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Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Slitstitch CD Party
Everyone was hot, loud and ready last Friday at Beatniks for the CD release of "Crawling from the Wreckage" by Slitstich! In true DIY fashion, you got a free CDR with no artwork and song list but who cares? I've been waiting for years for a new disc by these guys and was well worth it. All the other bands helped fuel the fire of one fine night in Wormtown! Go here for more control
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Friday, May 25, 2012
New Worm's Eye View
NOW on WURN.net! New stuff from Joey Ramone, Bottlefight, Guns of Navarone and more! Start your weekend off right.
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Thursday, May 24, 2012
Slitstich CD Release
This Friday, May 25th at Beatniks on Park Ave, the long awaited release of Slitstich new CD. This town will never be the same!
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Monday, May 21, 2012
Hot Rods are GO!
Sunday, May 20th was a picture perfect day for Hot Rods, Hot Music and Cool Cats at Ralph's Diner / 100% Kustoms' show. Here's some of the action...
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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Ralph's Diner/100% Hot Rod Show
This Sunday, May 20th, kicks off the season of Hot Rod at The Diner. Presented by 100% Kustom Kulture and featuring The Preston Wayne Four who played in 2009. THIS IS A FREE SHOW!!!!! You should go, the weather looks like it will be stellar!
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Last weekend in the Shiproom at The Hotel Vernon, Wormtown newest Ramones Tribute band The Erdelyi's treated the crowd to their vision of a perfect world. Made up of Cathy and Chris Lilliyman and Steve Cummings of Musclecah and Eric Zeh on drums, they blitzed through a set of covers by the Brudders that left the folks wanting more. Go see them next time they play and join in the fun. This Saturday night May 12, Lenny Lasley returns to Wormtown for another gig at the same Hotel Vernon. I saw him a couple weeks ago at Beatniks, and was pleasantly entertained with his new direction of rootsy acoustic music that was a far cry from his Darkbuster days, but delivered with as much honesty as he's been know for. Also on the bill are Brunt of It, Tenebrae, Hooks & Sinkers, and The Snipers. Flier says show starts at 7:30, but I'd call ahead to make sure.
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Saturday, May 5, 2012
New Worms Eye View
Now on WURN.net A salute to Scott Ricciuti and Wormtowns' 34th Anniversary. PLUS new stuff from PIL, Swamp Angel and JJ Rassler!!
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
Wormtown Saturday Night
This week, May 5th, at The Hotel Vernon, Kelley Square. Bottlefight, Athols dirtiest rockers, The Erdelyis, members of Musclecah play the Ramones, The Skintights, kinda like The Pathetics, but not. Alive and kicking in 2012.
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Happy Birthday Wormtown
Founded on this day, 1978. In the spirit of Punk, going against the norm, standing out as an individual.
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By Jennifer Johnson
The president of Financial Planning Ministry since 1994 explains what FPM does and why it's important.
So let's start with an overview of what Financial Planning Ministry is all about.
Ultimately FPM is about helping people be better stewards. We accomplish this by educating people about their estate planning options and providing an estate planning solution called a living trust that allows them to easily avoid huge costs in probate and pass that "saved" money along to family members and ministries they care about.
What's a living trust? How is it different from a will?
A will can express your wishes after your death and direct where your estate should go. The problem is most people's estates have to go through a court process called probate before their assets are passed on to their loved ones or to charities. Probate takes time and it can also cost a significant percentage of the total estate value. The living trust is an alternative that allows you to make the same choices about your assets but it doesn't go through probate, so there are no delays or hidden costs. The process goes much more smoothly and thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars can go to people and causes you care about instead of going to the probate court.
Another advantage to the living trust is you retain your privacy. Many people aren't aware that when you pass away, all your information is collected by the probate court—the size of your estate, who your creditors are, who you're leaving money to and how much. All those records are kept and made available upon request to the public. So anyone can look at that information and potentially take advantage of it by preying upon your children or anyone to whom you've left a significant inheritance.
How does FPM work? What's the process?
We do 90-minute seminars in local churches and explain the issues of wills and trusts, talk about probate, and answer questions, and then encourage people to take action and put a plan together. We let them know they have options; they can work with local professionals or we offer the service of putting the documents together. If they choose to work with us, we meet with them individually to fill out the planning guide and receive their instructions about how they want to distribute their assets in their estate plan.
We also offer to prepare Advance Health Care Directives. We create all the documents for them to simply sign and notarize. We have helped almost 18,000 individuals and families, and we keep an active file on each one so we can help them with updates to their documents in the future.
We do all this without any cost to the individual. Instead of charging them a fee for our work, we ask them to consider leaving a financial gift out of their estate to one or more of our sponsoring ministries. So people get the estate planning work they need, they save a lot of money by avoiding probate, they pay no up-front costs, and our sponsoring organizations receive a commitment for a financial gift in the future—what we call an expectancy. So far this has redirected $750 million from probate to ministry.
This really is a stewardship opportunity.
Absolutely. Our purpose is not to be involved in documents, although we do them very well; our number one purpose is to help people understand they could lose tens of thousands of dollars unnecessarily in probate costs. Many people think you have to have a huge estate and lots of wealth to trigger the probate process, but in most states you just need total assets around $50,000 or you need to own property. So you're almost guaranteed to have probate costs, and we want to help people avoid that.
At the same time, we also believe God owns everything and we want to be good managers of what he's given us, which means sharing the opportunity to convert some of those dollars into ministry.
The two most common objections we hear from people about setting up an estate plan is they don't understand what to do or it's too expensive. We've eliminated both problems with this approach.
Do you do other types of financial planning, such as investments and retirement planning?
No, Financial Planning Ministry is a broad name for the organization, and that came about 30 years ago when it was first getting started. There are lots of great financial planners around the country who do the type of work you're talking about, but I haven't yet found another nonprofit organization that does what we do and works with churches and parachurches. So we continue to do what we do with excellence, but we don't branch out into other things our name might imply; we don't sell insurance or manage investments. You could say we specialize in the ultimate retirement plan.
You mentioned that FPM started about 30 years ago. Tell us a little more about that story.
One of the things that's unique about FPM is it's not a business that was formed to serve a fund-raising need. We were created by ministries, for ministries. We began with a handful of organizations in California and we've grown through word of mouth. After the first 10 years we decided we were ready to add additional sponsoring organizations, and we now have 65 sponsors and have done estate planning work in 48 states.
Two years ago our ministry grew 30 percent, and last year we grew an additional 40 percent. We'll do 200 seminars in churches this year to a total attendance of about 6,000 people. We've grown quickly in recent years, but we've been able to keep pace with it because we've taken our time to do it, we're staffed well, we're a debt-free organization, and we're continuing to grow at a sustainable pace.
The thing about our approach and our process is we're completely accessible to organizations of every size that have a commitment to providing stewardship opportunities to their members or donors. The support structure required for involvement is very modest, especially in relationship to what they receive, and a college or ministry that doesn't have a full development program on its own can work with us to offer something valuable to their members or alumni. On the other hand, many of our largest colleges and organizations are partners as well, even through they have complete development programs.
I've always appreciated that about FPM—it's not something that's only open to people from the biggest churches or people with a lot of money.
We've always been grassroots. You don't have to be in the top 10 percent in wealth to use our services. Every family in the church deserves the opportunity to plan for their family's future, avoid probate, and make good stewardship choices. And so instead of having one gift worth $10 million, we'll create thousands of $50,000 estate gifts totaling hundreds of millions of dollars.
We'll even work with people who have a negative net worth but need a special needs trust for their son or daughter, or a single mom who doesn't have assets but has two children and needs a document that provides guardianship. We're happy to do those kinds of things. Our team will spend as much time with those people as they will someone who's leaving 10 percent of their estate or several million dollars. It's at the core of what we do. We were designed to meet the needs of our members. The fact that we almost have more work than we can keep up with is a testimony that we're probably doing the right thing.
So what's on the horizon for FPM?
We're going to continue this core focus on estate planning and living trusts, but we're always finding new ways to deliver it. We've been investing in technology and have a pretty sophisticated data management method. Our document creation process and our management of the 18,000 members and all of their documents could grow by a factor of 10 and we would still be able to meet those needs.
Last year we developed about 1,800 new estate plans. We'll probably do 2,800 more this year. So when we look into the future we're looking for ways we can be prepared to offer this to more people. People don't see this as a fund-raiser for the sponsoring organizations, and that's not the intention. Certainly the original organizations saw this as a way to be more effective in developing future gifts, but they did it by looking at how they could best serve people. You look for the legitimate need and you fill it in a legitimate way, and it's going to be successful.
Jennifer Johnson, a CHRISTIAN STANDARD contributing editor, is a freelance editor and writer living outside Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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I love the work of Financial Planning Ministry (FPM). This is such a savvy ministry. Over $700,000,000 expectancy going to faith-based organizations and churches. Thank you Mike Prior. Peace.
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Chadwick, Austin J. and Lamb, Michael P. and Ganti, Vamsi (2020) Accelerated river avulsion frequency on lowland deltas due to sea-level rise. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (30). pp. 17584-17590. ISSN 0027-8424. PMCID PMC7395564. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20200714-092850643
Ganti, Vamsi and Lamb, Michael P. and Chadwick, Austin J. (2019) Autogenic Erosional Surfaces in Fluvio-deltaic Stratigraphy from Floods, Avulsions, and Backwater Hydrodynamics. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 89 (8). pp. 815-832. ISSN 1527-1404. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190920-081437779
Ganti, Vamsi and Whittaker, Alexander C. and Lamb, Michael P. et al. (2019) Low-gradient, single-threaded rivers prior to greening of the continents. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (24). pp. 11652-11657. ISSN 0027-8424. PMCID PMC6575162. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20190523-093030045
Sweeney, J. and Warner, N. H. and Ganti, V. et al. (2018) Degradation of 100-m-Scale Rocky Ejecta Craters at the InSight Landing Site on Mars and Implications for Surface Processes and Erosion Rates in the Hesperian and Amazonian. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 123 (10). pp. 2732-2759. ISSN 2169-9097. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181126-130009337
Trower, Elizabeth J. and Ganti, Vamsi and Fischer, Woodward W. et al. (2018) Erosional surfaces in the Upper Cretaceous Castlegate Sandstone (Utah, USA): Sequence boundaries or autogenic scour from backwater hydrodynamics? Geology, 46 (8). pp. 707-710. ISSN 0091-7613. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180713-160705385
Torres, Mark A. and Limaye, Ajay B. and Ganti, Vamsi et al. (2017) Model predictions of long-lived storage of organic carbon in river deposits. Earth Surface Dynamics, 5 (4). pp. 711-730. ISSN 2196-632X. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20180117-153815243
DiBiase, Roman A. and Lamb, Michael P. and Ganti, Vamsi et al. (2017) Slope, grain size, and roughness controls on dry sediment transport and storage on steep hillslopes. Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface, 122 (4). pp. 941-960. ISSN 2169-9003. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20170601-085108736
Ganti, Vamsi and von Hagke, Christoph and Scherler, Dirk et al. (2016) Time scale bias in erosion rates of glaciated landscapes. Science Advances, 2 (10). Art. No. e1600204. ISSN 2375-2548. PMCID PMC5052011. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20161017-081801040
Ganti, Vamsi and Chadwick, Austin J. and Hassenruck-Gudipati, Hima J. et al. (2016) Avulsion cycles and their stratigraphic signature on an experimental backwater-controlled delta. Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface, 121 (9). pp. 1651-1675. ISSN 2169-9003. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160818-100157512
Ganti, Vamsi and Chadwick, Austin J. and Hassenruck-Gudipati, Hima J. et al. (2016) Experimental river delta size set by multiple floods and backwater hydrodynamics. Science Advances, 2 (5). Art. No. e1501768. ISSN 2375-2548. PMCID PMC4928958. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20160718-083412854
Golombek, M. P. and Warner, N. H. and Ganti, V. et al. (2014) Small crater modification on Meridiani Planum and implications for erosion rates and climate change on Mars. Journal of Geophysical Research. Planets, 119 (12). pp. 2522-2547. ISSN 2169-9097. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20181127-133838350
Ganti, Vamsi and Chu, Zhongxin and Lamb, Michael P. et al. (2014) Testing morphodynamic controls on the location and frequency of river avulsions on fans versus deltas: Huanghe (Yellow River), China. Geophysical Research Letters, 41 (22). pp. 7882-7890. ISSN 0094-8276. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20141027-103121381
Ganti, Vamsi and Lamb, Michael P. and McElroy, Brandon (2014) Quantitative bounds on morphodynamics and implications for reading the sedimentary record. Nature Communications, 5 . Art. No. 3298. ISSN 2041-1723. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140418-103435041
Ganti, Vamsi and Paola, Chris and Foufoula-Georgiou, Efi (2013) Kinematic controls on the geometry of the preserved cross sets. Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface, 118 (3). pp. 1296-1307. ISSN 2169-9003. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131203-103750902
Falcini, F. and Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and Ganti, V. et al. (2013) A combined nonlinear and nonlocal model for topographic evolution in channelized depositional systems. Journal of Geophysical Research. Earth Surface, 118 (3). pp. 1617-1627. ISSN 2169-9003. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20131203-082654234


