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Welcome To 2016
I hope it's not too late to wish everyone a Happy New Year because to me it feels like New Year's Eve was 3 months ago? In any event, Happy New Year to all!
For my first newsletter of 2016 I wanted to wrap up 2015 and say thanks to everyone who came (and brought guests) to the Holiday Party. In my humble opinion it was fabulous! This was our first year at Addison Park in Aberdeen and I think they did a great job with the party. We purposely picked a place halfway between our two offices so it would be convenient for both our North (Millburn) and South (Toms River and Deborah) patients. I'm happy to say we had a great turnout from both the North and South.
For those of you who follow us on Twitter and Facebook (or read this newsletter) you know we have a Patient of the Month every month. Given that December is the Holiday Season and for most people spending time with family is one of the most important parts of the Holiday Season we thought it would be nice to have a "Familyof the Month" in December. If you were at the Holiday Party you, of course, got a chance to meet them and hear them speak so eloquently of their experience. If you weren't then I wanted to introduce them here, The Raffaele family. Here, in their own words, is their journey…..
We're the Raffaele Family. We never imagined we'd be picked to be the first Family of the Month! This is just another incredible milestone on the long list that has enhanced our lives ever since we began our weight-loss journey. Four years ago, my son Adam's brave decision to take control of his weight impacted us all. His By-Pass surgery had him losing an amazing 90 pounds in four months! His transformation from overweight to slender now enables him to hike, camp and truly enjoy life. Everyday things that are now so easy for him to do made us realize we could also experience the same satisfaction with life he enjoyed. His ability to try new adventures was contagious, and Anthony and I wanted to experience those same opportunities. Adam's journey inspired his younger brother to follow. Two years later, Anthony underwent a Duodenal Switch. After an entire life as an overweight person, his 165-pound weight lossin six months was nothing short of a miracle. He spent a lifetime of always doing for others so he could be accepted. But several months after his surgery, his self-worth increased along with a deep sense that he no longer had to settle for negative treatment from others. He now knows he deserves to be happy and doesn't have to receive anything less than he gives. His physical abilities have increased ten-fold, and he is now doing things he could only dream about. Watching the liberation of my sons from their fat bodies-and after a million questions-my decision was clear. On March 23, 2015-the day I consider my new birthdate-I, too, had the Duodenal Switch. At 5′ 1″, losing 100 pounds not only unshackled me from my fat, cumbersome body, it also eliminated the mountains of medication I endured each day. Sleep apnea, acid reflux, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and pre-diabetes are now gone. And not only are the meds gone, but the old clothes are gone, too. It still amazes me that I've gone from a size 26 to a medium, and my shoe choices have increased because I no longer need a double-wide shoe. Moving around on a daily basis in a small body is such a feeling of freedom! The one thing all three of us have learned is that people treat us differently, and that's something we're dealing with. Some people are supportive, others not. But we all agree that it's our journey and our lives, and we're the ones who have to be happy with ourselves on the inside. These surgeries were the best choices we made for ourselves. They weren't selfish choices, they were necessary choices. Like the old saying, "You've only got one body; you need to take care of it." With Dr. Bilof's help, we're taking care of ours. Sharing in this weight-loss journey together has brought my sons and I closer than I ever thought possible. We're more active as a family, celebrating the new milestones each of us is able to accomplish, not only in weight loss, but in other aspects of our lives. It's truly life changing! Thanks to Garden State Bariatrics, we are no longer trapped in obese bodies and are now able to experience everything to the fullest. Dr. Bilof, Bella and their amazing staff have given us this incredible gift. New lives!
Illena, Adam and Anthony Raffaele Below you will see the "Before/After Pictures"…pretty amazing! Upcoming Free Informational Seminars Click Here to see Upcoming Dates!
Upcoming Dates and Locations of Support Group in Your Area: End Quote: "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones." – John Cage Yours in Good Health, Michael Bilof, MD Basil Yurcisin, MD


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Welcome to Amplify's Third Party Lending Portal
Amplify makes purchase money and refinance second liens an easy process. This gives your client a quick answer, a competitive rate and lower fees.
Amplify is an Austin area lender serving all of Texas. When you do business with Amplify, you will work with mortgage professionals who understand the business and are here to help your buyer in every way possible. "People helping people" is what credit unions are all about.
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The Big Heart-Pendant is sterling silver, ca 20 mm long and comes with an 80 cm silver chain.
Thank you for your support! From each Heart Pendant sold we donate 400kr to Hjärtebarnsfonden!
Lamette's jewelry is known for its green dot, on the heart-pendants the dot is red.


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Side effects and concerns about side effects are a common roadblock to successful cholesterol treatment. Follow these steps to reduce your risk of side effects and manage them if they do occur: Ask your doctor whether you are on the most appropriate dose of your cholesterol medication. There is a link between increased dosing and side effects: higher doses generally cause more side effects.
If you don't know where you are going, how will you get there? Research shows that people who know their goals, follow their cholesterol levels over time, and keep track of their progress tend to stick to their treatment. Do you know your treatment goals? Ask yourself these questions: Do I know what I'm trying to achieve with my cholesterol treatment? In other words, do I know which tests my doctor is following, and what targets I am aiming for? Do I understand my treatment plan, including which medications I should be taking, how to use them, and what lifestyle changes to make? Do I know how often I should be having my cholesterol checked? Do I need any other medical tests? Do I know how close I am to meeting my treatment goals? If you answer "No" to any of these questions, talk to your doctor to discuss your treatment goals and learn how to evaluate the success of your treatment.
Healthy eating and exercise? Medications every day? If you're like most people, you may find it a challenge to take your cholesterol medication every day when you can't even feel a difference. Only about half of people with a prescription for a cholesterol medication actually take it as prescribed. And the diet and exercise changes are no picnic either! But sticking to treatment is well worth the effort.


