's on a hat-trick, he wants the penalty. He scores and two more follow taking him to a completely insane 157 league goals in 146 league games, 219 in 213 overall. He salutes. The slightest hint of a smirk stretches across his face. As responses go, this time it's pretty well impeccable, funny too, a break from the hysteria, paranoia and affected outrage of the previous 24 hours. "Commander Ronaldo," cheers the cover of AS; "Madrid present arms," says Marca.
"Blatter didn't exactly do us a favour," sighs Rakitic afterwards. "And nor did Barcelona."
Week 11 talking points
It wasn't just Madrid-Sevilla. Apparently, it was Week 11 in the league, but it was hard enough to know what day it was. La Liga was in the middle of an 11-day run of league games: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday ... it is Wednesday, right? … Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday. Three 'weeks', 10, 11 and 12, running into each other, including the clásico; three matches each, crammed into seven days, everything changes, everyone sucked in. Everyone except the people who actually run the league. Friday's a day off, you see. Seriously: players who got suspended in Week 11 will all play in week 12 because the committee will not meet on Friday to ratify their suspensions.
Meanwhile, down in Seville, Betis's ultras invaded a training session and held a team meeting in the manager's office. New tactics: show your bollocks. In Vigo, Barcelona equal their best ever start: 10 wins, one draw, beating Celta 3-0. In Valladolid, 2-0 down becomes 2-2 and a last minute penalty to win it. Ebert shoots, but Bravo saves. In Pamplona, Osasuna escape the relegation zone and Rayo return to it. And down in bat country, Almería's goalkeeper, who's older than his manager, saves his manager and they clinch their first win of the season, beating Valencia 2-1 at Mestalla. The home fans whip out the white hankies while in the boardroom they decide it's probably time to sack the manager again. There's one small problem: the president said the manager would stay "no matter what" ... and, anyway, the president is in Singapore.
As the final minutes approach, the fear claws at Almería's nerves. They have been here before and have always blown it, defeat snatched from the jaws of victory. It's Almería time … but not this time. This time, the whistle goes, this time they hang on. The reaction, players leaping into each others' arms, the manager disappearing into a crowd of bodies, says it all. Now, at last, their season starts.
Results: Espanyol 0-0 Málaga, Celta Vigo 0-3 Barcelona, Valladolid 2-2 Real Sociedad, Valencia 1-2 Almería, Osasuna 3-1 Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid 7-3 Sevilla
Friday: Villarreal-Getafe, Granada-Atlético Madrid, Real Betis-Levante, Athletic-Elche.


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In 2015 during one of my many visits to Almería I was sitting in the circuit restaurant with clients who have become good friends. A rider somewhere is his early 20s walked in making maximum noise, hand gestures and walking as cool as possible. One of the guys I was sitting with said that he was with the Spanish Moto2 team that just arrived and asked if I knew who he was. Without really thinking I replied "I don't know but he's not as good as he thinks he is". My friends then asked me why I thought this. Oh dear, I'd thought out loud and now I had to explain.
Sports people go through different stages, just like everyone in life, but in sport the highs and lows are extreme. In motorcycle racing the highs mean you've won the race and everyone is kissing your butt. The low's… you haven't got a ride, you're injured and you can't wipe your own butt. As sports people work their way up, over time and with experience they learn to try to smooth out the extremes by not getting carried away with the highs, and not getting too down about the lows. Keeping on a level helps a sports person survive the emotional roller coaster of competing over a long period, but it's never easy. I was fortunate enough to race at the top of my sport for a little while and during this time I got to meet many others at the top of their chosen careers. I trained with a hero of mine Mick Doohan for 3 off-seasons. Through Mick I got to cycle with Michael Schumacher and many other car racers, some of the best triathletes in Australia and the world, a top boxer and many other top motorcycle racers. While racing I was invited by RedBull to the Salzburg Opera with Johnny Herbert and many other RedBull sports people. During my years of crazy flight schedules for tests and races I made 'single serve friends' on aeroplanes such as Madonna's tour manager, the owner of Ebay and a huge list of others that I've forgotten but I really enjoyed meeting. Because of my nationality I got the extreme honour to meet some of the All Blacks and go out on the water with Team New Zealand on their America's Cup winning Yacht. Every one of these highly successful people are outwardly respectful, polite, professional and humble.
In order to get to the top a person has to compete with the very best and so learns the hard way that there are many others that deserve their respect. They would've experienced being beaten when they were over-confident and if they're clever they'll never make that mistake again. Once a person has experienced many things like this the hard way, they know that only a 'big fish in a small pond' (a good rider in a national championship or lower) would dare to act like the young Moto2 rider I've mentioned above. Sure there are a few very talented riders who make it all the way to the top with an outwardly over confident attitude, but its very rare and doesn't often last long.
The positive thing about all this is that when we get the opportunity to meet one of the world championship riders that we admire, as long as we have not caught them at a very bad time, they are almost always extremely respectful, humble and polite.