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John Deere 643K Wheeled Feller Buncher
The most comfortable seat in the woods.
This cab is a keeper — so comfortable it will keep you in the woods, working. The 643K's cab is welcoming and spacious, as well as efficiently designed for maximum productivity. You'll appreciate the clear and expansive sight lines, the air-ride suspension seat, and the well-lit Standard Display Monitor (SDM). Instantly check your saw-speed rpm to know when the cutting can begin. The SDM also lets you check your saw speed, fuel levels, and temperature — without bringing work to a standstill.
Key Features
- Fast ground speed and saw recovery
- Durable, reliable hydraulic and electrical plumbing
- Best-in-class cooling system and fuel efficiency
- Heavy-duty axles deliver under the toughest circumstances
- Fast ground speed and saw recovery jump-start the wood flow going to the landing.
- Exclusive to John Deere, TeamMate IV™ 1400 heavy-duty (HD) axles, both front and rear, deliver the tractive effort and stability your cutter needs to climb hills.
- High-performing heads are both durable and precise.
- Closed-circuit differential lockis simplified; and by design, axle oil is not shared with any system, which improves oil quality.
- In-cab saw-speed rpm indicatoris a green light that signals the operator when the saw rpm has reached top speed and is ready to cut. Speed settings are adjustable to your operator and jobsite needs.
- Digital saw-speed indicatorallows operators to see a digital readout on the SDM for reference.
Cab and Monitor
- Smooth controls and a quiet cab keep you comfortable and productive on long workdays.
- AM/FM radio and CD playerwith remote-mounted speakers. Includes plug-n-play-ready mounting system for your own CB, too.
- Air conditioningwith vents placed in front of and around the operator delivers the utmost in operator comfort. Fresh air filter is easily accessible from the ground.
- Air-ride suspension seatis standard on K-Series machines for supreme operator comfort and productivity. Fully adjustable suspension seat, armrests, and backrest, and joysticks strategically located at the armrests provide additional operator comfort.
- Tinted polycarbonate windowsprovide an unobstructed view to the rear tires and bumper. At 25 x 18 inches, the skylight is one of the industry's largest, giving the operator better visibility and a third exit. Side windows slide open.
- Joysticks with smooth, responsive hydraulicsrequire less effort from the operator, which means better control and less fatigue. And operators get a more comfortable grip when traveling through the woods. Lever or wheel steering available.
- SDM and other easy-to-read gaugesmake it easy to keep track of your fuel and engine temperature, and are designed and located for your operator's ergonomic comfort.
- Plenty of easily accessible storage areas.
- Durable, reliable hydraulic and electrical plumbing keeps your cutter cutting — so you can focus on business.
- Heavy-duty axles and other performance features deliver stability and hill climbing power under the toughest circumstances.
- Hydraulic hoseshave a simplified routing pattern, and are better protected for greater hose longevity. New articulation plumbing routings provide added protection from falling debris.
- Electrical routingsare centralized in the load-center compartment and easily accessible behind the secondary door.
- Switches are positioned for optimal ergonomics and reliability.
- Pilot manifold and pump manifold leverage reliable components. Low- and high-pressure manifold circuits are separated, resulting in lasting durability.
- Tilt-cylinder guard and plumbing ensure solid hose connections.
- Special plumbing design protects against debris and costly under-the-cab buildup.
- With a closed-center diff-lock, fewer components and cleaner axle oil lead to better durability — and getting out of tough spots is quicker and easier.
- The air-intake design minimizes the impact of debris and buildup under the hood. The machine runs cooler, so your time in the woods is spent working, not waiting.
- Sucker fan is designed to draw air through the rear and out the sides to significantly reduce buildup under the cab and around the engine manifold.
- Automatic reversible cooling fankeeps debris buildup to a minimum — blowing leaves and other debris off the grill — keeping the engine running cooler, and eliminating the downtime usually needed for maintenance.
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- How's your wheeled feller buncher's fuel efficiency? Has it changed over time? When is it due for maintenance? With JDLink Ultimate, log into your account on the JDLink website, and find the answers that will help you manage your business better.
- SDMprovides an at-a-glance, in-cab view of machine health.
- Tilting cabmakes access to vital components and the engine easier.
- Load-center compartment,located behind the secondary door exit, gives quick and easy access to fuses and relays.
- Swing-out A/C condenserallows easy cleaning of the hydraulic oil cooler, radiator, and charge air cooler. Side-by-side coolers make for easy cleaning.
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When you first start skating, the little things go unnoticed because there are so many bigger things to consider. After a while, though, the little details become more obvious. One of the things new skateboarders seldom take into account is the application of grip tape to a skateboard. A good skateboard deserves a flawless grip tape job. In this article, we will show you how to apply grip tape right the first time.
Believe it or not, there is a right way and a wrong way to apply grip tape to a skateboard deck. There is an art to the process and, when it is done correctly, a deck looks finished. When done haphazardly, though, a deck can become hazardous. Little air bubbles may just be unsightly, but larger ones can cause slipping. The cushion of air becomes noticeable underfoot, and it causes the adhesive on the grip tape to let go.
When grip tape is improperly installed, it must be removed and replaced. If you've already put your grip tape on wrong, don't worry. Watch This Video to learn how to remove it — and be careful! Be sure you have a full-length sheet of brand-new grip tape and a clean skateboard top with which to work.
Designs and Cutouts
If you have plans to make any designs with your grip tape, do so now. Do not wait until the grip tape is applied to remove any sections. If there is a cutout on it that you wish to remove, this is also the time to do it. It can be removed after application, but it can get messy.
To make a design, or to reveal a logo painted on the board's top, lay the sheet of grip tape on top of the board with the backing still on it. You can use a paint marker to mark the places you wish to cut, or you can nick the ends with scissors or a razor knife. Cut out the shapes with sharp scissors or your utility knife, then affix the sections one-by-one. This Video shows how to cut grip tape designs.
Applying the Grip Tape
You only have one shot at this, so make it count. Lay the deck on its bottom and place the sheet of grip tape on top. Center it as best as you can, peel the backing off the first few inches and fold it out of the way. Stick the exposed adhesive side to the tail, leaving about an inch overlapping. Be sure there is enough grip tape to cover the whole thing and that it is straight. It doesn't have to be perfect, just very close to perfect.
Keep the grip tape sheet straight up in the air and perpendicular to the deck. Peel a little of the backing off at a time, pressing the tape down as you go. Smooth the grip tape onto the deck in a back-and-forth motion to prevent any air bubbles from forming before peeling more backing. Continue this process until the grip tape is completely affixed to the board. If you still ended up with air bubbles, this Video shows how to get rid of them with a safety pin.
Trimming the Grip Tape
Before cutting, run a blunt metal object — an old hanger works great, as does a screwdriver — around the perimeter of the deck, pressing as you work your way around. You should see a white line develop where the grip tape meets the edge of the deck. This is where you will cut the tape.
Take a utility razor knife and cut through the tape along one of the board's sides. Pulling the knife carefully toward you while holding it at an angle in toward the center of the deck, begin slicing the grip tape. Make sure to remain on the white line, while avoiding slicing the wood. Once you have made it all the way around, you should have a clean edge on your newly gripped deck. This Video provides a demonstration for trimming grip tape.
The Roll Away
If you skate for 30 years, you will never cease to notice the new kids and their haphazard grip tape jobs. The jagged edges and air bubbles they put out there say much about their attitude toward skating in general. A smoothly applied, clean grip tape job is one sign of a true skater, one who takes what he does seriously. And, if you are interested in customizing your own skateboard, I also have instruction for you about how to build a skateboard ramp as well.
If this article helped you out, please share it so the next guy can avoid looking the fool, and maybe spare him some change on an unnecessary grip tape replacement. We'd also love to hear from you in the comments section. Remember: A skateboard really only needs to be gripped when it is installed. Do it right the first time, and you should never have to worry about it again for the life of the board.
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We are the national membership charity for organisations working directly with people who become homeless in England. We work to make services better and campaign for policy change that will help end homelessness.
We want a country free from homelessness, where everyone has a place to call home and can expect the support they need to keep it. Our vision outlines what needs to happen for homelessness to end. Our strategy describes the approach we will take to get there.
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The Homelessness Outcomes Star is a client-centred tool for exploring the strengths and support needs of people using homelessness services. The Star's Journey of Change gives staff and clients a simple way of recognising successful change, so that you can celebrate progress and identify where someone needs more support. The Homelessness Outcomes Star is free to IN-FORM Community users, with additional training and support available from Homeless Link's training and good practice teams.
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In questo breve articolo vengono illustrati studi in vivo su cavie animali ed il relativo meccanismo molecolare che permetterebbe di aumentare funzionalità e numero delle sinapsi nelle malattie neurodegenerative, come la Sclerosi Laterale Amiotrofica e la malattia di Alzheimer, che consentirebbe (qualora i dati trovassero conferma in studi su modello umano) di trattare efficacemente la suddette malattie.
Una luce nel buio!
Researchers from The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS) at Houston have recently garnered the front cover of the latest edition of Neuron. The study entitled, "A TRPV channel in Drosophila motor neurons regulates presynaptic resting Ca2+ levels, synapse growth, and synaptic transmission," aimed to better understand how the brain receives and processes data in an effort to develop improved treatment options for neurodegenerative conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease.
This study was conducted by Dr. Kartik Venkatachalam, Phd, part of the Faculty Department of Integrative Biology and Pharmacology at GSBS whose lab focuses on studying the neurobiology of Drosophila and understanding how certain synaptic channels sense and transmit information to the nervous system and brain. In addition to identifying the mechanisms involved in synaptic channel activation and regulation, their work aims to remap the neuronal circuits that utilize these channels in hopes of developing novel therapeutic targets for neurodegenerative diseases. In this study, Dr. Venkatachalam and his collaborators utilized cutting edge laboratory technology to study the synaptic function of certain channels known as TRPV channels that are responsible for signal transduction at neural synapsis in Drosophila.
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The team found that when TRPV was removed from the neuronal process, synapse function was diminished and the opposite was true when TRPV was enhanced. They were also able to restore lost synaptic activity through an introduction of genetic material that enhanced TRPV. In a press release about the study's findings, Dr. Venkatachalam stated, "The brain does much more than simply relay electrical charges among nerve cells, or neurons. It also shapes the power of those transmissions along inter-cellular connections called synapses. And, we have identified a molecular mechanism that does just that." This study adds to the body of knowledge that is looking into the relationship between neural synapses and diseases such as Alzheimer's and ALS. Further studies both in animal and human models are needed to confirm the clinical relevance of the findings.


