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What the Health is the groundbreaking observe-up movie from the creators of the award-winning documentary Cowspiracy. This is an artist residency alternative for disabled artists (who identify as disabled individuals or have long run health conditions) who at the moment work or would like to develop their practice in the public realm. We are inviting functions from contemporary UK-primarily based disabled artists with a collaborative, participatory approach to provide a contemporary artwork challenge that addresses and challenges perceptions of disability in Mid Rhondda. The Equalities Act defines disability as: A physical or psychological impairment that has a considerable and lengthy-time period adverse effect on an individual's skill to hold out regular day-to-day activities".
Final week we posted our latest revolving door roundup, one among many we've completed through the Trump administration At the time we noted that a lobbyist, Mr Eric D Hargan, at Greenberg Taurig Alston & Chook, had been nominated to be Deputy Secretary of the Division of Health and Human Services (DHHS). Internet encircles the life of everyone lately. The modernity has encompassed us in each means but we nonetheless comply with the standard methods of education. Training is the basic want of a human being they usually get it by visiting faculty, faculties and universities. However on this globalised world of ours we regularly face with the realisation that we have no idea sufficient. As we apply for jobs we realise the amount of qualifications and experiences that the businesses need from a single person.
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With an Extra 20 Minutes, 'The Grand Duel' Could Have Grasped Greatness
Watching The Grand Duel, it's easy to see why Quentin Tarantino picked it as one of his Top 15 spaghetti westerns.
The Grand DuelDirector: Giancarlo Santi
Cast: Lee Van Cleef, Horst Frank, Alberto Dentice, Marc Mazza, Jess Hahn, Klaus Grünberg, Dominique Darel
Studio: Mount Street
Year: 1972
US Release Date: 1974
Ask most Spaghetti Western watchers about The Grand Duel (1972) and they'll say the following: It's the last good Lee Van Cleef film, and Quentin Tarantino stole its featured track for Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003). But ask me about it and I'll say it's one of Van Cleef's very best films, and Tarantino rescued its track from an eternity of neglect by delivering it to the masses.
Tarantino is one of the few Spaghetti Western buffs to give The Grand Duel the respect it deserves. During the filming of Django Unchained (2012) he sat down with Sebastian Haselbeck of the Spaghetti Western Database (SWDB) and, out of the hundreds of Spaghetti Westerns he has undoubtedly seen and studied, listed The Grand Duel as his fifteenth favorite of all-time. It's clear, then, that his use of its featured track in Kill Bill Vol. 1 is a genuine tribute to what has long been an underrated film.
The track in question is composed by Academy Award winner Luis Bacalov, whose other contributions to the genre include the equally brilliant scores for Django (1966) and The Price of Power (1969). It begins playing as Sheriff Clayton (Lee Van Cleef) exits a halted carriage, hangs his coat and bag on a gun-barrel being pointed at him by a bounty-hunter, and then walks with cool confidence into the small town of Gila Bend where the rest of the bounty-hunters are waiting to ambush a hiding wanted-man named Phillip Wermeer (Alberto Dentice credited as Peter O'Brien). The enchanting harmonica and flute sounds of the track accompany Clayton's stroll to the saloon while he tips the onlooking Wermeer off to the locations of the bounty-hunters. He reveals one by pumping water onto him from the fountain he's hiding behind, and another by throwing a match into the pile of hay he's buried under.
Wermeer, now aware of the bounty-hunters' locations, shoots his way out of hiding, does a series gymnastic maneuvers that make-up for his mediocre shooting skills, and makes it to the saloon where Clayton is waiting to arrest him. Wermeer resists, but Clayton has been counting every fired shot and knows he is out of bullets... and in the next scene he is dragging the apparently dead wanted-man out of the saloon by his feet. The bounty-hunters argue with Clayton for the body because, as they point out, a sheriff can't receive a reward for a dead man, but when the argument turns to violence, Wermeer jumps to life and somersaults his way into the desert. Clayton then reenters the carriage, which is carrying a group of innocents including the redheaded Elisabeth (Dominique Darel), and has Bighorse the Stage Driver (Jess Hahn) go pick the escapee up.
After Wermeer joins the group out of necessity, camps out with them at a farmhouse (where a great drinking game in which whiskey shots replace pieces on a checker board is shown), and is again confronted by the bounty-hunters, we realize Clayton isn't interested in turning him in. Although the powerful and corrupt Saxon brothers—David (Horst Frank), Eli (Marc Mazza), and Adam (Klaus Grunberg)—are eager to see Wermeer hung for murdering their father, Clayton knows he is innocent. Wermeer, meanwhile, believes the Saxon brothers know who killed his own father, a Saxon City resident who struck riches in a silver mine shortly before his death, and he wants revenge. So, together, the lawman and the wanted-man head to Saxon City to confront the brothers.
With all these loose ends needing knots, director Giancarlo Santi stacks one scene upon the other like Agatha Christie does in her perfectly paced whodunits and feeds us the following information: Elizabeth is daughter to some sort of powerful politician and is being forced to marry the homosexual Adam Saxon but has eyes for Wermeer; only David Saxon and Clayton know the true identity of Oldman Saxon's murderer; Clayton wants to reopen the case; David wants to pay Clayton off to keep his mouth shut; Wermeer's dead father has hid a significant amount of silver somewhere near Saxon City and everyone wants it; and, lastly, the man who murdered Wermeer's father is leading the Saxon-hired gang of bounty-hunters. Eventually everything comes to a boiling point, the killer of Oldman Saxon is revealed in a tense plot twist that is rare for the genre, and a thrilling showdown ends the film.
Although The Grand Duel is the only Spaghetti Western Santi directed, he acted as assistant director to the genre's undisputed genius, Sergio Leone, on both The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) and Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), and it shows. Besides the perfect pace of the film, the action sequences are not only entertaining but also necessary to the story, and he gets the best his cast has to give.
Van Cleef's eyes are as piercing as ever, O'Brien successfully hides his meager talent with raw energy, and all three of the Saxon brothers—played by Frank, Mazza, and Grunberg—are unforgettable. The craziness conjured by Grunberg as Adam, the homosexual dandy who plays with a silk scar with one hand as he shoots with the other, is particularly memorable; there's a scene where he uses a Gatling gun to brutally mow down an entire community of unarmed Dutch immigrants that is shocking in its unexpectedness.
Like Tarantino, I loved The Grand Duel. But while it is definitely underrated, I understand why many Spaghetti Western scholars are hesitant to rank it among the best; there's a few details of the plot, such as the silver source that Wermeer's father struck, and the motivations behind many of the main characters, that never become clear. I would also have liked to see the relationship between Elizabeth and Wermeer developed a little more, along with additional scenes dedicated to the Saxon brothers. If Santi had extended the film's running time by 20 minutes, The Grand Duel could have grasped greatness. But, as it stands, it's a damn fun Spaghetti Western that more people should see and appreciate.


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Faces and Places
I am passionate about painting two things. One, the unexpected beauty found in urban settings and everyday life, the other, a passion for painting famous faces of the city. The first lends itself to the irregularity of bleach on fabric, the other, a challenge when capturing a likeness with a medium as unpredictable as bleach.
By painting these images of city life, I aspire to capture the essence of living in an urban setting and the everyday people who bring lifeforce to it. I am drawn to the graphic prints of umbrellas, the streak of yellow from a U-Bahn or the bright red of a London bus, flashes of colour from objects that are not designed with beauty in mind. My compositions are a 'snapshot' effect, with people walking in or out of the canvas, a fleeting moment, never stationary.
