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Happy Christmas, everyone! Things have been super busy since I got home. I guess I've been too busy living life to blog about it 🙂 It's been wonderful to be home with my family again. I also got to go on a super spontaneous trip to Nashville to see some dear friends. We had a blast.
Monthly Archives: December 2010
just a note to say that it's frigid here. my body is in shock. today my hands were so cold that i couldn't even type. my room is the coldest in the house…anne has been kind and gracious enough to allow me to sleep in her warm, cozy room upstairs. she even gave me her bed three nights in a row and took the floor for herself. she's pretty much an awesome sister! we're supposed to get a snow storm tonight. it's going to be so cold that it hurts on monday…
I'm in North Carolina!!! Ahh, I can't even tell you all how good it feels to be back in the USA. It was really hard to say goodbye to everyone yesterday. I got all choked up and everything. But boy it's good to be back home. The flight was GREAT. Seriously, I've never had such a great flight before. It was only about 30% full, so there was no one in front of me or behind me or bedside or in the row beside me. I stretched out and slept like a baby. I went to sleep around 10pm est and got up 5:30 est and feel fresh as a daisy. That NEVER happens. Customs was a breeze — the officer was so nice and responded quite nicely to my early morning friendliness. I forgot that chocolate counted as a food item and had to tell him that I did indeed have food. He was super nice about it and just said, "oh no worries, if that's the worst thing you've done today, I'd say you're in really good shape! Enjoy the snow in Boone and have a great day!" Yeah that made my day. Then I made a new friend in the security line. So pretty much this day has gotten off to a fantastic start. I'm looking forward to seeing all of those familiar, loving faces in Raleigh, then Burlington and then finally BOONE TOWN!!!!!!
Oh my gosh. I'm leaving tonight. I've been looking forward to this day and seeing my family for weeks, but now that it's finally here, I feel so sad. I mean, I'm still super excited about going home and seeing family and friends, but I can't believe I"m leaving my family here and my new friends! Last night I had to say goodbye to Ana. It was way harder than I thought it would be. I have no idea when I'll see her again…so sad! I've had a wonderful time here and it's really because of the people. I will miss my Brazilian family so much and my new friends.
These past couple of months have been wonderful and challenging. I'm so thankful for the time that I've had here. It's been such a treat to come and learn the language. I wish everyone could have an experience like this. I have enjoyed tasting all of the new foods, seeing the new sights, meeting new people and making new friends. I hope to come back soon to visit!
Happy Birthday, Dad
Feliz aniversário, pai! Feliz cumpleaños! Happy birthday to the best dad in the whole wide world! Yep, that's my dad! There are tons of things that make my dad great, but here are just a few; he fears God, he loves my mom, he's honest and is a man of integrity, he has a super sense of humor, he loves to read, he is humble and never a snob (like me…), he is kind and generous. I wish I could be there to celebrate….
The Story of a Friend's Cab Ride in London
The Story of a Friend's Cab Ride in London from the Desiring God blog.
by Rick Segal
Wednesday night I was on my own in London. Such a void in the schedule gives me the chance to taxi in from Chelsea Harbor to Central London to Foyles, my favorite bookstore in all the world.
The distinctive, boxy, black London taxi is a masterpiece of western civilization. In no other city can one navigate urban traffic in a cleaner, more spacious, more professionally operated vessel at a more reasonable price. Unlike the usually filthy, dinged-up yellow cabs of Manhattan, often driven as if they were offensive military weapons, a London cab is a parlor on wheels, and depending on how chatty the one is who ends up picking up your fare, it can be almost like a confessional booth. I took seat in my taxi and dispatched the driver to Foyles on the Charing Cross Road.
"Have they got a book signing or a lecture there, tonight," the driver asked.
"No, I'm just a reader. I'm just going there to browse awhile," I replied.
"I'm a reader, too," he said. "I like to read British history and the like. I have a lot of books. My wife grumbles at me all the time. They take up a lot of space, you know."
I empathized with his spatial constraints and spousal grievances. "Have you tried any of these new e-readers," I inquired.
"Not really a proper book, is it?," he objected.
"My sentiments, exactly. Do you have any children who might like to inherit your library?"
"I've a daughter. She's in the university. She may want some of them one day, but I suspect she'll just sell them all to the auction house."
"I don't even like to think of it."
"Me, neither," he said. "I'm a keeper, I am. Me wife, she's a reader, but she'll buy 'em second hand, then take 'em to the poorhouse when she's done."
"A better soul than me she is," I said.
"You and me, both," as he edged the taxi almost on to the curb to permit the on-coming vehicle to make its way past us on the very narrow cross street.
I said, "About a third of my library is history and biography, a third business and economics and a third theology. The wife has most of the fiction down in the basement."
"Theology!," he exclaimed, "Why, that's what me daughter's a studyin' at the university."
"I have two sons studying theology." I boasted. "One son is at a small Baptist seminary in Minneapolis, and another, an adopted son from Africa, is working on his doctorate at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky."
"Are they called to be ministers of the gospel?"
"Marshall definitely feels lead to preaching ministry. Dieudonne' wants to return to Cameroon to teach in and maybe one day even lead the seminary there near his hometown, but he's a mighty preacher, and I can't imagine him without a pulpit, as well."
"Are you a churchman, yourself," he asked, "a Baptist?"
"Oh, I am a believer to be sure, but I'm not a Baptist. We're in a small but global denomination called the Evangelical Free Church. It has Scandinavian roots. We used to be Methodists, but felt the denomination had gone somewhat adrift."
"Aye, as it has here, mate," he countered. "Here in the UK, the farther you get from central London, the more evangelical the Methodists are. Get into the center of town and you may find a Methodist church, but the people in it will be Methodists first and Christians fourth."
I regret I didn't then probe what were the other two levels in the British Methodist's hierarchy of needs, but instead went on to tell him more about my reading habits. "One of the areas I've done a lot a reading in is that of the English Puritans of the 16th and 17th centuries."
"You mean like Richard Baxter and old Sibbes?"
I laughed out loud. This was the tipping point in the conversation at which it turned surreal.
"Yes, and John Owen and Jeremiah Burroughs," I replied.
"Ah, Owen, The Prince of the Puritans. And Thomas Brooks and John Flavel," he volleyed back.
"And, later, John Newton."
"Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found; was blind, but now I see," he bellowed.
"And George Swinnock, Thomas Watson and, of course, Bunyan," I stoked.
"John Bunyan. Was there ever another like him," he said accelerating through the intersection.
"'A Pilgrim's Progress' has sold more books in the English language than any other book but the Bible," I affirmed.
"And what a story it tells," he said. "We've met every one of those characters along our own ways, have we not?"
The traffic had us stopped, now. The conversation subsided momentarily, then he said, "I'll go out a limb here, mate. It's just my own opinion, but if you strip Christian Reformed theology out of the story of Great Britain, you've got nothing left in it that would have made her great."
This from my taxi driver.
"Are you familiar with an American preacher by the name of Tim Keller?" he asked.
"Yes, I am. I've read his books and heard him preach a couple of times."
"I really like what the man has to say," he replied, "We can't leave the gospel a hangin' back in the years gone by. It's as relevant today as when God first spoke it, and Keller I think does a real fine job of makin' it relevant to the day."
"Well, since you've mentioned Keller," I said, "I told you my son was in the seminary in Minneapolis. He's studying under a pastor there by the name of John Piper. Are you familiar with him?"
"John Piper!," he said in a 'stop-the-car' kind of way that, well, actually stopped the car. "My lands. Piper is the greatest living preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ. So, your son is there at the Bethlehem Baptist Church with Piper himself. Oh, what a special privilege and blessing that must be for him." He weaved around Trafalgar Square, passed The Crypt at St. Martin's in The Field and turned on the Charing Cross Road. "We're about there," he said, "Say, do you know about the Banner of Truth Trust?"
"Yes, I own a lot of their titles" I replied. "Whoever endowed that trust did the Kingdom a great service by keeping the old Puritans in print."
