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In 2006, men had nearly 1 million cosmetic procedures, 8 percent of the total. The top 5 surgical procedures for men were: liposuction, rhinoplasty, eyelid surgery, correction of enlarged male breasts, and facelift.
Nose Surgery (Rhinoplasty)
For many people, the first time they entertain the thought of plastic surgery is to change the shape of the nose. As a teenager, the nose becomes a focal point of the adolescent face. Changing the size and shape of the nose to balance the other facial features is common in males in their late teenage years, 20′s and 30′s. Frequently, reconstructive surgery to improve nasal breathing is performed in conjunction with this procedure and is usually covered by insurance.
Eyelid surgery (Blepharoplasty)
The importance of the appearance of the eyes cannot be underestimated. The eyes provide non-verbal communication and serve as the focal point of the face. More than any other facial cosmetic procedure, eyelid surgery has the ability to rejuvenate one's appearance. Blepharoplasty can correct a "sad" or "tired" appearance by removing the bulging fat ("bags") and excessive and wrinkled skin of the eyelids.


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Trip to Redang, July 2011
>> Thursday, July 14, 2011
I've had many busy months since I started my new job early this year & a good break was much deserved :P It's my 1st time at Redang & frankly speaking, I wasn't very impressed (after the trip to Mabul/Sipadan...hahaha). Thank goodness for a crazee bunch of friends, who made the 3d 2n trip worth while & enjoyable nonetheless :)
We stayed at Redang Beach Resort. For a 3d 2n "weekday" package, we paid almost RM500/person, & had everything planned out for us. The only set-back (comparing to the best I've had at Sipadan Water Village...hohoho...bad thing to do - compare "sky & earth") was the extra we had to pay there & then for the snorkelling mask (RM15.00 without power, RM25.00 with power) & life jacket (RM15.00). Price paid covers the 3d2n stay.
All in all, there were 3 snorkelling trips in the package, but we only went for 2 of it. Reason: the 1st trip was a not-so-nice experience; nothing much to see & the sea was slightly rough, so it was REALLY tiring *pout*. The 2nd trip was to the Marine Park, which was alright since there were more creatures to see. We were actually quite pleased to skip the 3rd trip as we heard some people complaining after the trip. The current was apparently quite strong & it was just not worth it to put so much effort into snorkelling. We ended up snorkelling at the house reef, which was SO MUCH BETTER than the 1st trip's! *wergh*
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This event is resting for 2020Sorry, but Barbon Open Gardens isn't running this year. We'll keep you posted about next year's event details when they are known, but in the meantime we include below details from a previous year to remind you about the event
Barbon, near Kirkby Lonsdale, CumbriaSaturday 25th and Sunday 26th June 201610.00am to 5.00pmNine gardens are open in this delightful rural village near Kirkby Lonsdale. There are wonderful views from many of the gardens which vary between a courtyard garden, new gardens, and much larger mature gardens.
Refreshments are available along with home-made lunches and teas.All proceeds are for the work of St Bartholomew's Church, Barbon.Cost£5.00 adults, accompanied children free.How to get event passportsTickets available on the day from a number of locations in the village.Contact the organisersPhone: 01524 276 410Email: Web: http://www.barbon.org.uk/gardensDirectionsBarbon is just off the A683 between Kirkby Lonsdale and Sedbergh.LocationCounty: CumbriaPostcode for Sat Nav: LA6 2LS (please verify before travelling)Find approximate location on GoogleMaps (new window)
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Best Buy Delays Christmas for Some Customers
Best Buy is facing unhappy customers after it was forced to cancel some orders made online in November and December. Video courtesy Fox Business. (Photo: AP)
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
I ... it's Christmas weekend it's time for giving good for someone like the Americans to get to the top of their lives may not end up underneath the Christmas tree on Sunday ... electronics superstore Best Buy's alerting customers the company will not be able to fill some customer orders ... for people that order from the best buy website in November and December ... the company says the overwhelming demand for sin to cancel orders ... on these counts in order to have much of an impact on Best Buy's bottom line ... the company may lose trust with its consumer base ... and is online sales continue hitting records year after year ... best Buy may lose some significant business to online retailers like Amazon dot com but even Amazon should be worried while the website is still the world's largest Internet shopping site according to comScore ... Apple is gaining ground Apple is now the second most visited online retailer ... its online website had nearly eighty million unique visitors in November alone that's ahead of iGATE Walmart and yes ... best Buy is well ...


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Tabing Ilog The Musical
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Tabing Ilog The Musical tells the story of a group of friends who are navigating through adolescence. Eds and Rovic are in love, Badong drives a pedicab for extra income, Corrine likes James, James probably likes someone else, George is back in the Philippines, and Fonzy is drinking lambanog.
The challenge of growing up impacts their friendship, and their perspective in life. Like the river, will they follow the natural flowing watercourse? Or will the changing tides redirect them to a new path?
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Naya Rivera: SAG Awards 2013 with 'Glee' Cast
Naya Rivera is stunning as she arrives at the 2013 Screen Actors Guild Awards held at the Shrine Exposition Center on Sunday (January 27) in Los Angeles.
The 26-year-old actress was joined by co-stars Amber Riley, Vanessa Lengies, Darren Criss, Harry Shum, Jr., Kevin McHale, and Mark Salling.
"What a guy. Dick Van Dyke, ladies & gentleman, one of the greatest entertainers of all time. Talk about an inspiration!" Darren tweeted from the show.
FYI: Naya wore a Donna Karan Atelier dress, Stuart Weitzman heels, Neil Lane jewels and a Judith Leiber clutch. Darren suited up in Calvin Klein with cufflinks and shirt studs from Ravi Raton for Cufflinks.com (as did Harry). Mark wore an Ox and Bull Tie bar. Vanessa accessorized her look with a Swarovski clutch and Benjamin Adams London heels. Amber also carried a Swarovski clutch.
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National Geographic Named Magazine of the Year
(Press Release) New York, NY (May 9, 2011)—The winners of the 2011 National Magazine Awards were announced tonight at the annual awards presentation at 583 Park Avenue in New York City. National Geographic won two awards, including the award for Magazine of the Year. Los Angeles, New York and The New York Times Magazine also won two awards each, including General Excellence awards for Los Angeles and New York.
"The 2011 National Magazine Awards dinner was a true celebration of magazine media," said Sid Holt, chief executive of the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME). "Writers, editors and publishers gathered tonight to honor not just the winners but all the nominees. The finalists this year ranged from literary and political magazines like Poetry and Mother Jones to mass-market publications like Good Housekeeping and People, but all of them have one thing in common: passionate readers who look to magazines for entertainment and enlightenment."
Known as the Ellies, for the Alexander Calder stabile "Elephant" given to each winner, the awards were hosted by Katie Couric, anchor and managing editor of the CBS Evening News, and were attended by more than 700 magazine editors and publishers. The sold-out event was highlighted by the presentation of the Creative Excellence Award to Tom Wolfe by Jann S. Wenner, editor and publisher of Rolling Stone and member of the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame.
Among the awards presenters were two other members of the Magazine Editors' Hall of Fame: Richard B. Stolley, the founding editor of People, and Ellen Levine, the editorial director of Hearst Magazines. Ms. Levine presented one of the six General Excellence awards with Michael Clinton, President, Marketing and Publishing Director, Hearst Magazines, and chairman of MPA-The Association of Magazine Media. The presenters also included:
* James Bennet, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, with the photojournalist Lynsey Addario
* Betty Wong, editor-in-chief of Fitness, with Rocco DiSpirito
* Mark Jannot, editor-in-chief of Popular Science, and James Oseland, editor-in-chief of Saveur
* Terry McDonell, editor of Sports Illustrated Group, with the rugby star Gareth Thomas
* Jonathan Dorn, editor-in-chief of Backpacker, and Kaitlin Quistgaard, editor-in-chief of Yoga Journal
* Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone contributing editor, and Gary Smith, Sports Illustrated senior writer and four-time National Magazine Award winner
* Nicholas Lemann, Dean and Henry R. Professor at the Columbia Journalism School, and Anna Jakubek, Osborn Elliott-National Magazine Awards Scholar at Columbia
* David Willey, editor-in-chief of Runner's World, with the champion triathlete Sarah Reinertsen
* Richard David Story, editor-in-chief of Departures, with David Copperfield
* Rosemary Ellis,editor-in-chief of Good Housekeeping, with Dr. Mehmet Oz
* Lucy Danziger, editor-in-chief of SELF, with Jillian Michaels
The evening began with the announcement by Larry Hackett, managing editor of People and president of the American Society of Magazine Editors, that May 9 had been proclaimed Magazine Day in New York City by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The presentation of the awards was also preceded by a tribute by Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair, to photojournalists Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, who were slain while covering the war in Libya. Hetherington was a contributing photographer at Vanity Fair, and Hondros was a longtime contributor to Virginia Quarterly Review whose work was nominated for a National Magazine Award in 2008.
