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The Terrazas Library invited The Austin Writers Roulette to participate in their Aural Literature event, where local writers are invited to read their works for 15 minutes. Since I usually dress up to match the roulette theme, I had a myriad of costume choices since this occasion had no theme.
Three other authors joined me for the event. In a way, it was easier to produce this show since we'd all written bios, didn't have to set up chairs and we'd all arrived thirty minutes before the start of the reading. The librarian who'd contacted me about this event was amazed. I told him I'd always asked my artists to arrive an hour before the event just so we could start on time. Besides, when a group of talented, creative people gather together, the quality of the conversation is so rich. We took our traditional group picture well before the show started.
Donna Dechen Birdwell opened the show, reading an excerpt from her speculative fiction, Way of the Serpent. Mackenzie Irick Milks read a short fictional piece about a granddaughter returning to the islands for her grandfather's funeral only to learn the sordid details about his life.
Stephanie Webb shared instances of her personal challenges of being a well-educated black women marginalized in Austin.I read three excerpts from my racy first novel, Tribe of One, about a single black women looking for love while still being a smart woman about the pursuit. One of the excerpts was a one-night stand on Halloween and another was the infamous "vibrator research" chapter. After reading that last one, I broke the news to the audience that the actual vibrator the main character decided to buy didn't exist. Afterwards, we moseyed across the street to eat dinner. Fortunately, the restaurant offered 1/2 bottles of wine! The intellectual conversation, which had begun before the show, continued. This was the kind of occasion I always say I'd like to participate more in, but never seem to organize. I'm so glad it just happened. Truly a feast befitting of a queen: well seasoned and composed salmon sandwich on fresh bread with a side of potato salad.
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Sacramento Burger Battle Charity Cook-off
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. Tickets are all inclusive (food, drinks, music, parking, etc)
Read: "What is a Burger Battle"
Local restaurants cook up their best burgers for a great cause!
This will be a tasting event like no other. Full details at sacburgerbattle.com
Attend the inaugural Sacramento Burger Battle and help us raise funds and awareness for the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America.
September 18 is National Cheeseburger Day!
Can you think of a better way to celebrate than to head down to the infield at Raley Field for a night of amazing burgers, live music, craft beers, local wines, a live burger themed art installation and fun prize drawings?
Join your food loving friends and make some new ones as we showcase the amazing dining scene in the Sacramento area.
Your ticket gets you:
- All the burger samples you can eat
- Dessert samples from local vendors
- Complimentary Craft Beer, Cider and Wine Tastings (as well as water and other soft drinks)
- Prize giveaway ticket(s) (1 for General Admission 5 for VIP)
- Free parking!
- A chance to cast your vote for the People's Choice Best Burger award
- Ticket sales benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America charity
- Participating restaurants include:
This event is for ages 21 and up!
After you sample burgers from some of the best restaurants in town, you get to cast your vote for the People's Choice Award. We will also have a panel of esteemed judges to crown the official best burger of the night!
Share. Because burgers are better with friends:
If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of this event, please contact us.
When & Where
Raley Field
400 Ballpark Drive
West Sacramento,
Tuesday, September 18, 2012 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM (PDT)
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Sanghol Museum, Harappan Site
Sanghol was the major center of Art, Culture, Civilization in India. Sanghol is situated in Fatehgarh Sahib District of Punjab state, on the Ludhiana-Chandigarh Road.
Sanghol has a Museum maintained by Archaeological Survey of India. This Museum has a rich collection of archaeological treasures dating back to the Harappan period (C.2000- B.C. 1200), excavated from nearby sites in Punjab.
Very rare coins and seals belonging to the 5th and 6th century Central Asian Hephthalite emperors, Toramana and his son Mihirakula, were excavated from here and is displayed in the Museum at Sanghol.
Little bit of History on the Hephthalite alias Hunas or Huns empire
Hephthalite Empire (known as Hunas or Huns in India) consisted of parts of present day countries of Afghanistan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Hephthalite (Hunas) emperor Toramana have overthrown the Gupta emperors of India in the late 5th century and captured parts of central and northern India. Later they were defeated in early 6th century by Indian Kings Yasodharman (Maharaja of Malwa) and the Gupta emperor Narasimhagupta Baladitya. These two Kings were credited with driving the Hephthalite (Hunas) out of India.
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There is a Victory pillar of Yashodharman at Sondani, in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh state, India. Narasimhagupta Baladitya defeated the Huns headed by Mihirkula, on the Ganga-Brahmaputra delta. Narasimhagupta Baladitya was the son of the Gupta king, Purugupta (reigned 467–473), who lost his kingdom to Hunas.
How Do I Go to Sanghol?
Sanghol village is at a distance of 40 kilometers from Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana states. Sanghol is easily accessible by road.
Chandigarh Airport with IATA code IXC is the nearest airport to the Sanghol Museum, a Museum containing the remains of Harappan culture and related archaeology news. Chandigarh railway station's code is CDG.


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In this day and age, it seems that anyone who is anyone in the world of celebrities has a perfume. Apparently the sign of making it big is launching a perfume line, which continues to spawn into 50 different perfumes. With so many choices continually fighting for attention, how do you pick a new perfume when you're ready for a change? I've compiled a list of the best and worst celebrity perfumes so you can know which ones to grab and which ones to stay far away from.
The Best
Katy Perry's Killer Queen
This is a brand new perfume Katy Perry launched over the holidays. This scent is magnificent. It is deep yet sweet and is wearable for any occasion. It stands out but is not overpowering, which I think is the key to a great perfume.
Rihanna's Rebelle
This perfume sits on the line of sweet and musky perfectly. It begins soft and subtle and develops into deep and dark. This is a great perfume to wear if you are heading out straight after work. Perfect for anyone who can't make up their mind between a light, floral scent or a deep, musky scent.
Jennifer Lopez's Live
You can't have a list of top perfumes without one from the queen of perfumes. Jlo has built an empire of perfumes, and Live is by far one of the best. It has a deep, defined scent and lasts throughout the day with only a few sprays. It starts out sweet and flows into deep undertones of vanilla and caramel.
And The Worst…
Khloe Kardashian and Lamar Odom's Unbreakable
This perfume- or is it a cologne?- is a train wreck. It is a "unisex" perfume, but it shouldn't be worn by anyone. The scent is neither masculine nor feminine; it just smells strange. It is an odd mix of musk and floral that just sends your nose into confusion. Just don't do it.
Mariah Carey's M
Mariah Carey has had mixed success with her perfume forays, and this one is on the downside. The scent is sickly sweet and reminds most of the over the top sweet scents in the plastic bottles we all used in middle school.
Halle Berry's Halle
We all have had those moments when the lady sitting next to you at the movies has perfume on that is literally unbearable. If you wear this perfume, you will be that woman. The scent is so overpowering, I wanted to wash it off my hands the second I tested it. Besides being completely overwhelming, the scent smells more like cologne than perfume. The scent is just an overall train wreck.
Armed with this list, you can now know which celebrity scents to beeline to and which ones to stay far, far away from. There are so many choices in the perfume aisle that it can be hard to know where to start, but with this list you can know some bottles to visit and some to pass on by.


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For more information about influenza and how to protect you and your family, please visit AboutKidsHealth.ca.
As influenza is still active, it is very important that parents and children who have not been vaccinated against the influenza virus strongly consider getting vaccinated. It's not too late for this important prevention strategy to help. Paediatric and Public Health leaders across Canada recommend that children over the age of six months receive the influenza vaccine. To find out about vaccinations, please contact your family doctor or your local public health unit. If you are in Toronto, you can call 311 or visit www.toronto.ca/health.
Please note that SickKids is not vaccinating children through its Emergency Department.
Handwashing, "coughing into your elbow," and other strategies to reduce direct risk of infection are important. Children and adults who are sick with fever, cough and cold should stay home from work or school to reduce the chance of infecting others.
If your child is sick…
There are many ways to access health care for your child. If your child has symptoms of influenza infection, you can contact your family doctor, a walk-in clinic, Telehealth Ontario, or your local emergency department.
When to come to the emergency department…
Infants, children with chronic illnesses and the elderly are most at risk of becoming seriously ill from influenza.
If your child has the following symptoms, you should go to the hospital right away:
- High fever over 40 C in an infant
- Fast breathing or trouble breathing
- Bluish skin color
- Dehydrated: not drinking enough fluids and not urinating regularly
- Not waking up or not interacting
- Very irritable; the child does not want to be touched or held
- Fever with a rash
These symptoms are particularly important to take note of in babies under one year of age as they cannot communicate how they are feeling and are completely dependent on their parents and/or caregivers for feeding and care.


