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Public health officials announced there have been two incidents of possible COVID-19 exposure in Carberry, Man.
Dr. Brent Roussin, the province's chief provincial public health officer, said on Thursday a second case was identified at Carberry Collegiate.
The person was at the school on Monday, Sept. 21. Roussin said there were no close contacts identified at the school and the infection was not acquired at the school either.
The province announced the first case at the school on Saturday, Sept. 26. The province said the first case was also at the school on Sept. 21.
Due to the case, one grade was transitioned to remote-learning for 14 days, which started on Sept. 28.
The second exposure incident happened at a Carberry Subway, located at 200 First Avenue. It happened on Sept.26 from around 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
If anyone was at the facility on that day, they are told to self-monitor for symptoms. If symptoms do develop, people are advised to self-isolate and look for information on testing.
- With files from CTV's Mason DePatie.

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NutriSystem and Jenny Craig diets, both are quite handy when you don't want to prepare whole meals or weight ingredients for your meal plans. While NutriSystem allows you to have interaction sessions over telephone or the internet, Jenny Craig centers are the most preferred places to get in touch.
The two programs share a common yet serious negative aspect. Both provide one with completely prepared meals, thus encouraging addiction against preparing your own meals! While Jenny Craig's program actually advocate starting out with just their diet and later switching over to self-cooked meals, it is highly impossible to switch over like that, as in switching over from an automatic transmission car to a bicycle! While at first this might seem to be a trivial issue, addiction to such ready-to-eat diet plans might have severe impact continuing with your weight loss regimen when having to switch over to cooking your own meals!
The NutriSystem program is projected and promoted as the ultimate turn-key diet plan solution. While all the nutritional requirements are tended, the person who is dieting doesn't need to cook at all! They also provide online counseling and resources to aid in the diet program. Jenny Craig's program advertises the diet program which requires minimal effort through prepared meals while providing the maximum number of choices. They emphasize on both personal face-to-face counseling as well as online counseling.
While the NutriSystem diet program advises supplementing the NutriSystem meals with fresh fruits and vegetables, the Jenny Craig system includes all the requirements and no supplementary food items are required.
While both programs entail minimal work in the initial stages of the diet regimen, the NutriSystem folks guarantee that it would remain so throughout the program, as long as one follows the guidelines word by word, and all that one needs to deliver is will-power. The Jenny Craig system advocates switching over to self-prepared meals as time progresses, with the focus changing to self-control with regular meals, although one can definitely continue with the pre-cooked meals which are hassle-free and require a few seconds to prepare.
Coming to the economic considerations, NutriSystem costs a slightly less $54.95 a week offering a further 15% discount for the Auto Ship Plan customers, than the Jenny Craig program, which costs $65 a week for the most basic plan, which can go up to $400 a month for added membership benefits. It all depends on the amount the person dieting is willing to shell out.
Both the programs state a weight loss rate of between 1-2 pounds a week, which is considered quite healthy by experts everywhere. This excludes the initial sharp fall which usually accompanies all dieting regimens.


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Appreciating Teachers: EdWeek Staff Shares Their Stories (Video)
May 8 - 12 is Teacher Appreciation Week!
Education Week staff members have taken this opportunity to share their memories of educators that have made a lasting impact. Watch the above video to hear about the educators who inspired them.
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- Faith Communities Today Survey (FACT) 2000, Unitarian Universalist Congregations
- The Faith Communities Today (FACT) surveys were coordinated by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research at the Hartford Seminary. Forty-two faith groups and denominations participated in the project. Each group designed a questionnaire in order to collect data that could be used to compare local churches, synagogues and mosques within the different participating groups. This dataset represents the results from the survey of Unitarian Universalist congregations.


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It's now seven years since American singer-songwriter Elliott Smith was pronounced dead in a Los Angeles hospital shortly after apparently stabbing himself twice in the heart.
Those familiar with Smith's music were saddened but not surprised that this troubled individual chose to end things this way. Over seven albums, two released posthumously, the Nebraska native penned a stream of melodic, literate but deeply bitter and bleak songs, cataloguing his battles with alcoholism, drugs and depression with sometimes savage honesty.
Despite a brief flirtation with mainstream success after his Miss Misery was nominated for a Best Song Oscar following its appearance on the soundtrack of hit film Good Will Hunting, Smith generally eschewed commercialism and seemed more comfortable as a cult figure. As is invariably the case, his reputation has grown since his death, but this compilation only serves to reinforce his status as an intriguing but flawed artist.
Early songs like Last Call (from 1994 debut Roman Candle) set the template - Smith's acoustic jangle, occasionally punctuated by squalls of jagged electric guitar that betray his punk roots, with murmured, portentous lyrics such as "I'm lying here waiting for sleep to take me".
Later inclusions here, for example Waltz #2 (XO) from 1998's XO and Happiness from 2000's Figure 8, show Smith adopting a more widescreen approach, perhaps in response to the new DreamWorks Records deal he signed after his unexpected Oscars exposure. But despite fuller instrumentation and a more upbeat sound influenced by The Beatles and Simon & Garfunkel, Smith is still as relentlessly melancholy as ever, singing of a girl "who made her life a lie so she'd never have to know anyone".
This is Smith's biggest problem - he just never lightens up. While other arch-miserablists like Morrissey and Nick Cave are able to vary the mood of their songs with wit and wordplay, Smith remains stubbornly entrenched in a perpetual slough of despond. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem he had much to laugh about during his short, unhappy life, but over an entire record, his maudlin musings are rather hard work for all but the most introspective of listeners.


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Mobilaris Operator Client™
True digitalization of the mine goes all the way down to the workers themselves. With the Mobilaris Operator Client™, the miners are updated with task information and can report their status in real time.
Whether you plan activities in detail beforehand or let the operators pick available tasks, Mobilaris Operator Client™ is your choice. With seamless integration towards Mobilaris Scheduler™ and virtually any planning tool through our API (for example, Deswik.OPS), everyone from MOC operators to shift supervisors can get an up-to-date status of ongoing activities.
The miner will start his activity and report actuals as the work progresses. In case of a delay, such as machine failure or simply lunchtime, the operator can easily report this in a pre-configured event-tree.
Knowing is half the battle. With the Notes feature, the operator can get instant information on the machine status or the task. Via Mobilaris Operator Client™ the operator knows what is going on and can, himself, write notes to pass knowledge on to the next shift or anyone else.
With Mobilaris Operator Client™, checklists can be handled digitally and deviations can be reported directly with a delay code or as a written message.


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The Fall is a crime drama series starring Gillian Anderson as DSI Stella Gibson. After a murder in the city of Belfast remains unsolved, Gibson is brought in from the London Metropolitan Police to help solve the crime and identify the killer.
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How much influence can shareholders have over management?
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Shareholders of large corporations often feel removed from the management decisions. However, some shareholders who own a large percentage of shares may try to influence shareholder decisions in selfish ways that are not beneficial for the company as a whole.
When shareholders attempt to influence decisions in fraudulent ways, then the shareholder and members of the company may be charged with fraud. These cases of fraud often include illegal accounting or financial decisions, which divert company resources to private parties.
If your company has been harmed by fraud, contact the Des Moines business fraud lawyers of LaMarca Law Group, P.C., at (877) 327-2600.


