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State Sen. Donna Campbell and State Rep. Jason Isaac — two tea party darlings whose districts include all or part of Hays County — will take the Texas Tribune's 'Hot Seat' on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Texas State University.
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What: The Hot Seat in San Marcos
Who: Sen. Donna Campbell and Rep. Jason Isaac take questions from Texas Tribune editor in chief Evan Smith
When: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3
Where: J.C. Kellum building at Texas State University
Video will be posted after the event on the Texas Tribune website and on the San Marcos Mercury.
Info: Free but registration is required. See the event website here.
After soundly defeating longtime State Sen. Jeff Wentworth in last year's Republican Party primary, Campbell made a high-profile debut in the Texas Senate this spring.
Campbell's indelible mark on Lone Star politics so far has been calling a parliamentary point-of-order that ended State Sen. Wendy Davis's filibuster of new abortion restrictions. Campbell's maneuver outraged opponents of the legislation, energized Democrats across the state and launched State Sen. Wendy Davis into the "political stratosphere," to use the Tribune's words.
Locally, Campbell is perhaps best known for sponsoring legislation with Isaac that formed the hotly contested Needmore Ranch Municipal Utility District. The legislation cleared the way for possible future development of more than 4,055 acres of the former O'Quinn Ranch between San Marcos and Wimberley.
Elected during the tea party wave of 2010, Isaac has served on the House's environmental regulation and its economic and small business development committees. The Dripping Springs Republican also founded the Hill Country Caucus.
The "Hot Seat" series engages Texas elected officials at universities in cities or counties they represent.
Tuesday's event will be in the Reed Parr room on the 11th floor of the university's J.C. Kellam administration building. Paid parking is available at the Edward Gary Street Garage, 405 N Edward Gary St. A light lunch starts at 11:30 a.m. followed by discussion of the 2013 legislative session moderated by Evan Smith, the Tribune's editor in chief and chief executive officer.
The event is free but prior registration is required by email at email@example.com or by phone at 512-716-8641.
The Tribune has not announced plans to live-stream Tuesday's event but video will be posted after the fact on the Texas Tribune website and on the San Marcos Mercury.Email | Print


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Due to the current conditions regarding COVID-19, and the newly issued Executive Order by the Governor, the Science Spectrum & OMNI Theater will be closed to the public beginning Friday, March 20th. We will continue to monitor the recommendations of local and state authorities, and as conditions change, hope to reopen soon.
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Twerkshop is an intimate one-on-one performance that offers an instructional lesson through the basic fundamentals of twerking. In this lesson, Garcia draws from a decade of dance training in Jamaican Dancehall and Reggaeton to share how her dance practice led her to this inquiry. This performance adopts a similar format to Adrian Piper's Funk Lessons (1983), looking at twerking from a structural movement research approach.
Twerkshop came about from a performance at the MTV Music Video Awards 2013 by pop singer, Miley Cyrus. It aims to culturally critique twerking's exponential growth in usage frequency and popularity in mainstream media over the last few years as a form of colonisation. A strategy for this occurs in the work by acknowledging the origins of the movement to those who may not be familiar. Twerkshop provides a historical and cultural background of twerking, situated within the African Diaspora, and also offers to expand upon this history, placing it in Latin, Arabic and Pacific cultures and dance practices, which fall under different names.


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The John Teeling-chaired Petrel Resources announced yesterday that it has identified a target in the south Porcupine Basin, with the potential to produce one billion barrels of recoverable oil — a development which boosted the company's share price by 354% yesterday.
Separately, Providence Resources — which recently said that its Barryroe field in the Celtic Sea could contain 280 million barrels — has said that seismic surveys of its Drombeg oil prospect, also in the southern Porcupine Basin, have indicated recoverable potential of around 872 million barrels from an oil-in-place volume of nearly three billion barrels.
Providence presented its Drombeg studies at yesterday's Atlantic Ireland Conference in Dublin. The company controls 80% of the prospect — situated 60km from the high-potential Dunquin prospect due to be drilled early next year — with London-based explorer Sosina controlling the remainder. The company ultimately plans to farm down part of its interest in order to cover the costs of drilling a well.
Petrel's find is located at a licensing option currently 100% controlled by the company. It has until next October to exercise its option to move forward to exploration well level. The company is currently in the early stages of trying to identify a development partner, but has described suggestions of a drill date of 2014 as "optimistic".
According to Petrel managing director David Horgan: "We have long known that Ireland's offshore Porcupine Basin is a hydrocarbon province. There are established petroleum systems, reservoir sands, and possible traps at several levels.
"Our recent work has identified a number of high-potential prospects, a least one of which we believe has a billion barrel potential."
Petrel's AIM-listed share price jumped from 6p to 27.25p on the back of yesterday's news.
Elsewhere, Dublin-headquartered San Leon Energy yesterday announced a share-based takeover of London-based Aurelian Oil & Gas, valuing the latter at £61.6m (€77m). The Irish company will control 66% of the merged entity, which will become the biggest non-domestic player in the Polish exploration market. The companies said the new group has the potential to be a leading exploration and production company across Europe and North Africa.


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By Jonathan Westin
As Stephanie Grimes was detailing in her blog post, a recurring discussion in the groups have been the nature of the digital object in regard to what aspects of the original it is able to represent. Another discussion has circled the relation between a physical collection and a digital collection.
While there are differences between these, digital collections tend to emulate the physical collections they are based upon in several ways in regard to organisation, both visually and functionally. In its simplest form a digital collection can present itself as no more than a searchable catalogue through which to acquire an overview of the documents and artefacts in the physical collection and make digital photographs or three-dimensional representations of them available for study (as exemplified by the digital collection of Leighton House). At its most advanced it can be a toolbox used for analysis, processing, contextualising, and sorting of the material contained (somewhat exemplified by British Museums ResearchSpace). A digital collection can also be presented as an exhibition or a curated collection meant to attract or inform an audience, adding another layer of narration to the material. Through high-resolution digital photos or processed 3D scans it may present detailed representations of objects and documents and their internal spatial organisation in an effort to be a virtual reflection of the technology that holds and organises the originals (for instance, the digital representation of the Soane museum). Regardless, the physical collection, already subjected to limitations, choices, random circumstances, and politics, is in these instances curated anew through the very process of digitisation.
However, just as the technical structure of the physical collection determines the boundaries of what can be collected and displayed, the technical structure of the digitisation process determines the boundaries of our future understanding of an object. When a document or artefact is digitised it is detached from the context to which it was bound by its physicality. Relations between different objects, hierarchies, and groupings, absolute limitations all important for the organisation of the physical archive and values of the originals, become artificial limitations in the digital collection where objects can have several positions at once and thus several associations. As we have found in our discussions, every artefact is multidimensional and multirelational, both as a physical object and as a concept defined through its relations in society. Furthermore an artefact can be described at different scales, ranging from properties of its materiality, to the object as a symbol through both its physicality and representations, to the object on a conceptual level.
To digitise and make available its collections online has for more than a decade been part of the work description of memory institutions such as archives, museums, and libraries. Yet, despite being a professional domain where both the material and the immaterial aspects of an artefact or phenomenon constitute difficult problems in any effort of creating a faithful representation, digitisation is often treated as a straight forward content-mining process where the persons, protocols, processes, and technology involved serve as neutral intermediaries rather than mediators. However, as the layer of meaning inherited in the interplay between content and format deepens, with text on paper on one end of the spectrum and ephemeral phenomenons on the other end, the impact of these mediators becomes more pronounced as the digitisation can only capture a subset of the original.
This is problematic as digitisation not only constitutes an avatar or entry point to a physical object, but a placeholder often substituting the original as a referenced object by scholars and the publike alike. This puts pressure on what aspects and properties of the artefacts or phenomenon we preserve through both new and old media. As Derrida has noted, archives are not created to serve the past, but instead the future. Digitisation, therefore, as a concept, must be explored as a process that transforms our future understanding of an artefact or phenomenon. By positioning the digitisation as both a documentation and a conservation effort, a process through which the objects of the collection are to be represented as a way to safeguard and communicate the information it possesses, we must not only recognise the inherent limitations of the digital media the material is represented through, and in what way those involved shape the process, but also the limitations of the physical archive and its individual documents and how these limitations have shaped other values around them.
Digital replicas lack unprocessed information, thereby turning mute when moving past the surface pixels. While seldom considered in a digitisation effort, those non-visual aspects of an artefact not communicated through its external appearance could perhaps be included in what Helen Slaney referred to as "digitisation of experiences or encounters". This could be records and reconstructions of its context (both present and past), but also tactile information such as how it feels to the touch. Likewise, even visual aspects of its physical manifestation, such as how light is reflected at different angles that might offer up clues in regard to how it has been approached, perceived, and used, are rendered invalid by the neutral lights of the digitization process. When preserving the memory of an artefact through digitisation, by not acknowledging the particulars of a physical format one negates many of the cultural connotations connected to it.


