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Located in the Marshall section, this luxurious collection of 55-foot wide home sites offers a low-maintenance lifestyle within walking distance to the community's many amenities
Nestled in the thoughtfully planned Phillips Creek Ranch community, Toll Brothers presents an unparalleled living experience. Our luxurious homes provide a haven of comfort all while surrounded by every convenience a family could desire for modern living. Located on the former Phillips Ranch, established in 1936 by B.F. Phillips, this exquisite community has been carefully designed over the last three years. As a resident of Phillips Creek Ranch you will be part of a truly unique and historic living experience and in a Toll Brothers home you will do so in absolute luxury.
The Toll Brothers 3D Kitchen Visualizer tool helps you test material and color options to plan your kitchen, and determine the perfect combination using our virtual kitchen.
This tool is intended to help you choose materials and colors to best suit your style, and does not represent an actual Toll Brothers kitchen. Items shown in this tool are not available in all communities and may depict options not included with the standard home design.
Since Toll Brothers was founded in 1967, we've been committed to providing the most attentive, complete, and knowledgeable personal service. We know that purchasing your home may be one of the biggest and most important investments you'll ever make, and we want you to feel comfortable and confident that we're the builder for you. For your peace of mind, your new Toll Brothers home comes with an insured warranty. These are just a few of the reasons why our customer service is highly rated among our homeowners and real estate agents alike, and it's why we have an exceptionally high number of repeat buyers.
When you choose a Toll Brothers dream home, you will choose from hundreds of decorative and structural options to personalize your home to reflect your lifestyle, wants, and needs. Because of our strength, our presence, and our buying power in the national marketplace, we can build a highly personalized home while offering you much more for your money. And our Design Studios – which are centrally located in markets nationwide – offer one-stop shopping. We know that the ability to make all option decisions for a home under one roof in one location economizes the entire process and adds great appeal to the Toll experience.
All Toll communities are located in the most beautiful areas that give you the best life has to offer. We carefully select locations that feature close proximity to good schools, medical facilities, and routes of travel, as well as numerous options for entertainment, shopping, dining, and culture. Whether your dream home is a condominium in a dynamic metropolitan area, or a luxurious estate home in a gated community, or an active living home in an amenity-rich neighborhood, or a lavish second home in a resort area – our locations are the best and most sought-after.
We cannot praise (the Sales and Construction team) strongly enough for making this a smooth first-home purchase for us. They have been courteous, professional, and warm throughout the process. Thank you!Erica & John A.
I want to thank (the Toll Team) for such careful attention to our beautiful home! We are just about settled and we couldn't be happier for the compliments that we are getting from our friends and relatives.Pavan & Latha S.
I think even though I knew Toll's reputation going into the experience, I'm still floored by the caliber of the team we worked with, particularly. They always went above and beyond; you could tell it was more than just a job for them, that they genuinely cared that we built a home that we loved, that we were comfortable through the whole process, that we always felt welcome coming by to see the construction and coming by the model home with questions.Stephen F.
Things literally could not have gone any better than they did, from start to finish. We were not once ever brushed off, the buck was never passed, and all of our concerns were dealt with not only to our satisfaction, but beyond that as well. I really can't thank them enough for all they did for us along the way.Stephen F. & Trish H.
(Our Construction Manager) was outstanding in meeting the expectations and delivering the requirements. It was pleasure working with him. (The Sales Managers) were amazing. Thanks to the Toll Brothers team for making this process as a wonderful experience.Venkat & Gayathri
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Apple exploits Free Software and denies it to its customers
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The Apple Mac OS X system features Free Software, just as many UNIX-like operating systems do. There's no harm in that. It is good practice to reuse code that has been widely tested and is actively developed. So its fair to say that Apple benefits from Free Software. Strangely it doesn't allow its customers to have these benefits. Apple explicitly forbids Free Software in the Apple App Store's Terms of Service (ToS). One of the first victims are users of the popular VLC media player. The VLC player has been pulled from the App Store because of its Free Software licensing.
The opinion of the VLC developer community on this matter is divided. In October a developer named Rémi Denis-Courmont contacted Apple regarding the GPL and Apple's redistribution of the code. Apparently Apple has no interest in honouring the license and simply decided to remove software in order not do deal with the licensing issues. Brett Smith, FSF Licensing Compliance Engineer, summarises: "Apple 'only' allows you to do the activities in the list of Usage Rules, if an activity does not appear in this list, you're not allowed to do it at all."
