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by Clay McLeod Chapman and Craig Macneill.
W.C.Fields sure was onto something when he uttered this immortal warning nearly a century ago: "Never work with animals or children."
Did we listen? Of course not. Our previous short film collaboration, LATE BLOOMER, premiered at the 2004 Lake Placid Film Festival where it was awarded the Audience Award for Best Short Film and went on to screen at dozens of festivals including the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. LATE BLOOMER was about a seventh gradesex-ed class that goes terribly wrong. The cast was predominantly comprised of preadolescents, and in spite of this fact, everything went very smoothly on set. Based on that experience, we were very confident, perhaps overly so, about working with just one younger child in our next short, HENLEY. In fact, for HENLEY we decided to double-down: not only would our lead be even younger than anyone we've ever worked with before—we'd throw animals into the mix. Live animals—Deer and rabbit to be exact.
We lucked out with our young lead Hale Lytle, who plays nine-year-old Ted Henley. Hale has a preternatural quality about him—a magnetic screen presence. Nine years old at the time of shooting, this kid had more energy than the rest of the cast and crew combined. When all the adults started to wane, losing energy around the 3 AM stretch, Hale would be still jumping around the set, ready for his close-up.
The deer, however, is another story.
Two key segments in our film revolved around prolonged shots of deer: a deer grazing in a field; and a deer stepping onto a highway at night only to be caught in the headlights of an oncoming car.
W.C. Fields was likely rolling in his grave as the script was being written.
We shot in Virginia during the summer and had all been told many times by many locals that the streets are flooded with deer. We would have no trouble finding lots of deer—alive, dead or otherwise. Just wait a couple minutes; they'll step out from the woods and start waving their SAG card at you. Nothing lead us to believe we wouldn't be able to get one—if not dozens—for a couple shots. Until, we didn't. All those deer ready for their big break just disappeared. Poof.
Okay—so we'll hire an animal trainer we thought. Use a professional. Nope. Turns out the state of Virginia considers deer a nuisance and has a law that states you can't keep deer as pets—or, train them for movies. We kept pushing our deer scenes during filming, stalling for a miracle. On our last day of shooting, with no divine intervention to speak of, we rushed to an antique store looking for mounted deer heads. We found a footstool whose legs were made of—wait for it—deer legs. Hoof to knee. Our production designer sawed the legs off and attempted to puppeteer the shot of our hapless animal strutting onto the street from the knees down. It looked like a deer-of-the-night in high heels waiting for some john to pull over and pick it up. Or, as some suggested, like a moon-walking dead deer. Fortunately this footage never made its way into the film.
Luckily, a month later, one of our crew members just-so-happened to be working on a feature in upstate New York that just-so-happened to have a deer in it. The feature had hired a professional wrangler and this deer was legit. It had a trailer and everything. With a little begging, we were able to convince the animal's handler to "borrow" the deer between scenes on the feature to shoot the necessary bits for our humble little short.
The amount of screen time taken up by our kidnapped deer adds up to only a few seconds. Blink and you might even miss it. That's pretty minuscule compared to the days of anxiety and frustration spent trying to find the deer in the first place. But ask us if we've learned from our lesson or not, if we'll work with animals (or kids) ever again—and we'll have to shake our heads no: As it stands, we're planning to expand and adapt our short into a feature film. That's ninety minutes of deer whispering. That's more kids and a hell of a lot more deer.
HENLY screened in competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. The film premiered at the 2011 Gen Art Film Festival where it was awarded the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film.
Craig Macneill is a director and screenwriter based in New York City. Macneill's first film, LATE BLOOMER, was an official selection at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and played at over twenty prestigious festivals worldwide winning the audience award for Best Short Film at the Lake Placid Film Festival and Best short film at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival. In 2009, Macneill, along with co-director Alexei Kaleina, completed a micro budget feature film tilted THE AFTERLIGHT. THE AFTERLIGHT had its world premiere at the International Rome Film Festival in Rome, Italy and in 2011 was acquired for theatrical distribution, DVD, and VOD through Cinema Purgatorio. Also Macneill, wrote and directed, LOBOS (WOLVES) a short film shot entirely on location in Spain. LOBOS premiered at the Zagreb Film Festival and the 2010 Palm Spring Shortfest. In 2010 Craig was awarded a Jerome Foundation Grant. You can find his work at North Lake Films.
Clay McLeod Chapman is the creator of the rigorous storytelling session The Pumpkin Pie Show. He is the author of rest area, a collection of short stories, and miss corpus, a novel. Currently, he is writing a trilogy of middlegrade children's novels titled The Tribe—book one, Homeroom Headhunters, hits the shelves in 2013 from Hyperion books. He is writing the book for SCKBSTD, a new orginial musical with Grammy-winner Bruce Hornsby, directed by Tony-winner John Rando. He teaches writing at The Actors Studio MFA Program at Pace University.


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Digital Consulting Institute dubbed this week's eB2B World Conference and Expo in Atlanta "Back to Basics," which attendees agree is the mantra for most businesses during these tough economic times.
As the U.S. economy enters what some attendees have difficulty saying - a recession - businesses are putting freezes on IT spending and other expenses such as travel. In addition, the beginning stages of this recession were compounded by the terrorist attacks on September 11, and businesses and consumers are still grappling with fear and uncertainty about the economy and international affairs.
Attendees and analysts at the show say all of these factors are combining to force today's businesses to retrench and rethink new initiatives, such as B2B marketplaces.
"There will be a continued slowdown over the next six months, and many companies are going to shut off the IT spigot, especially for the rest of this year," says Knerko Burney, an analyst at Cahners In-Stat Group. "September 11 was a terrible thing, and people are afraid and depressed. When they feel this way they don't buy as much and don't work as well."
Burney says the early months of 2002 are fairly uncertain, but the perception is that they will be "awful," improving only by midyear.
The National Association of Purchasing Management's manufacturing business survey seems to back up this assessment. The results for the September manufacturing economy survey posted a purchasing managers index of 47 percent, down from 47.9 percent in August. PMI measures such factors as inventory, new orders and employment, and 50 percent or higher means growth. September marks the 14th consecutive month of decline.
Businesses that actually do spend money on IT will make pragmatic decisions, trying to solve problems such as connecting remote workers, Burney says. Businesses will only spend money on software, such as customer relationship management, if it allows them to stay even with their competitors and know their customers' behavior and buying patterns better. They won't spend money on projects that don't show immediate benefits, such as marketplaces, she says.