"Have you ever heard of the late Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones?"
"Perhaps the greatest expository preacher of the 20th century," I said, "I've read some of his works and I've listened to recordings of his preaching."
"He's got a funny voice, doesn't he?" He slowed the taxi, "Now, if you're familiar with Ian Murray's biography of Lloyd-Jones published by the Banner of Truth…"
I was.
"…I'll have you know that this little church right here on our left was the very church in which The Great Doctor himself was married to his beloved wife. Right there."
The building was but a dark, unlit interruption of the architecture on a block otherwise sparkling with the lights and adornments of the London Theater District. Still, it seemed to me more spectacular that it should suddenly present itself at this point in our conversation than all the neon blinking up and down the marquees of the Charing Cross Road.
"Well, here we are," he said as he punched the meter to calculate my fare. As I fumbled for my billfold, he said, "You know, mate, there probably aren't but a handful of people in all of this great city who would have the slightest idea or notion of what you and I have just been talking about. What are the odds that you and I would end up in the same taxi on this night?"
Through all of this short but meandering journey, I had only ever heard his voice, seen the back of his head and occasionally his bespectacled eyes, as lamp posts made them apparent to me through the rearview mirror. Now, I was out of the taxi, standing on the curb alongside the driver's side door, finally looking him straight in the face.
"It was God's will," I said with a smile as I handed him my fare.
He chuckled and shook his head in astonishment. "It was God's will. Indeed."
via The Story of a Friend's Cab Ride in London.
This is such a cool story! It makes me want to go back to London…
Beijos and Babies
Meet minha filha, Ana Beatriz. Everyone thinks she looks like me and the new joke is that I came to Brazil to have my kid. Edir seriously doesn't want the joke to die. So when I bit my tongue eating an apple and consequently got the biggest sore ever (it prevents me from talking and eating…yeah I'm starving. I've eaten a pear and a piece of ham today) Edir asked me who I had been kissing. He keeps joking that I'm some wild thing and that he needs to call my parents and tell them that not only do I have a daughter, but I've also been going around kissing men that he doesn't know. He cracks me up! But really, isn't she adorable? She is such a happy little baby and I really did fall in love her! And as for the sore in my mouth I'm praying that this medicine works and that I wake up and am able to eat a good breakfast, because I'm starving!
Birthday Pictures
Today is my birthday. It's the first time I've ever won shorts, a tank top and sandals to my birthday party. I've definitely never been so smokin hot before either…haha. The day began at 6:45am when I woke up and realized that I had stupidly set my alarm for 6:15 EST and that it wouldn't go off until 9:15 my time. So I sprang out of bed and hurriedly got ready and crammed some coffee and toast down my throat in order to be ready for our 7:15am departure time. Josefina had a nice shiny package waiting for me at the breakfast table — an adorable deep purple dress! No, really, it's so cute! I love it. After I almost choked myself on the toast and burned my tongue on the hot coffee we ran out the door and caught the bus just in time. Not going to lie, it was really hot and uncomfortable. So many people crammed on one bus without air conditioning is definitely not an ideal situation. We arrived in Niterói and caught the boat to Rio where Cintia met us and took us the bus that would take us straight to Corcovado. The train up the mountain was pretty cool. There was a Samba band on the train serenading us. We go to the top and thankfully it was much cooler.
We got to the top of the mountain and then had to take an elevator up to the base of the Christ. We got on an elevator with a group of British tourists. Gosh, they were so funny. So today there were a ton of Brits and a ton of Germans. Well the nice old British ladies on the elevator commented on their European neighbors saying, "I'm so glad we beat the Germans up. You know it's always good to arrive anywhere before the Germans. They're just so pushy." Once we got off of the elevator we still had a few escalators to go before we reached the top. It was really a spectacular view of the city. The Christ statue was pretty impressive, but I thought it would be bigger. The weather was beautiful and I could see all of the important points in the city. Josefina and I had a wonderful time.
Afterwards we headed over to Plaza Shopping and ate lunch and I grabbed a few last minute gifts. It was also super nice to be in a climate controlled building. Seriously, the heat has been absolutely brutal. Wander told me today that December is much hotter than normal — it even made the news. Gosh and after a much cooler than normal November, this heat is just awful. I don't think I could survive January and February here. The heat makes me feel so tired and sluggish. Plus, I just feel terribly stinky and gross. I don't even try to make myself look nice anymore. It's not worth it; my clothes immediately become moist with sweat, my face gets all red and is constantly beading up with sweat, I stink, and my hair is in an eternal ponytail to keep it off my neck. As for makeup, yeah that would literally just melt off of my face. So I have to be content looking…umm, natural…
Oh yeah and while we were at the mall, Josefina bought me the most beautiful earrings. We went to a really nice jewelry shop and she told me to pick a pair. Like I've said before, everyone here is so generous and kind to me. It's really quite overwhelming.
Then we got home and Giselly was waiting with a gift in hand for me. Ahh, another adorable present! She bought me the cutest purse. Then we hurriedly left to go to Davi and Lucas' school for their Christmas plays. They were both so adorable. Davi's was much longer and there was a reception after. Davi was Papai Noel! So cute, he had a Santa outfit and everything. Their class sort of sponsors an orphanage and the orphans came to watch the show and at the end each child brought a present for one of the orphans. It was really sweet. Lucas only sang a couple of songs and then they went to their classrooms to take pictures and give the parents some gifts that they had made.
I got back home and ate some dinner and watched "Ti ti ti," with Gi, Josefina and Avó and just kind of relaxed. Giselly and Wander had another present waiting for me. Another absolutely adorable dress! It's black and white and oh so cute, I already know Annie is going to want to borrow it…:) Cintia also gave me a gift then. She and Eduardo bought me a really cute pillow with all of the tourist points around the country! A great way to remember my time here and it's sooo soft and cozy! I saw it in the mall one day and really liked it…:) A little while later the doorbell rang. It was Ana!!!!! She came for my surprise party! Her brother dropped her off, but he came back later after picking up Bill. Some other friends from church came, too. I had a fantastic birthday and will always remember it. I'm exhausted now…it's midnight here. So, I'm going to sign off for now, but I'll post the pictures soon…hopefully tomorrow!
PS thanks for all of the birthday tweets, e-mails and e-cards! they helped to make this day extra special! love to all!
The Hole in Our Holiness
By Kevin DeYoung
I have a growing concern that younger evangelicals do not take seriously the Bible's call to personal holiness. We are too at peace with worldliness in our homes, too at ease with sin in our lives, too content with spiritual immaturity in our churches.
God's mission in the world is to save a people and sanctify his people. Christ died "that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised" (2 Cor. 5:15). We were chosen in Christ "before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him" (Eph. 1:4). Christ "loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her…so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish" (Eph. 5:25-27). Christ "gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works" (Titus 2:14).
J.C. Ryle, the Bishop of Liverpool from the nineteenth century, was right: "We must be holy, because this is one grand end and purpose for which Christ came into the world…Jesus is a complete Saviour. He does not merely take away the guilt of a believer's sin, He does more–He breaks its power (1 Pet. 1:2; Rom. 8:29; Eph. 1:4; 2 Tim. 1:9; Heb. 12:10)." My fear is that as we rightly celebrate, and in some quarters rediscover, all that Christ saved us from, we will give little thought and make little effort concerning all that Christ saved us to.
The pursuit of holiness does not occupy the place in our hearts that it should. There are several reasons for the relative neglect of personal holiness.
1) It was too common in the past to equate holiness with abstaining from a few taboo practices like drinking, smoking, and dancing. In a previous generation godliness meant you didn't do these things. Younger generations have little patience for these sorts of rules. They either don't agree with the rules or they figure they've got those bases covered so there's not much else to worry about.
2) Related to the first reason is the fear that a passion for holiness makes you some kind of weird holdover from a bygone era. As soon as you talk about swearing or movies or music or modesty or sexual purity or self-control or just plain godliness people get nervous that others will call them legalistic, or worse, a fundamentalist.