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Syrian troops shelled the southern city of Daraa early on Saturday, killing at least 17 people, activists said. And in Damascus, residents spoke about a night of shooting and explosions in the worst violence Syria's capital has seen since the uprising against President Bashar Assad's regime began 15 months ago.
The nearly 12 hours of fighting in Damascus suggested a new boldness among armed rebels, who previously kept a low profile in the capital. It also showed a willingness by the regime to unleash in the capital the sort of elevated force against restive neighborhoods it has used to crush opponents elsewhere.
For the first time in the uprising, witnesses said, regime tanks opened fire in the city's streets, with shells slamming into residential buildings.
The latest escalations in different parts of Syria are another blow to international envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan, which aims to end the country's bloodletting. Annan brokered a cease-fire that went into effect on April 12 but has since been violated nearly every day since and never properly took hold.
On Saturday, U.N. observers in the country ostensibly to monitor the cease-fire issued the first independent video images from the scene of a reported massacre last week in a remote farming village. Activists say up to 78 people, including women and children, were shot, hacked and burned to death in Mazraat al-Qubair on Wednesday.
The video, taken in the U.N. visit a day earlier, showed blood splashed on a wall pockmarked with bullet holes and soaking a nearby mattress. A shell punched through one wall of a house. Another home was burnt on the inside with dried blood was splashed on floors.
One man wearing a red-and-white checked scarf to cover his face, pointed at a 2008 calendar adorning a wall, bearing the photo of a lightly-bearded, handsome man. "This is the martyr," the resident, sobbing. He sat on the floor, amid strewn colorful blankets, heaving with tears. It was not immediately clear if he was a resident of the village or related to the man in the photograph.
"They killed children," said another unidentified resident. "My brother, his wife and their seven children, the oldest was in the sixth grade. They burnt down his house."
After the observers' visit, U.N. spokeswoman Sausan Ghosheh said the scene held evidence of a "horrific crime" and that the team could smell the stench of burned corpses and saw body parts strewn around the now deserted village, once home to about 160 people.
She said residents' accounts of the mass killing were "conflicting," and that the team was still cross checking the names of the missing and dead with those supplied by nearby villagers.
Opposition activists and Syrian government officials blamed each other for the killings. Activists accused pro-government militiamen known as "shabiha." A government statement on the state-run news agency SANA said "an armed terrorist group" killed nine women and children before Hama authorities were called and killed the attackers.
Thousands have been killed since the crisis began in March last year. The U.N.'s latest estimate is 9,000 dead, but that is from April and it has been unable to update it. Syrian activists put the toll at more than 13,000.
The Damascus violence was a dramatic shift, since the capital has been relatively quiet compared with other Syrian cities throughout the uprising. Damascus and the northern city of Aleppo, the country's largest, are under the firm grip of Assad's security forces.
"Yesterday was a turning point in the conflict," said Maath al-Shami, an opposition activist in the capital. "There were clashes in Damascus that lasted hours. The battle is in Damascus now."
Blasts shook the neighborhoods of Qaboun and Barzeh until about 1:30 a.m. on Saturday.
"We spent a night of fear," one resident said, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals. The resident said the shooting and explosions in the capital "were the worst so far."
As tanks fired shells, troops clashed with rebels in the two neighborhoods, al-Shami said via Skype. He said at least four people were killed.
The battles in the two neighborhoods began during the day Friday, when troops opened fire on anti-Assad protest marches and rebels responded, witnesses said. In one brazen attack, the rebels struck a power plant in Qaboun with rocket-propelled grenades, setting fire to a generator and causing blackouts. The attack left buses charred and smashed a car. A video of the aftermath taken by U.N. observers said a soldier was killed in the RPG attack.
Also Friday, troops clashed with rebels from the Free Syrian Army in Damascus' Kfar Souseh district in fierce fighting sparked when the armed fighters attacked a military checkpoint in the area. The FSA, which groups defectors from the Syrian military with protesters who have taken up weapons, had made an unusually public appearance Thursday night in Kfar Souseh, overtly joining a large opposition rally. The bolder moves were a strong sign the ragtag group is pushing to take its fight to the regime's base of power.
To the south, regime forces heavily shelled a district of the city of Daraa until the early hours Saturday, smashing homes, according to activists. Daraa is the city where the uprising against Assad's regime first erupted in March 2011.
"People were taken by surprise while in their homes," Adel al-Omari, a local activist, said of the shelling, including mortar fire that hit the Mahata district.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 17 people were killed in the shelling. The Local Coordination Committees said 19 civilians lost their lives, include a father and two children from one family and five members of another family.
The LCC and the Observatory also reported shelling and clashes in the central city of Homs, one of the main battlegrounds of the uprising. Both groups said troops stormed Homs' posh neighborhood of Ghouta and the Observatory said security forces are conducting raids and searching for wanted people in the area.
In Turkey, Syria's main opposition council was scheduled later Saturday to elect a new leader, nearly three weeks after its Paris-based president Burhan Ghalioun offered to step down over mounting criticism of his leadership. The executive committee of the Syrian National Council had asked Ghalioun to pursue his duties until a new president is elected. His resignation last month came just days after he was re-elected for another three months in a controversial vote in Rome.
SNC spokeswoman Basma Kodmani told Associated Press Television that the front-runner to replace Ghalioun would likely be Abdulbaset Sieda, a member of Syria's minority Kurd community.
Sieda said Saturday one of his top priorities will be to work so that the "SNC will become really the representative for the people in Syria." He added that the SNC is helping and working together with the FSA and other opposition groups.
The SNC has been plagued by infighting and divisions since its inception in September, complicating Western efforts to bolster the opposition.
Also Saturday, Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria last month appeared in a video aired on Arab satellite television Al-Jazeera. The men, who appeared to be in good health, said the video was taken on Tuesday.
A previously unknown group calling itself Syrian Rebels in Aleppo said earlier in June it is holding 11 Lebanese Shiite pilgrims abducted May 22 after crossing into Syria from Turkey en route to Lebanon. The kidnappers said in a statement aired by Al-Jazeera that the Lebanese will be freed when there is a civil state in Syria and a new democratic parliament.
It claimed five of the hostages belong to the militant Lebanese Hezbollah group and demanded its leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, apologize for recent comments in support of Assad. Nasrallah, an ally of Syria's regime, had said the kidnapping would not change his group's stance.


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Ganga was about half way through her eighth pregnancy. This was the last of the Vasus and her promise would finally be fulfilled, but rather than feeling relieved that it was almost over she felt uneasy instead. She decided that perhaps a walk in the countryside would help her clear her head.
After some time she came upon a farmhouse with a woman and boy sitting on front steps. They had a book open and didn't notice her. She hid behind a tree and continued watching.
"cha...rye..oat?" said the boy, looking up at the woman.
"chariot," she replied.
"What's a cha-ri-ot, Mama?"
"It's used by kings and warriors in battle. It's like our ox cart, except smaller and pulled by horses. It is usually very beautiful and shiny, and sometimes even embedded with jewels. One person commands the reins to steer the horses, while the other stands behind with a bow for attacking." as she spoke she motioned with her arms as if she were holding reins, then drawing a bow with an arrow and shooting.
Turning somber, she continued, "King Santanu hasn't been to the city to speak with the people and address their concerns in many years now, but the next time he does perhaps we can go and you can see him in his chariot."
"Oh, I would love that, Mama."
Ganga watched as they read together a bit more, then could see the boy was starting to get restless.
"Mama, can I play now?"
"Sure. You're doing really well with your reading and I'm very proud."
The boy hopped down from the steps and started running around in front of the house.
"Look how fast I can run Mama. I think I'm even faster than you now."
"Is that so?" said his mother, smiling, as she kicked off her chappals. "I think we'll have to see about that."
She jumped up and started chasing her son around the yard. He was giggling and screaming with delight as she feigned catching him during several instances. Finally, she scooped him up in her arms and hugged him tightly as she spun around. He too threw his little arms around her neck and hugged her back saying, "I love you Mama."
Ganga quietly left and returned to the castle reflecting on what she had seen.
A few months later Ganga gave birth, but on the day after, when the early morning arrived she followed a different course of action. Instead of going to the river alone, today she turned to Santanu and said, "Come with me."
Santanu pretended to be asleep and not hear her, but when she was at the door she said with authority, "Now!" to which he scurried out of bed and followed her.
They stood on the river bank together as she gathered her thoughts and then spoke. "During all of our years together we have done nothing but indulge ourselves in sensual pleasures while neglecting the kingdom and the people. We have even failed to produce an heir," she said while looking down at her sleeping son in her arms.
"As I look back, I am now sickened and disgusted by what we have done. What I have done. What you have allowed me to do."
She paused and looked at him for a response; he had none, so she continued. "So whether or not you decide to stop me from murdering our eighth son," as she motioned with her arms, "we are through."
Nooo!! Santanu felt his whole world crumble. He begged for forgiveness with his eyes, while reaching out to touch his wife's shoulder. She pulled it away saying, "Don't touch me!" then proceeded to walk into the water to drown her son.
Santanu fell to his hands and knees, but quickly realized there was still one thing in his life that could be salvaged, "Stop! Stop!"
He was weeping on the ground when Ganga came and stood before him. She shook her head and said, "Get up and be a man for God's sake! Be a king!"
Santanu was startled by this new side of his wife, and got himself together and stood up. She then continued, "You have incredible talents and abilities that have all gone to waste during our years together. You are now going to put those talents to work and be the best king you can be."
Santanu's self-esteem was feeling a boost as she went on, "You are not only going to bring prosperity and happiness to your own people, but to people everywhere and be renowned throughout the world."
Santanu nodded in agreement as his life regained its purpose, but Ganga still was not finished, "As for our son, I will use my astral powers and take him to heaven with me and raise him there. He will have the best teachers in all three planes, to develop his mind, body and spirit to levels rarely seen on earth. I will teach him that life on earth is not about indulging in sensual pleasures as I had once thought, but about love. . . for your parents, your family, friends, neighbors and all the people of your kingdom. I will be the best. . . "
Ganga's emotions had been building throughout her speech, until her voice finally cracked. She looked down into the face of her son, and tears rolled down her cheeks as she said, "the best mother ever!"
Santanu watched as they dematerialized from view. He then focussed his attention on what she had commanded, for if there was any hope of ever winning her back, he would pursue it with every waking moment.
1. Derived from: Adi Parva, Section XCVIII, p. 210.


