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Through the advancement of scientific studies, the advantages of meditation have gone well beyond the traditional subjective aspects of lowering stress and feeling healthy. The antiquity of meditation presented a forceful and compelling argument for further study among the medical community. Since 1500 BCE, meditation has been discussed not only as a spiritual exercise but as a way to provide certain healing effects. Until recently, these effects were not scientifically proven; however, within the last 30 years, multiple studies have provided conclusive scientific evidence of the advantages of meditation. Read More »
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Eat Well Now, Play Well Later: Keeping Your Body Healthy While You're Young.
You're young, you're beautiful, so enjoy yourself – or so you've been told. While there's some truth in this mantra, what we might not be told as much by the media and our companions these days is that you also should take good care of your body now, when you're young. This means seeing the doctor when there's something wrong instead of putting it off. It means getting vaccinations instead of thinking you are strong enough to manage on your own. Here are four more tips to help you keep your body healthy: Read More »
When It's Time To See A Foot Doctor.
We use our feet every day. As soon as we wake up we scramble to our feet as we prepare for the day ahead. Our feet then take us to work, to the next travel destination and to the park or beach for a peaceful walk. With all these things we do with our feet, it's imperative that we take care of them so we can still enjoy for years to come without feeling any discomfort or pain. In taking care of our feet, this entails going to see a foot doctor as soon as it's needed and not waiting for complications to develop before visiting the clinic. So when do you really need to see a podiatrist? Don't wait to experience severe pain before you go for a visit. Check out these signs: Read More »
How To Be Happy With Yourself.
Scientific Views In our recent enough past, humanity was primarily focused on survival. We have recently learned to be depressed and anxious with all the stimulation in the world. Dr. Robert Biswas-Diener, who works in the field of positive psychology, and surveyed a group of Maasai warriors in Kenya about their happiness. The Maasai don't have the things that people in the developed world consider to be happiness generators, such as material wealth, but they still think of themselves as happy. This doesn't mean that wealthy people can't be happy -- it just means that being wealthy doesn't automatically confer happiness. According to Dr. Robert Holden, founder of The Happiness Project, "those looking for happiness often don't realize they already have it" Being happy with yourself isn't so much about pursuing it, but finding things that you can do to help you recognize your happiness. Read More »
Believe or not – bingo can be good for the soul.
You read a lot about playing online bingo these days. Apparently, there has been a veritable explosion in the numbers of people playing online bingo over the past decade and today, 90% of the world's entire population has the potential to play online. Now this may be a startling statistic but if you're like me, it probably doesn't mean a whole lot to you. After all, bingo is a bit of a dolt's game, it doesn't involve much thought, there's no strategy involved and you like to stretch yourself a little right? Read More »
Relax And Unwind The Natural Way With A Sauna.
In today's busy, hectic world we are all working longer hours than ever before. Our jobs are high pressured and stressful, our home lives are busier and it's easy to feel emotionally and physically exhausted at the end of the day. Whilst following a healthy diet and exercise regime can go some way towards protecting your body from life's stresses and strains, some people need a little more help when it comes to relaxing. Natural relaxation aids such as yoga, meditation or even Chamomile tea are all great in the fight against stress, or you could go one step further and invest in a home sauna for the ultimate treat. Read More »
Making The Most Of Your Physical Therapy.
Recovering from an injury or from surgery may mean that your doctor has suggested that you seek physical therapy to aid you. The road to a full recovery may be a ways off, but with hard work together with your physical therapist, you can get back to living a normal life and get back to functioning as best you can before your injury or surgery occurred. When you first go to see your physical therapist you may feel a bit overwhelmed, but remembering that you are as much a part of this process as your doctors will help you to get through this and back to a more healthy you. Here are some ways you can get the most out of your physical therapy. Read More »
Staying Happy: How to Remain in Happiness Through the Toughest of Times.
Everyone has problems. This is a fact of life. This is also probably the reason I have been somehow able to cope with mine. I'm still standing. I think it is because I believe that challenges are there, not to make us miserable and feel hopeless, but instead, to make us stronger and better. When friends ask how I can stay cheerful after all the disappointments I have encountered, there are a few things I share with them that you may find useful in your life too. Read More »
Tips on How to Have More Energy and Ways to Enjoy Life More.
Being energetic or otherwise is something that can have a profound impact on our ability to enjoy and appreciate life. Most of us think we have enough energy and so it's something we don't tend to notice, but when you do find yourself with an energy lull, or somehow getting an energy boost it can make a huge and very noticeable difference. Not only does it alter how much energy you have to go out and do things, but it affects how fully you are able to enjoy them, your mood and even your eating habits. Here then we will look at some ways you can increase your energy; if you have low energy then these techniques may help you to live a more normal life, but even if you don't you may be surprised by the benefits. Read More »
Radon Gas; What You Need To Know About This Lung Cancer-Causing Gas.
The leading cause of lung cancer is an easy one. (You did know that it's smoking, right?) But the second leading cause of lung cancer is a bit more mysterious. It's colorless, odorless and tasteless and it's probably seeping into your house right now as you read this! Ok, I didn't mean to alarm you. The second leading cause of lung cancer in the world isn't as scary as you might think but you should educate yourself on it. Luckily, I'm here to help you. It's something called radon gas. Let's have a look at it, shall we? Read More »
4 Signs You Have Black Mold In Your Damp House.
Mold has a greenish appearance and occurs mainly on walls and in hidden dark corners. Mold is formed as a part of the decomposition process of natural substances around us like food remains, leaves and wood. The notion therefore in most people is that mold is a sign of dirt in the home. Although this is true, it however does not mean that mold does not occur in a clean home as well. Read More »
Aromatherapy: 15 Exciting Uses for Your Everyday Essential Oils.
When you think about essential oils, what first springs to mind? Heavenly scents? Soothing massages? Calming baths? Well you might be surprised to know that essential oils aren't only just good for those jobs. They can also come in very handy when treating mould, acne and your health. Take the following 15 uses – they prove that essential oils can do so much more than smell good: Read More »


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09 Dec second Sunday of Advent 2017
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The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Mark 1:1 (Sunday Gospel)
In our time we seem to be deluged by bad news: disaster, war, crime, violence, scandal, are the daily diet fed to us by the media. But as we light the second Advent candle we reflect that Jesus Christ is the beginning of good news for us. We await his coming to shine the light of his truth upon our world and into the personal darkness of our own lives. Come, Lord Jesus!

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Bedales School
Bedales School is one of the UK's top independent private co-education boarding schools. Bedales comprises three schools situated in Steep, near Petersfield, Hampshire: Bedales Pre-prep School, Dunannie (ages 3–8), Bedales Prep School, Dunhurst (ages 8–13) and Bedales itself (ages 13–18). Established in 1893, Bedales was founded to be different. Where other independent boarding schools imposed conformity, we have always nurtured individuality, initiative and an enquiring mind.
About the school
We maintain high standards of behaviour, which we believe arise best from self-discipline and from caring about others.
Although our students are naturally ambitious and competitive, the school places particular emphasis on collaboration. Our students move on comfortably to university and beyond, because they are already used to organising their own time, studying in depth, and mixing and debating with their elders.
Personal relationships here evince remarkable trust and rapport. Mutual respect is earned, not exacted by rank. This is why everyone, staff and students, is on first-name terms.
The relaxed atmosphere allows students to concentrate on the complex business of learning, developing, and becoming their own person. We have led the country in replacing many GCSEs with our own more interesting and more demanding Bedales Assessed Courses.
A glance at our online calendar of events (www.bedales.org.uk) gives a sense of the breadth and depth of the opportunities at Bedales. The students who will gain most from our community are those who will give most and join us wholeheartedly in this unique educational experience.
Our top higher education destinations are a diverse mix of Oxbridge, red brick and art college, with 10% of students progressing to Oxbridge. Bedales students therefore arrive at a similar place to those in more formal education settings. They have just taken a different route.
Bedales students have achieved strong A Level results for 2016 with the school's highest ever percentage of A* grades at 22%. They have secured places at universities including Oxford, Cambridge, University College London, Edinburgh, Bristol, Durham, Glasgow, Exeter, Warwick, New York University and University of California, Los Angeles. 46% of all grades were A*-A and 77% at A*-B.
Bedales, together with its Prep school (Dunhurst) and Pre-prep (Dunannie) are set in the heart of the stunning South Downs National Park in Hampshire, only one hour from London by train. Entry is from Nursery through to Sixth Form with boarding from 10 years.
Key Facts
- Boys' Boarding: 135 (13 to 18)
- Girls' Boarding: 184 (13 to 18)
- Total Pupils: 463 (192 in Sixth Form)
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Scholarships, Bursaries & Fees
Please visit: http://www.bedales.org.uk/home/admissions/scholarships-bursaries for more information.
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Please visit: http://www.bedales.org.uk/home/admissions/fees-2016-17 for more information.
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Key Facts
- Boys' Boarding: 135 (13 to 18)
- Girls' Boarding: 184 (13 to 18)
- Total Pupils: 463 (192 in Sixth Form)