So far the Android platform has not presented an incompatibility with Free Software. Furthermore you are not required to pay a fee for writing code for Android. Our recommendation is to stay clear off Apple and focus on other platform that do not forbid the development of Free Software.

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text: Photos A slice of this banana bread with my tea. #blissBrunch spread...ready for the England vs. Italy game! #worldcup201413.1. Let's do this.Up top at Top of the Hub @ The Prudential Center #bostonBack to the old stomping grounds2014 took me to Barcelona. Excited to see where 2015 takes me. #tbt #icecreameverydayTuesday night tulip tripBrunch @ The Fat Hen #seattle #ballard Stopped by Pike Place to watch the guys at Pike Place Fish Co. throw fish around #seattleFirst time paddleboarding! #santabarbaraMy parents outside of the Basílica de Santa Maria del Mar in Barcelona Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Santa Barbara #santabarbaraReading about my favorite band in my favorite Barcelona tavernaTree Structure in The Sagrada Família in BarcelonaFlorida reunion with some of my favorite peoplePike place market #seattleSpace Needle selfie #seattleFirst photo in Barcelona!German Lebkuchen. Sort of the German version of gingerbread..delicious! Share this:Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)


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Reviewed by Ryan B. (age 13)
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Once they are in space they are all frightened because they cannot communicate with NASA. Tish, one of the members, comes up with the idea of using Morse signals to get NASA?s attention. They realize later that they cannot renter earth without more oxygen. To get oxygen they had to go to storage in space to get the tank. The crew leader Andie puts on a suit to go out into space to try and retrieve the tank of oxygen. While she is trying to retrieve it she realizes she is too big. In order to get the tank they would have to send someone smaller. So they all decided to send Max, the smallest one in the crew out to get it. When he got suited the suit was ten times bigger. He finally went out and got it and gave it to Andie but then he started to drift into space.
They thought that that might be the end but Andie got him back and they got the oxygen tank in and everything was fine. Then they realized they had to renter earth. As they were entering earth the joystick to keep the shuttle steady went freely. They tried and tried to get the joystick back and then it did and they were home safe.
I strongly recommend this book to anyone. This book is full of mystery, action and a little bit of humor. This book also showed the importance of how to be a team. I think I should be recommending this book because when you read it it feels like your really reading about a true event. I think that if anyone reads this book they will enjoy it and read it many times.I enjoyed the book Space Camp because it told a lot about how astronauts go into space and how they return from space. I also enjoyed the book because it showed that even regular kids can learn things, too. The story was enjoyable because it showed me the importance in team work.


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An Invasion, but Sadly Not by Daleks
If you squint very, very hard and have also had a couple of drinks it does look vaguely like Daleks have taken up residence on my allotment.
But no, the reality (remember the Dr Who episode with the Dalek Reality Bomb?) is they are bin bags full and half full of horse manure patiently waiting for me to be brave, open them up and tip out the contents and take up muck spreading. I have to do this really quickly now to get it into the soil before the sowing season. I get little thrills now and then when I think of harvesting my own organically growing veggies and fruit instead of harvesting at my local supermarket.
However…….last night in the interests of frugality and maintaining ownership of most of the money in my purse I did do a Yellow Sticker shop at said supermarket. I came home with this little lot
All marked down with the exception of the sugar which was a regular buy. Total cost £1.87, it did come to £1.89 but because I bought 3 x veg I got the "Buy 2 and get 3rd free" offer and got 2p refunded. Sorry about quality of pic, my hand was still quivering with excitement at the price. Loads of soups and stews will be created now.
I've been YS shopping before and sometimes it can be a bit of a scrum, but last night was great. Just a few people waiting and no barging etc. Loads of storytelling and jokes. One lovely man who knows I'm a vegetarian was handing me out all the veggie ready meals at 2p each! My kind of shopping!
I have to dedicate this post to Ilona – it was by reading her brilliant blog I first found out about it. Her latest entry is pure frugality and practicality combined. Well worth a read.