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I am delighted to share some of my recent photographs from a shoot at the Serpentine Pavilion. The text below gives lots of information about this years Summer Pavilion including information on the architect – Text taken from The Serpentine Gallery website – enjoy!
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Chilean architect Smiljan Radić has designed the fourteenth Serpentine Pavilion which opened 26 June until 19th October 2014
Radić is the fourteenth architect to accept the invitation to design a temporary Pavilion outside the entrance to the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens. His design follows Sou Fujimoto's cloud-like structure which was visited by almost 200,000 people in 2013 and was one of the most visited Pavilions to-date.
Occupying a footprint of some 514 square metres on the lawn of the Serpentine Gallery, plans depict a semi-translucent, cylindrical structure, designed to resemble a shell, which rests on large quarry stones. This work has its roots in the architect's earlier work, particularly The Castle of the Selfish Giant, inspired by the Oscar Wilde story and the Restaurant Mestizo – part of which is supported by large boulders.
The 2014 Pavilion is designed as a flexible, multi-purpose social space with a café sited inside. Visitors will be encouraged to enter and interact with the Pavilion in different ways throughout its four month tenure in the Park. On selected Friday nights, between July and September, the Pavilion will become the stage for the Galleries' Park Nights series, sponsored by COS: eight site-specific events bringing together art, poetry, music, film, literature and theory and including three new commissions by emerging artists Lina Lapelyte, Hannah Perry and Heather Phillipson.


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PHENOL is a new type of electronic instrument from Kilpatrick Audio. Inspired by modular synthesizers, PHENOL offers the creative potential, sound and hands-on experience of a modular synth, in a sleek, compact and affordable package. And best of all, PHENOL is compatible with modular systems because it uses the same voltages and banana connectors as the Kilpatrick Format and similar modular synthesizers.
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A dear real-life friend of mine wrote the following on their Facebook page yesterday, and it really touched me. This dilemma feels key to us staying put, and staying human, … Continue reading →
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This article will provide you with a list of paramedic schools in Alabama where you can get admissions information, send applications, and graduate from in order to get a job as a working EMT Paramedic.
Do Note: This list now contains a collection of accredited and non-accredited paramedic programs.
Paramedic Schools in Alabama
Here's a list of the accredited and some non-accredited EMT Paramedic training programs in Alabama. This list continues to be updated.
·Alabama Fire College – Tuscaloosa, AL
Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic Program
2501 Phoenix Drive
Tuscaloosa , AL – 35405
· Bevill State Community College – Sumiton, AL
Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic Program
PO Box 800
Sumiton , AL – 35148
Bevil State Community College features an short-term certificate EMT program, a long-term certificate EMT-paramedic program (you must have an EMT-Basic license prior to beginning the clinical portion of your program) and a EMT-P program that ends with a Paramedic Field Preceptorship and one earning an Associate's Degree.
· Calhoun Community College –Decatur, AL
Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic Program
6250 US Hwy 31 N
Health Sceinces Bldg
Decatur , AL – 35609
At Calhoun, students can earn either a long-term certificate or an Associate's Degree. The course begins every summer semester. According to the paramedic program application at Calhoun, students who hold a clinical average of less than 75% will fail the program, regardless of your classroom average.
· Coastal Alabama Community College – Bay Minette, AL
Emergency Medical Services-Paramedic Program
3301 Gulf Shores Parkway
Gulf Shores , AL – 36542
· Gadsden State Community College – Gadsden, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
PO Box 227
1001 George Wallace Drive
Gadsden , AL – 35902
Gadsden State offers students two paths to become a paramedic. The first is an Associate's degree program, which is 76 total credit hours. This will include EMT and AEMT classes, as well as a variety of paramedic courses like Paramedic Pharmacology and Patient Assessment.
The second is a Paramedic Institutional Certificate program, which is between 63 and 67 credit hours. And while information pertaining to tuition isn't listed on their site, students are responsible for fees that cover uniforms ($30.00) , drug testing ($35.00), and malpractice insurance ($25.00). Your books, like the Paramedic Practice Today Package by JB Learning, will cost several hundred dollars.
· H. Councill Trenholm State Community College – Montgomery, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
1225 Air Base Boulevard
P.O. Box 10048
Montgomery , AL – 36108
At Trenholm State, the college offers students a couple pathways towards becoming a paramedic. The first is through earning a certificate, and the second is an Associate's degree.
If you opt to go the certificate route, the cost of the tuition will be $8,494 for four terms. The Associate's degree will be $10,138 for five to six terms. Do note that you will have to pay more money for additional fees pertaining to books, tools and supplies.
· Herzing University-Birmingham – Birmingham, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
280 West Valley Avenue
Birmingham , AL – 35209
Herzing University in Birmingham provides students with an Associate's degree paramedic program. The cost of tuition for the program will be $38,370, and it looks like that will include the cost of books and supplies, as well. There is no room and board offered. As far as the program's length, it was designed to allow students the ability to graduate in 96 weeks.
· Jefferson State Community College – Birmingham, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
2601 Carson Road
Birmingham , AL – 35215
Once you have successfully completed the paramedic program at Jefferson State Community College, you will be awarded with an Associate in Applied Science degree. Afterward, you will be eligible to sit for the National Registry exam and seek state licensure, as well.
· Lurleen B Wallace Community College – Andalusia, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
PO Box 1418
Andalusia , AL – 36420
The Lurleen B. Wallace Community College provides students with an Associate's Degree upon successfully completing the school's paramedic program. This is particularly a good program if you know you will be a busy student. That's because at this particular college, classes are only held twice a week (and at night).
· Northeast Alabama Community College
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
PO Box 159
138 Highway 35 West
Rainsville , AL – 35986
At this college, students are provided with not only EMT certificate programs, but a paramedic one, as well. The paramedic program will run 50 hours in length, and students will earn a "Long Certificate" after three semesters. There is also an opportunity for students to earn a degree, as well.
· Northwest-Shoals Community College – Muscle Shoals, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
PO Box 2545
Muscle Shoals , AL – 35662
NSCC offers students the chance to earn a Paramedic Certificate or an Associate's degree. If you're wondering what's the difference between a certificate and a degree, here are a few answers that should help you. A degree program will provide you with more general education requirements. This ultimately means that you'll have a more balanced education. Degree programs offer transfer and continuing education opportunities, as well. It's also possible, too, that since you stayed in school longer and received more education, that you will have a leg up when it comes to not only acquiring a job, but moving "up the ladder" into potential management positions.
· Southern Union State Community College – Opelika, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
1701 LaFayette Parkway
Opelika , AL – 36801
Like many schools, Southern Union State allows you to earn either a paramedic certificate or an Associate's degree. The certificate program will take 60 semester hours to complete, while the Associate's degree will last a little longer (73 semester hours).
And how much might these programs cost? Will, surprisingly, the cost is fairly similar. The certificate and degree program cost is divvied up based on each semester, but in total, here's how it breaks down:
Certificate program: $12,532 (covers tuition and license fees).
Associate's degree program: $15,283 (also covers tuition and license fees).
· University of South Alabama – Mobile, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
Department of EMS Education
600 Clinic Drive, Suite 400
Mobile , AL – 36688-0002
The University of South Alabama offers students a paramedic certificate program. Should you want to enroll in this program, you will be asked to take the HOBET V examination and score no less than 60. HOBET is an multiple choice assessment exam that covers math, science, reading and English. This is an examination that is used to gauge how ready you may be for your upcoming education and training.
To certificate program lasts just 21 months. It will cost students a little over $12,000 for tuition. You can expect to pay $3,600 for textbooks and related supplies. Room and board is indeed offered on this campus, with a price tag of $22,872.
· Wallace Community College – Dothan, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
1141 Wallace Drive
Dothan , AL – 36303
Wallace Community College offers a paramedic certificate program that can be completed in as little as 60 weeks. The program itself will cost you $12,145 for tuition, and an additional $2,624 for things like your textbooks and related course-specific supplies.
· Wallace Community College – Hanceville, AL
Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic Program
801 Main Street NW
PO Box 2000
Hanceville , AL – 35077-2000
The undergrad certificate program at Wallace State Community College lasts 45 weeks. The tuition will cost students $6,495, and if you account for the price of textbooks, supplies, and room and board, you are looking at an additional $2,700. Financial aid may be available for those that need it, though it's always recommended that you check with you school's financial aid office to be certain.
And like any paramedic program, it's required that you hold an Alabama Advanced EMT license. It must be an active license, as well.
A five semester Associate's degree is offered at Wallace State, as well.
The accrediting organization for EMT Paramedic training education in the United States is the CoAEMSP (Committee on Accreditation of EMS Education Programs), which operates under the CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs). Beginning on January 1, 2013, graduation from an accredited paramedic program will be required for those seeking certification through the National Registry.
Paramedic Employment and Outlook
It's important to know that the career of EMTs and paramedics is on the rise. In fact, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), employment of EMTs and paramedics is expected to rise 23% from 2012 to 2022. That is much faster than the average for other career fields, and it should give EMS students peace of mind knowing that they are entering a career field that is on the rise, rather than on the decline.
Also, note that all EMTs and paramedics need to complete a postsecondary educational program, which essentially means that in order to work in EMS, you will need to complete a proper training and educational program following your graduation from high school (or GED equivalent).
As far as paramedic salary is concerned, the pay rate for EMTs and paramedics can vary quite a bit. This is mostly due to region, as someone working in Alabama is likely to may more money than a paramedic in the mid-west. Still, the median salary for EMTs and medics, according to the BLS, is $31,020.
Strong EMT and paramedic traits are essential to the job, as well. A lot of discussion goes into how much you can lift, or how educated or trained you are, but at the end of the day, patients (be it in Jasper, Tanner, Birmingham, Gadsden, Dothan, etc) want to feel like you understand their pain and concerns, and that you care about their well being. And if you work in EMS, you really and truly should care about people.
And here is a direct link to the official school websites that offer paramedic training programs in Alabama:
· Bevill State Community College – Sumiton, AL
· Calhoun Community College – Decatur, AL
· Faulkner State Community College – Bay Minette, AL
· Gadsden State Community College – Gadsden, AL
· H. Council Trenholm State Technical College – Montgomery, AL
· Herzing University-Birmingham – Birmingham, AL
· Jefferson State Community College – Brimingham, AL
· Lurleen B Wallace Community College – Andalusia, AL
· Northeast Alabama Community College Rainsville, AL
· Northwest Shoals Community College – Muscle Shoals, AL
· University of South Alabama – Mobile, AL
· Wallace Community College – Dothan, AL
· Wallace Community College – Hanceville, AL
To learn more about paramedic training requirements, please return to our homepage.
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LONDON — The Bank of England's balance sheet is likely to roughly halve to around 275-375 billion pounds ($341-465 billion) when the time comes to reverse quantitative easing, a senior official said on Wednesday.
It currently exceeds 600 billion pounds, having ballooned after the financial crisis as the BoE bought hundreds of billions of pounds of British government bonds to boost the economy.
Previously, the BoE said it expected its balance sheet to shrink when it ultimately reverses quantitative easing, but not to return to pre-crisis levels due to a long-term increase in commercial lenders' demand to hold reserves at the central bank.
On Wednesday Andrew Hauser, the BoE's executive director for markets, gave a specific estimate, and explained how the BoE intends to reduce any side-effects of gilt sales on banks' day-to-day cash management.
"The … framework that we are proposing …will allow the size of the balance sheet to be determined independently from the quantity and composition of quantitative easing and quantitative tightening," he said.
The structure of the BoE's balance sheet affects how changes in interest rates are passed on to borrowers, and the ease with which banks can send each other money, though the BoE does not think it drives the volume of bank lending in Britain.
Currently, as a side-effect of QE, financial institutions hold far higher reserves at the BoE than they would normally need to facilitate interbank payments and meet short-term liquidity needs.
Based on conversations with firms, Hauser said the financial system probably only needs to hold 150-250 billion pounds of reserves – roughly a third to half the current level.
Adding other liabilities such as banknotes in circulation, this would suggest the BoE's balance sheet should be 275-375 billion pounds – equivalent to 12%-18% of annual economic output – after quantitative easing has been reversed, he said.
He said there was no "mechanical link" between that figure and the quantity of gilts the BoE will need to sell, and that banks' desire to hold reserves would not put a cap on gilt sales.
Sales are likely to be some time away. The BoE has previously said it will not start to sell down its 435 billion pounds of gilt holdings until Bank Rate rises to around 1.5%.
The BoE plans to hold open market operations to lend reserves to banks at the prevailing Bank Rate, which it said would give it more flexibility over how it managed its balance sheet while it sold gilts back to the market.
However, market interest rates were likely to carry a slightly greater premium and be somewhat more volatile as banks adjusted to the new system, Hauser said.
"As a one-off shift, this is unlikely to be of great significance to the setting of monetary policy," he said.
($1 = 0.8066 pounds) (Reporting by David Milliken, editing by Michael Holden and John Stonestreet)