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SL Business Magazine to launch August 1st
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SL Business is billed, as mentioned, as a branding mag, not necessarily your more mainstream business publication. What I'd really like to see is a publication that really collects and analyzes the data and hard news that's out there in a fashion akin to the Wall Street Journal or Barron's. Keep an eye on SL Business, though, because if the team can make it happen, it should be a good start.
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"Hunter, an American defense contractor based in Afghanistan, is acting as publisher for the venture, while Dalian, a creative director and photographer based in Manchuria, China, is the brains behind the scenes. The pair have hired Chloe Stanwell as director of ad sales, Faiyth Newell as Managing Editor and Charisma Toricellli as copy editor. While they declined to name early contributors, the first issue will weigh in at a whopping 30 pages or more, according to Dalian. Layout for the first issue is still being worked out.
The mag will be available for free in-world, distrubuted over the InfoNet system with weekly notecard supplements, and as a downloadable PDF on the Web. "There will even be a print version for sale in RL," Dalian said, "but at the cost it is easier to download the PDF and print yourself." Why no presence that's readable on the Web itself? "We are not a blog, but a hybrid RL/SL publication," Dalian explains. Hunter agrees: "It fits the needs of the average user."
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How to install the Samsung Galaxy Gear app on your iPhone
- Go to the Apple App Store app on your iPhone and download the Samsung Gear S app (if you have a Samsung Gear S2 or S3 device) or the Samsung Gear Fit 2 app (if you have a Samsung Gear Fit 2 device).
- Open the Samsung Gear app and select "Connect New Gear" -> Select your device -> accept the "Terms & Conditions" -> Click "Done" -> Your Samsung Gear device is now paired with your iPhone.
How to install the Endomondo app on your Samsung Gear device
- Open the Galaxy Gear app on your iPhone -> Go to "Settings" -> select "Samsung Galaxy Apps" -> Search for "Endomondo" -> click "Install" -> "Accept and Download" -> Wait for the phone to finish the installation.
How to pair the Endomondo app on your Gear device with the Endomondo app on your iPhone
- Open the Endomondo app on your Samsung Gear device -> this will trigger the Endomondo app on your iPhone to open and launch the pairing screen.
- Click "Start Paring"
- If the pairing is successful you'll see the "Success!" confirmation screen. If the Gear app cannot connect to the iPhone app you'll get the option to retry (please check that the two devices are paired via Bluetooth and that you're logged in on the Endomondo app before you try to pair again).
- You are now ready to track your first workout with the Endomondo app on your Samsung Gear device.
How to track a workout with the Endomondo app on Samsung Gear
Afte the setup is completed, the pre-record screen will appear. Here you can select the activity type, see GPS signal strength, and start a workout.
Activity types available on Gear FIT2: Outdoor Run, Outdoor Walk, Hike, Outdoor Bike Ride, Indoor Run, Indoor Walk, Indoor Bike Ride, Gym (Other).
Activity types available on Samsung Gear S2 & S3: Cross-Country Skiing, Cycling (Sport), Cycling (Transport), Fitness Walking, Golfing, Hiking, Indoor Cycling, Mountain Biking, Other, Roller Skating, Running, Skiing Downhill, Swimming, Treadmill Running, Treadmill Walking, Walking, Weight Training.
- Pick your activity type from the "Select Exercise" option.
- Mark sure that your device has a GPS-fix (green GPS icon).
- Select "Start"
- Three-second countdown will begin
- During your workout, you can view your workout stats on the three workout screens: "distance, duration, pace etc" - " heart rate + heart rate zones" - workout map (only available when using the gear app tethered with the phone).
- For GPS trackable workouts, the stats are as follows: duration, distance, pace, avg. pace, calories
- For non-GPS trackable workouts, the stats are as follows: duration and calories
- In order to pause your workout, select the "back" button once. Select "Finish" to see the workout summary, and scroll to the bottom to Save or Discard workout.
The workout will now be synchronized with your phone app. If you want to leave the app during the upload process, please remember to use the back button to exit the app, not the home button (as this will "kill" the app and interrupt the upload process).
Workouts will be saved locally on the device until a network or WiFi connection is established. If your workout has not uploaded, refresh upload by performing a force kill on the app (hitting the Home button) and relaunching. Upon relaunch your un-synced workouts will attempt to sync to the servers, providing that a network or WiFi connection is strong.
If you want to leave the app during the upload process, please remember to use the back button to exit the app, not the home button (as this will "kill" the app and interrupt the upload process).
Please note that it is not possible to use training plans or interval workouts on the Gear S3 and S2.


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Some of the best and most innovative gear ideas often come from smaller companies these days. The problem is, they don't always have the budget to launch new products on a whim. Many of these companies are increasingly turning to Kickstarter as a way to not only get the funding they need, but also to serve as a barometer of sorts as to whether or not there is a market for their latest idea. If the product is embraced by the crowdfunding community, it is often a good sign that there is demand for that item. If it fails to get funding, chances are there will be little interest for that product in the marketplace either.
If this logic holds true, than the team at Peak Design should be incredibly happy these days. The company, which is best known for making high quality camera straps and other accessories, recently launched a Kickstater campaign for their new Everyday Messenger bag, and it has been met with unprecedented success. In fact, the campaign was launched with the hopes of raising $100,000 to get the bag into production, but backers pledged more than ten times that amount in just four short days.
So what sets the Everyday Messenger apart from the crowd? For starters, it was designed with photographers in mind, but can also serve as bag that you'll want to carry with you on your daily commutes as well, hence the "Everyday Messenger" name. The interior of the pack has been built to be highly adaptable with what Peak Design calls "FlexFold" dividers. Built into the bag itself, these dividers allow the user to create a custom space inside the bag's main compartment, making it adjustable to just about anything want to carry. That includes such items as a large DSLR body, a couple of spare lenses, your lunch, a jacket, and even a water bottle.
But the Everyday Messenger's level of versatility doesn't end there. Using a semi-rigid frame, the bag has been designed to be surprisingly expandable. In its basic form it has the capacity to carry about 13.5L, but it can grow to hold as much as 20.5L if the need arises. This is a nice option that simply isn't found in most other bags, and gives the user the ability to add that one last thing that they forgot the needed to bring with them while packing their other important gear.
Some other nice touches include a main strap made from highly-padded seatbelt material, and an additional stabilizer strap that can be used to take weight off of the shoulder or worn around the waist. Additionally, the new patent-pending MagLatch uses magnetic clasps to secure the lid of the bag quickly and easily with just one hand, and without the need to even look. Quick-zip pockets grant access to an interior, which has been designed around the workfow of photographers, travelers, and daily commuters as well. On top of that, the bag is made from water resistant materials and the interior is lined with soft padding that was specifically chosen for its ability to protect sensitive and fragile equipment. In other words, the Everyday Messenger won't just carry all of your gear, it will do so in a safe and secure manner.
Peak Design believes that it will start shipping the bag in December of this year, with a retail price of about $250. Kickstarter backers can pick one up now by pledging $195, which is a nice bargain considering everything the Everyday Messenger delivers. Of course, the company is offering a host of enticing options and add-ons that could make the deal even sweeter too. Since this project is already fully funded, there is no fear that bag won't ever get made. In fact, considering its level of success, it seems highly likely that it will ship on time and deliver on all of its promises.
Find out more at the official Kickstater campaign page, which still has another 50+ days to go before it wraps up.


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A Series is two or more of the same Service combined into one menu item, and the sessions are booked out across multiple appointments.
A Series is based off of one Service type. You cannot create a Series based on two or more Services.
You can book multiple sessions in one appointment, and each one's duration is based on the assigned Service.
If you allow clients to use their credit towards minutes or various Services instead, you can create a specific Service and build a Series around it. For example:
- Add a 30 minute Service titled Various Techniques.
- Add a Series and base it around 10 Various Techniques. Title, price, and describe appropriately.
- When purchased, the client will have 10, 30 minute sessions for use.
- If the client wants a 60 minute appointment, book 2 sessions. If they want 90, book 3 sessions. And so on and so forth until all have been used and deducted.