Gong back to the Daleks, I've seen compost bins turned into them. Note to self – add this to the 'weird' list


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We carried out consultation on a draft housing strategy, which aims to provide good quality housing that meets people's changing needs and is located within pleasant, safe and sustainable communities. Residents and other interested parties were invited to review the draft and give their views. The public consultation process closed on 28 February 2014.
The Council consulted on a 'Community Infrastructure Levy' (commonly called 'CIL') for West Lancashire. CIL allows local authorities to raise funds from developers who are undertaking new building projects in their area. The money can be used to pay for a wide range of infrastructure needed as a result of development. The West Lancashire Borough Council Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedule (WLBC CIL Charging Schedule) was adopted at Full Council on 23 July 2014. It took effect on 1 September 2014.
More information about the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL)
The Council invited local people and organisations to give their views on proposals to make savings, efficiencies and increases in income. The consultation closed on 11 September 2013 and the Council met in October 2013 to make final decisions.
The Council is required by national planning policy to ensure that there are enough sites available in West Lancashire to meet the needs of the travelling community. This includes Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Showpeople. In September 2013, the Council carried out a 'call for sites' exercise. We will assess all sites that have been submitted to us, along with other sites which were previously brought to our attention. The most suitable sites will be shortlisted, and will feed into a planning document that the Council is preparing. This document will allocate specific sites in West Lancashire for the travelling community.
The Inspector consulted on all the Main Modifications (affecting both strategic and land allocation policies and development management policies) to the Local Plan 2012 - 2027. Consultation ran for six weeks, from 27 June until 9 August 2013. Following receipt of the Inspector's Report on 26 September 2013, the Council adopted the Local Plan 2012-2027 on 16 October 2013.
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Apple is using noise cancelling technology from Audience in the iPhone 4, the same technology used in Google's short lived Nexus One Android device, according to some research from iFixIt (with help from ChipWorks). The Audience processor found is why you can use your iPhone 4 in a crowded and noisy environment and still be heard by the person at the other end of your call (assuming AT&T doesn't drop the call).
This information isn't particularly relevant to anyone outside the rarefied field of chip nerds and those curious about what their iPhones are made of — and possibly Apple's competition. The chip involved, for instance, was "white labeled," meaning that the normal branding and manufacturing information was not printed on it (as you can see in photos published by iFixIt), a technique sometimes used to obfuscate the origin of licensed chips.
When ChipWorks decapped the chip (which means they were able to open it up), however, they found an Audience embedded digital signal processor. That means that this is the technology used to provide in-iPhone noise cancellation for the outgoing signal.
In the video below, you can hear a side-by-side comparison of a call from a noisy environment from an iPhone 4 and another unidentified "typical cellphone" (the iPhone 4 is the second phone call in the recording) posted to YouTube. That difference is made possible by the Audience chip.
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Teachers will not be eliminated from the state`s master teacher merit-pay program in the future for failing to put in their zip code on forms.
That, among other things, was the message from a contingent of Florida Department of Education officials, who came to Broward County Friday to herald a new age in the controversial program.
Following bitter criticism during the last year, state education officials have revamped the application procedure for the $3,000 bonuses doled out to teachers who perform well on a written test and classroom evaluation.
The plan is part of the Legislature`s efforts to reward excellent teaching.
Among the changes are a streamlined application and a reduction from five to one in the number of forms that must be completed by teachers.
``We don`t want any more headlines that say, `DOE screws up,` `` said Don Griesheimer, director of teacher certification for the state. ``Everyone who wanted the program to go on, wanted it to be better administered.``
The Legislature nearly dismantled the program this year because of complaints from teachers, who said it was poorly run, unfair and demoralizing.
The state`s teacher of the year, as well as many local teachers of the year and other excellent instructors, did not qualify for the bonuses, while other teachers who were being fired for incompetence had passed, lawmakers charged.
One Broward teacher was so disgusted with the program that he decided to give his award money to charity.
Education officials said Friday changes in the application procedure will help return the focus of debate to the merits of the master teacher plan, rather than how it is being administered.


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1) Focus on one set of clients – Your audience is everything, and the more you broaden that range the harder it is to sell yourself. Finding your core competitively is where you should focus, thus if you are great at interacting with professionals & cleaning businesses, you should probably focus your niche in the corporate sector. If you are planning on placing an advertisement in the paper, be sure to mention that you will clean businesses. There may be a local business owner reading your advertisement and a cleaning contract might be in your future if you do a good job.