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I started my shop when I was in my final year of high school and managed to run it concurrently with school and work until I started managing full time.
Recently though I have found a new job *does a little happy dance* that allows me the freedom to once again pursue my creative avenues! That means I'm going to be investing a lot of time and effort into my shop, my blog, and possibly monetizing my blog.
But I digress. There will be a full Cwafty Update for all that coming soon, meanwhile check out the shop, sale, and giveaway info below!
In my shop you will find all sorts of cute, nerdy, crafty, handmade goodies! Here are some of my previously sold products! You can see more at the shop or my customer photos page. (which is super easy to submit to! Just email me at cwaftycreations at gmail dot com)
Before I started blogging I mostly sold plushies, hats, and assorted clay charms. I decided to add some of my tutorials finished projects to my inventory as well this time around. That means that if you've ever read one of my craft tutorials and gone "darn, that's a little bit out of my range" or "I wish I had the time to make that for myself, but I'm just too busy" you're in luck! Some of the projects that will be added to the shop:
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And of course to make my grand re-opening even more awesome I decided to give away one of my new products to a lucky reader!
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Sandy loam soil is a sand-based soil mixture. Certain types of flowering shrubs or plants do well in sandy loam soil because it gives the plants the type of water drainage they need. Vegetable plants that do not need a lot of nutrients from soil will also do well in sandy loam soil. However, sandy loam soil can be supplemented with specific amendments to make it more moist and fertile.
Sandy Loam Soil
Sandy loam soil is a specific type of soil mixture that consists of mostly sand. This type of soil also has a small amount of clay and silt in the mixture to balance it out. Sandy loam soil is usually used for plants that need a little more water drainage than others. It can also be a beneficial soil if you are someone who tends to over water your plants. Sandy loam soil can be found in coarse, fine and very fine varieties. However, the finer the variety, the less drainage it has.
Flowers for Sandy Loam Soil
Some flowering shrubs and perennial flowers grow well in sandy loam soil. One example of a flowering shrub that grows well in sandy loam soil is the mock orange shrub (Philadelphus coronarius). The white blooms on this shrub blossom in the summer and are very fragrant. The shrub grows best in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zone 5 and can grow up to 10 feet tall. One perennial flower that does well in sandy loam soil is the daffodil (Narcissus spp.). Grown best in USDA zone 5, the daffodil plant produces white or yellow flowers in the late winter and early spring. The large blossoms often resemble a trumpet.
Vegetables for Sandy Loam Soil
Root vegetables such as carrots (Daucus carota) or parsnips (Pastinaca sativa) grow well in sandy loam soil. Carrots grow best in USDA zones 4 to 10 and parsnips in USDA zones 2 to 9. Both carrots and parsnips should be planted in late winter and will be ready to harvest in late spring. Squash (Cucurbita spp.) and its varieties, such as winter or summer squashes, also do well in sandy loam soil. Not all root vegetables grow well in sandy loam soil. The brassica family of vegetables, such as broccoli (Brassica oleracea), need more nutrients than sandy loam soil can provide.
Other Considerations
Before planting in your garden, you may want to have the soil tested to determine its exact pH balance. That way, even if you do stick to flowers and vegetables that do well in sandy loam soil, you will know how to supplement the plants if they are struggling. If you have sandy loam soil and are not able to grow exactly what you desire, consider adding to your soil to make it more moist and fertile. Organic matter, such as compost, can be added to your soil to improve its fertility. Be patient, though; improving soil fertility takes time.