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The company's stock surged 12.23 per cent to settle at Rs 11.10 on the BSE. During the day, the stock rallied 14.76 per cent to Rs 11.35.
At the NSE, shares of Suzlon Energy soared 12.69 per cent to Rs 11.10.
As per media reports, the company is planning to sell shares in its German subsidiary Senvion SE (erstwhile RE Power) to raise Rs 10,000-crore by listing it on the LSE.
Meanwhile, in a clarification to the BSE the company today said, "Suzlon is exploring various options to rebalance its capital structure and accordingly we would relook at our capital structure during the next financial year (FY 2014-15)."
"With reference to the media reports, it remains our policy to not to comment on what is market rumour and speculation," it added.
As regard news item Suzlon to acquire US based company, "we wish to clarify that Suzlon is merely buying a US based SPV company (Big Sky) owning certain assets which were sold by Suzlon to Big Sky, and which were partially financed by Suzlon through a loan and which is now in default. A formal announcement in this regard will be made shortly.
"We wish to reiterate that the Company and its management remain committed to the highest standards of Corporate governance, and will communicate to the stock exchanges on developments as they happen," it noted.


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Research Publications
Neapolis University in Cyprus, amongst all universities in Cyprus, showcases flourishing activity in the number of publications authored by its personnel. Publications can be found on HEPHAESTUS, the Institutional Repository of the University. HEPHAESTUS is an open source institutional repository which gathers all the digital material of Neapolis University's various activities, particularly original research studies produced by the members of the University. The HEPHAESTUS Repository demonstrates the intellectual life, research activities and publications of the University, preserving, acknowledging and promoting scientific research to benefit the local and international community.
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Ιn the context of the research project "InHerT: Promoting Cultural Heritage as a Generator of Sustainable Development" Dr. Ioannis A. Pissourios and Mr. Michalis Sioulas, researchers and faculty members of the Neapolis University in Cyprus , edited the handbook "Cultural Heritage & Sustainable Development. An Educator's Handbook ", which was funded by the program and is the result of collective work and intellectual outputs of the InHeriT program. This handbook is a tool for Cultural Heritage & Sustainable Development seminars, but it can also be the main bibliography for relevant studies at graduate or postgraduate level.
The partners of the InHeriT project that collaborated for this handbook are the School of Architecture at the Technical University of Crete, Greece, the Department of Economics at the University of Athens, Greece, the Department of Economics of Middlesex University (United Kingdom), the Maniatakeion Foundation in Greece, the School of Architecture of Neapolis University Paphos, the Center for Architecture of the Mediterranean in Chania, Greece and the foundation Fondazione Flaminia in Bologna, Italy.