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Dallas — Combine a devotion to magic since age four with a theatre degree from Southern Methodist University. What do you get? Trigg Watson and his highly entertaining cabaret magic performance. The show is rife with improvisational adjustments and actorly escapades, even a mini-one-man-show on a New Orleans street magician.
Blonde, trim, pale, and sharp-featured, he deploys a mischievous air and wisecracking smile like a late 20s Neil Patrick Harris. So you arrive primed for the adventurous and appreciative of young men who know how to wear a charcoal suit.
Watson's monthly cabaret magic show at Checkered Past Winery, in the wonderfully funky South Side on Lamar's underground space, has just enough staging to be lively. Lacking the smoke-and-mirrors machinery of stage magic shows, instead the focus is on a man and his hyper-speedy hands.
Too many magic shows lurch from trick to illusion over and again. They try to raise audience energy with bombast and loud music. Watson's show is more like a one-man-show with long interludes of wildly unpredictable magic. His down-to-earth likability is uncommon in magicians.
Watson weaves in anecdotes about his childhood in Australia: being awed at his grandfather's presentation of a new magic trick every holiday season; hawking his magic wares in the front yard for 50¢; and ramping up to $1 for "time-machine rides" using a colander and jumper cables.
A theatrical peak is when Watson slips into the persona of Bill Robicheaux, a street magician Watson encountered as a teenager when his family moved to New Orleans. Decked in Robicheaux's trademark red fedora, he spins an entirely charming magic-infused monologue of jive-talking patter.
A Whitman's Sampler of Magic
A classic prestidigitator, Watson executes a myriad of variations on the classic shell game, much of it under close-up camera scrutiny: How does the object disappear and how does it reappear somewhere else? A flamboyant reveal wows the crowd, like when a previously marked card or dollar emerges from an impossible place like an intact orange.
In the show's array of magic, there are illusions like transforming an object from one form to another and making objects appear to defy gravity. Objects pass through substantial obstacles unharmed. Others are destroyed and restored. Instantaneous costume changes are uncommon in cabaret magic, yet he does it twice, including his shoes. He even does a long salt pour ala Fred Kaps style.
Sure, such sleight-of-hand manipulations may require trick gear and rely on distracting the audience's attention. But it takes thousands of hours of practice to execute them effortlessly in front of a crowd, some of who would love to see them fail.
Plus the magician must do it wittily, involving the audience with humor. Watson is a pro at that, with clever techniques to extract stage volunteers from the back of the room. But watch how Watson uses jokes and quips like entertainment smoke bombs to cover his magic-trick tracks.
Watson's offbeat humor is delivered with nary a bit of snark or sneer, no embarrassments at someone's expense. The refined slapstick is almost balletic. The comedy is literate and intelligent, clean with the slightest whiff of innuendo.
Only 45 tickets are sold per performance, so the feel is intimate. Checkered Past Winery's food is perfectly poised light Italian fare served in small-plate doses that unfold throughout the evening. The wine flights are fabulous. It's a perfect date night — dinner theater, 21st-century style.
Whose Reality Is This?
One of Watson's shticks is eschewing the traditional comely magician's assistant for an Alexa-type character embodied in his iPad, always prominently displayed on stage. We're all lost in our devices, right?
The iPad is more participatory than just displaying tableside magic via camera feed to everyone in the room. Watson interacts with the iPad image on stage and the object yards away responds, sometimes loudly. Damn fine stuff.
But woven into the tricks are asides on the cyber age, how technology's limitless dazzle desensitizes us to the idea of magic. What is impossible when everything is possible — not just technology but relationships, careers, politics, and social mores?
If your only thought after a show is "How did he do that?" Watson feels that he didn't achieve his goal: seducing you to believe in magic in its entirety. To embrace possibility and openness, aspiring — as the Red Queen counseled Alice — to "believe as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
» The next performances of Wine & Magic are 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5; and 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6. Get tickets here.


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Gem City started the second half with a 10-2 run to take a 41-31 lead. Furman, to their credit, kept themselves within shouting distance before three consecutive three-pointers from DURRELL Davis, John Crosby and Kyle Davis allowed UD to take a commanding 59-40 advantage. The game was in hand, the Sweaters went home happy and Dayton walked away with a 8-2 record on the year, with just two games remaining on their non-conference schedule.
The Flyers primarily relied on their perimeter attack against the Paladins, connecting on 9-of-21 (42.9%) shots from behind the arc. Most encouraging was UD's accuracy from the charity stripe, Dayton hit on nineteen of their twenty-two attempts from the line — Steve McElvene, in particular, was impressive, converting all five of his foul shots on the night (Kendall Pollard went 4-of-6 from the free-throw line, which is essentially the most you can hope for from the junior forward).
Charles Cooke had an underwhelming shooting performance, but managed to pull down a career-high fifteen rebounds against Furman. The Chief was once again a factor against an undermanned lineup. The freshman had a double-double, scoring eleven points and pulling down ten rebounds in Dayton's twenty-point victory.
DURRELL came alive last night, nailing 3-of-6 from behind the three-point line. The sophomore guard finished his twenty-two minutes of playing time with nine points and seven rebounds. Discounting his output in the season opener against Southeast Missouri State, it was his most complete and efficient performance on the season thus far, a hopeful sign that he can get going and be the type of perimeter threat he was last season. DURRELL is shooting just 29% from three this season, down from 45% a year ago. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width="stretch_row_content" full_height="yes" bg_type="image" parallax_style="vcpb-default" bg_image_new="13060|http://www.blackburnreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/12362943_10153842867987372_1022222815346528294_o.jpg" bg_image_repeat="no-repeat" bg_img_attach="fixed"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UD's bench finally got extended minutes last night, with John Crosby, the X-Man and Chip Mikesell combining for forty-two minutes in last night's victory. Crosby continues to struggle with his shot, but has proven his ability to penetrate and dish the ball. X was quiet in the scoring column, by which I mean non-existent, however he is arguably the most consistent player off the bench for Dayton. You hate to use the cliche that his contributions don't necessarily show up in next day's box-score, but that seems like the simplest way to explain his effect on the team.
After admitting he erred in not getting Mikesell into the game against Chattanooga on his radio show, Archie Miller provided the St. Henry product with twelve minutes of court time against Furman. Although he was a non-factor, it was good to see the lanky forward get some burn against an inferior opponent. Depending on how things shake out over the next week, his production may be crucial going forward.
The season may be splintered into two distinct divisions beginning with Tuesday night's game against Miami. Dyshawn Pierre is reportedly on campus and his fate over the coming three months will be resolved within the next 24 hours (if it hasn't already). Archie has previously stated that the senior forward will either sit out what remains of the season or will slowly be integrated into the lineup over the coming weeks depending on his game shape. It's clearly a vital decision for Miller, one that could ramp up expectations over the impending months.
Tom Blackburn
Tom Blackburn is a proud U. o' D. alum. He loses faith in humanity one day at a time, but not in you, you seem like you are all kinds of alright. Charter member of the T-Man fanclub.