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I've just come back from my second and last bioinformatics workshop of the summer!
From last Wednesday to Friday I spent 3 days in a row staring at a computer for 8-9 hours.
You might be thinking "Well, isn't this what you usually do?"
Touché. It is.
But this time it was special because instead of spending 99% of that time googling problems and getting distracted/giving up on my Ph.D., I was learning a bunch of incredibly useful and time-saving skills at the 2018 Applied Genomics in Anthropological Research (AGAR) workshop organized by the American Association of Anthropological Genetics (AAAG). Look, academics just love an acronym…
Since these workshops are still all fresh in my mind, I decided to write a little post about them to summarize why I think doing workshops is a really good way of learning important material for grad students.
There are many types of workshops. Some are a few hours, others are a few days. They might be offered at your university or at a conference, or they might be independent events that you have to travel to (as was the case for me this summer). What they tend to have in common is that they usually draw participants and instructors from various universities (or various departments/ cohorts in the case of within-university workshops) and they tend to be given within a limited period of time (a few hours or days).
The combination of bringing together diverse groups of people and stuffing a lot into a short time period means that they are essentially the polar opposite of the kind of learning you do within a coursework situation. So, here's my list of 4 reasons why I think workshops > coursework.
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Groundwater quality in the Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu basaltic-rock and basin-fill aquifers in the Northwestern United States and Hawaii, 1992-2010
- More information: USGS Index Page (html)
- Document: Report (24.6 MB pdf)
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This assessment of groundwater-quality conditions of the Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu for the period 1992–2010 is part of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) program. It shows where, when, why, and how specific water-quality conditions occur in groundwater of the three study areas and yields science-based implications for assessing and managing the quality of these water resources. The primary aquifers in the Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu are mostly composed of fractured basalt, which makes their hydrology and geochemistry similar. In spite of the hydrogeologic similarities, there are climatic differences that affect the agricultural practices overlying the aquifers, which in turn affect the groundwater quality. Understanding groundwater-quality conditions and the natural and human factors that control groundwater quality is important because of the implications to human health, the sustainability of rural agricultural economies, and the substantial costs associated with land and water management, conservation, and regulation.
The principal regional aquifers of the Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu are highly vulnerable to contamination by chemicals applied at the land surface; essentially, they are as vulnerable as many shallow surficial aquifers elsewhere. The permeable and largely unconfined character of principal aquifers in the Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu allow water and chemicals to infiltrate to the water table despite depths to water commonly in the hundreds of feet. The aquifers are essentially unconfined over large areas, having few extensive clay layers to impede infiltration through permeable volcanic rock and alluvial sediments. Agriculture is intensive in all three study areas, and heavy irrigation has imposed large artificial flows of irrigation recharge that rival or exceed natural recharge rates. Fertilizers and pesticides applied at land surface are leached from soil and transported to deep water tables with the infiltrating irrigation recharge, resulting in a layer of degraded water quality overlying better quality regional groundwater beneath. This "irrigation-recharge layer" is best known on Oahu, where it has been studied since the 1960s; however, the extent of nitrate and pesticide contamination in the Columbia Plateau and Snake River Plain indicate that the same situation exists in those areas. Contamination from agricultural and urban activities is present not only at shallow depths in surficial materials of the three areas, but extends regionally in the deep, principal bedrock aquifers that are tapped for drinking water by domestic and public-supply wells.
Naturally occurring constituents and nitrate concentrations above human-health benchmarks—Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), and Health-Based Screening Levels (HBSLs)—were more common in the Columbia Plateau and the Snake River Plain than in Oahu. Concentrations of anthropogenic constituents (constituents related to human activities) above human-health benchmarks were more common in Oahu. Naturally occurring contaminants, such as arsenic and radon, may be present in groundwater at concentrations of potential concern for human health in relatively undeveloped settings that otherwise may not be perceived as susceptible to contamination. Even though the median depth to groundwater in Oahu is more than 300 feet, the common occurrence of anthropogenic compounds in groundwater indicates that Oahu has a high susceptibility to contamination.
Nitrate concentrations in groundwater were above the national background concentrations of 1 milligram per liter (mg/L) in all three study areas. In the Columbia Plateau, nitrate exceeded the human-health benchmark of 10 mg/L in 20 percent of the wells sampled. In the Snake River Plain, nitrate exceeded the human-health benchmark of 10 mg/L in 3 percent of the wells sampled. Nitrate can persist in groundwater for years and even decades in the oxygen-rich groundwater of the Columbia Plateau and the Snake River Plain, so prudent groundwater protection measures are critical to protect drinking water resources by reducing nitrate leaching from the land surface.
Nitrate logistic regression models indicated that areas with a high percentage of land in crops (such as potatoes or sugarcane) and soils with low amounts of organic matter are most likely to have elevated nitrate concentrations in the groundwater. Areas where agricultural activities were absent had much lower probabilities of detecting elevated nitrate concentrations. The Columbia Plateau had a much higher probability of having elevated nitrate concentrations, with most of the land area having greater than a 50 percent probability of elevated nitrate concentrations. Oahu and the Snake River Plain had a much lower probability of having elevated nitrate concentrations because of their lower percentage of agricultural land.
Pesticides were detected at many sites in groundwater of the Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu but generally at low concentrations below human-health benchmarks. Atrazine and its degradate (a compound produced from the breakdown of a parent pesticide), deethylatrazine, were the most commonly detected pesticides in groundwater sampled in the Columbia Plateau and Snake River Plain. Bromacil was the most commonly detected pesticide on Oahu. The other pesticides most commonly detected in the study areas include simazine, hexazinone, metribuzin, diuron, prometon, metolachlor, p,p'-DDE, dieldrin, 2-4-D, and alachlor. DDE (a degradate of DDT) and dieldrin are still being detected in groundwater despite having been banned for more than 30 years. Codetection of multiple pesticides in water from a single well was common. The widespread occurrence of pesticides in groundwater in the study areas indicates that the groundwater is highly susceptible to pesticide contamination.
Some pesticides were detected in groundwater samples from all three study areas, but other pesticides were detected only in samples from Oahu, or only in samples from the Columbia Plateau and Snake River Plain. This is because some pesticides (such as atrazine) are broad-spectrum pesticides that are used on many crops in many different areas of the United States. Other pesticides (such as simazine, metribuzin, and metolachlor) are used on row crops (such as potatoes, barley, and alfalfa) grown in the Columbia Plateau and Snake River Plain, but not on pineapple or sugarcane grown in Oahu.
Atrazine logistic-regression models indicate that areas with a high percentage of land in crops (such as potatoes or sugarcane), a low percentage of fallow land, and highly permeable soils with low amounts of organic matter are most likely to have atrazine detected in the groundwater. Areas where agricultural activities were absent had much lower probabilities of atrazine being detected. The Snake River Plain had a much higher probability of atrazine detections, with more than 50 percent of the land area having greater than a 50 percent probability of atrazine contamination. Oahu had a much lower probability of atrazine contamination, with only 24 percent of the land area having greater than a 50 percent probability of atrazine contamination.
Oahu and the Columbia Plateau had some of the highest percentages of soil fumigant detections in groundwater in the United States. Soil fumigants are volatile organic compounds (VOCs) used as pesticides, which are applied to soils to reduce populations of plant parasitic nematodes (harmful rootworms), weeds, fungal pathogens, and other soil-borne microorganisms. They are used in Oahu and the Columbia Plateau on crops such as pineapple and potatoes. All three areas (Columbia Plateau, Snake River Plain, and Oahu) had fumigant concentrations exceeding human-health benchmarks for drinking water.
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Musical Notes is our monthly newsletter telling you about the music used in services at St Oswald's. It contains full details of choir anthems and voluntaries, including text and translations, as well as a short feature on an individual piece each month.
The full music list can be downloaded from our main Music page.
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Federal Court appeal launched
Lawyers for Forests Inc have commenced a new proceeding against the Minister for Environment and Gunns Limited.
LFF has filed a notice of appeal in the Federal Court against a decision that was made last month (9 April 2009). In April, a Judge rejected a challenge to the Minster's decision to approve the construction and operation of Gunns' pulp mill.
The case will be heard by 3 judges of the Federal Court. If LFF succeeds in the appeal, the Minister's decision to approve the mill will be overturned.
The date of the hearing is not yet known.
See the attachment for notice of appeal.
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"No State shall…coin Money; emit Bills of Credit; make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts…." – Article I, Section 10, Clause 1 of the Constitution
There's a video going around where a man offers people the choice between a Hershey chocolate bar that costs around $2.00 and a ten-ounce silver bar. The people on the video choose the chocolate bar. (see video below)
We're not shown anyone who chose the silver bar. I would have liked to have seen follow-up footage of the man explaining to the people that they took a perishable item that cost $2.00 (instant gratification) for a non-perishable item that is valued at more than $150 that they could have cashed in at any jewelry store or pawn shop.
Are these people that ignorant?
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Author and marketing strategist Nigeria Lockley knows a thing or two about passion, and she wants to help other creatives pursue theirs. I recently spoke with her about Pursuing Your Passion in a Godly Fashion: Prayers for Creative Christians and Entrepreneurs.
Tell me about your book, Pursuing Your Passion in a Godly Fashion: Prayers for Creative Christians and Entrepreneurs.
Pursuing Your Passion in a Godly Fashion covers 15 different issues or area that any faith-based business owner or creative will come up against and how to use prayer as a strategy to shape their business and sharpen their resolve. The structure for each prayer is modeled after Nehemiah's prayer in the first book of Nehemiah. He was a passionate who set out to do a task that was seemingly impossible, however, he started with a prayer first that gave him strength, strategy, and divine wisdom to get the job done no matter what.
Why did you decide to write it?
It was in my heart to write it after the release of my first book, Born at Dawn. I thought I was going to write about writing and achieving your dreams, but nothing came together until I began fasting, and in the midst of me working on another project, God gave me the words for Pursuing Your Passion in a Godly Fashion.
What do you want readers to learn from the book?
That as Christians in the marketplace doing business or working on our passion projects we don't conduct business the same way everyone else does. We will face the same obstacles, but with insight from God and the Bible we have supernatural tactics that we can and should be relying on to create the shifts we want to see.
What do you want readers to learn from your life?
That this is all a process, and I have not got it all figured out. What looks like wisdom and understanding is the result of glory of God.
What advice do you have for readers interested in starting their own business?
Start it. Don't let small things cloud your vision and prevent you from operating. We have too much at our disposal today to still be so limited
What's next for Nigeria Lockley?
Let's see, I just jumped into the ecommerce pool and opened a digital store. In addition to coaching authors and creative business owners, I'm working on releasing a couple of books this year.
Do you have anything you would like to add?
If you would like support Pursuing Your Passion in a Godly Fashion come and join my exclusive community the Passionista Posse at http://Facebook.com/groups/PassionistaPosse.
To learn more about Nigeria Lockley and Pursuing Your Passion in a Godly Fashion: Prayers for Creative Christians and Entrepreneurs, visit her website or connect with her on social media:
Instagram: www.instagram.com/NewNigeria
Facebook: www.facebook.com/authorNigeriaLockley