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Trevor Longwrote a review of La Sportiva Bushido Trail Running Shoe - Men's on May 1, 2016
Buying it again and again
Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Fit: True to size
I have just bought the third pair of these running shoes. They are the only shoe I wear for road and trail running. I run about 70% road and the rest trail and they have worked just fine. I am a heavier runner weighing in at 185lbs so I need something with a little more support without losing too much to cushioning or big heel drop. With only 6mm heel drop, low profile, and solid support through the arch I am happy with these shoes on my feet mile after mile. I can usually put in 40-50 miles/week no prob with these kicks.


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As is known, the long web form design is not well-accepted especially in the conventional wisdom of web design, and it is kind of notorious for hurting the site conversion rates. However, it does help to grab users' attentions and bring the exact type of conversion by telling the whole story behind the scene. As a web designer, you also need to consider more than the basic design skills, including the user experience, algorithms, coding and so on.
The goal of web form design and development is to deliver users smooth and hassle-free experience from the form-filling through to the final submission process. Almost each site presents an individual form style, from simple and straightforward forms to fancy and creative ones. To design better forms is not that difficult. No matter it's a registration form, contact form or any other forms, just keep in mind that the purpose of a form is to gain the attention of users and meanwhile guide them when filling in the information.
Here, we will introduce the long web form design best practices and useful guidelines. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment area below.
As is often the case, many users complain that there is too much information included within the registration form. If you want to increase the number of your registrants, then make the form as simple and concise as possible. This will be much easier to fill in the form. It's best to highlight those important sections and information in a striking way so that users can notice them successfully.
This can be one of the web form design basics and is mainly meant for those complicated forms. It's pretty easy to get messed and confusing if the form isn't arranged properly in advance. Organize the form information at a reasonable level, take advantage of the box line, space interval, the difference of color and the bottom navigation, make division in accordance with the attributes and relevance, and indicate the current process with the progress bar.
It's helpful to reduce the visual and physical burden of users through clear browsing lines, reasonable labels and the text/button layout.
According to the real user feedback, those forms with larger text input box and moderate blank space will make people more willing to fill in. Also, an elegant animation also helps. In the design process, designers need to deal with the conflicts between different input elements.
For instance, you can use bold text on those areas that have been filled out or still empty. When activated, the input box should turn blue and suggest the accurate location of a cursor.
Needless to say, a form that requires a log of time to fill out can make people feel impatient and annoyed. A majority of users are busy and lazy, and it's better to delete all unnecessary items within it. Except for the traditional way that users need to input the form data through the keyboard, you can also consider whether there are better ways to collect the required information, such as the follow-up research.
The final of the form is not submission, and it's of utmost importance to integrate the one-stop service concept into your design to avoid the jump out behavior in the middle of filling out a form. Not only does a good form design can take the starter guidance into account, but also consider the verification and help when filling out the form, as well as the entire user experience after the entire process.
Think about the original intention that users need to fill out the form, and let the users get what he/she needs most after filling out the form. Even if he is temporarily unable to get what needed, do remember to tell a reason or give an alternative operation.
Design care, one of the web design factors, is also emphasized by website designers. According to some surveys, there are about 12% of people have light or heavy color vision disorder. If you use color as the only element to distinguish between the non-clickable and clickable links, it may make those people feel difficult to use. It's also a great way to highlight a clickable area by adding underline for the link text, using the button or other shapes.
Above are the best practices and guidelines for the long web form design. Hopefully, we can go further on the road of design.
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The website was built to promote the upcoming release of Space Jam, the 1996 fantasy fiction film starring Wayne Knight, Michael Jordan and, of course, Bugs Bunny.
Take a look at these vintage pages
A tiny team of developers built the site with little to no supervision at a time when websites used for marketing films were in their infancy. It recently shot back into the limelight when it was rediscovered and brought to the attention of the modern community, amassing thousands of new visitors eager to view a site that had managed to escape (for reasons unknown!) being simply deleted.
Now it's being hosted in Warner Brother's archive, presumably (and rightfully) as a piece of history, and as an attestation of how website design and development has progressed since 1996.
Vividly coloured tiled backgrounds underneath bright coloured text were commonplace during early web design, with HTML handling all of the layout, including the images. Cascading Style Sheets would later become the norm used describe the presentation of HTML documents, but until the widespread adoption of CSS a huge amount of websites online would have these same design traits.
A second site was designed to promote the release of the film on DVD:
If you'd like to take a look at how a current website would look were it designed 20 years ago, Mike Lacher created a lovely little tool that you can find here: The Geocitiesizer
What do you think about this vintage website? Have you come across any sites that have been deliberately left without an update just for posterity? Let us know in the comments below.


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What Does Occult Really Mean
One of the things that I come across so much on the Internet these days, is how people are so misinformed. They are misinformed because this is the way that it is supposed to be. What happened many ages ago is that the truth needed to be concealed, for what it might do to those that held power (if people knew what they did).
From generation to generation these false truths have been passed down, and the mainstream society has done exactly what they are supposed to do... believe them.
It's all a tactic to place fear into people's hearts to get them to conform to a certain belief. Those beliefs are then used to control.
A Word is Just a Word
In this post I wanted to focus on just one aspect of this, better yet one word. It's a word that has been taken out of context now for centuries, and is still used wrongly today.
I will no doubt use this statement a lot in my writing, but just because we don't currently have the ability to measure something, doesn't mean that it doesn't exist, or that it's not true. Wasn't the earth once thought to be a cube, or square?
Think about what comes to mind when you hear the word occult. If you are like most people, then you may think of the word 'Evil' as the one word that comes to mind.
There is nothing evil about the word occult, of having knowledge of things that go against the mainstream.
In fact, occultism itself is more so the study of the inner nature of things that aren't measurable. Studying the inner nature of things wasn't evil the last time I checked. There are both good and bad people that practice occult arts. But, that goes with anything, for example, I know of some intolerable, judgmental, cruel hearted people that claim to be Christians.
Open Your Mind
One of my first tasks here at Naturally Sacred is to hopefully get people to be more open to everything, and not be afraid of something, just because mainstream beliefs may suggest differently.
It's important to have an open mind, and not think that something is 'Evil' just because you have been taught that. In school, we were taught to be a part of a system, and if not, then it wasn't ok to be different. It doesn't take much of an open mind to see that maybe we were taught wrong.
Before you can accept new concepts and beliefs, you have to at least be open, and be willing to let some old ones go. If not, then at least see how they may fit in with your old beliefs.
We're not here to convert anyone, and hopefully you will even start to see how some hidden knowledge relates to what is openly being taught.
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Sexism, Men, and Stupid Obstetrics
I am routinely amazed by the ridiculous things done in obstetrics. So much of what is practiced is obviously not natural or normal, and yet has been normalized by years and years of use. Some examples:
Vaginal ExamsThese are just a few things that upon even gentle examination make no sense, harm the birth experience, and ultimately harm the mother and baby.
Continuous Fetal Monitoring
Labor and Birth in the Supine Position
Medication For Labor and Birth
Routine Immediate Cord Clamping
The Overused C-Section
Continuous Fetal Monitoring
Labor and Birth in the Supine Position
Medication For Labor and Birth
Routine Immediate Cord Clamping
The Overused C-Section
We are starting to see some progress in obstetrics as research shows just how STUPID so many of the above things are. They are not supported by better outcomes or better experiences. And yet research backed by the almighty dollar seems to be the only thing that can change ridiculous practices that never should have started in the first place.
Why the prevalence of STUPID obstetrics?
The answer is simple- MEN.
When women give birth with other women, particularly generations of women who have given birth themselves and have seen many other women give birth, they are led by instinct and fact based wisdom of what works. They birth in positions that they FEEL like giving birth in. They listen to baby or simply FEEL it move. They would not think of cutting the private parts of one of their own sisters. They know she can do it because they have done it themselves. There is nothing more natural and sacred, and there is nothing scary about it.
When birth became the subject matter of men, everything changed.
A man literally has NO IDEA that it is uncomfortable to lie on your back when full term with an eight pound baby. He of course has never even been pregnant. He might believe it- if you can prove it.
He has no idea that a vaginal exam is humiliating, uncomfortable and tells you nothing about the time of birth. He looks at the female body as a mysterious machine, that can and should work in a predictable manner.
When he sees a woman moaning and moving in labor, he is in awe of her power. But awe turns to fear and doubt because he does not understand how these primal rituals can influence something that seems to be only a physical process that should be kept as controlled as possible. He also thinks her noises mean she is in pain, when they are in fact a way to deal with the overwhelming sensations of birth.
When he sees the miracle of the baby emerging from the "tiny" vagina, he thinks- "That must hurt, I can help her by numbing her or making the opening larger." He doesn't know that the moment of birth is more climactic than painful. He doesn't know that her body is meant to do this. He doesn't know that that "tiny hole" can both make love and birth babies with equal skill. It looks incomprehensible, and because he has never done it, it is incomprehensible to him.
Forcing the woman to be conveniently still and medicated to the gills on her back of course increase the "need" for instrumental and surgical delivery. He sees the female body as flawed and failing rather than powerful and amazing. After all, the woman probably needs and even wants to be "saved" from pushing that huge thing out of that tiny hole. The c-section is more and more necessary the less we understand the female body and her abilities.
When the baby is finally ripped from the malfunctioning body of it's mother, it is important to cut the ties that bind and pass the baby to another penis yielding expert who can handle things. The cord is cut, the baby is passed. Does it need anything more from that placenta and that mother? Of course not! Missed is the miracle of the placenta, the need for the precious cord blood, and the common sense of thousands of years of evolution and divine design. The wisdom of ages is replaced with cold hands and steel instruments.
We should not have to "prove" what is obvious. The female body is made to give birth. This is the RULE. The exception are the rare cases where something else is needed. With modern health and sanitation, the exception (the woman who can't give birth without help) is even more rare than ever. And yet, we seem to be surrounded by women who "needed" intervention, now more than ever before.
The sad fact is that the introduction of men to the art of birth has changed it, probably forever. It introduced so many foreign, silly, and yes, STUPID practices that never would have been there had birth stayed within the realm of wise women, intuition, and sisterhood.
I want to close with a quote from Ina May Gaskin, found in the movie, Orgasmic Birth (my emphasis added).
"The United States has a peculiar history about childbirth. There is a higher level of fear of birth in this country than we see in so many cultures around the world. I think it has to do with our own peculiar history of absolutely destroying the profession of midwifery in the early twentieth century. When you destroy midwives, you also destroy a body of knowledge that is shared by women, that can't be put together by a bunch of surgeons or a bunch of male obstetricians, because physiologically, birth doesn't happen the same way around surgeons, medically trained doctors, as it does around sympathetic women."
Give birth on your terms with others who believe in birth. We have moved so far from this sisterly knowledge that now even female midwives and practitioners sometimes doubt the power of the female. Surround yourself with people who trust birth.