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On December 10, 2018 we lost an incredible leader, colleague and friend. Our President & CEO Bill Carteaux passed away due to complications from acute myeloid leukemia (AML), the disease he had been fighting with determination and courage.
Bill was more than just an inspiring, larger-than-life leader for our industry. Bill was a dear friend to each of us who were lucky to have known him.
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Commissioning Sunday will take place for our CCD Teachers during the 10:00 A.M. Mass next Sunday. This mass will recognize and bless our volunteer teachers who donated their time, energy, talent and Catholic knowledge with our children throughout the school year. Please take the time to thank the following parishioners for donating their time and talent: Grade 1 – Michelle Massung and Susan Davis; Grade 2 – Michele Bittinger and Kristen Carter; Grade 3 – Mary Tocimak; Grade 4 – Erica Williams; Grade 5 – Karen DeSimone; Grade 6 – Jerry Craven; Grade 7 – Mary Tocimak; Grade 8 – Annette James and Lori Belinda; Grade 9 – Paul Hohman; Grade 10 – Joan Columbero and Grade 11 – Jerry Craven. Thank You, Teachers!
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Applications for Summer Mission Team 2014 are now available!
- SMT is a leadership development program which invites young Salvationists into a deeper relationship with the Lord through participation in an eight-week team missions experience.
- SMT is available to applicants ages 18-28.
- Central Territory (in-country) teams will return to the SMT program again this year! SMT 2014 will consist of 5 total teams – 3 overseas teams and 2 Central Territory (in-country) teams. One of the Central Territory teams will have a drama and gospel arts emphasis.
- The deadline for all application materials is January 17, 2014.
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Contract Cleaning gives offices a fresh start in 2014
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Many people will have already made plans to mark the start of 2014 before Christmas even arrives. Often, Christmas and New Year plans come together simultaneously, as there is very little time between the two events.
However, one thing that many people do not take into account is their domestic duties following the festive period, as there is often a huge mess to tidy up, taking up a significant amount of time for residents.
Waking up on New Year's Day to a disorganised, cluttered property can be a source of stress for many homeowners, as they will not want to be left with a mounting pile of domestic duties to complete, meaning Contract Cleaning experts could be useful.
Often, residents then return to their job the next day, limiting the time they have to restore some pride in their surroundings.
Therefore, it could be a wise move to bring in Contract Cleaners to guarantee they have as little stress as possible at the start of the year.
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Because it'll be the height of summer, Mr Big has settled with a lighter-coloured suit. Most of the wedding will be under cover, but during photography, we'll have the sun beating down on us. Mr Big has since told me that he doesn't intend to wear a suit jacket because of this, of which I agree wholeheartedly. The jacket will be a prop – something to sling over his shoulder during photography. The fabric that we've settled with is cotton – which is light and breathable in the heat. It'll hopefully negate most of the heat. He'll also be wearing a vest over his custom-tailored shirt (more on that later!). The guys won't be wearing boutonnieres (bouts) but we'll be getting some for our father-ofs.
When we first started thinking of the groom and groomsmen wear, I was stumped! I've never been very good at fashion and men's fashion is completely out-of-my-league, so I was completely out of my depth. Mr Big, however, is very good at knowing what to wear with what. When we went shopping at the local "supermall" back in November 2012, Mr Big was explaining what would look good with what and what he wanted.
He knew what he wanted to go for and it impressed me. I always knew he had a good eye for things, but seeing it in action during shopping was awesome.
Unfortunately, that trip didn't yield much in the way of results. We basically jumped from store to store, tried a few things on, grabbed some ideas, and left for dinner with Mr Big's Auntie Pen and Cousin Em who were visiting us from NZ. However, 6 months later, during a trip to DFO (Direct Factory Outlet) with my family, we were searching for the perfect suit for Papa Bighorn.
During this trip, we came across a huge menswear store – Connor. Connor is a franchise of menswear stores spotted all over Sydney. The store at DFO were having a sale, and being in the market for new suits anyway, Mr Big and Papa Bighorn checked it out.
Now, early in our relationship, Mr Big had expressed dissatisfaction for all things Connor. The shirts were for smaller men, the suits were for smaller men, the customer service he experienced was utterly crap-tacular, etcetera and etcetera. So it was puzzling when Mr Big paused in front of this store. I figured, however, that he was doing so for my father, whose build is rather small.
However, Mr Big came across a suit that he thought would fit himself and his groomsmen. Enter the Grand.
It's a nice slate grey with a maroon lining.
It's not too formal for the wedding and because there's a vest, they don't have to wear that suit jacket all day. He tried on some jackets at the DFO store, and after losing a lot of weight at that point, the suits fit him nicely. He talked with the friendly clerk there who gave him more information about wedding party purchases and Mr Big then proceeded to text all of his groomsmen.
A few weeks later, we got all the sizes for the groomsmen and we headed off to our nearest Connor store (thank goodness for franchises). We talked to the ultra-friendly 2IC there, who went through all of the options, including ordering sizes one bigger and one smaller just in case the sizes that we were given weren't correct.
After a few weeks, the orders came in, and I snapped this picture!
During our whirlwind New Zealand holiday/ e-session trip, we took all the suits over to the Kiwi guys and hit a small bump in the road. I won't go into specifics, but you can say the Bighorns thanked their lucky stars that, (1) the 2IC ordered one size bigger on all the suit parts, and (2) a big department store in New Zealand sold Connor suits so the guys could get their true sizes in slim-cut suits.
Back in Australia, we picked up the correctly-sized suit pants, grabbed a coffee, and voila! All we have to do now is ship across the correct suits so that the groomsmen in Kiwi-land can get their alterations done.
And before you guys go away, yes, Papa Bighorn did get himself a suit. Wanna see?
My dad's suit has since been altered and fits him nicely! Next up, I'll tell you guys about the shirts!
Did anyone else find themselves turning to a retail store you didn't expect? Who else has a fiancé(e) who had their own 'vision' of their wedding suit?


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Research indicates that significant vision problems are prevalent in one in four of all school-aged children in the United States and one of the most prevalent handicapping conditions in childhood (Farebee 2004, Zaba 2008). Low-income and minority children are at a greater risk of under-diagnosis and under-treatment of vision problems as well as an unmet need for vision care services (Ganz et al 2006, 2007, Basch 2010). Among Title I students and academically and behaviorally at-risk children, research indicates that up to 85% have vision problems that are either undetected or untreated (Johnson et al 2000, Zaba 2008). In addition, 40% of children who fail a vision screening do not follow up for additional care.
Research indicates that the earlier students are identified and treated for vision problems, the better the academic outcomes (Glewwe, 2009). The failure to treat vision disorders in children affect such issues as childhood development, learning performance, self-esteem, social-emotional behavior, academic achievement, high school drop-out rates, and juvenile delinquency.
Experts estimate during the first twelve years 80% of what we learn comes through the visual processing of information, yet two out of three children in the United States do not receive any preventative vision care before entering elementary school (Farebee 2004, Zaba 2008). Screening with the traditional Snellen Chart may miss up to 60% of significant refractive error (Indian River Study, 2009).
Prior to NCEF's Vision Initiative, students in Collier County were only screened for vision issues in grades kindergarten, first, third and sixth grade. By any measure, the level of inadequate vision care for children is significant, and the need in Collier County far exceeds the current services provided.
NCEF conducted a follow up study on child wellbeing in 2015 which addressed the overlapping medical needs for children in Collier County, vision examinations and eyeglasses being a significant gap in services. The Children's Vision Initiative partners have established a well-defined baseline of need, and a multiple modality structure to treat the children with the most acute eye care challenges.
Coined "Now You See It®," this strategic initiative ensures children in Collier County's Title I schools receive vision screenings by eye professionals. Then, if medically appropriate, children also receive full eye exams and two pairs of eyeglasses – one for home and one for school. When the need for tertiary eye care is detected, as is the case for over 100 of these children annually, the services of volunteer ophthalmologists are called upon through the Bonita Springs Lions Eye Clinic.
Through this initiative, approximately 20,000 children a year are screened using state of the art instruments, and follow-up comprehensive vision exams are provided for those identified with poor vision. Of the nearly 3,000 children given follow-up exams annually, some 2,500 receive two pair of prescription lenses.
Summer camp experiences for children with limited or no sight are also offered through Lighthouse of Collier County.
NCEF and Bonita Springs Lions Eye Clinic have purchased Spot Vision Screeners for the majority of the local pediatric offices in our community. The screener is a handheld, portable device designed to help users quickly and easily detect vision issues on children six months of age and older. The Spot screens both eyes at once from a nonthreatening 3-foot distance. This tool has enabled early detection for the diagnosis of Astigmatism, Myopia, Strabismus, Hyperopia, and Anisometropia, and subsequent follow up care that will ultimately save their sight.