The exclusive sponsor of the 2011 National Magazine Awards is Mirasol, Displays by Qualcomm.
18 Magazines Receive 2011 National Magazine Awards
The winners of the 2011 National Magazine Awards were:
News, Sports and Entertainment Magazines
Honors large-circulation weeklies, biweeklies and general-interest monthlies
New York
Adam Moss, Editor-in-Chief
For April 19, July 12, August 9-16 Issues
Literary, Political and Professional Magazines
Honors academic and scholarly publications as well as smaller-circulation general-interest magazines
Christian Wiman, Editor
Don Share, Senior Editor
For April, September, October Issues
Fashion, Service and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors women's magazines, including health and fitness magazines and family-centric publications
Women's Health
Michele Promaulayko, Editor-in-Chief
David Zinczenko, Editorial Director
For January-February, July-August, October Issues
Food, Travel and Design Magazines
Honors lifestyle magazines as well as shelter titles
Garden & Gun
Sid Evans, Editor-in-Chief
For April-May, June-July, December 2010-January 2011 Issues
Finance, Technology and Lifestyle Magazines
Honors men's magazines as well as business, science and active-interest publications
Scientific American
Mariette DiChristina, Editor-in-Chief
For September, November, December Issues
Special-Interest Magazines
Honors magazines serving targeted audiences, including city and regional magazines
Los Angeles
Mary Melton, Editor
For February, September, November Issues
Honors overall excellence in magazine design, including the use of illustrations and photographs
Jim Nelson, Editor-in-Chief
Fred Woodward, Design Director
For June, August, December Issues
Honors overall excellence in magazine photography
Stefano Tonchi, Editor-in-Chief
For September, October, November Issues
Honors photojournalism and photography that documents news, sports and entertainment events and news-related subjects
The New York Times Magazine
Gerald Marzorati, Editor-in-Chief
For "The Shrine Down the Hall," photographs by Ashley Gilbertson; essay by Dexter Filkins
March 21
Honors portraiture; fashion, travel and nature photography; and food, shelter and other still-life photography conceptual photography; and photo-illustration
ESPN The Magazine
Gary Belsky, Editor-in-Chief
For "Bodies We Want," reporting by Morty Ain
October 18
Honors magazines that have devoted an issue to the comprehensive examination of one subject or topic
National Geographic
Chris Johns, Editor-in-Chief
For "Water: Our Thirsty World"
Honors a regularly published, clearly branded front- or back-of-the-book department or section
New York
Adam Moss, Editor-in-Chief
For "Strategist"
May 24, October 25, December 20-27 Issues
Honors the superior and consistent use of print to serve readers' needs and aspirations
Men's Health
David Zinczenko, Editor-in-Chief
Peter Moore, Editor
For "I Want My Prostate Back," by Laurence Roy Stains; photographs by Nigel Cox
Honors the superior and consistent use of print to provide information about recreational activities and special interests
Men's Journal
Jann S. Wenner, Editor-in-Chief
Will Dana, Editorial Director
Brad Wieners, Editor
For "Five Meals Every Man Should Master," by Daniel Duane; photographs by Marcus Nilsson
Honors magazine journalism that illuminates issues of local or national importance
The New Yorker
David Remnick, Editor
For "Letting Go," by Atul Gawande
August 2
Honors reporting excellence as exemplified by one article or a series of articles
Harper's Magazine
Roger D. Hodge, Editor
For "The Guantanamo 'Suicides,'" by Scott Horton
Honors original, stylish storytelling
Los Angeles
Mary Melton, Editor
For "The End," by Ben Ehrenreich
Honors news or feature stories focused on individuals or groups of closely linked individuals
The New York Times Magazine
Gerald Marzorati, Editor-in-Chief
For "The Man the White House Wakes Up To," by Mark Leibovich
April 25
Honors long-form journalism that presents the opinions of the writer on topics ranging from the personal to the political
The Paris Review
Lorin Stein, Editor
For "Mister Lytle: An Essay," by John Jeremiah Sullivan
Honors short-form journalism that presents the views of the writer or publication
Vanity Fair
Graydon Carter, Editor
For three columns by Christopher Hitchens: "Topic of Cancer," September; "Unanswerable Prayers," October; "Miss Manners and the Big C," December
Honors the best short stories published in magazines
Virginia Quarterly Review
Ted Genoways, Editor
For "Minor Watt," by Paul Theroux
Honors the best magazines published both in print and on digital platforms
National Geographic
Chris Johns, Editor-in-Chief
Rob Covey, Digital Media Editor, NGM.com For February, April, December Issues
Homepage: www.ngm.com
One Cubic Foot
Burden of Thirst
Gaudi's Masterpiece
Water: A Special Issue: http://ngm.com/water
Being Jane Goodall: http://ngm.com/gombe-hub/
Great Migrations: http://ngm.com/great-migrations
Tut's Family Secrets: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/09/tut-dna/hawass-text
Curious Chimps: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/02/congo-chimps/foer-text
The National Geographic Photo Contest: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/photo-contest/
Your Shot: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/your-shot/your-shot
Time for a Sea Change:
The Spill: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/oilspill
To order a special compilation of National Magazine Award-winning entries produced by HP MagCloud, click here and order ASME Issue 1: National Magazine Awards 2011.
11 Magazines Receive 2011 National Magazine Awards for Digital Media
The National Magazine Awards for Digital Media were presented earlier this year, at a lunch on March 16 held in conjunction with the MPA Digital: E-Reading conference. The 2011 Digital Ellie winners were:
General Excellence, Digital Media
Service & Lifestyle
Tanya Steel, Editor-in-Chief
Jamie Pallot, Editorial Director
Tablet Magazine
Alana Newhouse, Editor-in-Chief
Marc Tracy, Staff Writer
For "The Scroll"
Photography, Digital Media
Bill Shapiro, Editor
Simon Barnett, Director of Photography
Design, Digital Media
The New York Times Magazine
Hugo Lindgren, Editor-in-Chief
Multimedia Package
Virginia Quarterly Review
Elliott D. Woods, Reporter and Multimedia Production
Jesse Dukes, Multimedia and Audio Production
Bluecadet Interactive, Web Design and Product Coordination
Ted Genoways, Editor
For "Assignment Afghanistan"
Online Department
Fast Company
Noah Robischon, Executive Editor
Cliff Kuang, Editor
For "Co. Design"
Interactive Tool
For "Epicurious Recipes & Shopping List" iPad App
News Reporting
Foreign Policy
Susan Glasser, Editor-in-Chief
Colum Lynch, Reporter
For Reporting on the United Nations
Christian Wiman, Editor
Don Share, Senior Editor
For "Poetry Magazine Podcast"
The Oxford American
Warwick Sabin, Publisher
Dave Anderson, Videographer
For "SoLost"
Mobile Edition
David Granger, Editor-in-Chief
General Excellence, Digital Media
News & Opinion
David Plotz, Editor
77 Publications Nominated for 2011 National Magazine Awards
Seventy-seven magazines were nominated for National Magazine Awards this year. Thirty-four magazines received multiple nominations, and six publications were nominated for the first time. Nine online-only publications were also nominated. Please click here to see the list of print finalists by category. Please click here to see the list of Digital Ellie finalists by category.