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The Avariel (Aril-tel-quessir in elven or "winged folk") were amongst the first of the elven races to migrate to Faerûn.[5] However, conflict with Dragons almost wiped them out before the First Flowering and while they have survived since that time, they are considered by most to be myths or legends.[6][1]
Physical Description Edit
Avariel are more delicate than their earth-bound cousins, with hollow bones to aid their flight. They have pale skin, often porcelain white. An avariel's wings are usually white, but can be black, brown or speckled.[6] Avariel are also known to practice the dyeing of wing tips.[citation needed] Their eyes are slightly larger than normal and range in color from brilliant blues to green or purple. Their hair color normally is a silver-white or black.[6]
Avariel are said to have the most beautiful voices of all the Tel'Quessir, and their songs are greatly sought after by bards of other races.[citation needed]
Society Edit
The avariels' society is split into two groups which coexist together:[4]
- Warlike
- Avariel warriors are geared towards war and power, answering to war chiefs who govern avariel society equally with the religious leaders. They live by a complex code of honor and spend their lives defending their race. In combat, these avariel show no mercy, often using ranged attacks from above and believing that others should know better than to create an enemy of a superior foe, such as themselves. They also view surrender to be dishonorable (for both themselves as well as their enemies), holding the idea that when a warrior draws blood, it is a promise of battle.[4]
- Peaceful
- The other side of the avariel society includes scholars, philosophers and artists. Intellectuals who believe in solving problems through reason and diplomacy, these avariels spend much time researching magic and history, contemplating religion and worshiping Aerdrie Faenya, and producing art for the sheer joy of creation.[4]
Young avariel spend time immersed in both cultures (this can last over a decade), so that no matter what sect they come from, they have a deep understanding and respect of how the other half lives.[4]
Notable AvarielEdit
- Novels
- Computer Games
- Baldur's Gate series - Aerie, one of the characters is an avariel
- Neverwinter Nights: Hordes of the Underdark - In a side adventure the player rescues a group of avariel
Further readingEdit
- William Lenox (July 1981). "The Winged Folk". In Kim Mohan ed. Dragon #51 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 18–21, 83.
- Colin McComb (1993). The Complete Book of Elves. (TSR, Inc). ISBN 1-56076-376-0.
- Anne Gray McCready et al. (March 1994). Elves of Evermeet. (TSR, Inc), p. 120. ISBN 1-5607-6829-0.
- James Estes (September 1996). "On Wings of Eagles". In Pierce Watters ed. Dragon #233 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 14–22.
- Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 31–34. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 8. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kim Mohan ed. (2015). Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 106. ISBN 978-0786965809.
- ↑ Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams (July 2003). Player's Handbook 3.5 edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 16. ISBN 0-7869-2886-7.
- ↑ Skip Williams, Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook (July 2003). Monster Manual 3.5. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 101–102. ISBN 0-7869-2893-X.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 32. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 27. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 31. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
Moon elf • Sun elf
Aquatic elf • Avariel • Dark elf • Drow • Poscadar elf • Star elf • Wild elf • Wood elf • Snow elf
Related races
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Grandson buckled up in the backseat. Backpack on floor.
Carpool line is moving onto the main road, having been given permission by the rapid-fire, gloved hands of the traffic controller.
Grandson seems a little sad.
First thing popping right out of my mouth, "How was school today?"
Thus begins the journey home.
"How was your day?" the unconscious greeting from my mother absolutely every time I walked through the door after a hellacious day at school.
"Fine." the standard reply which meant, I don't want to talk about it.
If she weaseled it out of me, my response was neither acknowledged nor given the sympathy it deserved, but no big deal. Does anyone really want to know how bad my day was? I certainly don't want to hear about yours.
I know you're asking, so how bad was it? Because you won't get it, I'm not going to tell you. I'll communicate by turning on the pout. The pout that inevitably leads to the all too familiar chorus of "poor me," which taunts my minds ear like a "nanny, nanny boo boo." I'll probably hear the ghost of my father saying, "everybody's out of step but Gwen," and of course, the family favorite, "why don't you go outside and eat worms?" (whatever the heck that means)
I suddenly realize why my own children received numerous doses of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day during our nightly bedtime rituals. Nobody says it better than that disgruntled little guy in his train pajamas, followed up by the wisest response of all time: "Some days are like that."
"Fine," grandson says.
"I ordered a fried egg for breakfast today and the white part had clear specks in it, and I hate it when the white part has clear specks in it," I say.
"Mom made me wear my jacket today and it wasn't even cold," grandson.
"I went to get gas today and I left my wallet on the kitchen counter and I had to drive all the way back home to get it," me.
"No one picked me to play on their team at recess," grandson.
"I only got 12 hits on my blog today," me.
"Well, I bet you get more tomorrow," grandson.
"Let's go get ice-cream," me.