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Created in Brescia, the Marmo range is handmade with only the very best marble, which means no two pieces are ever alike. Beautifully distinct with unique marble veins, these are bathroom fittings at their finest. As timeless as the stone it is crafted from, this range adds a touch of luxury and beauty and sits elegantly in any bathroom setting.
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The mission of the Counseling Service is to promote the psychological health of Lewis & Clark students so that they may achieve their academic potential and live healthy, well-balanced lives.
The Counseling Service accomplishes this mission by:
- Providing high-quality and timely assessment, counseling, crisis intervention and referral services to undergraduate, graduate and law students.
- Providing high-quality consultation to faculty, staff, students and parents about students of concern.
- Providing outreach programs to students on topics related to mental health and academic success.
- Collaborating with other partners on campus in joint initiatives to meet students' psychological health needs, address public health problems, and improve student success.
- Promoting inclusion and increasing awareness of the impact of privilege, prejudice, marginalization, and discrimination in the lives of individuals.
- Providing a safe environment for all by recognizing the unique identities of our Lewis & Clark College community.
- Providing a high-quality training program to doctoral practicum trainees.
- Providing all services in a manner which is consistent with professional ethical guidelines and legal mandates.
As we engage with students, we promote and assess the following learning outcomes:
- Students who engage in counseling will report that their counseling experience helped them improve their ability to accept and/or cope with their emotions.
- Students who engage in counseling will learn more about themselves as a result of the services they received.
- Students will report that their counseling experience helped them improve the quality of their relationships.
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As part of the division of Student Life, staff in the Counseling Service share in the Student Life mission: Lewis & Clark fosters a community of globally engaged citizen-leaders who share a desire to create positive change. We collaborate in academic and experiential learning, civic leadership and career development, diversity and inclusion, and wellness. We are an enduring community of scholars who inquire and work in an interdependent world, and create a place of belonging in which all students can take pride and realize their full potential.
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Usâma is one of the most beloved
Our Prophet climbed the minbar in the masjid and said, "O my Companions! As Usâma's father Zayd was deserving of the commandership and as he was the most beloved in my sight; likewise, his son Usâma is deserving the commandership after him, too. Usâma is one of the most beloved people in my sight."
Under the command of Hadrat Usâma, there were such notable Companions as Hadrat Abû Bakr, Hadrat 'Umar, Hadrat Abû Ubayda bin Jarrah and Hadrat Sa'd bin Abî Waqqâs among the people who were going to war. However, since the Sultan of the universe suddenly became ill the next day, the advance of the army had been postponed until after the demise of our Master, the Prophet. Our beloved Prophet had contracted malaria. His fever was steadily increasing. The illness intensified. One night when his pains had lessened, he got out of his bed. He put on his clothes and prepared for going out. When our mother Hadrat Âisha saw this, she asked our Prophet, "May my parents be sacrificed for your sake O Rasûlullah! Where are you going?" Our Master Sarwar-i âlam replied, "I have received a command to beg for forgiveness on those who were buried in the Baqî Cemetery. Therefore I am going there." He then proceeded there along with Abû Muwayhib and Abû Râfi. He supplicated in the cemetery for a long time and invoked Allahu ta'âlâ for the forgiveness of those who were buried there. When the Companions, who were with Rasûlullah, heard the insistent invocations of our Master, the Prophet, they said, "If only we were also buried here and honored by attaining the invocations of our Master, the Prophet!" Then, our beloved Prophet turned towards Abû Muwayhib and said, "O Abû Muwayhib! I was offered to make a choice of my free will between the worldly treasures and the blessings in the Hereafter. And I was told, 'If you want, you can remain in the world and then go to Paradise later, or if you desire, the Liqâullah (meeting with Allahu ta'âlâ) will take place and you will then enter Paradise. I chose the Liqâullah and going to Paradise." On another day, he went to invoke for forgiveness on the martyrs buried in Uhud. For a lengthy time, he invoked and prayed to Allahu ta'âlâ for those martyrs. He then came to the masjid and said to his Companions, "Among you, I will be the first to reach the Kawthar Pond and meet you there. That will be our meeting place… I am not worried about your conversion to polytheism after me, however, I am worried about your sinking into worldly desires, envying each other for them, consequently killing each other and perishing the same as your antecedents…" Then he went to his home of bliss. His illness became worse. His blessed wives informed him that he should stay in the house of our mother Hadrat Âisha and declared that they had renounced their rights regarding this subject. Our Prophet became pleased due to that self-devotion of his blessed wives and prayed for them and thereafter started to spend his remaining days in our mother Hadrat Âisha's house. Our Master Rasûl-i akram's (sall-Allâhu 'alaihi wa sallam) fever had severely increased. Due to the intense pain of his fever, our Prophet would turn from side to side in his bed. While he was in such a condition, his Companions were visiting him and feeling deep sorrow for him when they saw his suffering. Abû Sa'îd-i Khudrî related as follows: I had gone to the blessed presence of Rasûlullah. There was a velvet cover on him. The heat of the fever could be felt through the cover but we could not touch it due to its heat. Seeing our astonishment and sorrow against that scene, our Master Rasûlullah said, "The worst of troubles happen to prophets. Yet, they rejoice more for these troubles then they rejoice for benevolences." Ummu Bishr bin Barâ related: I had visited Rasûlullah. His blessed body was so hot, it was as if it was burning. Then I said, "May my life be sacrificed for your sake O Rasûlullah! I had never seen such an intense illness!…" Then he said, "O Ummu Bishr! The intenseness of the fever is for my thawabs (rewards) to be more. I suffer the pain of the poisonous meat I had tasted at Khaibar. I would feel the pain of that poison all the time. Due to that poison I had eaten, my aorta almost fails to function now." Our beloved Prophet said to Hadrat Abdullah bin Mas'ud, "There is no Muslim that becomes ill, whose mistakes and sins would not to be forgiven by Allahu ta'âlâ, like a tree sheds its leaves!" The illness was becoming worse over time.
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This quiz has been carefully designed to figure out how naturally feminine you are at your core, beyond the layers of conditioning and belief systems you may have.
Why would this be important? Well, you see here's the problem.
A lot of us women are truly feminine at our core, but we've been conditioned to act from a masculine place in order to find our place in this world.
In other words, women have been masculinized by society in order to perform, fit in and get ahead. But over time, we find that truly unfulfilling and we can't seem to figure out how to fill that void.
The truth is, if you are feminine deep down in your core, then doing masculine things will never fulfill you. They may bring a sense of significance and status for a short time, but they will never make you feel full on an emotional and spiritual level.
The purpose of this quiz is for you to first of all, become aware of your core essence. Whether that's masculine or feminine, it is both OK. The point is to become aware.
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And once you are aware of your own biological makeup, then it's much easier to live in alignment of your own sexual sense.
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That doesn't mean a feminine woman shouldn't do things that are masculine in nature… it just means that she needs to appreciate that her centre of gravity is feminine, and operate from feminine the majority of the time.
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Parent-Teacher Organization
The Thompson High School PTO offers an invaluable link between students, school staff, teachers and families, but without you and your support it would not be possible for the PTO to continue to sponsor events and provide much needed contributions to our school.
Why should I join the THS PTO?
PTO offers parents the opportunity to make positive changes in the school.
PTO will begin to distribute information on a regular basis via e-mails and a website so that members can be informed of and responds to school issues and activities in a timely manner.
Joining the PTO shows an interest in your child's education and school activities, shows greater support for his/her teachers and school and improve the relationship between parents and school personnel.
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We only ask that you join, receive email updates, and check out our website.
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With your help and membership, the PTO has been able to provide the following each year:
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Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
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A local father's fears for his daughter's safety following an incident at the Longwalk bus shelter in town has highlighted the ongoing problem of anti-social behaviour and harassment in the area.
In an email to this newspaper, the father expressed his fears and worries after what happened to his daughter on Thursday evening.
"Yesterday my 16-year-old daughter was harassed by a group of adults - between 4-5 people - who appeared to be inebriated/high. This occurred at the bus shelter at Dundalk Bus Station at the Long Walk at around 5.20pm to 5.30pm.
"My daughter was waiting for the 174 service. It culminated with an adult woman attempting to snatch my daughter's bag and phone as my daughter boarded the 174.
"I am deeply concerned that a young woman could be subject to such a level of abuse in broad daylight in a prime public facility.
"One further detail is that at one stage during this incident, the offending female attempted to board the 100x service and was refused entry by the driver.
"I wrote to Bus Eireann to report the incident. They responded and asked me to submit my complaint on an online form.
"I have observed recently the increasing presence of people "under the influence" around the bus station.
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Hi Chuck, Compared to catching your own, it's spendy, but I think price is still pretty fair, as long as you stay away from places like Pike Place Market! I have noticed them getting much smaller. Two good crabs used to easily feed four of us, now we need three. Several local grocers have commented on that in the last couple of years. I also think the seasons are shorter and fewer locations available for non-commercial crabbers. Must admit, I am now hungry for crab, some really good sourdough, and that bottle of wine. I have been here in Washington for 30 years but grew up in the Bay Area. I miss that SF sourdough! You are right, and I did mention in my original post that I have very few images with people. I am, without a doubt, NOT a newspaper-style editorial or a lifestyle photographer and I know that hurts my sales chances. People are tough for me as I am very, very much an introvert. Will need to work on that :-)
Been out of town on camping trip but finally got to check out this shot--great one, and just as relevant for that area today. You have a fascinating portfolio! Kelly PS Re the mushrooms, I've probably got them on our property!
I might get run out of town for admitting this, but I'm not really a fan of oysters! Now a nice Dungeness crab is a different story :-) Kelly
Thank you so much for all the tips! Most appreciated and I will take them all to heart :-) Chuck, it's nice to meet another Washingtonian--I'm in Belfair by Hood Canal.
Would love some feedback--Thank you!
KellyC posted a topic in Portfolio critiqueHi Everyone, I've been slowly building up my portfolio here on Alamy and am hoping that some of you might find the time to offer me some constructive criticism. I do know that it is quite small, making me a tiny fish in a very large and talented pool, and I don't have many people shots, but is there any other help you can give me? I am working on my tagging (and going back to my first entries to add)--I think I started out with not enough but am wondering if now I'm adding too much? Any advice is most appreciated! Thank you in advance for your time. https://www.alamy.com/search/imageresults.aspx?pl=1&plno=112314 Kelly (Washington State, US)