Magazines receiving multiple nominations this year were The Atlantic (6 nominations), Backpacker (2), The Chronicle of Higher Education (2), The Daily Beast (3), Epicurious (2), Esquire (4), Fast Company (3), Foreign Policy (4), GQ (5), Harper's Magazine (2), Los Angeles (3), Marie Claire (2), Martha Stewart Living (2), Men's Journal (2), National Geographic (9), New York (9), The New York Times Magazine (9), The New Yorker (11), The Paris Review (2), Poetry (2), Popular Mechanics (2), Real Simple (4), Runner's World (2), Scientific American (2), Slate (4), Sports Illustrated (3), Tablet (2), Texas Monthly (2), TIME (3), Vanity Fair (2), Virginia Quarterly Review (7), Vogue (2), W (3) and Wired (5).
The six never-before-nominated titles were Cooking Light, House Beautiful, Lapham's Quarterly, OnEarth, Poetry, The Sun and Women's Health. The nine online-only finalists were Chow, CNET, The Daily Beast, Epicurious, LIFE.com, Salon, Slate, Tablet and Yale Environment 360.
The 2011 finalists also included AARP The Magazine; The American Scholar; The Antioch Review; Audubon; Bloomberg Businessweek; Bloomberg Markets; Conde Nast Traveler; Discover Magazine; Entertainment Weekly; ESPN The Magazine; Essence; Field & Stream; Fortune; Garden and Gun; Golf Digest; Good Housekeeping; Harvard Business Review; IEEE Spectrum; InStyle; Men's Health; Mother Jones; O, the Oprah Magazine; The Oxford American; People; POZ; Reason.com and Reason.TV; Rolling Stone; San Francisco; Saveur; SELF; Sunset; and Time Out New York.
About the National Magazine Awards
The preeminent awards for magazine journalism in the United States, the National Magazine Awards were established in 1966 and are sponsored by the American Society of Magazine Editors in association with the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Each winner receives a reproduction of Alexander Calder's stabile "Elephant," the symbol of the National Magazine Awards; the original is displayed at the ASME offices in New York. National Magazine Award entry fees and ticket sales fund the Osborn Elliott-National Magazine Awards Scholarship at Columbia.
Nearly 270 publications entered the National Magazine Awards in 2011, submitting 1,673 entries. The judges included 359 magazine journalists and journalism educators. The awards were presented at two events: the National Magazine Awards for Digital Media lunch (known as the Digital Ellies) on March 16 and the National Magazine Awards dinner on May 9. The finalist this year with the largest print circulation (22 million) was AARP The Magazine; the finalist with the smallest (3,000) was The Antioch Review.
- Companies:
- Atlantic Inc.
- Avenue
- Cooking Light
- Entertainment Weekly
- ESPN the Magazine
- Esquire
- Fast Company
- Fortune
- Good Housekeeping
- Harvard Business Review
- Hewlett-Packard
- House Beautiful
- IEEE Media
- Marie Claire
- People Magazine
- Rolling Stone
- Scientific American
- Sports Illustrated
- The New York Times
- Time Inc.
- Time Out New York
- Yoga Journal


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Chatter tools are a type of turning that can put a decorative "chatter" pattern on the end grain of turned objects. In November and December I made many turned boxes. While doing research on box turning I saw lots of boxes with chatter. I'm not sure if I like the look or not, but I wanted to check it out and like anything else learning to get good looking chatter takes some practice. Since I like making tools I researched chatter tools on the web and found several sites with instructions. I followed one by Gary Webster. I'm not much of a machinist, but drilling and tapping 3/8" galvanized pipe wasn't very difficult. The blades are made from 1/2" band saw blades. One is concave and one is convex the tip. I'm going to experiment with other bits of steel for blades such as jig saw blades. It seems that lathe speed and the density of the wood affect the chatter pattern too. The 3rd photo is one of the early tests showing chatter on walnut. The handles are white oak about 10" long and about 1.25" in diameter at the thickest part. Finished with a simple home made beeswax & maple oil concoction.
-- Glen
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#1 posted 01-18-2014 01:12 AM
I like the look of the chatter tool when used on dark and very hard woods. It looks like yours work very well. I hope you'll do a build blog for those of us who might be thinking of "borrowing" the idea.
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#2 posted 01-18-2014 06:37 AM
Actually that is one of the better looking chatter patterns I've seen, most look like someone messed up. I've had making a chatter tool in the back of my mind, might follow your example.
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-- Glen
#4 posted 01-21-2014 05:05 PM
I have never heard of chatter before, but I like the look! Thanks for sharing.
-- --bch
#5 posted 03-25-2014 08:49 PM
Super cool, nothing like self made tools.
-- MAD F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.
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text: B.L. Foxxe lives in southern California. She's a volunteer with the American Red Cross, a local animal shelter, Animal Friends of the Valley, and gives time over at a local Petco on adoption days for cats and kittens. She also gives two hours a week at a local library as a volunteer. When she's not volunteering, she listens to music, enjoys writing, drawing and attempting to create manga, and playing games on the computer. When having quiet moments, she's reading manga, and sometimes watching anime related to series she's read.


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Better sleep. Reduced anxiety. Improved immune function. A calmer and more peaceful life.
Full spectrum CBD oil's interaction with the endocannabinoid system (ECS) means it's good for quite an array of different things! As we've said before, it's almost as if the plant molecule is adaptable. If someone needs help with their sleep, it often helps specifically with that; if one has chronic pain, it usually seems to improve that.
So could CBD help athletes who want to get fitter, faster and stronger? It does promote things like fat oxidation (fat burning) and nervous system health, after all — and that's only at first glance.
At Vision Aura, we're confident that CBD can. That's because the very same qualities of the ECS that improve health in a normal person…can further amplify fitness for those who are already fit!
We see CBD oil as an adaptogen. While it's not officially classified as one yet, it does fit all the qualifications: it's a phytochemical, it's anti-stress, it stabilizes bodily processes, and it encourages homeostasis. It can help an athlete deal with and overcome the stressors of intense training just as well as it helps anyone deal with the normal stressors of life!
As an athlete, you already know that the best training plans walk a very fine line. In order to continue improving you have to push yourself to the maximum — but not too often, because you also have to give allow yourself some time to recover.
In the process of finding this training sweet spot, you might overdo things. Your CNS (central nervous system) might get burned out; you might get injured. Chronically elevated levels of cortisol, the fight-or-flight stress hormone, could make it pretty tough to get good sleep.
Thankfully, though, CBD can help reduce or even eliminate these risk factors. Its pro-adaptive qualities ensure that your workouts remain in the 'good stress' category they should.
Going a step further, though, could CBD be a physiological and psychological driver of exercise? Could it actually be hacking the system in such a way as to encourage — and reward — our workouts?
While what that question brings us to is primarily theory, it's also very, very interesting. Only in the past few years have scientists learned that endocannabinoids, and not endorphins, for the most part, are responsible for that post-exercise euphoria we call 'runner's high'.
Endorphins are great and all, but they're much too big to really pass into the brain. Endocannabinoids (eCB's), on the other hand, readily move across the blood-brain barrier. And a 2004 study found that these eCB's are greatly boosted after an intense workout.
Coincidence? We think not. Author studies introduced what they called an "endocannabinoid hypothesis" to explain runner's high, which they aptly described as "pure happiness, elation, a feeling of unity with one's self and/or nature, endless peacefulness, inner harmony, boundless energy, and a reduction in pain sensation".
What we have in runner's high is actually a mechanism, built into the body, designed specifically to promote exercise. Pretty amazing! And, like so many other things, this mechanism is controlled by the endocannabinoid system. That makes it a prime candidate to be improved upon by CBD oil.
To answer the question we asked earlier: if you take CBD, then yes…you might also be taking something that subconsciously makes you want to exercise.
Regardless of your motivation levels, though, there's only one way to find out if CBD complements your fitness goals. That's by trying it, of course. Consider taking a small dose of full spectrum CBD oil prior to your next workout, and then stay attentive to any changes in how you feel.
All the endurance athletes out there will likely benefit as their bodies shift to beta-oxidation (that's where fat stores are made more readily available for fuel). CBD isn't even the only compound in hemp that has this effect; a slew of other terpenes and cannabinoids have been shown to do pretty much the same thing via AMPK activation. Several former pro cyclists have turned to CBD for these reasons — also citing that they don't need conventional painkillers anymore!