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IMPHAL, Apr 5: The All Manipur United Clubs' Organization (AMUCO) has strongly condemned the killing of an innocent woman because of indiscriminate firing by Assam Rifles on April 2 at Thoubal.
Saying that the Chief Minister and the MLA have been working hard to avert any mass movement against the killing by promising Court of Enquiry, job to the bereaved and a large amount of money, the AMUCO asked how many security forces have been punished under the Indian law for killing thousands of Manipuris.
Pledging that AMUCO would extend unstinted cooperation to any mass movements launched by the public and JACs against killings and violence, it called upon the public to be always vigilant so as to avoid unwarranted and brutal killings.
Taking strong exception to the killing of Irom Roger of Wangkhei Angom Leikai by IFCD and YAS Minister N Biren's son Ajay with a licensed gun on March 20 during Yaoshang festival, AMUCO said that it viewed such crimes committed by sons/relatives of powerful and influential people as more serious than crimes committed by security forces under AFSPA.
People's angst against the crime died down suddenly when the bereaved family claimed the corpse of Roger for last rites though the family and the particular JAC later clarified that they have not struck any agreement with the Government.
As there was no concrete movement against the killing of Roger, AMUCO could not say anything in time.
"Though it is little late, AMUCO strongly condemns such crimes committed by sons of powerful persons", conveyed a press release issued its publicity secretary NC Modhuchandra.
It also shared the pain and grief being endured by the bereaved family.
(Courtesy: The Sangai Express)


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Support to technical development of three cooperatives to include youth friendly approach in agriculture youth businesses
Duration: October 2016 – ongoing
Donor: German Government, GIZ YEP
Budget: 12.773,50 EUR
Region: Republic of Serbia, Jablanicki and Nisavski districts, cities Leskovac and Nis
Target group: unemployed youth
The overall objective of the project is to provide technical support and capacity building for further development of the selected cooperatives and promote youth businesses in agriculture in Jablanicki and Nisavski districts.
The specific objectives of the action are:
- Develop the concept and strategy for capacity building and further development of selected cooperatives to promote youth business in agriculture,
- Conduct technical trainings for cooperatives,
- Build capacities of selected cooperatives to integrate youth friendly approach to support start-ups in agriculture through mentoring,
- Lead local stakeholders' dialogue on promotion of youth businesses in agriculture in Leskovac.
The project envisages the needs assessment of the selected cooperatives in Leskovac and Nis, creation of concepts and approaches for capacity development of selected cooperatives in Jablanicki and Nisavski districts (Leskovac, Nis), development of strategies for growth with integrated approach for youth start-ups in agriculture, provision of counselling and guidance to the selected cooperatives representatives how to integrate youth groups in the employment issues and start-ups in agriculture, facilitation and implementation of the vocational trainings for the selected cooperatives, facilitation and implementation of the business trainings for the selected cooperatives, regular meetings/workshops with the selected cooperatives, evaluation instruments for facilitation and monitoring.


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Purrrington Villas Cat Boarding
Hounds Town USA isn't just for the dogs! PURRRington Villas is our full-service cat boarding part of town, ruled by the kitties! Cats can relax in our specially designed cat condos, which are spacious and multi-leveled. They are centrally located in the lobby or luxury suite area of each facility, in their own temperature-controlled space.
While kitties here for cat boarding do not interact with the dogs (sorry kitties), they can certainly play with fellow felines if they prefer some interaction. Please let us know your cat's preferences and a bit about his personality and we will be happy to accommodate him.
Overnight cat boarding includes a luxury cat condo in PURRRington Villas, feeding, litter changes, interaction with fellow felines when possible, and personalized staff attention. We also offer cat bathing and grooming, please ask us for details.
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Another review of Rebecca Goldstein's Plato at the Googleplex, this time at NPR, by Marcelo Gleiser.
(Don't forget, she's a speaker at Women in Secularism 3, a mere two months from now.)
The man who gave us philosophy as we know it is back, walking among us, going to TV talk shows, visiting Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., having his brain examined by a naïve reductionist neuroscientist, engaging with our current struggles.
For this we must thank Rebecca Newberger Goldstein's inventiveness and intellectual courage. Her book, Plato at the Googleplex: Why Philosophy Won't Go Away, has just been published to rave reviews by people such as philosopher Colin McGinn. Goldstein's goal is clear: to show to the "philosophy-jeerers" — those who claim philosophy has no value whatsoever — how absurdly wrong (and mostly ignorant) they are.
To show, that is, not to tell.
Philosophy has changed much since Plato, as it should. After all, its purview is precisely to examine and re-examine itself as a precondition to growth. No advance would be possible without this openness to criticism. (Incidentally, and not surprisingly, this is also how science functions. Plasticity is an essential property of any evolving knowledge system.) Goldstein's brilliantly constructed narrative, combining Plato's original texts with current-day events, shows how timely the central questions of philosophy remain, as the answers multiply.
Answers are never final, or, if they seem to be, they shouldn't be interpreted as such. Yet, while in science it is easy to identify progress, in philosophy the task is harder. As Goldstein reflects upon Plato's legacy, she offers a portrait of the shifting nature of our philosophical inquiries and our search for meaning:
Philosophical progress is invisible because it is incorporated into our points of view. What was tortuously secured by complex argument becomes widely shared by intuition, so obvious that we forget its provenance. We don't see it, because we see with it.
Philosophy provides the goggles with which we make sense of reality.
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However, the title of 'Ex-player of the Week' is slightly more open a contest. Phil Neville scored a cracker of a goal for Manyoo, but Rooney scoring after being boo-ed for the whole game was pretty funny. But Rooney wins the title because he kisses the Manyoo badge on his shirt in front of the other Blue Blood Scousers.
And if you guys consider the pendulum like nature of both games, you would imagine there were loads of gloating sms-es traded between the fans. A particular sms chat of note would be...
(Everton 1-0 Manyoo, Chelsea 2-1 Bolton)
TigerJoe : keeping my fingers & toes crossed. mayb everton wil gt a 2nd, eh?
Vincent : nvm. we ll still beat you at the bridge.
TigerJoe : i hv a btl of jameson ready 4 dat match. LOL
Vincent : or funnier, chelsea lead by 3 pts goin into the last game. They lose and manyoo win the league on goal difference.
TigerJoe : shudn't underestimat west ham, ms karma might hear u. LOL.
(Everton 2-0 Manyoo, Chelsea 2-2 Bolton)
Vincent : Jom pakat both of us lose the game la. Hahaha!
TigerJoe : dowan. bouhlarouz shud sub w geremi so dat essien cn go 2 RB.
(Full time)
Vincent : Whoops sorry we broke our pakat promise. Come on arsenal!
(Some considerable time later....)
TigerJoe : goddammit!!
Even as worthy as that was for SMS of the week, it can't get better than Eyeris' complaints of:
GREAT. We'll never hear the end of it from u mancs now.
And since I am running out of things to gloat about, I shall close it up with the HantuBola a$hole of the week...
Oh? That would be ME wouldn't it?


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Vaser Liposuction
Nowadays, patients undergo a more comfortable experience as minimal surgical liposuction techniques are applied in place of more conventional methods. By using the latest technology of ultrasonic heat waves, Vaser Lipo, fat is disintegrated whilst tightening the surface of the skin. Moreover, Vaser Lipo eliminates the rugged appearance of the skin surface which can result from more conventional liposuction methods. (Vaser Liposuction in Istanbul)
The general anesthesia is more appropriate in terms of the patient comfort in this technique since liposuction is generally performed on multi areas and the areas are wide areas such as abdomen, back and legs. However, local anesthesia and sedation method may be applied for the areas in smaller and less sites. The appropriate selection of the anesthesia method is specified according to the health status of the patient, fat rate in the area liposuction will be performed and the wideness of the area.
Herbal tea, blood thinners such as Aspirin, Vitamin E and some vitamin derivatives should not be taken for approximately 1 week and 10 days in the post-operative period due to their blood thinning effects. Food and liquid intake should be stopped in the manner of fasting at least 9-10 hours before the operation. Smoking and drinking alcohol should be avoided. Especially smoking in the post-operative period delays wound healing.
During the examination, whether to apply alone or in combination with other techniques, the areas to be applied are specified by discussing with Dr Ercan Demiray. The areas, on which vaser liposuction will be applied in the pre-operative period, are revealed by your surgeon by drawing them. (Vaser liposuction Turkey)
Unlike conventional laser liposuction methods that can harm important tissues (such as the connective tissues, blood vessels and nerves) therefore resulting in bruising and swelling, the ultrasonic waves used in Vaser lipo techniques target only fat cells. Patients can resume to their daily lives quickly after Vaser Lipo procedures.
Additionally, the fats fragmented during vaser liposuction are taken out via special cannulas while the fat tissue may get harmed due to heat or other reasons in other liposuction methods and since ultrasonic sound waves are used, the fats taken don't get harmed and can also be used for fat injection process when needed.
The Vaser Lipo technique is a safe and effective method which is generally suitable for those unable to get rid of excess fat through diet and fitness. It is also approved by the FDA as an effective method of breaking down fat cells in various areas of the body including the abdomen, buttocks, arms, legs, knees, cheeks, chin, and breasts/chest. Moreover, it is quite effective in resolving Gynecomastia- large breast sizes of men.
Patients are generally able to resume to their normal day to day activities 2 to 3 days after their Vaser Lipo operation. Moreover, patients are required to wear a special corset for a period of 1 to 2 weeks (depending on the patients' skin elasticity) in order to ensure a more effective outcome of the procedure.
Vaser liposuction technique is a safe and efficient liposuction method with low complication risk for anyone, who may not lose regional fat excess in spite of dieting and doing exercise. This method approved by FDA helps an efficient outcome by breaking up fat in the body areas such as abdomen, bottom, legs, knees, cheeks, jowl, and breast. It is a quite effective method also for the breast size increase in other words gynecomastia observed in the males.
It is a quite effective method also for the breast size increase in other words gynecomastia observed in the males.
In the post-operative period of vaser liposuction, the patient may continue his/her daily life within 2-3 days.
You can have a bath generally within 1 or 2 days after vaser liposuction. The corset may be worn again after taking off during having a bath.
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Kasey Buckles is the Brian and Jeannelle Brady Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame. She is also a Research Associate with the National Bureau of Economic Research and a faculty affiliate of the Lab for Economic Opportunities.
Buckles' research focuses on the economics of the family, economic demography, and child health and well-being. In recent work, she has investigated the effects of birth spacing and birth order on child well-being, as well as the effects of public policies on marriage, fertility, and adoption.
She has received funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health. Her work has appeared in economics journals including the Review of Economics and Statistics and the Journal of Human Resources, and has been covered by media outlets including CNN, ABC and NBC news, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times.
Kasey joined IZA as a Research Fellow in March 2016.