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In a first for Australian 3G mobile operators, Hutchison has launched a series of fixed-fee mobile data plans that do away with costly per-megabyte access and allow its 3 Mobile customers to use internet applications like Skype, eBay and MSN Messenger on their handsets.
3's director of communications and corporate affairs, Tanya Bowes, said the new plans were positioned to allow customers to take advantage of a slew of internet applications, including Skype (allowing 3's customers to make up to 4000 minutes worth of Skype calls a month depending on X-Series plan), MSN, Yahoo, eBay and Google.
The X-Series plans offer three levels of flat-rate pricing starting at $20 a month for 500MB of data, $30 a month for 1GB, and $40 a month for 2GB of download allowance.
In comparison, Telstra's 2GB plan on its NextG service tops out at $179, while charging an excess of $15 per megabyte when users exceed their download limit.
"X-Series is a unique offering, priced and packaged in a way not seen before in the Australian market. We've approached the pricing in a similar way to the fixed broadband market and it is very competitive," Bowes said. "I can't guess whether competitors will try to follow suit, however, we believe our thinking behind how we decided to price the X-Series is very different."
Telecommunications analyst, Shara Evans predicted it would be only 6 months before other operators adjusted their plans to compete with Hutchison's X-Series.
"Within the next six to twelve months, we'll see other price plan changes in the market from a range of operators and resellers offering strong revisions in pricing for more generous data allowance," she said. "Consumers want these offers, so a price war is not unlikely."
In fact, it only took two days for Vodafone to take the call to arms. Just this morning the operator announced a slash in its mobile data charges on its 3G phone network. It has introduced a 2GB capped plan for $79.95 a month, while its 1GB monthly plan, previously priced at $99.95, has been cut to $59.95, provided customers sign up for a 12 or 24 month contract. Casual non-contract users can expect to pay $139.95 a month for the 2GB service. Excess data charges come in at 30 cents a megabyte.
The only downfall in the X-Series offering comes into play when customers fall outside Hutchison's Broadband Zones. Whereas Vodafone switches its 3G customers over to GPRS at no additional charge, Hutchison will charge $1.65 per megabyte when users stray from its Broadband Zones in Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and the Gold Coast, Adelaide and Perth.
Hutchison also used the launch of its new price plans to announce a partnership with broadband provider iiNet. X-Series customers who sign up their home broadband connection with iiNet will now receive a credit of $100 to their home broadband account plus another $50 if they add a phone or the VOIP service at the time of sign up.
Only four devices; Nokia's N73 and E65, Dopod's 810 and LG's LGU830, initially support X-Series, but 3 promised more handsets would be added shortly.


