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Rome has two airports: the Leonardo da Vinci (Fiumicino) and the Pastine Ciampino. Fiumicino Airport is the most important of which come the scheduled domestic and international. Ciampino, however, in recent years has become the reference airport for low cost airlines such as Ryan Air, Easy Jet, Hapag Lloyd Express, Wizz Air and Central Wings.
International Airport Leonardo da Vinci of Fiumicino is about 40 km away from the center of Rome, is the first airport in the city, but also the most distant from the historic center. And well connected, just think inside the airport you can take the train directly to Termini Station or Tiburtina station and find yourself in less than 40 minutes in the city center.
There are also many private bus services that provide many offers of travelers to reach the city center at an affordable price and in this case, just do a comparison of the prices and choose the best.
The airport "Giovan Battista Pastine" or Ciampino Airport is located on the Via Appia Nuova in a suburban area of the City of Rome. The distance to the city center is about 15 kilometers, is the second airport in Rome because the smaller size for a reference point for domestic departures and arrivals.
Ciampino airport is connected to the center by bus or private line leading stations from which is then easily reach your destination.
Special attention goes to the taxi service at the output of these two airports. At the exit of the airport of Fiumicino and Ciampino you can find services taxi unauthorized offering to accompany tourists at your destination with little economic rates. The services authorized taxis are characterized by white cars that have at the top of a car with a taxi sign.


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Photographer's Note
Just like the sunset
At the end of the day I just want to take a rest and taste the moment.
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staines03 (110) 2007-07-10 5:38
Brilliant Photo - you managed to capture so many clouds at once. Well Done.
Zepter (2) 2007-07-10 10:24
good sunset picture with nice colors and good contrast!
depth is also good!!!
adamchewts01 (862) 2007-07-16 6:28
Hi Carmel,
What a fasinating sunset panoramic view. I am really amazed with the reflection of the sun over the sea surface but yet the sun is still hidden behind the clouds. Good used on the rule of third on the subject (the sun) on this picture.
Thanks for sharing
miumiu (6117) 2007-07-16 11:37
Hello Charles!
Colours are amazing and sun is very nice "in the sea"!
Best wishes
char_mifsud (541) 2007-09-30 6:29
hello Carmel
Very nice photo, Colours are amazing and and with the sun reflacted into the sea.
andreagatt (79) 2007-11-23 23:48
Wow. This is one of the best photos i ever seen. Brilliantly took. The colours th lights and the reflection are simply amazing. Also the sharpness of this photo is very good.
Regards and keep it up
Andrea Gatt
mikeo (12129) 2007-11-26 10:45
Hi Charles,
I found this photo only today - its great! Superb composition, incredible colours, amazing light...Beautiful shot!
Best greetings from cold and snowy Poland,
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- Copyright: Carmel Farrugia (Karmenu) (1408)
- Genre: 地方
- Medium: 彩色
- Date Taken: 2007-01-26
- Categories: 自然
- Photo Version:Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2007-07-10 4:57
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Record-Breaking Thread
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Got a new phone today. Went from a Samsung A5, circa 2016, for an Samsung A70 which debuted in March. In all likelihood I'm going to use it as a phone, camera, map, browser, and for texting, and that's it, so don't need all the features it likely has, but it's nicer than my old one that's for sure.6 Replies
What features besides making phone calls, taking pictures, illustrating directions, texting and connecting to the interweb are there? Don't know what I don't know? :-)
Pat Daly wrote:
What features besides making phone calls, taking pictures, illustrating directions, texting and connecting to the interweb are there? Don't know what I don't know? :-)
Also use mine for music in the cars. Can play video too. Don't use CD's etc anymore. Also for casting music and video to tv and sound system in the house. Can't think of anything else off the top of my head.
Trochu wrote:
Got a new phone today. Went from a Samsung A5, circa 2016, for an Samsung A70 which debuted in March. In all likelihood I'm going to use it as a phone, camera, map, browser, and for texting, and that's it, so don't need all the features it likely has, but it's nicer than my old one that's for sure.
Congrats on the new phone. Got the Oneplus 6t back in June, my son got the 7 pro. These new phones are quite the gadgets.
John's ShelbyAMG wrote:
Also use mine for music in the cars. Can play video too. Don't use CD's etc anymore. Also for casting music and video to tv and sound system in the house. Can't think of anything else off the top of my head.
Use it for a TV remote, measuring tape, dash cam, HUD, GPS, level, square (for debit/cc payment), scan QR codes, ODB-II reader, connect to Alexia/nest and control functions in your home, breathalyzer, start/lock/unlock car, heart rate monitor/exercise thingy/count steps, control drone, etc. etc.
Thanks John.
Trochu wrote:
Use it for a TV remote, measuring tape, dash cam, HUD, GPS, level, square (for debit/cc payment), scan QR codes, ODB-II reader, connect to Alexia/nest and control functions in your home, breathalyzer, start/lock/unlock car, heart rate monitor/exercise thingy/count steps, control drone, etc. etc.
Thanks John.
Copy... All answers to, "There's an app for that..."
John's ShelbyAMG wrote:
Also use mine for music in the cars. Can play video too. Don't use CD's etc anymore. Also for casting music and video to tv and sound system in the house. Can't think of anything else off the top of my head.
Yes... Have used for video and audio play but sadly I'm old and old school enough that I have to be reminded of it. (Thank You) The kind of moment when I'm trying to play music or a video and my 26 year old daughter will shame me in a totally annoyed voice, (Daaad... Just use your phone!!!) :-)
Saturday - Should be a really good TCO concert tonight, featuring Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and Ravel, three of my fave composers. My wife's doing Christmas stuff tonight, so I'm going with my best friend.
Sunday - Not that it's any surprise, but the men and women of The Cleveland Orchestra didn't disappoint last night. Quite the contrary. The real surprise, though, was Yuja Wang, who gave brilliant voice to Rachmaninoff's rarely heard 4th Piano Concerto, and then not one but TWO encores after that!
I'm gonna say it again: THAT is why we listen to live music!
Christmas decorating accomplished today. Other than that, only ventured out a couple times. First for breakfast and grocery shopping.Then to drop off my company car at the shop for its annual state inspection that will take place tomorrow along with an oil change. And, my wife wanted to get her hair cut. Made it back home before the weather turned completely nasty. Was just snowing, but turned into sleet and freezing rain. Now, as I write this, it is back to snow. Should make for an exciting day tomorrow. Only time will tell.
Got the GTI bolted back together
Ran out to grab some Chinese food for supper and I CAN'T BELIEVE how smoothly the engine idles now. Until now, it had always run rough, but I always thought the vibration was from things that are known to cause issues such as the PCV valve, throttle body, etc. While I was waiting at the entrance of my neighborhood to wait for traffic to clear, the engine was idling so smoothly that I seriously thought it had cut off.
