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Mac Danzig's rematch with Matt Wiman (12-5 MMA, 6-3 UFC) looks like it's on the shelf for now.
The lightweights were scheduled to meet at UFC Fight Night 22, but multiple sources close to the event today told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) that Danzig (19-8-1 MMA, 2-4 UFC) sustained an undisclosed injury and has been replaced by Efrain Escudero (13-1 MMA, 3-1 UFC), who was originally slated to meet John Gunderson, on the event's televised card.
Gunderson (23-7 MMA, 1-1 UFC) is now expected to meet returning UFC veteran Yves Edwards (38-16-1 MMA, 6-4 UFC) on the un-televised portion of the Spike TV event.
UFC Fight Night 22 takes place Sept. 15 at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas. Wiman vs. Escudero now serves as the co-headliner to the Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares main event.
Wiman first took on Danzig at UFC 115 and locked in a guillotine choke from top position early at the Canadian event. After Danzig struggled to free himself, referee Yves Lavigne halted the bout after testing the fighter to see if he was still conscious. He was, though Lavigne thought he went out cold, and Danzig immediately protested the bout's stoppage as the crowd booed the decision.
The two spoke in the cage afterward and agreed a rematch was in order.
It was Wiman's second consecutive octagon victory. Prior to the June fight, he bested Shane Nelson by unanimous decision at UFC 107 this past December. The wins reversed a two-fight slide with losses to Jim Miller and Sam Stout at UFC Fight Night 16 and UFC 97, respectively.
Meanwhile, Escudero, who won "The Ultimate Fighter 8," recently returned to the winner's column when he sent Dan Lauzon packing from the UFC with a unanimous-decision victory at UFC 114. The performance came after a disappointing submission loss to Evan Dunham at UFC Fight Night 20 that tarnished his previously undefeated record.
Edwards returns to the octagon after a four-year absence in which he served stints with BodogFIGHT, EliteXC, Strikeforce and, most recently, Bellator Fighting Championships. In fact, the originator of "Thugjitsu" is just six days removed from his promotional debut with the tournament-based promotion, where he bested Luis Palomino by decision at Bellator 24.
Edwards' very recent win came after a loss to Northeast standout and WEC veteran Mike Campell in May at a Moosin MMA event.
Gunderson, an IFL veteran, also reversed his fortune with a unanimous-decision over Mark Holst at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale. The former IFL regular fell short in his octagon debut with a decision loss to Rafaello Oliveira at UFC 108.
Gunderson was scheduled to take on Paul Taylor at UFC 112, but Taylor was removed from the Abu Dhabi card hours before it began due to a serious migraine headache. The two were rebooked to fight at The Ultimate Fighter 11 Finale, but Taylor was not medically cleared to fight, and the promotion subsequently slotted Holst in his spot.
The latest UFC Fight Night 22 card now includes:
- Nate Marquardt vs. Rousimar Palhares
- Efrain Escudero vs. Matt Wiman*
- Jim Miller vs. Gleison Tibau
- Cole Miller vs. Ross Pearson
- John Gunderson vs. Yves Edwards*
- Jared Hamman vs. Kyle Kingsbury
- Dave Branch vs. Tomasz Drwal
- Rich Attonito vs. Rafael Natal
- David Mitchell vs. Anthony Waldburger
- Brian Foster vs. Forrest Petz
* – Not officially announced
For more on UFC Fight Night 22, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Tens of thousands of desperate refugees were packing the Tunisian border on Tuesday, trying to get out of Libya as the situation there worsened, humanitarian agencies and media reports said.
Tunisian border guards fired into the air to try to control a throng of people clamoring to get out. Some people were throwing their bags over a wall between the border posts and trying to climb over, prompting border guards first to hit them with sticks and then to fire warning shots, Reuters reported.
Top stories: Turmoil in the Middle East
"I was in shock when I first arrived. There are thousands and thousands of people waiting to cross," Katherine Roux, communications officer for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, said from the border crossing at Ras Jdir. "The biggest thing that hits me is just the desperation of people when you see migrants come in, I mean you know how far they have walked. They're carrying baggage, blankets. It's really devastating."
The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, said 14,000 people crossed the border Monday, the highest number in one day since the protests began in mid-February. Another 10,000-15,000 were expected to leave Tuesday.
"There is a lot of tension right at the border gates," Roux said. "You can tell they have been fighting to get over."
A Reuters reporter saw at least three people being taken out of the crowd by Red Crescent medical teams after fainting in the crush of bodies.
Tunisian authorities said 70,000-75,000 people have arrived from Libya since Feb. 20, the U.N. said in a statement. Meanwhile, Egyptian authorities say 69,000 people have crossed over from Libya since Feb. 19, The Associated Press reported.
"We can see acres of people waiting to cross the border. Many have been waiting for three to four days in the freezing cold, with no shelter or food," Ayman Gharaibeh, head of the UNHCR emergency response team at the border, said in the statement. "Usually the first three days of the crisis are the worst. This seems to be getting worse by the day."
Sumaya Beltifa, a spokeswoman for the International Committee of the Red Cross, said those waiting in the no-man's land between the two borders were in a "quite dramatic" situation. On Tuesday, she said she saw some people unsuccessfully trying to climb over a wall to enter Tunisia, while people on the other side threw bottles of water to those waiting.
The refugees were mainly Egyptians, but there were also Tunisians, Chinese, Bangladeshis, Nigerians and South Koreans. Most of them were young, healthy men, the aid groups said.
"This is the only reason why the situation has not degenerated into a huge crisis so far," Gharaibeh said.
At Ras Jdir, if any refugees needed medical attention, it was "mostly due to shock," Roux said. "There hasn't been anyone that's arrived with gunshot wounds or anything extremely serious."
A camp has been set up about 3 miles away housing at least 5,000 others. Another several thousand people were in the area of the crossing on the Tunisian side, Roux said.
"The most pressing need ... is just the evacuation of the migrants that are here," she said.
One Egyptian at the camp told Reuters: "When are we going to be taken out of here? We cannot accept this." He added: "Give me a camel. I will take a camel. I just want to go home."
Beltifa, of the Red Cross, noted there have been unconfirmed reports that Egyptians who had crossed the border said they had been picked up by pro-Gadhafi forces and brought to the Tunisian border rather than the one with Egypt.
"Many Egyptians, they are frustrated and they have great anger against their country because Egypt didn't really succeed to evacuate them," she said.
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Wow! So we have had a few injuries here and there lately but nothing like this week where we are all scrambling to check our bench cover or the best player option. This is why we make sure we build a handy bench with guys that cover for you. I talked about it a bit last week, but I wasn't thinking that we would be seriously looking at it hard this week!
Now I didn't put it out there asking for questions as I was fairly confident in what I was going to get back, so I will have a look at what to do with some of these guys and a few other bits and pieces as we Scramble our way through Friday!
Thursday Night Loophole.
So last night we had the options of…. What? Hang On? We didn't have one? Just as I was starting to get used to having these games. But yes it is true we have no more of them this year. But I think the AFL will slide a few more in next season as they seem to be rating fairly well from what I understand. I know that a lot of fantasy coaches won't be too happy about that but hey, just like we did with the substitutes, we will all adjust if it becomes the new normal.
Carnage all over the place!
I don't mind if we have one LTI in a week but to have two and then two other guys going down that are on a lot of fields (well at least one was) that just makes things bloody difficult! So I will have a quick look at my thoughts on what to do with some of these guys.
I am going to focus on AF pricing here as it is what the majority of people play but they probably won't be massively different options in the other forms.
Nic Nat. Firstly this is shattering for the big fella as he damaged his knee that wasn't already reconstructed! But for us Fantasy Coaches we can't dwell on this and we have to find someone to fill the spot this week.
The biggest problem with Nic is that he isn't priced very highly and we are struggling for a quality ruck around that price point. At his price you need $120k to get up to Goldstein and more than that to get to one of the big three. If you are tight on cash you can go $30k up to Nank or just $7k to get to Jacobs. If you have no cash then your only options are Bellchambers or Lycett.
I am a bit nervous on what Bellchambers will do and also Lycett. If you have the cash then Nank is definitely your man and if you can't quite get to him then I guess Jacobs is where you go next (caveat: I have traded him out at his bye and hence he should have a huge finish to the season).
James Sicily. Wow, this one really hurts, he has been a very popular selection this season and after those two early suspensions he has been great. If you have him down back then for me the players that I would target based on how much cash you have would be Lloyd or Angus Brayshaw. I really like both of them and Brayshaw is most likely to come into my side due to him getting more mid time now and he is $10k cheaper! If you don't have the cash to get to them Whitfield or T Macdonald are the ones that I would look to.
Up forward then you can pick anyone for less cash than Sicily other than Devon Smith, Westhoff, Dangerfield or Menegola. So really there are plenty of options. But if you have $15k then I would be going up to Dangerfield. But if you have to go down then go to Rocky, Wingard or Heeney.
Paddy Ryder looks like he will only be out for one or maybe two weeks. Now being a ruck we don't tend to have much in the way of backup. So if you do have some cover you could keep him and address other issues, but in AF you can certainly trade him out as you are more likely to have cover on the other lines. In RDT and SC then you may need to just be wary of the number of trades you have before making a big decision. At this time of year I like to keep trades when I have less than 3 for season ending injuries.
What implications does Ryder's injury have on Port's relevant players? Rocky, Hoff etc
— Gav Haines (@GavHaines) July 19, 2018
Good question there Gav. Look for me I don't think it is an issue. He has averaged 102 so far this season and in the 5 week period earlier this year when Ryder was out with his achilies injury he averaged 99.6 (in Supercoach he averaged 106.8 over those 5 weeks which was 3.4 more than his full season average) . So really it shouldn't hurt too much. What it does mean is that he will be around the ball more as he will play in the ruck more. With Rocky I don't think it will make any difference. He isn't getting as many of his points from sharking hitouts, he has been getting them in general play (from what I am seeing anyway).