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Al Gore's latest movie about so-called man-made global warming has just been released to theaters. But there's a little known inconvenient truth about the man himself.
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Kyotaro KOs Peter Aerts for K-1 Heavyweight Title
The K-1 heavyweight title has largely been a belt that didn't mean anything since Keijiro Maeda, the Japanese fighter better known as Kyotaro, won it a year ago. But it means a lot now that Kyotaro beat Peter Aerts at the K-1 World Grand Prix 2010 in Yokohama.
It was the biggest win over Kyotaro's career, and a tremendous display of technical and powerful kickboxing in beating Aerts, a legend who's clearly past his prime.


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Your portfolio is prepared for a turn. In fact… it has the opportunity to benefit when the tide turns… and it will turn if it hasn't started already.
Corporate Profits Have Reached Unnatural Highs
As the first quarter earnings season draws to a close, the results have actually been quite a bit better than expected. The "beat rate," or the percentage of companies beating the consensus estimate going into the earnings announcement, is running at 67%. The average beat rate of the past five years has been 65%.
Of course, it's a lot easier to beat expectations when they're low enough, and analysts weren't expecting a whole lot this quarter. Between bad winter weather, a strong dollar and an implosion of profits in the energy sector, analysts went into the season downright cranky.
But let's step back and look at earnings through a wider lens.
I remember an article that Warrren Buffett wrote in 1999 that speaks to today just as well as it did then.
At the time, Buffett suggested that in order for stocks to continue rising from their already elevated levels, earnings would need to expand to an ever-larger percentage of GDP.
Well, they didn't… and we had one of the worst bear markets in history from 2000 to 2002.
Today, let's look at after-tax profit margins to get a little perspective on where corporate profits are sitting. As you can see in the chart below, margins have fluctuated in a band of about 4% to 8% since the late 1940s. The white-shaded areas represent periods when the economy was in recession.
This shows that profits tend to peak several years before a recession. And not only does it look like they're falling off their peak today, they've climbed to highs you'd be hard pressed to consider "normal."
During the 1990s bubble, corporate profit margins peaked in the mid-1990s, and had already been falling for years by the time the stock market bubble finally burst.
Likewise, before the 2008 meltdown, profit margins had already topped out and had started falling a couple years prior.
Now, they seem to be following the same path.
Profit margins are so high today because companies have basically axed capital spending since 2008. With domestic demand so weak, and investing in dividends and buybacks being the more profitable venture, capital spending for them just hasn't been worth it. That's led profit margins to rise to these — frankly — startling levels.
But that's not all. Falling bond yields have also lowered borrowing costs, which has boosted earnings further. And high unemployment and automation has kept labor costs in check.
All of these conditions may stay in place a little longer, but they won't last forever. We're due for a major profits correction, and we may already be in the early stages of one.
As always, please call with any questions or concerns.
Greg Franklin, AAMS


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Bring the entire family, pull up a piece of sidewalk and enjoy the parade!
The parade begins at 10:00am at the corner of N 3rd Street and Telep Avenue (WCR 15). It will proceed south on Telep Avenue, then east on N Park Avenue, turning south on N. Jay Avenue, continuing east onto Charlotte Street to Parish Avenue, turning south onto Parish Avenue, ending on S. 1st Place.