3) We live in a culture of cool, and to be cool means you differentiate yourself from others. That has often meant pushing the boundaries with language, with entertainment, with alcohol, and with fashion. Of course, holiness is much more than these things, but in an effort to be hip many Christians have figured holiness has nothing to do with these things. They've willingly embraced Christian freedom, but they've not earnestly pursued Christian virtue.
4) Among more liberal Christians a radical pursuit of holiness is often suspect because any talk of right and wrong behaviors feels judgmental and intolerant. If we are to be "without spot or blemish" it necessitates we distinguish between what sort of attitudes, actions, and habits are pure and what sort are impure. This sort of sorting gets you in trouble with the pluralism police.
5) Among conservative Christians there is sometimes the mistaken notion that if we are truly gospel-centered we won't talk about rules or imperatives or exhort Christians to moral exertion. To be sure, there is a rash of moralistic teaching out there, but sometimes we go to the other extreme and act as if the Bible shouldn't advise our morals at all. We are so eager not to confuse indicatives and imperatives (a point I've made many times) that if we're not careful we'll drop the imperatives altogether. We've been afraid of words like diligence, effort, and obedience. We've downplayed verses that call us to work out our salvation with fear and trembling (Phil. 2:12), or command us to cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit (2 Cor. 7:1), or warn against even a hint of immorality among the saints (Eph. 5:3).
I find it telling that you can find plenty of young Christians today who are really excited about justice and serving in their communities. You can find Christians fired up about evangelism. You can find lots of Generation XYZ believers passionate about precise theology. Yes and amen to all that. But where are the Christians known for their zeal for holiness? Where is the corresponding passion for honoring Christ with Christlike obedience? We need more Christian leaders on our campuses, in our cities, in our seminaries who will say with Paul, "Look carefully then how you walk"? (Eph. 5:15).
When is the last time we took a verse like Ephesians 5:4–"Let there be no filthiness nor foolish talk nor crude joking, which are out of place, but instead let there be thanksgiving"–when is the last time we took a verse like this and even began to try to apply this to our conversation, our joking, our movies, our you tube clips, our t.v. and commercial intake? The fact of the matter is if you read through the New Testament epistles you will find very few explicit commands that tell us to evangelize and very few explicit commands that tell us to take care of the poor in our communities, but there are dozens and dozens of verses in the New Testament that enjoin us, in one way or another, to be holy as God is holy (e.g., 1 Peter 1:13-16).
I do not wish to denigrate any of the other biblical emphases capturing the attention of younger evangelicals. But I believe God would have us be much more careful with our eyes, our ears, and our mouth. It's not pietism, legalism, or fundamentalism to take holiness seriously. It's the way of all those who have been called to a holy calling by a holy God.


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WRITING AND ART OPPS in London (Hackney and Deptford).
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When starting, the program informs us that the trial version allows converting only 19 files. Well, converting means that Power MP3 Cutter Joiner re-encodes our files when splitting. This leads to quality losses and is slower than direct MP3 splitting.
We choose to continue with the trial, and the program opens its main window:
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It's Derby week, and Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles is highlighting how the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Proud go hand in hand.
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Kentucky's latest share of a multi-billion-dollar national tobacco settlement agreement is $102 million with more money on the way, says the Governor's Office of Agricultural Policy.
With additional recent rains, the corn that is in the ground could be susceptible to seedling blights, said Kiersten Wise, University of Kentucky extension plant pathologist in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
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We can attempt to apply through the use of all of that sentences, either asking or answering question. Here the instance of the English conversation which talks about vacation. Hopefully it may be useful for you. Now please learn and observe.
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In 1986, Jacques Renault, founder of the legendary "Bains Douches" nightclub and Assaad Debs, Concert Director for the mythical Parisian venue "le Palace", came together as "Bains Douches Productions", which went on to become 'Corida' in 1991.
Corida, as a producer, show organiser and venue manager, is responsible for producing tours by Manu Chao, Charlie Winston, Catherine Ringer, Emilie Simon, Justice and Phoenix, both in France and abroad.
Corida also produces tours by international artists in France such as Eric Clapton, Radiohead, Texas, Chris Rea, Mark Knopfler, Simply Red, Jamie Cullum, Rammstein, Ben Harper, Kraftwerk and many others.
Within its management department it also looks after the careers of artists such as Catherine Ringer, Manu Chao, Renaud Letang, Micky Green, Piers Faccini, K. Mouzanar.
Since 2004, Corida has been part of Because Group, founded by Emmanuel de Buretel, bringing together a number of fields related to musical creation, from show production to artist management.
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I asked my Facebook fans to complete the sentence "I don't understand why men …" and I received numerous responses. It's clear that my assistance is required and it's time for a powwow. I assembled a crew of cock-carrying creeps and asked them to help. After a few beers, the answers started flowing. I hope this isn't too painful.
1. … are such assholes.
a. "Nuh uh, we are not."
b. "Sounds like an angry chick to me. Bet she'd be fun to have hate sex with."
c. "That's one jaded woman. Run away!"
2. … try to understand what women are thinking.
a. "I know what women are thinking: How can I trap a man and take his money?"
b. "It changes so damn often I can't keep up."
c. "I've quit trying to understand women. I just smile, nod, and agree with whatever they say."
3. … disregard their women's feelings.
a. "Wait a minute. If I don't understand her feelings, how can I address them?"
b. "Every time I ask what's wrong, she says 'nothing' so what am I supposed to do, read her mind?"
c. "Hey, does anyone know the spread on the Eagles game this weekend?"
4. … don't provide enough foreplay.
a. "What? So spitting in my palm doesn't count?"
b. "Sorry, but my boners have time limits."
c. "Why can't she just act like the oven and ding when she's preheated?"
5. … have to fix everything instead of listening.
a. "Because I have a Dremel."
b. "It's easier to fix it and stop the whining before I get a migraine."
c. "I was born to fix things. My daddy taught me well."
6. … are poor communicators.
a. "I thought communication was a two-way street. I bet she's referring to listening."
b. "I have no problem texting her daily."
c. "It's her fault that she hasn't taken the time to understand my gestures and grunts."
7. … like to push our buttons.
a. "She pushed mine first!"
b. "It was an accident."
c. "I need to push her away hard enough to be confident that she won't leave me."
8. … can find every hole but the one in the toilet.
a. "I don't pee on the goddamned floor or seat, honey. It splashes there. That's the price of carrying such a large hose."
b. "What's wrong with a little ear fucking between lovers?"
c. "Maybe those holes are so big that they're harder to miss." Dude, enjoy your new bed: the sofa.
9. … chase women who are out of their league.
a. "Because women can be bought."
b. "What's wrong with a little ambition?"
c. "We love a challenge and firm asses."
10. … desire and can have meaningless sex.
a. "It's cheaper in the long run."
b. "Wait a minute. What about the woman on the receiving end of that sex? She's doing the same thing."
c. "Because we have an unlimited supply of sperm and an inherent desire to spread our genes."
11. … don't say what they mean.
a. "Because it always gets me in trouble."
b. "Half the time I don't even know what I mean."
c. "I say what I mean. She doesn't want to hear it, so she hears what she wants."
12. … are such babies when they have colds.
a. "Hey, you're supposed to be mothering me. Make me soup."
b. "God made women numb so they can handle childbirth. They can't relate to the severe pain of a man's sniffles."
c. "If I die, who will take care of her? Probably the firefighter down the street–that bastard!"
13. … are selfish and insensitive.
a. "Really? Did I buy the Tiffany bracelet for my benefit?"
b. "I don't care and I need another beer."
c. "Because when we were little, our brothers and buddies constantly picked on us."
14. … need approval from their male friends.
a. "We're used to having coaches, teammates, and fans. [insert chest bump]"
b. "My friends happen to have great taste in cars, clothing, and beer."
c. "Because I can't keep running everything past my father."
15. … have so many issues with hair.
a. "You must be kidding. You spent how much money last month at the salon, having your roots colored?"
b. "You have no idea how tedious it is to shave my head and face almost daily. No, it does not compare to legs and armpits."
c. "If you don't like it, you shave it. While you're at it, let me take a razor to that Chia Pet you're cultivating down there."Sorry. Now you know why my friends and I were left holding our own.