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Best Of 2015: Place for a Wedding Reception
Since I tied the knot at a courthouse, I don't know anything about wedding planning. But I do know style, and this 1876 Tudor mansion is the perfect setting for a matrimonial extravaganza. With the stone walls and beveled windows, the Juliet balcony and winding staircases, "it's hard to take a bad picture here," says Briarhurst president Ken Healey. Moreover, the Briarhurst's baker makes custom wedding cakes, and the food is fabulous. "People get a lot for their money," Healey says. — Pam Zubeck
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Twenty, ten, or even five years ago, any diligent alt-weekly food writer may have devoted these pages to a specific vision of the East Bay's food future, one in which healthy food reigned. This is, after all, the place where school-lunch reform was born and "organic" was all but invented; where people are, statistically, among the most health-conscious in the country; where the hopes of America's food future have been pinned for decades. As broad prognostications go, it wouldn't have been all that unreasonable to predict that the Bay Area was set to be ground zero for some kind of big upheaval, all of us abandoning our Big Macs en masse and embracing kale salad.
But a funny thing happened on the way to the health-food revolution: namely, it didn't happen. Or, at least, not fully. Of course, super-healthy, vegan, vegetarian, and organic food abounds in the East Bay and beyond: We've got vegan soul food and carob sorbet and natural-foods stores on practically every corner. But we've also got deep-fried Twinkies, bacon ice cream, fine-dining entrées composed of little more than one kind of animal fat slathered in another, entire restaurants devoted to mac 'n' cheese and cinnamon buns. And none of them appear to be going away anytime soon. While we did, by and large, abandon our Big Macs, we appear to have replaced them not necessarily with raw greens and sprouted bread, but with grass-fed burgers smothered in artisan mayo and boutique cheese. The East Bay may be health-food heaven, but it's also home to a growing number of midrange and upscale restaurants that are making a killing serving delicious, fatty, meaty, rich comfort food, often to out-the-door lines and rave reviews.
At least some of the credit/blame/attention for the trend, at least locally, goes to Sumo Grub, which occupies a tiny storefront across from Berkeley High School and which has managed to spin a business model out of, essentially, tempura-frying everything its chefs can get their hands on: Twinkies, Ding Dongs, ice cream, hot dogs, Oreos, pizza, mac 'n' cheese — or anything else, for that matter, seeing as Sumo Grub proudly and generously offers a "you bring it, I tempura it" policy. A few blocks up the hill, on the Cal campus' West side, Cinnaholic makes sure everyone can partake in the fatty fun with what must be the world's only vegan cinnamon bun restaurant; meanwhile, Munchy Munchy Hippos hand-delivers calorie bombs like bacon mashed potato cheeseburgers and Philly nacho cheesesteak fries late into the wee hours and largely to students.
High school and college kids can, of course, always be expected to be fans of all that is cream-filled, deep-fried, covered in mayo, and otherwise stoner-friendly — but what's changed recently is that finer-dining establishments have been getting into the game, too, with dishes that often subscribe to the sustainable-local-high quality holy trinity but are about as far from quinoa and tofu as you can get. Chop Bar, for example, has long gotten full-mouthed raves — not to mention a Best of the East Bay nod — for its oxtail poutine entrée, which is composed of deep-fried potato chunks, oozy-chunky-rich oxtail gravy, and melted boutique cheddar; the restaurant also recently debuted a dessert that it's billing as a "bacon brownie ice cream sandwich, served with burnt caramel ice cream and dipped in chocolate and cocoa nibs."
The afore-alluded to Homeroom attracts hour-long waits with its classed-up takes on mac 'n' cheese, which employ ingredients like Point Reyes Blue cheese and Niman Ranch hot dogs. Plum Bar, Daniel Patterson's new, neutral-hued experiment in (slightly) more casual drinking and dining, has on its ever-changing menu dishes like grilled cheese, double cheeseburgers, and the aptly named "fried stuff" (Brussels sprouts, pig's ears, chicken skin, and beef chicharrón, at least when our food critic visited); all together, out of the thirteen items listed on the menu currently posted on the bar's website, only two could reasonably be construed as "healthy" — and one of them, a soup, comes with fried chicken skin on top.
Emeryville's Honor Bar also offers bone marrow (in this case, served with — wait for it — bacon relish), as well a side of (delicious) French fries that comes with both aioli and ham jelly in addition to ketchup for dipping. (The bar and grill even cheekily acknowledges its allegiance to all things animal fat with a menu admission: "we honor...fresh vegetables — although you'll have to look hard, they are there!") And both Hibiscus and Miss Pearl's both recently reoriented their menus from Caribbean to American Southern, thereby joining the ranks of several other Bay Area restaurants — including Thomas Keller's! — offering upscale takes on fried chicken. (Miss Pearl's also offers as a bar snack what may be the single best crystallization of the trend: ham and cheese grits, deep-fried and served with bacon mayo. For those of you keeping score at home, that's simple carbohydrates mixed with two different kinds of animal fat, fried in oil, and then topped with a mixture of egg yolks, oil, and bacon.) All told, the East Bay's a veritable explosion of bacon, butter, and bone marrow, and there's no end in sight.
The somewhat obvious, pop-sociological explanation for all this is that in a recession, people crave comfort foods. (That idea certainly holds some scientific water: In a nutshell, sugar and fat stimulate the brain's limbic rewards system — and so, the logic goes, during difficult times, we tend to turn toward foods that are more likely to provide those quick mental rewards.) Or maybe it's a backlash against all those years of health-food supremacy. Another theory is as simple as food trends' tendency to snowball quickly (remember cupcakes?). But more likely, it's all that and more, a series of cultural shifts working in concert.
According to Honor Bar's Jordan Grosser, one cause of the comfort-food resurgence may be the rising popularity of whole-animal cooking — that is, the idea that the most humane and sustainable way to cook meat is to use as much of it as possible. As that ethos continues to gain traction, especially among the progressive-minded chefs of the Bay Area, restaurants can no longer get away with serving just the leaner, often more popular parts of the animal and throwing the rest away. In that light, it makes sense why Grosser serves bone marrow. (It also helps explain Plum Bar's fried beef tendons, chicken skins, and pig's ears.)
And at the same time, with organic, fresh, ethically farmed, and sustainable ingredients becoming better, cheaper, and more common, chefs now have options — and ambitions — they may not have had before. While there was a time in not-so-distant history when "organic" only existed to modify garden-grown vegetables and "artisan" only applied to, well, art, the high-quality ethos has now spread to all facets of the food world, with purveyors like Cowgirl Creamery and Niman Ranch proving, respectively, that there's more to cheese than Tillamook and more to beef than factory-farmed meat and frozen hot dogs.
Those advances are undoubtedly what made places like Cinnaholic possible, and they also appear to have empowered chefs to buck and bend the slow-food movement in significant ways. If, forty years ago, Alice Waters pioneered the then-radical idea that the best food was the simplest, freshest, and healthiest, a new generation of cooks and restaurateurs — many of whom trained with Waters or at least grew up in the shadow of Chez Panisse — is now taking that a step further, showing that quality (in the holistic sense) doesn't necessarily need to mean organic greens for dinner and fresh fruit for dessert. "What Alice Waters did was take these really high-quality meats and vegetables and essentially let them speak for themselves," said Chris Pastena of Chop Bar. "And what we're doing is taking that same high-quality product and tweaking it."
Customers are, of course, eating it up. Pastena described the response to Chop Bar's bacon-brownie dish as "insane," and according to Homereoom co-owners Allison Arevalo and Erin Wade, the single most-requested addition to their menu is a lobster mac 'n' cheese. As Arevalo put it: "I feel like people are really excited about simple things that can be done really well — so in our case, you're nostalgic for mac 'n' cheese, but you don't necessarily want the Velveeta you had as a kid." Call it childhood comfort food for adult palates, or a health-food backlash, or maybe just evolution. At any rate, enjoy it. Though probably in moderation.


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Mote recognized for top-notch digital learning program
Mote Marine Laboratory's digital learning program, SeaTrek.TV Interactive, earned the highest award in educational, interactive videoconferencing, the Pinnacle Award, for the 2015-2016 school year from the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC).
The Pinnacle Award is given annually by the CILC to organizations that receive outstanding scores on program evaluations submitted by educators. The award recognizes remarkable quality of educational content and exceptional skill at program delivery.
SeaTrek.TV brings Mote's research, animals and exhibits to classroom learners using affordable, easy-to-use distance learning technology. These virtual field trips are an exciting way to engage learners with STEM topics. Dive into Mote Aquarium and chat with a shark specialist. Or explore the Florida Keys and make observations like a real coral reef scientist.
"We are beyond thankful to receive the 2015-2016 Pinnacle Award from CILC," said Kasey Gaylord-Opalewski, Mote's Senior Coordinator of Digital Programs and co-creator of SeaTrek.TV. "At Mote, we strive to engage students and teachers in fun, exciting marine life education with the goal of inspiring marine stewardship and this award means so much to us. We look forward to engaging the next generation of marine scientists next year with our interactive programming."
To qualify for a Pinnacle Award, the provider must receive at least 2.85 average out of 3.0 on all their program evaluations during the school year. The program evaluation assesses if the presenter is knowledgeable about the content and engages well with the audience, and if the program was engaging, appropriate for the advertised age/grade range, aligned to the advertised educational standards, met the advertised educational objectives and if it had an impact on student learning.
SeaTrek.TV has received great reviews from teachers. One middle school teacher said, "It was the best experience we've had with our video system! Definitely the type of lesson that it would have been difficult to do on our own, and better than a video because of the interactive nature of the video system."
Another teacher said, "Thank you so much for scheduling this session! It was absolutely amazing! My students learned so much and were engaged throughout the entire presentation. Kasey was excited about the information she was presenting and, in turn, excited us! At the end of our session, my students were saying, 'This was our best Skype ever!,"
SeaTrek.TV has received seven Pinnacle Awards and two honorable mentions since the award's start in 2007.
- Click here to learn more about Mote's SeaTrek.TV programs.
About CILC
The Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC), established in 1994, specializes in the access to applications and the utilization of videoconferencing for live interactive content and professional development, as well as web-based collaborative learning environments for lifelong learning. CILC provides consulting expertise in videoconferencing, integration, problem-based learning projects, and effective techniques for the delivery and development of quality programs. Visit www.cilc.org to explore the various providers of content and diversity of programs and trainings available.
CILC serves as a program to the South Central Service Cooperative, an Education Service Agency with its headquarters in southern Minnesota.