Westhoff or Danger? Surely Danger goes big with the run home.
— Jaxon (@jaxonconnor11) July 19, 2018
I really want to say Danger here just given his history and what we know he is capable of but when you look at the numbers they are both averaging 102 for the season so far. If you have a look at the Scale of Hardness then the decision is Westhoff. I think he is going to be more consistent but you never know with Danger, he can have another 150 or he can have a 75. This is an extremely close call and if I had to make it I think I go Westhoff at this point just because of his role at the moment.
Selection Table
Just the highlights this week on the ones that are fantasy relevant.
Jimmy Webster misses again through injury with a groin issue. They say 1-2 weeks, I think hold at this point if you have good cover.
Sam Murray has been named!! And not extended bench this time!
Darcy Cameron finally gets a game. This is a concern for those that are using him as a captain loophole in Supercoach!
Michael Hibberd is out (is this a blessing in disguise). If I had enough trades in RDT and SC he would be out and if I didn't have other issues in AF he would also be gone! Word is that he is only out for one hopefully so I am holding for now. Joel Smith comes in to cover for him so that means most of us should have cover.
Kreuzer is being managed. Hopefully this means just the one week. Perhaps Darcy in might just be the thing Kreuzer owners need!
Robbie Gray has been named. Kenny seems to think he is ok to play. I am a touch sceptical, I think he is a huge risk to be a late out, so I would make sure that I have cover for him.
Things to Remember
- Don't forget to set your emergencies. As we get deeper into the season they become more critical.
- In SC and RDT I would be loathed to go under 3 trades with this much time left in the season. If you are covering a one week injury then I would try and hold and use your bench. Who knows what the next few weeks will throw at us.
- Check your opponents if you are just playing for leagues. You may not need to trade and can take a donut if they have as many or more issues than you!
Well I hope everyone that went to the DTTalk night in Melbourne had a great time last night. I am sure there is a hang over or two around the place this morning (I am looking at you Calvin) but I am sure that if it was anything like the one in Adelaide it was a fantastic night with a heap of laughs and frothys. Have a great weekend and hopefully we don't cop any more injuries this week. Catch you all next week!
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Cheers Dunny!! If Gray is a late out, would you expect Rocky or Wingards output to drop as they may get rotated through the FWD line for extended periods?
Trade out boak or de goey
Boak I think degoey is more likely to go big
Im sticking with Boak,always junks it late his game to get 80-90,im happy with that score for reliability
Waterman and Sicily out
McRae and oriordan in
Ahern moves from M8 to fwd emergency, oriordan/smith/mihocek to D6 (only rookie on field) – thoughts?
Very solid. Cannot go wrong with Mcrae. Riordan to D6 out of that lot for me
Which one gets traded to Danger?
Menegola, McLean or Rocky?
Are they really your worst 3 forward?
Yeah fwd line is D.Smith, Westhoff, Heeney, Menegola, McLean and Rocky.
Nice problem to have. Definitely Rockliff. Too hit & miss. Not enough mid time & the man to get the tagging role if Kenny deems it. Gola & McLean are premium players in their position. Tom Rockliff 2018 is not
… and everyone jumps on the Danger-train.
Not convinced myself. Apart from that massive score last week (against the team he loves to play the most) his form isn't top six imo.
Happy to be proved wrong, but I'll wait a bit and see how he goes.
Just had dinner with some fellow fantasy tragics … and my views on Danger were well and truly howled down!
I might have to reconsider lol
Easy trades for me this week.
Ridley –> O'Riordan and Sicily –> Laird.
That will leave me enough to go Doedee to Heeney next week and have my forwards, defenders and rucks "completed".
If I was doing this trade, it doesn't matter. Whoever you trade out is, by the law of fantasy, going to go 100+.
Yeah Sicily and NicNat screwed me with some of the other issues I have in my team.
Cant remember ever having a worse season than this with injuries. I seem to have picked them all and we probably get my worst ranking ever.
Regardless, playing BE's and have gone
Sidey/Sicily to Laird/Shuey leaving $147k, benched NicNat for BigO for 1 week whilst getting cash for Grundy next week.
Same issue as you Grover, having both Sic and NicNat. Seems as if you had more cash to play with, cause I downgraded to bring in Stef. I couldn't reach Laird or Grundy, so figured BigO (bench w/Cameron) is only good for 50 odd, ruck therefore my pressing issue. Got cash in the bank for next week…Parker gets another reprieve, but surely he can ton up vs GC.
Grundy you'd expect to drop in price to grab next week also!!!
I've been contemplating a similar move with Sidey/Shuey GG, especially with a tag likely for Steele this week and Eagles playing the Dogs, but I just couldn't see Shuey staying at my M8 for the rest of the season.
Traded out Sicily to Morgan giving me 344k to bring in Macrae and Grundy next week for Telly and Witts..
Who do you reckon is going to tag Sidebum, Alan? Jacobs isn't playing so I don't reckon it's a concern. Someone might take on a run-with role on him but they don't have another bona fide tagger do they?
My current plan is Fritsch + Sicily for Dangerfield and Brayshaw, but this only leaves me with about $11k.
Is it worth downgrading one of these and fielding either Burton or Ahern, and then loading up next week? How important is cash generation at this stage of the year?
Totally depends on your team overall Nick. You can't do much better than your suggested trades, esp on the basis now that Danger will/is a top 6 forward. Both have low BE, so neither will be dropping in price next week either.
I think pull the trigger this week, seems teams are bringing in rooks for the tail end of the season or through injury, so if you need to downgrade next week, looks as if there's plenty of opportunities.
Similar to what Nostro said.. These 2 are definitely worth draining the bank for.. At this stage of the year, cash is important, but only if it allows you to get in Uber players like Laird/Brayshaw..
As example, I'm playing O'Riordan this week (Sicily to Morgan) because I couldn't afford Simpson, and I'm not yet sold on Hurley/Crisp over Kade, so banked the cash for a double upgrade next week.
Thanks, both – this makes sense.
I'm a bit concerned about having Burton and McInerney (and to a lesser extent Ahern) sitting on the bench, as they are really only going to lose money from here. But I think I'll stick with these trades, and luck permitting look to bring new blood in the following weeks (noting that their scope of cash generation then is more limited).
Ahern's scoring pretty consistently – average 71. And with a BE of 21 he'll still be making cash.
And up against the Pies this week who give away lots of points to midfielders …
I feel comfortable enough having him as my only rookie left on the field. (Of course with the way this season's going it could all blow up in my face within the next couple of days lol)
Nic Nat and Sicily out
Who to bring in
Grundy and Hurn or Martin and Brayshaw?
That's a very good question. I reckon if you took a poll of 100 peeps, it'd come out roughly 50/50.
I tend to like option 1 – getting in Grundy….other than his low score last week, he's been supreme all year!
Grundy & Hurn. Brayshaw is a total gun, but Hurn is playing a VERY DT friendly role with loads of +6s & a lot to play for & a reasonably friendly run home. Martin just as likely to go missing when it gets hot
Grundy and hurn – both have been consistent and are scoring well
Best Option:
1. Sicily to Lloyd/Gus
T.Adams to Danger, look to swing him FWD next week
2. Sicily to Lloyd/Gus
Menegola/McLean/Wingard to Danger
3. Sicily to Hurn
Lambert to Danger
4. Sicily to Hurn
Phillips to Macrae
I'd go with 1
Need to trade Sicily out and can get any defender I want (already have Laird, Lloyd, Whitfield, Brayshaw and Yeo).
Don't know whether to get Hurn or McDonald. Would normally go Simpson but his form / injuries concern me…
Getting Hurn / McDonald will give me enough cash to go Ahern –> Macrae next week
Definitely not Tom McDonald for me (key position & boom or bust scores highly likely). Simpson will go 150 if you don't pick him & Hurn will play lockdown if you pick him. Either way both are excellent & are the best choices IMO of the defenders you don't have. For the record Simpson has hardly been injured his whole career, so I wouldn't read too much into him missing a single game
Thanks guys!
Thinking I will go with Hurn which will allow me to 'complete' my team next week (as long as I don't cop injuries). Can always luxury trade to Simpson if he starts smashing out big scores
Choose one pair:
Wingard and Whitfield
Dangerfield and Hurn
No brainer,easily danger and hurn
Totally agree, absolute no brainer: Danger & pylon-legs Shannon
Westhoff, Danger or Devon?
Devon: more likely to go big & has through the roof tackle numbers. Pretty consistent the whole year & he gets to feast on Freo carcass this week..
C.Ballard to O'Riordan
Sicily to A.Brayshaw
Sicily to Hurn
Rocky to Danger??
Draft question,
T.Sheridan, S.Murray or K.Kolodjashnij to have on field?
Bring in Macrae or Gaff??
Which will be better do you think?
(Danger is taking Sicily's place in the fwds.)
Only thing with Macrae If someone dose a Hammy there a70% Chance they will do it again or something like that, crouch, Gazza etc did em twice on that I'd go gaff and it mite work in a few weeks u can get Macrae a lot cheaper
Good points. Thanks!
Any RDT advice?
I've got 7 trades, ranked in top 100
Option 1 is Sicily to Ryan, Rocky to Macrae.
Leaves Savage as D7 to rotate with Ryan based on match ups and Fritsch as F7
Option 2
Sicily to Ryan
Fritsch to Hoff
Same as above regarding Savage/Ryan combo; pushing Wingard to F7, Rocky M8
Doesn't sound like you need any advice whatsoever! And with 7 trades still: you're flying!!!
Ryan: as in Luke Ryan? If so: no way would I pick him
Billings worth a punt or not
laird, yeo, simpson, lloyd, brayshaw, sicily (pearce, smith)
mitchell, kelly, sidebottom, merrett, conigilo, curnow, danger, sier (narkle, wilson)
gawn,jacobs (abott, Cameron)
smith, heeney, mclean, westhoff, rockliff, ahern (rioli, clark)
got 276k in the bank
1.take the punt sicily to o'roirdan then rioli via danget to gaff(214 left), beams(281 left) or someone else
2. sicily to hurley/hurn the a downgrade somewhere
4. Sicily to Hurley Rioli to Billings 56k left
4 anything else you reckon
Is anyone else locked out from trades? Or just me
Nevermind must've done some drunk trading last night
Is there any injury concerns to josh kelly still, I know he's named but I hear rumours.
Hoping Fergus Greene makes the cut – if so, will be the first time I'll have all 30 players playing this year.
Even in rounds 1–2, only had 29/30 playing due to Cameron at R2.
Wondering if Whitfield will cop a tag this week? Would love to get him but worried about Rocky shutting him down? Or would someone else, like Kelly, be more likely to cop the tag?
Put Grey on the fwd bench so have Guulfi and Ronke playing 90/82 vs 25 (injured) but I have more confidence in the to younguns.. valid or am i stupid and get Grey on the pitch?
Danger or Heppell…????
or Redden…
Upgrading J. Higgins to a premium mid at M8 should I go Beams or Z. Merret?
Merrett has a last 3 ave of 122