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559 mm(26 inch mtb)
"Fixed Gear" means a one-speed bike where the pedals move whenever the bike moves. You can't coast on a fixed gear, but it has real advantages. For lots more information about fixed gears, click here. We generally use the term "singlespeed" to refer to a one-speed bike with a freewheel, that is a bike that can coast without the pedals moving. For lots more information about singlespeed "coasties" click here. The wheels shown on this page have three different types of hubs:
- Singlespeed Freewheel hubs have a simple 1.37 x 24 tpi threading. You would screw a singlespeed freewheel onto the hub. The singlespeed freewheel is built into a sprocket, so you need to choose what size sprocket when you buy the freewheel. Freewheels are not included with the wheels, you need to buy them separately. Click here for singlespeed freewheels.
- Fixed Gear hubs have a double thread. There is a normal 1.37 x 24 tpi thread next to the spokes, and then it steps down to a smaller thread that will accept a separate lockring. The lockring is left-hand (reverse) threaded to keep the sprocket from unscrewing itself when you apply backward force to the pedals. Sprockets are not included with the wheels, you need to buy them separately. Click here for fixed gear sprockets.
Some of the hubs include the lockring, some don't. Click here for fixed gear lockrings.
Since both singlespeed and fixed gear hubs use the same 1.37 x 24 tpi threading, any fixed gear hub can also be used with a singlespeed freewheel.
- Flip-Flop hubs have freewheel thread on one side, fixed-gear threading on the other side. You can install a fixed sprocket on one side, and a freewheel on the other, or you can install two freewheels of different sizes, turning your singlespeed into a sort of two-speed.
The most common way to set up a flip-flop hub is with a fixed gear on one side, and a slightly larger freewheel on the other side (usually a 1 or 2 tooth difference.
The idea is to use the fixed gear most of the time, but to have the freewheel in reserve for longer rides, when you might be all tuckered out and still far from home. The lower freeweheel gear will make the climbs easier, and the fact that it is a freewheel will let you coast down the hills without spinning your brains out due to the lower gearing.
SpacingThe "spacing" refers to the space between the fork ends. Different frames have different spacing in back, anywhere from 110 mm to 135 mm or more. The width of the hub (usually measured from the outer faces of the locknuts) needs to match the frame spacing.
Most of the hubs we sell can be modified to fit wider spacings by adding spacer washers between the cones and locknuts. It is also possible in many cases to adjust the spacing of the frame itself. See my Frame Spacing Article for details.
In general, mountain bikes will have 135 mm spacing, "road bikes 120 to 130, depending on their age, and track bikes 110 to 120 depending on their age. If in doubt, you should measure:
The spacing of a hub is measured from the outside faces of the cone locknuts, where they come into contact with the frame's fork ends. (Most cartridge-bearing type hubs don't have locknuts, so the spacing is measured from the equivalent shoulder surface of the axle ends.) The spacing dimension is commonly referred to as the "O.L.D." (Over-Lock-nut Distance)
This frame has a spacing of 125 mm
ChainlineThe chainline is the horizontal distance from the centerline of the frame to the centerline of the chain. One of the major advantages of singlespeed and fixed gear bikes, as opposed to bikes with derailer gearing, is that the chainline is straight. This makes for a more efficient drive train (less friction, better power transmission.)
To ensure good chainline, you need to make the front chainline (distance from frame center to the center of the chainring teeth) match the rear chainline (hub center to the center of the sprocket.) Generally you would want to get this within a millimeter or maybe two of the same front and rear.
For details, see my article on Chainline.
If you're using a "road" or "track" type frame, you are best off with a typical "track" chainline of about 42 mm. Most of the "track" hubs we feature will give a chainline in that vicinity.
If you're using a "mountain" type frame, however, 42 mm chainline usually won't work, because most mountain bikes have wider chain stays, so you generally can't fit a reasonable sized chainring that close in. For that reason, singlespeed "mountain" bikes usually use a 52 mm chainline, or in some cases, 47 mm.
In addition to custom wheels, we offer stock wheels, machine-built by our supplier:
Wheel Sets (Front and Rear):
Black Formula/Mavic CXP22 wheel set
WE915Excellent value high-performance wheel set.
- Black Formula/Origin8 high flange fixed/free hubs
- Black Mavic CXP22 Semi-æro rims
- Black DT stainless steel spokes.
- 120 mm spacing, but long axles that can be built up to 126 or 130 by adding spacers.
Silver Formula/Mavic CXP22 wheel setAs above, but with Silver hubs, spokes and rims.
Individual Wheels with Mavic Open Elite (Sport) Rims & Origin8 Hubs:
Rear WE901 36 spokeThese use the Origin8 (Formula) fixed/freewheel hub (silver only),
6 DT Champion stainless spokes and Mavic Open Sport rim.
Front WE903 36 spokeFront wheel, Formula 36 hole track hub, Open Elite (Sport) rim, mate to fixed wheel listed above.
These use the excellent Formula Sealed Cartridge Hub, DT stainless straight-gauge spokes and Sun or Weinmann aluminum alloy rim.
The Sun CR-18 is a sturdy double-wall rim with eyelets, 22.5 mm wide (18.5 mm interior width.)
This wheel features the super-smooth Origin8 sealed cartridge bearing hub.
This wheel features the super-smooth Origin8/Formula sealed cartridge bearing front track hub.
The Weinmann RM19 is a single-wall rim with no eyelets, 25 mm wide (19 mm interior width.)
This wheel features the super-smooth Origin8/Formula sealed cartridge bearing hub.
This wheel features the super-smooth Origin8/Formula sealed cartridge bearing front track hub.
Are you ready to convert your old Raleigh 3 Speed into a fixie or singlespeed?
This wheel features the versatile Origin8/Formula double-fixed hub that will accept a single freewheel or track cog on either side.
Sealed cartridge bearings. Silver rim and hub.
This wheel will only fit forks with standard 100mm width. Front wheel to match WE361 above. Generic alloy, small flanged hub with 5/16" axle. Loose ball bearing, cup and cone type.
We've had requests for a 700C coaster brake wheel. Here it is!
We will re-space this wheel for a small upcharge. Click cart button for details.
- Sun CR18 satin silver alloy rim - an industry workhorse!
- Genuine Shimano coaster (foot operated) brake hub
- 18 tooth sprocket included
- 36 stainless steel spokes
Got an old 27" wheeled bike? Singlespeed curious?
Try this 27" singlespeed real wheel w/coaster brake on the cheap.
- Sun CR18 polished silver rim
- Genuine Shimano coaster (foot operated) brake hub
- 18 tooth sprocket included
- 36 stainless steel spokes
Many of our followers have asked for a singlespeed rear wheel for their older mountain bikes. Here it is!
This wheel will fit:
- Sun Rhyno Lite silver alloy rim
- Origin8 Singlespeed hub, polished silver w/end caps.
- 32 DT stainless steel spokes
- 135mm spacing
- Zero wheel dish for single freewheel
Any 26" MTB with a steel frame.
Any 26" MTB with aluminum frame spaced at 135mm
ALso, don't forget the Freewheels and sprockets. We can help you decide what gear combinations to start with. Call or e-mail us!
Custom Wheelbuilding
Wheels hand-built by Harris Cyclery
We build custom wheels, with care and attention to detail. Standard charges:
We will re-use your old hubs if you wish, but will not use used spokes nor rims.
If you bring in existing wheels to be rebuilt, add $10 per wheel for cutting the old spokes, cleaning and prepping your hub.
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Small Living Room Minimalist: What Makes a Living Room Minimalist?
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Small Living Room Minimalist: What Makes a Living Room Minimalist?
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A Small Living Room Minimalist idea might give you a bit of hint of what makes a Living Room Minimalist, but do you know how one can determine what are the things that make a minimalist living room? You might have seen those minimalist living rooms on the websites or in other places where you can see things like that, but it can sometimes be confusing to understand what is minimalist about it.
If you are trying to make a minimalist living room, you need to have that knowledge. You need to understand what makes for a minimalist living room and why is that aspect makes it minimalist. Here are the characteristics that make up the bulk of Interior Design Living Room Minimalist.
Simplicity, both in form and function
In case you have not noticed, a minimalist living room design will have no purpose on it other than acting as its intended purpose. This means that there should not be any statement at all aside from you wanting to show that you have a minimalist purpose. Things like simple floor designs, practical storage areas, and uncomplicated interior walls are all the things that you want to have in your minimalist living room.
No curves nor angles should be included here because it will prevent clarity to your living room, and clarity is something that you should always strive for when you want to go minimalist.
Light-filled spaces
If you cannot imagine how a light-filled space looks like, then we would like to tell you something that can help you achieve that: giant windows. Giant windows give the sun the opportunity to play in your living room, making it even clearer and increasing the clarity level by a notch.
We say spaces here because we imply that you do not need to have a lot of furniture for your living room. Not only more space will give your room a minimalist look, it will also help you make your small living room look bigger, which is always nice.
Simple details and no intrusive decorations
Everything needs to be clean and crisp when it comes to a minimalist living room. When it comes to the walls, avoid using patterns that will pop and try using soft colours to avoid turning your living room into a Vaux minimalist one.
Decorations can also be blamed in turning your living room into less than a minimalist one. Avoid using decorations if you can, though you can always fall back to flat stock trimmed picture frames if you want something to hang on your walls.
These characteristics are all the defining characteristics of a Small Living Room Minimalist design that you can find on the internet.
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For the last two years, I've rounded up my favorite planners and goal setting tools. Last year, I dished on my favorite planners for small biz owners right over here. And in 2015, I dished on how to use a planner to get your schedule straight.
This year, my shortlist of favorite planners drops down to just three little favorites!
First up, is the Daily Action Planner from Savor. I love this system because it gives you room for brain dumps and planning, but forces you to focus on the days and weeks instead of the years like most folks do when they whip out a planner. If you have a problem with setting a million goals every year that you'll never accomplish, you NEED this! It will stop that bad, bad habit in its tracks.
I also love how compact it is, so you can really take it anywhere without feeling like you are lugging a whole library in your bag. And can you imagine being able to start a fresh blank slate every month to get you motivated?! Ugh, so smart.
Next up, is not really a planner at all, but an intentional goal setting workbook known as the Make it Happen! Powersheets. If you aren't the planner type of person, this workbook is perfect for you. It gives you the ability to set real goals and evaluate your own efforts without dedicating yourself to daily actions in a paper planner. It's everything I think EVERYONE needs without hinging on using a paper planner on the regular.
You can snag Make it Happen Powersheets! as a six month or twelve month planner, and the worksheets inside tackle things like Goal Action Ideas, Tending Lists, Cultivating Gratitude, Big Dreams, and Things to Learn! The one year workbook is super hefty and definitely not something I'd want to carry around, but it finds a perfect home on your desk so you see it regularly and work towards your goals.
The third pick is what works for me personally! I'm going on three years of using a Bullet Journal and David Seah's Emergent Task Planner. This combination with my Google Calendar is amazeballs for me – I can plan, brainstorm, set goals, and do it all the way I want to.
And instead of leaving you running blind to pick up your favorites? How about I send them to you instead?! YAS!
To kick off a stellar 2017 (because let's be honest, 2016 was a bummer year all around), I'm giving away not one planner, but six! So, if you want to throw your name in the hat for a Daily Action Planner or my favorite duo of a Bullet Journal & Emergent Task Planner pad, pop down below to enter to win!
Four winners will be chosen at random via the Rafflecopter widget. I'll ship the shiny new planners to the addresses left on the winners' entries. (Make sure to double check your address for typos when entering!) Unfortunately, international shipping is way too crazy, so this giveaway is only open to U.S. residents. The giveaway closes on Tuesday, December 27th at Midnight, MST.
Wait, don't pop off yet! There's another giveaway to enter!
If the Make it Happen! Powersheets are screaming your name, too? I have awesome news: I'm giving away TWO SETS over on Instagram – one for you and one for a friend! Now you have no excuse to skip those monthly coffee dates with your best small biz bud. Click in the Instagram shot below to head on over and enter:
🌟 GIVEAWAY! 🌟 Ready to start 2017 off right?! Let's do this thing with a full year of Make it Happen! Powersheets. I loooove this workbook for intentional goal setting, planning, and getting the right head on your shoulders for running a biz! To enter: ・・・ 1. Follow @modernsoapmaking 2. ❤ this post 3. Tag one fellow soapmaker ・・・ 🎉 A random comment will be chosen to win a full year workbook of Make it Happen! Powersheets for themselves and the soapmaker they tag in! ($55 value each!) 🎉 ・・・ 🙋 One entry per person. 🌎 Open to US Residents Only! ⏱ All entries must be submitted by 12/27 at 10 pm MST. 📅 The winners will be announced on 12/28. Good luck! ・・・ Per Instagram rules, I gotta tell ya that this #giveaway is in no way sponsored, administered, or associated with Instagram, Inc or Cultivate What Matters Shop. By entering, entrants confirm they are 13+ years of age, release Instagram of responsibility, and agree to Instagram's term of use.
And yes, you can certainly enter BOTH giveaways, if you wish! Do you know a soapmaker who needs better planning and increased productivity in their life?! Share it along!