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Interesting Short StoryAn interesting short story
A lot of short stories are here for your enjoyment.
These are the most interesting short novels. These short novels feature various animals and people. US should be learning the most wanted classes from these short story characterizations. The tales as well as the allegories have interesting turns that make these short tales interesting in all sorts of ways.
Tales are short and animalistic tales. Allegories are short anthropomorphic tales. However, both the short animals and the short humans have interesting moral concepts behind them. You' re welcome to go through all these short story line by line. You' ve got to do all these short story reads between the words. All of these short novels have a motivational feel to them.
SO, we need to make these short films a treasury. In the course of the years, these short tales will help you in your life. Short story compilation :
There was a pair, John and Rosy, and a child was delivered. John, who got the painting on a grand scale, invited his spouse Rosy into a million US bucks worth of lives. Rosy passed away a year later. and he thought he had only a year before his own demise, he went on a 364-day beng?
Quickers, quicker girls, extravagant holidays and affairs with super models. John's timing went perfectly, because on the 3rd of the 64th he was blowing the last of his pennies on a Blue Sapphire Martinis and an extravagant female ballet artist with a preference for expensive champagnes and hot underwear. Around the middle of the night John roasted himself, "What a way to go...." and took what he thought was his big bum.
He was astonished when John awoke the next day. Then, the gorgeous dance girl John had been with all evening delivered the message.
There are five crazy tales that are absolutely right.
There are five frightening tales here that have become much more terrible because they are truth. Halloween is just around the corner, and it' s the time for spooky tales and our favourite TV-hornovies. Eventually, some of our favourite bad guys in films were built on actual killer serials or outlaws.
However, what about the really crazy tales in the story that their own films should have? There are five free tales that are completely true: In Viet Namese civilization it is important to really burry a beloved person in his home country to assure his satisfaction in the hereafter. Throughout the Vietnam War, the NVVV and Vietcong were conscious that the dispute would lead many struggles far from their home village, which means that if they were to die, they would certainly end up as migratory minds.
US forces made a band of incorporeal, tortured vocals and sounded it on speakers as they flown airplanes across the jungles. Acknowledged as" tenth best taped ghost", this scary tactics was specially developed by audio technicians who developed techniques for creepy TV and broadcast. Some of the votes - some of them kids - were calling on the Viet Namese to escape so that they would not be condemned to hell.
This worked and often caused Flemish forces to run out of their seats in a state of alarm, which was exactly what the US forces had been hoping for. And even after the Viet Nam military found out that it was a record of an overpass, it was so annoying that they gave up their post just to get away from the uncanny sound that was playing all evening on an infinite bow.
If, unfortunately, you had been detained at Tucker State Unison Farm in Arkansas in the early 1960s, you would have had the disgrace of witnessing one of the most hellish instruments of torturing ever made up. An inmate doctor called Dr. A.E. Rollins developed a torturing machine to penalize rebellious inmates. He made it from an old crankset phone, a power generating set and two drying cells.
Long tortures were boldly called "long distances ", but the tortures were no laughs: in spite of lasting organ damages, many of the detainees who were treated went totally mad. Even more badly, the unit was in regular use until 1968.


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This Hanalei Bay Villa is a spacious two-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath rental that is perfect for a romantic getaway or a fun family vacation. With hardwood floors and tropical style furniture, you will enjoy every part of this villa.
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The other night, Chad and I made a REALLY easy, REALLY delicious recipe that I couldn't help but share with you guys. I really suggest you make it if you like Greek food (or grilled chicken, veggies and cucumber, as those are the main ingredients) – like, ASAP.
The recipe is from Annie's Eats, a food blog I've never before visited, but thanks to the magic of StumbleUpon, I now know about. The recipe is called Chicken Gyros (original, I know), but what it lacks in originality of name it makes up for in AMAZINGNESS.
Chad, as usual, was suspect of the recipe upon making the taziki sauce (sauces are key to him, and this one made him nervous). I assured him that it would be delicious and to keep calm and carry on. When everything was all said and done, we sat at the table and took our first bites – SOOOOOOOOOO GOOD!! I didn't even get to take a picture of the final product because I was so hungry and it was all gone before we even knew it!
Go. To the store. Tonight. And buy the ingredients for this recipe. You will thank me!


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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio in schizophrenia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Schizophr Res. 2018 Dec 17;:
Authors: Karageorgiou V, Milas GP, Michopoulos I
BACKGROUND: The immune system appears to be dysregulated in schizophrenia (SZ). The potential prognostic or diagnostic value of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), an inexpensive proxy marker for a wide spectrum of conditions, has not been established in SZ. We seek to investigate a) whether NLR is increased in SZ patients, b) if this difference in more prominent in relapsed SZ or first-episode psychosis.
METHODS: A structured algorithm was applied in MEDLINE (1946-2018), PsychInfo, Scopus, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (1999-2018), PSYNDEX (1984-2017) and Clinicaltrials.gov (2008-2018) databases.
RESULTS: Through the database search, 1023 articles were screened. Ten studies (804 SZ patients, 671 controls) were included in the meta-analysis. In SZ patients, the NLR was increased by 0.65 (95% CI: 0.54, 0.86, p < 10-5). This difference was significant in both acute relapse and first-episode psychosis subgroups. Studies of moderate and high quality also showed a significant NLR increase in SZ patients (I2 = 0%). Meta-regression analysis showed that the polymorphonuclear count and antipsychotic use may confound the result. In leave-one-out meta-analysis, no study altered the significance of the result when omitted.
CONCLUSIONS: NLR in SZ patients is increased, both in chronic disease and in first-episode psychosis. Baseline characteristics, such as polymorphonuclear count and antipsychotic use, may affect its accuracy. The application of this marker in clinical practice requires the description of its normal values in the general population, its potential change after antipsychotic administration and its correlation with disease activity. A large-scale, prospective study design would resolve these issues.
PMID: 30573407 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


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- If you are just looking to view your transcript, you are able to do so on your Aeries Student Portal - under Grades.
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This is a new process we are instituting this 2019-20 school year, be patient as we work out any issues with the new process.
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As a good corporate citizen, we make financial contributions, as well as perform charitable acts in every community where we conduct business. Our dedication is evident as employees from each of our offices in Charlotte, Raleigh, Wilmington, NC, and Columbia, SC, support charitable and community activities.
Attorneys at Hedrick Gardner have chosen year after year to provide pro bono legal services to organizations they are passionate about. Oftentimes pro bono efforts have taken our attorneys to places they would not have the opportunity to experience in the normal scope of their job. We have been fortunate to have been recognized on both an individual and firm level for our pro bono efforts. Several attorneys have been recognized as pro bono attorney of the year, one attorney has won the Apple Gavel award and the firm has been honored as the large firm pro bono firm of the year on more than one occasion.
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I'm 5'6", I weigh 225 pounds, and I'm not particularly good looking. Nobody in Manhattan wants to look like me. People in Manhattan want long, lean dancer's muscles…they want to tone up…they want to have a swimmer's body…and they don't want to look like an Irish brick shit house. I've been watching the game of personal training in NYC for three years now, and it's very clear to me that the best way to make a lot of money in this business is to possess a combination of being very good looking and being a very cool person. The people in NYC who can afford and seek out personal trainers want a combination of the cool friend they couldn't hang out with in high school and a servant. I've tremendously improved my ability to be the, "cool friend", since I started in this racket and I have a slightly better haircut now, but overall I do not possess the most desirable traits for this job. Since I do not have some critical elements that drive tremendous success in the world of personal training, I need to focus on other elements that I can control. I need to do good work, and I need to make sure I'm highly punctual and incredibly reliable. In fact, I need to make sure my work is so good that it overrides my shortcomings (pun intended). Ethan Grossman is an amazingly smart person who doesn't use social media or put out articles, but I'm privy to his brain on a regular basis because we work together, and often times the conversations we have lead to ideas I share with the world. We've talked about pretty much every training related concept over the years, from PRI, to hypertrophy, to Olympic lifts, to program design, to nutrition, recovery, etc etc etc. The last conversation I was having with Ethan revolved around the most fool proof possible program to use with new clients to make sure they stick with you. As we talked, I felt like we were unearthing some pretty important ideas that could be really helpful to a lot of people. So here's a 45 week program that emerged from the discussion that you could roll out with a new client to make sure they are your client for life.