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"Upstream" collection (from fiber-optic cables) and direct collection from the servers of Internet Companies (PRISM) account for most of the records gathered by the NSA. In addition to such sweeping surveillance, though, the NSA also carries out what it calls Computer Network Exploitation (CNE), placing malware in individual computers to surveil their users. When the agency succeeds in inserting such malware, it is able, in NSA terminology, to "own" the computer: to view every keystroke entered and every screen viewed. The Tailored Access Operations (TAO) division responsible for this work is, in effect, the agency's own private hacker unit.
The hacking practice is quite widespread in its own right: one NSA document indicates that the agency has succeeded in infecting at least fifty thousand individual computers with a type of malware called "Quantum Insertion".
Speaking at the European Parliament, Jacob Appelbaum has disclosed a program called "Quantum Insertion" where the NSA is compromising consumer-level routers in homes and using them to redirect traffic to "FoxAcid" servers. As he describes it, FoxAcid is a system that detects the activity of targets and the system inserts itself as a service you are trying to connect to. It then masquerades itself as the service the target is trying to connect to while gathering and profiling the targets system for vulnerabilities in their browser or client software. It then can attack the target in a purely automated fashion and compromise the computer of the target with no human intervention.
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Legendary Cal State Fullerton Titans and Texas Longhorn Baseball former head coach Augie Garrido, the winningest coach in college baseball history, was hospitalized last night after a very serious medical situation.
The season is barely a month old, and there already have been 10 no-hitters in Division I baseball. Hofstra's John Rooney and Seamus Brazill combined on one against Mount St. Mary's on Saturday. The night before, Auburn's Casey Mize threw one against Northeastern.
Baseball America will present position rankings of the best college players in the draft class. Here we focus on the second basemen. Oregon State's Nick Madrigal is the list's headliner despite being sidelined by a wrist injury. Writes Teddy Cahill
The top five teams remained the same in the D1Baseball Top 25 rankings. Defending national champion Florida held onto the top spot after a 5-0 week that improved the Gators to 12-1 overall.
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OMG folks it's time to celebrate it's almost FALL! I know I know. I live in Florida so technically Fall decides to show up about mid-December! But I don't care! I strictly stick to the calendar on this one here people. Granted October it's still like 85 degrees out but I will be rocking my Fall ensembles! And I am feeling inspired this year. I know I feel like I have let you down in previous years but this year I am feeling like I got my mojo back! Granted this September's fashion magazines were not short of fashion inspiration this season. And my recent trips to five thrift stores in two weekends only fueled my creativity this season! I hope you like!
I will be writing a Fall Preview soon of all the upcoming trends for Fall and which ones I will be participating in coming up soon!
I love Fall! Fall means cooler temperatures, pumpkins ( no I did not say PSL I'm not basic), jackets, and most importantly the Holidays are right around the corner! The Holidays are my favorite time of year!
I wore this dress to an event last year for JCPenney and it will definitely be on repeat this Fall! I mean this gorgeous faux leather burgundy dress is amazing! I love mixing it with the black and white herringbone jacket.
This is also one of my favorite Stylist/Blogger hacks! Wearing a white button down shirt or even a chambray shirt under a dress. I did it earlier here in Ladies Who Lunch.
Dress: JCPenney Shirt: Jones of New York Jacket: JCPenney
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A glass sits on the kitchen counter. An ordinary drinking glass with a few smudged fingerprints illuminated by the morning light slanting through the east windows. The glass is next to a bunch of browning bananas and a post-it note. The post-it note is pink and the bottom edge curls away from the counter. On the note are written five words in purple pen: Gone to store for milk.
You sit at the kitchen table and stare at this still-life on your counter. He must have left while you were still asleep, slipping out of bed in the darkness. He must have gone to pour himself a bowl of raisin bran—the cereal box sits on the table, opened, next to a bowl—and noticed there was no milk. His spoon is perched on the bowl, and the bowl is empty.
You have been awake for nearly an hour now. At first you didn't even notice he was gone. Does that make you a terrible wife? To not realize your husband is gone for a quarter of an hour? You had known about the milk, though; you noticed it last night. Did that make you a terrible wife—to allow your home to become milk-less?
For the first fifteen minutes after waking, you lay in bed. You assumed he was in the shower. Or maybe sitting in his office, checking his email. You sprawled on your back, extending your arms and legs to fill the entirety of the queen size bed. No one had joined you in the night. No small footsteps had padded into your room and crawled beside you. Waking up alone was a luxury.
Did that make you a bad wife? Or a bad mother? Enjoying solitude and quiet. No, not just enjoying it–relishing it. Craving it.
By the time you made it into the kitchen you had been awake for a half an hour. You saw the post-it note then. There was no way of knowing, of course, when he had left. But you would have heard a door open and shut. Would have heard the garage door. So you knew he had been gone longer than that.
But you hadn't worried. You pulled out the griddle and started making pancakes. You had a pancake mix that didn't require milk and that's what you were planning on making for breakfast. See, you had a plan! The kids could drink orange juice and eat pancakes with syrup until their fingers were sticky and then you'd pick up milk while they were at school. It wasn't a disaster to run out of milk. It wasn't a sign of poor home management skills. It was just an oversight.
You glanced at the post-it note again. You made the pancake mix and set the table. You turned on the griddle and poured the orange juice. You looked at the clock five times in less than five minutes.
Five minutes to drive to the store. It was only a few blocks away. Five minutes to get the milk, maybe ten; he didn't know the grocery store well. Five minutes to go through the self-checkout. He always used the self-checkout. Five minutes to drive back home. Maybe he stopped for gas. Maybe he picked up a few extra things at the store. Although he never did that.
That couldn't take more than forty-five minutes. He should be home any minute. You turned her attention back to the pancakes. The kids' alarms were going off in their bedrooms upstairs.
But he probably left before you woke up. That meant he may have been gone longer than forty-five minutes. Maybe an hour. Maybe two. He was an early riser. There was no way of knowing how long he had been gone. You picked up your phone and dialed his number, listened as it rang in your ear. An echoing ring answered from his office. You strode into the room and found his cell phone sitting next to his computer.
He would be home soon. You returned to the kitchen and sprayed the griddle with non-stick spray. You ladled pancake mix: a Mickey Mouse for Hannah and a football for Tyson. But still you couldn't stop looking at the clock, a retro cherry-red clock he gave you for Mother's Day. Something you would see in a soda parlor, he had said. You loved that clock. But today it seemed like a malevolent force, ratcheting time with its needle hands, splintering life into narrowing wedges of hours and minutes and seconds.
He could have been gone for hours.
That's when you looked at the post-it note again, at the few words written in his blocky handwriting. That's when you noticed the glass next to it, the smudge of fingerprints, the press of his lips against the top edge, the scant amount of water left inside. The last things he had touched before leaving the house. The kids were talking and laughing in their rooms, getting dressed, making beds. The pancakes started to burn.
You sit at the kitchen table, staring at the post-it note and the browning bananas and the drinking glass. You have always known this would someday happen. You have been waiting for it. You have imagined it, countless times, when he left on a business trip or drove home through a snowstorm. And now it has happened, today, because of the milk.
He's gone. You say the words in your mind but cannot speak them. He's gone and he won't be coming back. You can see him driving his ten-year-old Corolla down the street. You can see him coming to the red light, preparing to turn right. He was never careful enough when he made a right turn at that red light. He pulled to a rolling stop and then kept going. How many times had he failed to notice a car speeding toward them, then slammed on the brakes just in time, yanking you forward against the seat belt. You were always telling him to look more carefully.
How will you tell the kids? They will be downstairs any minute. They will notice the burned pancakes and their mother sitting motionless at the kitchen table, and they will wonder. They will ask where their daddy is, and you will look at them and their eyes will widen as you struggle to find the words. When Hannah's fish died last year you told her he went to a better place. Hannah had wanted to know exactly where the fish went. What place was better than here? She hadn't understood until you said it plainly: Your fish died, Hannah.
Hannah and Tyson, your daddy died in a car accident on the way to get milk this morning.
How will you make it without him? You have a degree, you used to teach school, but you haven't in years. You haven't needed to. You don't know how to mow a lawn. You don't even know how to start the lawn mower. You aren't sure about the money situation; he took care of that. Investments? Life insurance?
The kids are coming down the stairs. You will tell them first, and then you will make phone calls. But how do you make a phone call like this? How do you call your mother-in-law and explain that her son has died getting milk? People shouldn't die because their wives neglected to stock the fridge.
You look down at your hands. They are trembling. You press them flat against your thighs, then stand to face your children.
At that moment, the door opens. The door from the kitchen to the garage, the door you have tried to ignore for the past thirty minutes. Your husband's shoulders fill the doorway. He is carrying a gallon of milk and a package of donuts. He sets them both on the counter, his expression vaguely bewildered. You are weeping and crumpling to the floor.
About Bradeigh Godfrey
I am a physician by day and a mother by night. In the cracks I find time to write. My work has been published or is forthcoming in Hektoen International, The Intima, and Sunstone.