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This is in support of national lockdown. We'll inform you when we're up again. Stay tuned
Tods come with True Wireless Connection (TWS) that allows you to connect the earbuds wirelessly through bluetooth. With just one touch you can connect your smartphone to your earbuds and enjoy your favourite tracks.
The attractive case of Tods comes with an inbuilt magnetic charger. As soon as you keep the earbuds back in the case after use they will automatically start charging. However, you would need a USB data and charging cable to power up the case, which is included in the package.
Tods not only look elegant but are also extremely comfortable. You can wear them all-day long without the fear that it may hurt your ears. The buds are available in three different sizes, which means you can choose your perfect size. They will slide into your ears so perfectly that you won't even feel that you are wearing something.
Tods are extremely easy to operate too. They are manufactured to recognize your 'touch'. By just touching your earbuds you can easily control your music. They also come with an inbuilt mic which allows you to manage calls too. Double tap on the earbuds to take or reject calls, if you want to repeat the song, press the left earbud for a little longer and if you want to change the song, press the right earbud for a little while.
With just two hours of charge you can enjoy 4 hours of non-stop music in one go. The earphones can be completely charged three times with the charging case, which means on the whole you can have 9 hours of musical fun. It also has a standby time of 80 hours. So what are you waiting for? Grab it online before it's too late.


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Video Stream Processing
Radixweb was associated with an Italy-based client, who was akin to find a partner to help them with video and image processing solution for their existing system.
The Problem
The client had two input video streams running on RTMP/HTTP video streaming server.
First, live video streaming had text code (ex. 000321FG4) masked on the video at any time and for any time duration.
Second stream is a simple black stream with same code masked on it at same position, same time and for same duration as live video stream.
The main objective of this project was to remove the masked code along with the code text detection using OCR in the live streaming video, re-encoding and re-streaming the resultant video on an RTMP server.
The Solution
We created a Linux based C++ application that took various inputs in command line.
- Iterate each frame in black input stream using FFmpeg library.
- We work on LAMP configuration for development and the Linux Live CD provided us with the much need SDK that serve all its needs well.
- For each frame, we processed them using OpenCV to detect text code in the frame image. We applied OCR on detected code to verify that the correct code is processed. We applied algorithms and configurations to the OpenCV provided OCR to improve the results.
- When the code is detected, we created a blurred mask with the help of surrounding background for code and overlaid the mask on actual live streaming input wide. The team also applied different processing using OpenCV to blur the code area so that the code cannot be read in the video.
- After the code is processed and removed from live video, we re-encoded frames into H.264 and streamed them live on RTMP server as final output video using FFmpeg. Syncing audio stream from input live stream with processed video stream was the crucial requirement to be fulfilled.
- We re-encoded the output stream to different video resolution based on an input provided to the application.
The whole application along with final package, source code and documentation was delivered.
- Radix developed effective code finding an OCR algorithm which runs easily on different kind of video inputs.
- The processing and algorithm for removal of the code is efficient so that user cannot notice the code in video.
- The solution was so configurable that it can be used with various different processing parameters like bits per second, output video quality, resolution, etc.
- The application is processing and memory efficient so that it can used on a single stream for longer duration.


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Strange ice balls formed again on Lake Michigan (USA), which is part of the Great Lakes system. And this time the diameter of ice boulders was about one and a half meters. They were shot by one of the local photographers on December 31st on the Suttons Bay beach, but when he returned to the same place the next morning, there were no boulders. Most likely, ice balls were blown away by the wind which changed its direction at night.
The nature of this remarkable phenomenon is understandable. Under certain circumstances, the pieces of ice break off the lake. They are made smooth by waves and become rounded. And while they splash in the water, they overgrow with new and new layers of water. Last year, when the phenomenon was observed for the first time thousands of tourists came to Lake Michigan. And the local authorities were very much afraid that the ice can not hold them. Moreover, rarely the lake freezes completely, for example, now ice covers only about one fifth of its surface.


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Working within the Recruitment Industry has honestly been the most challenging obstacle
I've ever faced, but by far the most rewarding. No matter how much your General Manager explains to you just how much Resilience is required in this field of work, you can never be fully prepared. The best way to describe it is like an emotional rollercoaster – one minute you're exhilarated, euphoric and on top of the world, before immediately crashing down to the ground with no idea how to get back up. That ability to pick yourself up for the 10th time after falling down 9 is the ticket to another ride and let me tell you not one ride is the same.
I've now been at Optimum Consulting for four months and feel like I've experienced every emotion possible, but thanks to the team I've learnt the importance of Emotional Intelligence and its connection to Resilience. You can try and control a situation as best as possible, reiterate to a candidate or a client every last detail and confirm their position or interest in a matter, before an unforeseeable factor or detail emerges and all that hard work you've put in feels like a waste. You're back at square one. But that fire and determination to get back on the ride to reach a desirable outcome defines resilience. An exceptional consultant will accept the situation, assess it, and to the best of their ability move
on to create or navigate towards alternative opportunities. Because at the end of the day, week or month, the struggle was worth it and you more importantly remember the unforgettable feats you've overcome and experienced along the way.
Although Resilience and Emotional Intelligence are the greatest lessons I've learnt thus far, there are a few others I'd like to share for anyone considering an entrance into the industry. Here goes!
1. We are people dealing with people
This seems like common sense right? As individuals we all have different needs and elements of importance, which all align to our own specific circumstances. Our job isn't to match a job brief with the perfect resume, that's too transactional. Instead, it is to make the perfect match between an employer and employee, which ultimately ties into the next point.
A specific example would be a recent candidate who is completely overqualified for a certain position they showed interest in. But because of her desire to focus on her young family and have work-life balance instead of previously wanting to climb the corporate ladder she was successfully shortlisted and subsequently placed into the role. So her skill set was not perfect on paper, but had the right attitude and aptitude for the company. It comes down to the old saying – do not judge a book by its cover.
2. Attitude and Aptitude
Yes, I understand key technical skills are important, however they aren't the be all and end all. A prime example is when a particular client wanted a candidate to have had experience in a specific software package; understandably so that person could come into the position and hit the ground running and as you would assume complete set tasks to a higher and more efficient standard then someone without that prior knowledge. However, we presented one person without that software package experience, and guess what – they got the job! Due to their attitude and aptitude along with cultural fit, in the long-term, this is more important for not only this business, but in my eyes – all.
3. Body Language
This is one of the very first lessons I learnt at Optimum because something so simple like poor posture can destroy ones credibility or control in any environment. I won't share with you my embarrassing, but now laughable experience. I'm sure many of you would have heard the assertion that 90% of communication is nonverbal, right? Well according to one study at UCLA, the impact of employee performance is determined 7% by the words we use, 38% by the quality in our voice and 55% by our nonverbal communication.
This reminds me of a time when my General Manager warned me – email is evil! I don't think I have ever sent him an email since! Don't get me wrong email is great, but when you're sitting five metres away from someone why don't we just walk over and communicate face-to-face? If you really want to get your point across, get up, walk, talk and be aware of nonverbal communication!
4. Two ears, one mouth
"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak". In our field of work, this is extremely important. Getting an accurate job brief from a client or understanding what's important to each candidate during every interview or conversation requires much more listening than talking. In my eyes, a consultant should do the least amount of talking in these scenarios.
5. Internal relationships
This is one of the toughest lessons of all. As Optimum was my first professional job out of university, which aligned with my HR degree, of course I needed and wanted to make an impression. Looking back, this is when two ears, one mouth became important. I needed to sit back and assess how to act, what was appropriate and more importantly what was inappropriate. In doing so, I believe I was able to understand the culture a little better and work towards communicating in an acceptable manner. However, I totally underestimated just how important internal relationships are. In our industry we need to trust each other's judgement because most of the time there is a lot at stake and a lot to lose.
So there they are – my top 5 lessons or tips! Don't get me wrong I'm definitely no expert and am very much learning every day, but I do believe the points just listed were crucial to my development. I wonder what the next four months will hold…
Emily Kasprowicz – Consultant


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LISTEN: KC Speaks To Gavin James
Win a pair of tickets right here!
It was announced yesterday that RedFM will be bringing Gavin James to Live At The Marquee 2016, his biggest show to date.
KC caught up with the Dubliner following the news and chatted about the upcoming Marquee gig as well as his rise to fame from playing to three people in Temple Bar pubs to appearing on Jimmy Kimmel in Los Angeles.
Ireland! I'll be playing my biggest show to date live at the marquee in Cork June 10th! Tickets on sale Friday 9am x pic.twitter.com/CnWCbqXUFX— Gavin James (@gavinjames) February 15, 2016
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DIY Thanksgiving Decor: Tree Trivets for the Thanksgiving Table
These woodland tree slices are a beautiful and functional addition to the holiday table.
Rustic Trivet for the Thanksgiving Table
Bring beauty and functionality to the holiday table with this handcrafted trivet.
Gather Your Supplies
You will need: A Slice of Wood/Crafting paper/Wood Glue/Foam Brush/Four wooden disks/Butcher Block sealant
Add the Protective Feet
Spread out crafting paper on your work surface. Add a small dollop of wood glue to the wooden disks.
One in Each Corner
Glue a wooden foot into each corner and allow them to dry completely.
Seal It
With the foam brush, coat the entire wooden slice with the Butcher Block Sealant: front, back and feet.
Allow 72 Hours
Allow the trivet to dry in a well-ventilated area for 72 hours prior to the first use.
Trivet Care
To clean and care for the trivet, wipe with a clean damp cloth only.