When I first started doing personal training in NYC, I screwed up real hard with clients. I tried to coach every detail of every exercise they were doing on day one. This tactic alienated these clients, and to my naïve surprise, they were completely uninterested in continuing to work with me thereafter. I learned to shut my mouth more and more, give people exercises that required little to no coaching, let them talk, let them sweat, and generally speaking not violate their assumptions about what a gym experience should be for them. At a certain point, I just started doing the 30/30 workout from MASS with everyone on their first time in the gym. This tactic seemed to be working, as people felt they got an incredible workout…in fact pretty much everyone who did it felt like it was the hardest, most effective workout they had ever done in their entire life. I started having more people sticking with me as a result of using this 30/30 for everyone on day 1 approach. Then I started having less success with this method, as a string of new people were one and done. I had to really think on this, and it finally dawned on me that some people have done hard workouts before and are pretty rugged, and other people are super soft, have never really had their ass handed to them by a workout, and were overwhelmed by how far their physiology deviated from homeostasis on day one that they tapped out and never wanted to come back for more. I think the common denominator was experience…those who have gone to some dark places physiologically before loved going there in workout one with me, and those who had never gone into the deep end felt like they were drowning.
So one thing you should know about me…I hate when I don't get reproducible results over and over and over. I can't live with rates of success that are below 90%+. This question remained, is there a universal program that can be rolled out that will all but guarantee client retention with new people? Then the conversation with Ethan happened, and I feel like the idea for the solution to this problem emerged.
People who are looking to start with a personal trainer are generally looking for what they consider to be a good workout. The question is, what do regular people think a good workout is? The answer to this is that they want to feel like they worked hard. For regular people, loading up a bar pretty heavy and doing repeat sets of five is probably not going to recreate their perception of working really hard. Their perception of working hard is probably centered on cardiorespiratory experiences. Sometimes if you're an educated trainer and you've learned things about biomechanics and physiology you can get in your own way. You can fall victim to thinking that everything a general population client does needs to look perfect mechanically, and that you need to give them a training session that addresses very specific fitness qualities like rate of force development, recruitment of high threshold motor units with heavy loading, and unilateral exercises for improving stabilization capabilities. You might have a perfect program on paper that gets you an A in your undergrad class, but it didn't connect with your client's gym assumptions, and now they want to start working with the guy who just got out of prison who has great looking arms.
So start with workouts that are low learning curve and are dominated by cardiorespiratory challenge. Try to create something that moves them station to station, and keeps their heart rate elevated for over a half an hour, and preferably 45 minutes to an hour. The new person aerobic circuit that I've developed that requires almost zero coaching goes as follows. 1. One mile on the Assault bike. 2. 20 reps of kettlebell deadlift. 3. 20 reps of push-ups. 4. 20 reps of goblet squat. 5. 0.25 miles on the True Form self-propelled curve treadmill. Perform this for rounds and see what you get for time. I'll often start people who look deconditioned at 2 rounds, I'll initially try to improve their time over the first couple of weeks, and then try to add more rounds after that. I tell people that the goal is to get them up to 4 rounds on this protocol and finish in under 50 minutes. I've done other variations of this as well at other gyms that have slightly different equipment. I've swapped in the Jacob's Ladder for the Assault Bike, having people climb a certain number of feet (often 300). I've swapped in a standard treadmill for the self-propelled curve treadmill. I've done kettlebell swings instead of deadlifts, bench press instead of push-ups, etc etc. There's lots of ways to skin this cat. The general rule of thumb is that on round 1, it should take about 3 minutes to finish each rhythmic aerobic station, and about 10 to 12 minutes overall for the round.
This is not an easy workout. Trust me…give it a shot if you think it is…you'll be drenched. This takes most people about 45 minutes to an hour to finish 4 rounds. I let people take water breaks as they need to. I let them talk to me while they're doing it. I try to play off of them and joke around with them. I just try to make the experience fun for them while they're doing this. While people are doing this workout, they're going to experience a stereotypical neurochemical response, which will involve adrenaline and endorphins. People like the way that chemical environment feels. As a personal trainer, whether you like it or not, you're selling people on a sensory experience, and when you can increase the concentration of opiates in someone's brain in combination with the stimulation of adrenaline, they're going to like that. Everybody that does this workout is sore the next day. They're usually sore in really good places, like abs, butt, and legs…and they're usually not sore in the wrong places, like backs, knees, and shoulders. My strong advice is if you are a trainer, do not listen to people who tell you that making new clients sore is a bad idea. When you make people sore, you just created a walking business card for yourself. They're going to tell everyone they know about how they're sore from this great workout they just did. That soreness will remind them of you every time they feel it for the next few days. Also, whether you like it or not, general population clients associate soreness with a good workout.
Feel free to run with this cardio and calisthenics approach for a while with new people. I will typically roll with this plan for about 4 weeks, sometimes 6 to 8 weeks. If people are getting results and enjoying the process, don't be so quick to jump ship. At some point though, this person is going to plateau, and things are going to get stale. This is when this person needs to be transitioned. Usually the kind of plateau people will hit will involve a situation where body composition changes are no longer taking place, and generally speaking the body composition changes people are looking for involve less fat and more muscle. The primary tool that will help people in this next transition is quality resistance training. By this point in time, this client should already trust you, and be willing to do whatever you say. This is where you can start with a very basic training template. While I was working as the Director of Education and Training for Peak Performance, I designed the template that Ethan and I use at this juncture, and it's the same template that I include in the, Rethinking the Big Patterns, seminar that I teach. The program is actually very similar to the basic template that Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning has been using for years, but with some modifications so that it fits into an hour long timespan and is more applicable for personal training. I'll include the whole written out program in this article, but there may be some terminology that you don't fully understand (that's why I teach an 18 hour, two day seminar on this system). The basics of the resistance training component of this program involve organizing the big, basic resistance training patterns (hinge, squat, press, pull, core) into an appropriate sequence and using moderate volume and intensity with people. Generally speaking, we pair a lower body lift with an upper body lift, and have a biomechanical teaching exercise placed in the recovery period. The sets and reps scheme involve something like three sets of ten. Without going into the entirety of this design, I would say it's pretty standard operating procedure, very basic resistance training stuff we're rolling out for people to do. I don't want to pull out my bazooka at the beginning of the fight. As I first heard from Bill Hartman, who pulled the quote from, Jim Collins' book, Great by Choice, "Fire bullets…then cannon balls". The only other caveat to think about is that my goal here is to begin loading the client with resistance that will challenge them. When challenging resistance training is introduced, I believe that people need to learn biomechanical proficiency, so I begin teaching people their body and proper mechanics for major compound lifts at this juncture. Explaining these biomechanics concepts is well beyond the scope of this article. Here's the exact template that we use in this second phase of working with clients…
- Phase 1, 3 weeks (all phases are approximately 3 weeks): Sagittal Focus
- Day 1
- 1. Med Balls & Plyo's
- A1. Tall kneel chest throw 3 x 8
- A2. Box Jump 3 x 8
- B1. Half Kneel overhead throw 3 x 8
- B2. Split Squat Jump 3 x 4 each side
- 2. Main Lift
- A1. Knee Dominant 3 x 10
- A2. Vertical Pull 3 x 10
- A3. Pelvic Sagittal SCC: 3 x Motor Control Limit
- Specific to Thorax Classification
- B1. Asymmetrical front/back staggered single leg 3 x 10
- B2. Vertical push (usually incline press) 3 x 10
- B3. Rib Cage Focused SCC 3 x Motor Control Limit
- Specific to Thorax Classification
- 3. Conditioning (Choose a sagittal modality…here are 2 options)
- Jacob's Ladder…how long can you last? (duration focused…trying to progress that variable)
- Assault Bike…how long can you last at a specific Wattage (duration focused…trying to progress that variable)
Phase 1, Day 2
- 1. Med Balls and Plyo's
- Same
- 2. Main Lift
- A1. Hip dominant 3 x 10
- A2. Horizontal push 3 x 10
- A3. Pelvis SCC 3 x Motor Control Limit
- B1. Asymmetrical Front/Back Single Leg…sled push or carry, 3 x distance
- B2. Asymmetrical Front/Back Horizontal pull 3 x 10
- B3. Rib Cage SCC 3 x Motor Control Limit
- 3. Conditioning…same
Phase 2 (Introducing the Frontal Plane), Day 1
- 1. Med Balls and Plyo's
- A1. Tall Kneeling Rotational Throw 2 x 8
- A2. Short Hurdle Jump to Box Jump 2 x 8
- B1. Lateral Kneeling Chest Throw 2 x 8
- B2. Split Squat Jump w/Bounce 2 x 4 each leg forward
- 2. Main Lift
- A1. Knee Dominant 3 x 8
- A2. Vertical Pull 3 x 8
- A3. Pelvic Frontal Sidelying SCC (Adductor)
- B1. Asymmetrical front back staggered with stance leg draw back, 3 x 8
- B2. Vertical push 3 x 8
- B3. Rib cage frontal plane sidelying SCC (Abs)
- 3. Conditioning
- A1. Power focused sagittal drill…max feet in 90 sec on Jacob's Ladder, e.g.