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Inland Empire Council for the Social Studies Bringing Social Studies to Teachers in the Inland Empire A California Council for the Social Studies Affiliate
H-SS Network Meeting
Open to all teachers and administrators but registration is required.
Learn the latest about changes in social studies curriculum frameworks and standards, assessment, and legislation. Find out what support and resources for teachers are available from San Bernardino and Riverside county offices of education. Get a students' eye view of what really helps them learn and enjoy learning.
Share the flier on the program with colleagues and attend as a team:IECSS_Networking_Meeting_10-26-15.pdf
Register for the Network Meeting at
NOTE: The address for Riverside County Office is on 13th Street but the entry door for the conference center is off 12th Street.


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Information about the use of ceramic overglazes and lusters or third fired colors.
Paint with precious metals like gold, and platinum! Apply over fired glaze to add brilliant accents that'll make your project look like a billion bucks!
Metallic Overglazes for the brilliance of gold and white gold, and lusters for a rainbow of hues like the pearl of an oyster shell.
Overglazes are an accent product that are applied over a fired glaze and then kiln fired to a relatively low temperature. They are sometimes referred to as "third fire" glazes.
Mother of Pearl is a luster, an overglaze; it is applied over a shiny fired glaze of any color. (Copper glazes should not be used). Any natural hair brush will work, it should be clean. Apply MOP in swirls, just one thin coat. You want to see brushstrokes; they will be the swirls in the finished piece. Fire to cone 020.
Click here for Duncan's Overglaze Information Guide
Buy a dozen bottles of Duncan Gold and get 40% discount!
Discount will show in the cart good on Duncan Brand Lusters, Mother of Pearl and essence.
Regular Price:$35.00$35.00 As low as: $21.00
Liquid Bright Gold 2 Grams 7% gold
Go for gold with Duncan's Precious Metals! Apply over fired glaze to add brilliant gold accents that'll make your project look like a million bucks!
One coat of Precious Metals offers opaque coverage. Apply over gloss glazes for a shiny sheen or matte glazes for a subtle luster.
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Looks like silver but never tarnishes.
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We've captured the timeless, iridescent beauty of everyone's favorite gemstone and transformed it into a translucent overglaze, ideal for adding that classic luster to your pieces!
Mother-of-Pearl can be easily applied and its appearance will vary with the type of glaze over which it is applied. Over a gloss glaze, Mother-of-Pearl adds a shiny luster and when applied over a matte glaze, it adds a subtle sheen.
Fire to cone 020 on top of a fired, shiny glaze.
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How to use Essence
Swish overglaze brush in solvent until bristles are free of product. Wipe on paper towel.
Don't let water and other solvents get the best of your projects! Capture the essence of good brush and tool hygiene with Essence – the must-have solution for cleaning all of your brushes and tools used with overglazes.
Essence is the perfect accessory to working with Duncan overglazes; other cleaning agents may contain water or solvents, resulting in the separation of overglaze during subsequent applications. Use a separate bottle of Essence for each overglaze product.
Tips & Techniques
Use a separate bottle of Essence for each overglaze product. Mark the bottles according to which overglaze product was used. Contamination can result if brushes and/or Essence used with one product come in contact with brushes and/or Essence used with another. For example, if you use Bright Gold and clean your brush in one bottle of Essence, then clean a brush used with Mother of Pearl in that same bottle of Essence, contamination will result and compromise all subsequent firings.
OG803 Mother of Pearl A translucent overglaze with a lustrous iridescence.Mother-Of-Pearl 1/2 oz ^020
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Designed to give your projects just the right accent over a fired glaze.
A richer thicker coating of pure gold.
OG805 Buy 12 or more for a 38% Discount
og805 premium gold luster by Duncan
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100 grams of 11% Liquid Bright gold.
Made in Japan.
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Other qualities and colors available, call to discuss your needs.
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100 grams of 8% Liquid Bright gold.
Made in Japan.
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Other qualities and colors available, call to discuss your needs.
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Made in Japan. Looks great, almost the same gold content as Duncan's OG801
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A family of four relocates from Ohio to Valencia, California, so they can enjoy sunny weather year-round with outdoor amenities like a backyard pool. They hope to find a modern home that suits everyone's needs and still fits within their budget.
With a move-out date for their leased home fast approaching, a family of four is ready to find their dream home in Douglas County, Colorado. However, each member of the family has their own item on the wishlist, which may make it difficult for everyone to agree on the same home.
A family of four is eager to find their first home just outside of Dallas in the town of Lewisville, TX. They'd love to have a spacious home with all the modern touches, but with their budget they'll have to choose between size and upgrades. Will they find the perfect fit for the whole family?
A family of five is excited to upgrade to a lake house with private access to the water in beautiful Tega Cay, SC. However, finding a home that features the great lake views as well as the modern finishes they're looking for is trickier than they all expected. Will they find the perfect home with all the features they're looking for?
A fun family of six looks for a big open-concept home just outside of Denver to accommodate their growing family. However, while the parents are on the lookout for something turnkey and safe, their young boys are interested in finding extra space where they can make a mess. Will they find a home that satisfies everyone?
A Los Angeles couple and their three daughters are on the search for a house in Santa Clarita, CA, that will provide them with more space than their current bungalow in the city. An updated kitchen and large backyard are must-haves, but the girls may not agree on the bedroom situation.


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My latest fiction podcast obsession as of September 2017! Wolf 359 is part comedy and part drama, a tale of 3 individuals on a space station orbiting a star of the same name. Things start out slow, and admittedly a bit cheesy with all the 80s-90s references, but the payoff in the first season finale […]
The Golden Rule
One of my personal favorites from the Radiolab archives, a story about human nature, game shows, and thinking waaaaay outside of the box! The Golden Rule
No Coincidence, No Story!
I came across this episode of This American Life last month and have since listened to it multiple times. If you're looking for something both fun and interesting, look no further than this series of coincidence filled anecdotes: No Coincidence, No Story!


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Information about the Living Museum of the Ju/'Hoansi and the language group of the San.
What do the Ju/'Hoansi say?
Lets hear what the Ju/'Hoansi from Grashoek think about their Living Museum
Ethnology of the Ju/'Hoansi
An introduction into the ethnology of the Ju/'Hoansi, one of the oldest language groups in the world.