Every city gives birth to talented people, people who rise above the everyday and become public figures. I am drawn to trying to capture the energy of city life and the talent that emerges from it . The appeal of these very diferent subjects are for very different reasons; one, the portraits are posed and very aware of how they are being perceived, the other is the opposite, people running to catch a bus or taxi, unaware of even being looked at, but both equally appealing.
The biggest challenge using bleach on fabric is you cannot undo a mark once you have made it, you are essentially pulling an image from the darkness of the fabric, something maybe imperfect, but real. I feel that the luminosity of household bleach and the hidden colours that develop by using it , portrays my love of both subjects. Join me on this visual narrative, appreciating the faces and places of the city, perhaps your city.


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Van Roekel to Fed CIOs: Better Learn How to Share
I'm the father of two young boys. It's clear to me that the more Charlie and Henry learn to share, the better it is for everybody. Their play is more rewarding. They learn from each other. I don't have to buy them two of everything.
Federal CIO Steven Van Roekel wants federal agency CIOs to embrace precisely that same lesson. Earlier this month, he announced finalization of the Federal IT Shared Services Strategy. This is big news, and BPM software can play a big role in helping government IT become "good sharers."
The finalization of this strategy gives new directives (and new powers) to government CIOs to find new ways to leverage existing IT assets and programs across agencies. The essence of the goal, in Van Roekel's words, is "to root out waste and duplication across the Federal IT portfolio."
An IT shared service is defined as "an information technology function that is provided for consumption by multiple organizations within or between Federal Agencies." There are three general categories: commodity, support, and mission.
CIOs have been directed to focus on commodity IT services first. This includes things like acquisition and identity/access management. Appian has government solution frameworks already available in both these areas (and others as well) that accelerate solution deployment while allowing easy configuration to fit the unique needs of individual agencies.
Even in the absence of pre-built frameworks, Appian offers a far-superior approach to that of packaged applications in establishing cross-agency services. For starters, Appian offers secure, fully functional deployment in the cloud (with easy migration on premise as needed), which is a key enabler of effective service sharing. In addition, Appian's "configure, don't code" approach gives agencies much greater flexibility in adapting the software as their needs evolve over time. For more on this, read our "Don't License Another Software Application Until You Read This!" white paper.
Federal CIOs are required to act quickly on the IT Shared Services Strategy. By the end of August, each agency must submit an enterprise roadmap showing their plan to consolidate commodity IT services. As they start looking at this closely, the challenges associated with supporting multiple customers for the same service will emerge. Commercial shared services organizations and business process outsourcing companies have already encountered this in spades. Read "The Five Characteristics of Highly Successful BPM Deployments in Shared Services and BPO" for some proven best practices.
It's always interesting to reflect on how childhood lessons like "learn to share" continue to ripple through our adult and professional lives. Now if only BPM could automate the "clean up your room" process…
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Amy Alward has been named one of Allstate's 2016 Best in Company for agencies her size. Alward has two locations in the Portland area and is a devoted volunteer for the Cancer Community Center. In 2015, Alward earned a $1,000 grant for the Cancer Community Center through Allstate's Helping Hands in the Community program, and she is has also a member of the board of trustees. Best in Company is the highest honor for an agency owner in the Allstate awards program. The Best in Company distinction is awarded to the four top Allstate agency owners out of more than 10,000 in the country, based on 2015 year-end results in customer satisfaction, business growth and financial services sales.
Joshua Ellis, of Falmouth, an account executive in the business insurance department of Clark Insurance in Portland, has earned the industry designation Certified Insurance Counselor.
Assistant House Majority Leader Sara Gideon, D-Freeport, is being honored by Maine Audubon as a 2016 Environmental Champion for her work on a bipartisan comprehensive solar measure. Gideon played a pivotal role in advancing LD 1649 to create a comprehensive solar policy for the state.
Stephen H. Russell, of Baystate Financial in Falmouth, announces that, effective July 5, Baystate is affiliated with Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, known as MassMutual. Russell's regional Baystate Financial office is located at 75 Leighton Road.
Lawrence A. Wold, president of TD Bank, has retired from The Maine Real Estate & Development Association Board of Directors after 18 years of service. During his tenure on the board, Wold served as president from 2000-2002 and was recognized with MEREDA's Volunteer of the Year Award in 2003. In related news, Paul Peck, attorney at Drummond & Drummond and real estate developer with LWS Development LLC, is the new president of MEREDA.
Hires, promotions, appointments
BerryDunn in Portland has elected a new principal, Todd Desjardins. Desjardins has been with BerryDunn for seven years, specializing in audit, accounting and consulting services to banks and credit unions. He is a certified fraud examiner, and is involved in the firm's forensic accounting and fraud engagements. In related news, Mike Jurnak has been named the new practice leader of the firm's Commercial Business Practice Group. As head of the practice, Jurnak will lead a team across a number of industry groups, including manufacturing, high-tech, hospitality, construction and utilities.
RE/MAX Shoreline, a new addition to the Maine and New Hampshire's real estate franchise, has added Ted Eldredge to the staff at the Portland office.
University Credit Union has hired Stephanie Beck, who will focus on member development through marketing outreach at the Scarborough office.
News from nonprofits
Tedford Housing honored Kay Wilson, Sally Loving, Kelly Bumiller, Dawn Flagg, Tammy Cutchen and Craig McEwen at its annual meeting and awards event June 16 at Bowdoin College. Guest speakers included Greg Payne, of Maine Affordable Housing Coalition, and Frank O'Hara, of Planning Decisions, who talked about the state of housing and homelessness in the Midcoast Maine region. Tedford also recently elected board members and officers and received grant funding. Judy Montgomery, associate librarian of the Bowdoin College Library, returned to the board of directors after a one year hiatus. Seven members of the board renewed their terms, including Andree Appel, Sally Carignan, John Carson, Marcy McGuire, Dot Ollier, Chris Powell and Nonny Soifer. John Carson, pastor of the Elijah Kellog Church, was elected to president of the board; Andree Appel, clinical director of the Oasis Health Network, was elected to vice president; Nonny Soifer, a lawyer in private practice, was re-elected to secretary; Sarah Piper, commercial lender at Bath Savings Institution, was re-elected to treasurer; and Claudia Staberg, consultant and college advisor, was re-elected as an at large representative on the board. Doree Taylor Charitable Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee granted Tedford Housing $37,500 for the general operations for the provision of case management to all clients throughout the organization. John T. Gorman Foundation awarded $15,000 in funding to Tedford Housing through its annual Direct Services Grant program. The funds will be used for case management services for homeless families and youth. Moser Family Foundation approved a grant for $8,000 to Tedford Housing to support capital improvements to its emergency adult shelter in Brunswick.
CIEE: Council on International Educational Exchange, a leading nonprofit international educational and exchange organization based in Portland, has hired Brent Bruggeman as the organization's chief information officer.
The Garden of Eaten, a social justice initiative of St. Maximilian Kolbe Parish in Scarborough, St. Bartholomew Parish in Cape Elizabeth, and St. John and Holy Cross Parish in South Portland, got off the ground this spring. On a first-come, first-served basis, parishioners signed up for beds to both garden for themselves and also to give a portion to help families served by the South Portland Food Cupboard, which assists an average of 75 families a week. In addition, parishioners work together to tend to one large bed, set aside to benefit those in need at the cupboard.
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Midcoast Federal Credit Union has opened its fifth branch and new corporate headquarters in Freeport at 186 Lower Main St.