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1605-33 Shore Breeze Dr (Lakeshore & Park Lawn)
Price: $499,999
Status: For Sale
- Tax: $1,583.19 (2019)
- Maintenance:$315.46
- Community:Mimico
- City:Toronto
- Type:Condominium
- Style:Condo Apt (Apartment)
- Beds:1
- Bath:1
- Size:500-599 Sq Ft
- Garage:Undergrnd
- Age:0-5 Years Old
- InteriorLaundry Room
- ExteriorConcrete
- HeatingHeating Included, Forced Air, Gas
- Sewer/Water SystemsWater Included
- AmenitiesConcierge, Exercise Room, Security Guard, Visitor Parking
- Lot FeaturesLake/Pond, Library, Marina, Public Transit
- Extra FeaturesPrivate Elevator, Common Elements Included
Listing Contracted With: HOMELIFE WOODBINE REALTY INC., BROKERAGE
Live @ Prestigious Jade Waterfront Condo & Enjoy Beauty That Surrounds This Spectacular 1Br On The 16th Floor W/ A Breathtaking Unobstructed Sunrise View Of The Cn Tower And Lake.Luxurious Upgrades,Flr To Ceiling Wndws W/100% Sunlight,Quartz Countertops, Undermount Sinks, S/S Appl,Laminate Flring,Huge Balcony.Steps 4M Marina, Lake, Biking/Walking Trails & Resort Style Amenities Complete W/24Hrs Upscale Concierge Services,Theatre/Games/Billiard Room With Bar.
S/S Appliances Stove, Fridge, Microwave,Dishwasher Washer/Dryer,Window Coverings And All Elf's,1 Locker. Party Rm, Pool,Hot Tub, Yoga Station, Gym,Bbq Stations,Dog Wash Station,Table Tennis,Virtual Golf,Cabanas On Terrace.


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CrystalDiskMark is a simple disk benchmark software.
Standard Edition
Shizuku Edition
System Requirements
|Windows XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10
Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019
- Installer does not support Windows XP/2003(NT5.x).
- Not support Windows 95/98/Me/NT4/2000.
- Not support Server Core.
Key Features
- Measure Sequential and Random Performance (Read/Write/Mix)
- Peak/Real World Performance Profile
- Themes
Important Notice
- CrystalDiskMark may shorten SSD/USB Memory life.
- Benchmark result is NOT compatible between different major version.
- "MB/s" means 1,000,000 byte/sec.
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- A part of SSDs depend on test data(random, 0fill).
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|Adult male EMR, particularly dark for this locale.
A handsome snake, though exceedingly dark for this location. The snake was measured, weighed, and given a unique identification number as part of an ongoing mark-recapture study on site. After a brief lunch, we set out to another area of the property to walk some upland fields which serve as summer habitat for massasaugas. One field in particular has yielded good numbers of snakes in the past for me over the summer months. And with an overcast sky and temps in the low 70s, I was optimistic about our chances. We split about 10 feet apart, and walked as a group, combing the area for a dark shape coiled amongst the tall grass. It wasn't long before I noticed a freshly shed female try to soak up whatever warmth she could on this overcast day.
|Gravid female EMR, trying to remain hidden in the grass.
This was a new snake, a young gravid female. Like other captured snakes, data was taken and she was given a unique identification number. She was then released exactly where she was found. The mark-recapture study at this location is part of a much larger habitat restoration project. Population estimates and trends are vital information as the habitat management at this site moves forward.
|A large adult Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake (Sistrurus catenatus) at home in a prairie fen.
Though I can't always help out with surveys, I keep my own personal records on massasauga observations, trends, and health of snakes at various locations across southeast Michigan. Changes in numbers of observations or succession of habitats isn't necessarily concrete scientific data, but it is observational data which can help. I'll be sharing some more posts over the course of the winter on massasaugas, particularly from the fall months at a location or two that are pretty incredible, but show signs of trouble from the ever encroaching snake fungal disease (SFD). Until then, keep warm!


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Walsall Conduits Ltd of Excelsior Works, West Bromwich, Birmingham, UK were founded in 1890. The foundations of the business were built on the manufacture and supply of steel electrical conduit and accessories. Walsall went onto manufacture a wide array of electrical elements and lighting fixtures for the industrial market with the products' glass or cast enclosures being branded with the distinctive Walsall mark. By 1961 the company were employing 2000 people. It is not known what became of Walsall but we assume they were swallowed during the mass mergers of the late 1960s.


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I've recently returned from a trip to Florida. Flying, especially these days, is always an interesting experience.
In the airplane, I don't even know
I've been looking at the ocean
for a long time. A setting sun makes it
yellow, though my eyes register pink,
tricked by a careless reality,
and when I don't think of anything,
I finally see yellow between bands of blue.
I notice the lack of buildings,
mountains, rivers, the missing lines
of roads and my brain trips:
water, an expanse, then an edge
where the land curls its toes up tight.
Below me, a cotton ball puff of a cloud
floats by, alone, tethered I suppose,
to one soul whose day is still
under water. I don't know anything,
am no longer capable of learning,
and I look at my daughter next to me,
the doctor-to-be, and wonder
how she rose from a yellow ocean,
how she crystallized from a solitary cloud.
As described above, I was caught off guard while on a recent airplane trip when I realized that what I was looking at was ocean, and that the ocean was not blue or green or pink due to the sunset, but yellow. Since when is the ocean yellow? I didn't care about what it meant that the ocean was yellow, but was interested in the trick my mind had played on me, in the way that when I took a moment to think – or not think – about what I was seeing, I saw something else entirely.
It, once again, reminded me of my friend Nancy's bumper sticker that reads, "Don't believe everything you think." In trying to find the source of that quote (which I never did), I came across another quote that seems fitting to include here, this one by author Anais Nin, "We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are."
What does this have to do with the little poem above? Description, description, description.
Of course I saw a pink sunset – that is the expected thing to see, what paintings and photographs show, what television commercials for tropical destinations depict, what I, as a recipient and acceptor of the status quo, see. But description in a poem needs to go beyond normal expectations. In the book, The Art of Description, World into Word by Mark Doty, he states, "All accounts, it seems, are partial; thus all perception might be said to be tentative, an opportunity for interpretation, a guessing game." (5). So why not a yellow sunset, a tethered cloud, a crystallization into human form?
Why, indeed. Why describe anything? Why do poets and other writers have this insatiable urge to describe the world around them and share it? Doty explains it this way: "The need to translate experience into something resembling adequate language is the writers blessing or the writer's disease, depending on your point of view. That's why Whitman isn't sure if what sings to him is a demon or a bird. If it is indeed a symptom of a problem of life not having been really lived until it is narrated, at least that's a condition that winds up giving real gifts to others. The pleasure of recognizing a described thing is no small thing." (10-11). Description is not about what we see, but about the experience of seeing, how we feel when we see, what we learn when we see. (You may substitute "hear," "taste," "touch," or "smell" for the word "see" in the sentences above).
Okay. If we must go on with it then, what is the best way to go about it? There are a few accepted means that most agree upon that make for effective description. For starters, we need to unfold the scene, piece-by-piece, bit-by-bit, making sure that certain details come before others (such as establishing the narrator in the poem above as being in an airplane) in order to have a scene make sense. The syntax of the sentence – how words and phrases are ordered – reconstructs the image in a particular order. The order of the words will either clarify or confuse.
Another important component of effective description is the use of figurative language. We are always told to use the five senses in describing things, and it is for this reason that figurative language is an important tool when getting the scene from your head into another's. Figurative language such as metaphor, simile, personification, and hyperbole connect our senses to an image in a new way. When we use our bodies – our five senses – as reference points, we better understand. The land curling "its toes up tight" will evoke a particular image in one's head. I connect it with cold water or being cold under the blankets, but what I intend to evoke with that image is only half of it. The reader brings his or her own experiences and may interpret it differently. The use of the "cotton ball puff of a cloud" shows the size, shape, color, and even texture of that little cloud floating below the airplane. It is perhaps too much of a cliché to use in my poem, but still it conveys many things in few words. In discussing figurative language, Mark Doty mentions, "Far from being just ways to make meaning seem more attractive, figurative speech itself means, and means intensely. It's one of the poet's primary tools for conveying the texture of experience, and for inquiring into experience in search of meaning." (76). I'm not sure if the two metaphors, that of the curled toes and that of the cotton ball, work so well together in their proximity of one to another in the above poem; the combination of the two is a point for further discussion elsewhere. Both both metaphors do, however, convey something more than the physical image. There are additional associations that come along with the use of figurative language and that is what we must consider when reading and writing.
The second half of The Art of Description is comprised of "Description's Alphabet." Doty goes through the alphabet to discuss different points of description, and while all of his points are enlightening, I want to highlight just two of them here. Doty's J word for description is Juxtaposition. Using words or abstract concepts in original ways can be done through the pairing of things not usually paired, placing things next to each other that are not usually found there. This can have an effect of surprise or cause a shift in perception, but taken too far, it can convey absurdity. Doty uses excellent examples of juxtaposition to illustrate his point. I want to use a poem by Taha Muhammad Ali from his book, So What. I've recently finished the book and was blown away by his poems. In one of my favorites, "Twigs," the last stanza reads:
After we die,
and the weary heart
has lowered its final eyelid
on all that we've done,
and on all that we've longed for,
on all that we've dreamt of,
all we've desired
or felt,
hate will be
the first thing
to putrefy
within us.
Ali juxtaposes an abstract concept, hate, within a very physical description. In doing so, hate becomes visceral, something we can see, feel, touch, taste, smell, and the use of the verb "putrefy," which has such a negative connotation becomes a wonderful thing, for it is hate that is putrefying in us. Alas, how unfortunate that it takes death for hate to dissolve within us! In this juxtaposition of the abstract and the concrete, "the yoking of disparate elements makes more than a vivid account of perception." (Doty, p. 93).
While "Description's Alphabet" is worth reading in its entirety, I'll mention just one more key to description here: Verbs. That verb "putrefy" in the excerpt above is a good example of how effectively descriptive a verb can be. Doty's example of the strength of verbs in description is from Jay Hopler's "Green Squall" in which he writes:
The rain tins its romantic in the water pots.
Creating a verb out of the noun "tin," brings sound and texture to the scene in an unexpected way. It is original and so effective.
Now, time to revise some description in "Flying."
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List of quotes where I found the Anais Nin quote above as well as this quote by her that I like: "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." (Keep scrolling down the page through all the ads to see them all).
Here are a couple of photos totally unrelated to my post but from my trip to Florida, just for the fun of it.