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Hawthorn Envtl. Preservation Ass'n v. Coleman
ELR Citation: 7 ELR 20060
Nos. No. 76-581, 417 F. Supp. 1091/9 ERC 1523/(N.D. Ga., 04/30/1976)
In a suit brought by neighboring landowners and an environmental association to enjoin construction of a highway bypass to be built with the partial assistance of federal funds, the court issues a preliminary injunction against further awards of contracts or construction pending preparation of an environmental impact statement and compliance with all federal land state requirements concerning the environmental, historical, and cultural impact of the road project.
Originally, both phases of the Newnan Bypass were to be constructed using federal funds, but changes in the federal-state funding mix for highway projects brought about by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973, 23 U.S.C. §§101 et seq., meant that only state funds could be used. Subsequently, however, the state decided to apply for federal funds for Phase II. Plaintiffs brought suit, alleging that defendants U.S. Department of Transportation and state highway officials failed to make an environmental impact study as required under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. §§4321 et seq., ELR 41009, ignored location regulations and hearing requirements, including state law requirements, and violated plaintiffs' constitutional rights to a clean environment.
For purposes of injunctive relief, plaintiffs abandoned allegations based on state law. On the constitutional issues, the court finds that plaintiffs' evidence fails to show that the defendants have chosen a course of conduct in conflict with the public interest such as to require constitutional protection of plaintiffs' rights. Although defendants acknowledged that they did not fulfill the hearing requirements, the implications of noncompliance were not fully briefed by the parties. Furthermore, defendants acknowledge that certain procedural requirements under federal highway law would be accomplished by a NEPA environmental impact review. The court is faced, therefore, with the issue of whether violation of these NEPA requirements justifies preliminary injunctive relief. Although acknowledging that the highway will have an impact on the environment, defendants disputed the applicability of federal laws to the state-funded portion, the standing of plaintiffs, and the general entitlement of plaintiffs to injunctive relief.
Regardless of economic injury, the court finds that plaintiffs have standing because of threatened harm to recreational and cultural interests, since the proposed highway would pass through woodlands near their residences and destroy archaelogically significant sites. Secondly, the court finds that the threatened environmental harm to plaintiffs would be irreparable and that defendants have failed to show that they would be harmed by any delay in construction. The most significant issue, however, is the question of the inapplicability of federal requirements to a project (Phase I) being funded without federal assistance. Relying heavily on prior highway project decisions, in particular, Named Individual Members of the San Antonio Conservation Soc'y v. Texas Highway Dep't, 496 F.2d 1017, 4 ELR 20643 (5th Cir. 1974); 446 F.2d 1013, 1 ELR 20379 (5th Cir. 1971), the court rejects defendants' notion that the two phases of the project may be separated to avoid federal environmental requirements and finds that the two phases are segments of a single overall federal project so as to require the application of unified environmental standards. Since plaintiffs will likely succeed on the merits of the claim that federal environmental considerations were ignored, they are entitled to preliminary injunctive relief.
The full text of this opinion is available from ELR (13 pp. $1.75, ELR Order No. C-1095).
Counsel for Plaintiffs
Steven E. Fanning
George C. Rosenzweig
Farmer, Fanning & Potterfield
32 South Court Square
Newnan GA 30263
(404) 252-3282
Counsel for Defendants
William D. Mallard, Asst. U.S. Attorney
428 U.S. Courthouse
56 Forsyth St., NW
Atlanta GA 30303
(404) 221-6954
Roland F. Matson, Asst. Attorney General
Law Dept., Judicial Bldg.
Atlanta GA 30334
(404) 656-4586
Daniel M. Bennie, Asst. Regional Counsel
Federal Highway Administration
Department of Transportation
Suite 200, 1720 Peachtree Rd., NW
Atlanta GA 30309
(404) 526-5040
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Caño Cristales: the rainbow river of Colombia
Algae. They are the ones that give the rainbow river its splendid coloring. The mythical Cano Cristales, the river that we know as rainbow river, runs in a no man's land in the department of Meta. The Amazon forest, here, on the border with the first busy streets that descend from Bogotà and Cali, dominates the landscape. The crystal water turns to red, blue, green, yellow, and even black due to the presence of microscopic algae including Macarenia clavigera (red color).
The show deserves to be photographed and filmed, and there are quite a few pictures circulating online that focus on the magic cano Cristales.


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The question was simple enough.
Who is the all-time career scoring leader in the Northeast Conference?
Could it still be Wagner's Terrance Bailey, an Island hoop fan wanted to know?
Bailey, the explosive guard of the mid-80s, led the nation in scoring with a 29.4 point per game average in his junior season of 1985-86.
A quick look in the record books confirmed that Bailey is still at the head of the class.
More than a quarter-century after his college career ended, Bailey sits atop the all-time NEC scoring list by a more-than-comfortable margin of almost 300 points (2,591 compared to 2,301 for St. Francis, Pa., Joe Anderson).
The finding prompted another question.
How many other Division I conferences, it was wondered, have career scoring leaders of such long standing?
And that is where things became really interesting.
The answer, it turns out, is just five. And three of those chart-toppers are truly bold-face names.
How would you like to be included on a short list of players along with the great Joe Dumars (Southland Conference, McNeese State), the greater Bill Bradley (Ivy League, Princeton), and among the greatest, Pistol Pete Maravich (SEC, Louisiana State)?
It turns out, not surprisingly, that Bailey liked being included with those Hall of Famers a whole lot.
"Wow," the 47-year-old said after hearing the list over the phone Tuesday night in his Trenton home. "It's the kind of thing you don't think about until someone tells you, but that's pretty great company to be in."
And the other two names, former NBAer Alfredrick Hughes (Horizon Conference, Loyola-Chicago) and great early '80s Centenary star Willie Jackson (Atlantic Sun), aren't exactly slouches
Now, Bailey obviously wasn't the transformative Maravich, who averaged an astounding 44 points per game for LSU in the late 60s while changing the game with his off-the-bounce pull-ups and dazzling dribbling displays.
Or the super-cerebral Bradley, who scored 2,503 points in three seasons at Princeton despite shooting far less than Tigers coach Butch Van Breda Kolff would have liked.
But in terms of a player, what was the burly 6-foot-1 rim-rattling Trenton-area product, who averaged 23.6 points per game in 110 career games for the Seahawks, keeping in mind he amassed those numbers despite having the boost of the 3-point line for only his senior season?
"He was a super athlete, and he was fearless," recalled then-Wagner coach Neil Kennett. "I remember seeing him in high school, and being stunned at how good he was."
So, then, how did he wind up at little Wagner on Grymes Hill?
"Terrance slipped through the cracks," Kennett explained. "He didn't qualify academically until the very end of his senior year, and his high school team was so good, he'd only play half of most games."
Kennett stuck with recruiting Bailey from the first moment he saw the Ewing High School star catch a Rutgers-bound guard from behind at the end of what looked to be an easy fast break and pin the shot to the backboard.
"Wagner would never get him today," said the former coach, now retired in Spring Lake, N.J. "He is so much better than anyone else I've ever seen in that conference that I am still convinced he would have been a star at any school in the country."
Bailey is a warehouseman for the Mercer County waterworks these days. He lives in Trenton with his chocolate lab, Kobie, and sometimes coaches local rec-league teams. His last foray into competitive basketball was the over-35s in the Ewing Township night league.
"We won it about five years in a row, and I stopped playing," he laughed.
To this day, Bailey holds just about every career and single-season scoring record at Wagner. In many cases he holds both first and second place in the single-season section of the record book.
In his junior season, prior to the institution of the 3-point shot, he went for 49 points against Brooklyn and 46 vs. Marist.
And as a senior he scored 45 in a one-point loss to Morehead State.
"Back then everything was about getting to the rack," said Bailey, who was famous for his power dunks over post players half a foot taller. "I didn't really become a good 3-point shooter until after I was out of college."
Bailey is not only Wagner's career scoring leader, he is sixth all-time in steals and eighth in assists. But scoring was what he did best. Dunks, jumpers, leaners, rebound put-backs.
Single, double, triple-teamed. The result was pretty much always the same.
"His eyes get big when he has the ball in his hands," former Nets guard and Robert Morris coach Jarrett Durham used to say admiringly.
"I was blessed to be able to put the ball in the hole," Bailey says now.
Following college, Bailey played in Europe and the Philippines for half-dozen years. That after being cut by the Mike Fratello-coach
ed Atlanta Hawks as a second-round draft choice.
"I would have liked to play in the league just to prove to myself that I could," he said. "But there were factors like guaranteed contracts that I had no control over."
The bottom line is the guy who made the same list as Bradley, Dumars and Maravich has few regrets.
"When I was going for the scoring title during my junior year is the only time I ever felt any real pressure," he said, looking back on his career. "And that was more for the school and the conference than it was about me."
How did he cope with the constant scrutiny?
"Getting on the court and playing," said Bailey. "That's what I always loved to do, and where I was in my comfort zone."
Back when Bailey was playing on Grymes Hill, the school's sports information director, an erudite North Carolinian named John Stallings, would watch one highlight-tape play after another, and remark, "For Wagner, Terrance Bailey is like Halley's Comet; he might only come around every 75 years."
Who knew back then how right Stallings might prove to be?