If you're a strength athlete, you'll probably experience better proprioception and less 'shakiness' on heavy lifts. You may even be able to handle your favorite pre-workout with fewer jitters! After all, CBD acts on adenosine receptors in a way that's perfect for balancing out the side effects of caffeine. As always, the plant molecule demonstrates its impressive ability to maintain balance for both endurance and power athletes.
Another big health factor for both types of athletes: antioxidants. Or, more accurately, oxidants, since those are the potentially-damaging molecules that exercise helps produce. Think of oxidants and free radicals as the byproducts of metabolism, almost like exhaust is the byproduct of fuel getting burned in a car.
These byproducts aren't normally an issue, but speed up metabolic pathways for long enough and they might become built up themselves. That's not good. Left unchecked, high levels of free radicals can promote DNA damage and increase the risk of age-related diseases.
While many athletes are aware of the free radical issue, they may not be aware that common supplemental solutions — like vitamin C or E — might be doing too much. Small amounts of free radicals act are actually helpful; they act as signaling molecules that push the body onwards to adapt. It's not a good idea to just blindly reduce them.
But this is one more thing CBD helps with. Unlike conventional antioxidants, it gently reduces internal stress and oxidation by boosting levels of something known as glutathione, our body's internal antioxidant. CBD is so effective as an antioxidant (at the same time not overdoing things!) that the US government has a secretive research patent on the subject. We'd encourage you to do more research, too.
All in all, these are just a few of the ways that CBD can positively impact you as an athlete. Like always, the plant molecule is remarkably diverse — so there are also other modes of action. It's no wonder pro athletes like golfer Bubba Watson support CBD; Watson calls the plant's use for enhancing recovery a "no brainer". From a very different sport, pro rock climber Steph Davis uses CBD to help her stay energized and focused.
While more conclusive research needs to come out before we can say exactly how much CBD will help you with your sport, initial findings have been pretty promising. Look for some of these newfound concepts to be better validated by science in the near future…and in the meantime, feel free to experiment on the interactions between CBD, your fitness, and you.


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then grudge me not my fond endeavor;
It was hardly his fault really. He hadn't invited her along – hadn't even known she'd been on board after he left his last stop until he was wandering down the corridor toward the library, contemplating how very much he hated travelling alone, when he literally walked straight into her. Not to say that he minded exactly, there were far worse things to walk into. Less soft, less pretty, less pleasantly shaped. He'd been so happy to see her – it was the first time they'd been truly on their own, and he enjoyed her quick wit, her bright mind and well, he enjoyed just seeing her everywhere.
He wished for nothing more than to get mental snapshots of her in every room in his TARDIS, though that would take longer than forever, maybe.
Perhaps that was the point of the wish.
But he was getting off-track. The point being that this wasn't his fault. She left that damn diary laying about everywhere, on the jump seat, tucked into an armchair in the library, on a lounge chair by the recently re-appeared swimming pool. Even left on a side table in the wardrobe room once – and he felt like she was honestly doing it on purpose at that point. She must know how he was gripped by a curiosity so intense he could feel the urge crawl across his skin every time he looked at the infuriating thing.
Surely there were no more secrets that needed to be kept – not like the secret of who and what she was. He understood completely her reasons for keeping that from him now. And of course, perhaps there were a few things left he shouldn't see – after all she was still a mystery in so many ways – but the temptation to look seemed to have grown exponentially since discovering who she was.
So when he was making tea in the kitchen and accidentally knocked the diary off the counter – accidentally, he swore - and it fell to the floor, opening naturally to a mid-point in the weathered pages and something skittered across the floor, how was he supposed to not look? He only had so much restraint – and really it would be rude to not pick up whatever had slid under the table. Honestly. And he was not rude – not this version of him, anyway.
He ducked under the table first, picking the small item up – a photograph, thick paper and bent corners. He turned it over without thought, without debate, without the slightest hesitance. It was faded from handling, but he could recognize River instantly. Her hair was... magnificent. Teased and fuller than he'd ever seen it before, she was looking over her shoulder coyly, hands laced behind her back and out of focus in the corner of the frame was a man's hand, reaching toward her. Several things struck him as odd about the photo – the first being that River was in a blue dress. Not that he'd never seen her in dresses before- he had, several times. But something about this dress caught his eye. The flow of the fabric over her hips, the line of the dress itself, he wasn't sure. She was holding a single flower in her hands behind her back and when he peered more closely at the photo trying to determine what type of flower it was (some kind of lily and he suspected it was alien in origin, but couldn't be sure since the photo only showed pale blue petals) he noticed the ring. The wedding ring, a ring she clearly did not wear now.
He remembered the night of Amy's wedding, standing in the garden with her, giving her this diary and asking if she were married. He'd of course, been fishing. He had wanted to know if she would answer him, and she had, but in the most ambiguous manner possible. He glanced at the man's hand, but it was the right hand, and no clues could be ascertained. He held up his own right hand, glancing from the photo to his own hand, trying to see if they were the same. It was too out of focus to tell though, and he huffed in frustration before crawling out from under the table backwards and walking over to pick the diary up from the floor.
He was surprised by how many drawings were packed on the two pages, shoved in amongst cramped, tiny writing that was nearly illegible. Sketches of lilies and a beach vista with what looked like two suns or two moons in the sky beyond the water. Everything was done in pencil, and he wished she had colours at her disposal. He was peering at the writing, trying to decipher her, frankly, awful penmanship – picking out words here and there, when she walked into the kitchen and gasped.
"Doctor!" She took the diary from his hands quickly, snapping it shut and glaring at him. He still held the photograph in his hands as he stared at her apologetically.
"This is not what it looks like! Well, unless it looks like I was trying to read it, in which case I suppose it's exactly what it looks like – but there were extenuating circumstances! It fell, see, and this fell out-" he waved the photograph in his hand and she glanced down at it. Her face softened slightly as she took it from him gently, she smoothed the creases and stroked the surface with a finger, just once. He watched her looking down at it, her whole face transformed into something – someone he'd never seen before. And he very much wanted to know that River. "I'm sorry." He finally apologized softly and she looked back up at him with a sad smile.
"I shouldn't be so careless with it. I just forget that you're so young, still." She lifted one shoulder slightly and he stepped in closer to her.
"It's a lovely picture." He whispered the words, and her smile grew more genuine. "Something about it just seems very... you look different. Calmer. Content. Still very much so you though, River Song." He glanced down again and realized what it was that struck him so very oddly. This photo was well worn, and clearly old. But she looked to be about the same age as she was now. "How old is it?"
She laughed sharply, her shoulders shaking as she shook her head. "Always so clever Doctor." She sighed softly and looked back down at the photo in her hands. "I don't have many pictures you know, Doctor. This was – it's special."
"Why are you wearing a ring?" He reached for her left hand, stroking her bare fingers gently. She bit her lip and huffed a bit as she met his curious gaze. "Why aren't you now?"
"You're clever enough, Doctor, why don't you tell me?" She pulled her hand back and crossed her arms over her chest as she arched a brow at him. He straightened and adjusted his bowtie nervously, trying to make sense of the eager suppositions spilling across his inquisitive mind.
"You're married, but supposing that your marriage itself is a spoiler – I'd guess that wearing your ring wouldn't be allowed, would it?" He rocked back on his heels when she laughed shortly, shaking her head.
"Always breaking rules, Doctor. Even your own." She uncrossed her arms and glanced down at the photo once more. Her fingers worried the bent edge, folding and unfolding the corner as she sighed again.
"I'm right though, aren't I?" He wasn't sure why it was so important to keep asking her this, to keep turning the question over in his mind. It had been enough of a near constant thought before he knew who she was. But now that he knew... the concept of her as his wife seemed to cling to the edge of his mind, growing and spreading like ivy. If he were honest with himself, it was because he wanted it to be true.
"What am I supposed to say to that Doctor?" She questioned him seriously. "If I tell you anything it could change everything. You know that, my love – so why do you persist in questioning me? Do you need to be right about this so badly that you'd risk it happening at all?" Her face was serious and he deflated a bit at her chastising. Because of course she was right. She usually was – a fact that both irritated him and turned him on beyond belief. He understood the basis for their spoiler rules. Grasped the concept, understood its use and necessity even. He glanced down at the photo between them – aged and worn but she looked exactly the same. Hadn't aged one bit – and he knew what that meant.