Collaborative commerce will likely get a "kick in the arm," says Bruce Tempkin, an analyst at Forrester Research BV. "Risk has now been added to the business model and manufacturers who have inventory all over the world will have to be more flexible," he says. After September 11, the U.S. borders were closed, forcing companies to scramble for direct materials to build products. Now, they have to rethink where and how they find these components.
Analysts also say businesses will likely spend money on data warehousing, online real-time analysis, logistics and supply chain visibility.
Businesses that shut down their IT spending now have the time and opportunity to look over their business strategy, says Larry Lucker, chief services officer of Clarkston Group. When businesses start spending on IT again, they'll know exactly where to target their dollars. "They have time and they know their competitors won't be spending money either," he says.
Businesses putting off pilot projects and other expenditures can still position themselves for the future by looking at some low-cost or no-cost alternatives, Lucker says. For example, buyers could use simple Excel spreadsheets to get a handle on sourcing, rather than purchasing full-blown packages. They could then find out who their best suppliers are, track contracts and create business rules. Then, when money is available, they could move to the next stage and implement analysis tools.
More importantly, businesses will look at vendors with a more critical eye and won't tolerate any "bait and switch" marketing techniques, says Harry Tse, an analyst at Yankee Group Inc.
"The game is to force software packages onto customers, and the majority have spoken. It takes time" for software functionality such as procurement, marketplaces and even business intelligence to get accepted, Tse says. It's taken over 30 years for supply chain management, human resources and manufacturing software to be accepted and implemented into companies. Businesses aren't ready for new packaged software, but will they implement sourcing, say, as modules. "Businesses aren't going to be in a rush to buy software if they don't feel they have a reason to."


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Running Node.js and Apache Side-by-Side on Ubuntu
I was setting up a server as a sandbox to run some of my personal projects. I needed the server to run PHP, Ruby, and Node.js applications. Running PHP and Ruby side-by-side on Apache is no problem. But running Node.js and Apache on the same box is an issue since Apache and Node.js need to listen for incoming requests on port 80.
The obvious solution is to use Apache as a proxy, passing along requests on port 80 for Node.js applications to their respetctive Node.js process. All other requests could be handled by Apache. This not ideal however, as it negates some of the performance benefits of using Node.js in the first place if we have to pass requests through Apache first.
It was clear to me that the best option would be write a proxy in Node.js and expose this process to the Internet by having it listen on port 80. I could then pass requests through to any aribtrary process quite easily using the node-http-proxy module.
Here is the script I created. If you use this, replace the obvious placeholder stuff with the appropriate values. You'll also need to
npm install http-proxy in your project folder as it is a dependency of this script.
// /var/www/proxy-server/proxy.js
var http = require('http')
, httpProxy = require('http-proxy');
var options = {
hostnameOnly: true,
router: {
'some-lamp-app.com': '127.0.0.1:8080',
'some-node-app.com': '127.0.0.1:3001'
var proxyServer = httpProxy.createServer(options);
So you may notice a couple seemingly strange things about the ports in this script:
- I have the proxy script listening on port 3000 instead of port 80. This is because root privileges are required to listen on port 80. Since I don't want to escalate priveleges to run this script, I've set the script to listen on port 3000. A consequence of this is that I had to set-up the IP tables to forward all requests on port 80 to port 3000.
- I have a LAMP app listening on port 8080 instead of port 80. Apache listens on port 80 by default, but requests on port 80 are being forwarded to port 3000. As such, Apache needs to be configured to listen to another port. Port 8080 is as good as any.
- I have a Node.js app listening on port 3001. The Node.js app needs to listen on some port. I've decided to reserve port 3000-3999 for my Node.js processes.
Finally, you need to run the proxy script. Be aware that this is a long running process that you need to keep alive. I'm running this script on a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server and chose to create an upstart service to manage the process. Monit and Forever.js are popular ways of doing this too.
Here's my service which I created at /etc/init/proxyjs.conf. If you use this, replace the obvious placeholder stuff with the appropriate values.
description "Proxy written in Node.js"
author "Your Name"
start on (local-filestyles and net-device-up IFACE=eth0)
stop on shutdown
cd /var/www/proxy-server/proxy.js
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Note that the full path the Node binary needs to be used in the script. An easy way to find the path is to issue the command
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Anti Capitalist and anti globalization protesters- the spoiled, rich enemies of the poor
Capitalism and globalisation are the solutions to third world poverty. Anyone who cares about the third world should promote globalisation and economic freedom. Anti-globalisation protesters are spoilt, rich children who want to prevent the rest of the world from enjoying the fruits of capitalism that they have grown up with. They are worse than immoral. Poverty is not funny. Poverty is not a matter of living in a squat or not having enough for a pint. Poverty is a matter of watching your children starve and die.
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by Elizabeth Cleland and Lorraine Karafel. Glasgow Museums; Philip Wilson, October 2017. 724 p. ill. ISBN: 9781781300503 (h/c), $200.
Reviewed January 2018
Glasgow shipping magnate Sir William Burrell (1861-1958) amassed over 200 medieval, Renaissance, and early modern European tapestries throughout his life. His collection contains examples from all of the major tapestry production centers in Europe, including the Netherlands, France, and Germany. Until the publication of Glasgow Museums: Tapestries from the Burrell Collection many of these tapestries had never been cataloged, were rarely exhibited, and therefore little known.
The catalog begins with an introductory essay on tapestry collecting in Britain, and in particular on Burrell's approach to the collection and display of tapestries. The following essay provides information on the maintenance and care of tapestries, and includes a discussion of the care that Burrell himself took with his tapestries. An accompanying photo essay presents detailed illustrations of the tapestry conservation process, including images of tapestries under ultraviolet light, which highlights aspects of tapestries otherwise difficult to see in visible light. Additionally, the book also explores the various sources of dyes used in an English workshop.
The entries on the tapestries held within the Burrell Collection, Glasgow, make up the heart of this weighty publication. The tapestries are organized first by area of origin, and within that, by theme (religious, secular, floral, armorial, pastorals, mythological, etc.), and then arranged chronologically. In each record there is an accompanying image, statement of provenance, subject matter and design, and date and place of production. Also included for each tapestry are technical notes, which describe their current condition and conservation interventions, as well as information on their weaving production, exhibition history, and full bibliographies. Appendices include a list of collectors who Burrell acquired his tapestries from, dealers who sold Burrell tapestries, exhibition lists that included Burrell's tapestries, lists of loans to museums, colleges, and cathedrals, accession and catalog numbers, and a comprehensive bibliography.