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text: Brimming with pride and a whole lotta hell ya!! We were over the moon upon hearing of the Governor General Award nomination for Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, NEPA GM and AD for New Harlem Productions. Gas Girls got the recognition it rightfully deserved and so did it's irreverent playwright. Previously nominated for the Emerging PlayRites Award at Calgary's Theatre Projects and 2nd place in the Herman Voaden Playwriting Competition. Gas Girls the story of Gigi and Lola who sell their bodies for gas is a piece about how women survive in a place of scarcity, a topic that reflects various situations around the world. No holds barred, no truths shied away from, no-thing like it. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/books/the-governor-generals-literary-awards-the-complete-english-list/article2197330/


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What equipment do I need for Climbing?
You don't need to be fit to approach Climbing, and you don't need to spend a lot of money in pointless or expensive equipment. We often find misleading or wrong information about the "best" equipment or clothes needed for climbing but, trust us, you don't need expensive top-quality jackets to enjoy a day out!
The team here at Climbing Sardinia has drafted a series of articles to give the best possible advices on what equipment to buy and how to choose. These are all independent articles, they don't depend upon sponsors and there is no brand we advocate. We give you our impartial vision, you chose the item or brand that best suits your budget or preferences.
The articles you find within this website apply to both beginners and experts.
What do I buy first?
The first items a beginner has to buy to start climbing are Shoes and Harness (and a Helmet for outdoor climbing). If you intend to do bouldering only, the only thing you'd need are shoes.
We strongly recommend to try on your new harness, helmet and climbing shoes before buying. Thus we advise against buying on the internet if you're not entirely sure of your size. In regards to ropes, quick-draws and carabiners it is safe to buy over the internet, as their specifications are usually stated and need do not have to fit your body.
When buying over the internet we can easily find the best prices, we just need to know what is best to buy. There are countless products on the market and the amount of choices can sometimes be overwhelming. We at Climbing Sardinia have created these articles to guide you making your choices, knowing the precise specification each item should present and what to avoid, without being distracted by fancy shapes or fluorescent colourings! Our main focus is on durability and comfort.
CE & UIAA marking
By law, all climbing equipment ought to be approved by the European Community prior to be put on sale. CE norms establish all the necessary (read minimal) requirements all climbing equipment must have, and each item put on a shop shelf must clearly show the CE logo.
Check on any piece of climbing equipment you may have and you'll see the CE logo. If you can't find it, we hope it is because of wear! Next to the CE logo you may also notice a UIAA logo, which refers to the International Union of Alpine Associations. The quality standards imposed by the UIAA are much higher than those of the CE, but are not compulsory to manufacturers. Producers can choose whether to subject their product to UIAA standards or not. The vast majority of harnesses and climbing helmets available on the market today are certified by both CE and UIAA.


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Superhero Bits: The Avengers, Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3, Batman: Arkham City, Amazing Spider-Man
Posted on Tuesday, June 5th, 2012 by Germain Lussier
What kind of Avengers and Batman game news is coming out of E3? Will Tony Stark be driving a new car in Iron Man 3? How many extras does Christopher Nolan say are in The Dark Knight Rises? Want to listen to a selection of the score from The Amazing Spider-Man? Has a clue to a future Marvel movie been revealed already in a previous film? Read about all this and more in today's Superhero Bits.
Latino Review is reporting Tony Stark's new car in Iron Man 3 is this $2 million Bugatti Veryron Hyper Sport.
Christopher Nolan had a pretty major declaration about The Dark Knight Rises in Empire via The Playlist. He says it's the biggest film with the most extras since the silent era. Though Badass Digest doesn't agree:
The biggest one anyone's done since the silent era, in technical terms … It's not what you're used to seeing. I don't know when someone last did a film with 11,000 extras in a real environment. It is an escalation.
Check out the trailer for the new XBox 360 and WiiU Marvel game, Avengers: Battle for Earth.
$1 billion and counting and The Avengers posters just keep coming, at least internationally. Here's a Hulk character poster from IMP Awards.
BIG CLUE: This unseen Marvel character has been alluded to in the phase one Marvel films! Let speculation begin! RT
— elmayimbe (@elmayimbe) June 5, 2012
Trusted comic book scooper El Mayimbe of Latino Review says one of the new Marvel Movies has been teased in previous films.
Not just pretty circles: here's a data visualization of all The Avengers comic books. See the hi-res versions at Comic Book Resources via IO9.
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- Formulated by a medical & anti-aging specialist.
- Free from sugar.
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- It provides sustained energy.
- It improves concentration.
- It provides extraordinary capacity to fight disease.
Nucleo® is unique in that no other shake or porridge in South Africa:
- Combines 43 nutritional ingredients which includes all the necessary vitamins, minerals, amino acids, omega oils, antioxidants, protein and carbohydrates the body needs to ensure sustained energy release, improved concentration and reduced fatigue and illness, while gradually fortifying the Immune System.
- Applies specific natural, nutritional techniques to nurture, recover and heal the intestine and therefore ensuring optimal absorption of all the ingredients into the bloodstream,
- Contains three of the most powerful natural antioxidants known to man; Spirulina, Colostrum and Omega 3 which together suppress viruses, kill bad bacteria and stop Diarrhea. Each of these ingredients has a tremendous international scientific track record in their own capacity.
- Makes Rolls Royce nutrition so accessible and affordable to those who really need it. We achieved 80% costs saving by combining these ingredients together compared to having to purchase these ingredients separately from a pharmacy or health shop.
Considering that the intestine is responsible for producing 80% of the immune system's antibodies and that it forms the primary barrier between the blood stream and the outside world, it is safe to assume that immune deficiency due to malnutrition, mal-absorption and intestinal insufficiency plays a significant role in the global increase of chronic illnesses like heart disease, cancer, stroke, diabetes, allergies, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. Therefore Nucleo®'s focus to nurture and restore the intestine, ensuring optimal absorption of all its ingredients.
Nucleo®, is the result of five years of research and laboratory testing by medical doctor and nutritionist Dr Anton Janse van Rensburg between 2002 and 2007. It was registered with the Medical Control Council of SA as a nutritional supplement under the Complimentary medicine act in 2007.
Since 2007 Dr Anton Janse van Rensburg and Jacques de Bruin have been constantly improving on various ingredients in Nucleo® and the development is still ongoing. The most recent SABS testing of Nucleo® has been done in 2014.
Dr van Rensburg has furthermore prepared a list of scientific references that relate to individual ingredients in Nucleo® (Available on request).
A) Wellness programme
An earlier version of Nucleo® was used as part of an HIV/AIDS workplace wellness programme in a large multinational company. A small pilot research study was performed in 2005 to assess the impact of this programme on HIV positive employees. The study also considered the effect of nutritional supplements on the employees. Occupational health nursing practitioners who used Nucleo® reported that some of their patients did pick up weight and that these employees reported subjective feelings of increased well-being and expressed disappointment when the product was no longer available due to employer budget constraints. (Janse van Rensburg MNS. The impact of an HIV/AIDS workplace wellness programme in a large packaging factory. [Dissertation]. Johannesburg: University of the Witwatersrand; 2007.)
The Glycaemic Index Foundation of South Africa (GIFSA) tested the Glycaemic Index (GI) of Nucleo® according to internationally accepted protocols for the determination of the GI level of a food. Blood glucose testing was performed on a group of volunteers after they ingested Nucleo®. The average GI of Nucleo® was determined to be 36, which qualifies this food product to receive a 'Low GI' classification and this can be exhibited on the product label. The other legal health claim that can be made due to this result is: 'Low GI (<55) - Provides sustained energy especially for people who need support with blood glucose control'
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- Mining, manufacturing, transport and construction industries looking to increase productivity and decrease absenteeism of their workers by fortifying their immune systems,
- Clinics, hospitals, doctors, dietitians, pharmacies serving people suffering from chronic disease.