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7th CPC Defence Personnel Pay Hike from May, 2017
Order says remaining core concerns are being addressed separately
After a wait of about eight months, military personnel are likely to receive their revised pay recommended by the Seventh Pay Commission with arrears in May's salary, say the general instructions issued by the three Services to their personnel.
The Union Cabinet issued orders last week for implementing the recommendations for military personnel. Following this, the three Services issued the general instructions stating the various recommendations that were approved.
"Army pay rules 2017 issued on May 03 … Some core concerns have been addressed and remaining core concerns are being addressed separately," said the instructions issued by the Army's Pay Commission Cell on May 5.
Pay stages stretched
The recommendations approved include extension of pay stages for junior commissioned officers (JCO) and other ranks from 24 to 40 to prevent stagnation, increase in index of rationalisation for Colonels and Lieutenant-Colonels from 2.57 to 2.67 and extension of pay stages for Brigadiers by two.
On the pension front, two recommendations approved are restoration of the percentage-based disability pension and an additional option for pension by pay fixation method in addition to the consolidation method, whichever is higher.
"Revised pay with arrears likely to be credited this month," the instruction stated.
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|Archived February 20, 2019
Foreign Professors Visit the USGS' St. Petersburg Science Center in St. Petersburg, FL
Two professors visited the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)'s St. Petersburg Science Center in St. Petersburg, FL, in spring 2003 to further their education and look for opportunities for continued collaboration with the USGS. Ivan Correa and Scott Nichol worked under the guidance of Bob Morton, looking at different aspects of coastal research that have piqued Bob's interest in the past.
Ivan, whose formal name is Ivan D. Correa Arango, is a professor of coastal and marine geology at EAFIT University in Medellín, Colombia. He formerly worked at INGEOMINAS, the Colombian equivalent of the USGS.
Ivan first met Bob in the mid-1990s, when Bob was lecturing in Bogotá. Ivan has published reports on both the Pacific and the Caribbean coasts of Colombia, which are quite different in terms of geologic setting and coastal environment. He received his doctorate in Bordeaux, France, and is fluent in Spanish, English, and French.
Ivan visited the USGS on a 4-month sabbatical to learn about the USGS' coastal and marine research and the types of products we produce. He translated into Spanish a "Geoindicators" paper that Bob wrote about tropical coasts and prepared a summary of information about the Colombian coasts for a revised version of The World's Coastline (edited by Eric Bird and Maurice Schwartz in 1985) that is being prepared for electronic publication by Kluwer Academic Press early next year as "The World's Coasts: Online"a project organized by Eric Bird of the University of Melbourne, Australia. Ivan also took a field trip to Louisiana, where he worked with Juan Luis Gonzalez (University of Illinois, Chicago), who is collecting basal peat cores to help refine sea-level curves.
Scott Nichol, who currently resides in New Zealand, visited the USGS for a month during his winter break. Scott took advantage of his trip to the Coastal Sediments '03 Conference, held in May in Clearwater, FL, to continue his research on the comparative sedimentology of storm and tsunami deposits.
Scott is a senior lecturer in the School of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Auckland. His research interests are coastal geomorphology and evolution, tsunamis in the geologic record, and sea-level change. Scott is a native of Australia, where he received his Ph.D. from the University of Sydney. Later, he held a postdoctoral position at Halifax, Nova Scotia, before accepting the teaching position in New Zealand. He has conducted research in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the U.S. Gulf Coast, Canada, and Antarctica.
The St. Petersburg Science Center was fortunate to host two outstanding international researchers, and hopes they will continue their collaboration with the USGS.
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Gas Hydrate: Potential Drilling Hazard
Foreign Professors Visit St. Pete
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Move over Fried Chicken Fest, there's a new new chicken festival in town.
The people behind NOLA Caribbean Festival have announced their plans to celebrate reggae legend Bob Marley's birthday with the Marley Gras Jerk Chicken Festival on Saturday, February 11. The party will go down at NOLA Caribbean Festival's new Central City BBQ compound, which is located at 1201 South Rampart St.
Much like Bob Marley, jerk chicken is native to the Caribbean island nation of Jamaica. Marley Gras will blend the country's rich culture with the rich culture of New Orleans, bringing nationally touring reggae acts and DJs together with New Orleans brass bands (who will perform brass covers of Marley's hits).
Of course, there will be plenty of food at the gathering as well. Various restaurants and food trucks will be on site serving up creative takes on jerk chicken, along with other Caribbean dishes, New Orleans staples and Caribbean drinks.
The festival will also host New Orleans' first-ever Scotch Bonnet pepper eating contest, plus a jerk chicken competition with local celebrity judges.
Tickets for Marley Gras are on sale now for $10, and organizers expect the event to sell out.