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Heidi Yardley
Self-portrait: harlequin
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This self-portrait references the harlequin and the legacy of paintings of this enigmatic character, notably Picasso's At the Lapin Agile (Harlequin with glass) from 1905.
Appearing as early as the 16th century, the harlequin was the comic servant in Italian commedia dell'arte.
'The silk top that I am wearing is the result of a collaboration between the artist Rhys Lee and fashion designer Lisa Gorman,' says artist Heidi Yardley. 'When I saw the garments I was not only seduced by the colour and pattern but also immediately thought of Picasso's harlequin paintings.
'Painting itself is a kind of performance involving much improvisation. As an artist creating a self-portrait, I feel that I am putting myself on display like a character on a stage. I have aligned notions of the deception of the performer and the trickery of a clown to that of an artist who relies on tricks of the eye. Painting is a grand deception and a self-portrait is at best a fragment of a person's character.'
Born in Melbourne in 1975, Yardley's paintings often play on nostalgia, memory and personal and cultural histories, exploring emotions such as desire and loss. She has been a finalist in a number of art prizes, including the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. In 2011 she was recognised as one of Australia's 50 most collectable artists by Australian Art Collector magazine.


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Spring is here! Finally I can go into a frozen yogurt store and not wonder what's wrong with me that I'm eating something frozen while there's snow on the ground (for all you Southern Californians, snow is a white water-based flake that falls from the sky and covers the ground looking beautiful but of no redeeming food value. However, you can knead it into a ball; and throw it at your kids or husband, very therapeutic… But now that spring has sprung this California alum needs no excuse to enjoy her yogurt. And the exciting news is that last year a new food trend took off and I have to say I am extremely grateful. Sweet, tart, plain frozen yogurt has made it to the big leagues! Its been served for years in Bloomingdales in NYC but recently has popped up in specialty yogurt stores around the country as the featured item. And I will forever be grateful to the Pink Berry chain. Yup, I have harkaras hatov to a treif yogurt store because its incredible success has triggered yogurt stores, including kosher yogurt stores to pick up the trend. Locally, in Cedarhurst, we have Berrylicious, and Cravings who both serve it and in LA, I just had it at Toppings in Beverly Hills. For some this tart, creamy yogurt, with only a hint of sweetness is too strange but I say try it with chopped strawberries, berry sauce, granola, or chopped nuts. Now that is the perfect breakfast or lunch (or anytime snack of the decade). My husband is convinced that there's a defect in my DNA for choosing plain/tart over chocolate (or any other flavor for that matter), but he's just one of those that can't understand why God bothered with any flavor other than chocolate … Trust me, find some tart yogurt, add the topping of your choice and apologize to no one. Spring is Here!!