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EU austerity treaty threat in battle for Abbeyleix hospital
ABBEYLEIX hospital campaigners have raised the stakes in their battle to save the hospital with warnings that its closure could hit the upcoming referendum.
In the wake of last Sunday's mass protest, one campaign leader, Gary O'Keeffe, warned that closure could affect voting in the referendum on the European Stability treaty. Meanwhile the chairman of the Abbeyleix Hospital Action Group, Brian Maher said he would consider running as an independent candidate in a local or national election.
Mr O'Keeffe did not call on voters to vote no over the hospital, but said people are angry and will not be fooled.
"People do not want to be made a fool of. This is an educated community with pretty sharp people. So will it become more political? People will become more and more angry if they think they are being sold a pup, that they are being made fools o,f they are not going to take it," he said.
While the HSE finally promised "consultation" starting on May 8, it gave no details of how or with whom it would consult. Mr O'Keeffe warned talks may not be enough for voters.
"I think people are fairly solid on what the right thing is to do, and I am not saying they are going to vote against it (the treaty) but don't push this community too far because they don't like it and will react badly to being pushed too far, and will react badly to being made fools of," he said.
Mr O'Keeffe also hit out at the HSE.
"We feel we are talking to the wall. We feel there isn't a comprehension of the facts. If this (closure) was based on sound financial logic, if they were able to come and say we simply can't afford this, we would say fine.
"If they come up with any set of logic, we would say fine but we have searched and searched for that logic but it isn't there. In fact the opposite is there. The fact is we can prove that it is financially viable. We can prove that if they close it, it will cost more money.
Asked if people might vote no on May 31 he said. "If that means doing what has to be done to stop madness, that is what they will do," he said.
Meanwhile, Brian Maher said the committee is extremely hopeful that some common sense will come into play, but he said the the "political backdrop is extremely important". He said the referendum and hospital campaign were separate issues, and warned that there is an upcoming local election.
"It will be sharp in peoples mind at that point. We are coming to a very tight spot. You will see a lot more independents entering the races here and they will have very real chances of making ground. That will start with local government and continue on with the general election," he said.
Asked if he would run, he said: "I would certainly consider it, but not on a party political basis."
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The clocks have gone back, the evenings are much darker and there is a chill in the air, whilst there are many things I adore about autumn I can't deny it mostly just makes me want to curl up and snooze on the sofa. For the past couple of weeks I have been reaching for products that are soothing, calming and fuss free to hydrate autumn skin and keep redness at bay.
The newly released Goat's milk, manuka honey and calendula soap from Lyonsleaf popped through my door recently and the ingredients blend sounded so wonderful I couldn't wait to get stuck in, anything by Lyonsleaf is always phenomenal value for money and wonderfully soothing, you won't find any unnecessary ingredients in the products and everything is very effective. Honey is anti-bacterial and calendula is one of the herbs that is known for it's soothing skincare benefits, Lyonsleaf is on to another winner here, oh and did I mention they grow the calendula themselves on their farm, it's great stuff!
Another brand this time new to the UK is CV Skinlabs and I have been putting the Restorative skin balm through it's paces, this is a lovely soft multi-purpose balm that comes in a very practical tube container, you only need a small amount of this balm to sooth dry lips and any other dry patches you may have. It is pricey for a balm but it is exceptionally cushioning and softening and I been enjoying every application, the ingredients list contains some of my favourite soothing ingredients such as calendula, Shea butter and almond oil for a lovely nourishing finish. CV skinlabs products also contains a combination of turmeric, alpha-bisabolol and reishi mushroom which they call the tri-rescue complex which is essentially a combination of anti-inflammatory ingredients to help soothe skin. I have heard a lot about CV Skinlabs from US bloggers and I am very excited we can get is easily in the UK now from Cos Natural, this balm doesn't disappoint!
I have been consistently impressed with Organic Surge products recently and the Super Rich body butter might just be my favourite product yet. This is a really thick and rich butter with Shea and Cocoa butters and a lovely light lavender scent (nothing heavy at all I promise!), it applies beautifully with no stickiness or residue and leaves the skin really soft. I have been thoroughly enjoying applying this before bed and it keeps even my super dry skin at bay, I love it!
The release of two new Pai serums took Twitter by storm and green beauties everywhere were popping these on their wish lists. As someone with redness prone skin I use a lot of Pai products because of the clever formulations, the Sea Aster and Wild oat Instant calm serum is the latest Pai product to be incorporated in to my routine and whilst it may be a little early to talk about long term results so far this serum lives up to it's instant calm claims. I have tried other serums that claim to tackle redness before but what sets this Pai serum apart is what they don't include as well as what they do, if you have sensitive skin Pai won't let you down and is free of alcohol, peppermint and other rosacea triggers too, hurray!
Last but not least the Weleda Almond soothing facial oil is one of those great multi-purpose products I always like to have around when it comes to winter time. This oil is in fact my most repurchased facial of all time, three simple ingredients almond oil, plum kernel oil and blackthorn oil and no added essential oils makes it ideal for skin that's feeling a little fragile. It also makes an excellent eye make up remover and general make up remover for dry skin and you can add some to your moisturiser as well as using it alone, versatile and great value for money and of course I adore Weleda so it is always a trusted brand I come back to.
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Too honest for his own goodBeen that way his entire football career
Hope he keeps most of that team in, they deserve it.Also show Glyfi and Co. that they dont have any automatic right to a place, £45m or not.
To honest? Lack of discipline more like
Are we going with Yags now instead of Jags?
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"Is that you, Carlos? You're such a dear for coming to my rescue. Don't mind the blood. I broke my dentures on the steering wheel," she said softly, turning back to face the swamp. "It's so beautiful, isn't it?" she added, staring off into the darkness.
He offered the woman his arm, which she gratefully accepted. "What's so beautiful?" Carlos asked, looking confused.
"The great city. HIS city," she said, pointing into nothingness ahead. He wasn't sure what disturbed him more, Rose's words, or the branchless tree trunks protruding from the water taking on the appearance of great black monoliths rising into the sky.
In the distance, Carlos heard the wail of an approaching siren, but there was another sound rising in his ears. Something called out his name, and he knew what that meant.
"We need to get to the road now," he said, gently pulling on Rose's arm.
"Oh, yes, dear, I suppose you're right," she said, letting Carlos carefully guide her.
He saw the flashing lights of the police cruiser approach, and soon a bright floodlight was sweeping across the landscape. Within a moment, the police officer on the road found the pair and called out to them on a bullhorn. "Stay there, paramedics are on their way down to assist."
"Such a fuss for an old lady," Rose mused.
Two paramedics in navy blue uniforms approached, one of them carrying a bright orange medical kit and the other a flashlight. "Is anyone hurt?" one of them asked.
"Rose here broke her dentures and cut her mouth," Carlos replied.
As the paramedics approached, Rose turned to him and smiled. "They're all coming home, Carlos," she said. "All his children are returning."
"What? Who is coming home?" he asked, looking confused.
"I'm so sorry about you and your friends though," she said, patting his shoulder fondly.
"Wait...What?" Carlos' eyes widened. He heard the words, but he didn't understand her intimation.
Rose turned to Carlos, smiling sweetly. "You're all going to die horribly, my dear," she whispered.
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The pervading misconception that life insurance in unaffordable for most people reared its head again with 45% of adults telling a InsuranceQuotes.com poll that they feel that life insurance "costs too much."
InsuranceQuotes.com, a Bankrate company used Harris Interactive to poll 2,192 people about their use of life insurance for Life Insurance Awareness Month, the results suggest that awareness of the need as well as the affordability of the products need clarification.
Thirty-nine percent of US adults reported that they did not have life insurance while 61 percent who do have some level of protection are underinsured.
The most common level of coverage was between $25,001 and $100,000. Of those with coverage, 30 percent reported that they have a term life policy while another 30 percent reported having a whole life policy and another thirty percent reported that they were "not at all sure" about what type of policy they held.
The overall lack of knowledge about life insurance is hurting customers. The study found that if consumers shopped around they could possibly get better coverage for less money. Sixty-eight percent of those with insurance reported that they had never changed life insurance providers and 64 percent said that they have held their current policy for more than five years. "Plenty of people who haven't compared prices in a while could potentially save money and get a better policy with just a little bit of effort, since many different insurers are aggressively competing for customers," said John Egan of InsuranceQuotes.com.