2) Advertise – If you are planning on placing an advertisement in the paper, be sure to focus on your niche. There may be a local business owner reading your advertisement and a cleaning contract might be in your future if you do a good job. In addition to local papers, developing fliers and business cards to leave on community bulletins & doorsteps is a great cheap way to reach your average homeowner. Once your clients are secured ask them if they would refer your business. A referral is one of the most influential forms of advertising.
3) Diversify – Once you have a steady niche client base, try expanding your audience. With many couples working full time, home cleaning often comes last on their list. Another target group you may want to target elderly or disabled individuals, business owners, store managers, or apartment complex owners. Owners or landlords of apartment complexes are an often profitable market that sometimes goes unnoticed.
4) Price Evaluation – If you have a cleaning business already running and you are not seeing an increase in new or returning customers, you may wish to rethink your fee scale. Many cleaning companies charge an hourly rate. Your rate can be anywhere from $25-$40. One way to check out the competition is to call around and get estimates from other cleaning companies and compare their services. This will allow you to come up with a realistic rate.
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Our football match prediction:
As expected, Leganes were outclassed by title holders Barcelona in their last league match. The newcomers failed to make life difficult for the Catalan giants, but they are certainly capable of grabbing something from Thursday's football match against Deportivo La Coruna. The visitors are likely to adopt a defence-minded approach against the Galician outfit as they will be more than happy with one point from the game. Deportivo played out a goalless draw with Alaves on Monday evening and they are eager to return to winning ways in the national championship. Gaizka Garitano's men are after their second home win of the season and, no doubt, the hosts will go all guns blazing at Leganes in Thursday's clash. The two teams meet for the first time ever in La Liga and we predict that the lack of experience at this level is going to prove to be a big problem for the newcomers.
Highlighted Player (Oriol Riera):
Oriol Riera is a professional football player who began his youth career at Osona. The striker, who was born on 3 July, 1986, played for the likes of Vic, Espanyol and Barcelona during his youth career. He scored 12 goals in 36 league appearances for Barca C and he played 31 matches, scoring four goals for Barca B. On 5 July, 2013 Riera signed a three-year-deal with Osasuna and he made his Primera Division debut on 18 August, coming from the bench in a 2-1 loss to Granada. He scored 13 goals for Osasuna in the 2013/2014 La Liga campaign, but on 28 June, 2014 he joined Wigan Athletic following Osasuna's relegation to Segunda Division. After making 13 league appearances for the Latics, the Spanish attacker was sent on loan to Deportivo La Coruna and on 30 June, 2015 he signed a permanent deal with the Galician outfit. Orio Riera played one match for Catalonia, scoring the last goal in a 4-1 victory over Cape Verde.
Highlighted Team (Leganes):
Leganes are a Spanish football club that have mostly been playing in lower leagues. Los Pepineros play their home games at Batarque (Madrid) and the capacity of the stadium is just 8,138. Leganes secured their promotion to the Spanish La Liga for the first time ever in 2016 and, no doubt, that is considered the club's biggest success. Leganes' bitterest rivals are fellow capital club Getafe and there have always been fireworks when the two teams take on each other in the South Madrid derby. The colour of the team's home kit is white and blue, whilst their away kits are green. The likes of Pierre Webo, Samuel Eto'o, Ivan Zarandona, Jose Chamot, Catanha, Ruben Falcon, Jordi Lardin and Pedro Lago are famous players who were part of the Batarque outfit in the past. Lady Maria Victoria Pavon is the first female president in the history of the club and she has been in charge of the club since 2009.


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the editorial set of photos that got your soul linger for the set of nature, that is.
when your dream sets out and flies high with the wild,
you feel the tip of your toes standing to the very end of the mountain cliff.
your soul is rambling wildly to the hard wind striking up your face.
the shiny reflection of the river shows you the image that is never before seen.
the distance that has caught you in the middle field - the power is irresistible.