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I started a new job at a craft store. It's minimum wage, but at the same time I've never been happier. This is the most fulfilling job I've ever had in my life! I stock shelves, and help people buy craft items. I get to use my general knowledge of crafting along side my organizational skills. As a result, I have a lot more creative energy outside of work.
I started painting again. I chose watercolor because it's a little less messy and doesn't require heavy chemicals (terpenoid, for example, although I love oil paint too). It started after watching way too much Bob Ross on YouTube. I want to do oil painting too and try the Bob Ross technique, but maybe in the future. I bought some new paint and brushes. They are nothing fancy – value grade, somewhere between student and artist quality – but they let me be creative.
This creative journey I've been on for the past 11 months has been crazy, fun, and terrible all at once. I thought I wanted to be a designer. I think my biggest take away from this latest turn of events is this: don't try so hard to make something happen since any kind of hard work I put in will be rewarded one way or another. I never know what to expect. I'm terrible at predicting my future. It's better right now to let it flow.
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Kevin is one of the founders of Douglas, Leonard & Garvey, P.C.
Kevin has been selected by his peers for inclusion in the 25th Edition of The Best Lawyers In America in the practice are of Employment Law – Individuals. Kevin has also been named the Best Lawyers' 2017 Concord Employment Law – Individuals "Lawyer of the Year." Only a single lawyer in each practice in each community is honored as the "Lawyer of the Year."
He has been chosen for inclusion in the New-England-Super-Lawyers in the Employment Law category for representing employees. Only 5% of the lawyers in New England receive the Super Lawyers honor.
Kevin has received an "AV-Preeminent" rating, the highest available in Martindale-Hubbell Directory, a nationwide publication which independently rates lawyers on the basis of their peer's opinion. He has been recognized as one of the Best Lawyers in America by Woodward and White, a peer-reviewed publication, for his work in representing employees in employment law.
In the area of employment law, Kevin focuses his practice on representing employees. He regularly represents employees before the New Hampshire Commission for Human Rights and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Kevin is committed to representing employees in all aspects of employment litigation such as Sexual Harassment; Discrimination; Retaliation; Wrongful Discharge; Family and Medical Leave and Whistleblower Complaints.
Previously, Kevin was elected by other employment lawyers to serve as President of National Employment Lawyers Association, New Hampshire Chapter and has authored articles and been invited as a lecturer for other lawyers on employment law issues.
In addition to representing employees, Kevin also protects the interests of victims in personal injury and automobile accidents, as well as workers' compensation claims.
- Law School: University of New Hampshire School of Law, J.D., 1993
- College: University of New Hampshire, B.A., Political Science, 1984
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- AUTHOR: "Blowing the Whistle: New and Improved Protections for Employees," New Hampshire Bar News (4/13/2012)
- AUTHOR: "Wrongful Discharge: The Clash Between the Workers' Compensation Exclusivity Rule and the Tort of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress," 16 Trial Bar News 21 (Spring 1994).
- AUTHOR: "Recovery for Emotional Distress Damages in Wrongful Discharge Cases," New Hampshire Bar News (9/2/98).
- AUTHOR: "Supreme Court Decision Illuminates Class Action Requirements of Rule 27-A" (10/5/07).
Kevin has written employment law articles and appeared as a lecturer to other attorneys on employment law topics. Kevin has been involved in some important employment law cases before the New Hampshire Supreme Court to protect employee's rights:
- ICS Communication v. Fitch, 145 N.H. 433 (2000)(Represented employees in appeal upholding constitutionality of wage claim statute).
- In Re Coffey, 144 N.H. 531 (1999)(Represented employee in appeal upholding hearing procedures in Whistleblower Protection Act claim).
- Karch v. Baybank, 147 N.H. 525 (2002)(Amicus Curiae for National Employment Lawyers Association, N.H. Chapter in appeal determining that workers' compensation is not a bar wrongful discharge.
- Fischer v. Hooper, 143 N.H. 585 (1999)(Appeal establishing standard for emotional distress damages in an invasion of privacy tort action).
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Koga Engineering & Construction, Inc. is engaged in the segment of the industry commonly referred to as municipal & utilities construction. The industry as a whole consists of General Contractors, Subcontractors, Material Suppliers and Equipment Dealers. Koga Engineering, although licensed to do both Engineering and Building construction, concentrates primarily on construction type projects involving excavation, utilities and roadwork. The Company also specializes in site preparation for General Building Contractors as a subcontractor. Work is obtained through competitive bidding and negotiating various types of contracts (fixed price, cost-plus, unit price, etc.). Customers include governmental agencies (Federal, State and County), private developers, municipalities and private industry.
Koga Engineering & Construction, Inc. was founded on November 1, 1973 by Malcolm T. Koga, who currently serves as Chairman Emeritus. The first year in business produced contract revenues of $700,000. Koga Engineering currently averages $24 million of revenues per year and has consistently ranked in the Top 25 among the State's general contractors.
The company has offices in Honolulu, Kauaʻi, and the Big Island. Koga Engineering is signatory to the Operating Engineers, Laborers, Masons and Carpenters master agreements. Koga Engineering is also an active member of the General Contractors Association (GCA) of Hawaiʻi, which is the local chapter of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America.
Founded: November 1, 1973
Founder: Malcolm T. Koga
President: Clay Y. Asato
Vice President Estimating: Brian "Jits" Kunioka
Vice President Finance & Administration: Lori Isara
Vice President Kauaʻi & Director of Safety: Andy Ragasa
Secretary/Treasurer: Carol Koga
Island Manager Oʻahu/Maui: Russell Inouye
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Whether you manage projects or entire portfolios, some of your time will be spent advising senior executives. Knowing how to speak their language is essential for building your own career as a leader.
Because senior management can influence the future of your projects, it is key to learn critical communication skills to effectively present information that lands on listening, not deaf, ears.
Many managers find it difficult to address people higher up the chain, especially if their focus has been on the technical aspects of their job and not the more strategic business thinking required of leaders today.
In order to communicate up, you will need to keep five elements in mind:
1. Start Big, Go Small
Executives' calendars are constantly overbooked. Don't waste their time with the details. Offer up the Big Picture and only provide details when they ask for them (most likely they won't.) Be prepared to deliver all information if required in a concise and impactful manner.
2. Identify Communication Preferences
It makes no sense to send an email to an executive who prefers the phone — and vice versa. If the executive travels extensively, ask his or her assistant about the best method for getting in touch. Even the most thoughtfully crafted communication that ends up being ignored is a serious waste of time for everyone.
3. Mediate
On many projects, programmes and portfolios there are a number of senior managers playing a part. Competing priorities amongst the highest ranks can lead to conflicts. Part of your role as a project leader is to identify where there are conflicts of expectations and to highlight potential problems.
If you can, work with them to come up with an acceptable way forward and to manage their expectations collectively. If you can't do this alone, bring in your peers or your project sponsor to help out.
4. Find the Knowledge Gap
Just because their title gives them seniority does not mean that all executives know everything all the time.
While they have authority and influence within a company, senior executives are not omniscient. They are human beings, subject to the stresses of every day demands, especially if they have just recently taken on the job themselves.
You can put yourself in the position of advisor by identifying their knowledge gaps. If you prove yourself to be a trustworthy source of information, your leadership role will be secured.
5. Build Relationships
Building solid relationships with senior stakeholders will pay off in the long run. It requires continuous, open and honest communication, especially when dealing with their questions. While it may be hard to admit project times are lagging or resources have been wasted, honesty when communicating up is always the best policy. After all, relationships are essential for a project to be considered successful.
Even if you experience turnover in the executive suite, continue to build relationships with the new senior stakeholders. It can be frustrating to have to start again, but it is also worth the long-term investment.
Demonstrate your leadership skills in your area of expertise. Build a good reputation as the go-to person. Pretty soon you will see, regardless of your level in the corporate ladder, your position as advisor will give you unimaginable influence. And with that influence, you will become the leader you were always meant to be.
Is there a time when you engaged in upward communication and it didn't go as well as you wanted?
Why was this? What would you do different?
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06.26.2013 – Press Release: Sand Springs Reaches Goal! Pool To Open this Summer
05.14.2013 – Press Release: Sand Springs Raises Over $500,000 – 90% to goal. Must Raise $45,000 by June 15th to open pool this season.
01.21.2013 – Transcript Article: G$35,00 in donations aid local effort to save Sand Springs in Williamstown
01.18.2013 – Press Release: Sand Springs Receives Key Donations from Williamstown Savings Bank and the Clark Art Institute.
12.29.2012 – Transcript Article: Non-profit still $205K shy of goal to purchase Sand Springs Pool
12.05.2012 – Press Release: Non-Profit Group Raises $350,000. Williams College is a Lead Donor – Group now launching challenge grant.
12.05.2012 – iBerkshires Article: Sand Springs Group Ramps Up Fundraising Drive.
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Atlanta, Georgia
Junkman's Daughter
A purveyor of unusual items located in the center of Atlanta, Georgia.
The Junkman's Daughter is a purveyor of unusual items located in the Little 5 Points area of Atlanta, GA.
The store was initially opened in 1982 by Pam Majors, a true daughter of a junkman, who needed retail space to sell the accumulated items from her parents business. Adding a mix of items based on her own personal taste, the store quickly gained a following among the college and alternative portion of the Atlanta metropolitan population.
In 1994 the store moved to its present location, a renovated grocery store, and now has over 10,000 square feet of merchandise. The distinctive mural adorning the front of the store was created by a local tattoo artist named Watson Atkinson who had his first tattoo parlor in a what is now a storage closet of the store. The original front was a UFO based theme and the new mural retained the crashed UFO embedded above the present entrance. Vibrant murals surround the building and reflect the unique character of the store.
The community of Little 5 Points in which the store is located is a collection of restaurants, vintage shops, galleries and music venues but the Junkman's Daughter is the heart of the area. The popularity of the store is evidenced by the growing list of famous personalities who have shopped there. These include Steven Tyler, Bono, Cyndi Lauper, ZZ Top, The Clash, Betsey Johnson, Lenny Kravitz, Pat Field, Pink, Alice Cooper, Outkast, Courtney Love, Usher, Tura Santana, Debbie Harry, Avril Lavigne, Nicky Sixx, Rick James, and Alanis Morrisette.
Visitors to the store are often greeted by a cat or two that live in the store. The staff frequently adopts kittens to raise and find homes for as a part of their participation in the surrounding community. A word of caution, photography is prohibited inside the store.