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Basement window prices in this guide include windows designed specifically for basement use, both new construction and replacement basement windows. In exposed walls of a walkout basement or with the use of window wells, any type of window can be installed in a basement. For more information on those types of windows, see our guides to Double-hung windows, Casement windows and other popular types.
There are four basement window types to consider for your home. Basement window prices for each are found in the table below.
Basement Window Prices for 2019/2020
The following table provides an overview of prices and costs for basement windows by type, including prices for installation and supply only.
|Basement Window Prices and Costs
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|Unit Price (Supply Only)
|Unit Price (Including Installation)
|Hopper / Awning
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Hopper / Awning Basement Windows
Hopper/awning windows are small and installed above grade or possibly with a shallow window well. Most have vinyl frames, but steel and aluminum frames are made too. These most popular basement windows can be installed in either direction. If the window is set with the hinge at the bottom, so the sash tilts inward and down, it's called a hopper basement window. Reversed, with the hinge at the top, it's an awning basement window. Most awning and hopper basement windows are supported by metal arms, though those that only function as hopper windows might have chains instead of arms. These basement windows are opened with a locking handle at the center of the sash.
Height range: 14" to 23"
Width range: 22" to 38"
Options: Clear glass is common, but frosted or textured glass is a good choice for privacy. Shatterproof security glass is a custom upgrade. Vinyl frame color choices are available on high-quality hopper basement windows.
Pros and cons of hopper/awning windows: These windows lock tight for security and to seal out moisture and weather. They are too small for most adults to fit through, so security is good. Those with double-pane glass are energy efficient, and vinyl insulates better than metal. Hopper windows offer better ventilation than sliding windows of the same size. Because the windows are small, they offer a limited amount of natural daylight. Cheap hopper windows will develop hardware problems sooner than quality windows will. When positioned as an awning window, they are slightly more susceptible to rodents, insects and rain entering through them.
Sliding Basement Windows
Sliding basement windows have one fixed side and one sliding side. Sliding windows lock where the sliding sash closes. Both left-slide and right-slide basement windows are produced. These are not egress windows. Sliding egress windows are discussed below.
Height range: 14" to 24"
Width range: 30" to 36"
Options: Glass options include clear (standard), privacy or frosted and security glass. You have color choices with some brands of vinyl sliding basement windows.
Pros and cons of sliding basement windows: These windows are the most affordable standard basement windows. On the negative side, the frames allow in less natural light than hopper windows of the same size, and the track the sash glides in will need to be cleaned regularly to ensure smooth sliding. The locking clamps on cheaper windows are prone to wearing out and becoming difficult to open and lock closed.
Glass Block Basement Windows
These are fixed window created from glass blocks in a steel frame. While they allow daylight in, glass block windows distort visually, like a warped lens, so you can't see clearly through them.
Height range: 9" to 72"
Width range: 16" to 76"
Options: Several styles of glass are used including frosted and textured. Many glass block windows have a small hopper window as part of the construction for ventilation.
Pros and cons of glass block basement windows: The size range of glass block windows is much greater than hopper/awning and sliding windows. They are harder to break through than the other types too. Those without ventilation windows have no moving parts that can malfunction. Of concern are the higher cost of the windows and, as noted, the lack of ventilation with some glass block windows.
Egress Basement Windows
These windows are typically installed along with a window well for getting out of the basement if the stairway is blocked. Basements with bedrooms must have at least one egress window. Check with your local building department for details on what is required in your community.
Height range: 48" to 72"
Width range: 28" to 60"
Options: Egress windows come in casement and sliding styles. Glass options including double-pane and frosted glass are offered on some models.
Pros and cons of egress basement windows: Casement styles require a narrower opening, but they also allow in less daylight. They use a crank that might wear out with time and make the window difficult to open in an emergency. Sliding windows have a track that must be kept clean for smooth operation. A concern about egress windows as a whole is that they can be used to break into a home.
Factors that Affect Basement Window Cost
The wide spectrum of prices is due to the range in quality from quite cheap to outstanding. The size of the window and glass options account for the remainder of the price fluctuations, especially with block windows. On the installation side, who installs the window is the biggest variable. A general handyman service will charge the least, but quality might suffer, and some handymen are not insured for your protection if something goes wrong. The best way to get quality installation at the lowest cost is to request written estimates from several reputable, licensed and insured companies that know they're competing for your window installation work.


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It is widely acknowledged that good communication skills help us to solve problems successfully and maintain good interpersonal relationships.
Communication with others begins at birth, through verbal and non-verbal output. I remember my baby girl used to stick her finger in her ear to tell us she was tired and due a nap. Our communication skills continue to develop through childhood and into adulthood, and as a mother, I want to make sure my child is equipped to express her needs, wants and feelings clearly, appropriately, and respectfully.
As an only child, her frame of reference has not including sibling banter, and she's had to pit herself against two fairly outspoken parents. Knowing this, I took the time to get down to her level when talking to her, I would sit her on my lap when I was correcting her, or discussing her behaviour, and try to make it as safe as I could to say what she needed to say. None of this came easy. As a full-time employee that commuted long hours, my nerves and patience were pretty stretched when I had to tackle these issues. Yeah, I yelled a few times (and felt wretched afterwards, as all parents do!). But for the most part, I truly attempt to keep our chats calm and open – I'm playing the long game and I need to know she'll still be talking to me when she's a teenager!
I usually let her know how I'm feeling about a situation, and then let her respond. Something like,"When you did this, it made me feel/made me wonder…" and she has a chance to explain why she did or said something. Sometimes she'll say,"I'm going to tell you something, but you can't act on it". I respect that boundary (unless someone is in danger, when all bets are off).
Recently, we instituted a journal (we got the idea from here). We write notes back and forth to each other. Sometimes, if she's too mad to talk, she'll write, and it calms her down. She leaves it by my bedside, and then I'll read and respond. It works for us. It teaches her that communication is a two-way street and you have to listen to be heard.
We've stuck to a few simple rules to help us:
- Think before you speak
- Don't shout or speak in anger
- Speak clearly
- Tell the other person how you feel – use "I feel" instead of "You did/said…"
- Say all you want to say, but take turns
- Listen carefully
- Hug it out!
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ECA: Better outreach to citizens required to improve EC's public consultations
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published a report evaluating the European Commission's framework for consulting the public during the development and evaluation of EU laws and policies. In general, the ECA says, this framework is of a high standard, and the performance of selected recent public consultations by the Commission has been satisfactory overall. However, the auditors recommend that the Commission improve the way it reaches out to citizens to promote greater participation. In addition, it needs to better monitor and assess their contributions to protect against manipulation of results, they say.
The European Commission (EC) consults citizens and stakeholders in all areas of EU action and throughout the policy cycle and also invites citizens to share their views at any stage from the initiation to the evaluation of EU policies through the EC's "Have Your Say" portal. The Commission conducts over 100 public consultations a year. In 2018, 2,000 citizens on average took part in each consultation. This excludes the "clock change" consultation, which received a record 4.6 million responses – albeit that the vast majority of these came from only one Member State (Germany). However, the auditors also found one public consultation in its sample in which only three people participated. According to the ECA, this illustrates that the Commission needs to improve its outreach activities. The auditors recommend that the EC should better engage with its offices and authorities in the Member States to disseminate more information about consultations and adapt its communication channels to increase the range of potential participants and target any information gaps.
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So, you don't code and decided to outsource your app. Job done right? If that's what you feel, no offense, I'd say, "Stop Before Trying Hard to Kill Your Startup!'. [tweetherder]You might not be a coder, but you're not a technophob either[/tweetherder]! You need to understand technology, especially when you…
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For the purpose of this discussion outsourcing here refers to product development outsourcing for internet startups and app development means programming (typically PHP, RoR, Python, Scala etc.) and not design. Design outsourcing is a topic that needs a separate blog post. Most early stage startups that ContractIQ has worked with, in…