Regeneration. They aged until that first one, and then you regenerated and were as old as that version of you was until you changed again. He wished he'd thought to figure out the age of the photo itself before she'd entered the room, but his hearts danced in giddy delight regardless, because he could sense the age in a vague manner, could smell and feel it. It was a long time. Long enough – but he didn't want to wait that long. "I just..." he started weakly and she looked at him, waiting for him to finish. He reached up and pushed her hair back with a hand that shook slightly, and he hoped she didn't notice that bit. "I want it to be true." He whispered the last words like a confession and her face softened as she stepped in closer to him until she was pressed against him, all warmth and soft bits that felt nice all squashed against him.
She hadn't really pressed him on the physical intimacy issue, but he found himself reaching for her more and more the longer she was around. He kissed her more often, felt the urge to lay his hands on her almost always. He liked the feel of her, liked the taste of her, liked the sounds she made when he did all of those things to her. It was a slow build-up though, and he liked that too. The chance to grow used to a level of intimacy he hadn't had to employ in what felt like forever. "Then make it true." Her words were breathy and light in his ear and his hands landed on her hips, gripping tight and tighter as she spoke. He pulled his head back in shock and stared down at her, flabbergasted.
"I – You – but – what?"
"Even if we aren't married, we could be. And if we are, well there's no law against doing it twice. Or three or four or five or a million times." She pointed out calmly, tilting her hips forward into his and sliding her arms up around his neck. He could feel her fingers playing with the ends of his hair and he grinned down at her, his hearts hammering against his chest. Would she – could he – was he even...
To all of it. He paused for a moment, looking down at her thoughtfully, thinking on how best to say it. How best to ask, even though she'd all but done all the answering already. Twice. Ah – he finally landed on the words, not his words, but the right words none the less. "Ha! Though you know it anyhow, listen to me darling, now – proving what I need not prove, how I know I love you, love." She laughed, her head tilting back before she stood on tip toe and pressed her mouth to his. She kissed him until they were both breathless, and his hearts were pounding, his blood singing through his veins. Appropriate, he thought fuzzily. She was his song.
"Tell me you weren't about to recite the whole poem." Her smile was bright when they finally parted and he glanced down at her sheepishly.
"I wasn't-"
"Oh, you were." Her eyes were bright with amusement, lit with secrets that he could see hidden within their depths and he smiled in return.
"Did you at least let me recite it all the first time?" He teased her gently, not really expecting an answer but she surprised him again.
"Actually you started at the end then – oh, I suppose this is why. 'Then grudge me not my fond endeavor to keep you in my sight forever; let none, not even you disparage, such a valid reason for marriage.'"She quoted back at him, leaning back and smacking his shoulder lightly. "Oh that was cheeky of you, sweetie."
He winced, laughing and shaking his head. "Well you clearly deserved it – not letting me do it properly this time, and you're still not letting me do it properly, you know." He pointed out with a show of irritation, but he was unable to keep the smile off his face, so it quite ruined the effect he'd been going for.
"Well?" She arched a brow at him, and looked at him expectantly. "Get on with it, then, or do I have to do everything myself?"
He leaned down, pressing his face into her hair, the curls tickling his cheeks and nose and eyes, until his mouth was close enough to her ear that his lips brushed it gently when he finally spoke in a low voice. "Marry me?" She drew in a breath, her chest brushing against his as she did so. "Again?" He couldn't resist adding and she shoved him away with a stern look and a laugh.
She grabbed him by the braces, photo crumpled in her fist as she hauled him forward once more, kissing him senseless, her mouth opening under his as she kissed him with so much passion he wasn't quite sure where he ended and she began. There was no mid-point anymore, just bits of her and him scattered all around, spread out equally. Her hearts next to his. When she pulled back to speak, he followed her, kissing her just once more, because he needed to. How had he managed all those times before – before he knew the taste of her and the feel of her within his very mind?
"Always." She spoke in a high-pitched, breathy voice that made his insides tighten in anticipation. How he loved this mad, impossible woman with all of her secrets and mysteries and hidden corners and undiscovered nooks. He doubted he would ever tire of figuring her out, piece by piece. Her smile tilted up into just this side of smug, and he pressed a kiss to the corner of her lips, because he actually quite loved that smile. "Again."


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What frustrates many business owners about web design is they never know how much they should be paying, and no one seems to be able to give them a cut and dry answer. Unfortunately, the exact costs for responsive web design are hard to pinpoint, and you should be wary of any web design company that gives you a standard answer before having a thorough discussion about your business. Why? Because, effective web design is tailored to the needs of each individual client, and you wouldn't want a company who treats all their customers the same.
Why Do the Prices Vary?
To further explain, think of paying for responsive web design in the same way as paying for a night out to dinner. Depending on what restaurant you choose, the price of dinner varies dramatically. For instance, you could go to the cheap burger joint on the corner and get a whole meal for less than $7. But, what kind of service are you going to get, and how's that burger going to make you feel later? Or, you could go to a fancy restaurant and get exceptional service and tasty, nutritional food, but still have the feeling you could have found the same quality at somewhere less expensive.
And on top of choosing the type of restaurant you want, you have to decide what to order from the menu? Do you want to keep things light and just have a salad, or do you want to have the full experience and choose an appetizer, main course, and dessert? There are similar variables when buying web design, and just as there's no one price for dinner, there's no single rate for responsive web design.
What Must You Have?
You have many choices when deciding what to include in your web design, but one thing you shouldn't overlook is mobility. With the multitude of mobile devices available and people's increasing tendency to access the internet on-the-go, it doesn't make sense not to have a mobile strategy. Sticking with a strictly desktop design may be less expensive, but it is backwards-thinking and something no worthwhile web designer would recommend.
Even if your site isn't fully mobile optimized, it should still work on most devices, so plan accordingly. Deciding to integrate mobility halfway through the design process will only set back progress and create additional expenses.
Which is Cheaper: A Responsive or Dedicated Site?
There are pros and cons to both responsive and dedicated sites, but in regards to budget, which one is better? From the get-go, a responsive site (one that adapts to the device) is generally priced about the same as a dedicated site (one designed specifically for mobile devices). However, over time, the maintenance fees associated with a dedicated site tend to surpass those of a responsive site because of:
- Redundancy – When several versions of the same site need to be managed, some repetition of maintenance tasks is bound to occur.
- Coordination – If different people are handling the mobile and desktop sites, keeping everything in sync requires a great deal of communication and planning (i.e. more time and money).
- Device updates – As new devices emerge and others evolve, site managers must constantly update who gets routed where, which is sometimes confusing when dealing with hybrid devices and new technologies that could go either way (desktop or mobile).
This is not to say responsive sites don't have their own maintenance requirements, but they seem to be less demanding in the long run whereas dedicated sites tend to compound.
How to Have Responsive Web Design on a Budget?
Okay, you've decided responsive web design is right for your business, but what can you do to keep the costs down? Here are some suggestions:
- Choose a web design company with experience in responsive design – By using a company proficient in responsive design, you will get better, faster results (less time usually means less money) and have the benefit of a team who stays current with trends and knows why responsive sites are important.
- Ask about collaboration – Creating effective, responsive design typically requires input from several individuals with varying expertise. Don't be afraid to ask the company how they work together. For instance, ask who does what, and how they collaborate to create innovative, highly-functional design?
- Ensure site is tested on real devices – There are device simulators available, but nothing compares to the real thing, so make sure your design company is testing your site on real devices. This will keep you from annoying consumers with a broken site, and help you save money on repair expenses.
- Optimize for major devices only – The costs and time associated with trying to optimize for every device available is never ending and impractical. You can save money by "optimizing" for the most popular gadgets and simply "supporting" the others.
- Hire forward thinking designers – For efficiency, your designers should plan for all your site versions at once. Planning for each medium (desktop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) individually wastes time and is contrary to responsive design. Also, use a company that has an eye on the future and creates sites capable of adapting to forthcoming trends. The worst thing for your budget is to pay for a major overhaul every time something in the industry changes.
What's the Bottom Line?
Yes, responsive design costs more than doing nothing or building an outdated site. But, beyond that, the price is difficult to narrow down. And, as with anything, price is only one consideration as you should also bear in mind quality, service, and results. The best advice is to hire a responsive web designer in the same way you would hire any other professional, such as a building contractor, accountant, or car repairman — shop around, get quotes, and ask questions.