Unfortunately the stage 1 clutch is a lot heavier than the stock one, and there's a bit of rattle (which is apparently not uncommon), so I don't know how to feel about all that. But I'm hoping that once the clutch gets broken in, it will lighten up a bit. All in all though, it's so much smoother and feels like I'm driving a completely different car.1 Reply
Monday - Well the entire PD sportswriting staff thought the Browns had it made against the Steelers ... so they lost ... BADLY. [grumble]
Weather was awesome in Costa Rica and beaches were empty but lots of mosquito bites.
Now back to snow, around 5 inches yesterday.
Well, the Big Dodge as we've come to call it does very well in the snow. No issues stopping, and for something that heavy I was worried, but the paddle shifters engage as soon as you click them, so it's very easy to gear down and it wants to stay in a lower gear anyway so it kind of does in on it's own. The AWD still lets you be a little tail happy if you get in it, but it works very well. It will turn all four tires at once, something I've only been able to get a Subaru and an Audi to do, so that's cool. Some other things I've noticed while playing with it, if you put it in sport it engages the AWD automatically (there is an indicator you can pull up on the display between the gages), if you turn off traction control, it engages the AWD, and if the temp is below about 40F the AWD is on, and finally in manual mode, it engages AWD. So to launch it and make the rear tires burn out you need to be in regular mode, all nannies on and just stomp your foot, and the rear wheels will light up for about 3 seconds, then the AWD will kick in. Also if you aren't in manual mode, and you float up the ramp and stomp on it, it will drop from 2nd to 1st at 25mph, bang off the rev limiter and then shift right back to 2nd, so best to use manual mode if you on a rolling start. I use manual mode about 90% anyway. It's not quite as fun as a stick shift, but it shifts up and down about as fast as I was ever able with a stick, maybe even slightly faster. Thus far, just like the Challenger I had I totally recommend one of these if you are thinking about buying something big.
On another note, I got an 80v Electric snow blower, and 8" of heavy wet snow was no problem. I was able to do our walk, and the neighbors on both sides, the whole driveway, and it's a longish driveway for in town, you can get 6 cars in it, plus my driveway apron on the other side that will fit one car, so I was happy with the amount of range I got with 1 charge, and since I have the lawn mower that runs off the same battery I have two batteries for it, plus the 80v Chainsaw batteries will run it for about 15 minutes and I have two of those so I wasn't too worried about it, but doing the whole thing on one battery was a pleasant surprise.
About three inches of ice heavy snow was handled easily, if slowly, by my snowblower. Shoveling was a challenge taken in small bites. We've had light snow all day adding another inch or so with reports of 1-3 more overnight.
Tuesday AM Edit: we wound up with about 6 total inches. Did another snow blower run, shoveled the walks and broke out the roof rake. X1 is ready for pickup with a new ground strap.
Sometimes you have to let the crushing word count dog eat. :-)
After staying with my daughter and son-in-law in Providence for the holiday we drove down near Mystic CT for lunch with my wife's college roommate and her sister. That night we had a nice room in the "Mermaid Inn" B&B about a mile from the Mystic aquarium.
After a delicious breakfast we came out to a dead battery. Called AAA who said it would take an hour and a half to get there. The B&B owner kindly took my wife over to the aquarium and I sat through three consecutive delays with the truck finally arriving at 2:45p.
The battery in this 2013 X1 is under the rear floor so my packed to the gills back end had to be unpacked and the well meaning overworked, sleep deprived service guy's eyes rolled even farther back in his head as he'd never seen the electronics box with multiple plugs that had to be disassembled to get to the battery terminals. It took an hour and a half for him to replace the battery.
My wife enjoyed the aquarium and had a pleasant scenic walk back arriving at about 4:30p as the battery was finally installed. I hit the button... And it was still dead as a doornail.... At that point the battery guy called his dispatcher and told them to send a flatbed and left.
We needed to tow it 86 miles and there was only one company in Mystic that would do a tow that long and they couldn't get there until 7:30p. At this point the B&B owner and all her guests had passed us multiple times during the day with sympathy and understanding, figuring each time we'd never see each other again, only to return finding us still waiting there.
We were traveling with Thanksgiving leftovers so that became our sustenance at dinner time but the guests took pity and offered my wife a glass of wine. She accepted and then the B&B owner brought me a snifter and the largest bottle of Courvoisier I've ever seen.
That evening turned out to be the annual nautical holiday parade in Mystic when many of the fishing boats are decorated with holiday lights and cruise the harbor as people come from all around to spectate. All three couples at the B&B had pilgrimaged there for many years on this night to be together and see the parade.
In AAA suspended animation we couldn't go off to see the parade but felt and heard the excitement and joy of boat horns and roaring crowds.
The flatbed guy who arrived at 7:45P clearly didn't want to be there and had three reasons why the tow wasn't going to work before even seeing the car. He ultimately got to be right as there was no way to mechanically shift the car into neutral to winch it onto the flatbed without starting it. (I'd already looked it up on YouTube and struck out) So flatbed guy #1 took off and it being Friday night of Thanksgiving weekend I was starting to believe we weren't going to get anywhere near home. The Courvoisier did take some of the edge off my quiet desperation.
Our cats needed meds and feeding so we texted the vet tech who lives two doors away and asked if she was available to feed and med the boys. She was! Also asked if her dad was around (Her dad owns the foreign car repair shop I get the X1 serviced at.) She said her folks were in Florida but gave me her mom's cell number and said I could reach him through her mom. Spoke to Paul who listened to my tale of woe and diagnosed it as a failed grounding strap. Because the rubber motor mounts isolate the motor from touching the frame there is a braided grounding strap that, over time, corrodes and/or loosens resulting in a car that won't start.
He suggested I take jumper cables and ground the motor to the body and see if it made a difference. The B&B owner kept calling neighbors until one turned up with jumper cables. I hooked 'em up and voila! The car started right up. However... Because I couldn't drive the car with jumper cables attached to the motor and didn't want to risk a long drive with the headlights on and a battery in a state of dead loss (not to mention the Courvoisier consumption) we called AAA for another flatbed.
The guests had left to see the boat parade and I left the X1 idling with jumper cables in the parking lot because I didn't want to chance it not restarting. AAA said the towing company had agreed to take the job but couldn't yet estimate time of arrival because the driver was currently on a long tow.
The day had become an altered reality of endlessly annoying suspended animation that would only see conclusion if I remained calm. I needed exercise, a balanced meal and a good nights sleep. None of these were going to happen but if I became cranky it would only get worse. So... We maintained an even strain as the AAA text said the flatbed would arrive at 12:15am.
The B&B owner again took pity and made a delicious fried egg sandwich to balance the endless supply of cookies and brownies that had started to change my complexion.