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This is the 70th edition of the film festival — not really the 70th anniversary, as the Venice Film Festival was started in the early 1930s but was interrupted by World War II. One of the nice things they're doing this year is emphasizing the history of the festival, so at the start of almost every movie, they include a one or two minute newsreel of snippets from the various festivals over the years. The lineups are amazing. People like Orson Welles, Tarkovsky, Cocteau, Magnani, etc., huge names, often with films debuting the same year.
Before I left the press luncheon, someone handed me a blu-ray with all these film clips on there. I hope this becomes available to the public.


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Welcome to Oasis Reiki Dojo. My name is Pamir Kiciman and I founded the dojo in 1995. I teach Usui Sensei's (teacher—born Mikao Usui) original material from Japan, and not westernized versions of Reiki.
Oasis Reiki Dojo has been teaching authentic Reiki classes in South Florida for 25 years. My focus is top-quality Reiki classes which are available on an ongoing basis. I've been continuously teaching full-time ever since the very first Reiki class I conducted.
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For greater detail about the Reiki experience, go ahead and spend a little time with the audio and PDF of this Reiki Primer.
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Life feels better when heart and mind, body and soul, intention and action are harmoniously joined. Reiki is a teaching which facilitates this is in a simple, direct way. Practiced a few minutes everyday, Reiki establishes a spiritual and healing worldview, with a deeper anchor in a personally meaningful spirituality and meditation practice.
To receive complete information about training in the spiritual and healing practice of Reiki, please contact me directly.
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It's Here! The new edition of Discovering the Pattern is out today!
After much late nights, lots of cups of coffee, the new edition is available now! on Kindle and Lulu.
But "what is it about?" I hear you ask, ahh well I have been working on strategies that leverage seasonal trends in various industries. I believe that supply and demand goes up and down like clockwork just like Christmas, spring, winter, black Friday, summer vacations, so on and so on. All these events have an effect on the stock market and are different depending on the industry.
What is in the new addition?
I have added 8 more strategies so you can diversify your portfolio even further they are as follows:
With an overall 84% probability of success against the buy and hold method and an average yearly return of 25% against the buy & hold method which has an average return of 6%.
In my book it tells you in detail which weeks to be in and which week to avoid for each different ETF, it also tells you the winning probability and the average yearly returns for the trading system compared to the traditional buy and hold method, so you can determine risk and reward.


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Four Teachers Pin Their Way to Teacher Appreciation Week
Educators receive surprise thank you gifts for their collaborative use of social media.
Third-grade teacher Amanda Nickerson was upset. Her long-anticipated appointment to remove her braces had been unexpectedly rescheduled. So she headed to school in dark clothing (to match her mood), unaware of the big surprise that awaited her.
Partway through a lesson, school administrators and her husband walked into her classroom carrying a cake, balloons, and a gift box—all to honor Nickerson's work on Pinterest. Turns out her husband rescheduled the appointment on purpose so that Nickerson could be celebrated.
Nickerson and three other educators were thanked during Teacher Appreciation Week for their collaborative use of Pinterest—a social network site where members share "pins" of ideas and items that inspire them with "followers." Each educator built an impressive board of teaching resources and strategies, followed by thousands of their colleagues around the country. For their work, the National Education Association, along with its state and local affiliates, presented the educators with gift boxes containing items from their Pinterest wish boards, along with Kindle Fires, Staples gift cards, and other items for their classrooms.
"The minute a group of important people paraded into my classroom with balloons and gifts, I was a goner," wrote Falmouth, Massachusetts, teacher Suzy Brooks on her blog "Third Graders: Dreaming Big." "I knew something amazing was about to happen." Brooks received her thank you gift from Falmouth Education Association President Ernie Holcomb, Mullen-Hall Elementary School Principal Donna Noonan, Falmouth Superintendent Marc Dupuis, Mullen-Hall special education teacher Nicole Bell and Falmouth teacher and MTA Board member Susan Baker. Her students recorded the happy moment on their iPads, shooting photos and video as she opened her box, which included a necklace saying "Dream" and a coffee maker.
Courtney Bertsch-Martin was working on the new evaluation system with her principle when they walked into the gym. At first Martin, a second-grade teacher at Frederickson Elementary didn't know what to make of students and staff cheering, but when she saw her family taking pictures, she realized they were there for her. Washington Education Association President Mary Lindquist and Bethel Education Association President Tom Cruver, Frederickson Elementary School Principal Ellen Eddy, and other administrative staff surprised Martin with her gift box, containing, among other items, a Williams Sonoma cookbook and books for her classroom.
Josie Smolka, a fifth-grade teacher at Pond Road Middle School in Robbinsville, New Jersey, was surprised when she saw WTEA Mike Johnson, New Jersey Education Association Vice President Wendell Steinhauer, and Pond Road Middle School Principal Paul Gizzo arrive at her room with a large blue box topped with white ribbon. Her box included a Terrarium starter kit, books for her classroom, a Pond Road Middle School tote bag, and an orange necklace that Smolka had admired online.
"I am so grateful for the recognition from NEA, and I am also so blessed to be a part of such a supportive school district," wrote Amanda Nickerson on her blog "One Extra Degree." "The silly string [from the gift box] will make our last day pretty unforgettable, if I do say so myself!"


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Warning: A blizzard may be on the way. The National Weather Service issued blizzard warnings for the entire state Friday afternoon, ratcheting up the chances of high sustained winds to with 1 to 2 feet of snow. The areas that are most vulnerable are the coastline and eastern Connecticut, according to Quincy Vagell, a WTNH News 8 meteorologist. Earlier in the day, Vagell said the New Haven area was "kind of on the fence" in terms of the risk of a blizzard, and Litchfield County went from a mere winter storm watch straight to a blizzard warning, the first county to do so, shortly after 3:30 p.m. That's likely because of the Litchfield Hills, Vagell said. "Even though they're not getting more snow, they get the high winds," he said. A blizzard is defined as sustained winds of 35 mph for three hours straight and visibility below a quarter mile. If this weekend's storm doesn't become a blizzard, it will be close. If you're out Friday looking for water and gasoline, try to get your search done by mid-afternoon. That's when it's really going to get bad, although light snow will start "around daybreak," Vagell said. "The really worst is between 5 p.m. to midnight. We're expecting 1 to 2 inches an hour that entire timeframe," he said. That will come with sustained winds of 25 to 30 mph and gusts up to 50 mph, making it hard to see, much less drive. "I-95's going to be just ridiculous," Vagell said. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has asked nonessential state employees to stay home from work on Friday. Evening and midnight shift employees should report to work as normal on Friday, according to Malloy's release. He has scheduled press conferences for noon and 6 p.m. Friday. The state's Emergency Operations Center was activated. Once Friday turns into Saturday, the worst should be over, but the storm won't be finished with us until about lunchtime Saturday. "After midnight it's going to be gradually tapering off," said Vagell, but Saturday will still be windy and cold with temperatures only in the 20s. "Flooding is a little bit of a concern" in Fairfield and New Haven counties, but only during Friday night's high tide, between 7 and 10 p.m. As for the power going out, "We think mainly along the immediate shoreline and eastern Connecticut," Vagell said. "It's going to be very heavy wet snow and winds gusting to about 50 mph in that area." In other parts of the state, the snow will be lighter, holding less moisture. The storm will blast in from the west, as two storms merge into a wintry fury. One was over the Gulf of Mexico Thursday afternoon, soaking up moisture. The other was over the Great Lakes, bringing cold air. "It's actually not that different from '78's" blizzard, Vagell said. There's one key difference from that devastating storm, which shut down the state for days and killed 100 people. The Blizzard of 1978 dumped 2 to 3 feet of snow across the state, Vagell said, while this weekend's storm will be closer to 1 to 2 feet. Once we get through shoveling Saturday and fall into bed exhausted, we'll have something to look forward to. According toWXEdge.com
, News 8's weather site, Sunday promises "Plenty of sunshine. Highs in the low to mid-30s." Call Ed Stannard at 203-789-5743.