Doing some research and comparing services will help you get the most for you money.


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Welcome to the BBFC case studies. Written by BBFC staff, our case studies explore why a film has a particular age rating, if it was cut, or even banned.
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Our film case studies tell you why we made certain decisions and offer background information that you won't find anywhere else. Find out why some films and their BBFC age rating were discussed in the news media, what films received complaints about their age rating, and which were praised.
Browse our From The Archive case studieto see fascinating historical artefacts from our archives and listen to our popular Podcasts.
Some case studies are for films you will definitely have heard of, like A Clockwork Orange. Others like Freaks are lesser known but important films. Some are films like Juno and Fight Club that you might know of but weren't aware they caused a stir when submitted to the BBFC. We provide case studies for all films we introduce as part of our longstanding relationship with IntoFilm. We no longer classify video games but there are some video games case studies which offer a historical view of how we classified some well-known video games.
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Watership Down
The animated film was classified U in 1978 and features the vocal talents of a wide range of popular British actors such as John Hurt, Richard Briers, Ralph Richardson, Roy Kinnear and Hannah Gordon. The film was recognised as having enormous appeal to young audiences, many of whom were familiar...
What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?
When the BBFC considered the film in November 1962 there were concerns over three scenes, as detailed in the Exception Form published here. Two of the cuts that were requested – the sight of Jane kicking Blanche, and Elvira witnessing Blanche tied up and "writhing" – were indeed removed from the...
What The Censor Saw
From the first day of business in 1912 all submissions to the BBFC were recorded by hand in our registers (and this continued up until the mid-1990s when new computer systems were introduced). The images published below show the 1923 entry for Maisie's Marriage, one of the films that will be...
Willow (1988)
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When Willow arrived at the BBFC, it generated much excitement for its fairy tale story, and also for its special effects. The film follows the story of a young dwarf, Willow, who must protect a special baby, Ellora, from the evil Queen Bavmorda, who has been told the baby will grow up to destroy...


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[row][span size='3′][slab_h5][slabtext]"There are wounds that never show[/slabtext] [slabtext]on the body that are deeper and more hurtful[/slabtext][slabtext] than anything that bleeds."[/slabtext][slabtext]-Laurell K. Hamilton,Mistral's Kiss[/slabtext][/slab_h5][/span][span size='5′]I was browsing several blogs today when I came upon this post talking about this post about depression. The second post is written by a woman who has been fighting her depression for several years now, and she is being quite public about it.
I was reading the second post when I went back to the first one and read the comments. I shouldn't have done that.[/span][/row]
One comment has stuck out and has been replied to very heavily since the person wrote it. Here it is:
"I am sad that I don't have anything to be sad about. = WHITE PEOPLE PROBLEM. How do we not see this as some sort of out of control narcissism? The whole thing is so consistently self-referential, so far up its own ass. Funny how the realization that everything is empty never leads to asceticism, no one is ever like "maybe I should just go to a soup kitchen and feed some people with actual problems." Never does the thought that some sort of perspective on ones (sic) problems might help as opposed to wallowing in the existential profundity of dried out corn."
This comment was very ironic since the title of the first post was "Struggling to understand depression? Read this." The commenter, who goes by the pseudonym of "ZYX," has received several replies to his comment. Some of those replies are angry, others are not. I was going to reply to him, but I'm trying to stay away from "flame wars" as of late.
However, if I had an opportunity to reply to him, I would ask him if he really thinks that depression is a mental condition of Whites and/or privileged people. There is no evidence of that, by the way. Depression can hit anyone. Not only that, but, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), "blacks, Hispanics, non-Hispanic persons of other races or multiple races" are more likely to be depressed than other groups.
Next, I would ask him why he thinks that a depressed person is just wallowing in their own despair and nothing else, a "sort of out of control narcissism." See, I've met plenty of people with depression, some in my own family, and they are not being selfish or self-centered in their depression. Based on my own experience and what I've learned about depression, people with depression are not out to make mountains out of molehills. They're not feeling all those feelings of "blah" because they think that others' problems are minimal.
All in all, it's a nonproductive thing to just accuse people with depression (or any other mental health condition) of being narcissists or privileged people who don't really know what suffering is. It's not productive to want to address the problem of mental health by blaming it on the patient. I'm yet to meet or hear of a case of mental disease who asked for it… Or likes it. But, sadly, there are plenty of people like the commenter up there.
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
Drive with my Favorite Podcasts
Really insightful learnings from some of my favorite spiritual leaders via podcast on a nice drive South.
Getting Out and Getting a Drink
I had a really disconcerting and unfortunate experience tonight at a charity event. Fortunately I have a really good friend who was willing to skip the whole damn thing and go get a beer instead. We talked and shared our weeks and caught up on life instead. And that was worth a 6+ hour round trip.
Came home. My own bed. My cats. And a day off tomorrow to look forward to.
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Take flight to Venice, Italy. Enjoy the gourmet on board.
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Pick up from Venice airport upon arrival; proceed to the famous cave in Slovenia - Postojna Cave. Ride on the small train to explore the amazing cave. Later on proceed to Lake Bled in Slovenia. After dinner, overnight at hotel. Accommodation: Park Hotel or similar.
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After breakfast at hotel, starting the tour in Lake Bled area. Ride on the boat to visit the St Mary Church on the island. Visit the Bled Castle. After lunch, Continue proceed to the capital - Ljubljana. Visit the Ljubljana old town. After dinner, overnight at hotel. Accommodation: Plaza Hotel or similar.
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Ljubljana – Zagreb
After breakfast at hotel, proceed to capital of Croatia - Zagreb. After lunch explore the ancient city: Old Town, St Mary Monastery, St Marco Cathedral, City Hall etc. After dinner, overnight at hotel. Accommodation: Panorama Hotel or similar.
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Zagreb – Plitvice National Park – Zagreb
After breakfast at hotel, proceed to the famous Plitvice National Park. Lunch at local restaurant. After exploring the National park, proceed back to Zagreb. After dinner overnight at hotel. Accommodation: Ponorama Hotel or similar
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After breakfast at hotel, starting the city tour in Budapest – visiting the Fisherman's bastion and the Church of St Mathias, where you can enjoy the beautiful panoramic view of the City and the Hungarian Parliament. Explore the Buda Castle Square, Afterwards, transfer to Citadel to visit the monument. After lunch proceed to visit the Heroes Square, St Stephen Basilica and free at leisure on the Vaci Street for shopping if time is possible. Optional tour can be arranged by riding on the boat to enjoy the view of the best part of Danube River. Dinner at local restaurant. Accommodation: Novotel Hotel or similar
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The Portuguese Order of Engineers joined as a partner of Sustainable Housing 2016
The Organising Committee would ike to announce that the Portugues Order of Engineers (OE) joined Sustainable Housing 2016 as a partner. The OE is the institution responsible to support and manage the professional acts, rights and duties of the portuguese engineers.
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Nanoscale computer memory retrieves data 1,000 times faster
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania have developed nanowires capable of storing computer data for 100,000 years and retrieving that data a thousand times faster than existing portable memory devices such as Flash memory and micro-drives, all using less power and space than current memory technologies.
Tests showed extremely low power consumption for data encoding (0.7mW per bit). They also indicated the data writing, erasing and retrieval (50 nanoseconds) to be 1,000 times faster than conventional Flash memory and indicated the device would not lose data even after approximately 100,000 years of use, all with the potential to realize terabit-level nonvolatile memory device density.
"This new form of memory has the potential to revolutionize the way we share information, transfer data and even download entertainment as consumers," Agarwal said. "This represents a potential sea-change in the way we access and store data."
Current solid-state technology for products like memory cards, digital cameras and personal data assistants traditionally utilize Flash memory, a non-volatile and durable computer memory that can be erased and reprogrammed electronically. Data on Flash drives provides most battery-powered devices with acceptable levels of durability and moderately fast data access. Yet the technology's limits are apparent. Digital cameras can't snap rapid-fire photos because it takes precious seconds to store the last photo to memory. If the memory device is fast, as in DRAM and SRAM used in computers, then it is volatile; if the plug on a desktop computer is pulled, all recent data entry is lost.