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Anna Stenstam
CEO CR Competence AB,
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Anna Stenstam, our charismatic and colourful leading lady, holds a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Lund University and is one of the co-founders of the company, together with Karin Bryskhe. With generous measures of gusto and conviviality, Anna builds and maintains a large portion of our quite substantial external network, as well as our internal human resources. In her role as CEO she is also responsible for all things legal and organizational. As would seem appropriate considering her key responsibilities, Anna is a people person with an equal passion for science and the performing arts. And footwear.
June 2, 2017 Anna was appointed Honorary Doctor at Lund University faculty of Engineering for her work bridging between Academia and Industry.
October 2018, Anna joined the external advisory board for NanoLund.


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With Jedox, you can realize integrated corporate planning for standardized budgeting and forecasting processes. You can rely on self-service business intelligence and enable your team to independently run data-driven business processes and make decisions on a valid database.
In order to make the right decisions for your company, access to all company-relevant data must be guaranteed. Instead of using a variety of tools for planning, analysis and reporting, BOARD offers you the opportunity to look at the Big Picture in one software.
With Qlik, you get a data analytics solution that also processes large amounts of data into dashboards so that you can easily show connections. On this basis, optimization potential can be quickly identified and you can always make the right decisions.


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|Rediff India Abroad Home | All the sections
Karunanidhi protests ill-treatment of Tamils in Malaysia
November 27, 2007 17:58 IST
Expressing concern over the treatment meted out to Tamils in Malaysia, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi on Tuesday demanded that the Centre immediately take appropriate action to end their suffering.
In a letter to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh [Images], he said the people of the state were disturbed over the happenings in Kuala Lumpur. He said he was greatly pained at the way in which Tamils in Kuala Lumpur were treated by the Malaysian police on November 25, when they organised a protest rally there.
Images: Indians take to the streets of Kuala Lumpur
'You are aware that Tamils constitute the largest percentage among the Indian minority in Malaysia. The protesters were carrying poster-size pictures of Mahatma Gandhi [Images],' the chief minister said in his letter to the prime minister.
The rally was organised to demand equal rights. Police had used water cannons and tear-gars to crush the demonstration and disperse the rally, besides detaining over 240 ethnic Indians.


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Sorry this is a bit late!
Throughout November and December, I shall be at Wells market on Wednesdays, and at the Tobacco Factory market on Sundays, except Sunday 29th November.
Please note that the three Sunday markets in December at the Tobacco Factory are extended markets with extra stalls, and the hours are extended a whole half hour, so you have until 3.00pm to get there!
In addition you can catch up with me at:
- Marlborough Christmas Lights, in the High Street, Friday November 20th, 9.00am till 8.00pm
- Bradford on Avon Christmas Lights, Friday November 27th 6.00pm till 9.00pm. I'll be in Lamb Yard.
- North Street Christmas Fair, Southville, Bristol, Saturday November 28th, 9.00 till about 5.00.
- Brunel Square Christmas Market, Saturday 5th December 10.00am till about 4.00pm. Follow signs for the SS Great Britain.
- Wimborne Late Night Shopping, Wimborne, Dorset, Thursday 10th December, 5.00pm till 9.00.
- Picton Street Xmas Fair, Saturday 12th December, 9.00am till 9.00pm. That's in the Montpellier district of Bristol.
- Castle Cary Christmas Lights, Thursday 17th December, 5.00pm till 9.00pm.
- Frome market (in the Cheese and Grain carpark) Saturday 19th December, 9.00 till about 3.00pm.


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Assessing the value of cloud security threat intelligence services
Are cloud threat intelligence services worth the investment? Diana Kelley discusses whether they're really needed and eight key assessment questions.
Cloud-based threat intelligence, predictive threat detection and advanced security event management have become hot topics in the past few years. Though marketing names and specific features differ by vendor, the core function of detection products is to leverage global threat and attack data to provide a view into attacks as they happen -- and even, in some cases, before they happen.
Determining whether or not cloud-based threat intelligence services make financial sense for your company requires a cost/benefit analysis and input from stakeholders.
By aggregating data from sources around the world, these vendors purport that they are able to identify even hard-to-detect attacks: those that are highly complex, targeted, persistent and/or "low and slow." On paper, the services look appealing but, in practice, how well do they actually perform? Are they worth the money that customers are spending for them? That's what we'll discuss in this tip.
What is a global threat intelligence service?
The most important factor that dictates the success of any service of this type is the data: The more data there is, the better the results available. Vendors get data in two main ways: as feeds from their customer base and by observing and monitoring activity on the Internet. Capturing data is the (relatively) easy part. The tricky part is sifting through the extraordinary volume of information to find suspect patterns and anomalous activity indicative of an attack or other suspicious security incident.
Traffic pattern anomalies are one indicator of attack. For example, if a vendor sees a spike of inbound traffic to a server or cluster of servers in Belarus, the security operations center (SOC) engineers can investigate to see if the traffic is related to something legitimate, such as a fast-moving phish response, or an explosion of command-and-control traffic from already-deployed remote-control tools. Alternatively, the service provider may use proprietary heuristics or preconfigured rules and advanced correlation techniques to automatically parse the activity to determine whether it is suspicious.
Attacks aren't always so easy to detect, however. The so-called "low-and-slow" application attacks and distributed attacks through graphics files and Flash applications are harder to identify. Cloud intelligence can help here, too. Because the vendors are monitoring reports from both their customer base and total Internet activity, they are in a position to see targeted malicious activity to a customer or set of customers that may not be moving fast enough to look anomalous across all Internet traffic.
Some vendors also provide reputational awareness as part of their service. If a site is brand new or has been associated with fraud in the past, it will have a lower "reputation" value compared to a site that has been online for years with no associated fraud. Requests to sites with a low reputational ranking can be automatically blocked while traffic to trusted sites is passed through without interference.
Most cloud threat intelligence service vendors regularly release free cybercrime reports. Potential customers can read these to get an idea of the kind of threats the vendor is detecting and also gain insight into their overall approach to the threat intelligence detection space.
From the editor: More on threat intelligence
Security Think Tank: The intelligence-led approach to security
The need for better information security intelligence
Are the services worth the investment?
This question is a little trickier to address. Each company must first look at what it is hoping to accomplish with the use of cloud-based threat intelligence services, then determine the quality of the data and, finally, weigh the overall investment.
Below are eight important questions to answer when evaluating the value of cloud-based threat intelligence services:
- What business problem are we trying to solve with this service?
- What kind of data is the provider collecting?
- How is the provider disseminating that data to its customer base?
- Will we be able to leverage that data rapidly to block, prevent or slow down attacks?
- Are there alternatives that meet the same business need? (Example: information sharing communities)
- Do we have the in-house staff and expertise to perform the same threat intelligence functions?
- What is the vendor's track record with finding and preventing threat activity?
- Do we need these kinds of services for partner agreements, regulatory requirements or other compliance initiatives?
Determining whether cloud-based threat intelligence services make financial sense for your company will require a cost/benefit analysis and input from stakeholders on executive, audit and risk management teams. Efficacy and approaches among the vendors vary, but gathering attack intelligence from both a broad customer base and Internet traffic patterns around the globe provides a unique view into threat activity that cannot be replicated using internal traffic alone. As attacks grow ever more complex and sophisticated, having an intelligence tool like a cloud-based threat intelligence service will, for many organizations, make good threat prevention sense.
About the author
Diana Kelley is a partner with Amherst, N.H.-based consulting firm SecurityCurve. She formerly served as vice president and service director with research firm Burton Group. She has extensive experience creating secure network architectures and business solutions for large corporations and delivering strategic, competitive knowledge to security software vendors.