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"This is the man with the golden touch," Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo excitedly told a guest in full glare of jubilant supporters and an observing press. "Anything he touches turns to gold."
He is talking about Adebola Williams, chief executive officer of StateCraft Inc, the communication agency that helped power Ghana's three-time presidential aspirant to a victory this time, becoming President in January.
He is not exaggerating. Williams, only 30 this year, has turned out to be the continent's leading authority on winning elections, running a governance communication company that won the presidential elections in Nigeria in 2015 and then won the presidential elections in Ghana in 2016.
Both elections are eerily similar. Both incumbents, as Vice-Presidents had stumbled into public office based on the deaths of their principals. Both entered into office on a wave of wild popularity. Their opponents had run at least twice each before (three in the case of Nigeria's Muhammadu Buhari) – and both had won in the years that they brought in StateCraft Inc to manage their political communication. Both campaigns ran on a 'Change' message.
"Because the conditions were so similar, it was easy to replicate a message of 'Change'," Williams says during an interview. "Not every election and every context will require a message of change, even though it's a global movement. "But many countries in West Africa and across Africa are ripe, even desperate for change."
Williams is co-founder of RED, which is the 11-year-old parent company that houses StateCraft Inc. It's a network of four media companies focused on Africa's youth: Red Media Africa, a Public Relations company working in West Africa for Facebook, Uber, Union Bank and Heineken; Generation Y!, a TV and online content company with one of Nigeria's most popular online newspapers and The Future Project, a social enterprise that hosts Africa's biggest youth social change event, The Future Awards Africa.
His career began first in film 16 years ago and then in the media began 13 years ago, working for a youth counseling company and soon co-presenting two shows on Nigeria's National Television Authority. He parleyed that into a thriving career as a TV producer, working for Nigeria International, a syndicated TV show in three continents; and Living it on South Africa's Mnet.
"I returned to acting last year," he mentions, credits including the stage play London Life, Lagos Living and what has been called Nollywood's biggest-budget film, 93 days – capturing Nigeria's historic response to the Ebola crisis on the continent in 2014. "Even the film projects fit into the theme of my life's work: using the media to galvanise Africans to solve their own problems."
Indeed, RED doesn't fancy itself just another media company. Its uniqueness lies not just in its combined content-communication-development, but also in its lofty ambitions of large-scale social change– using the media to galvanise young Africans to take political and economic action.
"We always say that in this century, the media can no longer be a bystander," Williams shares, animated. "Our big audacious goal is social re-engineering. Political elite across the world have gotten too arrogant, too walled off, too uneven. It is time to hack establishments and hack these insular systems and return power to the hands of the people, where it belongs. And yes, for them to do whatever they wish with that power."
That mission led them from building hugely popular media platforms in their native country, Nigeria to a specialisation in governance communication across the continent.
"For us, building the sustainable business model is crucial. You listen to Peter Thiel or Elon Musk or Tony Elumelu and there is a growing global sense: social change must be driven by a sustainable model," he says, recalling his role leading some of Nigeria's most prominent youth activist campaigns. "After serial engagements focused on driving accountability and modifying government behaviour, we began to think more long term about our business and our mission: what is the sustainable business model that ensures we grow financially and build the resources we need to be effective, while at the same time driving the social change that is so central to our identity?"
The idea for the StateCraft model, interestingly, came from working for the man they first elected and then eventually defeated.
"Oronto Douglas (of blessed memory), the special assistant on strategy to President Goodluck Jonathan had asked our social enterprise to convene young leaders to chart a 20-year course for youth involvement in public service," he recalls. "After that, our content company asked for an exclusive interview with the president. But then, after that request and a long silence, he suddenly calls us out of the blue two months later, and says they were impressed with our work and they had found out we had a PR sister-company: could we handle campaign communication targeted at the growing youth market?
"We saw in it every single thing that we were extremely passionate about: media, youth, nation building on the largest scale. And at the time, Jonathan was a change candidate like no other; what some called a breath of fresh air. He was the first minority president, he had a particular interest in the arts, had expanded the space for civil society and free expression, and was very passionate about engaging with young people.
"Unfortunately," Williams adds with not a little hint of sadness. "He turned out to be a disappointment. However, voting him in was a crucial step forward for Nigeria. It enabled Nigeria make huge leaps that no one can regret: he oversaw massive leaps in infrastructure; and established and strengthen a truly independent electoral commission. The latter became his most important legacy, and it is one for which he must get eternal credit."
Williams became disenchanted, along with much of Young Nigeria, with the allegations of corruption that came to dog the government, the rise of Boko Haram, and the politics that led to government's initial denial and slow response to the kidnap of 256 girls from the Chibok village in Borno State. They couldn't possibly work for Jonathan's next campaign, they decided.
"Nigeria's politics is structurally different from America's or what you find in much of the West," he explains. "Nigeria's political parties, and much of West and East Africa don't have distinct ideologies, most in theory and all in practice. There are no big debates over economic systems or cultural wars. Parties are not fighting over abortion, over Supreme court justices, over open or closed markets. So in America, you can't possibly go from messaging on pro-abortion to messaging on anti-abortion.
"In Nigeria, however, many of those debates are either closed here or not necessary. Voters are in agreement over government involvement, over expectations of social security, over gay marriage and abortion, over income inequality and the place of the police. So elections boil down to character and personality. And so that movement was easy, and urgent.
"Someone once asked us: 'You want to change Africa, but what's the business model? Grants?' We have always been a business focused on the imperatives of community and nation building - nation-building is our business; we have made it at the centre of our media group. StateCraft Inc is our business model for building a sustainable financial structure that enables us achieve our critical mission – empowered young Africans to take charge of their countries, and their destinies."
How come they win all these elections? Williams says the playbook is very simple, actually.
"Very simple at the base of it: we use our experience with on-the-street activism – everything we have been involved in from #EnoughisEnough to #OccupyNigeria to #BringBackOurGirls – to connect popular anger and aspiration. The dichotomy between community organizing or activism and politics has always been a false one as Obama '08 showed. Now, at the time of our first involvement, we were just citizens getting involved, but then we realised 'wait a minute, we can actually dedicate our lives to this personal passion'. They are one and the same. So we are taking that model of true people-power to return power to the hands of the everyday citizen."
He points to their model in Nigeria of building an army of volunteers – tagged #GMBVolunteers, complete with a Twitter handle of almost 100,000 followers - to push their message of the campaign.
"There was the same thing in Ghana. This victory isn't ours really. It's the army of volunteers, of social media warriors, the party's machineries, his own loyalists tired of their country being mis-managed and overrun, that won this victory, our job was simply to channel that anger, to spread it and ensure citizen action. The victory is for and by the Ghanaians."
He notes however that it would be a mistake to assume that communication alone, even in an age of social media, is enough to win elections anywhere.
"Yes, as my co-founder (Chude Jideonwo, who is chief executive of the group) always says: at its core politics is still the art of persuasion, but you need mobilisation and persuasion. Mobilisation is party/candidate structure plus data. Communication is messaging plus outreach.
"You need the David Axelrods as well as the David Plouffes, the Jared Kushners as well as the Kellyanne Conways. Oh and Kushner is of particular interest because he is first passionate about and appeared to have brought that keen sensibility into mobilisation.
"We survey and then give the candidate our advise on mobilisaion. You need X and Y alliances, you need X relationship, you need to seal X deal, and delegitimise or neutralise Y. Then, our messaging seals the deal. You always have natural voters whoever you are. Mobilisation helps secure those, but messaging helps rally them, set fire to their passion and helps convince those you need to go beyond your floor."
They are already working towards their next project, even though they will not, for reasons of confidentiality reveal who the client is, except that it is another presidential election within West Africa.
"Democracy will continue to flourish in West Africa because the rules have changed," he says. "The old guard has experience in snatching ballot boxes, bribing electoral officials and intimidating opponents. When the system changes towards free and fair elections, they are left out in the cold. They have nothing. And then we have the advantage."
Beyond West Africa, he adds, StateCraft has its eyes on two crucial elections happening in East Africa and in Southern Africa in the next two years.
"We are inspired by a crucial – if controversial - quote from the movie V for Vendetta: People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
African governments have clearly been put on notice. (Mfonobong Nsehe/Forbes)
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I just love it when friends (non-vegan) ask me, Natasha, what do you eat for breakfast besides like oatmeal, fruits and veggies!? Like, there are SO many options, you kidding me. From sweet potato hash, to stuffed avocados, to sweet quinoa bowls, smoothie bowls, breakfast bowls, to CHICKPEA FRITTATAS!
These frittatas not only taste amazing, but they look SO cute!! If you don't know this about me already, I love beautiful and cute looking food. I feel this sensation like I've just created a painting, a beautiful work of art. And these chickpea frittatas give me all the feels. Now, this is just one take on the many different kinds of versions you can make. From a Tex Mex inspired recipe, to a Greek inspired recipe or maybe even a Spanish tortilla inspired recipe, the options are abundant. And so, here is a take on the Chickpea frittatas, hope you enjoy them friends!
If you like visuals, feel free to check out the how-to recipe video here.
Chickpea Frittatas
Serving Size – 12 frittatas
Prep Time – 15 minutes
Cook Time – 35 minutes
- 1 shallot
- 1 green bell pepper
- handful of sweet cherry tomatoes
- handful of baby spinach
- dash of Italian herbs
- dash of garlic powder
- dash of salt
- 1 & 3/4 cups of garbanzo bean flour
- 1/4 cup of nutritional yeast
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 & 1/4 cup of water
- coconut oil (for spraying/greasing the muffin pan)
- Preheat oven at 375 degrees.
- Chop up your shallot, green bell pepper, tomatoes & spinach.
- In a large mixing bowl, add your chickpea flour, nutritional yeast, garlic powder, salt, baking powder and Italian herbs. Whisk all these dry ingredients together.
- Add your 2 & 1/4 cups of water and whisk all together.
- Add in all your chopped veggies: tomatoes, spinach, bell pepper and shallot. Mix everything together. Taste batter in case more salt is needed.
- Grease muffin pan. I like to use coconut oil or coconut oil spray!
- Fill up muffin cups with the chickpea frittata batter.
- Bake frittatas for 30-35 minutes until center is fully cooked.
- Top with some guacamole (homemade or store bought) and enjoy!