This large book is thoroughly researched and well-presented, making it a fantastic resource for reference and research and is highly recommended for a library or museum interested in any aspect of European tapestry production, collecting, and preserving. Most of the images throughout the book are in color, making this a worthwhile publication on that alone. Introductory essays contextualize Burrell and his collecting practices while the logical breakdown of the collection by country of origin and theme make this book an excellent reference tool.


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Developers across the country know that a successful Street of Dreams home starts with making a good first impression. That's why builders Gordon Root and Rick Waible used Nichiha Sierra Premium Shake for their show home at the NW Natural Street of Dreams outside Portland, Oregon. But when you ask Gordon's wife Tracy Root, who was very influential in the home's design, why she chose Nichiha, her answer gets at the very heart of the decision.
"The home is called Mon Coeur, which is French for 'My Heart,'" explained Tracy. "I tell people that we just followed our heart with this. My family will actually live here; this is our dream home, so we wanted it to be beautiful."
Each home on this Street of Dreams has its own personality and unique design style. Tracy said she chose a Hamptons-inspired home because that's the style she loved. She knew they had to use shingle-style siding to achieve the timeless look.
"However, things weather differently here in the Pacific Northwest than they do on the East coast so we had to be careful," she explained. "We decided to avoid cedar because it changes color and can look splotchy over time. Left to the elements, cedar can also cup out and mildew. Plus, we wanted an authentic cedar impression but I wanted to avoid the 'stamped look' that is more common with other cement board shingle siding products." Nichiha Sierra Premium Shake gave Tracy the rich, classic look she wanted.
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There are five homes total in the Street of Dreams, and all five are different. "This home was originally designed to meet our personal goals, since we will be living there, but it also needed to meet the standards of a Street of Dreams home," said Tracy. "We've been doing this for 20 years; my husband has been on the board of the Homebuilders Association and I've attended these over the years, so we are very familiar with what succeeds in this type of project."
First is innovation, said Tracy. "You want a home that will be a bit of a trailblazer. The public naturally gravitates to what's new—that's why they visit a Street of Dreams. If you feature a good quality product or a design style, it naturally sets a trend."
Already, the project is generating attention. "So many people have stopped, and we even had one local designer come to tell us how much she loved the siding," said Tracy. "It helped us create what I call 'a new old home' with a recognized, classic feeling."
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Born in Panama City, Panama, Lowe's professional career began in 2003 earning a BA in Graphic Design from Universidad Católica Santa María la Antigua (USMA) and graduating with Cum Laude honors.
While living in Miami between 2016-2018, Lowe was the former Art Director at American Airlines' NEXOS magazine, working with A-list celebrities, such as Daddy Yankee, Paulina Rubio, Romeo Santos, Carlos Vives, John Leguizamo, Karla Souza, America Ferrera, Eugenio Derbez, Edgar Ramírez, Aarón Sánchez, Giovani Dos Santos, and top photographers, make-up, hair stylists and fashion stylists in Latin America, the Caribbean and USA.
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New thoughts about causes of diabetes
Eat right, exercise regularly, maintain a healthy weight, and you can reduce your risk of diabetes as you get older. Since following that advice is significantly harder than giving it, more and more people are developing type II diabetes, and researchers continue to explore its underlying causes in the hope of developing effective therapies. The task is more urgent than ever because the average age of people being diagnosed with the disease is falling as the U.S. population gets fatter. Overall, according to the American Diabetes Association, about 10 million people in the United States know they have type II diabetes, while more than 5 million with the disease remain undiagnosed.


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Lewis enjoys the Hungaroring and won there three times in the past: "I love the layout of the circuit and Budapest is a really cool city which has a great atmosphere over the race weekend.
It will be an important weekend for us and we need to get off to a good start on Friday when we have the chance to try the new tyres for the first time.
I've spent some time at the factory since we returned from Germany and I know that everyone there is working really hard to improve our overall performance and to address the issues that we experienced at the last race.
It would be great to reward all of that effort with a strong weekend in Budapest and I'll certainly be pushing to make that happen."


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I'm not a fan of the countryside. It's okay to visit, for a few days, 5 at tops. But let's be honest, anymore and you might as well read the Daily Mail, hate all dark-skinned people (asylum-seeking, job-stealing dole-draining, bomb-making terrorist gypsy types) and believe that the master-race wears brogues, cords and barbours.
Well, you know what, arseholes, if it were such a great place we'd all move there, but we don't, most of us live in cities. Just check out the figures, More of us live in one tower block than one of your counties - so you work it out. And why? Because we love knowing we can go and get fresh coriander at 3am for one (Even though we never do), And we enjoy the food, company and cultures of those people of a different creed or colour.
If you haven't guessed, it's not the nature bit I don't like, God's contribution is fine with me. No, it's the fucking people.
When people from the city came down and told them to rip out the hedges and kill off the wildlife and spray the land with poisons and abuse their live stock they nodded their big, blotchy, red faces, took the subsidies and went down t' pub to drink some disgusting cloudy cow piss out of personalised tankards.
But when people from the city came down and told them to stop killing animals for pleasure what happens? They band together, they lobby government, they seek coverage in the media, they unite, they rebel.
It's because your priorities are so fucked that you should know, cuntry folk, that YOU PISS ME OFF, YOU STUPID BASTARDS.
PS. You don't even own the land, you lease it from your children, that's how stupid you are.
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You sir are spot on.
Whilst I think it is unfair to judge all country folk as being Daily Mail reading facist animal murdering wankers, I think the numbers are far higher than should be acceptable in any society...
- 11:20
- AngryMan said...
I fully agree with you, not all country folk are Daily Mail readers, some of them can't read at all.
- 20:45
- Marcus Brown said...
having lived with these people for three years, I can state:
1. You are correct
2. Daily Mail is too complex for them
3. They pissed me off for three years
4. They all, and I mean all, smell of poo.
Thank you.
- 14:55
I have lived in the 'cuntry' as you so eloquently wrote all my life. I don't read the Daily Mail but I do, sorry did, read your blog.