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Understanding ebook devices and apps
EPUB: the standard for ebooks
MOBI: Amazon's ebook standard for the Kindle
Fixed layout ebooks
Did you get what you needed?
Book Production Basics
Introduction to the module
An overview of the book production process
Book production strategies
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Scanning books, text, and images
All about images
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Flourishes, small graphics, picas, and points
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Book design templates
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Elements of a book cover
How to create a book cover
Derek Murphy: Cover Design Secrets That Sell
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May 9: Weird Types of Bear Appreciation Day (Australia - Koala Bear) (China - Panda Bear) (Canada - Bipolar Bear)
- 1337 - Wolverine is born, slashing his way out of his mother's womb. He was fine.
- 1429 - Joan of Arc entertains the English troops with a medley of show-songs from Bedknobs & Broomsticks.
- 1431 - Joan of Arc entertains more English troops with another medley of songs. This time from "Deadknobs and Burning-sticks" as she is set alight
- 1627 - Edict passed in Switzerland requiring all lawyers to deliver evidence by yodelling. (pictured)
- 1671 - Pope Clement X is killed by the Queen's Guard while on a visit to England, being mistaken for that guy who stole the crown jewels in a pope costume.
- 1861 - At the age of seven, Oscar Wilde begins his first job, working as a Witticist's Apprentice in a local Humor Emporium.
- 1934 - Anteaters formally name themselves the Aardvark, seeking the lucrative first spot in taxonomy classifications.
- 1991 - Small, Medium, and Large complain to the United Nations, that Extra Large is abusing its position. The UN introduce sanctions, however these are withdrawn when it becomes known that size does not matter.


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I sent an email to my elected officials this morning (below) inviting them to visit manufacturing facilities in their district. Please consider sending an email.
It's very easy if you go to the Maryland Chamber of Commerce website. Simply add your address, text . Based on your address the system automatically selects your federal and state representatives and you select who you want to receive your email.
Go to http://www.mdchamber.org/ (right side, Contact Your Legislator)
"Manufacturing is a topic of conversation today. Thank goodness. Maryland manufacturers have been left relatively unsupported over the past decade. Now policymakers realize that "Making it in Maryland" means good paying manufacturing jobs that lead to middle class.