Her guests came back from the parade and restaurant meal full of energy (and drink). Our day had reached epic proportion in their eyes so they offered good luck and hugs before noisily wandering off to their rooms.
At 12:45am the 2nd flatbed arrived.
I had prepared myself for the earlier surly guy who had mastered the art of negative energy. In his place was a young smart vibrant fellow with light in his eyes. We had the X1 locked down and my wife and I in the cab in about 6 minutes. He was a Navy guy who had done tours on three different submarines and was now doing electronics work for the Navy in Groton. He had two small kids and moonlighted weekend nightshifts flat-bedding for AAA. He'd grown up on Long Island and the 2 plus hour drive passed quickly as there was no traffic but plenty of stories.
At 3am we left the X1 at Paul's garage and a friend who lived near there whose bacon I'd saved a couple of times in the middle of the night happily picked us up in his Q5 that easily held all the crap I'd packed in the X1. We were home and in bed at 3:30a.
Sometimes the magic happens and sometimes you just have to grind it out.
The good news is... Snow didn't start until 1:30p the next day so there was time to stock up for the next couple of stormy days and at 7:30a this morning... The snow blower started on the first pull. :-)2 Replies
I'll have to read this again when I get home, but what caused the dead battery?
Nicholas N. wrote:
I'll have to read this again when I get home, but what caused the dead battery?
Battery was old and needed replacement but the motor grounding strap had corroded and failed so it didn't matter which battery was in it. It wasn't going to start.


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Box Office Information
The DSO's Cece and Ford Lacy Guest Services Center & Box Office is located on the Lower Level of the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center at 2301 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201.
DSO GUEST SERVICES center and BOX OFFICE
2301 Flora Street, Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214.TIX.4DSO or 214.849.4376
Fax: 214.871.4510
In-Season Hours:
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The concert begins when the concertmaster takes the stage. Late arriving patrons will be escorted into the hall by an usher during an appropriate pause in the program or at intermission to the most accessible seat. The seat may be in a different section of the hall from the ticketed seat. The appropriate pauses in the program are determined by the conductor and the guest artist(s), and they will vary from program to program. At intermission, the original ticketed seat may be claimed. Certain programs are performed without intermission; therefore, late seating may not be offered at those concerts
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- In the dashboard, navigate to Settings and click on Integrate Email.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Head of the Strategic Research Center of Iran's Expediency Council Ali Akbar Velayati voiced the country's support for the revival of the Silk Road, an ancient network of trade routes connecting China to the Mediterranean Sea.
Addressing the 11th Silk Road Mayors Forum in the Iranian city of Qazvin on Saturday, Velayati underlined that the Islamic Republic has no problem with the benefits that revival of the Silk Road will bring for China.
Silk Road revival will turn China into an economic power, which Iran approves of, though many other countries might oppose, he noted.
Velayati explained that China will need energy security to make more headways, saying that energy is supplied to China through Iran and Central Asia in full security.
He further made it clear that any plan for the Silk Road will include Iran as a major path, describing the Iranian southeastern port city of Chabahar as a leading juncture in that road that links land routes to the shipping lanes.
Iran and China have ramped up efforts in recent months to boost cooperation in various areas.
The two countries signed 17 documents for cooperation in economic, industrial, cultural and judicial fields during an official visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping back in January.
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Secondly, the focus turns to Troisdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The magazine Objekt Sepktrum is resident there. The following text contains the decathletes of IT in the sense of an athletics discipline.
Wednesday, May 12. 2010
Cambridge & Troisdorf
Wednesday, April 28. 2010
2 x Berlin
Comment on Berlin (Germany): Berlin authorities biz optional called federal authorities bingo : )- for example, public authorities conference
And:LinuxTag 2010
Wednesday, April 14. 2010
Cork & San Jose
First, the view goes to Cork (Ireland). The Irish birhplace on Tim O' Reilly, who in 2004 coined the term Web 2.0.Then the view to San Jose, CA, where a Tim O'Reilly where 2.0 Conference took place. There is an ambiguity, because the sound pictoral debate resembles the where to. The key question: Where does the track of Web 2.0 (2004) lead to in times of where 2.0 (in 2010).
Wednesday, March 31. 2010
Firstly there is a development perspective according to Alysa Selene and Wolfgang Blau: Gernan Dream Project. A development perspective on the other hand according to Oliver Scheer,
Wednesday, March 17. 2010
Granada & Zalaegerszeg
The 2nd view goes to Zalaegerszeg (Hungary), the birthplace of the current EU Commissioner for employment, social affairs and inclusion.
Thursday, March 4. 2010
Strategies and so forth
Because strategies are important, here 2 strategies for 2020. Firstly to Gütersloh to the Bertelsmann Foundation. Secondly to Brussels to the EU.
Thursday, February 18. 2010
Paris & The Hague
Enclosed 2 quick lists, on the one hand, OECD (headquartered in Paris). On the other hand, digid.nl (with its headquarters in The Hague).
Friday, February 5. 2010
New Delhi & Tallinn & Brussels
Then epractice of the EU.
Friday, January 15. 2010
From Hanover to Bonn & from Hamburg to Walldorf
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If I had to name one thing that I have learned since becoming a parent it is that "plans" are really flexible aspirations; that everyone's happiness increases exponentially with how bendy the whole approach is. Like a choose-your-own-adventure book. I might think it would be fabulous to head north but a giant herd of elk sighting in the middle on the path forces the journey east. From that point, the view, purpose and joy look different. But feel the same.
My girl turned four yesterday.
We had plans: skiing in the morning, party-readying in the afternoon, a small gathering of loved ones in the evening. By 10am it all changed and a three-hour surprise, unfun, stressful detour later we had a bunch to do without much time. At that moment it felt awful, cutting important stuff that I wanted to do. I fought it for a bit, hustling like a crazy person, thinking I could still make the six-tiered rainbow cake with orange frosting, finish sewing Margot's birthday gift, map out the all-over-the-hood scavenger hunt, decorate, make dinner, clean toilets, shower…
And then I thought about it, like really got groovy with myself. And two things popped up. One, I had recently identified with a piece by Amanda Soule where she said, in the midst of holiday hubbub, she decided that the most important thing is for her kids to have a present and calm mama. Two, Andy reminded me that our focus was family and fun and it would be awesome if we read books and ate stale marshmallows.
I didn't have time to deliberate. I removed items from my list. And asked for help. I generally don't think I have a hard time asking for help. I mean I am not a perfectionist, I am receptive and appreciative. But, turns out when the shit hits the fan, it is kind of hard for me to reach out and say YES PLEASE.
Thankfully my friends know this about me and connect at the most opportune times. And so it panned out that way today with our friends chopping fruit, icing cupcakes, stapling paper chain and kneading dough.