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2013 Toyota 4Runner Limited Review - Mountains and City Ready
The first Toyota 4Runner was sold in 1984 and ever since, offroad fans have laid claim to this iconic vehicle. What's new in 2013? Styling and comfort to name a few.Toyota sells around 45,000 units each year and while that doesn't make it a top selling model for them, it is one of those vehicles it is known for. The 4Runner has long been an offroad lover's dream with its combination of body on frame construction, slender width, great clearance with locking differential options. Plus, the darn thing takes a beating and keeps going. Taking a trip in the Colorado Mountains, it is easy to find an old 4Runner that is most likely been modified to be a trail warrior.
Nowadays, Toyota offers the 4Runner in three different trim lines. The base SR5 is the standard and most popular model accounting for close to 60 percent of its sales.
Next, is the Trail edition. This trim level comes with some great exterior changes in a hood scoop and distinctive bumpers. What is really exciting about this model is the available CRAWL feature, A-TRAC traction control and locking differentials. It accounts for around 20 percent of sales, but it is definitely the "offroaders" choice.
Lastly, is the Limited model – the one I was given to review. It comes with chrome door handles and bumpers, heated mirrors, an optional running board (my review vehicle had it) and a moonroof, standard. It also comes with the larger 20-in., 6-spoke alloy wheels (the others have 17-in.). On the interior, it has leather, dual-zone climate control, Entune Premium JBL audio system with navigation. While there are other differences between the trim levels, those are the big ones.
The Limited 4Runner 4×2 MSRP starts at $41,365 with 17/22/19 city, highway and combined fuel economy.
As with most exteriors, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I will say that my initial take on it wasn't favorable. It simply looked like the headlights were too curvy and it was really boxy. However, after driving it for a week, I came to like the distinctive look. It really stands out on the road.
The chrome accents are a take it or leave it item. Toyota did do a nice job of balance with it and the chrome doesn't come across as gaudy.
Lastly, the roof rails are a great feature and it is easy to see a pair of skies or some bicycles riding along the top.
On the inside, the leather trim is nice and it really has the feel of an upgraded vehicle. This is a 4Runner that you could go out on the town on a Friday night and then go muddin' on Saturday.
The controls are a bit cramped and driving it, the sitting angle felt really low. While this is a preference item, it will take some time to get adjusted to. I would venture to say that a larger person will have difficulty getting comfortable with the cramped feel.
One of the cool features of the 4Runner has long been the sliding rear window. Never fear, it is still a feature and Toyota has added a pretty interesting "party" mode. With a push of this button all the sound is transferred to the tailgate. The idea is that if you are out enjoying the outdoors, you can pop your tailgate and listen to your music with little effort.
Driving Impressions
The 4Runner lacks some of the refinement that other unibody SUVs now have. Yet, that is what makes it great. It is one of the last body on frame SUVs on the market which means it really can take a beating. Confused on the terminology? Other SUVs are built like cars and the 4Runner is built like a truck.
With that said, it does drive like a truck. In the city or on the highway, I felt like I was driving a Tacoma (midsize truck) more than driving an SUV. Its not a long-road trip take the family kind of vehicle. It is a go to work and then play in the mud with friends type of SUV.
The truth with the 4Runner has long been that it is a niche vehicle built for a small market. If you are part of that market, you are in luck with Toyota continuing to support the 4Runner. If your not, this vehicle may not be the right one for you. But, who knows, I didn't know I enjoyed offroading as much as I did driving this 4Runner!


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Rhys Millen, last year's Pikes Peak Hillclimb winner, bettered his own electric modified division record yesterday during this year's competition.
Racing the four-wheel drive 1,368 horsepower Drive eO PP1100 electric prototype car, he set a time of 8:57,118, which was nearly 10 seconds faster than last year, and another electric race car record.
Despite a faster time, Millen finished second in the overall standings as Romain Dumas completed the 12.42-mile course in a little more than six seconds faster.
Dumas drove the gasoline fueled Honda-powered Norma M20 RD Limited uphill by setting better times in the first three sectors.
"We came here with three objectives: to break the division record, put the car under the 9-minute bar and win the overall event. Millen said after the race. "The latter went to Romain and I want to congratulate him for that. We'll be doing our homework and we'll be back next year," he added.
SEE ALSO: 1,300-Horsepower Electric Racers Dominate at Pikes Peak
Third place was nabbed by the Acura NSX-inspired 4-Motor Acura EV Concept, driven by Tetsuya Yamano
Speaking of the NSX, a slightly modified version of the 3-electric motor production model negotiated the course in a time of 10:28.820 to win the Time Attack 2 Class.
Not to be left out, a Tesla Model S with a smaller battery pack driven by Blake Fuller claimed a new record for a production vehicle with an 11:48 run.
This year's "Race to the Clouds" has become more challenging thanks to the completion of the fully-paved road surface to the summit.
Drivers now race up the mountain at higher speeds, which allows for a smaller margin of error as they approach blind corners that rarely have guard rails.


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Within the Berlin-based event series "Passion of Lovers" there will be quite an interesting lineup on 14th June 2019. For the forst time on tour in Germany are CREUX LIES from Sacramento (California), who created a real treat for every friend of music on the line between post-punk and indie rock with their debut album "The Hearth". Other bands that will play that night are NIGHT NAIL from Berlin and Los Angeles and VV AND VOID, behind which is Calentina Veil from Melbourne (Australia) with her band.
After the bands there will be a party with DJ Ilija (Passion of Lovers, Swango Fandango, Montagsduncker, ex Frank the Baptist) and guests.
Datum/Zeit: Friday, 14.06.2019, 20:00
Veranstaltungsort: Slaughterhouse • Lehrter Str. 35 • 10557 Berlin


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Crews prepare to begin construction of a new Innerbelt Bridge which will eventually carry westbound traffic. Beginning on Tuesday, March 1, crews will permanently close University Road between W. 14th Street and the Norfolk Southern Railroad tracks along the west bank of the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood. University Road will be closed permanently just west of W. 14th Street and a cul-de-sac will be constructed just west of the railroad tracks. Those motorists wishing to travel to the Tremont neighborhood will be rerouted via Scranton Road and Fairfield Avenue. This closure coincides with the beginning of demolition of the Cleveland Cold Storage building. Click here for more information. Tentative completion date: fall 2013.
**Crews on behalf of the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District work to relocate an existing interceptor sewer in Cleveland's Tremont neighborhood. Both Abbey Ave. between W. 12th St. and W. 13th St. and W. 11th St. between University Rd. and Abbey Ave. are closed to vehicular traffic until the summer of 2011. In addition, W. 14th St., just south of Fairfield Ave., is restricted until mid-May 2011. For more information, please contact NEORSD at 216.881.6600.
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Rand Fishkin of SEO Moz had a great presentation on how homepages are designed now, compared to the pre-mobile days. Here are the basic changes in homepage design that have taken place in the past few years.
1. Promoting sections of the website.
Then: It used to be that homepages were the primary landing page for a website, so if the visitor didn't see what he wanted there, he would never see it. For that reason everything needed to be promoted on the homepage.
Now: Since users are more likely to find the content they need directly from the search engines, the homepage is no longer the "table of contents" of the website. It should be used more for branding, and giving a focused experience, with the most important users and most important products and services in mind.
2. Keywords
Then: Back in the day your homepage had the highest PageRank, and it made sense to try and optimize for as many keywords as possible.
Now: Homepages are no longer the primary target of backlinking and social promotion, so their link authority is not always more than that of internal pages. Focus on mainly brand related keywords, and those of the most important 2 or 3 products/services, and let the internal pages grab the more specific targeted keywords directly related to individual products and services.
3. Text
Then: Tons of text was needed on the homepage to promote all of the products and services with their related keywords.
Now: Of course nobody ever read all of that text, and with mobile use expanding, and attention spans contracting, a clean visual experience on the homepage is now the order of the day.
4. Visitors
Then: Assume all the users would land on the homepage, and funnel each type to the content they are looking for.
Now: Realize that visitors looking for specific products and services will be going to those pages directly via web search. The homepage is the place to make a strong statement about your brand to the most important users to your company.
5. Layout
Then: Keep all important content above the fold. People hate to scroll.
Now: Apparently people now love to scroll, based on most of the responsive designs you will see. That may be more true on mobile, but I think the cost of doing entirely separate designs for mobile and desktop is prohibitive, compared to being able to use one design for both. So don't keep it above the fold, but obviously give users a cue there is more content below the fold at every screen size for every device.
That's all the time I have for now. Any comments? Feel free.