What I hate are towny twats like you who are stupid enough to actually think you have it better living in a crime ridden, polluted, dirty, overcrowded, hell hole of a city paying £2.3m for 10 square feet of urban bullshit.
- 22:42
- nemonic said...
So where do you stand on city dwellers with weekend country retreats? Rich Mail on Sunday reading bastards?
- 18:19
- Rob Mortimer said...
You should watch the latest Dylan Moran DVD, he says a lot of accurate stuff about people who want to "move to the country"...
- 16:57
- BPP said...
Is it alright to not give a fuck about foxes or how they are dispatched whilst not being a big-eared, ruddy-faced, inbred dullard? I live in a city, have access to fresh coriander etc, but couldn't care less if country folk blew up foxes with cannons. I don't read newspapers either. What am I? Does not reading The Daily Mail yet being in the slightest bit concerned about flea-ridden country vermin make me a racist or something? I'm confused - I can't say I care for coriander much either ... fresh or canned.
- 13:57
Sometimes your funny.
But This Arrogance just takes the Piss.
Fucking arrogant snobbish cunt.
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- 15:31
Fuck London. Seriously. The most bigotted, racist, close-minded people I've ever met all live in (or below) the rat-infested city you call home. Not to mention all the muggers, the muderers, and the scagheads I haven't met.
You fucking twat.
For trying to disguise your smog-induced agoraphobia with some sort of ill-conceived pseudo-intelligent predictable moral argument, YOU PISSED ME OFF, YOU BASTARD
- 16:46
Copyblighter, I rest my case you're obviously, so obviously from the country, you little bumpkin, you
- 16:51
Simon, your powers of deduction couldn't help but amaze.
Did you pick up on my ever-so-subtle hostility towards your darling London, or was it the webbed feet and buck teeth that gave me away?
- 17:39
- a.g. said...
I'm an ex-urbi and I'd like to say that there are two types of people that live in the countryside: the rich and the the rest. No different to your London utopia.
They don't all agree with foxhunting by the way and most regard the upper clases as tossers.
- 01:37
I tell you what you stupid arrogant piece of shit. People from the 'cuntry' could buy and sell knobs like you. I thought you were funny, but this is just fucking ignorant. YOU PISSED ME OFF, YOU BASTARD!
- 17:10
came across your blog by accident,
what a fucking dead head wanker you are!
- 10:44
Its quite simple really. Why dont you stay in your tower block with the rest of the rats and that way you wont pollute our countryside.
- 22:40
"And we enjoy the food, company and cultures of those people of a different creed or colour..."
What a hypocrite, bigot fuck face you are, lol.
London Prick.
Take any O out of London, or put one in, scramble the the letters however you see fit... you're still faced with a citizenry of proper ignorant cunts, all just like you, feltching each other with southern insecurescaredofbeingbetteredbyanythingnorthofwatfordphobic shitsperm.
- 01:05
And who grew your gay-fuck coriander you stupid city cunt?
- 23:21
Are you sure this image isn't photoshop? To be honest I don't give a shit what you think about us. People in the country are caring. Obviously some scank has come from the City and fucked every thing up.You are discusting the rest if the things on here are funny but this is just another level and that is why YOU PISS ME OFF, YOU BASTERD!
- 12:30
Pure shit. Just because YOU are racist doesn't mean we are . I can't believe you ,someone from the city, can say this about people in the country. This proves that people in the city are arrogant bastards who think there the best. Just because we don't believe in polluting the world does not mean we smell off SHIT. If you had any common sense you would know that turd is used to fertilise crops.ARSEHOLE.
- 12:39
Are you okay? Are you alright in the head? Ever seen escape to the country? The people on there want to get away from shity conditions and bastards like you. They want to move to a nice living condition.Also if you hadn't notest because your head is stuck up your arse the daily mail is a national news paper. Just because we aren't slappers like you doesn't mean we are less intelligent. BITCH.
- 12:48
Mother fucker
- 12:39
You sick bastard
- 13:15
How old are you? This article reads like it has been posted by a six year old.
- 13:16
- English Tramp said...
fucking right there are no birds left all have been poisoned by fucking slug pellets there are no song thrushes left all you cuntry cyunts have fucked the country side really good you fucking shit people
- 19:35
- English Tramp said...
Yes all thye Song Thrushes are an example none are left due to Farmers and stupid ignorant people poisoning skugs and the Song Thrushes have eaten them and all died none are left and that Cunt cameron has done nothing except send money to that fucking Nigger mugabe who has butchered his people and made Zimbabwe a shit heap fucking politicians they shouls all be shot
- 19:37
- English Tramp said...
Dont vote for Labour for fucksake not that any of the other shit in Parliament are any good vote for me and get Britain back to be great it is finished with these bastrads in Power all are scum
- 19:38
@ marcus brown in particular, u sir are a complete cunt!
I live in the wye valley, (thats countryside, to u shity dwelling troglodite hypocritical bastard government loving royalist twats) guess what? I don't read the daily mail, as with most mass media its made up of well mainly complete bollox like the shit this twat posts here. I'm also an animal lover thus i fucking hate lardy da toffs riding around on their poncey fucking horses with their rabid fucking mongrels leading the way terrorising some poor fox. Last i checked i didn't smell of poo neither, so u fucking judgemental cunts that think you are some sort of trendy cool person because you live in a fucking shitty towerblock, with stairwells that stink of piss and some foreigner running a takeaway on the corner
Selling halal shit with his hands that he uses for toilet paper because he doesn't believe in hygeine need to wake the fuck up, cos when the shit hits the fan you'll all be running to the countryside in hope that you'll be safe from the lovely foreign ethnicities you so proudly proclaim to enjoy the company of!!!!!! Peace out cunts.
Allah, who the fuck is allah!!!!!!
- 04:31
- Oswin said...
If you don't like the countryside then stay in the city. I don't like the city, so I don't go there. Simples ...
Why are so many of you so rude and offensive???
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Nelson: I've covered this place in more detail in a previous post, but felt like posting this anyway to remind myself how warm it is to eat hot pot on cold days such as the ones we are experiencing this week. It's feels even warmer when the soup base is spicy!
It seems I end up here quite often and the food is pretty decent here as there is cooked food as well as the hot pot food. Quite a bit of seafood choices too, like this little squid. Almost too cute to eat....almost but not quite.
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¿Cómo se dice en Español???
Learn Spanish on a structured course: all levels of courses are available, from Beginner to Advanced. There is no better way to learn a language than to live it, eat it, breathe it and speak it in a Spanish-speaking community!