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The rainy season has begun in West Texas. In the last week we only opened once at night; during that night we were able to capture the mirrors taken out for the 21 point test. Mirror alignment is now routine.
The rain is also having a small impact on the contractors working in W. Texas on the remote thermal area. The large pipe vault has become a nice reflecting pool and it is clear that we will need a french drain at the low end of this vault even though the expectation is that the vault with be mostly sealed to the runoff. The concrete vault has been completed and this week the electrical and mechanical contractors are placing conduit in the vault.
This week the Distance Measuring Interferometer (DMI) arrived from France and the engineering team in Austin made sure that it will fit into the test mass mounts which will come out in the 2nd week in July. The DMI will arrive in W. Texas on Thursday so that we can get it setup in the coming week both for the test mass and for the CCAS tower.
Work on the TCS (telescope control software) continues this week. The team hopes to be generating trajectories using RA/DEC or Alt/Az by the end of the week.


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DNR: No more deer test positive for CWD in SE Minnesota
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Department of Natural Resources says no more deer have tested positive for chronic wasting disease in southeastern Minnesota apart from the two infected bucks that were found earlier near Lanesboro.
Nearly 2,900 deer shot by hunters were tested as part of the surveillance effort.
DNR wildlife research manager Lou Cornicelli (korn-nih-SEL'-lee) said Thursday they're optimistic the infection is localized and is not widespread.
The DNR is now developing its response, which will include a public meeting announcing the details. It's expected to include additional hunting opportunities to try to reduce the zone's deer population as much as possible to try to prevent any spread.
Chronic wasting disease is fatal to deer. While it's not known to affect human health, officials advise against eating animals known to have the disease.


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49ers rebuilding from the ground up
Cristian Medina,
February 15, 2017
On Feb. 3, 2013, the San Francisco 49ers were 7-yards away from a game-winning touchdown, but were unable to score and lost Super Bowl XLVII to the Baltimore Ravens. Since then, it's been nothing but downhill for the Niners as they've gone through numerous player and coaching changes, as well as ...
Super Bowl might have been best ever
Louis LaVenture,
February 8, 2017
It's almost unbelievable. Super Bowl LI was a blowout, which is typical of the NFL's championship game. With just more than 4 minutes left in the third quarter, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan threw a touchdown to running back Tevin Coleman essentially sealing a championship with the sc...
Super matchup or super blowout?
Louis LaVenture,
February 1, 2017
For NFL fans the Super Bowl can be bittersweet if your team didn't make it to the final game of the year. As an Oakland Raiders fan I can relate; it's been 15 years since the silver and black have been to the championship match. The phrase "next year" has become commonplace in my vocabulary. Howe...


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This is not a reference to the warm temperatures we're enjoying here on the Cote d'Azur, but rather my own mental state. Last Thursday, just as I was poised to watch the afternoon's transmission of the Tour de France stage, because I was on review duty for VeloVoices, the internet went down, rendering me impotent. A quick re-boot and I was back up and running, although only for a short period. Another reboot and it worked, but at a snail's pace. I assumed it was just a temporary glitch. Not so, as on Friday, after the return of my beloved, the service was once again sporadic and back into the Dark Ages. It continued into Saturday and perked up a bit on Sunday but didn't resume its former dizzy heights.
I keep hoping and praying that the Domaine will get fibre. Orange have offered to fit it for free but I suspect the issue may be that only two years ago we renewed the tarmac on the roads leading around the Domaine and no one's keen for them to be dug up. So we have unlimited broadband but it has suddenly become limited, very limited. A quick check on the website revealed that the whole system was updated at the end of June and we should now be enjoying improved levels of service. We're well into July and we're not.
Orange do have a 24/7 service whereby you go through various options before you're finally, and only if you're very lucky, through to a technician. Because of the huge numbers of non-French, they do offer an English speaking service. Obviously, it's 9 to 5, week-days only and, as I've discovered, three-weeks of learning English on Babbel may render you capable of saying a few key phrases in English but not responding to technical questions. I now take my chance with the French language service.
I call only to discover the service has changed. I now have to explain my problem to IA, voice recognition software – fortunately I speak French with a reasonable accent. She tests my line, tells me it's fine and sends me a link to go on line (again) for further assistance. I then go through all the steps on line and finally get connected to a chat line. After more remote testing and answering the same questions, Abraham – probably not IA – thinks we need a new Livebox and so we're off to hell on earth, the Orange shop in Cap 3000, clutching our code for a new box. Wish me luck, I'm going to need it. My beloved is delighted as he's out at a meeting this afternoon, then off to Toulouse for two days, leaving me to deal with any fall out. He is, of course, expecting me to have solved the issue by the time he returns!
If I'm honest, I really want a technician to come round and suggest ways we might boost the signal beyond the office. It used to work in the bedroom, dining room and even on the patio but since last Thursday, its reach has also much reduced. However, it doesn't go through or even round our reinforced concrete walls. We have an extender but that was a total waste of money! Abraham thinks the new Livebox will also solve this problem – let's see.
But that's not all. The freezer bit of the fridge freezer threw a wobbly, blew a gasket and the entire fuse board overnight. Fortunately, service has been restored to the rest of the kitchen after switching off the electricity supply to the fridge-freezer. Fortunately, the freezer is very low on supplies. In fact, apart from two bars of chocolate (my beloved's) and some coffee beans, it's empty. The fridge however is pretty much stuffed to the gills, largely because of the number of bottles and jars in there. Not alcohol, just in case you were wondering, sauces, flavoured oils, chutneys, jams, mustards and so on. These can fortunately be decanted into the empty drinks fridge and half-full wine fridge. Providing my beloved doesn't keep on opening it to check on its temperature, the few vegetables and today's meals should be fine.
Bright and early this morning, I rang the only official service provider in the area for my fridge-freezer. Luckily, as I'm an existing customer, they can send an engineer tomorrow. I said I was sure it was a similar issue to last time, a faulty circuit board, but sadly it's no longer under guarantee. The company's call-out charge, plus first hour or part thereof, is Euros 150,00. Time-wasters need not apply! Still that's cheaper than a replacement fridge-freezer. However, I was due to deposit my beloved at the station tomorrow morning so I'll have to call on our uber-reliable (nothing to do with Uber) car service for that chore.
Of course, if the new Livebox doesn't live up to its billing, this might be the last you hear from me for quite a while!
Postscript: Down at Cap 3000, I discovered I was number 19 in the line! I returned home and will struggle on for the next couple of days. Thursday, I'm dragging my beloved down there 30 minutes before the shop opens so we can upgrade to a Pro Internet service which will give us instant attention. I can't do this on my own because my beloved is the sole owner of our company. I'm pleased he's not getting off scott-free!