I didn't finish Margot's gift, I didn't take her skiing, I didn't make the tiered rainbow cake, I didn't sweep my kitchen, I didn't make icing or apply lipstick or find my ladle or have everything (anything) ready when people showed up. But I'd rather focus on what was there because that is what stuck to my ribs. We had cupcakes with rainbow sprinkles and store-bought icing, a steady stream of homemade pizza, balloons suspended from the ceiling with last-minute found rick rack, friends washing dishes and wiping counters, open windows because of all that heat and love, kids running in total joy, spiked eggnog, laughter, warmth and today. We had a four year-old, blissed-out daughter.
The day my girl turned four was a day of concentrated, varying emotion. We tumbled through frustration and discouragement, we tumbled out of it and landed in our simple, real, grand life. It was a great day. A Happy Birthday.
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Once you've already decided which window your blinds are going in, you need to know how to fit Roman blinds to that space. A lot of the positioning depends on the window frame that you're working with and whether you're putting the blinds on inside or outside of the recess. If you're going inside the recess, you need to make sure there aren't any obstructions to stop your blinds from hanging flat. Any protruding window handles and locks can interfere with the hang of your blinds, making it difficult to pull or extend them. If there aren't any obstructions or you have enough room to accommodate them in your recess then you're good to go. However, if you're lacking space within the recess, you might be better off fitting your Roman blinds outside the recess – just recognise that you won't get full blackout having a gap.
Whether your building is old or new, don't trust that your windows are perfectly horizontal. Always use a spirit level. Begin by measuring the width of the window three times to find an average. Once you have a final measurement, deduct an extra 5mm if you are positioning the Roman blinds within the window frame, so it can fit snugly within the recess. If you opt for an outside fit, we recommend adding 120mm to the width so there are no gaps around your blinds.
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Note: When fitting roman blinds it is important to note that the brackets will fit approximately 110mm in from the ends of your headrail, and can be spread across the width as required.
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3. Take one bracket and align the holes with the markings. Place one of your screws over the hole and begin to drill it slowly into the wall, stopping when it is around two thirds of the way in.
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In our continuing examination of The Depression Cure, Dr. Ilard identifies six key areas that lifestyle changes can significantly help prevent and even reverse depressive symptoms. The changes are: 1) Diet (Brain Food), 2) Engagement, 3) Exercise, 4) Light Therapy, 5) Social Connections and 6) Sleep.
This week we look at the area of Social Connections, which are commonly defined as the subjective experience of feeling close to and a sense of belongingness with others. It has been known for sometime that social connection is critical to our physical and mental wellbeing. As far back as 1988, an often quoted landmark study at the University of Michigan, demonstrated that a lack of social connection has a bigger impact on our health than obesity, smoking and high blood pressure. In 2010, Harvard Medical School research identified social connections as key to reducing harmful levels of stress which can affect coronary arteries, gut function insulin regulation and the immune system. Research has also demonstrated that people who feel connected to others experience less anxiety and depression.
Emma Seppala, the Science Director at Stanford University's Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education has written extensively on the importance and effects of social connections. Dr. Seppala describes the negative health impacts of low social connection to include increased anti-social behaviors and violence, increased depression even suicide, higher inflammation rates at the cellular level and overall slower recovery from diseases. On the more positive side, she describes the benefits of high social connection as creating a 50 percent increased chance of longevity, higher self-esteem, better emotional regulation skills, lower rates of anxiety and depression and stronger gene expression for immunity. She sums it up by saying that social connection creates a positive feedback loop for social, emotional and physical wellbeing.
The Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley notes in their magaznine that behavioral scientists and neuroscientist believe that we are essentially wired to connect with other people because natural selection favored humans with a stronger propensity to care for their offspring and organize into groups. Neuroscientist Matthew Lieberman puts it well in his book, " Social: Why Our Brains are Wired to Connect", "To the extent that we can characterize evolution as designing our modern brains, this is what our brains were wired for: reaching out to and interacting with others. These social adaptations are central to making us the most successful species on earth".
Consider reaching out this week and increasing your own real social connections. Remember, social connection isn't really about collecting Facebook friends, getting hundreds of 'Likes" and having a busy social calendar. What really matters is quality of social connection over quantity. As one writer put it, if you feel connected, you are.
Next week, Mental Health Matters will explore another one of Dr. Ilard's recommended key lifestyle changes.
Bill Mory is a Texoma-based licensed therapist in private practice. He integrates mindfulness training in working counseling clients and is a strong community-building advocate and a provider of workplace training on a variety of topics. The views and opinions expressed here are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect those of the Herald Democrat.


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Did you know that Toyko and its environs compose the world's most populous metropolitan region? Ōme, oh my! Pretty nifty, huh? Though you might get lost in translation when visiting, don't let this deter you; Toyko has tons of terrific things up its sleeves. Let's hop over to Honshū and see what's cooking! (Or what's raw if you prefer sushi).
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1. If you're a fan of thrifting, you'll have a field day rambling through a sea of secondhand stuff at the Jingu Gaien Park Monthly Flea Market. Though hawkers of knock-off purses and silly souvenirs may swarm the city, only amateurs and everyday 'Hiroshis' can sell their wares here. It's like a city-wide yard sale, and you'll have a blast filling your Tokyo Tote with fantastic finds.
2. Devote an afternoon to Asakusa, a region of Toyko abounding with temples such as SensÅji and Asakusa Jinja. Enshrine yourself in one of the area's many restaurants for a break from the bustle or hit tourist shopping head on in the Nakamise shopping arcade. Keep an eye out for special events such as the Sanja Matsuri Festival, a Shinto celebration with parades of portable shrines.
3. For a bonafide Japanese meal, mosey over to Tofuro, one of the best Izakaya around. Try to get a seat in the main room with a view of the Irori (open hearth). With daily specials that change according to the market catch and the chef's whims and a staple menu of delights, you're sure to have a marvelous meal at this entertaining eatery without emptying your Kawaii Woodland Wallet.
4. Touristy? Yes. But that doesn't mean it isn't fun. The Toyko Great Cycling Tour is a wonderful way to see the city "en plein air." Get a work out as you work out the ins and outs of the city with a knowledgeable guide leading the way. The fee includes bike rentals, boxed lunch, and a 1% donation to the One Percent for the Planet project. Your Jade Tree Romper, with its ultra comfy and cute design, will be the perfect outfit for this mobile activity. Book yourself a spot and get 'ps-ycled' for a tour-riffic time!
5. Do the words "hot springs" pique your interest? Mm-hmm. That's what we thought. Great for a day trip out of the city, Ryokan Tamagoyu at Takayu Onsen is an ideal spa-ce for relaxation. Take this consul: furbish your travel-weary skin with these hot waters reputed for their curative qualities since the 17th century. Unlike many other onsen (hot springs) in the vicinity of Toyko, this location revels in the nature around it, capturing water from nearby sources and leaving the water at its natural, warm temperature.