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FRESH AIR™ (20-pack)
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Apple, Lemon, Ginger
Ok, we didn't bottle air.
But breathe deep and get your taste buds ready – Fresh Air invigorates your senses with apple, lemon, and ginger, while helping cleanse the liver, improve circulation, and aids in digestion. It's a combination of flavor and nutrition that will have you walking on air.
Packed with Vitamins A, B and C, and antioxidants.


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One area I'm hoping to get a handle on in the new year is the amount of food our family wastes. We don't mean to, and it's not excessive, but it does exist, and it's not a very zero waste habit — even if my food scraps aren't ending up in the landfill, it's still wasted energy, water, money and resources.
I've come to the conclusion that the majority of our waste happens because I tend to grocery shop without a clear plan. I buy ingredients with vague ideas that may or may not come to fruition, which is why it's so easy to forget what's in the fridge or pantry. Pantry items last a little longer, but the fridge is another story.
So it makes sense that a meal plan would help with that.
Now, obviously I'm writing this smack at the beginning of the new year, when I'm filled with hope and good intentions. If I'm still meal planning in February, THEN I'll actually feel like maybe I'm making some headway.
But a girl has to start somewhere.
I was up early on Saturday, Dec. 31, because we have a kitten, so I started going through recipes. I made a list of what I wanted to make, and the ingredients I'd need, and then actually went through the fridge and pantry to see what we already had. It made for a very messy list with lots of crossed out items, but I was able to break my grocery list into neat categories afterwards — bulk, produce, meat, canned and other — and I didn't come home, unload groceries and discover I already had plenty of tomato paste and eggs.
For this first foray, I went with things I knew the family would enjoy but we haven't had for a while (Mexican pizza, fritatta, cornbread), plus a couple of new recipes (chicken fajita chili, marinated zucchini*). And by going through recipes and writing down ingredients, I was able to see some patterns in the produce, etc. that I needed to buy. That helped in my next step, which was plotting how to prep all meal ingredients over the course of a couple of days. Theoretically, that should also cut down on waste as I won't be ending up with half an onion or whatever forgotten in the back of the fridge.
So basically, I made three lists: One with recipe titles listed per day; one of ingredients I needed to buy; and one that detailed what needed to be prepped or cooked and when that needed to happen. My hope is that if I have the hard part done already — the prepping — and all I need to do is reach in the fridge and grab jars of ingredients to toss together, I'll be much more likely to actually follow through on making dinner.
Saturday I went grocery shopping and started prepping a few ingredients — like the pinto beans I needed to soak for the chili (because I hate kidney beans, that's why) — and Sunday was more of the same. Today, Monday, I will finish the rest of the prepping and make some of the side dishes ahead of time (because I actually have the day off! We rarely get holidays off at the paper so this is quite exciting) … and the rest of the week should be easy street.
I'll let you know how it went on Friday.
As part of my manic prep days, I decided to replenish our store of Naan in the freezer. Naan is pretty zero waste for me (bulk yeast and salt, flour in a paper bag and butter in waxed paper), except for the carton the buttermilk comes in — we can't recycle those here. So I decided to grab a quart of non-organic buttermilk in a jug. Not ideal, but my best option as that can be recycled.
Once at home, I started up the ol' KitchenAide. I can get 5 batches of Naan out of one quart of buttermilk, and like to do a double batch at a time. So when I was on my third double batch with no signs of the buttermilk running out, I had to wonder what was going on. My first thought was some kind of Harry Potter expansion spell, obviously. But upon looking at the jug, I discovered the true reason: I had purchased a half-gallon instead of a quart.
Good thing I'd just bought flour. I ended up with 9 total balls of dough in my freezer (except I was stupid and didn't put them in right away, so two of the lids popped off as the dough started to rise. Details are boring).
I mean, it's Naan, so yay, but wow, that project took a little more out of me than I expected.
*Keep in mind that, with my food allergies and zero waste leanings, I tweak all recipes accordingly. 🙂
Next up: Getting 'er done.


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Info and news from our brewery and distillery
Punkrock "Brisk Fart"
Local band with extraordinary name "Brisk Fart" follows all our events. We support this young band and wish them the best in coming years. They released a couple of new songs on their website.
You can listen to their music here.


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Jordan Suckley is becoming a name that turns heads in the Dance music world. His rise to stardom has been approved by fans and his peers alike. From the world's greatest festivals to the most celebrated radio shows and podcasts in existence, Jordan is undeniably taking the dance music world by storm. In an era of simplistic and minimalistic DJ trends, Jordan proves time and time again that his exciting and technical mixing is the perfect remedy for high energy clubbing experiences. One of Dance music's most iconic figures – Paul van Dyk welcomes Jordan Suckley to host the guest mix of the world famous Sessions. The mix features a special unreleased mix of Jordan's summer hit 'Spooked', his forthcoming single on Spinnin' Records 'Sunkissed', and music from SImon Patterson, Gary Maguire and more. Enjoy the show.
Listen to the guest mix here:
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Edinburgh is a city full of many interesting and different areas - you can turn a corner and find yourself somewhere completely unexpected. From the well-heeled streets of Morningside to the hipster cafes of Leith, there's so much to explore - so if you want to really get to know the city, start with these tips:
The Tour Bus
There's no denying it - those bright red tourist buses you see around the city are very handy for a quick immersion into the city's past and everything it has to offer today. Buy a day ticket and hop on and off to your heart's content with this whistlestop tour of the city.
Get Ghosted
If you can handle a scare, then Edinburgh is the right city for you. Given that it's so full of history, it's not surprising that some of it leans towards the macabre. Go at night, if you're not afraid of the dark - but keep your wits about you!
Go Underground
By now you'll be familiar with the city aboveground - but did you know that there's an entire city beneath the streets as well? In the 18th and 19th centuries, a series of chambers called the South Bridge vaults housed taverns, shops and even an illegal whisky distillery. These days, they're only open to the public as part of guided tours - but once you go on one, you'll never be able to see the aboveground city in the same light again.
Walk the Water of Leith
The Water of Leith runs from the Pentland Hills through Edinburgh out into the port of Leith, and for 12 of its 22 miles, you can walk alongside it from Leith to Balerno in a beautifully wooded wonderland. Taking you through some of Edinburgh's prettiest suburbs, like Dean Village and Stockbridge, you feel like you're in the heart of the countryside even though you're never more than a short walk away from a Starbucks.
Get a Good View at the Camera Obscura
Along with the stunning views from its rooftop terrace, Edinburgh's famous Camera Obscura lets you explore the city without leaving one room. An early version of virtual reality, this gives you a 360-degree view of Edinburgh right at this very moment, using nothing but a table and a beam of light. It's pretty magic - but then, the whole city is.
Now that you have a plan to see the city, have you applied for your University of Edinburgh Summer School yet? Check out our Courses page to see what's available this summer >


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It's the Goldgrass Showroom Sale
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Love Sleep?
Then it must be time to upgrade to a Hastens. And now is the time to do it!
Because the Hastens Showroom sale is on!
That's right.... As you probably know, Hastens is the world's leading luxury mattress maker. With the amount of time and skill that goes into each stitch and every detail, there's a price tag that goes along. And they never really go on sale.
During their showroom sale event. To keep our showroom up to date, we need to replace our display beds every so often. This means that great deals are available on these basically brand-new beds.
If you've been waiting for a reason to get your new Hastens, this is it! Come down to Goldgrass Home and claim yours today. And get 25% off! That means you'll save up to Nine Thousand Dollars on your favorite model. Yes, that's a big deal!
While you're at it, you should see the rest of the Goldgrass Home showroom Sale. We've got some beautiful display model available in sofas and chairs. 25% off or better. And Our OMI Organicpedic display mattresses are 40% off!
Come down and take advantage. First come first served!