text: Share: Comments Print July 1, 2014 at 6:59 AM Gol! Gol! Gol! World Cup memories translate in any language Posted by Don Shelton A Mexico soccer fan chants before a World Cup match with Brazil.Eduardo Verdugo / The Associated Press photo BY MICHAEL T. MIYOSHI Gol! Gol! Gol! It is time for crazy fans to strut their stuff. Time for flags to fly. Time for painted faces and noisemakers to crowd the stands. It is World Cup soccer time. We do not have any broadcast TV at our house, so we do not get to watch the World Cup except on the computer. But that does not really matter much. The World Cup still has special memories for me. When we were kids, we watched the World Cup on Grandma and Grandpa's black-and-white console television. All the adults were working on the farm, and my brother and I ostensibly took care of our younger brother and sister and our cousins. So we got to have some quality TV time. As we all got older, we still got out of some of the work to watch TV. And at least a couple times, we got to watch the World Cup. Even though the USA was not so good at the time, we still watched and had fun cheering as the powerhouses of the day played their hearts out. Four years ago, my family watched what games we could on cable TV (we had it then). But we had the most limited plan there was so we only got to see he few games the networks offered. Or at least that would have been the case had we not decided to watch the games on a channel broadcasting in Spanish. The best thing about the Spanish channel is that the commentators were so passionate about the games. It did not matter who was playing, they were excited. We could not understand most of their words, but we knew they were excited. And we knew at least one word. Gol! Whenever somebody scored, the announcers would shout, "Gol! Gol! Gol!" They were excited whether their team or anybody else's team scored. "Gol! Gol! Gol!" It was great. It was exciting. It was one of the few phrases I understood with my limited Spanish. "Gol! Gol! Gol!" But a goal is a goal is a gol! This World Cup, with no TV reception and no cable, I have not seen any of the World Cup matches yet. But we are going to my parents' house and they have enough TV coverage that we ought to be able to see at least a couple of games. So maybe our kids will have some similar memories to mine. Maybe they will get out of a bit of work to watch the best soccer players in the world play for their homelands. Maybe they will remember being at Grandma and Grandpa's house watching crazy fans with their flags and painted faces, hearing their noisemakers and cheers. Maybe they will remember the announcers and their excitement as the games unfold. We won't watch the games in Spanish, but regardless of the language, I am sure they will know when somebody scores. Gol! Gol! Gol! Michael T. Miyoshi is a teacher and track and field coach at Cedarcrest High School in Duvall. He has been blogging more than seven years and has been published in several newspapers, including The Seattle Times. Read more of Michael T. Miyoshi's Musings at http://www.mediocreman.com. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Want to be a reader contributor to The Seattle Times' Take 2 blog? Email your original, previously unpublished work or proposal to Sports Editor Don Shelton at firstname.lastname@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. Not all submissions can be published. Opinions expressed are those of authors, and The Times reserves the right to edit and publish any submissions online and/or in print. Comments


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Strongarm Sponsors Django Boston Meetup
This Thursday, Oct. 27, join the Strongarm team for the next Django Boston Meetup at Akamai in Cambridge, MA. The latest in the Lightning Talks series hosted by Django Boston, Strongarm will be sponsoring the event and covering drinks afterward.
Additionally, two of our team members will be giving talks:
- Patrick Cloke, Lead Software Engineer at Strongarm, will speak on, "Adding Two-Factor Authentication to Django (with django-allauth)". You can find the open source package on GitHub.
- Ryan Scott, Software Engineer at Strongarm, will discuss, "Things I've Learned from Being Thrown Into Python and Django"
The entire Strongarm dashboard is powered by Django. Additionally, we use a variety of third-party packages and even maintain a few open source ones for others to use (such as the one linked above). We've also sponsored DjangoCon in the past. So you could say we're big fans…
The Strongarm team will be on-hand to chat about everything from Django-heavy technical topics to hiring (which Strongarm is, hint-hint…)
The doors open at 6:45, and the event officially starts at 7:00 pm. Around 8:30, we will head to a local bar for drinks on us. We'd love to see you there!
Address: 150 Broadway (aka 8 Cambridge Center), Cambridge, MA (map).
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December for PARMA means digital. Are you ready to see what we have in store? This month features a new album from pianist Eliane Rodrigues (remember NOTTURNO from last month? Yeah, it has over 200K streams and still climbing), a debut solo album of compositions and narration by Mona Lyn Reese (recently featured on CHÉVERE)... Continue Reading →
July 2017 New Music is Here
You don't have to wait any longer, our new music and artists in July are finally here. Pick your liking and order now... ARGOT | Véronique Mathieu Véronique Mathieu's ARGOT is a spectacular demonstration of her abilities as a violinist with a unique array of violin-centric works strengths of twentieth-century modernist composers. iTunes | Amazon... Continue Reading →
Ready for New Music in July?
We're getting ready to kick-off the second half of the year with new music featuring debut artists like Véronique Mathieu; fan-favorites like Piffaro; as well as experimental music, re-releases and more. Help create buzz by following our promotion on our Facebook event: Ready for New Music in July? ARGOT | Véronique Mathieu Véronique Mathieu's ARGOT... Continue Reading →
New PARMA Artist: Sophya Polevaya
PARMA Recordings is thrilled to welcome composer and performer Sophya Polevaya to the PARMA Family! PARMA will be releasing Sophya's debut EP featuring her original chamber compositions. Her music has garnered performances internationally; some recent highlights include the Spitalfields Music Festival, Cheltenham Music Festival, and BSO Composers Day. Sophya received her Bachelor's degree in composition... Continue Reading →
The Inside Story: Allen Brings
Longtime PARMA friend and composer Allen Brings, a New York City native, and member Society of Composers is today's next featured artist for "The Inside Story," a blog series that explores the inner workings and personalities of our artists. Who was your first favorite artist(s) growing up? It was Marian Anderson when I heard her... Continue Reading →
The PARMA Album of the Day: GOIN' HOME…A RETROSPECTIVE
For her second album release on Big Round Records, pianist and composer Gay Pearson presents GOIN' HOME...A RETROSPECTIVE. This album, which is a live recording of her most recent annual chamber-jazz concert, features an eclectic ensemble with Pearson on piano, John Lockwood on bass, Phil McGowan on drums, Tracy McMullen on saxophone, Lea Pearson on flute,... Continue Reading →
Preview of April 2017 PARMA Releases
Happy Spring! The snow is melting, the trees are budding, and we are prepping for another round of releases featuring new ensembles and artists, compilations, and re-releases. Take a deep breath and try to relax because we have some big releases coming your way. DRESS CODE | Altius Quartet A bold treat of fresh arrangements of... Continue Reading →
The PARMA Album of the Day: SHAKESPEARE'S MEMORY
SHAKESPEARE'S MEMORY is the first album release in composer Joseph Summer's The Shakespeare Concerts Series, on Navona Records. This album includes his previously unreleased recordings from The Oxford Songs series, and his original chamber and vocal compositions set to Shakespeare's dramas and sonnets and the poetry of John Milton and William Butler Yeats. The works are performed by a slew... Continue Reading →
The PARMA Album of the Day: SURSUM
Michael Slayton released his debut PARMA album SURSUM on Navona Records in November of last year. The album presents Slayton's six compelling compositions, where each is performed by a different ensemble or solo performer. These pieces are dreamy but focused, and equal parts smooth and dissonant – as well as the imagery that the music... Continue Reading →