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In DayZ, it's not the dead you need to worry about. It's the living.
it sounds awfully hard. Fun though
I never have to ask if a guy is a threat.
Thanks for reinforcing the notion that no one can be trusted because they're so afraid they shoot first and ask questions never
If I'm ever gonna get DayZ, it'll be with a couple of friends so that way you'll always be at least a decent match. Also, like Terraria and Minecraft, it's like a whole new game with teammates.
This article describes most of the storys I've heard about DayZ perfectly.
DayZ harkens back to the times I remember fondly from the earlier days of gaming. Yes the physics engine is a bit glitchy from time to time, and yes it is not the most easily understood control/inventory layout, but that is what makes this all the better. Someone, or a group of people, putting this much time into making a free mod for a game that garners so many let's plays, followers, news reports and reviews gives me some hope for the industry.
Yes they are using the common thrope of the day, Zombies. Yes, they are setting it in an area that could have been ripped out of the pages of The Walking Dead or any of the movies in the Dawn of the Dead series. But to actually let you in on the fact that your true worst nightmare is the other "survivors" and to do so in such a simplistic and unassuming manner, TRUELY ORIGINAL!
Now if you will all excuse me, I have a guy exploring that building down the street and my silenced rifle is ready to liberate me some more supplies.
Eh...I've heard of other people being immersed in it in this way, but after a few attempts I just didn't feel any need to go rushing back to it. Yeah, it's cool that it's unrelenting in its "difficulty" but it's just not fun trying to crawl around for the first 10 hours figuring out how everything works. Hell, I played the Arma 2 demo just to try and understand the awful controls which were still bad even afterwards. It's too clunky, the inventory system is bad, and the little to no explanation on items is excrutiating. And the environments look fantastic, but, not being allowed into most of the houses because they're just aesthetics draws me right back out of the game each time. And I still can't take the axe out of the tree stump? Seriously? -_-
Yeah, I think this article adequately describes my experiences in DayZ.
Ahh... I remember my first death in DayZ. Walking down some stairs in a barn too quickly, breaking both my legs, then being promptly devoured by zombies.
Hmmm, well to be honest I'm less than enthusiastic about this mod because there seems to be little point to it, it's simply a matter of "how long can you survive, and how much can you amass" in what amounts to a deathmatch with a bunch of active re-spawning bots which happen to be Zombies.
I suppose I can see the appeal of it, but it doesn't seem to hold a lot of long-term appeal, and what's more as someone who doesn't know many shooter players, a game like this that is going to greatly favor cooperative groups of "bros" is inherantly a turn off.
I guess it DOES simulate certain views of a Zombie Apocolypse to an extent, but without a storyline or some overreacting goal to strive towards, I just don't see the point. That's just me though. Personally I think the ideas behind "Dead Island" are going to lead the the definitive work of the genere, assuming someone decides to run with it at some point.
There's nothing else like DayZ. But it's gotten so popular now that hackers are becoming more and more common.
I've pretty much given up on it for now. It's not DayZ that isn't cheat protected properly, it's ArmA 2. There's nothing Rocket can do about it. You're really scum if you hack players in a game where so much time is put into a character. It's in the same area as hacking MMO accounts in a sense.
My first 2 days of DayZ was awesome. Then the script kiddies came along. My first death was the result of a giant nuclear explosion that wiped out the entire server. Second death was from a newly spawned player dupping items from the start and killing me. Well you get the idea. Shortly after I uninstalled ArmA2 and moved onto other games. It's not worth my time at this point. WarZ anyone?
DayZ is the only game that I enjoy watching videos of. Much more than having the actual experience of playing it. What breaks it for me is, I think, that - while I'm all for 'realism' - ArmA and especially that mod are a perfect example of the fallacy going on when trying to put real-life realism into games.
My experience with PVP isn't too bad. Got killed by some sniper at one point randomly and that sucked, but otherwise I rarely run into other players, although there's usually only 10-15 ppl on a server when I join. Not really interested in a full server.
I have played with my friend a couple times and we once ran into a random player. He was nice, we all teamed up and looted an air field. It was actually a crazy experience, shit went wrong and there was a massive zombie murder fest. I broke a leg and needed help. The other guy ended up dying trying to save me.
Also about health, in my current life I'm doing fairly well. At one point I was nearly dead - the whole black and white, blurry screen thing going on and the blood icon blinking. Well, 1 goat and 1 cow worth of meat later, and I was back to almost full health! Cooked meat adds 800 blood points, out of the 12000 max. A goat gives 3 meat and a cow gives 8, so those 11 meats add to 8800 blood. I could use another goat, but it's not bad.
I have never met a player with a gun that hasn't shot me.
Easily my Game of the Year, and it's a mod (Sad state of the industry or what?).
What I find remarkable, is that DayZ in no way does anything truly mechanically original, it's setting is a very generic industrially focused ex-Eastern Bloc country, it's a zombie game, which is the flavour du jour for popular media (Seriously, start listing to yourself all the different games, movies, books, TV shows, and even drawings that feature zombies and you'll make your head spin.) There is literally no story to bring any kind of context or meaning to the game. There is no overarching objective except "Don't Die," and there is no way to win.
Despite all of this, it has somehow struck a magic chord and combined it's unoriginal elements together into something that is wholly and entirely unique. I've been gaming for many years, and I have never played a game like this before, where something as innocuous as a single pistol shot from across town, something that would barely even merit my attention in any other shooter, puts my entire body on full red alert, my heart starts to race, and adrenaline boils in my veins as I attempt to locate the source of the shot and determine whether or not this player is a threat to be swiftly eliminated, or a friend in need.
Yatzhee definitely put it best though, DayZ is, "at best, unreasonably cruel," and that is one of the reasons I love it so much. This game does not come with training wheels, it doesn't hold your hand, and sometimes, thanks to its UI being about as ergonomic as a mouse humping a rhino, actively works against you. It throws you into the deep end of the pool and turns its back while you learn to swim, and if you fail, it drags you back out, slaps you across the face, and throws you back in.
Game made with realism in mind, that in all basis shows current self destruction of Man, spawned a mod that shows an sf way of Man's self destruction.
As soon as you start killing and tricking people just to rob them, you create a short path of destruction that will end with last man standing or dying of a zombie anyway (eventually you start killing each other no matter what size the group is). On the other hand helping each other brings nothing but feeling safer and achieving higher goals (maybe even getting rid of zombies all together)...it's just a demonstration of how a lot of people can't work on long term goals because they're basically sociopaths.