Since 2007 Nucleo® has been distributed in factories, orphanages, health shops, through dietitians and distributors all of whom have a personal testimony of Nucleo®'s impact in their lives. We have received positive feedback from a wide spectrum of people all over South Africa as well as from the UK, Germany, Holland, Switzerland and Canada with the following outcomes being reported:
- better blood glucose control for diabetics,
- reported reduction in the severity of chemotherapy side effects in cancer clients,
- reported improvement in children suffering from leaky gut syndrome and allergies,
- reduction in symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (spastic colon),
- reported reduction in severity and duration of acute infectious diseases,
- general improvement in chronically ill and elderly people,
- reduced fatigue and nausea reported by pregnant women,
- favorable feedback from breastfeeding women,
- increased energy and concentration levels in factory workers,
- significant self-reported improvement in general condition in individuals suffering from HIV/AIDS,
- increased energy and quick recovery reported by endurance athletes such as mountain bikers, 'Comrades Marathon' runners, and 'Ironman' athletes.
In 2012 Aranda Textiles piloted Nucleo® with 25 g to each of their 400 factory workers during the last 10 workdays of June, July and August. They reported reduced absenteeism, increased energy and concentration and increased productivity during the winter months compared to the previous months. They have been providing Nucleo® to their workers ever since for the last 4 years.
Since 2008 Nucleo solicited individual sponsors to provide Nucleo® to HIV affected orphans with various organisations. Currently Nucleo is supplying Nucleo® to OM AIDS Hope orphans in Mamelodi with wonderful results for example the story of Rose as told here.
Nucleo® products can be mixed and packaged in a standard food grade factory. However, it is mixed and packaged in a pharmaceutical grade facility that has registration with the South African Medicine Control Council.
A passion of Dr van Rensburg is the formulation of specialized immune stimulant supplements for people living with chronic diseases like HIV/AIDS, cancer and auto-immune diseases. He has also developed several other nutritional supplements including a range of sport supplements for the South African market. It is from this passion that the flagship product 'Nucleo®' saw the light in 2007.
Advisory capacity to the South African Government
Dr van Rensburg has served on advisory committees to the South African Directorate Food Control regarding nutrition and HIV/AIDS. Recently he was part of a panel of experts who addressed South African food industry representatives on the use of tropical oils as a replacement for Trans-fatty acids. A noteworthy contribution was the work he did with the Assistant Director of South African Directorate Food Control in the preparation of comments on the Health Claims Guideline document to the International Codex Alimentarius Committee for Food Labeling.
Cost Savings Vs Health Savings:
The cost of Nucleo® is determined by yourself and how preventative you want to live or what you decide to allocate to healthy nutrition in your food budget.
We have found that many people drink only 1 scoop (25 g) per day and feel the full impact of Nucleo® because of its phenomenal absorption benefits. At less than R 10.00/day that is cheaper than a coke without considering that you treat yourself with 1000% better nutrition!
Even at 50 g (providing all the vitamins/minerals/amino acids/antioxidants/omega 3 oils and protein your body needs daily) at less than R 20, Nucleo® is still cheaper than any junk food meal whether a hamburger or pizza - even if you would make it yourself!
Think about it - if you don't have any food and you only drink 50g of Nucleo® per day you will have all the nutrition your body needs to function at 100% capacity. Yes, you will lose lots of weight, but you will be able to function normally with all the energy you need.
Nucleo® vs other supplements
Remember there are so many different nutrients in a 50 g serving of Nucleo® that if that 50 g were to be encapsulated as different ingredients, it would amount to 40 capsules or more!
Imagine the hassle of drinking 4 capsules every day, never mind 40!
Imagine the time and effort to travel to 5 or more different health shops or pharmacies to find all these capsules.
Imagine the cost! We have yet to find another product which combines even half the 43 ingredients in Nucleo® at less than R 2000 per month. Pricing only 4 ingredients in pharmacies sold separately: Spirulina, Colostrum, Amino Acids and Omega 3 alone amount to more than R 1000 for a month's supply.
Nucleo® ensures optimal absorption
Imagine the loss if your intestine doesn't absorb those expensive supplements in capsule or tablet form. You have seen how Nucleo® applies natural, nutritional techniques to address the recovery and support of the intestine to increase absorption, so as your intestine recover, you are assured of full absorption of every component in Nucleo® as well as the nutrients in all the other healthy food, fruit and vegetables you are taking in.
A healthy intestine is simply priceless!
Since 2007 hundreds of families enjoy Nucleo as a daily super food-on-the-go. And reaping a medicine free lifestyle.
At less than the price of a cup of coffee!
Best Tips from The Imsyser Team
- For best results take with the Imsyser Probiotic.
- May also be taken 1:1 with the Imsyser Geva Meal Replacement


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Winning start to Cashel's FAI Junior Cup campaign
FAI Junior Cup 2nd Round
Cashel Town FC 2 – 0 St Kieran's FC
The club's seniors got their national cup campaign off to a winning start at Palmershill on Sunday, in what was a dour and at times extremely dull affair. Pitted against fourth division opposition, the club were wary of what happened at the same stage last season, when they fell to lower division opposition, and being also shorn of a host of first team regulars, were hoping to get off to a good start in the breezy conditions. However, despite having the lions share of possession, very few openings were created in the first half hour. If anything, the best chance of a goal fell to the visitors, when a mix up in the Town defence, almost caused an own goal. This shook them from their stupor, and in the final minutes of the first half, they almost broke the deadlock on a number of occasions, with one chance in particular falling to Daniel Doherty, who put the ball wide of the post, when scoring seemed an easier option. After that flurry, things went a little dead again, and the teams went to the break honours even.
Perhaps it was the advice, or more likely the raised voices of the Cashel management team at half time, but Cashel came out for the second half a more purposeful outfit. After a couple of forays into the Kieran's final third, they finally broke the deadlock on the 50th minute, when Daniel Doherty turned neatly onto a David Horgan cross, and struck an effort against the bottom of the post, only to have his striking partner Shane Stapleton follow up with an easy tap in. This should have left Cashel cruising, but the most dramatic minutes of the game were still to come. Ten minutes before the end, in one of their few attacks, Kieran's put through their lone striker, who was taken to ground by Cashel keeper Philly Doherty, heretofore barely a disinterested observer at the game. Doherty looked likely to also see red for his indiscretion, but the referee only brandished a yellow, to the collective sighs of the Cashel supporters.
St Kieran's probably felt doubly aggrieved at this decision by the referee, when Doherty made amends for his initial error, and pulled off a spectacular double save from the penalty he had given away. Cashel grasped this let off with both hands, and within a minute had fashioned another defence splitting attack, ending up with Daniel Doherty, the seasons top goalscorer making up for some earlier misses, by planting a well stuck effort past the despairing hands of the opposition keeper. This was the insurance goal for Cashel, and the game petered out into an almost genteel end.


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Marathon training entails numerous burdens; for most people, the sense of losing fitness is not among them. Then again, Caroline Dobbyn isn't your typical up-and-coming distance runner. "It was hard to do as much conditioning as I would have liked," says the Dublin native and Boston resident of her prep for the 2004 Boston Marathon, "because every day I was running about 16 miles and stretching for a half hour. I did some strength work, but there are only so many hours in the day."