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Write a sex toy review for Lovehoney and you could be in with a chance to win a whopping £100 to spend on whatever you like! Each month we also choose a selection of highly commended reviews and reward them each with (count 'em) 2000 Oh! Points to spend as they wish - or perhaps save up for a luxury toy.
The winning review this month was written about one of our community's favourite lubes, Liquid Silk. Adding to the lube's shining reviews, we felt this month's winner gave a brilliant, unqiue account of the lube's consistency and in doing so confirmed the lube's reputation as the "foremost fornication facilitator".
Review of the Month
"The lube itself really does feel a lot different to most others I've tried. It's almost like a face cream and feels kind of greasy-oily when you first squeeze it out, although it doesn't leave you feeling like you've dropped a bat of butter between your thighs, which was my first concern…"
Read the full review by BashfulBabe.
Read on to find out who was highly commended and earned the points this month, and make sure you write a sex toy review to be in the running next month.
1.Imogen's review of Tracey Cox Supersex Sensation Stroker.
2.Demonica's review of Manrammer Sword Dildo with Handle.
4.Tupperwareheart's review of njoy Pure Wand Stainless Steel Dildo.
5. Ferret's review of Three Extra Inches Penis Extender Sleeve.


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The donation will go towards the WDPD's youth outreach programs, including its D.A.R.E. program and the Police Athletic League (PAL).
West Deptford Township, NJ -- (ReleaseWire) -- 02/13/2015 -- Timeshare Legal LLC., a timeshare cancellation firm based in West Deptford Township, NJ, is proud to announce a recent donation to the West Deptford Police Department (WDPD) that should benefit youth outreach programs in the local area. Christian Highlander, owner of Timeshare Legal LLC, met with West Deptford Chief Sam DiSimone and Cpl. John Craig, President of the township PAL, in November and decided to write a check to the WDPD for $30,000 to ensure the health of these programs. The D.A.R.E. and PAL programs will enjoy six times their operating budget to provide help and outreach to children in West Deptford.
"This was a great opportunity to give back to the community," said Christian Highlander.
Because the countywide Municipality Alliance can only devote about $5,000 to these outreach programs each year, the WDPD is highly reliant on private donations to make up the difference. 2014 was the first year when the WDPD actively sought donations through mailed flyers. While they only expected a few thousand dollars, Christian Highlander saw this as a chance to give back to a program that means so much to the community.
"I wasn't aware there was a lack of funding — I figured all that stuff was taken care of," he said. "I was shocked to find out that it was just $4,000 per year for all the drug awareness work that D.A.R.E. was doing, and that they were leaning on businesses for help."
Highlander and the Timeshare Legal team are happy that the money will go towards helping the community. The D.A.R.E program creates awareness of the effects of drugs and alcohol as well as provides strategies to "Just Say No." The APL offers local mentoring of children by police officers in athletic and school activities. For more information about Timeshare Legal LLC.'s philanthropic work as well as information related to its services regarding timeshare cancellation, please visit http://www.timesharelegal.net.
About Timeshare Legal
Timeshare Legal is one of the leading timeshare cancellation firms in the country and has helped clients cancel $13,000,000 in timeshare debts and receive $400,000 in refunds in 2014 alone. The West Deptford, NJ company was founded by Christian Highlander to fight back against the misleading and fraudulent sales tactics sometimes used by timeshare companies. For more information about how Timeshare Legal can assist timeshare owners in completing cancelling or downsizing their timeshare ownership, please visit http://www.timesharelegal.net.
For more information on this press release visit: http://www.releasewire.com/press-releases/release-581207.htm
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L.G.I. Inc. Specialized Past Project, The Sea-Based X-Band Radar (SBX)
Tuesday June 05, 2012
On February 18th, 2005 Logistics Group International successfully aided ILC Dover and the US Army Missile Defense Agency's X-band Radar Project Office in delivery of a key component of the Ground Based Mid-Course Defense (GBMD) system. The key component of the GBMD, is the X-band radar's, state of the art, protective Radome fabric designed by ILC Dover. The Sea- Based X-Band Radar (SBX) is a floating, self-propelled, mobile radar station designed to operate in high winds and heavy seas. It is part of the U.S. Defense Department Ballistic Missile Defense System.
The Sea-Based X-Band Radar is mounted on a fifth generation Norwegian-designed, Russian-built CS-50 twin-hulled semi-submersible drilling rig. The hull was originally built at Vyborg SHipyard, hull number 101. Conversion of the vessel was carried out at the AmFELS yard in Brownsville, Texas; the radar mount was built and mounted on the vessel at the Kiewit yard in Ingleside, Texas , near Corpus Christi, Texas. It is nominally based at Adak Island in Alaska (though, as of April 2012, has never put into port at Adak) but can roam over the Pacific Ocean to detect incoming ballistic missiles. The vessel is classed by ABS and has the IMO number of 8765412.
- Vessel length: 116 meters (380 ft)
- Vessel height: 85 meters (280 ft) from keel to top of radar dome
- Vessel draft: approximately 10 meters when in motion or otherwise not on station; approximately 30 meters when on station
- Vessel stability: remains within 10 degrees of horizontal on station (fully passive stabilization)
- Cost: $900 million
- Crew: Approximately 75-85 members, mostly civilian contractors
- Radar range: 2,000 km
- Displacement: 50,000 tons
The is part of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense (GMD) system being deployed by the MDA. Being sea-based allows the vessel(s) to be moved to areas where they are needed for enhanced missile defense. Fixed radars provide coverage for a very limited area due to the curvature of the EARTH. The primary task SBX will carry out is discrimination (identification) of enemy warheads from decoys, followed by precision tracking of the identified warheads.
The vessel has many small radomes for various communications tasks and a central, large dome that encloses and protects a phased-array, 1,800 tonne (4,000,000 pound) X-Band radar antenna. The small radomes are rigid, but the central dome is not - the flexible cover is supported by positive air pressure amounting to a few inches of water. The amount of air pressure is variable depending on weather conditions.
The radar antenna itself is described as being 384 square meters. It has a large number of solid-state transmit-receive modules mounted on a octagonal flat base which can move ±270 degrees in azimuth and 0 to 85 degrees elevation (although software currently limits the maximum physical elevation to 80 degrees). The maximum azimuth and elevation velocities are approximately 5-8 degrees per second. In addition to the physical motion of the base, the beam can be electronically steered off bore-sight (details classified).
There are currently 22,000 modules installed on the base. Each module has one transmit-receive feed horn and one auxiliary receive feed horn for a second polarization, so there are 44,000 feedhorns. The base is roughly 2/3 populated, with space for installation of additional modules. The current modules are concentrated towards the center, so as to minimize grating lobes. This configuration allows it to support the very-long-range target discrimination and tracking that GMD's midcourse segment requires. The array requires over a megawatts of power.
In addition to the power consumed by the radar, the thrusters which propel the vessel are electric and require substantial power (maximum speed is approximately 8 knots). To support this and all other electrical equipment, the vessel currently has six 3.6-megawatt generators (12-cylinder Caterpillar diesels). The generators are in two compartments, one port and one starboard. The maximum power currently drawn is roughly 12 megawatts, and there are plans to expand the number of generators to eight, so that one entire compartment could be lost and the vessel would still continue to operate at full capability.
The active electronically scanned array radar is derived from the radar used in the Aegis combat system and is a part of the layered BMDS program of the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA). One important difference from Aegis is the use of X band in the SBX. Aegis uses S band, and Patriot uses the higher-frequency C band. The X band frequency is higher still, so its shorter wavelength enables finer resolution of tracked objects. The radar is designed and built by Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems for Boeing, the prime contractor on the project for MDA.
The radar has been described by Lt. Gen Trey Obering (director of MDA) as being able to track an object the size of a baseball over San Francisco in California from the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia, approximately 2,900 miles (4,700 km) away. The radar will guide land-based missiles from Alaska and California, as well as in-theatre assets.
The CS-50 semi-submersible rig on which the radar is mounted was built as the "Moss Sirius" at the Vyborg shipyard in Russia for Moss Maritime (now part of the Saipem offshore company). It was purchased for the Sea-based X-band Radar project by the Boeing company, outfitted with propulsion, power and living quarters at the AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas, and integrated with the radar at the Kiewit yard in Ingleside, Texas.
The first such vessel is scheduled to be based in Adak Island, Alaska, part of the Aleutian Islands. From that location it will be able to track missiles launched toward the US from both North Korea and China. Although her homeport is in Alaska, she will be tasked with moving throughout the Pacific Ocean to support her mission. The name given to the SBX vessel, "SBX-1", indicates the possibility of further units of the class. In circumstances when a vessel is required to be continually on duty over a long period of time, common naval practice is to have at least three units of the type available to allow for replenishment, repair and overhaul. Three further vessels of the CS-50/Moss Sirius design were under construction or contract at the Severodvinsk shipyard in Russia as of early 2007, but were configured for oil production. On May 11, 2011, Col. Mark Arn, the SBX project manager for MDA, said that SBX is only one of its kind and there are no current plans for another one. In July 2011, a Missile Defense Agency spokesman explained that other, smaller radars in the Pacific will "pick up the slack" while SBX is in port with its radar turned off.
The SBX deployed in 2006. The ship has spent time for maintenance and repair at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii several times, including 170 days in 2006, 63 days in in 2007, 63 days in 2008, 177 days in 2009, and 51 days in 2010. When not at Hawaii, the SBX has been on operational deployments in the Pacific, including traveling to waters off Alaska. The ship has not moored at Alaska, in spite of the construction of a $26 million, eight-point mooring chain system installed in 2007 in Adak's Kuluk Bay. On June 23, 2009, the SBX was moved to offshore Hawaii in response to a potential North Korean missile launch. Between 2009 and 2010, the vessel spent 396 continuous days at sea.
The SBX failed during a flight test on January 31, 2010, designated FTG-06. The test was a simulation of a North Korean or Iranian missile launch. The test failure arose from two factors, the first being that algorithms in the SBX radar software which are designed to filter out extraneous information from the target scene were left disengaged for the test, and the second was a mechanical failure in a thruster on the kill vehicle.
During flight test FTG-06a on December 15, 2010, the SBX performed as expected, but intercept of the target missile was again not achieved.
In May 2011, the SBX-1 entered Vigor Shipyard (formerly the Todd Pacific Shipyard) in Seattle for a $27 million upgrade and maintenance work by contractor Boeing. The work was completed in about three months and in August 2011, SBX-1 departed Seattle for deployment.
In February 2012, the Missile Defense Agency requested only $9.7 million per year for Fiscal Years 2013 through 2017, down from $176.8 million in fiscal 2012. This reduced amount would be used to maintain SBX in a "limited test support" role, "while also retaining the ability to recall it to an active, operational status if and when it is needed."
In April 2012 it was reported that SBX-1 had left Pearl Harbor and was assumed to be being deployed to monitor North Korea's planned Unha-3 missile in the launch window of 12-16 April 2012. The vessel returned to Pearl Harbor on 21 May 2012.
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Whether you are looking for an activity for your classroom or trying to keep wasps from building nests in your yard, a fake wasp nest provides a teaching tool and a natural way of deterring wasps. Some people hang brown paper bags from a string to trick the territorial wasps into thinking another hive has claimed your yard. No one has quantified how well the fake wasp nest works as a deterrent, but a more realistic nest may have a better chance of success.
Step 1
Blow up the balloon to a decently large size and tie it closed.
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Tie a string between the knot and the inflated section of the balloon.
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Mix a thick glue and water solution. Proportions vary with the thickness of the glue, but use more glue than water so the final mixture is not thick or runny.
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Cut newspaper into strips approximately 1 inch by 1 foot.
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Dip a newspaper strip into the bucket of the glue and water mixture, and shake it loosely over the bucket.
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Place the strip on the balloon so that it lays flat.
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Continue adding strips, ensuring you cover the entire balloon, and leave the long end of the string poking out of the newspaper. Thick covering takes longer to dry but becomes more durable.
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Let it dry overnight.
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Paint the newspaper balloon gray and let the paint dry. This may need to be done in sections to cover the entire balloon.
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Puncture the balloon inside the newspaper with a straight pin and tie the fake nest to your house, a tree or any other object in your yard.
If the balloon won't stay steady, use a cup to hold it upright.
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Born and raised in West Virginia, Megan Hippler has been writing environmental articles since 2008. Her work has appeared on the websites of various state government departments. Hippler has a Bachelor of Arts in environmental studies from Hollins University.