You can also combine your language course with a volunteer project that runs alongside the classes, or follow up your course with a voluntary project afterwards.
The Spanish language has become one of the largest in the world and the best way to learn is in a Spanish
speaking country, as you'll have the language all around you!
£725 (approx. US$920) for 1 week
£300 (US$382) for each additional week.
£795 (approx. US$1,010) for 1 week
£350 (US$445) for each additional week.
Excludes flights.
If you prefer to live with a host family, there is a surcharge of £60 (approx. US$85) per week.
Please see Full Price List & Other Currencies
Please fill in the form below. If you haven't heard from us within one working day, please check your Junk Mail / Spam folder.
Nowadays studying Spanish is both a trend and a necessity. More than 21 countries
have it as their official language and it's the native language of over 370 million
people! At the language school we work with, you'll really learn how to speak Spanish.
We understand that students want to understand and make themselves understood in
a cultural context - of course grammar is necessary for this, but you'll have fun
while you learn!
All the teachers at the school have taught Spanish for 8 or more years and between
them they have developed a great many resources to make the lessons lively and fun.
The classes are highly focused on the development of communication skills (speaking,
listening, reading and writing.) They've won several Quality certifications for
the high standards they have at the school.
The school also periodically organise interesting and enjoyable activities in order
to introduce the Ecuadorian and Latin culture to their students - most recently
they've been cooking Ecuadorian dishes in classes! It's a great, fun way to learn!
You'll have the choice between group lessons, or private lessons:
You'll study for 20 hours a week, 4 hours a day
There will be a maximum of 6 students per group.
You can choose how many hours of lessons you'd like a week - from 2 to 40!
One-to-One tuition
You'll either stay in a house with other volunteers or you can choose to live with a host family, depending on your preferences/availability. Staying with a
host family does mean a small supplementary fee.
The Volunteer House is located in a tourist area, 'La Mariscal', near to where all Spanish
lessons are held and where there is plenty of nightlife, restaurants and internet
cafes. The house has 7 rooms and accommodates 17. There is a large, fully equipped
kitchen, a TV room with a DVD player, wireless internet, 2 safety boxes and a garden
with hammocks and a BBQ area. All bathrooms have hot water and there is a cleaning
lady 5 days a week.
Wi-Fi / Internet: There is Wi-Fi / Internet available in the accommodation.
Food is not included in this project (unless you choose to live with a host family,
when food is provided on Mondays to Fridays.
Accommodation with host families means that you get to eat, sleep, work, socialise
and generally live like an Ecuadorian! Many of our volunteers remain friends with
their host families long after they leave Ecuador and in some cases they return
to the country later especially to visit their family.
Whichever accommodation you choose, you're sure to enjoy a great stay in Quito!
Read important information about the Support & Backup you receive before you leave and during your programme.
Read about the Safety and Security measures we take to ensure your safety and wellbeing while on our programme.
The school is located in a beautiful building in the middle of the Mariscal area,
a lively area where you will find a multitude of bars, restaurants, hostels, and
dance clubs. Upstairs and outside there are several different classrooms that can
accommodate both group and private lessons. There is also a common area, where you
will find comfortable couches, a ping-pong table and freshly-made coffee, a place
for students and volunteers alike to relax. Outside you will find a lemon tree that
attracts many humming birds.
Once you have applied for a placement, we'll contact you and send you our Welcome
Pack. You'll also receive Log-on details and password for our Volunteer Extranet
where you'll have access to all the documentation and information which we've put
together to facilitate preparations for your adventure! Your Project Co-ordinator
for your country will liaise with you throughout the arrangements process, as well
as while you're on your placement and on your return home.
The documents you'll have access to also include a Country Factfile, Safety Guide
and any manuals that may assist you on your particular programme (e.g. Teaching
Guide, Sports Manuals, Enrichment Suggestions for Animal Care, etc.). We do all
we can to make your stay one that you'll never forget. This is a truly awesome,
elegant and beautiful country.
We'll get back to you very shortly, but if you haven't heard from us within one working day, please check your Junk Mail / Spam folder. Thank you.
Make the most of your time there! To help you do that, we've put together some exciting
activities, courses and tours that you can add to your itinerary. These are designed
to be fun, but also to enable you to learn, and expand your personal and professional
development enjoyment ... but mostly for your enjoyment! :-)
¿Cómo se dice en Español??? There is no better way to learn a language
to live it, eat it, breathe it and speak it in a Spanish-speaking community!! You
can learn Spanish as an Optional Add-On to your main Project.
All the teachers at the school have taught Spanish for 8 or more years and between
them they have developed a great many resources to make the lessons lively and fun.
The classes are highly focused on the development of communication skills (speaking,
listening, reading and writing.) The school also periodically organise interesting
and enjoyable activities in order to introduce the Ecuadorian and Latin culture
to their students - most recently they've been cooking Ecuadorian dishes in classes!
It's a great, fun way to learn!
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10 Hours Private Lessons per Week: £75 per week
20 Hours Group Lessons per Week: £150 per week.
GROUP LESSONS: There are usually a maximum of 6 students per group.
PRIVATE LESSONS: One-to-one tuition. If you prefer to tailor your lessons, you could
choose how many hours of lessons you'd like a week - from 2 to 40!
Quito is a wonderful city, with a population of 2.4 million inhabitants. It is full
of exciting history to explore. There is always something to do in Quito, whether
you'd like to experience some culture or join in with the cosmopolitan, modern way
of life. Cultural highlights include the old town, the cable car and the Equator,
museums and monuments. There is also a range of shopping malls, a zoo, an ice skating
rink, and plenty of restaurants and bars serving wonderful cocktails and tasty food.
Terms and Conditions apply for Add-Ons, please see here.
Puyo is the provincial capital of Pastaza housing some 25,000 residents. It also
provides a crossroads for visitors arranging various tours to the jungle and forest
reserves. If you're an early riser, the views of the incoming rolling mists are
spectacular dissipating into cloud form as the day rolls on. This attractive jungle
town is also the crossover point for further onward routes into the northern and
southern oriente as well as travelers journeying back to Baños and Ambato.
In recent years, Puyo has become noted by tourists for its incredible natural beauty.