Nevertheless, if anyone could wring 30 hours out of a single rotation of the Earth, it would be Dobbyn, who works full-time as a stockbroker. "My schedule is kind of hectic," the 24-year-old allows. After rising at 5:45, she bikes to work, mixing in a morning run or swim before hitting her desk at 8:30. "Lunch" consists of running, strength training, or a boxing class. At 5 p.m. she's back on the bike, headed toward the start of her main run of the day, which on one day each week is "longish" and on another consists of intervals. "By 8 p.m.," she says, "I'm usually ready to relax for the night—and cook dinner."
This year, Dobbyn was among the elite women who started the Boston Marathon at 11:30. Running in just her second marathon—her other was a third-place 2:59:08 at the 2003 Cape Cod Marathon—Dobbyn admits, "I probably would have run faster had I started at noon, but the experience will stay with me. Despite running most of the race alone, she held on to finish 20th among open women.
Dobbyn somehow reserves some of her considerable energy for inspiring others. In 2003, she was responsible for recruiting "half of the office" to run the JPMorgan Chase Corporate Challenge; despite being struck by a car several days before the race, Dobbyn won the 3.5M event in 19:52. More recently, she's found room in her schedule to become part-time manager at HealthWorks for Women. "I love it when I convince people to take up a healthier, more active lifestyle," she says.
Last summer, with the marathon and a 1:19:32 half marathon behind her, Dobbyn cut her mileage to about 50 or 60 per week with an emphasis on quality workouts. "I'm changing my focus and getting mentally tougher," she says. "I know I can run a lot faster, especially in 5Ks." Her shorter-distance results have hardly been lackluster: At press time, she sat comfortably atop the USATF-New England Grand Prix road circuit.
Perhaps most significantly, running has imbued Dobbyn with a global shift in perspective. "I used to think that success was measured by what kind of car you drove or how much money you earned," she says. "Now I measure success by how happy I am and trying my best at whatever I do."


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With Release of Fannie Mae's DU 10, Proprietary Technology Empowers Loan Officers and Underwriters with Easy Access to Applicants' Complete Credit Picture
BALTIMORE, MD--(Marketwired - Nov 2, 2016) - CreditXpert Inc., the leading credit analysis and management solutions provider, today officially announced the addition of TrendScape™ to its suite of credit analysis tools. The proprietary software automates analytics, helping mortgage loan officers and underwriters quickly and easily make sense of the new trended credit reports, many of which now include more than a thousand new data points.
Trended credit data, detailed historical information provided for each line of credit, is changing underwriting, which previously relied on a static analysis of credit. This loan origination sea change can present challenges for loan officers and underwriters as they work to best serve both their companies and applicants.
TrendScape™, now part of CreditXpert® 9, analyzes and interprets large amounts of data, enabling lenders to quickly spot trends tied to clients' credit behavior. It then delivers that critical information in plain language, on the first page of every credit report.
"Trended data is the new normal in mortgage credit reporting, providing an opportunity to better understand applicants' true credit behavior," said Dave Chung, managing director of CreditXpert Inc. "But it may not be readily apparent exactly why applicants are denied loans based on this data. TrendScape™ makes sense of this new world, presenting insights to loan officers and underwriters in a digestible way. Armed with that intelligence, they'll be in a better position to quickly discover opportunities for applicants."
Fannie Mae, the mortgage company controlled by the U.S. government, just released Desktop Underwriter® Version 10.0 (DU® 10), the next version of its industry-leading automated underwriting system. DU 10 now incorporates trended data into its risk assessments.
TrendScape™, which conveniently comes as an add-on with every trended credit report, offers unmatched benefits to users by:
"Our team of data scientists built TrendScape™ because we know loan officers and underwriters don't have the time to cull through trended data reports to identify opportunities for their customers," said Peter Fitton, product manager for CreditXpert Inc. "TrendScape™ empowers users to take advantage of all the new data in trended credit reports so they can put the data to work and focus on what they do best -- closing more high-quality loans."
About CreditXpert Inc.
CreditXpert Inc. is the pioneer and premier provider of highly personalized credit management and optimization solutions, available through our distribution partners. We are dedicated to empowering people with powerful yet simple-to-use tools and education. Our proprietary technology is based on advanced statistical techniques and sophisticated analytical methods. If your business buys credit reports, ask your credit report provider for CreditXpert®. Learn more at https://www.creditxpert.com.
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Under the current copyright law in the United States, every "work" (which includes a long list of publications and includes photos and images) is automatically protected by copyright. There is no requirement that any notice of copyright claim. A very complete explanation of U.S. Copyright law is online at Copyright.gov.
First, there is a difference between "permission" to use an image and being free of copyright. A copyright holder can give permission to use an image without giving up their copyright protection and ownership. On the web, there are several ways this can be done. The common way is to grant a limited license for the use of the image. There are several organizations that provide a venue for limited sharing of images online. Probably the most used of these organizations is the CreativeCommons.org. There are more than 882 million Creative Commons licensed works on the web. Here is a quote from their website about what they do:
What is Creative Commons?
Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that enables the sharing and use of creativity and knowledge through free legal tools.
Our free, easy-to-use copyright licensesprovide a simple, standardized way to give the public permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice. CC licenses let you easily change your copyright terms from the default of "all rights reserved" to "some rights reserved."
Creative Commons licenses are not an alternative to copyright. They work alongside copyright and enable you to modify your copyright terms to best suit your needs.Let me show you how I got the image at the beginning of this post.
1. I used Google Images to find the image. I searched Google Images for an image of a graveyard and I clicked on the link that says "Search tools" in the menu bar on the page:
I then clicked on the selection that says, "Labeled for reuse." That gives me a rough indication of which of all the images are either in the public domain (not subject to copyright) or are in the Creative Commons and can be used with some restrictions.
2. I chose an image from all those that appeared and clicked on it to see its status. Here is what I saw:
To avoid dealing with licenses for all the other images, I blurred out the ones that I wasn't interested in.
3. Then I went to the "View Page" link to see if this image could be used in my blog post. Ideally, I would be looking for images that are labeled "Public Domain" so that I could use them freely in my posts, but in this case, the image was available under a Creative Commons license.
The limitations in this case were "attribution" and "share alike." The limitations have their own explanation of what they entail.
4. I decided to use the image and so I clicked on the icon for use on the web on the right-hand side of the image.
That selection gives me the information I need to attribute the image. Here is a screenshot of the selections:
I then copied the Attribution from the form and put it as a caption to the image I used at the beginning of this post.
If you were to re-copy the image without the caption, you would be violating the copyright of the owner of the image, unless the image was in the public domain. As you investigate the images, you will find references to other licenses and conditions of use.
I sometimes use my own images in my blog posts. I certainly use all my own images on my WalkingArizona.blogspot.com blog. All of my images are subject to copyright and have my copyright notice embedded in them as metadata.
If the image is in the public domain, then that will be noticed in on the image page. Here is an example of an image in the public domain:
Here is the caption and notice from Google:
Johnson, Helen Kendrik (Ed.) (?) - Johnson, Helen Kendrik (Ed.): "World's Best Music"' (1900)[1]
Permission details
public domain, hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes and no usage credit requiredNow what about the screenshots? That is yet an unresolved issue. But a screenshot of a copyrighted image would still be covered by copyright law. Google views screenshots as an exercise of the "fair use" doctrine and so do I. See Wikipedia: Screenshot.