I remember one of the first times I played. Me and two friends of mine went on a journey for Bop/Bor, a sort of castle. Now, for those of you who know the map pretty well, you'll know that Bor isn't that far from the coast. It took us 8 bloody hours to find it. Basically it started like this. I spawned at Komarovo, they picked me up in a dingy boat and we headed towards Kamenka and headed North towards Pavolva.
In the time between Komarovo and Kamenka we found 3 survivors, the first survivor joined us on. He left after he stole a Revolver with 2 mags for it. We met another survivor who decided the best way to survive was to attract a bugger ton of zombies and run towards me and another friend, who were waiting for our other friend in a house while he looted the town. Long story short we had to murder the guy, kept running in and out of the house bringing in more zombies. And the third survivor walked into the building (Has two entrances, one on either side of the building) and actually talked to us. First words "What happened to that guy?", a survivor dead on the ground, two survivors with hatchets out and a large pile of zombie corpses on the ground. "Zombies got him," my friend replies. Then I hear this screamed "HE KNOWS TOO MUCH!" Bloody smack, the survivor is dead. My friend has murdered another poor guy, one who didn't deserve it this time around.
We leave the town and head north in fear of more survivors showing up, hit Pavlovo and head East and we end up in Windy Mountain. We have somehow completely missed Bor. So now we're heading West, attract zombies and all sorts of lovely stuff. After a while we decide to give the axe to the person with the most blood, since me and my friend are now passing out every few minutes. I drop my axe, it vanishes. The game destroyed my axe. And then our friend who is navigating (Poorly) lags out and ends up about 8 minutes from us. The game at this point isn't just trying to kill us, it's actively attempting to make our experience as harrowing as possible. After another 2 hours of dicking around we finally found Bor! It was a fucking small town. A very unimportant town..
And that was my first experience in Day-Z!
tl;dr - Went of a quest for a mystical castle, spent too much time finding a small town. Also the game hates everyone. A lot.
And that is why I think Day Z sucks. Even ignoring the glitches, since it is an alpha, the NPC zombies are a joke (just go prone and you will never have any issues with them, unless they teleport, ghost, or glitch into you). The real problem is the fuckwads with guns. They don't kill strategically or with any common sense. They just kill because they either see everyone else as a threat, or just "for the lulz".
In 4 hours played, I only ever found an axe, which I left unequipped so as to appear non-threatening. Out of 5 deaths, I was killed twice by a sniper so far away I couldn't hear the shot. One of the snipers took multiple shots at me, and wasted probably half a mag on killing an unarmed guy hiding from a horde on a roof. Both sniper kills were totally unprovoked, I'd never met the guy or threatened him in any way. I didn't even have any loot, and I doubt that either guy bothered to see if I did. The other human-related death was me in a convenience store looting some tin cans, when a retard with a shotgun came in and started shooting at me. He wasted 3 shots missing at near point blank on me, and I charged him, then realized I couldn't even punch, so I surrendered and he shot me anyhow. His shots attracted the horde and bleeding out on the ground, I got to enjoy watching him get the shit kicked out of him by some zombies. This guy was even worse than the snipers, since he not only killed me for no reason other than he could, but he got himself killed as well in his desperation to see me dead. One other time, I was scouting an area and I saw a survivor running away from two zombies, I went down to save him, and gave him my extra axe I had after killing the zombies and he used it to kill me. All I had besides the axe and some tin cans was a 4-cylinder engine block. This isn't realistic or fun. It's stupid and I'd rather play Call of Duty free for all. At least in that I get a gun to shoot back with, and I don't have to worry about glitchy zombies annoying me.
There are no friendlies in Day Z and the only teammates are real life friends or clan members. That's retarded, who in their right mind would use a high power rifle to shoot only other humans in an apocalypse? No one. This isn't realistic or fun, and is part of why I dislike Day Z.
Also this, spending 30 minutes combing through the control page to learn how to move, shoot, loot, and equip is not realistic, it's stupid. Also, having troubles navigating through doors isn't realistic either. Shitty controls to make a game challenging is not good design.
If I could play this, I would always try to help people.
I'm too god damn friendly on DayZ.
One guy was moving past me, me undetected with an axe.
I really need some friends to play this game with.
The zombies are not something you should fear. You should fear the players. It says something about this game that I can have a horde of zombies chasing after me and laugh about it the entire time but have my blood run instantly cold when I see another player. Here I am with a mob of twenty zombies running hell bent for leather after me, and my first instinct on seeing that lone player is to stop, aim, and shoot him dead. Why? Because there existed the tiniest possibility that he was a threat. The zombies didn't even register to me.
Players are the biggest threat.


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Systemic Risk – 2 Reader Questions (20:52)
Some thoughts on 2 reader questions today – one about the Euro and the other about MF Global. Remember, this is not advice just what I'm doing (in the case of the Euro question) and thinking about doing (in the case of the MF Global question).
Janet Tavakoli, expert on derivative and off-balance sheet transactions, has more detail on what MF Global was up to: MF Global Revelations Keep Getting Worse.
And 3 weeks later we have news from Reuters that all the brokerage houses are gambling with your money: The Great Wall St Re-hypothecation Scandal.
Isn't it amazing that 3 years after Lehman and 10 years after Enron we are back talking about systemic risk and off balance sheet games. The system is more leveraged, more interconnected, more unregulated, more opaque and off balance sheet than ever before and any of us imagined.
You can't build a functioning society on promises, lies and hope. The finance sector has grown too big and will implode under it's own avarice. Unfortunately, the general public will be collateral damage.
Over the weekend, a great friend of mine, Guy Spier who runs Aquamarine Capital in Switzerland, sent me a copy of "The Rational Optimist" by Matt Ridley. I haven't started it yet but on the jacket it says "A wonderful overview of how human civilizations move forward" and "Makes you think twice and cheer up".
Well I can't help but think we had a great opportunity over the last 3 years to come clean and move forward. Instead we chose to hide the truth from the sheeple, lie about our situation and in the process take 2 or 3 huge steps backward.
And if you're interested, here's the 9 June video on Why I'm bullish on the US Dollar and the 25 September video on Why Gold won't help you in a panic.
Good luck with your Emini trading.


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Apple Slice
March 8, 2013
I was inspired by a recipe that I found here. Of course, Giulia's photos of the Apple Slice are gorgeous and appealing, unlike the ones I have posted here for you of my rendition! However, I could not let my photos stop me from posting this here for you today. This is reminiscent of a French Clafouti and uses very little flour. I completely love this and will be making it again. I made a few changes to her recipe which included translating it into American Measurements and then adjusting the cooking temperature and time as I did not want blackened bottoms on my slices. I have recommended an 8 X 8 baking dish for this, but I believe you could also get away with using an 8 X 6 dish and come away with an even denser custard. In my photo the apples (which had cinnamon on them) almost look like home fried potatoes! Believe me, this tastes nothing like a breakfast casserole. I wonder if a bit more butter and a bit less cinnamon would have given a more appealing and browned look in these photos. I hope you try this one.