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Here's something fun that I did for Prof. Taffy Raphael from the College of Education at UIC.
The idea was to present a series of (fake) Google searches that ultimately would reveal the winner of an award that Taffy would be announcing at the annual meeting of the National Research Conference in Albuquerque.
Since I had content of all kinds related to the winner (photos, video, bibliography, etc.), I just appropriated whatever corresponding Google interface there was. For example, for the bibliography I used something that looked like a combination of Google Books and Google Scholar; for the video I used something that looked like Google Video. I even managed to work in a Google Map or two.
Judging by the tittering in the audience during the presentation, it seems to have been a success.
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Internet Millionaire Jeff Usner Shares Free Facebook Ad Strategy He Is Using Now To Make Even More!
Welcome to this week's video. In this week's video, I'm going to cover some Facebook advertising tips. I'm actually going to talk about how I got ads that are now getting up to 6% click-through-rate. That may not mean anything to you if you do not do anything on Facebook but on average you to try to get ads that are on 0.1%. If you get an ad that is at 0.1% click-through-rate, that means that the number of times that it's clicked on when it's seen, that's pretty good. So to be at 6% is pretty amazing. Let me break it down even more simple.
I went from paying 85 cents a click to 12 cents a click or less. So I cut my cost-per-click, actually it was over a dollar at one point, by 80 to 90%. So if you are interested in saving between 80 to 90% on any Facebook ads that you do, you might want to listen up to this video.
Let's get into three quick pointers on how I do this and how you can do the same on any Facebook ad, whether you got a local business, a national offer, in any business that you are involved with.
The first thing about Facebook ads is image is everything. That's number one. So the image that's in your ad, if you can picture a Facebook ad, and they are on the right side of the screen and I should have drawn this on the board but I'm going to draw it right now. So this is your Facebook page and you got your column here with a few things over here, and this is your timeline where people are having their own personal comments, and Facebook ads are what appear on the far right. You will see them. They've got an image usually and some text right beside it. That's what a Facebook ad is, that's what a Facebook ad looks like. Hopefully you know what a Facebook ad is now. But the most important thing about any advertising that you're on is the image. It's the image that shows up and you'll notice that with Facebook, with Pinterest, everything's very visual the same thing as with any advertisement. Sometimes you'll see pictures that are really weird. They catch your attention. You got to remember when you're dealing with Facebook advertising is that you are in Interrupt Marketing. In other words, people are on Facebook, they're not searching for you, they're not looking for you, they're on Facebook talking to their friends. So you got to do something to break their attention and get them focused on you.
There are a few things that I do with images that work really well. One of the things is if you see any of my ads running is I will put a red border around an ad. I use really weird faces, weird settings, scenarios. I'm always split testing images to get the right images. I also test the second part which is the headline of the ad but the main thing really is the image. But once you get the image and headline locked in, when you have a good click-through-rate combination, then I want you to do what I'm about to teach you because this is where you really can cut your Facebook costs. And that is you do what is called a Sponsored Post.
I just did this recently with a Facebook account that I have set up. It was not my main account. I set up a Facebook fan page and that is very easy to do. You can have somebody do this for you on Fivver. You can pay somebody $5 to get you a Facebook page. If you don't really know about that, that is what you really need to know. Go to Fivver and type in Facebook timeline and you can get somebody to create for you for $5. But the bottom line is you create a fan page if you don't already have one, and you create a post about whatever it is that you want to do.
For me, it's about, I've been running several of them actually, but one of them I'm running is where I'm actually giving away my book. So I have an ad, and I run it, where I've got a good headline, I've got a good image that works very well, and I've created a post where I use that same image, and this is basically a Facebook post, so if you are to click on a picture on Facebook, what would you see on Facebook? You would see an image and then you see some words on that side. Again, this is within the timeline. You can actually have ads that show up within the timeline. In other words, I have people thinking that I'm stalking them right now because I show up in their timelines. Not only is my ad over here, they're also over here. That is called a Sponsored Post or Sponsored Listing.
So you create a Facebook fan page, you make a comment within your fan page with an image that you've tested, that you know works from ads right, and here's the formula you use for the right size. This is all you say on your Facebook post. And actually here is another key tip. You actually rename your fan page the headline of whatever headline pulled best. So if you've never done Facebook ads, you should number one, go read this book. Actually I have it open here, there is a chapter on how to use Facebook and it is pretty amazing. Actually I need to use it more. There's stuff I forget to use that's on that book that works really well.
This is on top of what's in the book. But what you got to do is you want to create your headline to be the name of your fan page then at the top of your link, this is just like any comment you would ever make on Facebook. Let's not overcomplicate this. Like if you're sharing any image personally, you're just doing it through your Facebook fan page now. You're going to have a link - the first thing at the top. That's what you're going to do. You're going to have a headline, a link, then you're going to talk about a benefit. In other words, I'm giving away this book for free or whatever it is. I reveal the five step system on how I did this or this or how you could make money on your business or whatever it is, that's for this offer, that's what I do then I have another link right below it. So those are three main things. This is pretty ninja stuff. I don't know what the word is. Then the fourth thing you do here is you make a comment. In other words, you have comments on any Facebook post. Well get some people to comment on your post, to like it because that's what it does is it creates social proof around this. When people see your ad, your ad will actually show up here and here and it will show likes, it will show comments, which will increase the click-through-rate of your ad.
So do this formula. It is my formula to get 6% click-through-rate which is about 100 times more than I use to get. This is worth your time. It's worth its weight in gold really. I spent a lot of money figuring out what's working best and what isn't working.
Last thing, leave a comment below this video, whether you watched this on Facebook, whether you watched this on a website, whatever it is, let me know about what you thought about this, where you can use this in your business, and how you're going to take action on this, and really let me know what else you want to hear me talk about and I'll see you on the next video. See you there. Comment below and I'll see you on the next video.


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Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Unveils Poll Manifesto Similar to Opposition leader Anwar's; "My sincere apologies to all Malaysians if we have done anything wrong. At the end of the day, we are ordinary humans."
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Malaysia's Najib Unveils Poll Manifesto Similar to Anwar's
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak pledged to fight corruption, bring down living costs and build a pan-Borneo expressway if his coalition retains power in elections due in a matter of weeks.
These were all policies mooted by opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in his manifesto released six weeks earlier than the one Najib's governing National Front unveiled at a weekend rally in Kuala Lumpur. The Election Commission meets this week to set a date for polls after the prime minister dissolved parliament on April 3.
"They had the benefit of time to study our manifesto over the past month and incorporate some elements," Ong Kian Ming, a political analyst at Kuala Lumpur's UCSI University and an opposition election strategist, said by phone. "Unlike us, there's nothing in there about electoral reform. That's something a lot of people are concerned about."
In the lead-up to the polls, Najib has boosted government spending, distributed a second round of cash handouts to the poor, and raised salaries of civil servants, police and the military. He also delayed implementing a goods-and-services tax and froze plans to wind back state subsidies on essential items. The manifesto offers increased handouts for the poor, and lowered car costs and broadband fees.
"My sincere apologies to all Malaysians if we have done anything wrong," the prime minister said in a speech at the rally, broadcast live on national television. "At the end of the day, we are ordinary humans. If we are given a strong mandate, I can assure you that we will do better in the next five years."Housing, Health
Najib promised more specialist graft courts and greater public disclosure of government contracts if the National Front is allowed to extend its 55 years of unbroken rule. Among the pledges are more affordable housing, and improved health care and transportation, including a high-speed rail link between Kuala Lumpur and Singapore.
"A lot of the ideas have already been mooted by the opposition, like lowering car prices, cheaper Internet and a pan-Borneo highway," James Chin, professor of political science at the Malaysian campus of Australia's Monash University, said by phone yesterday. "Najib talked mostly about things that are popular with the people. He didn't give details on macro- economic issues like implementing GST and cutting state subsidies."
Worst Performer
To stay in power, Najib, 59, must see off a resurgent opposition led by Anwar, a former deputy prime minister. Brokerages including Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Inc. expect an even closer election result than in 2008, when the National Front retained power by its narrowest margin since Malaysia's independence from Britain in 1957.
The risk of the ruling coalition losing seats in the election has helped make the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI Index Southeast Asia's worst-performing benchmark in 2013. The stock gauge is down 0.3 percent this year, compared with a 14 percent gain in the leading index in Indonesia and a 7 percent increase in Thailand's benchmark gauge.
The KLCI was trading 0.2 percent lower as of 9:58 a.m. in Kuala Lumpur today, while the ringgit was little changed to the dollar at 3.0564.
Najib, who inherited a country in recession when he replaced Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as leader mid-term in 2009, wants a mandate to complete his economic and government reforms started less than three years ago. He's focusing on his track record in boosting investment and improving incomes as he seeks a popular mandate for the first time.
Fighting Corruption
Malaysia's economy has shown resilience in the face of the global slowdown, expanding by more than 4 percent for each of the 13 quarters to the end of 2012, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Private investment has tripled since Najib began his economic-transformation program in September 2010, rising 25 percent last year to 139.5 billion ringgit ($46 billion), according to government data.
Almost half of the voters surveyed in a poll by the Merdeka Center for Opinion Research said fighting graft is a more pressing issue for the next government than taming inflation or boosting foreign investment. The survey of 1,021 voters was conducted from Jan. 23 to Feb. 6 on the country's peninsula and had a margin of error of 3.07 percent.
While Malaysia moved to 54th from 60th place among 176 countries in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index last year, it was ranked last for bribery among 30 nations surveyed. About 3,000 executives from 30 countries were asked whether they'd lost a contract in the past year because competitors had paid a bribe. In Malaysia, 50 percent said yes, the Berlin-based advocacy group said.
Anwar's Allies
The National Front is "committed to doing much more to combat the scourge" of corruption, according to its manifesto, which emphasized its experience in government and urged voters not to "gamble away" the future.
Anwar's three-party People's Alliance opposition coalition comprises his own multiethnic People's Justice Party, the Chinese-majority Democratic Action Party, and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, which wants to expand Shariah law.
The People's Alliance won control of five of Malaysia's 13 states in the 2008 election. The National front later won back Perak state when several lawmakers defected.
The opposition currently holds 75 of 222 parliamentary seats, while Najib's alliance has 137, according to the Malaysian parliament website. Anwar predicted a minimum 10-seat majority for his alliance in a March 8 interview.
Najib's manifesto said Malaysia would seek a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council to play a greater role in regional peace, promoting moderate Islam and inter-faith harmony. A National Front government would support the establishment of a Palestinian state, and humanitarian efforts in Gaza, the West Bank, southern Thailand and Mindanao in the Philippines, it said.
To contact the reporter on this story: Manirajan Ramasamy in Kuala Lumpur at email@example.com