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Elvis is on the BOB setlist!
At Band of Burgers we're always looking for new ways to satisfy our customers and rock their taste buds. So, after receiving stacks of special requests for a 'big' burger we've gone all out and created, the 'Elvis.'
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Like all of our delicious burgers, the Elvis is freshly prepared using 100% British premium meat from naturally reared cattle.
Order the Elvis and you'll get two heft beef patties cooked to perfection, a rock star portion of double cheese plus, whatever else you want to throw in from our extensive Create Your Own list of ingredients. Choose between veg, including avocados, courgettes and caramelised onions, sauces, such as Peri-Peri, green pesto and cranberry jam, and extras to really big up your meal. What more could you possibly want?
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GD, I wish I could draw people as good as you!and I've got to say, your new avatar is definitely Teddy Roosevelt
Better to live like there was a God, then die and find out there isn't than to live like there wasn't a God then die and find out there is.
Quote from: operaghost21 on January 13, 2008, 11:25:07 amGD, I wish I could draw people as good as you!and I've got to say, your new avatar is definitely Teddy Roosevelt Same as above.
Awsome drawings, but I gotta question. How come Anime characters all look like Crazy's?
Sam is basically right, he's just cranky.
Hey guys, as you know theres this little Superhero related RP thats been going on in the appropriate section of the site that those involved with are quite proud of (you may have seen the banner in Neoadept's signature).Anyway, we recently started a second volume, set some sixty years after the events of the original RP thread. Since the cast of characters is all new, Neo's banner is now essentially obsolete. Due to this, Inkling had the idea of asking in this thread to see if anyone would step up to the plate and illustrate some of our ideas and characters.Of course, we wouldn't be offering any physical rewards, but we could name a neighborhood of a nasty distopian city after you.
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Cookie Basics
Two cookie staples that belong in everyone's baking repertoire are sugar cookies and molasses cookies. Both are delicious, light and a wonderful addition to lunch boxes and coffee breaks. Both of these cookies are under 75 calories a piece and are a great way to satisfy that sugar craving sensibly.
They also both pair well with ice cream, puddings and other desserts that need that proverbial "crunch" Enjoy!
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 1/3 cup softened butter
- 1 tablespoon lite corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon lemon extract
- 1 large egg
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Cream sugar and butter with an electric mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add corn syrup, extracts and egg ; beat well. Mix flour, salt and baking powder together; add to the sugar and butter mixture at low speed until well blended.
With a tablespoon, drop dough at two inch intervals on to greased cookie sheets. Bake for 8 minutes or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
Yields approximately 36 cookies.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- ½ cup softened butter
- ½ cup dark molasses
- 1 large egg
- 2-1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup water
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
Beat brown sugar and butter with mixer at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the molasses and the egg; continue to beat well. Combine the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt together mixing well. Combine with sugar mixture at low speed until thoroughly blended. Cover and freeze for 1 hour.
Place water in a small bowl and the sugar in another. Grease hands lightly with vegetable oil. Shape the dough into one inch balls. Dip half of the ball into the water and then dip into the sugar.
Place one inch apart, sugar side up on greased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes. Cool on wire racks.
Yields approximately 45 cookies ENJOY!
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Over the last few weeks, we've talked about why it's important for Latino children to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and shared some great websites dedicated to the observance. We've also launched an inspiring series highlighting 20 Latino innovators who are making a difference, and given you a list of our favorite books for children. Today, we want you to know about some educational and fun activities that are available to teach your children
Nick Jr. has put together some free printables celebrating remarkable Latinos who have contributed to our society. You'll find coloring pages of people like Ellen Ochoa (the first Latina astronaut), Tito Puente (the "King of Mambo"), Dara Torres (Olympic swimmer), and Narcís Monturiol (inventor of the submarine). You can also print up copies of their Hispanic Hero Cards, which are organized into four groups: Science, Sports, Arts, and Politics.
PBS's Maya y Miguel also has an online game, episodes, and printable celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. Paco's Passport is a game where kids can explore Latin culture through flags, language, people, traditions, food, and more, earning stamps for their "passport." And the bilingual printable explores the subject with a little history and other fun facts.
The National Postal Museum has put together an incredible presentation featuring stamps of people, places, and events in celebration of Hispanic heritage. You can watch the video below, and then visit their website to learn more information about each stamp.
Denna's Ideas has one of the most clever and creative flag crafts we've seen in a long time. She made a Guatemalan flag, but this method can be adapted for just about any flag, especially those without a lot of small details.
Education.com also has some nice coloring pages of famous Hispanic Americans, including Sonia Sotomayor, David G. Farragut, Roberto Clemente, and others. And when I did a little more exploring, I found additional sheets for Celia Cruz.
Arts and crafts are always a great way to explore culture. Deep Space Sparkle has some excellent art lessons including one on Mexico's Amate bark paintings and one on making Panamanian molas out of construction paper. And we love this mini-piñata craft by Oh Happy Day! You can also find a few art projects at Crayola.com, like these Chilean rainsticks, rainforest projects, and Latin American flag coloring pages.
Finally, don't forget music! Putumayo's Latin Playground is a nice collection of music from all across Latin America, and they've also published coloring and sticker books to complement their album.
Monica Olivera Hazelton, NBC Latino contributor and the founder and publisher of MommyMaestra.com, a site for Latino families that homeschool, as well as families with children in a traditional school setting who want to take a more active role in their children's education. She is the 2011 winner of the "Best Latina Education Blogger" award by LATISM.