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Meshuggah @ the First Avenue Mainroom
Meshuggah @ the First Avenue Mainroom
May 13th, 2012
Last Sunday, Swedish metal band Meshuggah took the stage at First Avenue in a brutal display of what has brought them to be one of the more respected acts in metal today. Joining them on tour was Poland's technical death metal standard-bearers Decapitated and Georgia band Baroness. Rarely must one distinguish between America's Georgia and Europe's Georgia, but with two other European acts, it makes sense to emphasise that Baroness hails from Savannah.
Unfortunately, my mental autopilot got the best of me, and I failed to realize that the show started a couple hours before I thought it did. Because of this, I didn't get to see Decapitated or Baroness - a sincere disappointment - but I got to see about an hour of the headliner's performance, which very much met the expectations of the band's reputation.
From the very beginning, you can tell why the band is considered to be one of the forefathers of the genre Djent. Djent is a really cool name for a genre because it is derived from the onomatopoeic description of the high-gain, palm-muted guitar tones that Meshuggah is known for. On display were thundering bass lines, commanding guitar lines, and double-bass rhythms that can only be described as dozens of bags of popcorn popping in perfect rhythmic unison.
The show evoked a feeling that is a commendable aspect of lots of metal and many other forms of music. Meshuggah shirks pleasant-sounding melodies in favor of a loud, abrasive sound, but in this disharmony, there is sort of an elegant craftsmanship. The rhythms they play really resonate with the listener. This effect usually manifests itself with toe-tapping, but in this instance, it's headbanging. The metal fan can't help but at least bob his or her head to the music, and that says a lot about the band's skill to take an otherwise ugly-sounding style of music and make it fairly sophisticated. The shear technical precision of the musicians, the varied time signatures, and the one-of-a-kind syncopation they use connects with the metal fan on a subconscious, visceral level, where the heart of great music pumps like double bass drums on stage.
While Meshuggah has a great style and great songs, they suffer, I believe, from what I like to call the AC/DC syndrome, meaning that all of their songs sound more-or-less like one song, but it's a GREAT song. This is a criticism I often have with various metal acts, especially those which prefer the technical side of the genre. For a band, however, that chooses to ignore traditional melodies and hooks, this aspect may not be much of a detriment. The technical prowess that the band has and the way they evoke (sometimes aggressive) physical reactions in the listeners points to their staying-power as a titan of metal.
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Thoughts on Risk in the Current Economic Situation
Dennis P. Lockhart
President and Chief Executive Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Association for Financial Professionals Corporate Risk Forum
Orlando, Florida
February 23, 2009
Thanks for inviting me. It's a privilege to be your luncheon speaker for the Association for Financial Professionals Corporate Risk Forum.
I approached this speech by thinking about what I could offer an audience of risk management professionals from diverse industries in these times of risk being all too real. Your businesses and clients share at some level a common macro environment even if the implications of macro risk might play differently from industry to industry and company to company. Today I want to discuss the state of the economy and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's forecast, or outlook, for the economy this year. That sort of speech is pretty standard for a Reserve Bank president. To make the "relevance connection" to your field of risk management, you may take my remarks on the macroeconomy as one policymaker's views on the context in which you evaluate the risks specific to your company's or client's situation.
Recently the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) enhanced the transparency of our policy deliberations by disclosing the central tendency of formal quarterly forecasts of each Reserve Bank. I will also provide my perspective on the macroeconomic forecasting process employed by the Atlanta Fed and comment on how you might consider the usefulness of such forecast information in your evaluation of macro risk.
I must state up front that these remarks are mine alone and don't necessarily reflect the views of my colleagues on the FOMC.
The state of the economy
A little more than a year ago, the economy entered into a recession. If the consensus economic forecast is accurate, we are likely to still be in recession through at least the first half of this year. Since the end of World War II, the United States has experienced 10 other recessions. On average, they have lasted 10 months. So the current downturn is already longer than usual.
I know that as risk management practitioners, you track the economy at whatever aggregation—regional, national, global—is most relevant to your business. Let me highlight for you some of the national economic indicators I'm following as a monetary policymaker.
First, there's housing—the source of much of the current economic weakness. New residential construction has fallen by more than half in the past 20 months, taking about one full percentage point off annual GDP growth.
Troubles with housing have taken a heavy toll on consumer spending. Purchases of big-ticket items that require a large financial commitment and access to credit—notably autos—have been especially curtailed.
Also, business spending has fallen sharply. Investment spending has been deferred and cost control intensified.
Labor markets have been shedding jobs rapidly in manufacturing and services. During the past 12 months our economy has lost a net of 3.5 million jobs, with about half of those job losses in the past three months.
If there has been a silver lining in the economic slowdown, it's prices. Inflation in recent months has declined to the point where consumer prices in January 2009 were unchanged from a year earlier—the lowest rate of change since August 1955.
The outlook
It's obvious to all that the current state of the economy is extremely weak. The more pertinent question is, what does the future hold?
The economic forecast I submitted for the most recent FOMC meeting at the end of January reflected my view that the economy faces obstacles likely to work against a strong rebound of growth over the next several quarters. Those obstacles include credit markets not yet returned to healthy functioning, a housing market still weighed down by an excess supply of homes for sale, and low business and household confidence. None of these is likely to turn around quickly.
But as discouraging as these indicators are for the very immediate future, most forecasts, my own included, see catalysts for the start of modest recovery in the second half of the year.
With production falling—and expected to decline significantly more this quarter—I expect some reduction of excess inventories, putting producers in a position to expand output as spending returns.
There are signs lower mortgage interest rates are helping housing markets on the margin. The January pending sales number was up, and there has been a spurt in refinancing activity. If historically low mortgage rates can be sustained over the coming months, I expect more buyers will be drawn into the market.
Several factors should lift consumer spending as the year progresses. These factors include the dramatic fall in energy prices, greater stability in the housing market, and improving consumer confidence. Also, as you know, the tax cuts in the recent stimulus package were designed to generate an immediate boost to consumer spending.
Forecasts as an exercise in risk management
The premise of that baseline forecast is founded, as you would expect, on assumptions that may or may not materialize. My forecast of resumption of modest growth in the second half assumes, to repeat, some stabilization of house prices, some normalization of credit markets' functioning, some benefit from the stimulus package, and some improvement of business and consumer confidence evidenced by greater investment spending and personal consumption. A Reserve Bank's official forecast also has as its premise "appropriate monetary policy." That is to say, whatever scenario we adopt as our baseline forecast is not independent of policy, but rather vitally entwined with Fed policy as a significant influence on outcomes.
This aspect of our forecasting is a little different than macro environmental assumptions relevant to individual enterprises. Companies can establish assumptions for the external environment and then derive implications for the business and strategies to respond to external reality. Public policy bodies like the Fed have meaningful influence on the macro environment to varying degrees over time.
Policy is a major factor in our forecasts and not a reaction to a forecast. To convey a sense of what "appropriate monetary policy" might mean for the near term, I would point to the statement that followed the January 28 FOMC meeting. The committee stated that "economic conditions are likely to warrant exceptionally low levels of the federal funds rate for some time." The committee further advised that all available tools will be employed to get back to economic growth, which means, in my interpretation, further credit programs such as the purchase of agency debt and mortgage-backed securities or expansion of the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF), which was recently announced as part of the Treasury's Financial Stability Plan.
I should also explain that my baseline forecast is a scenario around which we at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta carry out a process of "dynamic monitoring." The stream of incoming data is analyzed for implications for the assumptions underlying our forecast, which in turn is revised as required by the unfolding of reality—weekly, monthly, and quarterly.
Economic forecasts—particularly when looked at collectively—provide valuable information for risk managers in their underlying assumptions and their information about the degree of uncertainty in the economic environment. I would argue they are less useful as point predictions of data elements or timing of turning points.
Among the lessons I've taken from my two years of experience as a central banker is how difficult it is to see the transition to a nonlinear future, which you might think of as the change from one phase of the business cycle to another. Forces that produce the beginnings and ends of recessions are particularly difficult to predict. Turning points are anomalous events and by their very nature are more difficult to see than variations around a more or less linear scenario, by which I mean continuity from past to present.
As a consequence, economic forecasts will tend to be overly optimistic as the economy goes into a recession but overly pessimistic as the economy comes out of recession and begins its expansion. Perhaps we should take some comfort in that observation today.
I think there are some other lessons to take away from the experience of the last two years. Tail risks—low probability but extremely consequential events—do sometimes materialize. Ignoring tail risks—"black swans," in the words of author Nassim Taleb—may be irresponsible. Because forecasting is an inexact exercise, because shocks by nature aren't anticipated, and because both theoretical models and econometric models cannot incorporate actual complexity, policy must sometimes take what we call a "risk management" approach. Policymakers occasionally need to take out insurance against economic tail risks, and this approach is especially relevant when traditional relationships have broken down. Case in point: Our models are based on a history where financial markets are working.
Comprehensive policy response
Let me give you my appraisal of current policy.
Responding to the scope and severity of our economic ills, policymakers have taken and will soon implement unprecedented measures to restore financial stability and economic growth. In my view, the diagnosis is substantially correct, and the actions targeted on discrete aspects of the overall problem, taken together, constitute an appropriately comprehensive approach. Let me bring focus to five dimensions of the current problem and connect them to the associated policy actions.
First, there is credit market dysfunction. The Fed has attacked this problem by introducing a number of credit market liquidity programs. For example, the TALF supports new lending in credit cards, student loans, auto loans, and small businesses. This program could provide up to $1 trillion and should help repair securitization markets and boost credit to broad categories of consumers and small and midsized businesses.
Jump-starting securitization markets is vitally important. Securitization markets are and will be a substantial part of the nation's total credit system.
Another problem is banking system weakness. I believe that by injecting capital into banks, the U.S. Treasury has strengthened and will further strengthen bank balance sheets. Under Treasury's new plan, the government also will create a mechanism to remove troubled assets from bank balance sheets, which should help rehabilitate the banking system, a basic prerequisite of recovery.
A third dimension of today's weakness is falling house prices. The FOMC has stated that the Fed will continue to purchase large quantities of agency debt and mortgage-backed securities to support mortgage and housing markets, and the Fed stands ready to expand the quantity and duration of such purchases. Also, a foreclosure prevention program is included in the Treasury's new plan. If successful, a source of pressure on home prices should be reduced.
The Administration's economic stimulus package is designed to address the recent surge of unemployment, which is a fourth aspect of economic weakness. Rapid downstreaming of funding to state and local governments should help forestall further layoffs and furloughing of public sector employees. Public works and other investment projects should put some of the unemployed back to work, depending on the speed of mobilization.
Finally, there is the broad-based economic weakness that has enveloped almost all industry sectors with a deficit of confidence as both cause and effect. We are in a period of unconventional policy measures, and that situation is especially true of the Federal Reserve. But the stimulative power of conventional monetary policy in the form of a federal funds rate at its lowest possible level should not be forgotten. As I said earlier, the FOMC has stated that low interest rate policy is likely to continue for some time.
I believe these actions—taken as a whole—are a forceful and coherent response to the problems at hand. In judging coherence, I apply these criteria:
- Is the problem correctly diagnosed?
- Is the response to each dimension of the problem sufficiently sized?
- Is the response timely?
- And, is the specific policy reversible when required or appropriate?
There is policy risk, to be sure, by which I mean risk that the policy medicine won't work, won't be enough, or will come too late. But if forecasts of improvement don't materialize, as I said earlier, the Fed is not without capacity to act, even with the fed funds rate at its lower bound.
Other risks
A sober mindset dictates that I, as a policymaker, watch for indications of both recovery and further deterioration. Beyond policy risk, the banking system, and housing, there are other downside risks that bear watching, in my view.
First, there's the commercial real estate sector. Vacancy rates are rising, and in 2009 a considerable amount of debt comes due and must be refinanced.
Second, I'm following the state and municipal fiscal situation. Revenues have fallen sharply and debt financing is constrained. Even with the stimulus money, some government entities may continue to face serious fiscal problems.
Internationally, I'm watching the external debt position of emerging markets and the effect of sovereign debt exposure on overseas banks, particularly in Europe.
I'm also paying close attention to the trajectory of Japan. Last quarter the Japanese economy contracted by 13 percent, and deflationary pressures have accelerated.
Finally, I'm concerned about growing global protectionist sentiment. The Great Depression taught that beggar-thy-neighbor policies can do immense harm.
Comprehensive, scaled, and coherent responses
In my view, we have reached a pivotal juncture.
After a rapid onset of problems in the economy and financial system—both global and national—we've reached a point where incremental responses must proceed to something more comprehensive, scaled, and coherent.
I believe the composite policy approach is correct in focus and intent, and now the devil is largely in the details and implementation. I am confident policymakers across the various relevant arms of government understand the importance of moving ahead as quickly as possible to provide detailed rules of the road and achieve clarity.
As these policy actions take effect and work in concert, I believe the economy and financial sector will respond positively. Thank you.