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Freedom to Teach and Learn
InPods Digital Learning Environment (DLE) is a pivotal step towards a more engaging digital learning experience. With InPods DLE, faculty will have the tools to reach students any time, any place, anywhere. By using InPods DLE, faculty can tag learning and assessment assets to appropriate outcomes and Bloom's taxonomy levels.
InPods DLE can be used by faculty to implement innovative pedagogies like flipped classroom and blended learning. It can be used to conduct online assessment.
Implementing innovative pedagogies in your classroom
- 81% of college students find technology most helpful when doing homework and 79% while preparing for exams.
- 82% agree that DLT allows them to spend more time studying , and 81% said it helps boost their grades while saving time.
- 79% of college students believe digital learning technology (DLT) has impacted their grades positively.
- 90% college students surveyed feel that constant course performance feedback through analytics would have some positive impact on their learning.


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Start a KINDNESS Revolution!
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Cyndie, Such sweet ideas to model and promote kindness! I am definitely going to add a few of your ideas to my month! Thanks for sharing:)ReplyDelete
The Resourceful Apple
Love it! Thanks so much for sharing! I got some great ideas!ReplyDelete
Second Grade is Out of This World!
I love all of these ideas and pinned the post to my anti-bullying board. I am on our anti-bullying committee and I am always looking for new ideas. These will go great with our Pink T-shirt day and Kindness theme in February. Thanks for sharing - amazing post!!ReplyDelete
I love these ideas to promote kindness in the classroom. Can't wait to make that kindness vine in our classroom. The kids will love it! :)ReplyDelete
We are studying American Heroes right now, and at the end of the unit, I had planned to have the kids plan some type of service project to let them see themselves as heroes too. I LOVE these ideas, and will be weaving them into our classroom. Thanks so much.ReplyDelete
Mrs. Rios Teaches Second Grade
Cyndie - thank you for this beautiful post! I've pinned to our KINDNESS collaborative. I can't wait to give the linked together by kindness activity a try.ReplyDelete
Such wonderful ideas. I love it!ReplyDelete
I live my life by the Golden Rule. Thanks for sharing some fun ideas to help instill this in my students.ReplyDelete
Teaching With Love and Laughter
Thanks for sharing such wonderful ideas! I think my kiddos would love trying out some of these ideas.ReplyDelete
One Happy Teacher
Your school must be an amazing place! Love all of these ideas! Thank you for sharing them, I hope I can implement a few this year!ReplyDelete
Katie :)
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Sunday, 11 March 2012
sunday girl
Writing this from the comfort of my bedroom back at home in the good old North West! I was so happy coming home on the train yesterday being surrounded by girls in their rollers and seeing the Liver Birds in the distance, home is where the heart is hey!
I had a really fun night out last night for one of my best friends 21st. She took us all out for a seriously delicious meal where I had fishcakes, duck breast and creme brulee, my all time favourite dessert! Afterwards we all had to stay seated for like half an hour incase we passed out from food intake. On the table across from us was Mercedes from Hollyoaks too, which I thought was an excellent Z-list spot. Afterwards we went to a Hawaii themed bar called Aloha, and Heebie Jeebies, which the last time I went in was all 50s and 60s music, but seems to have turned into a proper grimey dubstep joint, so that was really fun! Stupidly I forgot to bring my camera home from London so I didnt get to take any outfit photos which Im annoyed at myself for because I loved what I wore!
Heading back to London tomorrow, and not really sure what this week consists of! Im on a spending ban in an effort to save some money for a 21st present for Sean, so it will NOT include shopping, thats for sure!
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Glad you're having fun!ReplyDelete
And I totally get that whole on the train arriving at your home station, I feel that every time I get into Canterbury East!
wow this is really pretty, have fun!ReplyDelete
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one of my old housemates has given up shopping for lent, she's stronger than i am!ReplyDelete
Oww you babe. Hope you had a nice night out! You can always reshoot the outfit photos ;) And erm, duck breast, and creme brulee for dessert?! JEL. I had toast for dinner haha! xxReplyDelete
you're so banging! and excellent z-list spot for sho'. I have been watching the Liver Birds this w/e reminding myself of you!ReplyDelete
You have just made me crave a night out. And man I want to visit Liverpool, as if people shop with their hair in rollers! I saw someone do it here once in an attempt to copy it but they just looked foolish.ReplyDelete
Sounds like you had a really good night, would have loved to have seen your outfit you wore. Your make up in this picture is really nice :)xReplyDelete
Boo to a spending ban!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a great weekend!ReplyDelete
Love your blog, now following :)
Drea xo
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Sounds like you had a good weekend :)ReplyDelete
Will definitely try out that Hawaiian bar :)
It sounds like your weekend was amazing,the food you ate sounds super yummy too! Good luck with not buying anything :) xxReplyDelete
Ha "Girls in rollers".. Liverpool then yeah?!ReplyDelete
Sounds like a super weekend.. And lots of food. I love creme brulee!x
You are so pretty really stunning :) xReplyDelete