Surrounded by mountains, forest, rivers and natural valleys, the abundance of surrounding
wildlife and scenery is absolutely breathtaking. The city also has a good infrastructure,
providing visitors with good accommodation and a variety of activities. The annual
festivals that are celebrated by the locals are also a special treat.
Ecuador's capital, Quito, lies in the north of the country, some 15 miles from the
equator and with the Andean Mountains and valleys as a backdrop. It's 10,000ft altitude
keeps it cool, with spring like temperatures year round. It was declared a UNESCO
world heritage site in the 1970's for its preserved historic Latin quarter. The
city also contains a thriving 'new town' popular with younger generations for its
restaurants, shopping and nightlife. There are lots of restaurants and "Patio de
Comidas" where you can pick up an excellent value lunch or dinner.
There is always something to do in Quito, whether you'd like to experience some
culture or join in with the cosmopolitan, modern way of life. Cultural highlights
include the old town, the cable car and the equator, along with a multitude of museums
and monuments. Modern highlights include a range of shopping malls, a zoo, an ice
skating rink, and plenty of restaurants and bars serving wonderful cocktails and
tasty food - you'll find anything from traditional Ecuadorian cuisine to Thai and
The Galápagos islands lie some 600 miles from the coastline of Ecuador. Formed by
volcanic eruptions into the sea, they contain species found nowhere else on the
planet and are one of the most significant sites in the world; most notably because
this is where Charles Darwin's theories of evolution were inspired and shaped. This
rocky and at first glance inhospitable terrain is home to giant tortoise, swimming
iguanas and fearless blue footed boobies.
The marine reserve here is equally impressive, boasting encounters for divers and
snorkellers with penguins, marine turtles, manta rays and sea lions, amongst others.
Around 90% of the islands are protected areas, with visitor numbers restricted and
some sites off limits altogether to ensure conservation.
The Amazon is the worlds largest remaining tropical rainforest, occupying about
one third of Ecuador. To get some idea of its scale, first you need to know that
Ecuador's share of the Amazon represents just 2% of the whole rainforest; most of
it belonging to Brazil (60%) followed by Peru (13%). Important nevertheless as the
Amazon in Ecuador remains relatively untouched, has good infrastructure to make
for easy visitation and is home to numerous indigenous settlements which welcome
One of the greatest mountain ranges in the world, they split Ecuador in two running
from the north of the country down. Indigenous communities have cultivated the land
in the Andean Highlands for thousands of years, selling their produce in bustling
market towns. Catch a glimpse of the abundantly colourful markets, showcasing traditions
of ancient civilizations and Inca descendants.
Mountaineers will love the peaks of the 'Avenue of Volcanoes' an area in the central
highlands with a number of active volcanoes. Whilst each climb is different and
most are incredibly challenging, the rewards along the way are numerous. Dense forest,
waterfalls and spectacular views across the valleys below await the intrepid few.
Other hot pursuits in this region include walking, rafting, biking or camping.
This 2000km coast is fringed with pristine sand beaches, sweeping bays, mangrove
forests, crashing waves and tranquil fishing villages. The ports and fishing villages
are an important part of Ecuador's economy, delivering fresh sea food and imported
goods. At certain times of the year you can see Humpback whales arriving from Antarctic
waters to mate; splashing their fins and exhaling gushes of water. Marine birds
are also in abundance along the pacific coastline, with sightings of the albatross,
one of natures largest birds, being common.
Read about Travel arrangements and what happens when you arrive in your new country.
Street Kids Voluntary Project and Spanish Course in Quito
Hola Ana y Fabio!
Sorry I did not get round to giving you any feedback whilst I was in Ecuador. I
am sure you can appreciate I did not seem to stop for the nine weeks I was there!
My experiences included learning Spanish, working with street kids, getting to know
my host family and making friends with other volunteers/students/travellers. At
the weekends and during my last two weeks I travelled, visiting: Papyllaycta, Puerto
Lopez and Isla de la Plata, Otovalo, Esmiraldes, Tena, Galapagos, Amazon and Cotopaxi!
I had to learn to be independent as my host family was 30 minutes away by bus from
the Spanish school and 50 minutes by bus to my volunteer project. In hindsight this
made for a better experience as I really felt I got to know the city and live life
as an Ecuadorian. I also had to learn to be patient due to the nature of the country
and my lack of Spanish. At first I found this a little frustrating, as I was worried
about travelling so far by myself.
The best thing about my placement early on was how easy it was to meet other people
with similar interests to me. This was due to the fact that we were all studying
in the same Spanish school and the majority of people were staying next door in
the volunteer house.
I think you have to be prepared for a challenge, determined and have a positive
attitude to volunteer on this placement. I found it a little challenging at first,
due to the language barrier and the fact Quito is so enormous. In the long run this
makes for a better experience as you are forced to practice your Spanish and you
soon get used to the size of the city.
I would recommend to future volunteers with limited Spanish that they make a list
of useful words for working with children. For example: Listen, Ready, Sit down...
It is possible to communicate without Spanish but the more you speak the easier
and more rewarding the project is. I found it much easier as the weeks went on and
I was able to talk to the children and staff and understand what it is they needed.
It is better not to take travellers cheques as they are awkward to change. There
are very few places that accept them and each time you change them you have to take
your actual passport. It is dangerous to carry a lot of money, so therefore you
have to go frequently and carry your passport frequently. I found it was best just
to use my debit card, as most tour operators charge 7% extra for use of credit card.
I would also recommend future volunteers read into the various trips they may like
to go on at the weekends before packing. I had an idea that there was going to be
such a lot of fun places to visit, but I hadn't read into the climate. Ecuador has
everything from hot beaches to mosquito covered rainforests to cold mountain hikes.
Generally it is best to pack for all seasons. I also did not realise Quito would
be so cold in the evening.
At the Centre we spent a lot of time helping the children to study. They are quite
young and do not really want to learn. I would recommend future volunteers think
of some activities to make learning fun. For example websites that help to teach
the children or games they could play.
I was volunteering at the Street Kids Centre during the school holidays. I arrived
at 9.00am each day. Normally I would play with the children for 30 minutes. This
usually involved sports in the court yard, colouring in or helping the young mums
with their babies. From 9.30-11am we were asked to help the children to study. I
tended to work with the youngest children teaching them the alphabet, syllables,
how to read simple words and how to count.