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text: Intro: This itinerary takes you to discover the churches and the basilicas of the historic centre of Rome and Trastevere District. Transport:It is highly recommended to walk from one place to another since all the locations are in the city centre. You could also choose to take a bus to get to Trastevere.Time Required:It takes about 8 hours to visit the locations mentioned, depending on how much time you decide to stop in each place.Route:The tour starts from Flaminio Train Station , also the subway stop "Flaminio" (Line A). Cross People's Square and take Via di Ripetta. A few hundred metres down this street, you'll arrive at Ara Pacis, a historical monument of Rome. After visiting inside, continue on Via di Ripetta until you reach the two ancient churches of St Roch and St Jerome, both on the left before you get to Via Tomacelli. The first church was designed by the architect Valadier, while the second was entirely rebuilt in 1588 by Pope Sixtus V. Now take Lungotevere Marzio and continue in the same direction on Lungotevere Tor di Nona, until you arrive at Sant'Angelo Bridge. The statues of the angels by Bernini adorn the sides of the bridge up to the gates of Sant'Angelo Castle. We suggest you visit the inside of the castle, a truly unique experience! This tour continues towards Trastevere District. If you're tired or don't want to walk along the Tiber River all the way to Trastevere, we suggest you take a bus (23, 271, 280..etc). Once you have arrived there the first church you should visit is Our Lady's in Trastevere Basilica which is filled with Roman mosaics. The itinerary ends with the visit at the Temple of Bramante on Via Goffredo Mameli.


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Nonproliferation Research at KAIST, South Korea
My second week in South Korea has just ended. The NEREC (Nonproliferation Education and Research Center) summer school started on Jul 3rd. We are a group of about 20 people from 13 different countries among graduate and undergraduate students conducting research at KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), which is one of the most prestigious universities in Asia. They are all as wonderful as they are diverse. I am proud to be representing Bolivia and UC Berkeley.
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The topic of nuclear nonproliferation is and will be an extremely important international issue for years to come. For the first time in history, we humans have the ability to destroy all of humanity a few times around. As nuclear scientists, we should be well aware of this fact. The aim of this program is to merge technical knowledge about nuclear science with policy in order to make a difference in the international community.
The first week was rather relaxed. We got to know each other through team-building exercises, lectures, and tours. One of these tours was at an experimental facility where novel aspects of a Korean pressurized water reactor model are being investigated. The picture shown below is a model of the containment building of the APR-1400. Professor Man-sung Yim and his graduate students at KAIST are studying mitigation techniques in the advent of radioactive release following a severe accident.
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The second week, we visited research facilities in Seoul concerned with the North Korean nuclear threat. We finished the tour by visiting the demilitarized zone (DMZ) at the border between North and South Korea. Despite its name, it is the most militarized border in the world with millions of troops spread around on both sides.
(View of North Korea at the DMZ)
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It's been a while since we learned about a mobile Xbox Live game's release date more than a week in advance. Well, we can now mark November 30 on our calendars, as that's when Ghostscape is coming to Windows Phone, according to the friendly and communicative developer, Psionic Games.
Ghostscape originated as a free flash game, which you can play right here on Kongregate. It is an old-school adventure game, played from a first-person perspective. Enter a creepy haunted house, solve puzzles, and take photographs of ghosts to eliminate them. Along the way you'll collect diary pages and piece together the house's sordid history. It was once the location of the Republican Convention. BOO! Just kidding.
The Windows Phone version adds new puzzles, areas, and items to the original design. The Achievements mostly revolve around photographing everything in the game, but there's also one for beating it in less than 20 minutes. Hope you like speed runs!
Ghostscape comes to life on Wednesday, November 30. It will cost $2.99.
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This is my track "Happy Chords".This upbeat acoustic folk rock track opens up with a very positive, fun and uplifting rhythm on the acoustic guitar, followed by a simple yet catchy tune on bells. This joyful, bouncy and memorable introduction breaks open into a full band energetic, determined and driving exposition, which turns into a light, melodic and somewhat bluesy bridge. Suitable for all kinds of corporate videos, business presentations, nature, travel, educational and children related contents, successful, hopeful, optimistic and contemporary visuals, commercials, infomercials, podcasts, tv and web adverts.
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High Voltage's Wii fighter renamed, dated
Announced as Gladiator A.D. just before E3 last year (where the above trailer is from), The Conduit developer High Voltage Software's Wii exclusive has been renamed and given a release window. Publisher Sega says the brawler that is looking to take "Wii weapon-based fighting to a bigger place," according to High Voltage's COO Eric Nofsinger, is now going by the name of Tournament of Legends and will be released some time in May of this year.