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There will be no Yoga classes
held at either the
PBPN Health Center
or the
Rossville Community Library
next week.
So no classes on Tuesday, February 28th,
Wednesday, March 1st,
and Thursday, March 2nd.
I am attending for the second time Judith's
"Moving From the Organs"
5-day workshop.
I attended this workshop 6 years ago
and it was life changing.
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You read POLITICO. You've seen the polls—Congress is about as popular as root canals, taxes and North Korea. You've probably followed the stories about the "civil war" between the Republican establishment and the Tea Party, heard about all the shadowy groups pouring money into races across the country. You were stunned when Eric Cantor, the ultimate Capitol Hill insider, was bounced out of office by a no-name economics professor—but nodded as pundit after pundit warned of a coming anti-incumbent wave.
Well, smartypants, riddle me this: If Congress is so unpopular, why do so many incumbents keep getting re-nominated and re-elected?
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As we reach the end of another primary season, it's an important question to ask. With just nine state primaries to go this year (depending on whether you count Louisiana's unusual Nov. 4 primary), incumbents are absolutely killing it. House incumbents are 332 for 335 in their bids for re-nomination, and Senate incumbents are a perfect 22 for 22, with a race yet to be completed in Hawaii. That's well within the historical norm, and this might actually end up being an above-average year for incumbents.
For the number of Senate incumbent losses to match the post-World War II average, only one incumbent has to lose this year. But it appears that none will, especially now that Sen. Brian Schatz, the appointed Hawaii Democrat, officially won renomination Friday night in a race that went into a storm-delayed overtime. In the House, three incumbents have lost—the nonagenarian Ralph Hall, reindeer farmer Kerry Bentivolio and Cantor—and to match the postwar average in non-redistricting years, two more would have to lose. That's possible, although it's hard to point to any single district where the incumbent isn't currently a big favorite in the remaining primaries.
It just goes to show: In politics, as in life, the surer bet is on stability rather than change.
This comes despite ominous signs for members of Congress. Congress has been dreadfully unpopular for years, recently registering approval ratings in the teens, though it's not unusual for Congress to be unpopular: Gallup surveys going back to the 1970s only find a relative handful of periods where approval was over 50 percent. What's more interesting is that these surveys are picking up voters who don't just dislike the institution—they also dislike their own incumbent. For instance, the most recent Washington Post/ABC News poll found that 51 percent of Americans disapprove of their own member of Congress, the first time the disapproval number was over 50 percent in that poll.
While incumbents aren't losing at any significant rate, their performance isn't quite as sterling as it has been in the past. Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight recently pointed out that the average performance for GOP senators in their primaries was 73 percent this year, down from an average of 89 percent from 2004-2008. Scott Bland, editor of National Journal's Hotline, found a similar dynamic in the House.
A visceral suspicion of career politicians is a part of the American political DNA that stretches back to the founding. A key legend of the birth of the United States holds that George Washington, our American Cincinnatus, decided not once, but twice, to voluntarily leave his position when a lesser man could have assumed absolute power (he resigned his commission at the end of the Revolution and then left office after two elected terms as president). We don't like kings or feudal lords. Ideally, American leaders are supposed to be citizens first whose time in government is measured in years, not decades. This sentiment shows up in our modern campaigns: The accusation that a politician has "gone Washington" is so common as to be cliché.
Americans struggle to enforce these lofty ideals on their actual officeholders, however. Incumbent addicts, they sometimes feel compelled to take away their own freedom—like an overeater nailing shut the cookie jar—to keep themselves from pulling the lever for the same lawmakers over and over again.
In the 1990s, Americans in many states enacted term limits for their state legislators in an attempt to curtail entrenched power (the practical effect may have just been to empower the lobbyists who grew to understand state government better than the green legislators, but that's an argument for another day). In 1995, the Supreme Court ruled that such term limits could not be applied to a state's members of Congress. Still, support for the idea remains high: 75 percent of Americans surveyed by Gallup last year backed term limits for members of Congress. Such a change would require a constitutional amendment—in other words, it's not going to happen.
So Americans end up electing the same people time after time in many states and districts, even if some part of them tells them not to. This dynamic is clear not only in Congress, but also at the state level: In fact, two long-serving governors up for reelection this year illustrate it vividly.