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Rafael Benitez has vigorously defended his policy of not risking Newcastle's Premier League status by chasing FA Cup glory.
The Magpies boss has been heavily criticised by the club's fans for fielding a weakened line-up when his side were held 1-1 at home by Blackburn in the third round.
Newcastle, who will replay at Ewood Park on Tuesday, slipped into the Premier League's bottom three at the weekend after losing 2-1 at Chelsea.
"We can talk about 'oh the cups', but a lot of teams went out of the FA Cup. Why?" Benitez said.
"Why are all the managers that were making decisions and their teams were having problems and they are out?
"Why Cardiff, Fulham, nearly Southampton, why you see these teams and they were out? Because the Premier League is massive.
"You have £130million guaranteed if you are there. So everyone is trying to manage the situation. Also, you have to be realistic.
"Who has a chance, a realistic chance? Teams in the middle of the table because they can have a go because they are safe. The other teams, you have to manage it really carefully."
Benitez cited the injury sustained by Jonjo Shelvey against Blackburn.
Shelvey missed out at Stamford Bridge due to a calf strain, while Benitez is also without fellow midfielders Mo Diame (hip) and Ki Sung-yueng, who is at the Asian Cup with South Korea.
"I will give you an example because I read people saying 'we have to do this, we have to do that, I don't understand'.
"Listen, Jonjo Shelvey was playing the other day because we were trying to change and then win the game and avoid the replay – and he is injured now.
"What does that mean for us, with Ki away, with Muto (Yoshinoro) away? It is a risk. It is not that you have one week and you can recover the players.
"It is a risk and you have to accept that it is a risk. After, you approach the game in one way or another way.
"But if you put this player in or the other one, maybe it doesn't change anything, and then you take a massive risk."
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Check out this video (featuring Zach Gilford, Kathleen Quinlan, director Matthew Leutwyler, and Screenwriter Tom Cohen) from the Red Carpet Premiere of The River Why at the Dallas International Film Festival.
Note: the cast and crew appear about 5 minutes in.
The final screening at the DIFF is TONIGHT at 7:00pm. Tickets can be purchased at the door! For more info, visit: http://filmguide.dallasfilm.org/tixSYS/2010/xslguide/eventnote?EventNumber=3755&


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The following are results from the WWE live event in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The event was held on Saturday, September 21, 2013.
-Santino Marella defeated Damien Sandow via Pinfall. The match went about seven minutes, with Santino getting the win after hitting Sandow with his Cobra for the victory.
-Sami Zayn defeated Jack Swagger via Pinfall. This went about ten minutes, with the finish coming when Zayn reversed Swagger's Patriot Lock submission attempt into a pinfall.
-The Funkadactyls defeated AJ Lee and Layla via Pinfall. This one went about seven minutes, with the finish coming when Naomi pinned Divas Champion AJ.
-Rob Van Dam defeated Alberto Del Rio via Disqualification. This match went about nine minutes, with the finish coming when Del Rio used the belt as a weapon, which caused the DQ. After the match, Van Dam hit Del Rio with the Van Daminator, which prompted Damien Sandow to tease cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase. He never did cash in, however, as Van Dam ended up cleaning house of he and Del Rio.
-Ryback defeated Zack Ryder via Pinfall. This match went about ten minutes, with the finish coming when Ryback hit Ryder with the Shellshock for the 1-2-3.
-The Wyatt Family defeated The Usos and Kofi Kingston via Pinfall. This match went about 13 minutes, with the finish coming when Bray Wyatt hit his Sister Abigail finisher on Kingston for the pinfall.
-CM Punk defeated Curtis Axel via Pinfall in a No-DQ, Non-Title Match. This one went about 16 minutes, with the finish coming when Punk hit the GTS on Axel for the 1-2-3. After the match, Punk went to beat Paul Heyman up with a kendo stick, but Ryback came out to make the save. Punk ended up beating up Ryback with the kendo stick until Axel cut him off and he and Ryback double-teamed Punk. This led to Kofi Kingston coming back out to make the save for Punk.
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You will find ample parking for your car and secure parking for your two-wheeler when staying with us.
Hotel guests can take advantage of our convenient car parking space. Please request when making a booking.
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All hotel guests have free access to the sauna.
Beach chairs are available which you can use for free.
Parking is located directly at the hotel for free.
Make yourself at home
Your important documents, money or jewellery will be secure in the safety deposit box at reception.
Use the lift to access the upper floors of our comfy hotel.
The lobby is under constant video surveillance.
Storage for your ski equipment is available.
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During the day head towards our restaurant and grab a bite to eat. Our vegetarian visitors will also find something suitable on the menu. And in the evening you can enjoy a nightcap in our bar.
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Your room is equipped with a desk.
You can use the electric water boiler in your suite to prepare a cup of coffee or tea.
The bathrooms in this hotel have windows for your convenience.
Bathrooms feature a shower, a bathtub and a hairdryer.
After you've taken a relaxing shower in your hotel suite's bathroom, reach out and grab your own personal robe off the heated towel holders. You can then dry your hair with the hand-held hair-dryer provided.
For the comfort of our guests, all hotel windows are soundproof.
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In order to ensure the guests' satisfaction, we have equipped our wellness facilities with highlights like a rejuvenating sauna. A steam bath is also provided.
Ping pong is offered in the hotel and is a real favourite among our hotel's guests.
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Social Security fraud has been a glaring problem for a long time, but last year's major Equifax breach did a fine job of taking things up a notch. In 2017, an estimated 143 million Americans had their data compromised, including their Social Security numbers, which means that the likelihood of falling victim to fraud is all the more great.
If you have reason to believe your Social Security benefits have been stolen, you'll need to take action right away. Otherwise, you risk losing out on money that's rightfully yours.
Keeping tabs on your benefits
Back in the day, it was easier to know if your Social Security payments were stolen because benefits were sent in a physical check. These days, however, those payments are generally made by direct deposit, so unless you're manning your bank account, you may not know whether yours have gone missing.
The best way to ensure that you're not missing any of your benefits is to figure out your payment schedule and make a point of checking your account each time you expect that money to hit it. Social Security payments are sent out on the second, third, and fourth Wednesday of each month depending on your date of birth. If your birthday falls between the first and 10th day of the month, you can expect your payment on the second Wednesday of the month. If it's between the 11th and 20th, you'll get paid on the third Wednesday of the month. And if your birthday is between the 21st and 31st, your money will come in on the fourth Wednesday of the month. You can consult this payment schedule for more information.
Of course, it's easier to determine when your benefits have been stolen once you're already receiving them. But what if you've yet to file a benefits claim? In that case, someone could, conceivably, file for Social Security in your name, divert your payments to an account he or she can control, and then collect those payments while you're none the wiser. So if you're at an age when you're eligible for benefits (meaning 62 or above) but haven't yet filed, create a Social Security account online and monitor it for activity. If you see activity you didn't initiate, contact the Social Security Administration (SSA) at once by calling (800) 772-1213.
In the meantime, be sure to hang on to all documentation you receive from the SSA. Unfortunately, if someone does try to steal your identity -- and your benefits -- it'll be on you to prove that you're the rightful owner, so the more official paperwork you have, the stronger a case you'll build.
If the world were a more honest place, we wouldn't have to worry about criminals who attempt to access money they're not entitled to. But alas, that's not the case, and so it's on us to be vigilant about protecting ourselves. The moment you find that a Social Security payment of yours is missing, or that there's new activity on your account that didn't come from you, be sure to take action right away. The longer you wait, the longer you risk going without money you could end up coming to miss.