Recipe for Apple Slice
Adapted from Alteredkitchen
12 oz Sliced Granny Smith Apples (about 2 1/2 large apples)
2 Tablespoons Amaretto (Almond Liquor or your choice)
2 oz Sugar, divided into 1 oz portions
2 Eggs
1 tsp Lemon Zest
3 oz All Purpose Flour
1 cup (8 oz Milk) – I used Lactaid Fat Free Milk
1/4 tsp fresh ground Nutmeg
1/2 tsp Cardamon
1/2 tsp Vanilla
For Topping:
1 Tbsp Butter
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
Scant Shake of Cinnamon (don't want to overwhelm the apples)
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees
Peel and slice the apples into thin slices. I used 2 and half apples to come up with 12 oz. In a small bowl, mix together 2 Tablespoons of the Amaretto and 1 oz of the sugar with the apple slices. Let this sit while you prepare the custard/flour mixture.
In a small bowl, beat the eggs with the remaining 1 oz of sugar, zest of lemon, flour, nutmeg, cardamom, and vanilla. Add the milk slowly to this mixture, beating all the while. Next add the apple slices to the mixture and mix lightly with your spatula. Prepare the 8 X 8 baking dish, I used spray canola oil to grease the dish. Pour the batter into the dish. Sprinkle with the brown sugar, cut up the butter and dot over the apple mixture. Add a scant shake of cinnamon to the top. Cover the dish with foil.
Bake for 20 minutes, remove the foil, place back in the oven and bake for an additional 25 minutes. Let these cool before slicing. Enjoy!


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San Joaquin County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA)
The purpose of the Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is to improve and promote communication between schools, parents,
and public agencies to increase community awareness, facilitate parent education and support, and to coordinate activities
on behalf of children with exceptional needs. Members participate in the special education program review and provide
input to the master plan, assist in the development of parent information materials and awareness activities to understanding
disabling conditions. Membership is composed of school district board-appointed parents, educators and public/private agency
representatives within San Joaquin County SELPA. Business meetings are held at the San Joaquin County Office of Education,
Wentworth Education Center, located at 2707 Transworld Drive in Stockton. Topic presentations and/or meetings are held monthly.
Meetings are open to the public and are followed by an opportunity to discuss specific parent concerns and issues.
Community Advisory Committee (CAC) Brochure (English and Spanish)
Parent Resource Guide – English
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Community Advisory Committee Facebook Page
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I can't believe that two months have come and gone and we're headed into March already, it feels like it was yesterday we were ringing in 2015. Trying to find the perfect balance this year seems harder than ever since the time is flying by. I am looking forward reviewing my goals for the year and finding new ways to lead a healthier lifestyle at the 2105 Healthy Family Expo. For me now is the time to encourage the kids to create healthy habits so they can carry it with them as they grow.
The 2015 Healthy Family Expo is bigger and better!
The 2nd annual Healthy Family Expo is coming to the Vancouver Convention Centre on Sunday March 29th from 10 am – 5pm. It's a fun-filled day for Lower Mainland families with kids aged 0- 12 offering small steps & simple solutions to healthy, active, eco-friendly living, including:
- 100+ Exhibitors, lots of shopping and food sampling, and hybrid vehicle test-driving
- Biggest Active Kid Zone in the Lower Mainland, with climbing wall, bouncing, giant hamster ball track, Tumblebus, run bike area, baby crawl zone and family fitness
- Bobs & LoLo concerts at 11 am and 2 pm
- $10,000 Grand Prize Showcase, including a 1-year lease on a Toyota Prius c
- First 200 attendees receive child day ticket to the Sea to Sky Gondola
Healthy Family Expo Tickets
You can grab advance tickets for $8 online at www.healthyfamilyexpo.com/tickets, at Whole Foods Market or London Drugs. Advance tickets are entered to win a 2015/2016 family season's pass to Cypress Mountain, and $1 from each ticket sale supports the Canucks Autism Network.
If you aren't sure you'll be attending the event you can always pick up tickets at the door for $12 cash! Kids under 12 are FREE.
Healthy Family Expo Giveaway
To kick off pre-Expo celebrations, Healthy Family Expo partners & exhibitors have teamed up to give one lucky Lower Mainland winner a healthy family prize package valued at over $2000!
The generous prize package includes:
- Family Summer Season's Pass (2 adults / 2 children) to Sea to Sky Gondola ($300 value)
- $50 gift card to Whole Foods Market from Toyota Canada
- $50 gift card to London Drugs
- 1-month Translink Farecard for one-zone travel by bus, SeaBus and SkyTrain services provided by TravelSmart ($91 value)
- Sliding area birthday party package for up to 8 kids at Cypress Mountain ($120 value)
- Starter package & 2-week service from Happy Baby Cheeks Cloth Diaper Service ($95 value)
- Family pass for 2-hour climb (2 adults / 2 children) at Climb Base5 ($93 value)
- AspenClean Whole Home Cleaning Kit from Susan Upton of RE/MAX Select Properties ($70 value)
- Sonicare electric toothbrush from PDG Pediatric Dental Group ($59.95 value)
- Annual perks membership to Modern Mama ($50 value)
- $50 gift certificate to Yaya Baby
- $50 gift certificate to Boomers & Echoes Kids & Maternity
- $50 gift certificate from BC Playthings
- WaterBox prize pack from Happy Water ($50 value)
- $50 gift certificate from UNDERABLES
- Love Child Organics gift pack full of pure, healthy delicious products ($50 value)
- Naked Coconuts trio including soy-free seasoning sauce, coconut nectar & coconut oil ($50 value)
- Summer 2015 kids bike camp gift pack from PedalHeads ($50 value)
- Ra Energy gift pack ($50 value)
- Just Jingo Body Botanicals gift pack including diaper/belly/nursing balms, and deodorant ($65 value)
- Gift pack including 2 dressings & CheeSauce from RawFoodz, and Brussel Bytes, Snip Chips and CocoRoons from Wonderfully Raw ($50 value)
- aden+anais cozy sleeping bag from Jill Parker of Little Dreamers Consulting ($53.99 value)
- $50 gift card for online shopping from VONBON
- Gnubees rainbow-pack from GnuSanté, including 15 pouches of your favourite lunchbox no-brainer! ($50 value)
This pre-Expo online giveaway runs from March 2nd to 25th, 2015.
Enter through Rafflecopter below.
Winner will be announced at the Healthy Family Expo Facebook Party on Thursday, March 26th, 2015.
Joining their Facebook Event (flash giveaways running daily for the whole month of March)
Winner must collect all prizes at the Healthy Family Expo live event at the Vancouver Convention Centre on Sunday, March 29th, 2015 open from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Good luck!