Therefore, a universal memory device is desired that can be scalable, fast, durable and nonvolatile, a difficult set of requirements which have now been demonstrated at Penn.
"Imagine being able to store hundreds of high-resolution movies in a small drive, downloading them and playing them without wasting time on data buffering, or imagine booting your laptop computer in a few seconds as you wouldn't need to transfer the operating system to active memory" Agarwal said.
This may not be as impressive as the Optical Memory 50.000 Times Faster, but if this nano-memory gets here before optical memory… I'll just make due with the nano-memory for a while.


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The Covenant pages
This collection of linked pages explains the issues and background to the proposed Anglican Covenant, and why it will not create open, forward-looking, twenty-first century churches.
formerly The Modern Churchpeople's Union
Resources / Anglican Covenant / Adiaphora, 'indifferent things' and same-sex partnerships
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Proponents of the Anglican Covenant argue that we need it because the Anglican Communion accepts that same-sex partnerships are immoral, and it therefore needs to distance itself from the churches of the USA and Canada which have formally rejected this teaching. But is this a valid argument?
Not as far as the actual Anglican situation and biblical texts are concerned. Another question is whether the immorality of same-sex partnerships is essential to Christian belief or a question on which we can agree to differ. The current debate often uses the Greek word adiaphora, 'indifferent things'.
It is generally agreed that throughout most of Christian history most church leaders have considered same-sex partnerships immoral. However the same can be said about a great many other things, like lending money at interest, which we today no longer consider immoral. In practice Christians have believed different things at different times.
So is there a way of distinguishing between the teachings we ought to accept in order to count as Christians, and the things on which we can agree to differ? If so, is there a longer list of things to accept in order to count as an Anglican?
In the current debate there has been much discussion of these questions. Two supporters of the Covenant are N T Wright and Andrew Goddard. Wright's Presidential Address of May 2010 discusses it at some length. He accepts the distinction between essentials and adiaphora (things on which we may agree to differ) but argues that 'the question of whether a particular issue is adiaphora or not cannot itself be adiaphora'. From this he concludes that an international authority is needed to determine which issue comes under each heading. (An MCU response).
Goddard argues (in Chapman, Ed, The Anglican Covenant, Mowbray, 2008, pp. 56-57) against the view
that because Anglicanism has always been diverse and/or that it is inherently inclusive, it therefore follows that what has happened in North America cannot be judged wrong or un-Anglican. It therefore should not significantly alter relationships and structures within the Communion.
This is a good summary of the characteristic liberal approach. Goddard replies
My problem with this position is in part that it does not seem to make Scripture the authority against which our diversity must be weighed and tested. But it is also that it misses the key point at issue and lacks coherence as a response. It would appear to have to choose between two concrete outworkings of its emphasis on diversity. Either this view refuses to set any limits at all to Anglican (or indeed Christian) identity, seeing diversity as infinitely elastic with no impact on Anglicanism's coherence or its unity. This is, in reality, a view that few if any really accept. Or its vision and principle of diversity is one which is selectively applied. It is used to justify 'acceptable' diversity (e.g. clergy in same-sex unions but not laity presiding at the Eucharist, or vice versa) but the fundamental question of how we discern as a Communion what is legitimate and what is illegitimate development is then left unanswered.
In these texts both Wright and Goddard accept a distinction between essentials and adiaphora and look for an authority to establish it. Wright proposes an international authority, a kind of Anglican pope (though not necessarily a single person). Goddard does two things. First he appeals to Scripture as the authority, but without offering any interpretative principles to justify such an emphasis on same-sex partnerships while ignoring the many hundreds of texts forbidding practices which are common today. This is a very frequent complaint by liberals about conservative evangelicals: they condemn some but by no means all of the actions forbidden in the Bible, and do not provide a satisfactory principle of selection. (Puritanism).
Secondly, Goddard argues that the liberal position lacks a principle for distinguishing between essentials and adiaphora. The problem here is that although he is absolutely right about this lack, he lacks it too. Appealing to Scripture's authority does not in fact produce any such principle, and even if he plumps for Wright's international authority he is only giving the problem to somebody else, not solving it.
So is there any principle at all to distinguish between the essentials of faith and adiaphora? This issue is as old as Protestantism: in the sixteenth century Richard Hooker argued against the Puritans about it. If we ask how, in practice, Christians have handled this question between then and now, we will not find any one principle dominating. Before the nineteenth century slavery debate, for example, nobody would have foreseen that such a large number of biblical texts, taking slavery for granted as part of society, would have been put to one side as a new moral norm emerged to became standard Christian belief. In practice each debate hears a range of voices, some appealing to biblical texts, some to contemporary experience, some to moral principles, some to what has been done before. This is what liberals would expect: different considerations each play their part in contributing to understanding. In this sense Hooker's 'three-legged stool' of scripture, reason and tradition summarises well how we handle most of our controversies: we have a range of considerations, none of them infallible, so the more the better. The history of church disputes and their resolutions provides no confidence that a predetermined conflict-resolving principle would have helped.
Wright and Goddard both want a predetermined system for resolving disagreements in the church. Furthermore they both want it to be a church system, something which owes nothing to the ordinary world outside Christian doctrines. There is no such system. The church is part of the world. Christian opinion on slavery changed because of stories about what it was like to be a slave, not because of biblical texts. After decades of disapproval Anglicans eventually decided that contraception was morally acceptable, not because of biblical texts or church dogma but because of their experiences of intimacy, experiences they shared with their non-Christian neighbours. The ethics of same-sex partnerships will eventually be resolved in the same way.
History therefore indicates that we should not expect to find a permanent principle for distinguishing between essentials and adiaphora. Henry McAdoo puts it well when he declares (The Spirit of Anglicanism, p. 1) that Anglicans do not believe anything because it is Anglican, but only because they think it is true. Similarly, in all other fields of research it is recognised that the search for truth will fail if there are statements of fact which researchers are forbidden to challenge. If some things are considered so unquestionably true as to be off limits, three things go wrong. Firstly they may not be true in all circumstances, so the limits of their reliability need to be checked. Secondly, if the truth of them is closely examined it may lead to other truths. Thirdly, if we stop asking why something is true we shall forget what it means.
Which teachings are essential, and which are adiaphora, change over time. The changes are slow, but real. Even the doctrine of the Trinity took centuries to be established. What Christians believe today is nothing like what our predecessors believed in the Middle Ages. The distinction between them is not as hard and fast as the current generation of 'conservatives' would like. This is a good thing: it means we are not trapped in our past. God permits us to ask new questions.


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A while has passed (as usual) since I last updated this website and a lot has changed in my life. My girlfriend of 7 years and I have split up, though in a very amicable way. I moved out of my flat in Poole and back in with my Parents at the end of January though next weekend I will be moving up to London to be with all my friends and working in the London Office.
As for my projects… not a lot has happened… I've started some… stopped working on some and currently thinking about new ones.
As I'll be moving back and forth between the London and Poole office I thought it was time I had a go at Linux on my laptop and finally fixed a load of issues with it. I've finally managed to get the onboard network card working, the wireless is working though NetworkManager wont connect. The only functionality that I've had to disable is the MMC Reader as whenever I load the module the whole system hangs. It's similar to the problems with the network card though there are no settings to change in the kernel. Not a huge issue though… To read my latest guide to my laptop visit this post.
Hopefully once I've moved up to London I'll be able to start playing with XNA and start making games on the XBox360… it's a nice thought anyway…


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August 14, Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Cycle C. Readings:
1) Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10
Psalm 40:2-4, 18
2) Hebrews 12:1-4
Gospel: Luke 12:49-53
By Jean Denton
Catholic News Service
I live at the edge of Appalachia, where I'm awed every day by the beauty of the mountains. But despite a sense of serenity, I know the scene before me is not at peace.
The paradox of the Appalachian region is well-known: Its natural beauty and rich culture belie a continuing struggle with environmental exploitation and poverty.
An inspiring, ongoing story I covered as a reporter for my diocesan newspaper was the work of the church advocating for justice in Appalachia. Over recent decades, much of that mission has been carried out at the grass roots by the Catholic Committee of Appalachia, an active group of religious and laypeople living and laboring with the people, lifting a prophetic voice against such degradation as mountaintop removal, industrial pollution and myriad social problems that come with endemic poverty.