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Our Approach
Visioning - App or Responsive Website
We engage with stakeholders and drive a visioning process which confirms the right multi-device strategy. With HTML5 rich user experiences are available within a responsive website approach or more intuitive device specific user experiences may be needed using native apps.
Customer and User Experience
We help brands to drive the right customer experience through multiple devices, and we can model the user voyage through the app. Getting the user experience right is critical for any app.
Prototyping & Minimum Viable Product
In order to get quick user feedback and capture core business goals we follow the Lean Product Development principles. For this, we apply agile application development methodologies and approaches to deliver a rapid prototype for user testing, and to follow through with the right production solution quickly to test a business concept using Minimum Viable Product (MVP) philosophies.
Mobile Agile Development Lifecycle
We approach Mobile App development with Lean Product Development practices and Agile Development methodologies. According to this our highest goal is to satisfy end user requirement as early as possible. The base of our approach is best described by the agile manifesto. You can find more about that at http://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html, or you can read our high level intrepretation of these principles here.


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Nobile di Montepulciano Wine Tour - Half day
The Half day Nobile di Montepulciano Wine Tour consist:
Time: 4/5 hours
- Pick up at your Holiday accommodation.
-Arrival at the winery near Montepulciano: visit of the winery, wine tasting of Rosso and Nobile di Montepulciano (3/4 labels) accompanied by typical Tuscan products.
-Free visit of the town of Montepulciano (historical centre: visit on your own 45 min). Montepulciano is set on top of a hill between the ValdiChiana and the Val d'Orcia, with beautiful views of the two valleys.
Like many Sienese towns it seems to have Etruscan origins. Legend has it that King Porsenna founded it in 500 BC.
The beautiful town of Montepulciano is considered the pearl of the 16th century and maintain practically intact is characteristics.
The historical centre of Montepulciano develops along the main street ("il Corso") that climbs up the hill to the central square, Piazza Grande, right at the top.
-Late morning transfer back to your Holiday accommodation.
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Euro 50,-
The tour includes all transfers by minibus and authorized driver.
Possibility to have typical lunch in the winery with a variation in time table and price.
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text: Yesterday, Dalek (aka James Marshall) released a new Space Monkey screen print entitled "Space Monkey (Button Pusher)". The Blot's really digging this fun new design, but don't get too close to all those sharp speech balloons piercing the Space Monkey. Printed by Industry Print Shop, Space Monkey (Button Pusher) is an 18"x18" signed and numbered 10 color screen print on French Paper Co pure white construction 100lb cover stock. Limited to just 100 pieces, this print is available now at the Dalek online store for $65.


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Cultivars of vegetables resistant and tolerant to root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita Kofoid and White, Chitwood) bred in Hawaii were tested to determine the factors which lower the effectiveness of the resistance. Emphasis was placed on possible formation of pathogenic races of M. incognita which could result from continuous cropping of resistant cultivars, and the effect of high soil temperature on expression of resistance. Cultivars tested were 'Manoa Wonder' snap-bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). 'Healani' tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.), 'Kailua' soybean (Glycine max Merr.), and 'White Ventura N' lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.). Field tests were conducted in 3 root-knot nematode infested fields (fields P-1, P-2, and Q-1) at the Poamoho Experimental Farm where galling of the resistant cultivars had occurred. Tests were conducted throughout the year to obtain seasonal effects on the performance of the cultivars. Root-knot nematode populations established in the greenhouse on a susceptible tomato cultivar from galled roots of both resistant and susceptible cultivars from fields P-2 and Q-1. These were used in tests to investigate the formation of a more virulent race of root-knot nematode, the effect of soil temperature and level of inoculum on the rate of galling, and the development of a root-knot nematode population which can parasitize resistant cultivars of more than one crop. Data used to measure the resistance were the gall formation and egg-mass production of the root-knot nematode on the plant roots. 'Manoa Wonder' snap-bean showed considerably increased galling when exposed to the field P-2 M. incognita population. This population showed an increase in pathogenicity on 'Manoa Wonder' under continuous planting. No increase of pathogenicity was observed in the field Q-1 population. Effectiveness of the genetic resistance was reduced when the soil temperature was kept at 29° + 1°C, but was effective under fluctuating soil temperatures (21° - 33° C), although scattered galls were sometimes found. The resistant tomato cultivar 'Healani' was galled heavily by a more virulent race of M. incognita established in field Q-1. It was not galled by the field P-2 M. incognita population. The level of resistance was significantly lowered at a soil temperature of 29° + 1°C, and, at the higher inoculum level it was completely ineffective. However, the resistance was effective under fluctuating soil temperature (21° - 33° C). It was not possible to induce the formation of a pathogenic race of the root-knot nematode population from field P-2 five times the basic rate, which indicates that the genetic resistance of 'Healani' is strong. Soybean cultivar 'Kailua' was observed to have a stable, strong genetic resistance. Repeated inoculation with root-knot nematodes did not result in any increased pathogenicity. Under fluctuating soil temperature (21° - 33°C) and increased, continuous soil temperatures up to 34° + 1°C, with the inoculum levels tested, the resistance proved to be excellent. The tolerant lima bean cultivar 'White Ventura N' was partially resistant with its degree of galling dependent upon the level of inoculum available. Increased soil temperature also increased the ability of M. incognita to cause galling and produce egg-masses on the roots. The attempt to induce a root-knot nematode population which is able to parasitize more than one resistant cultivar was not successful
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Asphalt 8: Airborne – Release Details
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*****LEAVE GRAVITY IN THE DUST*****"The iOS platform has quietly become a haven for great racers, and Asphalt 8 looks to be leading the pack right now" -- Touch Arcade 5/5"A brilliantly put together arcade racing package" -- Pocket Gamer 9/10 (Gold Award)The best iOS arcade racing game series reaches a new turning point! Perform dynamic, high-speed aerial stunts in an intense driving experience powered by a brand-new physics engine! LUXURY DREAM CARS 47 high-performance cars (80% NEW!) Top licensed manufacturers and models like the Lamborghini Veneno, Bugatti Veyron, Ferrari FXX and Pagani Zonda R Newly recorded high-fidelity motor sounds for realistic audio immersion. GET AIRBORNE Hit the ramps and take the race upward Perform barrel rolls and wild 360o jumps Maneuver through the air while pulling off stunts NEW EXOTIC LOCATIONS 9 different settings, such as Venice, French Guiana, Iceland, the Nevada Desert & other exciting locations! All tracks available in original and mirror variations in Career mode Discover plenty of hidden shortcutsNEW FEATURES FOR SPEED FREAKS 8 seasons & 180 events in the Career mode Stunning visuals thanks to next-gen shaders, real-time geometry reflection & other amazing effects Check out the new Infected and Drift Gate modes A detailed damage systemSIMULTANEOUS MULTIPLAYER & GHOST CHALLENGES Simultaneous multiplayer action for up to 8 opponents (not available for iPod touch 4th generation and iPhone 4) Dare friends to asynchronous races Compare scores on the new leaderboards with friends and drivers around the world Share your racing achievements and prove that youre the ultimate speed machineMUSIC TO REV YOUR SOUL A heart-thumping mix of amazing licensed music Featuring tracks from Bloc Party, Mutemath & The Crystal Method!______________________________________________Visit our official site at http://www.gameloft.comFollow us on Twitter at http://glft.co/GameloftonTwitter or like us on Facebook at http://facebook.com/Gameloft to get more info about all our upcoming titles.Check out our videos and game trailers on http://www.youtube.com/Gameloft Discover our blog at http://glft.co/Gameloft_Official_Blog for the inside scoop on everything Gameloft.
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When did you begin working at St. Mark? June 2010
The best thing about St. Mark is: you're part of a family here. Everyone cares for, supports and encourages each other.
Educational Background:
- 1978: St. John College - Associate's Degree: Teacher Training
- 1988: Concordia, Nebraska - Bachelor's Degree: Elementary Education
- 2007: Concordia, Nebraska - Master's Degree: Education/Early Childhood
If you could spend a week anywhere in the world, where would it be? Hawaii. The beach... the sand... what a joy that would be!
Do you have a pet? I have a dog, Roco, who's a terrier mix.
Favorite Sports Team: Houston Astros
Favorite food/restaurant? I love Mexican food!
Favorite quote/Bible verse: Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Best concert I've ever attended: Kiss. Their pyrotechnics are phenomenal!