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Located in the Itria Valley in Puglia, this large complex provides guests the opportunity to relax in a traditional trullo, in complete comfort. The conical structures date back to the 1800s. Abandoned for years, they have been restored by Arkitetti Flore & Venezia, an architecture studio based in Ostuni, Puglia, Italy. The complex restoration project lasted over three years. It focused not only on preserving as much as possible from the original buildings but also on bringing the interiors to modern standards. Set between rolling hills and secular olive trees, Borgo Canonica Hotel celebrates its past and its natural surroundings.
The 15 suites have their own private garden, with guests also having access to a reception, common areas and an expansive outdoor area. The studio used mainly traditional materials, including natural stone, wood and iron. Modern bathrooms complement rough stone textures. Beige and brown tones help to enhance the warm, rustic atmosphere. Outside, guests can walk on the winding stone steps to the large pool and relax while admiring the gorgeous landscape.
Arkitetti Flore & Venezia designed a distinctive wardrobe for the hotel, Segno, which later appeared in the Officine Tamborrino catalog. Apart from preserving the character of the trulli, the studio also put an emphasis on sustainability. Eco-friendly features include natural ventilation as well as a rainwater collection system. Photographs© Claudio Palma.


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IOM Libya DTM Report: 294,436 Internally Displaced, 196,852 Return Home
Libya - IOM Libya's latest Displacement Tracking Matrix Mobility Tracking report shows that there are 294,436 IDP individuals residing in 89 baladiyas (municipalities) across the country and 196,852 individuals who have returned to their homes across 30 baladiyas.
Data collection for IOM Libya's eighth Mobility Tracking report, was carried out from mid-January to mid-February across all baladiyas and muhallas (neighbourhoods) in the country. The report is the first to reflect DTM's updated Mobility Tracking data collection methodology for 2017.
To provide more context to internally displaced persons (IDP) and returnee needs and vulnerabilities, new baseline indicators have been added on health, education, livelihoods, nutrition, public services, security, and community relations between residents, IDPs and returnees. These aim to provide humanitarian partners with tools to flag and identify areas within the country that may require targeting of specific types of assistance or prioritize aid based on a more comprehensive vulnerability analysis.
The largest number of IDPs identified continues to be in Benghazi with 38,400 IDPs reported during this round. Other baladiyas hosting large numbers of IDPs are Abusliem, Bani Waleed, Ejdabia and Misrata.
IDP relations with residents in baladiyas were reported to be good or excellent, and in 17 per cent of baladiyas the presence of IDPs was reported to have a positive impact on the local labour market in terms of generating greater economic activity. IDPs' main reported sources of income were public employment, small business or trading, or aid from NGOs or the government. Eighty-six per cent of identified IDPs resided in private accommodation, 87 per cent of whom were in self-paid rented accommodation.
Sixty-seven per cent of returnees identified during this round were in the baladiya of Benghazi. Ubari, Abu Qurayn and Kikkla also had large numbers of returnees over the course of 2016. Around 92 per cent of returnees had gone back to their homes upon returning to their baladiya of origin during 2016, while nearly 4 per cent returning to new homes and 4 per cent were hosted by relatives at the time of reporting.
Generally, returnees were reported to have good relations with the community in their baladiya of return, with poor relations and a negative impact on the labour market being reported in only 4 per cent of baladiyas. Returnees appeared to have a negative impact on public services in 18 per cent of baladiyas to which they returned. The main source of income for returnees was reported to be public employment, followed by farming and aid.
The report presents key facts and figures from the data gathered; however, the full dataset is available on the DTM website to facilitate more in-depth analysis of displacement data and trends.
"DTM Reports provide Libya with common and evidence-driven narratives, ensuring that there is no information gap on any part of Libya," said IOM Libya's DTM programme coordinator, Dan Salmon.
DTM's Mobility Tracking module provides regular updates to Libya's baseline on IDPs, returnees and migrants in the country. DTM also publishes data on migrant flows in Libya through its Flow Monitoring statistical and survey analysis reports and provides bi-weekly updates on displacement-related incidents through its Displacement Event Tracker.
All reports, methodologies and datasets are available at www.globaldtm.info/libya
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The History of The Cotswold Male Voice Choir 2000 onwardsin reverse chronological order ...__________________________________2008 FinaléA Very Busy ChoirThose who have been members of the Choir for some time know that our current success had not come about without cost, both emotionally and in terms of lost members. This goes some way to explain the commitment of the current membership, which is remarkable. In 2008, when adding up the concerts and wedding engagements (23), the rehearsals (47) and the committee meetings (11), more than eighty days had been accounted for by choir 'business'. And this brings us to the closing chapter of 2008 on the eve of the Choir's 60th anniversary … 2009 was to prove even busier, with 88 days taken up by choir business.__________________________________September 2008Faye Hatcher interviews Martin Dear, Dr. Gill Rouse and Joop Meyers of the Goudas Liedertafel Male Choir, prior to the concert in Cheltenham College Chapel, supporting LINC.Click here to listen to a digital recording.__________________________________April 2008Sybil Ruscoe interviews Don Baker and Bernard Stride who, the next year, were both to celebrate 60 years singing with the Choir.Click here to listen to a digital recordingBob Jones interviews Martin Dear about what it means to be the musical director of the Cotswold Male Voice Choir.Click here to listen to a digital recording__________________________________2006Mont Blanc - Choir members in high altitude training!Choir tour to Annecy in the French AlpsA happy atmosphere continued for the next few months. This carried on to Bristol Airport while waiting for the flight to Geneva, then onward by coach to Annecy. Arriving at the Airport, with a couple of hours to spare, everyone was surprised to learn from member and tour organiser, Mike Wright, that he had 'negotiated a few good deals' and, as a result, we had all overpaid. He then proceeded to hand out cash refunds in envelopes to every member. Mike's health was toasted until the call to board was announced.__________________________________2005Choir Tour to CornwallFollowing the previous year's visits to Cheltenham by Cornish choirs, Rame Peninsula Male Choir and the City of Truro Male Voice Choir, the Cotswold Male Voice Choir toured to St.Ives in Cornwall to sing with the Praze-an-Beeble Male Voice Choir.In the 'afterglow' at the hotel after a successful concert, the Choir was joined by a number of the Praze'boys'. Much jollity ensued culminating in bass singer, Haydn Sutton, standing to sing a solo. What an easy choice. We were in Cornwall. 'The Floral Dance'? Haydn launched instead into 'Glorious Devon'! Fortunately, Praze had a sense of humour, but they didn't join in.__________________________________2003Geoffrey MannCheltenham Town Hall, May 2011Geoffrey Mann Joins as Choir AccompanistDuring this turbulent time, there was one undoubted positive. On the retirement of Jean Lea, Geoffrey Mann agreed to the appointment of Accompanist. Jean had been a wonderful Accompanist and, to show the Choir's appreciation for her 25 years of service, Albert England and other choir members travelled to her home to present Jean with a gift for her garden, which was another love of her life.Geoff took over but it was a few weeks before the piano music made its way back from Jean to the Choir. Undaunted, Geoff sight read the vocal musical parts and transposed the notes to the piano while the Choir rehearsed – as they would say today 'in real time'.Choir members are still commenting how lucky they were to replace one talented pianist with another.__________________________________2001 / 2002On stage in IrelandChoir Tours Ireland and GermanyIn 2001 and 2002 the Choir toured to Ireland and Germany respectively. The Choir's timing could not have been worse, for the 2001 tour to Cork coincided with the terrible attack on New York's Twin Towers. In a mark of respect for the victims, every establishment had closed its doors. The potential audience at the main weekend concert assumed it too had been cancelled, so the Choir was just about on its own in the performance hall.One does not wish to make light of such a tragedy but two stories did come back with the Choir. In the concert venue, a gentleman had been laid out to rest in mourning, leading to murmurs of having a 'captive audience'. During the afternoon wait prior to the concert, the Choir soon found all hostelries to be shut also – well, almost. Killing time by walking around Cork, four enterprising choir members were sure they could hear noise coming from a 'curtains drawn' pub. Gingerly they knocked on the door which duly opened. In what must have looked like an 'Is there any room at the Inn?' scene, they were welcomed and sang for their beer for the best part of the afternoon.