- A2. How long can you last on the Versaclimber (increase duration over weeks)
Phase 2, Day 2
- 1. Med Balls & Plyo's…same as day 1, except overhead instead of chest on linear throw
- 2. Main lift
- A1. Hip dominant 3 x 8
- A2. Horizontal push 3 x 8
- A3. Pelvis Frontal Plane Sidelying SCC 3 x Motor Control Drop off
- B1. Lateral sled drag 3 x distance
- B2. Horizontal pull 3 x 8
- B3. Rib Cage Frontal Plane Sidelying SCC 3 x Motor Control Drop off
- 3. Conditioning…same as day 1
Phase 3, Day 1 (Introducing the transverse plane)
- 1. Med Balls & Plyo's
- A1. Standing Rotational Throw 2 x 8
- A2. Short Depth Box Jump 2 x 8
- B1. Lateral Squat Rotational Throw 2 x 8
- B2. Heiden's 2 x 8 each leg
- 2. Main Lift
- A1. Knee Dominant 3 x 6
- A2. Vertical Pull 3 x 6
- A3. Pelvis Sagittal SCC 3 x Motor Control (Reciprocal 90/90 Sidelying)
- B1. Asymmetrical Front Back w/drawback & trunk rotation 3 x 6
- B2. Vertical Push 3 x 6
- B3. Rib Cage Asymmetrical Front/Back Transverse SCC 3 x Motor Control (Sidelying)
- 3. Conditioning
- Versa Climber Power
- Slideboard for Duration
Phase 3, Day 2
- 1. Med Balls & Plyos
- A1. Rotational Split Squat Throws 2 x 8
- A2. Consecutive Split Squat Jumps 2 x 8
- B1. Lateral Squat Rotational Throws 2 x 8
- B2. Heiden's 2 x 8 each leg
- 2. Main Lift
- A1. Hip dominant 3 x 6
- A2. Horizontal push 3 x 6
- A3. Pelvis Frontal Sidelying SCC 3 x Motor Control Limit
- B1. Loaded Carry 3 x distance
- B2. Horizontal pull 3 x 6
- B3. Rib Cage transverse Standing Supported SCC x Motor Control Limit
- 3. Conditioning…same
After people have trained with this kind of style for a while, stagnation will again occur. In all honesty, what I see being the biggest limiter for most people, is that they don't psychologically know how to push. This is when we introduce MASS 1 to people. They've learned biomechanics to a reasonable level at this point, and they know how to lift weights to a point where they're proficient. In a great video that my friend, Steve Trippe, put out regarding the top 10 reasons that people aren't making progress, he listed one reason as being that people have no perception of what a real 10 out of 10 rating of perceived exertion is. He said that most people's 10 is a 4, at best. I agree with Steve whole heartedly here, and I think that psychological fear is probably the biggest thing holding people back from really making the kind of physical changes they would like to make. Most people are afraid of injuring their joints, or they think something is wrong when heat load and acid load start to deviate. In short, at the slightest sense of discomfort, most personal training clients pack it in and shut it down. The protocols in MASS 1 are great for edging people in the direction of pushing themselves harder and harder and harder. Much of this is based on Pavlovian conditioning of answering the bell in timed set and rest methods as well as seeing themselves make numeric progress and continuing to chase further progress from a dopaminergic response mechanism. There's a lot to say about MASS 1, which is why it is a book, but a big thing that it does is it puts a mountain in front of people, and it challenges them to climb it. It creates an environment where I am asking you to take a 16 week journey into losing yourself and learning yourself at the same time. I want you to burn down your former set of beliefs about yourself and emerge as the Phoenix. When people go through this journey, they come out understanding how important appropriate calories are for what they're trying to accomplish. They understand how important appropriate sleep is for them. They understand how important social relationships are for them. When people finish MASS 1, they have street cred, and they feel like they've got a seat at the cool kid's table…because they do. Ben House shared the following statement regarding his experience and views on using MASS 1 workouts with clients.
"They learn the meat and potato gym movements (you can regress and progress exercise selection as needed). They get good at these movements through practice and a ton of reps at relatively lower loads (lower injury risk and their nervous system isn't likely capable of pushing high weight anyways yet).
They also continually see results much like the carnival sledgehammer. Ding. Every workout they tend to get a little higher. Ding. Ding. And they just feel cool because they are using lots of equipment and generally crushing it. Ding. Ding. Ding.
And then they get more results and the dopamine waterfall continues.
"Changes to body composition appear to be key in the reinforcement necessary for continual use of the treatment protocols over long periods of time, providing the cheerleader effect for continuation of an intervention." (Clark, 2015)
The intervention becomes its own feedforward cycle and eventually you as the professional can just step away as they progress to autopilot. And the spotlight moves fully to them and completely away from the coach. Remember none of this is about you – it is about empowering the client to take ownership of the process." (Ben House)
When people finish the journey through MASS 1, they always ask, what's next? MASS 1 is the red pill…there's no going back after that. Now you have to take different journeys into learning yourself and improving yourself. Thankfully your organism is so beautiful and complicated that there is never an end to these adventures. The next great adventure that we take people through is MASS 2…Ethan and I are pretty predictable guys who love a good formula and love watching it work over and over like a chemical cascade reaction. MASS 2 is another 16 week journey. This time the journey has 4 different training days built into the training week that target slightly different fitness qualities. There's no point in targeting different fitness qualities when someone has no fitness in the beginning of working with you. When people go through MASS 2, their performance metrics typically sky rocket and they start doing things they didn't think they would ever be able to do. I have a 58 year old client who now benches 225. He never dreamed of being able to bench 2 plates on the bar. He still doesn't believe he can do it. Every time I put on weight that he can do, he says things like, who's that for?…that's not for me. It's really hard to summarize MASS 2, and this article is already getting to the point where it is too long, but let's just say that I consider it to be real training, and what gets doled out to people when they're physically and psychologically ready for that.