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Iraqi General Works to Transform National Police
Iraqi General Works to Transform National Police
Few of Iraq's nascent security forces have been as reviled as the country's national police.
Critics say the Shiite-dominated, 26,000-man force has been infiltrated by death squads and is riddled with corruption. There have been repeated calls from Americans and Iraqis for the force to be disbanded.
But the head of the beleaguered national police is trying to turn the force around with Western help.
About 1,900 enthusiastic Iraqi cadets march in formation at the police force's training facility southeast of Baghdad — in the middle of nowhere. For the first time, there are as many Sunnis as Shiites training here to be national policemen.
They come from towns all across Iraq, many of them recruited from Sunni tribes who are joining with U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight al-Qaida in Iraq.
It is hoped the new class will help transform the national police into the force that American and many Iraqi officials wanted in the first place: one that is professional, well trained and reflecting Iraq's religious and ethnic makeup. It would be a force to not only fight criminals and insurgents, but to protect the new, democratic Iraq against any potential military coup.
Still, Col. David Boslego, the senior American adviser to the national police chief, says it has been tough to persuade Iraqis that the force has changed.
"So, it's an uphill battle in that respect to overcome a bad reputation that had existed in the past — and I think is being overturned by their current performance," Boslego says.
Many of the cadets say they hope to change the image of Iraq's national police. All of the cadets interviewed say they want to help Iraq out of its sectarian quagmire.
Hassan Daya Kadim, a Shiite and former army officer from volatile Diyala province, says he and his classmates want to make the national police force a symbol of hope for his people — one that roots out domestic and foreign terrorists alike.
Nazar Abdulkarim Tahar, a Sunni who hails from western Anbar province, adds that he had no qualms about joining the largely Shiite force. He says all of the trainees here get along well, whatever their religious or ethnic affiliation. They sleep in the same dormitories, eat in the same chow hall and pray in the same mosque.
The new, integrated class is the brainchild of Iraqi Maj. Gen. Hussein al Awadi, who heads the national police. Since assuming his post in late 2006, Awadi says he has fired about 9,000 officers and commanders to eliminate death squads and corruption within his ranks.
"Any new force that's created is going to have its share of problems," Awadi says. "We were in a hurry, so there wasn't time to develop good training. Nor to set standards and make sure the force was diverse, given some sects were preventing their members from joining. But we are working hard to correct all of this."
Back at the training base in Numaniyah, cadets practice raiding homes. They call out "police" three times in Arabic before bursting into concrete, two-story buildings.
Things don't go smoothly at first. Like when the cadets fail to provide cover for one another during the search. Australian trainer John Clay critiques the cadets' performance for them with the help of a translator.
"If we were learning this back in Australia or the States or something, you'd be doing it for a week," Clay says. "A week of learning how to clear a building, to clear a house properly — it's trying to fit a lot in a short time."
The cadets will spend 12 weeks in training before they are deployed. But already the new program has softened some of the vocal critics of the Iraqi national police.
Omar al Jubouri, who heads the Islamic Party's human rights office, says the national police force — like all of Iraq's security forces — is improving with the incorporation of Sunni recruits. He also says that Iraqi Gen. Awadi has done a lot to heal national wounds.
But Jubouri says he worries that progress will be fleeting unless the Iraqi government codifies the diversity and the new standards that the national police force commander has introduced.


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I have been invited to do a collaboration with http://www.educomics.org which is in affiliation with software developers in Greece funded by the European Union.
I'm entering the 2nd phase of our collaboration, giving them a sample of my curriculum for them to plan how to transfer it to their software and sell it in Europe!
I'm very excited and working hard using the content from my Summer course.
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Culled from archives and personal testimonies, heartwarming stories, including romantic ones, about Indian soldiers, including Sikhs, who fought in World War-1 as part of the British army, feature in a new documentary made in France by Punjab-born filmmaker and novelist Vijay Singh.
"Mademoiselle France Pleure" (Miss France is in tears) attempts to piece together the lesser known fact about the 14-lakh Indian soldiers and civilian workers who came to France and Belgium to defend their freedom against invasion.
"The soldiers faced hardships, casualties and diseases in the war. The documentary will highlight stories from within the British army and hospitals," says Paris-based Vijay Singh.
The man who has shot critically acclaimed feature films such as "Jaya Ganga" and "One Dollar Curry" was here to announce the new project and firm up plans to shoot in India, France, Austria and Belgium. "Everybody remembers India's freedom struggle but few recall the contribution of our soldiers in the Great War," says Vijay Singh. The film shows the tragicomic situations that the French and the British faced while feeding Indian soldiers as per their religious beliefs; and the hospitality of the French hostesses that won hearts of Indian soldiers during their convalescence in French barns.
With help from the French government and embassy, Vijay has gathered testimonies from the archives and the descendents in France, India, Belgium and Britain of brave soldiers of which 10,000 didn't return home. There are accounts of the soldiers who fell in love with French women and had children with them.The film features a woman, 71, whose grandfather was Indian. Part of it is shot in Chamba nagar panchayat in Tehri region of Uttarakhand, where Gabbar Singh Negi Mela, dedicated to a war hero, is still held every April 21 for the past 94 years with assistance from Chatwal Regiment.
There, people recount that the French were spellbound when they saw the Sikh soldiers combing their long hair or tying their turbans and having a bath between two trains; or even the khaki shorts they donned.
"What astonished the French was the huge cavalry and cattle that the Indian regiment had arrived with," says Vijay. The film will include a high-profile war-centenary ceremony in 2015 at Neuve Chapelle, a battle memorial dedicated to the Indian soldiers in France.
The soldiers wrote their experiences in nearly 600 letters while in hospitals, the record of which is kept in the Haryana Academy of Art and Culture, to which soldiers would send a rupee each month for the education of students.
For 3 years, Vijay researched on the subject of his multilingual film produced by France TV. Vijay has used photographs, portraits, war songs, sound recordings, and interviews with the solders' descendants to stitch the narrative. "It is a remarkable example of what India and France can do together," said a French embassy official.