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Rolling with the changes
My last article looked at some issues about medical education inspired by my upcoming 50th anniversary class reunion. It was at just such a reunion weekend that the revered Dr. W. T. Connell reminded his audience of the old physician who said proudly "I've been around this hospital for 50 years and I've seen a million changes and I've been against every damn one of them." Well I've been around the practice of medicine for 50 years and I want to examine some of the changes that have occurred and how I have reacted to them. I haven't been against every damn one of them but perhaps I've come too close to this degree of rigidity. In my reaction to change there may be some lessons to be learned – lessons about how health-care professionals might adapt to those many changes which will surely occur in the next half-century. Historically physicians do not have a particularly good track record adapting to change. We had to be beaten about the head and ears for instance to get us to wash our hands after doing autopsies and before delivering babies. The 50 years during which I have been involved with the practice of medicine say from 1940 to 1990 have seen more changes than occurred for a couple of millennia previously. There is no reason to believe the rate of change will slow down. When I began the study of medicine we had precious little to offer patients that was really effective. We had quinine for malaria digitalis to help the failing heart morphia for pain and ether for the blessing of anesthesia. There were also the sulphonamides and penicillin was on the horizon. Now we have a list of effective medications that fills volumes and overfills our heads. It seems as though a new name is coined every day and I must admit I sometimes get confused as to whether Adalat is a new drug or a new car from General Motors. How did I react to all these changes? Sometimes well sometimes poorly. I hopped on the penicillin bandwagon fairly quickly although my soul-searching over whether to increase the dose from 10000 units to 20000 units in a difficult patient now seems silly. I used a lot of streptomycin as "pen-strep" probably too soon. I was very slow to use chloramphenicol for the minor infections I saw in general practice though it did cure the one case of typhoid fever that I saw. I was also slow to begin prescribing oral contraceptives on the grounds of not wishing to upset the delicate hormonal balance of young women. In retrospect another silly precaution. On the other hand I was slow to start inserting IUDs and am glad I was. And I'm certainly glad I stuck to coils loops and Ts and didn't get involved with shields. The book Feminine Forever which advocated the life-long use of estrogen replacement for menopausal women was published in the 1960s. In the late '80s this slow learner was still struggling to figure out whether this was really a good idea. Is the last word yet in on the subject? Upon my retirement I found in my desk drawer a vial of pills called Thalidomide. A drug rep had given them to me and I had passed them on casually to a pregnant patient suffering from nausea. She returned them to me at her first postnatal visit by which time the horrible side effect of the drug was known. Now that was a lesson. I did deliver a baby with phocomelia and was relieved to find that I had prescribed Bendectin rather than Thalidomide. But I'm still not sure about that one. I do know that vomiting of pregnancy as an entity requiring medication practically disappeared after Thalidomide. I did home deliveries as a GP in the late '40s and was scared spitless for my efforts. I have trouble understanding why they are coming back into fashion. I sat in staff meetings where we berated ourselves because our "section rate" was getting up to 4%. We even had "mandatory second consultations" prior to C-sections for a while. Despite this the C-section rate got up to 20% didn't it? I don't know that there's much evidence it improved fetal outcome all that much. Maybe it cut down on lawsuits. In any case the C-section pendulum appears now to be swinging back. Perhaps it was nurses that got us on the fetal monitoring kick so quickly. It gave them – all right and us – a feeling of comfort to slap a monitor on the belly of every laboring woman. And then because of an equivocal or unreadable tracing the patient needed a scalp clip which was soon followed by an intrauterine catheter which led so often to a section. Though not directly involved I was very slow to learn to advise women that something less than a "modified radical mastectomy" might produce as good results in breast cancer. I remember reading about a Scottish surgeon in the '50s who said just that. Nobody seemed to hear him until the '80s. And speaking of "prophets without honor" I remember as a resident sitting up one night with Dr. Shute waiting for a delivery. He told me of his pain over the rejection by the profession of his claims for vitamin E. Well I pop a couple of vitamin E capsules nightly now. My internist seems to think it "may have some value." Perhaps the most fundamental change I have faced is the manner in which I'm paid for my services. Like most of the physicians of my time I was dragged kicking and screaming from an era when the patient paid you two bucks and maybe a chicken for an office visit. For 30 years now I have been well paid for my services by my kindly government. Now I kick scream and struggle if that government wants to change by one iota their method of reimbursing me. But the most difficult change I have had to face is the abortion question. One day I was told that the act I had believed was illegal immoral and only to be contemplated after intense soul searching had overnight become legal moral licit and to be undertaken on an ad lib basis. That change and the rapidity with which it occurred was extremely difficult for me. In the end I did my share of therapeutic abortions. I often felt it was more than my share. I always hated the procedure both ethically and technically. It was perhaps the best solution to a bad problem but it still remained a bad solution. It also left me with some questions. If those of us who ended up doing abortions really believed they should be done why were we not on the ramparts leading the fight for legal abortions before the legislation was changed? Why did we leave it all to lay people and Dr. Henry Morgentaler? Why was there that period where we tried to get our psychiatric confrres (via the second consultation route) to make decisions that we should have been making – a decision we now in fact do make? Finally we were warned by those opposed to the procedure that if we accepted abortion on demand we would end up discussing euthanasia. We scoffed. But people are now debating the morality of euthanasia. Is this another change physicians will soon have to face? So what is to be done about the inevitable changes of the next 50 years? Well I hope we will continue to adopt change slowly as we have done in the past. By going slowly we shall at least be applying the old medical adage primum non nocere "first do no harm." We should learn I think not to apply powerful new medications to minor diseases e.g. Thalidomide. We should remain open to the possibility that any therapeutic modality may benefit sick patients e.g. vitamin E. Our success rate is never so high that we can afford to scoff at alternative solutions to patients' problems. At the same time we should remain alert to the possibility that any treatment new or old may harm the patient. Of this we should never lose sight. In the final analysis we should be consoled by the old adage that "if our foresight was as good as our hindsight we'd be a lot better off by a damn sight."
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Girls Varsity Swimming · Benton sophomore Kairschner wins two events in state meet
Benton sophomore Ellie Kairschner won two events in Division II in the Allstate Sugar Bowl/LHSAA State Swim Meet last week at the SPAR Aquatic Center in Sulphur. Kairschner, who was named Division II Female Swimmer of the Meet, won the 100-yard butterfly and the 100 backstroke. Her time in the 100 fly was 58.19 seconds.


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Clothing Care Tips
The sweatshirt garment is a good idea for a quick and easy cold weather protection. There are several patterns in each of the major pattern books that could be used for making a sweatshirt.
The style should be loose, with a cut-in-one, raglan or other unstructured sleeve style, no buttonholes, if possible, and not too many seams.
Some of the sweatshirt styles feature ribbing. You can use matching ribbing or you can use the garment fabric cut on the crosswise stretch. This makes a very nice finish and gives your garment a classier look.
The ribbing piece must be shorter than the piece to which it is stitched so that it will "recover," drawing to a snug fit.
Hems on sweatshirt fabric can be a bit of a pain. If you use the blind-hemmer on your machine, the stitches can pull out since they catch in the fleecy back side of the fabric and do not have a good hold. On most styles for this type of fabric, you can use a top-stitched hem. It can be as narrow as 5/8 inch or as wide as 1 1/4 inch. The raw edge of the hem allowance can be finished to prevent curling.
Easy Ways to Organize Your Closet
It's the perennial challenge all working women must face: organizing their ever-bulging wardrobe, and clearing the clutter from their closet. This task sounds so simple but it isn't. And unless you've got the necessary patience, going through your chaotic wardrobe just to organize it requires nothing short of Herculean efforts. Here are easy ways to organize your closet:
1. Remove unwanted clothes. Get rid of everything you don't need in order to get your closet in order. Also, remove all of the items that need repair work. If you leave them in the closet, you'll forget to have them fixed. Find a charitable organization that could use the items you no longer need.
2. Count your clothes. Once you get rid of the excess from your closet, and then start counting your clothes. This way you'll know how many rods and shelves you'll really need to add to your closet.
3. Utilize your closet door. Use your closet door to hold robes, nightgowns and ties. You can use hooks on the inside of the door to hold these items – just make sure you don't overstuff them.


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Lodge Sun Lounger with Waterproof Cushion
Lodge Sun Lounger with Waterproof Cushion
- Product Description
Product Description
Ideal for taking some much-needed 'me time' and relaxing in your outdoor space, the Lodge Sun Lounger offers the perfect balance of comfort, style and durable longevity.
Featuring integrated wheels for smooth ease of movement, this sun lounger can be adjusted to an impressive five positions. Giving you the power to select the exact position you want to relax in, everyone who uses this sun lounger is guaranteed to experience unparalleled comfort.
Also boasting a robust teak structure and fully waterproof seating cushions, this sun lounger has been specially built to stand the test of time whilst still providing that luxurious style many searches for within their outdoor furniture.
Key features
- 3 Year Guarantee
- Waterproof Cushions
- Unrivalled Quality
- Plantation Teak
- Technical Details
- Guarantee & Returns
3 year Product Guarantee
To underline the confidence that we have in the quality of Bridgman furniture, this product benefits from an extended 3 year domestic guarantee.
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As a business with strong family values we put you at the heart of everything we do, offering you the advice that's right for you, every step of the way.
For over 40 years, the hallmark and heritage of the Bridgman name has been evident in every single piece of handcrafted, luxury furniture we make.
From our flair for innovative design to the materials we use, we promise that our furniture will be enjoyed in comfort and beauty, for generations to come.