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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), life expectancy in the United States as of 2007 averaged 77.9 years, an all time high. This was reported in Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2007, a summary based on a review of 90 percent of United States death certificates.
Life expectancy for men hit 75.3 years and 80.4 years for women, both record highs for each sex. These figures show that life expectancy has increased 1.4 years in the 10 years since 1997 when life expectancy averaged 76.5 years. This means we have been steadily adding about 1.7 months or 50 days to average life expectancy every year.
Heart disease and cancer remained the two leading causes of death and together accounted for just about half (48.5 percent) of all deaths. Overall, eight of the 15 leading causes of death fell significantly between 2006 and 2007 with deaths from heart disease dropping 4.7 percent while cancer fell 1.8 percent.
Death from HIV/AIDS fell the most at 10 percent, which was the largest one year decline since 1998. Deaths from Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, on the other hand, both increased slightly, which was felt to be due to the fact that people are living longer in general.
The 10 leading causes of death were (in order):
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Chronic lung disease (emphysema)
• Accidents
• Alzheimer's disease
• Diabetes
• Influenza and pneumonia
• Chronic kidney disease
• Septicemia
While the increase in longevity is good news, of course, it needs to be taken in the context of what is occurring in other countries throughout the world. Overall, United States life expectancy ranks all the way down at 50th worldwide, essentially the same as Albania. Estimates for 2009 show 23 countries boasting average life expectancies of more than 80 years including Japan (82), Canada, France and Australia (81), Italy, Spain, and Norway (80).
With aggressive attention to the fundamentals of healthy living such as better diet, regular exercise, moderate alcohol, smoking cessation, and effective stress management, even greater increases in life expectancy should be possible in the years ahead.
Happy anti-aging!
Terry Grossman, M.D.
For more information about longevity medicine visit Dr. Grossman's Web site
Important: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and not Everyday Health.


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The long awaited first day of school finally arrived! Well, for Mckinley. The twins had to wait another week before Kindergarten started.
Mckinley lucked out and got some ward kids and some girls from last year in her class again. She was so happy that first day of school. She was grinning from ear to ear the entire day and on cloud 9 all afternoon when she got home. School is definitely her jam.
Her good friend Lucy that she met on the first day of school.
This is out of order, but a quick shot of the pickle ball lines we painted for Ross's birthday.
Tyler, Kallie, and Sophie enjoying the rain on a crazy stormy day.
I took the kids for smoothies one day while Mckinley was at school.
I had fun recreating this picture of the twins from 4 years ago when they first got this alphabet puzzle.
Tyler started soccer! He was so excited and has loved every minute of it so far, always asking when he gets to play next.
This is a picture of his first practice.
And his first game. He is with a bunch of neighborhood boys and practices are at the church right by our house and games are at the park right by that. We are very lucky!
Ava insisted on wearing a backpack too and has been obsessed with it ever since.
I am enjoying 3 hours of down time while Tyler and Kallie are at school and Ava is napping. I'm getting a lot done and loving it!


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Los Angeles Non Profit Event PlanningDecember 10th, 2013
Los Angeles non profit event planning can have it challenges. After all, how do you pull off an elegant high-profile event on a shoestring budget? Very carefully!
I recently produced this event and one key factor when it comes to Los Angeles non profit event planning is the budget. It is important to adhere to the guidelines set forth by the client and maintain the budget throughout the event process in order for the client to maximize their net profit of donations. For this event, we created streamlined centerpieces using glass colored beads and orchid plants.
Another way we were able to maintain our budget was to bring in our own wines and serve heavy appetizers and desserts instead of a seated formal dinner. The fact that guests were able to self-park helped maintain a low cost event and working with repeat vendors who already knew the facility was a key factor as well.
Some other key factors with Los Angeles non profit event planning is to generate your donations well in advance of your event via sponsorships, donations or guest list expansion. Finally, keep staff to a minimum and garner as many volunteers as possible.
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Old news, perhaps, but I've been busy with my own problems and haven't given any consideration to the fact that people who lose their homes have to live somewhere. And for an exceedingly large number of people, that somewhere is a makeshift shelter in a "tent city."
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Saturday, February 28, 2009
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I cried my eyes out at the wake and some more at the funeral. This was unexpected, as I had been cool upon hearing the sad news. There were a few tears here and there as I drove home each day leading up to the funeral, but it was controllable. I suppose God allowed me to set those thoughts aside so that I could be functional on my job. But Thursday night, the sorrow grew deeper.
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Lent begins
Thursday, February 26, 2009
So Lent has begun. I hope everyone who wanted to was able to attend an Ash Wednesday mass or service. Yesterday's no snacking was really tough for me. This year I will once more give up sweets (candy, cake, cookies etc.) as well as sweet drinks (soda, punch, etc.) while giving myself an "out" by allowing juices. I'll also commit to setting aside some fixed amount of dollars per week for alms. As for prayer, I will have to work on that one.
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Funeral on Friday
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
I have a funeral to attend on Friday. Christian burial of a most wonderful person. I'm sure the ripples from this loss extends to the ends of the earth.
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The Reader
Saturday, February 21, 2009
We saw the movie "The Reader" this morning. One word: complicated. The movie itself is not complicated. What's complicated is the human dynamics for the circumstances presented. This is not a feel good movie. If you want to watch a movie and then go to dinner afterwards and have a philosophical discussion of "should's" and "ought's" then this is it.
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The day was taken up by major traffic snafus. Major accidents had highways shut down. We spent hours in that stuff.
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a long time ago
Sunday, February 15, 2009
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Congrats to Chandra Wilson for her "Supporting actress in a drama series" award at the 2009 NAACP Image Awards.
We were in class together one year in grade school. She must've made an impression on me, because I don't remember any other names from grade school. I remember hearing her name on TV one time. I then went and dug out my only yearbook from grade school and sure enough, it's her (that's the black and white photo). I suppose that's about the same level as "Hey, I sold her a hamburger one time."
Well, I just thought y'all might find it mildly interesting.
No, I still don't watch much TV and am only vaguely aware of the existence of the show "Grey's Anatomy." I can't name a single character in the show and I still don't know who "McDreamy" is and whether it's a nickname or a real name for the character.
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great movie: Benjamin Button
Saturday, February 14, 2009
We saw the movie "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" this morning. It's a great movie; both entertaining and thought-provoking and altogether well done. You just have to see it for yourself!
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no, really, I can't
Saturday, February 07, 2009
I think we all have one of those friends: really nice people whom we wish were not SO friendly. A few weeks back, they heard I was sick and cooked for us. Except neither Gumby nor I can eat their cooking (waaay too salty). And they loaded us up; it wasn't just a single meal. I tried to eat it, but got a tummy ache. This isn't the first time. And probably won't be the last. Yes, I feel bad about throwing out food, but what am I to do? It would help if they'd just make the offer and give us the option to decline.
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why not err on the safe side?
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Some atheists pooh-pooh the idea that there is a higher being, a heaven, or a hell because there is no scientific evidence for such things.
So let's take the flip side: if science says it is so, does it make it true? There was a time when science proved that women are intellectually inferior, that they are incapable of growing intellectually beyond a young girl's intellect. Okay, so that was flawed science. Until just a few years ago, science believed that dogs cannot see colors. They've since changed that position, saying that dogs can see colors, but not as well as humans do. Bottom line: science can be flawed.
Now to go with the science as positive evidence, I say that just because you don't perceive or understand it doesn't mean "it" doesn't exist. As far as my dog is concerned, heartworms don't exist in his world: he never sees one and he'll never understand what a heartworm is or does.
I love the observation "your God is too small." Anyone who expects to be able to wrap their mind around God is suffering from the "your God is too small" syndrome.
I wonder if the people who demand evidence of a higher being to their satisfaction also demand evidence for everything else. Do they demand proof that you were where you said you were: I've been at the store. Look here are groceries. I was at pool hall. Look, here is the receipt. I didn't go anywhere this afternoon; I was at home taking a nap. Here's the video.
Why not err on the safe side? It's not going to be awkward to face God eventually and say, "Uh, I thought you didn't exist." Now if God didn't exist but you believed He did, the only consequence is a life lived in faith, hope and love.
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U.N.: Sarin Gas Used in Syria, and More
What's News: A United Nations weapons inspectors' report says rockets filled with sarin gas were used to kill civilians in Syria. Suspect in shooting spree at Washington Navy Yard is dead. Nina Davuluri's Miss America win spurs racist tweets. Joanne Po reports. Photo: AP.
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Judge delays Ohio school shooting trial
A judge in Ohio has indefinitely delayed the murder trial of an 18-year-old charged in the school shooting deaths of three students.
Judge David Fuhry in Chardon, east of Cleveland, said Monday that he will hold a hearing in late January to discuss a new trial date. The trial of T.J. Lane had been scheduled to begin next Monday.
Prosecutors and defense attorneys asked for the delay because new evidence has emerged. The nature of the evidence was not disclosed in court.
Prosecutors say Lane took a .22-caliber pistol and a knife to Chardon High School last Feb. 27 and fired 10 shots at a group of students in the cafeteria.
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my newest comfort food: gluten free cake
The're is nothing more comforting that to be included after having been excluded from something, isn't it? Like when your stomach stops digesting something you have loved all your life and you can't have it anymore? And then you can have it again! My favorite – and very Italian – breakfast has always been a…… Continue reading my newest comfort food: gluten free cake