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On July 12, 2017 the Bank of Canada announced that they increased their key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, to 0.75%. All 5 major Canadian banks in turn raised their prime interest rates from 2.7% to 2.95%. The Royal Bank of Canada was the first to implement this increase, followed closely behind by TD Canada Trust, Bank of Montreal, Scotiabank and CIBC.
Homeowners will inevitably feel this shift, some more than others. Those who purchased a property with a variable mortgage plan will see the increase in interest rates immediately, where as those who are on a fixed term mortgage wont actually see any changes until their term ends.
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So, as if we are all sitting around our huge internet Thanksgiving table (which I wish we were!), here are a few big ones from the past year >
Moving to a great new city > Jobs we both love > A sweet dog who makes us laugh every day > New friends > Getting to travel home > Starting this blog, and all the awesome people I've met through it > Completing yoga teacher training > A cozy home > Chai lattes every morning > and, most importantly, abundant health
I hope you have (or had, if you are north of the 49th) a wonderful Thanksgiving, and are able to remember all of the things big and small that are amazing in your life. A whole holiday for gratitude! What a killer idea!
Now I'm off to make my contributions to the Friendsgiving we're attending - delicata squash hummus and rosemary pear cocktails (I'll share recipes here soon!).
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Multiculturalism, the incorporation of diverse cultures, religions, ethnicities, and ideologies into a broader political and academic approach, is best implemented through the educational process during the elementary school years, when children are most impressionable and not yet, in general, conditioned to view different ethnicities, cultures or religions as somehow inferior or alien. It is a bit platitudinous to declare that children have to be taught to hate, but social views are formed early in life, and the earlier children are taught to view each other through the prism of character rather than skin color, religious practices, or any of the other myriad differences that divide mankind, the more prepared they will be for adulthood.
In order for children to be sensitized to the need to be tolerant of benign differences among each other – such as skin color – teachers need to be properly trained in multiculturalism, which remains a shortcoming. As a 2010 academic study noted, "Preparing teachers to use multicultural education principles is a dilemma facing many programs and early childhood programs in particular. While many have well intended behaviors, many lack the knowledge base of multicultural education." [Quinta Ogletree and Patricia Larke, "Implementing Multicultural Practices in Early Childhood Education," National Forum of Multicultural Issues Journal, Volume 7, Number 1, 2010]
While early education is important, generations removed from the academic world that have not been introduced to multiculturalism require "adult education" in the workplace, where multiculturalism can be prevalent. This places a burden on management to both set a proper example and to ensure that the corporate manual emphasizes the importance of multicultural sensitivity among employees. Employee training manuals, therefore, need to include discussion of multiculturalism, and those discussions must be reinforced through employee programs or working groups designed to ensure that both moral and legal – in effect, compliance with Equal Employment Opportunity statutes – requirements are fully understood and practiced. Most importantly, policies and laws must be enforced by corporate management.
Instilling multiculturalism in the workplace culture need to appear punitive or excessively "politically correct." Appreciation for diverse cultures can be manifested through positive company-sponsored events, and employee recognition awards or notices can be used to highlight the positive contributions to the corporate mission on the part of diverse individuals.


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Ready to do something drastic? We get it – an entire month of heavy holiday dinners, cookie trays, and sugary cocktails will send most people running for the nearest fad diet come January. We're all for recommitting to healthy eating this time of year, but let's change the way we think about detoxing. Forget the juice cleanses and super low-calorie diets! Instead, let's get back to the basics and detox by supercharging our bodies with nutritious, whole foods. This strategy won't feel restrictive or take tons of motivation to stick to – after all, when you're cramming so many tasty, natural foods into your diet, there will be little room left for those processed snacks and convenience meals you used to love. Yep, you'll still slim down, but you'll feel healthier and more energized and you'll never be hungry.
Here are five staple recipes to add to your weekly rotation that can be tweaked in a thousand ways. No lengthy grocery list or complicated meal prep here! Simply stock up on your favorite fruits, veggies, and whole grains and use the recipes below as a guide. Whether it's constructing the perfect breakfast sandwich, throwing together a salad, cooking up a pot of soup, or blending up a smoothie, detoxing has never been easier – or more delicious!
Warm Avocado Toast
Toss the processed energy bars and keep this simple recipe from Tara Milhem of The Whole Tara in your recipe box for those times when you're in a pinch. Toasted bread is topped with creamy avocado and sprinkled with cayenne pepper for a filling breakfast or energizing afternoon snack that takes just two minutes to whip up. Give the toast a protein-boost by adding an egg or experiment with other veggie toppings like tomatoes, onions, sprouts, and radishes.
Spicy Vegetable Soup
The ultimate slim-down meal, soup fills you up for just a few calories while packing in tons of nutrients. An assortment of veggies and beans packs 10 grams of filling fiber into this recipe for just 250 calories a bowl, while a hint of spice adds a kick that will entertain your taste buds.
New Year's Resolution Bowl
You won't believe how satisfying a salad can be with this combo of energizing carbs, lean protein, colorful veggies, and healthy fats. Milhem encourages us to use the recipe as a guide and then get creative with the ingredients – the perfect way to use up all your leftover ingredients in the fridge!
Balsamic-Parmesan-Roasted Cauliflower
Potatoes tend to be the go-to side dish at the dinner table. This season, replace the starchy root vegetable with this flavorful cauliflower recipe to liven up your dinner menu, while chiseling away at your tummy. The low-calorie veggie is tossed with olive oil, balsamic, and Parmesan cheese then roasted to a slight char, giving it a crispy outer coating that complements its naturally creamy texture.
Banana-Nut Smoothie
People tend to associate juices with detoxing, but smoothies are the smarter route. Not only are they lower in sugar, but they utilize the whole fruit and vegetable, upping the fiber content for a more filling meal or snack. This banana-nut version is perfect for colder months when we crave heartier fare like creamy bananas and thick peanut butter that packs in 13 grams of filling protein.
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