Whether online, in our showrooms or over the phone, our staff are passionate about keeping up the high standards for which we are known.


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Drivers Ed Direct Parking Game Online
Drivers Ed Direct Parking is an entertaining car parking game for all the family on the internet, where you have to try and park a car as accurately as possible in the shortest amount of time without crashing. It sounds simple but it can be downright challenging trying to navigate the car into some of these tight and often awkward parking spaces. This online driving game is a test of your skill, accuracy and patience – a good way to practice for both beginner and advanced drivers. Have a go! See if you can master the illustrious art of car parking online. Just don't crash (cars cost money) and watch out for your wing mirrors! Good luck Parking-King!
OK, your job is to park – and park with passion. You need to park the car in the place indicated "Park here" at the start of each level. Try and do this without hitting any other objects or cars and try and get the car into the parking space as accurately as possible. You can take as long as you like, and replay the level as many times as you need. Try and get faster and more accurate each time. You can see your time and accuracy as you park. Remember, parking a car is an essential part of everyday life for a high percentage of adults and some students. It can be deceptively difficult but once you solve the niggling logistics, you'll be a superhero amongst your friends! Always drive carefully!
How To Play: Use the arrow keys on your computer keyboard to drive the car: (UP) Forward, (DOWN) Reverse, (LEFT) Steer Left, (RIGHT) Steer Right. Press the SPACEBAR key when you are finished to see your results. You can see your game time in the top left corner of the game screen and your accuracy in the bottom right corner. Once you press SPACEBAR, you see the time it took you, how many crashes you had, your accuracy and level score. If you get stuck, you can restart by clicking on "RESTART" at the top of the game screen with your computer mouse.
Tips: Drive slowly and delicately! For side parking – always park by reversing (driving backwards). Pass the parking spot by approximately 1/6 of the car length and 1/10 of the car width away from the side spot. Start to reverse and turn the steering wheel fully (using your arrow keys). Once the front door of the car is close to the parking spot – turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction and keep reversing. You should be side parked now even in the tightest spot. Do not use your bumpers for tight parking! Have fun!
If this Flash-based game no longer works on IE11 on your PC / MAC, try playing on Chrome or Firefox browser.


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Mask Jumble Animals 4+
Piikea St. LLC
- Free
Mask Jumble Animals is the latest game from the award-winning makers of Memory Train and Interactive Alphabet.
Kids will love seeing their own face in animal form! The first augmented reality game for kids which uses face recognition to let them pretend and match animal masks in a real time video mirror. Catch snacks in your mouth to unlock new masks. Use the wild button to make silly mask combinations. You are the game when all the parts to your favorite animal are matched together.
20 animal masks, 80 unique pieces included!
Stare into the in-app mirror and animal parts will appear on your face. As you move, the mask will stay on your face. Touch your ears, nose, chin, or hair to change each part of the mask. Find your favorite animal or make a completely new one. Looking at the animal-you is mesmerizing!
Draw a card for an animal match challenge. Match your mask to the animal on the card by finding the right pieces. Automatic hints such as "It has stripes" will help you along the way.
After you make a complete mask, your robot friend will drop strawberries for you to catch in your mouth. Catch enough and you'll unlock a new animal mask!
Take pictures of animal-you for your in-app gallery. Share custom postcards with friends and family by printing them (with airprint), e-mailing them, and sharing them to Facebook.
Take your activity offline by printing out some of our included mask templates or coloring pages.
Sharing features (to e-mail, print, and Facebook) for postcards and crafts can be disabled in Settings App.
Visit www.piikeastreet.com for exclusive tips and tricks as well as more kids crafts, apps, and coloring pages.
To render the animal-you, the app must be able to see your whole face clearly:
- lighting should not be too bright or too dark
- hold the device steady
- keep your face centered in the mirror
What's New
Version 1.2.1
Mask Jumble 1.2.1
✓ Fixed iPad Mini Photo Issue
Mask Jumble 1.2
✓ New Scene and Postcard: Forest Animals!
✓ New Mask: Fox
✓ New Mask: Raccoon
✓ New Mask: Moose
✓ New Mask: Hedgehog
✓ New Mask: Owl
✓ Crafts and Coloring Pages! Print out and make your own paper masks!
✓ Send postcards to print, e-mail, camera roll or Facebook (enable in settings)
✓ iOS 6 support and face recognition optimizations!
✓ iPhone5 tall display and HD Front Camera support!
✓ DIY iPad Stand Craft included!
✓ Better touch handling when holding the device in two-handed fashion (ignoring palms)
✓ Bug Fixes for photo not being refreshed on main menu, card draw confusion, and silly postcard bugs
✓ Visual improvements in the catch game
iOS6 and iPhone5 enhancement details:
iOS6: Face Recognition optimizations for the iOS6 accelerated face recognition (applies to iPhone 4S, iPhone5 and new iPad): 1. Faster and more Responsive 2. Better recognition of tilted faces. 3. Better tracking when when playing the treat catch game 4. Helpful advice when camera roll access is disabled.
iPhone5: Taller video mirror with support for the new Facetime HD front camera.
Mask Jumble 1.1
✓ New Scene and Postcard: Sea Creatures
✓ New Mask: Fish
✓ New Mask: Crab
✓ New Mask: Walrus
✓ New Mask: Sea Star
✓ New Mask: Squid
✓ Fix photo taking delay issue to better capture your smile!
✓ Add a triple-tap parent friendly gate on the Info menu button so kids don't accidentally end up in the app store
Your 5-star reviews encourage us to continue updating the app! If you like the app, please write us a nice review.
p.s. - Check out http://piikeastreet.com for DIY iPad stand ideas and a fun Lion mask craft
Ratings and ReviewsSee All
Really spectacular, for kids and adults alike!
Mask Jumble is pretty incredible. The face-tracking really works well, and it makes the experience a lot of fun! The bunny rabbit features follow my face perfectly around the screen, even when I hold the iPhone far away! I think this is one of the most innovative ways that anyone has harnessed the iPhone's power to make a great application that children can connect with.
Great attention to detail
Another great, kid-friendly app from Piikea. Lots of attention to detail, no annoying ads or in-app purchases – just good clean fun. My 10 yo tries to take this game away from my 5 yo it's so fun.
so much fun
Our son loves making funny mixes of animal faces with this exciting app. The bonus game of catching strawberries is such a wonderful treat!
- Seller
- Pi'ikea St. LLC
- Size
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 5.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPhone 5c, iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6S, iPhone 6S Plus, iPhone SE (1st generation), iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone XR, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPad 2, iPad 2 Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad (3rd generation), iPad (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad (4th generation), iPad (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Wi‑Fi, iPad mini Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 2, iPad mini 2 Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (12.9‑inch), iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (9.7‑inch), iPad Pro (9.7‑inch) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad (5th generation), iPad (5th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (2nd generation), iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (2nd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5‑inch), iPad Pro (10.5‑inch) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation), iPad (6th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11‑inch), iPad Pro (11‑inch) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (3rd generation), iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad mini (5th generation), iPad mini (5th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation), iPad (7th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11‑inch) (2nd generation), iPad Pro (11‑inch) (2nd generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (4th generation), iPad Pro (12.9‑inch) (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad Air (4th generation), iPad Air (4th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPad (8th generation), iPad (8th generation) Wi‑Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), iPod touch (6th generation), and iPod touch (7th generation).
- Languages
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2012 Pi'ikea Street, LLC.
- Price
- Free
Family Sharing
With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.