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WTB - Pure "Race" Saddle (Bicycle)
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WTB - Pure "Race" Saddle (Bicycle)
WTB's Pure "Race" Saddle is an excellent All Mountain and distance saddle, the Pure V features a drop nose design preventing hang ups, as well as enough padding for all day comfort. The distinctive, rising whale-tail feature provides something to push against when the trail turns steep and makes it easy to find the saddle's sweet spot when first jumping on it. The Pure is a sure bet for almost any rider!
WTB's Pure "Race" Saddle features:
- Distinctive drop nose design, wide whale-tail pedaling platform and an ergonomic contoured shape
- All models have flex-tuned shell with Comfort Zone
- Team has ABR corners and lightweight DNA padding, Race has ABR corners
- Mid-Sizing: Width x Long (148mm x 273mm)
- RAIL: Cromoly
- COLOR: Black (Red Accents)
- WEIGHT: 297g (0.66 lb)
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Train Nimes → Paris
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Nîmes, even the romans loved it! Southern France is full of treasures. Nîmes is one of them. Capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon area, this city is firmly rooted in its Roman past, since it is located right on the Via Domitia which used to link Italy to Spain. Learn more about Nimes
Paris, the capital of France
Paris, the capital of France This is it! You are nearing a visit to the one of the world's greatest cities, Paris! The capital of France is also known as the City of Light. This enchanting city, at the crossroads of cultures, is the capital of fashion and home to world highlights such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and Avenue des Champs Elysées, to name but a few. In terms of architectural beauty, art history, events, gastronomy and sheer extravagance, Paris is a milestone ahead of any other city on earth. Beyond the highlights of the city, Paris is the ideal place to discover the French art de vivre. Take a seat in a café and simply enjoy the scene in front of you: locals shopping fresh food from authentic markets, people taking their time for lunch which usually lasts more than an hour, women and men who are well groomed in a simple yet fashionable way… Simple things that make life much more enjoyable. When it's time to eat, you'll be spoilt for choice. Indeed, Paris has a wealth of restaurants serving specialities from every corner of the world. And of course you don't come to this amazing city without having a morning croissant, lunch in a neighbourhood bistro or dinner in a Michelin-starred restaurants if you wish to have a treat. Paris has one of the world's most extensive public transport systems. You can take a taxi if you are not much of an adventurer, but that would be a pity! Metro (subway or underground), buses and city bicycles are much more fun and are very easy to use, even for beginners. Go to any metro station and ask the RATP staff to help you out with the best ticket option. Don't forget to ask for a free tourist map. It takes more than a couple of days to discover Paris, but you can plan your visit according to our 3-day itinerary to see the best of the City of Light. Learn more about Paris


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Dr. Scientist - BitQuest!
A most thoughtful box.
The BitQuest is a collection of 8 pristinely crafted digital effects, that can be played in both clean or dirty settings.
Each effect was carefully designed to please both adventurers and traditionalists, and the versatility is a real asset in live settings: one expression pedal 8 (16) effects. Dr. Scientist designed the unit so that in nearly all settings, the effect can go beyond convention. This is especially apparent in the delay, which can become a glitchy, undertone-filled-freak-show.
The addition of secondary effects in some settings takes this one step further, allowing you to craft entire soundscapes with the BitQuest alone. It is a multi-effect within a multi-effect.
Video overview, complete with lemons
The name says it all: the BitQuest is about discovery. It's about trying every setting until one just nestles into you, and there you are. You may think you're about infinite reverb, and discover that you are a flanger deep in the folds of your heart.
If you're in the mood for adventure, check it out.
If you're in the mood for adventure, check it out.
"The name says it all: the BitQuest is about discovery."
The sound of your grandpa eating lemons.


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EdelWise Experimental Friday
Together with our friends at Fjuze and Edel Amsterdam we came up with a concept for a unique monthly party that brings the neighborhood together.
EdelWise (the way Edel would do it) is a monthly party that experiments on three different aspects. Food, drinks and 'something to talk about'. Each of these elements change every month and therefore EdelWise is different and surprising every time. You could be eating Chinese snacks, drinking a new Bacardi mix and enjoying a breakdance performance (with local dance crews) at the February edition while in March there could be opera, french fries and milkshakes. By involving the (creative) local neighborhood, EdelWise has quickly become the biggest surprise of Amsterdam.www.edelwise.nl
Life is like a box of chocolates...
Each edition of EdelWise consists of three ingrediënts: Food, drinks and 'something to talk about'. Each of these ingrediënts is creative and different every month. When we put together the concept of EdelWise we involved the neighbours in the process. People who live in the area were asked to come as VIPs and bring friends. Companies were challenged to come up with creative content. With the help of local photographers, advertising agencies, singers, bands, dancers, cocktail shakers, theater schools, catering services and many more we shape each EdelWise to something different. You'll never see the same EdelWise twice. Just buy a ticket, get in and be surprised.
The identity of EdelWise is based on the same concept as the event. By using the same ingrediënts differently, the result is unique every time.
For the visual identity of EdelWise we created building blocks that can be rearranged to form different visuals. The seperate blocks (above) are used as flyers. We use them to design all sorts of communication items liks posters (below), banners, headers, websites, cocktailcards, merchandise, signing and decor pieces. Most visitors of EdelWise just create funny faces with them.
During the summer, EdelWise takes thing outside with a big party in the Rembrandpark. Same concept, same vibe.
EdelWise Festival is the outdoor edition of EdelWise. Starting at noon the day is packed with surprises. The identity is slightly different from the regular style but still uses the same building blocks principle.


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Before Jill McAlister and Marcie Pratt went skydiving together, they had never met. But, the two shared more in common than they would have believed. They both have congenital hearing loss, with late diagnosis due to several years of misdiagnosis as young children; they are both Esteem recipients; and now, they've jumped out of an airplane together.
Jill and Marcie met on a trip to San Diego to give a presentation to an advisory panel of otologists about their success with their Esteems. At the meeting, both women got to reconnect with the surgeons who performed their implant surgeries, Dr. Jack Shohet and Dr. Michael Seidman, in a heart-warming reunion. Jill and Marcie also took questions from the audience – a feat that would have been impossible for both women just a few years ago.


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Apeks XTX50 Second Stage Regulator
Taking many features from the high end XTX200 and XTX100 regulators the XTX50 represents excellent value for a second stage that is full of features. The XTX50 second stage is pneumatically balanced, this gives a smoother more precise delivery of gas for a very satisfying breath.
With strategically position metal components the XTX50 regulator can be used happily in the coldest water with little chance of freezing and causing a free flow. Both the venturi system and the cracking resistance of the second stage can be controlled by the diver at any time in the dive allowing the XTX50 to be dialed into the exact dive conditions.
From the factory the hose is routed into the right hand side of the second stage but this can be swapped to the left hand side by an Apeks technician.
Exhaust tees can be swapped by the diver, allowing a diver to choose between better dispersion of exhaled bubbles or the XTX50 regulator can be made more compact.
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- Maybe the best all rounder out there!Review by Dave
- Bought two of these for my Tech twin set. Have not been disappointed at all. Great quality. Perfect air underwater even at Tech depths. Look great even though these are the lower line that are plastic I would recommend them to anyone. If you are worried about budget these are great as on the 100 and 200 you are really only paying for the way they look rather than the way they work. (Posted on 07/02/2016)
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