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The Achomawi people of southern California have a legend that the silver fox was created from fog. A fitting description for this beautiful animal whose color can vary from completely black (except for the tip of its tail) to a more cinereous color. As if still dripping from his formation in cloud of suspended water droplets, the artists at Herend have used a spectrum of moody fishnet colors to create this striking addition to the Reserve Collection. Limited edition of 150.
Measures 9 ¼" x 3 ¾" h.
The complex nature of smoky quartz paired with 18k yellow gold and rhodolite stones in beautiful multi-layered earrings.
Measures 2" l.
Add this beautiful mahogany credenza next to an empty wall or as a secondary work surface to that of another desk. Mahogany with satinwood inlay and hand-decorated flourishes. Three door breakfront sideboard. Exclusively at Scully & Scully.
Measures 56" w x 19" d x 36" h.
Classic blue and white color palettes with flower and leaf motifs. Entirely handpainted in Holland in the same workshop in production since the 17th century. Exclusively at Scully & Scully.
Measures 6" diameter x 3½" h.
These large sterling silver swans are handmade of hallmarked sterling silver in Sheffield, with fine workmanship that can be seen in the meticulous detailing of every single feather. Their impressive size makes them natural statement pieces for dining tables or large display cabinets. Goldplated beaks are 23k. Handmade in England. Exclusively at Scully & Scully.
Each swan measures 14" w x 8½" d x 10½" h.
We present the 44th in the annual series of Halcyon Days "A Year to Remember" collectible boxes. The 2020 box is inspired by the details of ceilings created by famed 18th century English architect Robert Adam: intricate gold detailing combined with clusters of flowers. Can be personalized inside base: please allow eight weeks.
History in the re-making ... Halcyon Days revives the 18th century art of enameling on copper for today's connoisseur. Exquisite little boxes from England are meticulously handmade and hand-enameled with 24k goldplated fittings -- the same techniques used by the original artisans.
Measures 2⅛" w x 1⅝" d x 1⅛" h.
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Someone on Lainey Gossip wrote the other day that Diane Kruger looks exactly the same in everything. And you know what? It's totally true.
Things are very rarely unflattering on her. She just always looks like Leggy Blonde Diane Kruger no matter what outfit is hanging off her frame — basically, she's a designer's ideal clothes-hanger. And much like a clothes hanger in anyone random person's closet, sometimes she's draped with something great, sometimes it's something atrocious, and sometimes it's something in the middle, like six tank tops and a cardigan sweater because that's sort of space-saving. I might have liked six tank tops and a cardigan better than this — it's what I imagine Karl Lagerfeld would make if he designed aprons, right down to the black dishtowel tucked up by her waist. Can't you just see it? "Aprons are the condoms of the kitchen, darling. CLIMAX."


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I'm going to take all the money I saved by not having a 15st diamond-encrusted dress made from a mile of tulle for my wedding (my life, looking back, already seems a forlorn landscape littered with wasted opportunities) and set up an award for long-underlauded voiceover artistes. It shall be known as the Barbara Flynn Trophy For Maintenance of Studied Neutrality Under Extreme Duress.
Flynn is Jill Swinburne from The Beiderbecke Trilogy and bisexual Rose Marie who set her bra at Peter Davidson's hapless doctor in A Very Peculiar Practice. I loved her then and I love her now as she does, in essence, all the voiceovers not done by Lucy Briers, Her From That Thing and No, Not Her, Her From That Other Thing. Most famously and most recently, she provided the narration for My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding. And last night, as 'tis the season to do specials, she also did the voiceover for My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas (Channel 4). Christmas weddings are like the normal weddings but – and here I would advise you to warm up your imagination before stretching it so far – more so.
Nine weddings are taking place in a month at Rathkeale, temporarily trebling the population of the tiny Limerick town the Irish Traveller community considers its spiritual home. Lavinia and Edward's is the eighth. She is late to the church, hampered not by the 20 hooped underskirts comprising the bulk of her 700lb dress or the nappies designed – unsuccessfully – to stop the thing hurting her but by the tardy arrival of her tiara. Edward, perhaps fortunately, perhaps a tad thoughtlessly – or, given that this is not the time to be doing anything by halves, perhaps both – is even later. When he is eventually poured out of the pub and into the church, Lavinia is borderline hypothermic under her tan but sparkling gamely on.
The young female guests file in wearing outfits that recall the swimsuit worn by Victoria Wood's finest creation, Kelly Marie Tunstall – cut up here, cut down there, KEYHOLE – and so tight you can only hope they're serving Canesten canapés at the buffet.
"Sometimes, people from outside the Traveller community view the revealing outfits in a negative light," intones the marvellous Barbara non-committally. Go on. You try it. I said "non-committally". See? That's why she – and all those who come after her – should get an award.
As with the original series, there are as many layers to My Big Fat Gypsy Christmas as there are petticoats to the bridal frocks and if you start searching through them you're liable to end up more confused than when you began. Is it mean? Exploitative? Ameliorator or reinforcer of prejudice against a marginalised group? Camp? Ironic? Buggered if I know, though I do have to fight the feeling that for the women the dresses function as the last redoubt against an encroaching lifetime of semi-servitude at the beck and call of men who do but little to deserve it. The small girl gazing down in delighted awe at her holy communion confection, her future wedding dress in miniature – "It's all diamonds and actually it's beautiful!" – made me cry for about 18 differently inexpressible reasons.
There's only one thing of more perennial fascination than taste, and that is money. It is very kind of life, I think, to link them so often. In the final instalment of BBC2's Money (BBC2) series, programme maker Vanessa Engle spoke to a variety of households linked only by the fact that into each flowed the average British income for two working adults – £40,000. For some, such as single 47-year-old university teacher Gerard, happy with the occasional guitar and whisky purchase, it was plenty. For others – generally good money managers and child-free – it was enough, and for some – less good managers, or those banjaxed by a sudden change in circumstances or a combination of the two – it was nowhere near.
The pleasure and the power of Engle's programme lay in the extraordinary ordinariness of the participants and the honesty with which she probed and they spoke. There wasn't a sensationalist moment anywhere. It was brilliant, and most disconcerting.
Imagine… (BBC1) was about books. The Last Chapter? it was called, and every other cliche was taken out for a whirl on the dancefloor shortly thereafter too. Value-adding by the iPad demonstrated by a link to TS Eliot reading The Waste Land? Why, take my hand and bow to your partner! Inscrutability of the future asserted via William Goldman's "Nobody knows anything" dictum and EM Forster's reworked as "Only disconnect" for the digital age? Come sit down here for a moment, both of you, and take the weight off! Desirability of the status quo asserted via Candide's "best of all possible worlds"? Get your coat, love, you've pulled.
The interviewed – including Douglas Coupland, Brewster Kahle (the man building both a real and cyberarchive of every single book printed) – were wonderful; impassioned, intelligent, interested and interesting. The interviewer said things such as "That's called 'scrolling', is it?" when shown how to use a codex and "Books have never lost their connection to the physical world from which they've sprung." What does that mean? That they've never spontaneously lost their molecular integrity? What? I bet there isn't a book in the entire Kahle library that could explain that one.


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Hey Hey Hey, Were rockin balls over here. Ok, I really don't know what that means, but it was fun to say. Today I have another no bake, raw cookie dough ball recipe for you, using one of my favorite fruits, avocado. I have an abundance of avocados in my house and me being the […]
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Hi Everyone! Happy National Nutella Day! You know I had to participate in this wonderful day! After all it's Nutella!! I don't know if you recall, but I fell in love with Nutella when I was in Europe this summer. I never had it before, until one day I was at my hotel and I […]