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Here we go with all the incoming deadlines we spotted these last weeks: calls for papers, fellowships, summer schools, grants, calls for contributions; and also book reviews, sometimes podcasts, recruiting blogs.
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- 27/12/17 – Naples (IT). CFP "Mediterranean Europe(s): Images and Ideas of Europe from the Mediterranean Shores"
- 30/12/17 – Sorrento (IT). CFP "Sites of Transit in Italy from WW2 to the present"
- 31/12/17 – Bamberg (DE). CFP "3rd European Convention on Turkic, Ottoman & Turkish Studies"
- 31/12/17 – CFC "Destra" e "Sinistra" per "Spazio Filosofico".
- 31/12/17 – CFC "Tourism Mobilities in Contemporary Africa"
- 31/12/17 – Mainz (DE). CFP "Nationalism and the Postcolonial"
- 31/12/17 – Nantes (FR). CFP international conference "Représentation et mémoire de la migration"
- 05/01/18 – Budapest (H). CFP "IN/EQUALITIES. narrative & critique, resistance & solidarity"
- 08/01/18 – CFC "Postcolonial Interventions"
- 10/01/18 – Turin (IT). CFP "Religions and Identities in the European Migration Crisis"
- 15/01/18 – New York (NY). CFP annual conference of Cultural History, "Performance, politics and play"
- 15/01/18 – Lyon (FR). CFP "The Markets of Misery, 18th-21th C."
- 15/01/17 – Louvain (BE). CFP "Popular Policing in Europe (18th-20th centuries)"
- 28/01/18 – Ohio (US). CFP & Prize "Phanor J. Eder LL.B./J.D. Prize in Comparative Law"
- 30/01/18 – CFC The Ethical and Public Problems of Digital Culture
- 31/01/18 – Leeds (UK). CFP "Transnational War Volunteering"
- 31/01/18 – Ottawa (CDN). CFP "Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Italian Studies"
- 31/01/18 – London (UK). CFP "The Peoples' Wars? The Second World War in Socio-Political Perspective"
- 01/02/18 – Montreal (CDN). CFP "Transnational Journalism History Conference"
- 16/12/17 – 3 thesis prizes (M.A. and Ph.D.) "La cultura del viaggio"
- 31/12/17 – Roberta Morelli Prize in Urban History
- 31/12/17– Gaetano Cozzi award for thesis and scientific publications on the history of games
- 08/01/17 – Oxford (UK). Bennett Boskey Fellowship in Atlantic History (1700-1900).
- 10/01/18 – Rome (IT). Recrutement des membres à l'École française de Rome
- 31/01/18 – Fellowship "Alessandro Pavesi" sui diritti umani
- CFC – contributions wanted for the Dictionnaire biographique des mouvements immigrés
- Novembre-Juin, Paris. Cycle de séminaires "Les mardis des révolutions: Révolution(s) et émancipation(s), une approche historique"
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What is Baptism?
Christian baptism is immersion in water as a public statement of your new identity in Christ, having received Him by faith as Savior and Lord. Baptism does not save a person. Rather, baptism is the first act of obedience for one who has been saved.
Why should I be baptized?
To follow the example set by Jesus.
One day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and John baptized him in the Jordan River. Mark 1:9
Because Jesus commands it.
Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20
To demonstrate that I am a follower of Jesus.
And we can be sure that we know him if we obey his commandments. 1 John 2:3
To respond to being saved through faith.
God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can't take credit for this; it is a gift from God. Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done, so none of us can boast about it. Ephesians 2:8-9
What does baptism mean?
An "illustration" is a visual representation of an idea. Our baptism does not make us Christians, it is an illustration of a commitment that we've made in our hearts, sort of like a wedding ring. The wedding ring isn't what makes you married. It's the representation, or symbol, that shows the commitment a husband and wife make in their hearts.
Baptism illustrates Christ's death, burial and resurrection.
Christ died for sins according to the Scriptures… He was buried… he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:3-4
… Having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. Colossians 2:12
Baptism illustrates my new life as a Christian.
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come! 2 Corinthians 5:17
For we died and were buried with Christ by baptism. And just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father, now we also may live new lives. We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life. Romans 6:4-5
Why do I have to be immersed?
Because Jesus was baptized this way.
As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. Matthew 3:16
Every baptism in the Bible was by immersion.
See one example of Philip and the Eunuch in Acts 8:38-39.
The word baptize literally means "to dip under."
The Greek word baptizo means "to immerse or dip under water."
It is our best demonstration of death, burial and resurrection.
… Having been buried with Him in baptism and raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised Him from the dead. Colossians 2:12
Who should be baptized?
Those who hear the Gospel.
… and many… who heard him believed and were baptized. Acts 18:8
Those who believe in Christ.
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved... Mark 16:16
Those who repent of sin.
Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Acts 2:38
Those who confess Christ with their mouth.
… If you confess with your mouth "Jesus is Lord" and believe in your heart God raised Him from the dead you will be saved. Romans 10:9
Those who in good conscience pledge their life to Christ.
… Baptism that now saves you… not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a good conscience toward God. I Peter 3:21
The purpose of baptism is to publicly confess your personal commitment to Christ.
When should I be baptized?
The model given to us in the Bible is that baptism immediately follows our decision to follow Christ.
Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day. Acts 2:41
For more information, or to schedule your baptism, click here.
What about kids/babies?
At lake tapps, we offer baptism to believers, which means we do not baptize babies. We do offer Child & Baby Dedications similar to those found in the Bible (1 Samuel 1:27-28; Luke 2:22; Matthew 19:13-15). If you'd like information about dedicating your child or infant, click here.
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Spellbound by Beauty: Alfred Hitchcock and His Leading Ladies
By Donald Spoto
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When he introduced Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll to each other on the set of The 39 Steps, Alfred Hitchcock invited them to call him by his nickname: 'Hitch, without the cock'. This was his way of putting actor and actress at ease, says Donald Spoto, but throughout his career Hitchcock used off-colour remarks not merely as playful banter but also to provoke a reaction.
At a photo session to promote one of his most forgettable films, Topaz (1969), Hitchcock asked the German actress Karin Dor, with a lascivious overtone, to put a male actor's cigar in her mouth. When she demurred, he went further: 'Come on, Karin, you know you've had it in your mouth before.'


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Monday, February 05, 2007
Ten protesters arrested in McCain's office
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. Capitol Police arrested 10 anti-war protestors in Sen. John McCain's Capitol Hill office Monday, police spokeswoman Sgt. Kimberly Schneider tells CNN.
The protestors, members of the anti-war organization "Code Pink," said the demonstration was one of more than two dozen similar protests held across the country on Monday. The group said more protests were planned targeting congressional offices in the coming months.
The demonstrations were held Monday to coincide with the fourth anniversary of the U.N. speech delivered by former Secretary of State Colin Powell outlining the threat Iraq posed to the world because of its weapons of mass destruction programs, according to a press release issued by the organization.
The demonstration in McCain's office was peaceful and no one was injured.
Last week six members from the group were arrested outside Sen. Hillary Clinton's, D- New York, Capitol Hill office.
-- CNN Congressional Producer Ted Barrett
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An employer provided group term life insurance policy may be one of the most important employee benefits you can provide for your company's people. At the same time, it is an extremely affordable way to create a heightened sense of loyalty among your workforce. In previous articles, we discussed how crucial it is to provide … Continue Reading
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Obamacare, also known as the ACA, laws and regulations are changing on an ongoing and constant basis. As an employer and provider of company health benefits staying well informed is essential. Trying to sift through all the red tape, rumors and conflicting media reports surrounding the new tax laws in regards to Obamacare can be … Continue Reading
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Mississippi ranks 4th in the nation for opioid prescriptions per capita. Most deadly drug overdoses in Mississippi and our nation are a result of opioid drug use and almost half of them are from prescription medications. We also know that heroin and fentanyl are quickly becoming major problems in the State of Mississippi as well. … Continue Reading
How to Lower Group Benefits Costs by Providing Dental Insurance
I want to make sure you understand this point. Offering Dental Insurance as part of your company's employee benefits plan will help you in the long run. Why?
Good or bad oral care can directly affect overall health. When your employee's health requires a claim against your company's Group Health Insurance Policy it can drive up your Group Benefits Rates. Did you know that heart disease and diabetes can affect you or your employees, and these diseases can have a direct correlation to oral health?
How Major Medical Insurance Works: A Comprehensive Guide
"How does major medical insurance work?" The term health insurance is very broad. Although any type of insurance that helps offset the cost of medical expenses can be referred to as health insurance. However, "Major Medical Insurance" is very specific to its benefits. As the term "major" implies this type of coverage is designed to … Continue Reading
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In our previous article, "Seven Misconceptions About Group Health Insurance," I discussed the vital importance of having a great benefits package in place for your group and employees. I would now like to talk about how supplemental insurance plans can greatly increase the value and improve the overall perception of your benefits package.
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Our entire nation is currently experiencing unprecedented and sudden drastic rises in healthcare premiums in recent years. Cost control and the bottom line have become more important than ever for every business owner and benefits coordinator. Smart businesses are implementing plans and strategies to lower group health insurance rates.
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When one talks about films of their childhood, what's discussed is typically children's classics. While I too saw those, the defining films of my childhood are about giant snakes that eat people. King Cobra is one of 'em, for better or worse. To this day I will gleefully watch any movie with giant snakes and my adoration for Anaconda is the Achilles heel of my credibility. Embrace that and read further.
Getting right into it, King Cobra is about a 30 ft, genetically altered King Cobra/Diamondback Rattlesnake hybrid that kills a lot of people (even eating one whole!) in a small town. The town's only hope is a small group of doctors and scientists—Among them, Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi!) as a badass snake expert. The plot is thin, the acting is voided, the special effects are phoned in, but this film is awesome for the avid giant snake fan.
Really I can't say much more about King Cobra… I could, but it would just be rambling, since the previous paragraph is really all one needs to know. It's a ridiculous film and if you don't have an attachment to all things giant snakes, this is to be avoided. If you're like me, watch it and love it. If you have a Netflix account you can easily find it for viewing on demand there. :-)
Now, time for an Anaconda(s) marathon… (Even the 3rd & 4th, gasp!)


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Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas says the Ligue 1 club will not allow Bruno Genesio and Gerald Baticle to join Remi Garde at Aston Villa.
Ex-Lyon boss Garde is Villa's first choice for their managerial vacancy, but two members of his old backroom staff, Genesio and Baticle, are still working at Stade de Gerland.
Aulas told Le Progres: "Remi, I hope, will go to Aston Villa, he deserves a big English club.
"But an assistant under contract cannot leave. And anyway, a deputy cannot ask that."
Villa are searching for their third manager in eight months after sacking Tim Sherwood on Sunday.
Sherwood paid the price for a poor start to the season in which Villa won just one of their opening 10 Premier League games.
They are bottom of the table and four points from the safety line ahead of Monday's trip to Tottenham.
Garde, a former Arsenal midfielder, has emerged as the front-runner for the position this week, with Saint-Etienne boss Christophe Galtier also mentioned as a candidate.
The initial favourites, David Moyes and Brendan Rodgers, have drifted in the betting while there does not appear to have been significant movement concerning another potential candidate, former Leicester boss Nigel Pearson in recent days.
Former Sunderland manager Gus Poyet is now out of the reckoning having agreed to take over at AEK Athens.
Discuss this in the new-look Aston Villa Your Say forum.