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1. If Alabama makes it back to Atlanta, it will be the offense driving the bus.
The Tide's Greg McElroy, Mark Ingram, Trent Richadson and Julio Jones overcame their teammates' glaring defensive breakdowns in the first half to rally past Arkansas, 24-20. The defense did play better after halftime for two reasons: Ryan Mallett threw his two worst interceptions of his career at the worst possible times, and the Alabama offense marched up and down the field, keeping Mallett on the bench.
The Alabama line finally began hitting Mallett in the second half - and boy did he start whining - but not nearly enough. The linebackers have been slow to react all year. And all those 5-star recruits playing defensive back have done a mediocre job in coverage and don't like to tackle. Bottom line: That must change if the Tide expects to get through its next two games: Florida and especially at South Carolina, which will be coming off a bye week when Alabama rolls in Oct. 9.
2. Let's be honest: Does anybody really want to play Auburn? The Tigers sliced up and beat up previously undefeated South Carolina by attacking on both sides of the ball on every play. Yes, Auburn has defensive weaknesses. But one of them is not effort and a willingness to deliver the wood. On offense, and led by SEC Player of the Year front-runner Cameron Newton, AU has an endless array of plays that are both creative and low-risk. The result: more than 500 yards against what was supposed to be one of the SEC's best defenses. Most of those ran through Newton, a freak of nature when he carries the ball and a much better thrower than advertised. It's early, true, but who has better odds arriving at the Iron Bowl undefeated, Alabama or Auburn?
3. Will we see a change of quarterback at South Carolina? Maybe Steve Spurrier will calm down, but his decision to pull veteran Stephen Garcia late in the fourth quarter with the game on the line could have been the Rubicon in the relationship between the coach and player. Garcia played marvelously for three quarters before reverting to his "I'll win this game by myself" pathologies in the fourth. That led to two killer fumbles that erased a Gamecock lead and put Auburn in control. Connor Shaw came in cold and made some good things happen with his feet and his arm. But he consistently threw into traffic, sometimes to his own players, sometimes to Auburn's. The EXPATS' odds makers put it at 55-45 that Garcia will be out of the dog house before the Alabama game. But has anyone ever made money trying to guess with Spurrier?
4. Let's hold off for a week before announcing the emergence of the real Florida. For the first time all year the Gators put points on the board in its lopsided win over Kentucky. But this week, also for the first time, they will leave the state of Florida to play a formidable opponent -- and it's Saturday night at Alabama. Florida's strength has been its defense; Alabama, its offense. Both teams are young and extremely talented, but Alabama has the experience where its needed most -- in its skilled positions. Tide by 9.
5. The chat boards in Georgia sound like the Humane Society at meal time. The Dawg faithless, who have never fully appreciated the gap between talent and performance, are winless in the SEC and are baying for blood. For good reason. Their team seemed largely lifeless Saturday night in Starkville. Georgia is just not very good at anything outside of their kickers. That changes when A.J. Green comes off his suspension this week. But it hard to see Green making that much difference, given the way Mississippi State pushed the Dawgs around when they were supposedly playing to save their season. Georgia capped off its lovely weekend with another arrest of a player early Sunday morning in Athens. Clearly this is a program in free-fall. Mark Richt deserves another year, but we have officially entered the realm where he may not get it.
What say y'all?
Monday, September 27, 2010
What we learned from Week 4 . . .
1. If Alabama makes it back to Atlanta, it will be the offense driving the bus.
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- bama brother said...
The question is, who is going to derail an Auburn express that, barring an injury to you know who, should have a huge head of steam by the time it rolls into Tuscaloosa? You would think Alabama would get better, too, simply because the coaching staff will demand it. Gotta wonder what has happened to Georgia. When Richt first got there, it looked like a meaner, tougher, second coming of the Vince era had arrived. (Remember Larry Munson's "broke their nose" assessment of a Dawg touchdown in Knoxville?) Weird, weird, weird.
- September 27, 2010 at 10:52 AM
- R. Trentham Roberts said...
Jeez, your alma mater beats UGA (an outcome not all that surprising, given the state of the programs) and all you see are headlines like "A new low for Georgia?" (www.presnapread.com). Georgia fans are welcome to chime in with other "new low" moments. Meanwhile, we're off to get ready for Alcorn State.
- September 27, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Anonymous said...
My observations:
* J should not make a career at picking upsets. I called for 3 big upsets in the SEC this week and whiffed at all of them. I also didn't see Misipi State's drubbing of Georgia coming.
* At the rate I am losing hair watching Auburn's defense, I will be completely bald by the Georgia game. Games 1-3 it was the run defense, this week it was the pass defense. If Garcia doesn't regress to his freshman year in the 4th quarter, we lose by 14.
* Someone should remind Mark Richt that Vandy needs a new coach, since he's done at Georgia. Looks to me like he's completely lost the team. SEC coaches like to make their next job at another SEC school, so why not?
* While some might think the Iron Bowl will feature 2 undefeated teams, I'm sure both will have a loss, and Auburn probably will have 2. There is 1 game between now and the Iron Bowl where we are at a talent disadvantage (Ar-Kansas) and we ALWAYS lose at least 1 game we have no business losing. Kentucky (Cobb) and Georgia (Green) are possibilities, as each will have a playmaker that could give Auburn's defense fits.
* I think all of us who post and comment on this blog know more about quantum physics than we know how to figure out Misipi.
- September 27, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Rick said...
mg, you clearly missed your calling....bamawannabe
- September 27, 2010 at 4:09 PM


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Campaign advertisements have been surfacing recently aimed at black voters, attempting to use the narrative of Republican racism to scare black voters more firmly into the Democrat camp. It's just another case of Democrat race baiting.
But when you look closely at the way these advertisements are phrased, you start to realize something: Democrats have an extraordinarily low opinion of black people. As in, Democrat race baiting ironically evinces the most base forms of racism.
I'm not just saying this as a tu quoque response to Democrat race-baiting accusations. Just look at these actual statements from a pro-Democrat advertisement for the Alabama New South Coalition:
Let that first claim really sink in: "You [black voter] give up your power to change your life and your children's lives if you don't vote." Seriously? So, the only way a black person can change his life and the lives of his children is by voting? Is he that impotent to make any changes for himself? The implication is that black people are entirely and completely dependent on the civil government for the improvement of their lives. Guess what? That's total rubbish. And Democrats would never say it to white people.
If I want healthcare, I pay for it with my own money. If I want a raise, I don't ask the civil government for one. I ask my employer. I buy my own food. I pay for my own housing. I never got any school loans, and if I did, I would pay them back myself with help from my family if I needed it. I also get stopped and harassed by police, but voting isn't going to change that. I don't ask for unemployment benefits. I never attended public schools and my children don't either. Et cetera. Voting didn't make this happen for me. A lack of entitlement did. I'm not willing to ask the civil government for anything. And that gives me greater freedom and greater power.
Do you know what could make a bigger difference to change black voters' lives? If they got and kept jobs. If they took advantage of the plethora of free home schooling materials and taught their own children. If "baby daddies" became actual fathers, allowing mothers to be actual mothers. If black people rejected welfare assistance and food stamps, and started paying for themselves with their own earnings. If they owned their own homes or paid for their own rent, transforming their now dilapidated communities with the dignity only the pride of ownership can confer. That's the change black voters should really be looking for: emancipation from the civil government. They're not powerless to make changes on their own.
All the other statements from the Democrat race baiting "New South" Coalition are in the same vein. They're racist to the nth degree. They basically assume that black people have no power at all and no capacity to protect themselves from danger without the civil government. Again, that's total rubbish. Emancipate yourselves, black voters! You're better than this, I know it. Unlike Democrats, I honestly believe that black voters can't possibly be this helpless and this ignorant. Don't let the racist Democrats continue to pretend like they're on your team. They're not. Government isn't the solution, and you are not your vote. That may be all you are to Democrats. But I know you're so much more than that.