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The Day of Harvest
Solos to Sing, Submitted Music (2007-2011)
1. In the cool of the morning He goes to the well
To find those who seek employ
And those he hires to work through the day
Receive their appointment with joy.
As the sun rises higher, They may start to retire
They're renewed in the promised reward
And the goodness of their Lord.
2. As the day wears away, He returns again;
And again to the heart of town.
He finds at each turn more souls who would earn,
And he hires them and send them down
To the field, where they share In the labors and care,
They rejoice in their work and reward
And the kindness of their Lord.
Tis the day of harvest and I would be
A faithful servant, diligently
Serving the master, that I may receive
A fullness of His joy.
3. Now I wonder that I would identify
With those who've continued all day;
Do I labor encouraging others to come,
Or fear help diminishes my pay?
Do I truly believe That each may receive
As abundant eternal reward
Through the mercies of our Lord?
4. I have come early, yet I'm coming late
To labor in Christ's golden field;
Forgotten fragments of my soul
In idleness and sin are revealed.
Ev`ry part of my heart,
To finish, must start,
To come home to my final reward
In the kingdom of The Lord.
5. This the day of harvest, and I would be
A faithful servant, diligently
Serving the master, that I may receive
A fullness of His joy.
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Certified by TUV in Germany these safety systems af guaranteed to protect your health in the laboratory. Recent legislation has meant the use of solvent safety systems are mandatory in a number of EU countries and several EU member states have adopted SCAT as the system of choice.
The SCAT safety system also brings a couple of other key benefits. The solvent reservoirs are sealed from dust and also from evaporation which can significantly increases the lifetime of your made-up solvents.
The other benefit is that the caps are made in two pieces so the routine of topping up solvent doesn't mean a load of twisted tubes!


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Academics . Printmaking . Courses
Printmaking: Advanced Topics
Course No. PRI 350-450 Credits: 3.0
Faculty Maggie Denk-Leigh
This is an advanced studio supporting the student in the refinement of their visual voice and skill level as realized in the production of prints and supporting studio work. Faculty and students develop the outline of course work for the semester through individual and group critiques encouraging the cultivation of their visual erudition and assisting in the student's development. Possible combinations of the various techniques for single or multiple impressions are addressed. The student develops the ability to discern qualities unique to the field through material presented in lectures and hands-on demonstrations of technical processes and procedures. As the student engages in the production of a body of work, they become informed of the particular characteristics and advantages of print as a medium and develop the ability to critically respond to aesthetics and concepts both within and beyond the field. Encouraged for juniors and seniors. Required for senior Printmaking majors. Offered fall.
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Sony Xperia S 6.0.A.3.67 software update now available through PC Companion
If you were one of the lucky few able to grab an Sony Xperia S in Barcelona during MWC, today you'll be able to pick up a new software update to version 6.0.A.3.67. The update isn't yet going out over the air, but it is available through Sony's PC Companion app for Windows.
Unfortunately the package doesn't include the sorely-needed Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update -- that's due sometime during the second quarter. However, we're hoping the update fixes a few niggling issues we've been noticing with our review unit, including some radio wonkiness and difficulty automatically disconnecting from Wifi routers when out of range. If you've picked up the new software on your Xperia S, be sure to point out any changes or fixes over in the comments.
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Reid: 'Extremely difficult' to solve fiscal cliff
The Senate's top Democrat says "it's going to be extremely difficult" to pass legislation to address the so-called fiscal cliff before Christmas, but adds there's still a chance it can be done.
Majority Leader Harry Reid commented Tuesday amid a souring mood in Washington over negotiations to forestall automatic tax increases and spending cuts next year that could hurt the economy.
House Speaker John Boehner has accused the White House of stalling the negotiations.
There's just two weeks until Christmas and little progress in talks between Boehner and President Barack Obama. Even if a deal is reached soon, time is needed to draft a bill and get it through the House and Senate and to Obama.
Reid said, quote, "this is not something we can do easily."


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Great Lent
The Great Fast or Lent is the period of preparation leading up to Holy Week and Pascha. The Lenten Triodion governs the divine services of Great Lent as well as those of the Weeks of Preparation preceding Great Lent. Lent is a Middle English word meaning "spring." The Great Fast has come to be called Lent by association; it is called "great" to distinguish it from the other fasts.
Following Meatfare Sunday, meats are removed from the diet. Following Cheesefare Sunday (also known as Forgiveness Sunday), dairy is removed, initiating the strict fasting of Great Lent. During Great Lent, the weekday readings are taken only from the Old Testament, focusing on Genesis, Proverbs, and Isaiah.
Structure of Great Lent
- Monday following Forgiveness Sunday (also called Cheesefare Sunday)
- 1. Sunday of Orthodoxy (John 1:43-51),
- 2. Sunday of St. Gregory Palamas,
- 3. Sunday of the Holy Cross,
- 4. Sunday of St. John Climacus, and
- 5. Sunday of St. Mary of Egypt.
Great Lent is followed by Holy Week, the week beginning with Palm Sunday and preceding Pascha.
Purpose of Great Lent
The original purpose of the pre-Pascha fast (now known as Great Lent) was the fasting of catechumens who were being prepared for baptism and entry into the Church. However, it quickly became a time for those who were already Christian to prepare for the feast of the Resurrection of Christ. It is the living symbol of man's entire life which is to be fulfilled in his own resurrection from the dead with Christ. It is a time of renewed devotion: of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. It is a time of repentance, a real renewal of minds, hearts and deeds in conformity with Christ and his teachings. It is the time, most of all, of return to the great commandments of loving God and neighbors.


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Not since the days of Amiga's fiendishly addictive 'Pinball Dreams' has a ball-bearing-based title captured the imaginations of this dedicated team of fin-flippers here at PlayStation.com quite so completely. The arrival of this unmistakably Japanese offering was greeted with unprecedented levels of excitement in the office when the quote on the front of the box was read aloud by staff writer and self-proclaimed pinball sim pro Dan Maher: "Flipnic is an enjoyable simple-action amazing pinball game for you". And UbiSoft's delightfully surreal game is just that, a wonderfully entertaining slice of ball-flipping action that anyone can enjoy.
The first thing you'll notice when you get your mitts on Flipnic is just how huge the 'tables' are. Based on five different themes, including Jungle, Techno and Metal, these unique worlds contain stunning landscapes, complete with their own individual wildlife, flora and fauna. The first set of tables has a lush tropical look, with butterflies floating over the game as you frantically bash buttons in an attempt to achieve Flipnic's surreal objectives. The challenges include saving pink flamingos from the jaws of hungry crocodiles, destroying UFOs, and feeding hungry monkeys by knocking bananas into their waiting paws. And when you're not putting your mean pinballing skills to the test in single-player mode, you can also throw down the gauntlet to friends in multiplayer modes, with Pinball Soccer and Pinball Basketball available for two-player action. Possibly the most surreal addition to the genre, Flipnic sports beautifully vibrant graphics, intuitive controls, and some of the best ball physics you'll ever encounter in a pinball sim.
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