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Dr Marie Smith: a day in the life of a scientist
Dr Marie L Smith
MSci, PhD (Glasgow)
Reader in Psychology
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Psychology researchers attract nearly £400,000 Leverhulme funding
Dr Marie Smith: a day in the life of a scientist
Marie Smith completed an undergraduate degree in Mathematics and Physics (MSci First Class Hons., 1999), followed by a PhD (Physics, 2003) at the University of Glasgow (Scotland). In 2002, she began a postdoctoral research position with Professor Philippe Schyns in the Department of Psychology at the University of Glasgow looking at novel ways of interpreting brain-imaging data in terms of specific visual information processing content. In 2008, Dr Smith moved to the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit in Cambridge to work alongside Professor Richard Henson to further develop this research, and the associated methods, while also exploring the role of long-term memory on brain function. In early 2010, Dr Smith joined the Department of Psychological Sciences at Birkbeck, University of London as a lecturer, and became a Senior Lecturer in 2014.


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The Ultimate Guide To Outsourcing for High-Ticket Drop Shipping eCommerce Businesses
The Ultimate Guide To Outsourcing for High-Ticket Drop Shipping eCommerce Businesses
Outsourcing is essentially hiring a virtual assistant who is located in another country that will work for less than it would cost to hire an employee in the USA. Tons of big business and small businesses do it and there are some great websites that help you do it.
Watch these free video guides to learn more about outsourcing to virtual assistants and outsourcing
Best Outsourcing Websites
There are many websites that offer to connect you with virtual assistants all over the world, but in this article, I've narrowed it down to my top 5. Here are my favorite and in my opinion, the best outsourcing websites for High-Ticket Drop Shipping eCommerce businesses.
Fiverr.com is a website that offers gigs for as low as $5. You can hire freelancers to do all sorts of things for you from building your website to creating explainer videos, graphics for your website to product page sales copy. I use Fiverr for most of my project-based work as it's easy to purchase and easy to keep track of the work. They have a great reviews system which makes it easy to find only the best freelancers for your work.
Online Jobs
OnlineJobs.ph is a website that offers access to a database of Filipino virtual assistants that are available for part-time or full-time work depending on your needs. They have lots of talent that will do work for a fraction of what you would pay for similar work in the USA and they also have tons of unskilled labor that can do simple research or data entry for pennies-on-the-dollar.
Read my whole OnlineJobs review here: OnlineJobs Review: Is Online Jobs The Best Outsourcing Website for High-Ticket Drop Shipping eCommerce Entrepreneurs?
Upwork is a great place to find high-quality freelancers from around the world for various jobs. I used them a lot back in the day but since I've grown my business, I've found Fiverr and Online Jobs as reliable enough and less expensive for the most part.
Freeeup.com is a website that vets their freelancers before they send them their best freelancer for your position. It's best to focus on hiring specialists here but they have tons of awesome talent.
Freelancer is another great platform for hiring specialists to do project-based work for your online store. It's comparable to Upwork price-wise.
Learn more about my Top 3 Best Outsourcing Websites for eCommerce Entrepreneurs
How To Automate and Outsource Your High-Ticket Drop Shipping Business
Growing a high-ticket drop shipping eCommerce business can get hectic and stressful. However, you can establish a method to the madness if you create systems and procedures to automate your high-ticket drop shipping business, then hire virtual assistants to run those systems for you. In this article, I aim to tackle some of the common problems you'll run into as you grow and scale and how to go about creating systems to automate those procedures and what you can outsource.
Building a team is key to your longterm success and sanity as well as the continued growth of your business. It pays to invest in training people as you can not only delegate daily tasks but you can also take a break from running your business and take a vacation once in a while. Here are the top 5 things we focus on automating as we build each high-ticket drop shipping eCommerce store. Team building is key to automation, so let's go over the top 5 things you'll want to build teams around doing to automate your business.
- Customer Service and Sales
- Building your website
- Running your marketing campaigns
- Supplier and vendor relations
- New business development
Customer Service and Sales
It's important not to get caught up in the day-to-day customer service because as the CEO of your business, your main focus should be on growing the business. You need to create a system that anyone can follow for handling simple every-day tasks, then hire virtual assistants to run them for you.
Building your website
This is one of the most arduous tasks for many entrepreneurs and marketers because it can take lots of time to learn how software and technology platforms work, not to mention they're constantly changing. It's important that you find a freelancer or two who you can call upon to make quick changes to your website when you need to. You can even hire a virtual assistant full-time just to build your website for you as you continue to grow your business.
Running your marketing campaigns
Marketing is the life-blood of your business, so it goes without saying that someone needs to be in your marketing campaigns on a daily basis tracking results, implementing new campaigns, optimizing current campaigns, and giving your website team feedback on what is hot and trending so they can focus on optimizing those parts of your website.
Supplier and Vendor Relations and New Business Development
You should definitely do your own supplier and vendor relationship-building work in the beginning, but as time goes on, it's more professional to have a team of people who work directly with your suppliers to make sure you're always getting the latest information about their inventory and products. This team will work with the website and marketing team to ensure all the various parts of your business are updated constantly.
You should always be seeking new business. This could either be finding new suppliers, partnering with influencers, or finding new avenues of marketing that are hot and trending yet have low competition. You can do this work yourself but it pays to outsource it and has that virtual assistant report back to your website building, marketing, and vendor relations team so that you can always be working on building your business.
Content Creation
This is key to the success of your eCommerce business. You need to have a full-time content creator on staff. This person will write sales copy for product pages, buying guides for collections, and informational articles for your blog. They will work with the marketing department to ensure every piece of new content gets syndicated through various marketing channels. You should also hire a video producer to create sales videos, informational videos, and buying guide videos for your company as this will greatly enhance your ability to close sales and get you tons of traffic from Youtube.
Case Studies
Watch and read interviews I have done with successful eCommerce business owners who have built teams to scale their business well past 7-figures per year.
How Nate Ginsburg Built A 7-Figure Amazon Brand and Sold It For $1,000,000
John Lee Dumas of EOFire On What It Takes To Scale An Online Business Past $100,000 Profit Per Month
Interview with Connor Gillivan of Freeeup About Outsourcing and Team Building for eCommerce Businesses
Why Hire Full-Time in the Philippines for Customer Service?
- They speak English
- They're honest loyal hard working intelligent
- They aren't entrepreneurial
- They're capable of learning and doing daily tasks for you
- They only cost $200-$700 per month for full-time work
Resources for Outsourcing to the Philippines
Manage employees
Screen recording software that uploads on the fly
Loom is what I use for screen recording, it works great and even has a Google Chrome extension for easy use.
Best Online Course for Outsourcing Training
Outsource School is my recommended course for outsourcing training. It was created by the founders of Freeeup, Nate and Connor.
Step-By-Step Training for High-Ticket Drop Shipping
Here are the next steps you'll need to take to start your high-ticket dropshipping business:
Resources for Starting A High-Ticket Drop Shipping eCommerce Store
These are the resources I've created to help you start your own high-ticket dropshipping eCommerce store:
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eCommerce Paradise was created by Trevor Fenner of Seattle, Washington in 2015 to help you, the entrepreneur, to start and scale your own eCommerce business selling high-ticket products online with the drop shipping fulfillment method so you can make more profit per sale, have a sustainable and evergreen online business, get started with very little upfront investment, and live a location independent lifestyle. Trevor owns multiple 7-figure High-Ticket Drop Shipping eCommerce stores and is a digital nomad, traveling the world while working remotely with the help of his team of over 10 virtual assistants from around the world. Trevor is currently located in Bali, Indonesia. Trevor is also a passionate skateboarder, surfer, scuba diver, photographer, environmentalist, outdoorsman, fitness and tattoo enthusiast.
AFFILIATE DISCLOSURE: Some of the links on this page may be affiliate referral links. I will get a commission from the vendor when you make a purchase after clicking them at no added cost to you. As a result, many of them also provide you with a special discount just for using my link. You can go directly to their support if you have any issues with their software or product.