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Science Club
The Science Club at Highland Park is a way for students to experience science outside of the classroom and experiment with different subjects of interest. Students will be granted the opportunity to compete in science and engineering competitions, with the chance of scholarships and prizes.
Who are we? Students who want to do more science and explore the world in areas of their interest. Our 2018-2019 Council is as follows:
President: Izzy Vazquez Vice President: Olivia Johnson
Executive Board: Piper Gallivan - Chairman, Margaret Feng - Communications, Nectaree Thao - Historian, Ruquiya Egal - Secretary, Natalie Braga - Executive Board, Lia Wallace - Merchandising, Gabby Bell - Executive Board, Stephanie Hulander - Executive Board, Abigail Johnson - Event Coorindation
How often will we meet? 1x a month on Wednesdays
What do you do in science club? At our meetings, we plan a cool experiment to conduct, and then we check in with one another about our projects. There are a few science-y field trips planned as well.
Why join? Science fair, and other scientific competitions, are amazing experiences that can only benefit your science career. Also, competing in these competitions is a great way to boost your resume! There are numerous opportunities for scholarships plus the connections you make can assist you down the road and when you apply to colleges.
Click on the Twin Cities Regional Science Fair Link to check out the possibilities.
Click on the Minnesota State Science and Engineering Fair Link for further information.
Click on the Junior Science and Humanties Program for further information.
Click on the ISEF Intel website for further information.
Click on the Regeneron Science Talent Search website for further information. SENIORS ONLY - submissions begin in July - end in November
Emerging Scientist Journal - get published while in high school! - check it out
Click on Google Science Fair Competition - its back and better then ever in 2019 - submissions start in September - end in December
Science News - accessible articles written for high school students
Contact Izzy Vazquez with questions or to join
Notable Accomplishments:
2013-2014 - 2 competed in TCRSF
2014-2015 - 10 competed in TCRSF, 2 advanced to State
2015-2016 - 15 competed in TCRSF, 3 advanced to State, 1 advanced to JSHS, first ever ISEF Alternate - Geeta Rajamani
2016-2017 - 19 competed in TCRSF, 4 advanced to State, 2 advanced to JSHS, first ever ISEF Finalist - Geeta Rajamani, first ever Science Talent Search Scholar - Geeta Rajamani
2017-2018 - 22 competed in TCRSF, 9 advanced to State, 3 advanced to JSHS, ISEF Alternates- Enrique Vazquez and Liam Morrisey, Science Talent Search Entrants - Veronica Sannes, Rachel Khodursky
2018-2019 - ?
Past Presidents:
Erica Craddock - Founder - 2013-2015
Ramona White - 2015-2017
Enrique Vazquez - 2017-2018
Science Club is sponsored by the Twin Cities Science Foundation, Society for Science and the Public, American Chemical Society, and whoever wants to support our students.


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Julie decided that for our meeting in March we needed to release our inner child. Could throwing away our adult constraints free up our creativity?
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2010 Attingham Book Fair
It was such fun last year, we did the Attingham Book Fair again in 2010!
2009 – Christmas Meal
Another Christmas, another Christmas Meal!
2009 – October Workshop with Nick Fletcher
Our 2009 October Workshops were facilitated by local writer, Nick Fletcher, who's written over 30,000 articles and several books.
2009 – Attingham Book Fair Event
In 2009, those of us with books joined up with other local authors to take part in a book fair at Attingham Park. It was a great opportunity to show the world what we do as a group!
2009 – Lake Vyrnwy
In 2009, the group ventured into a new region of Wales for a retreat. Lake Vyrnwy. There's a big reservoir there, because it rains a lot.
2009 Lake Vyrnwy Videos
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We have an eclipse coming up this weekend. It's funny because the last year and a half I have been tracking the eclipses - looking specifically at how they touch different points in my natal chart. This would in theory tell us how a specific eclipse will influence our lives - and if it will influence it very strongly. If for example, it aspects one of our main planets, like the Sun, Moon or the Ascendant - it's a big one.
While there have been changes in my life over the past year, especially internal perspectives, I don't feel those shifts corresponded to last year's eclipse themes.
That is not to imply that eclipses don't matter. I have definitely seen and felt the impact of eclipses in my natal chart, specifically that of the two eclipses that happened when I was still in the womb. Our prenatal eclipses are meant to shape our mission in life, and what we have to teach in the world. I started looking into this six months ago when I stumbled across a book called Spiritual Astrology, by Jan Spiller. The theory is that our prenatal eclipses can tell us the gift we have to share with the world, and the gift that that the universe has to give us in return during our life experience.
According to Spiritual Astrology, the treat that the universe has to share with me was shaped by a Lunar Eclipse in Pisces. In her book Spiller tells us that the Pisces gift is developing intuition. It is a sensitive, intuitive sign that connects with the other realms. Well, looking at my blog and considering the fact that I used to be very skeptical about all of these intuitive things - I think I am making the most of it!
This weekend's Solar Eclipse is in Piscis - which makes me wonder if it could be the one to connect with me on a personal level, as I am so very engaged with all pursuits Piscean. Stay tuned, eclipses play out over six months so I may be blogging for a while! If you haven't already subscribed, look for the "Email Follow" box on the right side of my blog. Keep your eyes peeled for the confirmation link and be sure to download your gift as well - an introduction to Grounding, Clearing and Shielding ourselves. If this eclipse has a strong influence on us the skills will come in handy (especially grounding) because Pisces intuition is able to perceive it all!
Regina Chouza is an Energy Healer, Angel Medium and author of Self-Healing, Cancer & Love and Chakra Healing & Magick. She studied angels, tarot and astrology at The College of Psychic Studies in London, and qualified as a Healer at the School of Intuition & Healing UK. Her passion is bringing the energy of self-love, joy and empowerment to energy healing pursuits.