So there you have 45 weeks of training for new people who start working with you, and I'm pretty sure you'll have about a 100% retention rate with that plan. The nice part about having a pre-determined plan is that you don't have to think about the program during the session. During the session, you can be present with the person you're with. You can also invest cognitive energy towards guiding them in lifestyle management factors taking place in the other 23 hours of their life where they aren't in the gym. In closing out this article, I want to say that I cringe every time I hear people make the statement, "you have to meet people where they are", and I equally hate the quote, "give them some of what you want, and some of what they want". Those quotes are practically meaningless in my opinion, and they actually offer zero specific actionable steps. Instead I would say this, analyze humans to the greatest extent you can. Notice the behavioral trends that the masses display. Learn to strategically guide people towards the closest thing to optimal human physical development you are capable of coaching. That's all I'm doing here, and this is exactly what I do with clients that I work with. People talk about how cookie cutter programs are bad…well in my opinion cookie cutter programs will make you a lot of money and work for pretty much everybody if it's well thought out. In the back of my head, I always keep something that Mike Boyle said in mind, which I'll paraphrase here. You've probably heard that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink, right? How about, I'll lead the horse to water and if he doesn't want to drink, then I'll grab him by the ears and shove his face in the bucket until he drinks or drowns? I bet he'll drink.


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Intellectual Predictors of Healthy Aging
Healthy aging requires keeping our minds active before and especially after retirement, regularly learning something new and participating in new activities, maintaining an interest in and passion for reading and current events, and often reflecting on the good things in life.
Emotional Predictors of Healthy Aging
Emotionally healthy people are optimistic, generally happy with life, rarely hostile, recover quickly from angry episodes, and tend to live longer. They cope well with stress, maintaining a good sense of humor and a positive attitude, regardless of how the circumstances in their life unfold, and they continue to develop many outlets for recreation and relaxation.
Relational Predictors of Healthy Aging
Those who remain healthy as they age tend to feel supported by a large social network of family and friends. They tend to frequently help others, have many younger friends, remain in successful marriages or enjoy a full single life, attending social functions and sharing happy events with others.
Spiritual Predictors of Healthy Aging
Spiritually connected people tend to fare better as they age. Spiritual commitments and practices, such as daily prayer, meditation, or regular church attendance, help them to maintain a strong sense of personal purpose and meaning in life as well as ongoing appreciation of the beauty and power of nature and its natural rhythms and cycles.
Those who age successfully continue to feel joyful and passionate about life. They tend to continue to derive sensual and sexual pleasure, within their own body, in physical and emotional contact with others, and in connection with the natural environment.


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Together with the partner institutions, Danish Hydrocarbon Research and Technology Centre (DHRTC) has organized a summer school on Mature Oil Fields.
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There will be topics covered within Geoscience, Chemistry, and Engineering (See below). Please see the attached preliminary program, and encourage your relevant students to attend.
The school will be held on 5-18 August, where the first week is in Copenhagen, and the second week in Esbjerg. There is possibility to register for either one of the weeks or both. Financial support will be provided through the Local Focal Point budget. Registration is through the course webpage:
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So this past week I posted a photo of my latest greatest quick dinner recipe on Facebook and I received so many requests for the recipe, I decided to post it. It's super simple, and you are going to love it. I served this meatloaf with mashed carrots with sour cream and some homemade kale chips (unbelievably delicious and crunchy!)
Here's what you'll need:
1 lb beef (grassfed, organic)
1 egg
1 cup mashed carrot
1 cup diced onion
1 cup bread crumbs made from dried out sourdough garlic toast
1 cup crushed tomatoes
1 tsp real salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp italian herbs
1 tsp bourbon smoked paprika
2-3 tbsp bbq sauce
Start by preheating oven to 350 degrees. Grease a baking dish with coconut oil. Fork together the beef, eggs, carrots, onion, bread crumbs, crushed tomatoes, and herbs. Make sure everything is mixed well. Put into baking dish.
Bake at 350 for 40 minutes, then top with bbq sauce and bake for five minutes more.
Remove, slice and enjoy!
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13 Totally Impractical Holiday Nails That Will Make You Wonder How These People Use The Bathroom
Everything about the holidays is extra. The sweaters have ornaments and pom poms hanging off of them, beards are covered in glitter, dresses sparkle and shimmer, makeup is a kaleidoscope of red and green, and the nails are walking art exhibits. Let's talk about the nails for a minute. While some people decide to get glittery manis or tasteful sweater art designs, others scrap that idea and decide to go big or go home. And it's fabulous. There are so many crazy holiday nail designs out there that will make your heart somersault in appreciation — even if your mind simultaneously wonders how you would ever manage to rip off any toilet paper in the bathroom with such talons.
But that's just a minor detail. You can hold your pee into 2018 if it means you'll have a manicure-turned-art-instillation as part of your holiday look. Rather than making people remember you because of your bomb dress, your crushed velvet tuxedo, or stop-traffic lipstick, sear yourself into their memories with a manicure that will have their jaws dropping.
Don't know what kind of mani would do just that? Below are 13 totally impractical, but 100 percent fabulous holiday nails that will have you running to your nearest salon.
1. Christmas Aquarium Nails
Stiletto nails are the go-to silhouette for extra-enthusiasts, but stand out from the crowd by transforming your ring finger into an aquarium. It sounds complicated, but it's actually pretty easy to DIY. And to show for it, you'll have snowflake confetti dancing in your fingertips every time you wave hello from across the party.
2. Peppermint Spiral Nails
With extra long stiletto tips, shimmering confetti, a spiral candy cane ring finger, and a floppy satin bow, these just might be the most over-the-top nails you have ever seen. But in the best way possible. They're so festive that they make an Ugly Christmas sweater spilled with eggnog pale in comparison.
3. Ice Queen Nails
Channel your inner ice monarch with these sharp Ice Queen nails. You'll look like you sit upon a frosted throne with this fresh mani, rocking silver floral appliqués and gem accents.
4. Snow Globe Nails
Bring the magic of a twinkling snow globe to your nail bed with this insanely clever snow globe nail DIY. After getting a million requests from her followers, the nail artist decided to take a stab at the trend herself, creating a shimmering ball with a snowman on her manicure. She created the actual globe by using the top of a dropper bottle, and covering it with clear nail gel. Genius!
5. Christmas Wish Spiral Nails
Are you ready to make everyone's jaws drop at the annual work holiday party? Incorporating three inch stilettos, wild spirals, holographic paper, and millions and millions of rhinestones and gems, your hands are going to be the talk of 2017.
6. Real Candy Cane Nails
Warning: You will be tempted to lick your nails from time to time if you attempt this at home. Dubbed "Mrs. Claus Nails," this manicure incorporates real crushed candy canes, ensuring you waft the smell of peppermints no matter where you go. You'll be quite literally spreading Christmas cheer.
7. Spiral Candy Cane Nails
Tired of the same ol' same ol' pointy nail silhouettes? Mix it up by switching over to a spiral nail design instead. And if you're a nail novice and aren't comfortable with all the fancy nail art materials yet, don't fret: You create this shape using a normal plastic straw!
8. Santa Clause In A Chimney Nails
Forget 3D nail art. That's so old school. We're in 2017 now and have moved onto 4D. In this clever tutorial, you learn how to create a starry sky across your nail bed, build a glittery chimney, and make a contraption that lets your Santa FALL INTO THE CHIMNEY. That's right, your manicure is interactive.
9. Christmas Sweater Nails
Bring the magic of Christmas sweaters to your hands with this super-extra nail art tutorial. This isn't for the faint of heart. Pom poms, chains, gemstones, and glitter will all be involved — and will all be used to gorgeous excess.
10. Christmas Unicorn Nails
Do you think just because it's the holidays we're going to put unicorns onto the back burner? I don't think so. The mystical creatures can get a little festive, too.
11. Icicle Sugar Nails
Bring some texture into your stabby nail design by using fairy dust glitter to create an icicle effect on your nail art. The glitter is super fine, so it gives the effect of snow.
12. 3D Christmas Ornament Nails
Don't just draw ornaments onto your mani — transform your mani into literal ornaments. The bauble nails are intense and labor intensive, but fabulously extra.
13. Santa Nails
What's more "Christmas" than jolly St. Nick himself? Learn how to 3D paint him onto your ring finger to really bring the festive mood to your nails. Ho, Ho, Ho.