The staff preferred the children to remain in the classroom throughout this time
period, so creative thinking and initiative were needed to maintain the children's
attention throughout this time period. After this we would take a 30 minutes break
before assisting the children in making things to sell in the shop, make models,
bracelets and sometimes cooking. At 1.00pm the children had lunch and I left to
go to Spanish School.
During the last official week of Sinsoluka school holidays, we spent the week doing
activities and going out for the day. We made kites and climbed up to the Panecillo
to fly them. We also visited several museums. A highlight for me was having a tour
of the president's house!
Overall I had an incredible nine weeks in Ecuador. I loved working with children
there and learning about how the foundation started and the problems they currently
face. I had a great host family who were very welcoming, patient and included me
in all their family activities including a long weekend at the beach. I am really
pleased with the improvement in my Spanish. The teachers at the Spanish School were
great and I really benefitted from being surrounded with Spanish speakers who were
reluctant to speak English.
Thanks for all your help,
Teaching Children Project, plus the Spanish Course, in Quito
…I wanted to do something to show
I was not useless. My great passion is music and I wanted to impart some of the
knowledge I have gained. I play a few instruments and I am a classically trained
pianist so although not a trained teacher,, I have a great deal of knowledge of
music. It was great to see some of the kids interested and some of them had real
talent. One of them bought a guitar while I was there and I do not think he had
played before.
The director was very welcoming and I felt honoured to attend a ceremony on 27th
February celebrating an important battle for Ecuador.
I developed a great interest in Ecuador. People were proud of their country but
in a jingoistic way and I would love to return and see more of the country. I found
the people there very friendly and it has given me a different slant on Spain as
they are both Spanish speaking.
[Doing this project] has given me a sense of self-worth and I would recommend it
as a good thing for older people who may be missing their work...


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High In The Malutis
By Chris Ahrends
By Chris Ahrends
High in the Malutis
I see clinging crops on
craggy mountain contours
surrounding thatched huts
and wonder,
whose homes they are?
I see the young boy not yet ten
plastic bottles
and gumboots singing
at dusk
dispatched to
fetch well-water
for the night and family
as have his brothers fetched
for years before.
I see a blanket-wrapped man
his dark brow still
darkened at dawn
driving six oxen already
carting rocks
that will one day become
his wall, his home, his kraal
his all.
I see the bustling women walking, bright
patterned dresses swinging
umbrellas holding back
the sun and later, the
coming storm
on their way home
and ask myself,
where are they going and
will they get there in time
and for what?
I see the distant shepherd
herding scattered flocks on
well-worn paths
whip cracking
dust spraying
and wonder how
he keeps his eye
on so many
and against what
does he have to watch
that they may safely graze?
I see two shy toddlers
teetering near their hut
naked but
for unbuttoned jerseys
holed and old and
as dusty as
the gnarled tree
under which their wire-carts
lie waiting for them
to ride away one day.
I see the tough teenage boys
sticks in hand
drifting to the village
keen dark eyes watching
through grey balaclavas
pulled down
as hard as they
believe they are when
prowling shabby shabeens
where one night
they'll fight
to show they're
becoming men.
I see the weary grandmother
sitting outside her door, her
thread-bare blanket a
garment of service of
years of toil
etched in each clear line of
her face, the story of
how, with her own hands, her
husband gone she
raised each child and brick to
build their lives and house
all three rooms proud,
and I'm overwhelmed by
her power.
I see an elder approaching,
white-bearded and bent,
the retired catechist, I'm told,
his wide-rimmed hat
pulled low, his
well-trod gate
now slow
after years of blessings
and walking and talking and teaching
a faith he still holds dear,
and, as we pass,
the palms of his hands held upwards,
reverent and open,
he says warmly
"Dumela N'tate",
and I too, am blessed.
This, and so much more,
everyone everything so real
in the Malutis I feel it all;
And wonder as I see
another life another deal,
who would I be?
Father Chris is a consultant with HOPE Africa and has been to Lesotho several times to work with the Hospital on their vision for the next 10 years. He was the chaplain to Archbishop Desmond Tutu for 5 years and has also been the director of Archbishop Tutu's foundation. You can read more of his poetry here.
Just a few house keeping things: First, a lot of you have contacted me about not being able to comment on my blog posts. I think I have fixed now, so comment away! Second, I now have a Picasa web album with all of the photos that appear on this blog. It will make it easier for you to look through them all. You can find it here.
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Hey Family!!!
This week has flown by, once again! Just keepin on goin ha. I´m glad
to hear that everyone is doing well and have taken a little bit of a
rest break. Sounds like the oneida river trip was a blast! Today I
finally took the time to organize my pictures, so I don´t have a lot
of time to write again....as usual ha, but i´m doing great! We had 5
investigators come to church yesterday so that was exciting. And what
happened with the breaking window. We were driving along on the bus
when all of a sudden the window shattered! We came to find out that
someone shot a 16mm steel ball at the window with a slingshot i would
assume. close call ha. Anyways, we are looking to have a couple of
baptisms on the 11th! there names are Ismael and Rodrigo who are 11
and 8 years old. We are still working with the parents, but they
aren´t married and for now the husband isn´t interested...but they are
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recent convert valeria who got baptized last month. Also this
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knowledge that a cow has 3 stomachs or something.....one of which is
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Former 'Pop Idol' winner says he refused to watch rapper's headline set at Glastonbury in June
Will Young has launched a scathing attack on Kanye West, branding the rapper "awful" and saying he refuses to listen to his music or see him perform live.
Young, who went to Number One with new album '85% Proof' earlier this year, made his feelings clear in a new interview with BBC News in which he was asked to select his five favourite albums of all time.
The singer chose albums by The Beatles, Lauryn Hill, Emiliana Torrini, Terrence Trent D'Arby and Michael Jackson but reserved his strongest opinions when asked about his least favourite album of all time. Opting for "anything by Kanye West", Young attacked him for being "audacious and opulent".
"I was at Glastonbury and I refused to see him," Young said. "He's awful. What does he stand for? His arrogance completely over-runs him as a musician. He's so audacious and opulent. It shows the worst of people who have loads of money. Massive weddings, opulent engagements. Who is this man? And why do we laud these people?"
MORE: 14 Celebrities' Brutal Criticisms Of Kanye West – And How The Rapper Hit Back
He added: "I'm not interested in arrogance. It's just a cover. Get rid of the arrogance and show me the frailty. I won't listen to his music."
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Doris Williar Seacat, 84, of Corydon, passed away Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at an assisted living facility in Lake Zurich, IL.