The Holy Spirit is at work among God's faithful people there, characteristically stirring up conflict. Characteristically?
In this week's Gospel, Jesus asks, "Do you think I have come to establish peace on earth?"
On the contrary, he states, he intends to set the earth on fire, bringing division and, yes, that can mean conflict even among our brothers and sisters in Christ.
A stark example is the struggle for justice in Appalachia, alive with Christ's Spirit as the members of the church grapple with their differences of opinion on environmental issues.
Members of the Catholic Committee of Appalachia last year applauded Pope Francis' encyclical on the global threat of climate change. The pope's words appeared to speak directly to conditions in Appalachia as he described the critical depletion of the earth's natural resources and its particular impact on the poor.
But the response of some local dioceses differed from the committee's. They disagreed on the environmental and economic impact some of the document's proposals would have on the region as well as on how to address the problems it raised. Nevertheless, the committee encouraged all the bishops of Appalachia to engage the church in the concerns and conflicts raised by "Laudato Si'," even though the conversation may be contentious.
So it is with many issues our church faces, but in bequeathing his Spirit to his disciples, Jesus baptized us in fire and calls us to work through the conflicts to accomplish his will.
How would you describe the attitude of Jesus in this Gospel? When have you witnessed the Spirit of Christ working through conflict?


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Broken Landscape
A wide selection of works by Paolo Pellegrin, curated by Giuseppe Prode.
Broken Landscape involves a number of themes that have occupied Paolo Pellegrin from 1995 until today: war, exodus of refugees, earthquakes, pandemics and poverty.
The various levels on which Pellegrin concentrates in his work – the humanistic, the political, the historical, and the aesthetic, to cite but a few – can be found in all the photographs in the exhibition, from the spread of Aids in Uganda in 1995, to the wars in Bosnia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and even in Guantananmo, and the death of Pope John Paul II.
Much space is dedicated to the Israel-Palestine conflict, a theme to which Pellegrin has returned many time: including images of the occupied territories, Yasser Arafat's funeral, the evacuation of the Gaza Strip, right up to the war in Lebanon last summer.
They are photographs that pay attention to facts which are often forgotten or ignored, when the interest of public opinion and the media diminishes and indeed disappears. They show a "broken landscape", in which the geopolitical boundaries are built upon those of humanity.
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A month later, her basement is fixed after the Federal Emergency Management Agency provided her with a grant to help pay for nearly all of the repairs her Route 22 home will need. She declined to say how much aid she received, but she also will get a new furnace and pump.
"They treated me very well," Dodge said.
FEMA money has begun to flow to those who suffered severe damage in the Aug. 28 tropical storm, with the agency saying it had given out $633,000 in individual assistance to residents of Washington and Warren counties as of Thursday.
A number of residents in the worst-hit areas, including Granville, Salem, White Creek and Lake George, said that they had money direct-deposited to their bank accounts within a few days of meeting with FEMA inspectors.
"I had money from them within four days," said White Creek resident Mike Detraglia, whose home near the Hoosic River was severely flooded. "It was not enough to pay for everything, but it was enough to get started."
Detraglia and Dodge were fortunate in that they could repair their homes. A home on Cove Road in Middle Granville that was flooded by the Mettawee River cannot be repaired, so it will have to be knocked down, said Granville Supervisor Matthew Hicks.
The owner, Cindy Crouch, was still waiting as of late this week to hear how much assistance FEMA will provide, Hicks said.
Crouch said a FEMA representative looked at her home and estimated it needed $30,000 in repairs, but she received a check for just $460, plus $1,300 to rent a home while repairs are made.
"They just said this is it. I went Tuesday and filed a new form to appeal," Crouch said.
In Salem, where the White Creek flooded numerous homes, residents whose houses were damaged have received anywhere from $97 to $19,000, town Supervisor Seth Pitts said.
Pitts said not everyone has been satisfied with the amount of federal aid they have gotten. The person who got $19,000 lost a mobile home to the White Creek, but that money won't pay for all of the costs to replace the home, he said.
Detraglia would not say how much money he received. But he said he received $2,000 to put toward replacing a $6,000 furnace, and local contractors have been helping him with costs so he can rebuild. He is still living in a hotel as repairs are made.
Not everyone got money quickly. Hicks and Washington County Public Safety Director Bill Cook said they were aware of some residents who were still waiting for their claims to be paid, and Cook said one of the worst-off victims in White Creek was denied aid because of an apparent paperwork error.
That person, who lives on River Road, is re-applying, he said.
Amy Drexel, deputy director of the Warren County Office of Emergency Services, said she has not heard from any Warren County residents concerned about the individual assistance process. But she said she has heard from a lot of people who suffered damage and were not seeking aid, even though they seem eligible.
"People don't know what benefits they are entitled to," she said.
A number of factors determine how much money those in need receive, including a person's income, Cook said.
Peter Lembessis, a spokesman for FEMA, said the agency has been encouraged by the turnout it has gotten at its mobile disaster recovery centers, which were stationed in Queensbury last weekend and Salem for part of this week.
As individual assistance claims work their way through channels, the attention of local leaders has turned to the status of public assistance for municipalities.
Warren and Washington counties suffered millions of dollars in road and bridge damage, and county leaders hope FEMA will pay for 75 percent of the repairs.
Pitts said that towns are anxiously waiting to hear how much they will receive as the 2012 budget process moves along and they face a 2 percent tax cap.
"Municipalities are sitting on some big bills," Pitts said. "I'm hoping they are going to turn it around quickly for the municipalities, too."
Lembessis said FEMA plans to begin "kick off" meetings with municipal leaders next week, and most should receive the money they are awarded within 60 days.


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Launching in 2009, Pretty Green was founded by one of the most iconic members of the UK music scene, Liam Gallagher. Pretty Green features simple, classic clothing with a twist. Shmooz stock a big range of Pretty Green items from t-shirts and jackets to footwear and accessories all featuring the classic paisley print we all know and love!
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Illuminations tour: "Illuminations" tour by bus to discover the main monuments of Paris at night with Recorded commentary available in: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Russian, and Korean. Children commentary available in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.
Cruise: One-hour commented cruise on the Seine River. Commentary during the cruise available in: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Dutch, Polish, Chinese, Japanese and Korean. Children's commentary available in French.
Aperitif: Kir White wine.
Starter (at choice): 6 snails stuffed with garlic butter Or Seasonal salad Or Gratin pasta stuffed with cheese Or Onion soup Or Paté of duck and smoked duck (no porc).
Main Course: Aveyronnaise pork sausage, homemade mashed potatoes Or Sautéed fresh Pollock, homemade mashed potatoes Or Duck leg confit, sautéed potatoes and mushrooms Or French fries and salad.
Dessert: Floating meringue island, custard cream Or Crème brûlée à la cassonade Or Sorbets (lemon, orange, and blackberry) Or Vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce, whipped cream.
Drinks: ½ bottle of wine: Pays d'Oc Père Clément Wine (white, red or rosé) Or 25cl soft drink Or 25cl Beer, ½ bottle of mineral water (50 cl) and Coffee or tea.
One-Way Transportation in luxury air conditioned coach; Recorded commentary (digital sound) and personal earphone sets; One hour commented cruise on the Seine River; Dinner on the Champs-Elysées in the restaurant "Chez Clément" with a "Saveur" menu drinks included; The services of a multilingual hostess/interpreter.
Transportation to and from the departure location; Gratuities.
Hours of operation
Available: Nightly; Tour Departs at 7:15pm (Summer April-October), 7:00pm (Winter November–March); Closed February 14, June 21, July 14 & 24, December 24 & 31.
Approximately 4 hours.
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Available: Nightly; Tour Departs at 7:15pm (Summer April-October), 7:00pm (Winter November–March); Closed February 14, June 21, July 14 & 24, December 24 & 31.
Approximately 4 hours.
Departure Point: Pyramides Agency, 2 rue des Pyramides, 75001 Paris.
Tour ends on the Champs-Élysées Avenue.
Guests are required to present themselves at our agency at least 30 minutes before excursion departure time for check-in.
Please note that check-in will close 10 minutes before excursion departure time.
Depending on the season of the year, this excursion could be partly operated by daylight.
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