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Steve King: Holding Up Immigration Reform
Rep. Steve King's opposition to the Senate's immigration bill, which would provide a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, is part principle and part political strategy. The political strategy, as King sees it, is this: Immigration reform unifies Democrats and divides Republicans. It would enlarge the Democratic constituency, just like extending unemployment benefits or raising the federal minimum wage, but permanently. You can't revoke citizenship. He was "tea party before there was a tea party," says a political scientist. For years he's been one of the first calls Republican aspirants to statewide or national office make. So he likely will be for the 2016 presidential campaign. Read the story here.
Bob Corker: Fed Up With Congress
As Bob Corker digs in to his second term in the Senate, fellow senators on both sides of the aisle — not to mention the White House — have come to realize that they're probably going to need this garrulous Tennessean on board to get any big, controversial policies passed. That's because from the day he came to Washington in 2007, Corker has made it clear he wants to be a player, and he jumped feet first into some of the most complicated issues facing Congress — from Dodd-Frank to a mortgage industry overhaul to what should be done about the slaughter in Syria. "I still look at the term as a lease," Corker insists. "I don't really look beyond that. I'm not just saying that, I really don't." In doing so, "I never feel handcuffed politically," he says. "I just feel like I can call 'em like I see 'em and always be direct and transparent and controversial if need be." That part, at least, is undeniable. Read the story here.
Raúl Labrador: More Than the Party of "No"
It was Raúl Labrador's mother's up-by-the-bootstraps attitude (as opposed to any lingering effect of a long-ago Kennedy campaign stump speech) that is abundantly evident in his words and policies. That same direct, do-it-yourself approach also helps explain the 46-year-old's lightning-fast ascent to the heights of national politics — emerging as a leading voice among those on the right who have made it their mission to block Obama administration policies and, when they feel it necessary, stymie their own party's leadership's attempts at compromise. And Labrador predicts the top slot in the House could come open in the not-so-distant future. "I just don't think that John [Boehner] is going to run again" for House Speaker next year, he says. "I think somebody else will be speaker." Could that somebody be Labrador? "If there's any way I can serve, I will," he says. The door, in other words, is wide open. Read the story here.
This OZY encore was originally published Aug. 7, 2014.
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MCI should not be drummed out of the federal market. Perhaps it is in the federal government's best interest to suspend MCI, given the parent company's alleged accounting fraud and subsequent financial troubles. But it is too early to make that call.
Clearly, though, the pressure on the General Services Administration is building. Earlier this month, an official in GSA's inspector general's office asked agency officials to take a closer look at MCI. Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has done the same.
GSA has countered that MCI, a contractor on the FTS 2001 telecommunications program, continues to provide good service — not only meeting but beating contract requirements. Why throw out a contractor that's performing as required?, GSA officials argue.
It's not a unique situation in the federal market. The federal division of a large corporation is often a world unto itself, having a strong management team and meeting its revenue goals while other divisions fall short.
Still, the perceived disconnect between federal and corporate offices can, and should, only go so far. A critical question in this case is whether the government was a victim, in any way, of the parent company's accounting practices. Collins rightly asserts that GSA should investigate that possibility.
A more difficult call is whether MCI's federal customers are at risk of losing vital services because of the company's financial problems. Eventually, the company could find itself unable to invest in the technology and staff needed to maintain a high level of service.
GSA has an obligation to weigh these concerns, and this obligation should not be derailed by Washington politics. Clearly, other telecommunications vendors have a vested interest in seeing MCI suspended, and they are likely to make their case against MCI through whatever channels are available to them.
Agency officials would do MCI's federal customers a disservice if they let politics force their hand. Ultimately, it is in the government's best interests to make a decision based on sound analysis, not in reaction to political pressures.
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East Towne Veterinary Clinic offers boarding for dogs, cats, and pocket pets so that you can leave your best friend in total comfort at our full service kennel. Learn about our separate, cat-only boarding facility here.
At East Towne Veterinary Clinic, we try to make your dog's vacation a special occasion. We know the decision to board your pet can be an anxious time for you both. Our boarding facility provides a comfortable and relaxing home away from home for your pet when you need to be away on business, vacation or an emergency.
We pay special attention to assure your dog is safe and comfortable.
Canine Boarders enjoy the following amenities:
- Immaculately clean cages & runs
- Owner visits & tours of the facility
- Outdoor leash walks
- A clean & comfy atmosphere
- Fresh bedding & daily housekeeping
- Spacious kennels
- Individualized care
- Convenient hours
- High-quality, low-residue pet food
Activity Schedule
Our canine guests will enjoy two nature walks and a late night potty break with our standard boarding services.
Extra Activities
Extra walk and/or playtimes are available for our canine guests at an additional charge. Playtime is a one on one session with one of our fabulously friendly Pet Care Attendants. Pets from the same family can enjoy playtime together.
We also offer peace of mind:
- Attentive staff
- Individual playtime
- Veterinary medical services if needed
- All the comforts of home!
- Pet report cards (given at the end of every stay)
Boarding Requirements
- All pets must be free from internal and external parasites.
- Your dog must be on a Heartworm Preventative. We also strongly recommend your dog be on a Flea and Tick preventative due to daily walks on our nature trail.
- Dogs must be current on the following vaccines – Distemper, Rabies, and Bordetella.
- Dogs must also be tested for Heartworm, and they must have a stool sample checked within the last 6 months (if not, we can test stool sample here).
Please feel free to fax your pet's vaccine history to us at 262-241-6506 or email firstname.lastname@example.com prior to arrival.
Boarding Hours
|8:00 am – 5:00 pm
|8:00 am – 12:00 pm
|2:00 – 4:00 pm, Pick Up (By Appointment Only)
What To Bring
- Vaccination records should be given to us before check-in
- Comforts from home — i.e., a favorite toy, treats, and/or chewies
- Any medication that is needed — Please make sure all medication is labeled with pet's name, medication type, and dosage needed
- Food if on a special diet or if you prefer your pet to have food from home
What Not To Bring
- No canine bedding please
- Dog dishes - we know some dogs may eat better from their own dishes, but if possible leave them at home
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Grants for Educators
"As Buddhists, what do we need to teach the next generation? It has to match with their time. We are using iPhone 6 now. Our children's children will be using iPhone 100."
– Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Looking at the current situation in the world, the education we have is not leading to a wholesome, harmonious world."
– Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Grants for Educators
Educators are encouraged to apply for any of the grants and scholarships Khyentse Foundation offers. We are seeking opportunities to support the publication of children's books, camps, after-school programs, studies on contemplation, and study and practice grants for educators. To apply, use one of the regular forms and state how the grant relates to education. A special education steering committee reviews the applications. Download the application.
Khyentse Foundation has made a US$10,000 contribution to the Hemera Foundation's excellent program, Contemplative Fellowships for Educators (CFE). CFE supports educators' growth through contemplative practice in a retreat setting, offering individuals the opportunity to cultivate mindfulness, compassion, personal well-being, and professional efficacy, and, in turn, embody and apply these qualities to promote positive school cultures.
The CFE program offers retreat scholarship support to people who currently work full time in pre-K or K-12 education, or who are enrolled in a master's degree program in education. The long-term vision for these fellowships is that they become the basis for an ever-expanding community of educators whose lives and teaching are informed and supported by contemplative practice.
There is no application deadline; prospective fellows should apply directly to the retreat center they are interested in attending for the particular retreat they would like to attend. Certain retreats at each center are eligible for fellowship funding. Please carefully review the fellowship application details and other information on the retreat center's website so that you have a clear idea of what is involved in applying for a fellowship for the retreat you select. Hemera strongly recommends applying early, while there are still fellowships available for the retreat you're interested in.
To learn more about the CFE program and the foundation's partner centers and communities, visit the Hemera Foundation web site.


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In searching for information about Connection a year or two ago, I was happily introduced to the work of Dr. Brené Brown, who calls herself a vulnerability researcher or a shame researcher. At first I thought it was an odd topic, but as I listened to her TED talks (2010 talk on vulnerability and 2012 talk on shame), I realized I had stumbled upon a treasure trove of research that supports my message that Connection is critical to our happiness and sense of well-being. In her first TED talk, she cites the research of Daniel Goleman who asserts that "We are hard-wired for connection."
Since then, I've read everything she has written, and her work has provided me with a remarkable depth of insight into myself as well as effective ways to connect with others that are more empowering and less patronizing. Brené and Oprah recently teamed up to offer a class that explores the principles in her book The Gifts of Imperfection. I joined with my sister and a few friends to go through it together so we could share thoughts, frustrations, and "AHAs," and that in itself was a wonderful experience. We were all so busy when we took the class late last fall that we're going through it again now to pick up what we missed the first time.
The mantra of the class—and this is what I want to commend to you today— is:
"I'm imperfect and I'm enough!"
I have rarely suffered from a lack of self esteem. Yet as I read the book and did the lessons in the class, I became keenly aware of many ways and times over the course of my life that I had, indeed, acted — or failed to act — based on what I wanted others to think of me rather than what I really felt or wanted. Our culture is a landmine of times when we compare ourselves unfavorably to others, we make ourselves miserable to please others, and we fail to live an authentic wholehearted life.
In the picture above, I've written the mantra on my hand:
"I'm imperfect but I'm enough!"
Now I'm writing it on my heart, and it changes everything about my ability to show compassion to myself and others.
Explore Brené Brown's books on Amazon below. You'll discover the good side of being vulnerable and learn to embrace your own definition of wholehearted living with confidence and courage.