Sure, you can get a red manicure and call it a holiday mani. Or you can get creative and try one of these over-the-top looks. You won't regret it — except maybe when you need to pee.


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1. Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line a 12-hole muffin tray with paper patty cases.
2. In a medium bowl, combine cooked pasta and corn.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, cream, milk and grated Parmesan together. Season to taste.
4. Divide combined pasta and corn mixture equally between each case. Pour egg mixture on top, then add a dollop of pesto.
5 Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until just set. Leave to cool in the pan for 5 minutes before removing. Serve warm or cold.
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Edberts House is a charity based in East Gateshead.
They were looking for a personalised website that captured the heart of their community, whilst also promoting their work to funders to secure income and ensure the sustainability of the project. To Edberts house, working in communities is all about making connections and empowering local people. I started by meeting with the Chief Executive to discuss ideas. I then attended a team meeting to find out more about their work and better understand the team dynamics. As their focus is on the community, I attended one of the community lunch events, where I did a workshop with the local steering group to get their ideas for the website. After this I started working on sketches to present to the Chief Executive some of my ideas. A mix of pictures and illustrations was the most suitable way to convey the colour, homeliness and energy of the organisation and the people.
I loved getting involved with this project and meeting so many amazing people. Hopefully, the images below will help you connect with my design process and what is happening at Edberts House.
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text: How Learning Thermostats are Different from Programmable Thermostats Posted December 4, 2018 Your thermostat is a huge factor in how much you are spending on energy costs. Merely programming your thermostat for stretches when you're sleeping or gone can make a large impact without having a negative affect on your comfort levels. Depending on the model of your thermostat, you might benefit from a lot of additional features. At Air Alliance Team, we've got a selection of programmable thermostats to meet your needs—from the most basic models to the newest learning thermostats. How can you know what is best for your space? First, learn the difference between basic programmable thermostats and advanced learning models. Either of these can help you save energy and money, but you'll need to select which features are most important to you. Most programmable thermostats will allow you to schedule your days to control temperatures when you're usually there and not at home. Depending on the model you pick, you could be able to enter one schedule, which you may end up overriding on the days you are home. Some models will permit you to program your weekdays on one schedule and your weekends on a separate schedule. You'll also want to review the number of periods during each day you can set up. For instance, will you want the temperature setting different when you sleep, when you wake up, when you're at work and when you are home in the evening? Be sure the thermostat you pick can accommodate your needs. For some people, being able to arrange a regular schedule (or two) and override it when needed is enough. But if you want additional flexibility, it's probably time to consider a smart thermostat. A smart thermostat lets you completely customize a heating and cooling schedule for every day of the week. Flexibility isn't the only benefit that smart thermostats provide, but they're also Wi-Fi enabled so you can manage your home's temperature from anywhere. Some types of smart thermostats take innovation even further—these are called "learning thermostats." Learning thermostats do everything a regular smart thermostat can do, but they can also learn from your behaviors and adapt your heating and cooling schedules based on your household's activity throughout the day. Some models don't even need to be programmed—you just turn them on and let them figure everything out on their own over the span of a few days. So, no matter what your heating and cooling desires are, Air Alliance Team will help you find the best thermostat for your home and budget. You'll get to enjoy ultimate home comfort with potential energy savings. Call us at 636-229-1544 to find out more, or book an appointment with us online. Back To Blog


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Since we moved into our home in June, and now have a porch with a nice grill on it, you can bet I'll be out there grilling as long as I can. I'll likely get a heat lamp to extend the season, that's for sure. I love all burgers, but especially Salmon burgers. They are packed with nutrients, and you can customize the flavors in totally different ways. Since my trip to the Muir Glen Farms I am even more into tomatoes then before, and these burgers give just a touch of that delicious flavor.
These burgers have just the right amount of flavor. They are bursting with scallions, jalapeños, and fresh garlic- and go fantastic with some homemade guacamole and fixins', if you ask me!
Disclosure: This is a sponsored post with Muir Glen Organic Tomatoes. I was compensated for the time spent developing this recipe. All opinions expressed on Lexi's Clean Kitchen are always my own. My sponsors help make this blog possible!
Tomato Jalapeño Salmon Burgers
- 2 14.5-ounce cans wild caught pink or red salmon, or fresh salmon
- 1/4 cup scallions, chopped
- 2 eggs
- 1 tbsp coconut flour
- 1/2 jalapeño, seeds removed and finely chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1/2 tsp Himalayan sea salt, more to taste
- Optional: 1/2 tsp or more red pepper flakes for an extra kick
- Homemade guacamole
- Roasted red peppers
- Lettuce
- Tomato
- Onion
- Scallions
Toppings of choice
- In a bowl combine salmon, tomato paste, egg, coconut flour, finely chopped jalapeño, scallions, garlic, and salt
- Mix well and form into 4 patties
- Heat your grill (to 350) or your cast iron skillet until hot, grease and place burgers on
- Let cook 3-5 minutes on each side*
- Serve with toppings and enjoy
Recipe Notes
- *Cooking time will vary based on thickness of burgers
- The addition of sun dried tomatoes in these burgers would be fantastic
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Heard of the hush hush invite only event happening in Nairobi on 5th December? Well, here I am with the low down. Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn
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In-mirror Monitors
Fitting an interior mirror-monitor takes the strain out of reversing.
They are discreet and are also in the natural line of sight between each of the door mirrors.
When you select reverse gear, part of the screen switches on to show what the reversing camera can see.
When not in reverse, it looks like a normal tinted mirror, so your vehicle looks factory standard.
There are 2 types; 'replacement' - if your vehicle has a compatible wndscreen mounting as shown, or 'clip-on' - which simply clips over your existing mirror.
- LCD50P 5" - 2 Camera InputLCD50P 5" - 2 CAMERA INPUT Mirror monitor with a large 5" screen The LCD50P model is manufactured for all vehicles with a compatible windscreen mounting plate as this mirror/monitor replaces the original mirror. The combination of the latest mirror and monitor technology provides a product that provides great performance The complete assembly is your interior rear view mirror. As soon as you select reverse the reversing camera image is shown in the centre of the...


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Big Waves Foundation is a non-profit organization with an unquenchable drive to address two important initiatives:
- Enrich the lives of kids through the sport of water polo, including, but not limited to, encouraging school districts to include water polo as a school-sponsored program and providing collegiate scholarships to deserving athletes.
- Advocate for gun sensibility by encouraging honest, respectful conversations within our families, communities, and government agencies to implement collaborative, common-ground measures to eliminate the tragic outcomes associated with gun violence. The problem is real; the time is now.
These two initiatives appear mutually exclusive. However, in a broad sense, we suggest the intersection highlights overall wellness. In particular, mental and emotional health.
Here, at Big Waves, we are working to create a sizable splash in the lives of many people. Wanna jump in with us? Together, we can create a ripple of positivity!


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Chaitali Dasgupta and Saswati Guhathakurta have been instrumental in paving the way for women on Indian Television. The duo was engaged in an animated conversation in the second installment of "Conversations" by Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee at The Palms Restaurant.
The interaction with Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee brought out the everlasting chemistry between them, the bonding and literature, the fights over programming and some time-travel when life in media rested in knowledge and sensitivity.
Speaking about the event, Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee said, "I thought of them at The Palms Restaurant because I wanted a generation to know about how both of them. I am aware that television anchoring has gone through a great change but the transition was created by these two ladies who almost ran a matriarchy in media."
Speaking at the event the guest duo spoke about how life was different for them when they worked as television presenters. Both guests spoke about how presenting on television or any other podium has drastically changed over the years. The duo went on to admit that the new generation of television anchors are much more smart and technically sound adding that a little bit of research will take them even further.
The second edition of Conversations was attended by designer Sharbari Datta, Singer Shreya Guhathakurta, film director Raja Dasgupta, Dr Mousumi Ghosh, Founder Director Future Media School, designer Indroneel Mukherjee, well known Radio Jockey Roy, Nandita Raja of Kanishka's and Fashion expert Jeena Mitra Banik and others.
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