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Real-time Budgeting
INSIGHT believes that the main goal of risk management should be the preservation of a company's margins. One of the main problems with most risk management applications is their inability to show, on a real-time basis, how risk is threatening those margins. For this reason, the heart of ChancesR© is a real-time budgeting system from where the company's goals and objectives will be measured.
This application provides a point of reference to quantify cost and risk management performance. After all of the budget prices, volumes and drivers information has been entered into the system, the user can obtain real-time looking forward budget estimates by linking rates to market prices or manually changing forward production (cost drivers); generate budget variance reports in Word, Excel, pdf and other formats, showing variances due to changes in price, production or resource usage efficiency; or just hedge its exposures to price risk by placing orders directly to commodities' brokers.


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This workshop video presents the Ashtanga yoga Primary Series and traditions in their purest form. Read more..
This workshop video presents the Ashtanga yoga Primary Series and traditions in their purest form, providing a rare and privileged opportunity for practitioners to learn from a genuine Indian master.
Using the original Sanskrit so that students will benefit from the traditional system, Manju teaches the powerful healing elements and techniques that make up the Ashtanga system, including a series of asanas (postures) known as The Primary Series or Yoga Chikitsa (Yoga Healing), as well as Vedic peace chants (Shanthi Mantras). Manju Jois's dedicated life-long mission is to provide training for students and teachers in the traditions of authentic Indian yoga. He is honored, therefore, to be able to offer guidance to all who wish to learn and benefit from Ashtanga yoga's ancient and time-honored practices.
Manju Jois is the oldest son of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, recognized worldwide as the foremost authority on Ashtanga yoga. Manju started yoga at age seven with his father and began teaching at age 15. He has taught continuously throughout the world for the last 45 years.


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Foods that give you clear complexion
"You always fancy what if you had a skin like Aishwariya or Katrina Kaif, what is their beauty secret? What do they eat that makes them look sooooo good ! Here are the list of foods you should eat and have a gorgeous and healthy skin like celebrities. Let's take a look…."
1. Almonds
Packed with vitamin E, almonds can help you maintain healthy skin. While chowing down on these nuts can't replace sunscreen, it's worth noting that vitamin E may also protect the skin from damage caused by the sun.
2. Sunflower seeds
These little seeds provide an excellent source of vitamin E and help protect the skin from damage caused by free radicals in the environment and in the body (free radicals in excess can harm body cells, including skin cells).
3. Complex carbs
Processed foods and white flour can increase inflammation and cause acne flair-ups. Replace pasta and white rice with complex carbs like barley, quinoa, beans, and brown rice — foods that are all lower on the glycemic index.
4. Orange juice
Although juice often gets a bad rap, OJ provides fluids to keep you hydrated and Vitamin C, which works as an antioxidant to protect skin and other cells from damage caused by free radicals in the environment and in the body. Vitamin C also helps create collagen, the body's main structural protein.
5. Oily fish like salmon or tuna
Eating fish provides your body with biotin, a B vitamin that, among its many functions, produces fatty acids and metabolizes amino acids (the building blocks of protein). A deficiency of biotin can cause, among other things, scaly skin — which, clearly, no one wants.
6. Chia seeds
Omega-3 fatty acids help maintain cell membranes by protecting the skin and providing it with moisture. Chia seeds and walnuts are rich in these fatty acids (great choices if you're a vegetarian), as are wild bison and oily fish (great options if you're a meat-eater).
7. Sweet potatoes
Eating a produce-rich diet provides your body with lots of water, keeping your skin and other cells adequately hydrated. And loading up on colorful, deeply-colored fruits and vegetables — especially those rich in vitamin A, like sweet potatoes, carrots, spinach — has been shown to enhance skin color and appearance by increasing its yellowness and redness.
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Creative Arts
The stereotypical idea of research, that of a group of scientists in white lab coats working on complicated equipment, may seem as far from the creative arts as any two different branches of study on a university campus. The creative arts, however, may offer what are perhaps the most diverse, unconventional, and liberating forms of research a university can provide. Creative projects, such as filming or editing movies, performing a piece of music either solo or as part of an ensemble, creating a portfolio or gallery presentation, or performing play or musical, all fall under the purview of research endeavors at Vanderbilt. In addition to these creative experiences, research in the creative arts also encompasses the more traditional. Students of music and the arts routinely participate in conferences to present their academic research related to the history or theory of their fields.
In music, the Blair School of Music has countless opportunities both for majors in musical art, musical performance, or musical composition, as well as opportunities for members of the Vanderbilt community who just want to stay engaged with music. The Blair School of Music presents over three hundred concerts in a given school year, so students have ample opportunities to perform solo, as part of a chamber ensemble, or part of a larger ensemble. The Blair School of Music also offers numerous classes and lesson opportunities for non-music majors to pursue their creative side.
In the visual arts, students can pursue creative endeavors through a variety of media, whether it be painting, sculpture, photography or something else. Students in the visual arts have the opportunity to showcase their work at the Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery and the Sarratt Art Gallery.
In the performing arts, Vanderbilt offers opportunities for any student interested in acting, dancing, directing, choreographing, playwriting, or set designing. The Department of Theatre offers classes for students not majoring in theatre and many productions cast roles to anyone in the greater Vanderbilt community who pass an audition. For those looking to pursue a major in theatre, the department presents numerous productions in any given year from a variety of genres and from numerous directors.
In Cinema and Media Arts, students can create and present their films at the Sarratt Cinema. As with other creative arts at Vanderbilt, non-majors are encouraged to pursue opportunities in this field and have ample opportunities to pursue and showcase their work. Students in the major have considerable options and outlets for their creative experiences.


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Many homeowners have systems for home maintenance every year. Clean the gutters in the spring before the first heavy rain, trim the yard while the weather is nice, mop the floors every week—you know the drill. Basic home upkeep is important, but it's just as critical to remember a part of your home you may not think about often: your HVAC system.
Unlike an unswept floor or an unkempt yard, though, an unmaintained or neglected furnace or AC unit isn't immediately apparent if you aren't paying close attention. Some homeowners unknowingly go far too long without servicing or maintaining their HVAC systems. We're so familiar with AC in the hottest times of year and heat in the coldest times of year that it's easy to neglect the systems in place that help bring those livable temperatures about.
The bad news is that neglecting the maintenance of your HVAC system can cause headaches down the road. Anyone who's lived in their house for a day in the scorching heat of summer can tell you that! The good news is that, should the need for emergency maintenance arrive, our team here at Scott Temperature is here to help.
With many years of experience amongst our team, we have the expertise needed to quickly find and fix problems with your heater or AC unit, large or small. Need your home's HVAC system repaired, and quickly? Give us a call at 785-269-0465 and we'll explain what's needed to take care of the problem.
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