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Industrial investors 'stretching' for Chicago product
Spurred by the prospect of continued and sustained rent growth, investors are snapping up industrial properties here in Chicago at a record pace .
In the latest such example — a deal brokered by JLL's John Huguenard and Trevor Ragsdale — Dallas-based Hillwood Development Co. paid nearly $91 million for a 1.4 million-square-foot portfolio of six properties in Joliet, Elgin, Hanover Park, Bolingbrook and Carol Stream.
Hillwood paid roughly $66 per square foot for the properties, representing a significant return for developer Northern Builders.
In a story about the deal published this week by Crain's Chicago Business, Ridge Property Trust CEO Jim Martell (who was not involved in the deal) said cap rates for industrial deals here will only continue to shrink as market fundamentals improve over time:
"From a logistics perspective, Chicago is still very important. I think from a long-term perspective, there's rent-growth coming and continuing and [investors will] stretch for Chicago in hopes of seeing that rent growth."


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In the year 2002 members of the Saugatuck/Douglas gay community were concerned that many donations were being made to the local community without any true acknowledgement of us. At the same time there were still a lot of negatives being addressed against us. It was discussed that a new organization such as a gay mens' and woman's business association could be formed to direct our donations of money, time and talent thru this association
A party was held at Herb Bills Lakeshore home with Michael Holmes performing to get everyones suggestions. From that event the founding fathers of West Shore Aware were elected and the rest is history.
Our first fundraiser was held at Fairview Farms in which over 100 attended for a fun hoedown. The next 2 years was held at the Blue Star Antique Pavilion with special themes. Since then the Laketown Conference Center has been our home with sellout crowds of over 400.
We have now raised over $500,000.00 for our local communities that we live in.


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Thursday, April 16, 2009
All Your Breakfast Are Belong To Us
I usually eat my breakfast in the living room while Arin has his morning ba-ba. Usually its ucky bran-type cereal, but sometimes, when the moon waxes over the the third house, I will have some delectable Bobo-tempting treat like a Pillsbury cinnamon bun. On such days as this, if I am so absentminded as to wander off mid-bite to attend to some pressing matter like putting a spoon in the dishwasher or fetching Bobo's discarded socks from the bedroom, this is what I will find upon my return:
Little man just can't wait for his own! Guess it tastes better when you *sneak* it.
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Simple, fast installation
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"Story of an Egg" Will Make You Think Twice About That Omlette
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By Marcie Bianco on March 13th, 2013 | 9:58 am
The PBS Online Film Festival is quite amazing—who didn't squeal with delight when watching Mr. Lee congregate with the neighborhood kitties in "CatCam"?
But every adorabe kitteh video has its yin...or yang. "Story of An Egg" fills that spot. An exacting, stomach-churning video about egg production and the misnomers "free-range" and "cage-free" will have you thinking twice about ordering that omlette during your Sunday hipster brunch. As someone who has relapsed out of veganism (I'm sad to confess), I find it ethically impossible to validate or approve of eating meat or dairy...especially dairy.
At any rate, here is "Story of an Egg"; check out PBS.org to watch all the films participating in the online film festival.
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text: The Drama Desk Awards, which are presented annually, honor outstanding achievement by professional theater artists on Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway. What sets Drama Desk Awards apart is that they are voted on and bestowed by theater critics, journalists, editors and publishers covering theater, without any vested interest in the results. For this reason, Drama Desk Awards reflect both enthusiasm for all aspects of New York's professional theater and a level of erudition and theatrical experience unparalleled in our industry's other prize-giving organizations.


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From Australian novelist Johnson (Hungry Ghosts, p. 128, etc.), a beautifully written and remarkably wise look at the realities of becoming a mother, as well as at the unexpected physical consequences of giving birth.
Johnson transforms what could be a conventional motherhood-survival story into an often transcendent tale of how she "became a better woman" as her life was enriched and deepened by the experience of giving birth. Until she was 35, Johnson had lived as she pleased, writing and living where she liked. But as she drove through France, her "arms began to feel empty." Though she had regarded children with ambivalence, she suddenly "wanted to feel the weight of life . . . to enmesh [her]self in the fabric of living." Back in London, she married fellow Australian Les and in 1995, now 38 and pregnant, flew back to Australia, where their first son, Caspar, was born. Johnson vividly describes not only her fears about bearing a healthy baby as she raced to finish Hungry Ghosts, but also those extraordinary moments of maternal exultation: seeing in a face an entire universe; the poignant awareness of the "sweet, short time [when] the past and future do not exist . . . and not one single promise has gone unfulfilled"; and the conviction that nothing in her life, not even writing a novel, has made her feel as competent. Other typical but less exalted moments include trying to breastfeed, get enough sleep, write, and deal with her lack of money. She also developed a fistula in the rectal-vaginal area, which, after her second son was born 16 months later in a botched delivery, required surgery and a temporary colostomy so that her body could heal.
A distinguished memoir: one of those rare insights into motherhood that describes the magical and the mundane with equal insight and honesty.


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LONDON, 24 February, 2011 - Xchanging (LSE: XCH), a global business processor, has won a second contract with Gatwick Airport Limited, this time to provide the airport's End User Computing Services. The contract follows Xchanging's initial success in October last year when the company won a contract to deliver Gatwick's Network Managed Services. The move furthers the strategic relationship between Gatwick and Xchanging. This will enable the partnership to work more closely to deliver improved IT services to the airport's customers.
The End User Computing Services contract will see Xchanging manage and maintain all endpoint devices used by the airport. This includes desktop PCs, printers, projectors, handheld devices, mobile devices and the flight information screens (FIS) used by passengers.
Stuart Birrell, CIO, Gatwick Airport Limited said, "Having both the Network and End User Computing Services managed by Xchanging enables us to think more strategically about the provisioning of applications and services to users. Our airport serves a complex ecosystem of partners, and our ability to provide a more 'joined up', end-to-end service across the network and its endpoints will enable us to make information technology (IT) more effective for the airport's passengers, staff and partners".
Paddy Byrne, Executive Director, Xchanging UK Region added, "Securing a second contract with Gatwick is an important step as we seek to develop our partnership with the airport. Xchanging has a broad range of technology skills and services and the award of the second contract signals that Gatwick values the service and expertise that we bring to the partnership. We look forward to building on this in the coming months".
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