She was born in Laconia, IN on October 8th, 1933, the daughter of Anderson and Florence Haas Williar. She was a 1952 graduate of Corydon Central High School when she started working at the Old Capitol Bank in Corydon and retired after over a forty year career there. She was a long time member of the Corydon Presbyterian Church where she faithfully served as deacon and on many other committees. She was a volunteer at Harrison County Hospital.
She was preceded in death by her husband Verne Seacat and daughter Lisa Seacat, a sister, Mary Ellen White and brother DeVer Williar, a sister-in-law Carole Ennis and Rae Walk.
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Michael Nelson takes a look at Andre Dirrell's chances of pulling the upset in tomorrow night's Showtime Super Six Opener.
Along with Jermain Taylor vs Arthur Abraham, the Froch vs Dirrelll bout will be shown in the UK live on PPV. Click here for more info.
Having been fed largely overmatched opposition thus far in his career, Andre 'The Matrix' Dirrell is taking the largest leap of the six combatants in Showtime's groundbreaking tournament. The 27 year old from Flint, Michigan will be immediately thrown into the lion's den, travelling to Nottingham to take on rugged WBC champion Carl Froch.
Is he ready for the big cats?
His skeptics present a legitimate case. The 6'2 switch hitter has relied on his athleticism and speed to handle guys he generally towers over. He makes several mistakes - pulling straight back, leaving his hands low, and leaping in with single shots - that could cost him dearly against a skilled opponent his size. Such technical deficiencies mixed with a chin that seems less than granite means he has a smaller margin of error than Froch, and can be a recipe for disaster tomorrow night.
In fact, Froch backers need only to look at Andre's 7th fight, a tough scrap against tall journeyman Alfonso Rocha, for evidence of what their man might do. After telegraphing a left hand out of the southpaw stance, Dirrell got caught with a well-timed counter right that immediately lifted him off his feet. He was fortunate that it happened at the very end of the third round because he was in pretty bad shape.
To his credit, he shook off the cobwebs in between rounds and resumed controlling the fight to win a lopsided decision.
Then there was his infamous bout against fellow prospect Curtis Stevens in June 2007. In his sole HBO appearance, Dirrell used his superior foot speed to get in an occasional potshot against a plodding Stevens and gain the favor of the judges. It was one of the worst fights of the decade - perhaps the worst shown on HBO. Pundits and fans dubbed the name Andre Gazelle and wrote him off as more suspect than prospect.
So why does he have a good chance of going to Nottingham and upsetting the more experienced hometown fighter?
To put it simply, he learned from his awful 2007 performance and developed into a dangerous puncher. He found redemption last year by crushing Anthony Hanshaw - who went the distance with Roy Jones - on ShoBox inside of five rounds, taking him apart with powerful counters off the ropes. He split Mike Paschall's forehead wide open with a single punch in his following fight, before turning Victor Oganov's face into a bloody mask with a violent series of uppercuts last November.
Froch's vast defensive liabilities were exposed in his winning efforts against Jean Pascal and Jermain Taylor, and it says here that Dirrell punches harder than both. Most will agree Carl should have some trouble catching up with Andre's speed, at least in the early going. But perhaps more importantly, he'll be catching damaging blows from The Matrix while chasing him down. It's a mistake to assume the tough Englishman can easily walk through the firepower coming back at him and Dirrell's heavy hands tend to draw blood from his opponents. Moreover, you can expect the former Olympian to be far more aggressive than Taylor was if he shakes Froch up with one of his counters.
Another question mark is how well Froch will handle a talented southpaw. Although the left hook from the orthodox stance is Dirrell's most effective punch, if the switch hitter finds success as a lefty, he may stick with it and potshot his way to victory.
I see this as the most intriguing fight out of the first stage of the tournament. Both men have ability to hurt each other. Both men have enough flaws to make it fun. And both men have O's on their record they want to preserve.
Whatever happens, it should be the third consecutive drama in the saga of Carl Froch, and the first peer into the character and heart of young Andre Dirrell.
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Andre Dirrell Ready To Show He Belongs With The Heavy Hitters
Michael Nelson takes a look at Andre Dirrell's chances of pulling the upset in tomorrow night's Showtime Super Six Opener.
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A new contest from Anheuser-Busch could lead to a lifetime of Super Bowl tickets for a lucky winner.
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Business models discussion, technical details of main project's progress results and final conference preparation - this was, in general, the content of BERTIM #6 General Assembly, held in Stockholm, Sweden (28th - 29th of November 2019) and organized by RISE - project Consortium member in the company headquarters. All Partners discussed main project's achievements, putting special emphasis on presenting of particular phases of BERTIM solution components testing.
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Solutions of BERTIM were presented and promoted on booth run by ASM – Market Research and Analysis Centre (project partner responsible for dissemination and promotion) during ECTP Conference 2018 - When EU Construction Industry shapes high-tech Sustainable Built Environment, in, Brussels.).
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Scaling vs Whitening
I felt the need to write this post because lately people have too many questions about whitening their teeth but there is a lack of focus on scaling when it's the more important one of the two.
Scaling is cleaning. Scaling is cleaning your teeth off of plaque, calculus and tar from even under your gums. It improves your dental hygiene, reduces/cures gum diseases and makes your teeth healthier. Scaling is a regular treatment that your teeth NEED, for better oral health and hygiene. Scaling is followed by polishing that removes any stains on teeth after which teeth appear lighter.
Whitening, however, is not a cleaning action. It is simply a cosmetic procedure that bleaches your teeth and makes them appear more white. It does not help clean your teeth, reduce gum disease, improve oral health or hygiene. Whitening removes pigmentation and stains in teeth and makes them shiny and pearly white.
I've had people come up and shown me their teeth, asking the best 'whitening' option, when upon examination what they really have is accumulated plaque and calculus which is absolutely common. What you really need in this case is scaling and polishing, not whitening.
Plaque is accumulated in and under your gums, and is not always removed by regular brushing. Some people are more prone to it, people like myself that have crowded teeth and cannot clean properly with tooth brushes alone. That's when you need scaling more regularly to keep your teeth clean!
Scaling does cause some sensitivity, and swelling but that is absolutely normal and NOTHING to worry about. It's a step towards recovery.
So is you've been thinking about whether you should get your scaling done, then you probably should. And if you've never gotten it done, then you DEFINITELY should. It's a step towards healthier teeth :)