Powered once more by High Voltage's own Quantum 3 engine, the arena fighter's visuals aim yet again to be among the Wii's best yet. "Along with a wide selection of blade weapons and animated magic attacks we've achieved rich graphical effects and detailed, epic characters with the Quantum 3 engine. The mythological characters are some of the biggest 3D playable characters on Wii," Nofsinger adds.


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Al Borg Laboratories
The first medical-laboratory company in the Middle East
Since inception in 1991 Al Borg Laboratories have been recognized as the leader in Laboratory services. We have served over 17 million patients and carried out 50 million laboratory tests through our extended network of branches all over Egypt.
We provide a broad menu of 2000 routine and specialized tests that help predict, diagnose and monitor disease. These tests range from basic tests, such as glucose testing for diabetes, to the more complex molecular tests for hepatitis by (PCR) and on to the new highly specific tests for disputed paternity by (DNA).
We are staffed with over 1400 employees; including 140 doctors utilizing state-of-the-art FDA certified automated equipment and reagents. No time or effort has been spared in the training process of all our personnel. Al Borg Continuous Education & Training Center which is located in the heart of Cairo is equipped with top-of-the-line audio visual equipment where medical and managerial training is custom-made and is provided in the form of structured lectures, role-play, interactive sessions, workshops and seminars. All of Al Borg employees annually receive and/or deliver training.
In striving to meet our goal as the premier regional provider of Laboratory services, Al Borg is committed to implementing a quality system that allows us to provide consistent, high-quality and cost effective services, with an emphasis on excellence through continuous improvement. Bar coding & Bidirectional interfacing was introduced in 2003 which prevents human error when placing patient samples in equipment or clerical errors when printing patient results. Full electronic Autovalidation of results was developed in 2007 to validate quality implementation and verify each patient's results.
On the 18 March 2010, the Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment "SWEDAC" announced that Al Borg laboratories are the first internationally accredited medical lab in Egypt (Clinical Chemistry at the Central lab in Cairo) www.alborglab.com


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BOWLING GREEN — At least one seat in Doyt Perry Stadium will always be empty.
Bowling Green State University plans to designate a seat in its football stadium to honor military personnel who have been declared missing in action and for current or former prisoners of war.
A ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday on the stadium's west side before BGSU's game against Virginia Military Institute.
The seat will be in Section 16 and will remain permanently unoccupied.
It is one of five chairs BGSU will provide as part of the POW/MIA Chair of Honor effort, a program of the nonprofit organization Rolling Thunder. Other honorary chairs will be located at the Stroh Center and the Ice Arena. Two mobile chairs will travel to athletic contests.
The dedication event resulted from a donation by BGSU alumnus and retired Marine Corps Col. Ted Jenkins and the work of the university's veterans alumni committee.
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Fetish Fantasy Extreme Advanced Silicone Spanking Paddle
Average customer review 5 out of 5 stars8 reviews
Let science do the spanking! Made from flexible silicone for high-intensity wollops without additional effort, this spanking paddle provides hair-raising slaps without knackering the spanker as well as versatility that beats any paddle you already own.
Product Description
Let science do the spanking! Made from flexible silicone for high-intensity wollops without additional effort, this spanking paddle provides hair-raising slaps without knackering the spanker as well as versatility that beats any paddle you already own.
Thanks to its 100% silicone make up, this paddle is waterproof, temperature responsive, hypoallergenic and flexible for total versatility during play. Spank your lover with a hot or cold touch, or take it in the shower - the possibilities are endless. Plus, unlike rigid spankers which require extra effort from Dom for harder spanks, the flexible yet weighty characteristic of this paddle automatically intensifies spanks thanks to physics (yay science!)
Use the smooth surface to lightly tap (or sharply smack) your lover's behind to increase blood flow and sensitivity and, when you're ready, swap to the diamond quilted side to experiment with spine-tingling strokes.
Tie a piece of ribbon through the handle to create an ergonomic wrist loop for extra stability during play.
Key Features:
- 100% silicone spanking paddle for advanced impact play
- Weighty and flexible for intensified spanks
- Dual sided, waterproof and temperature-responsive for endless play options
- 8.5 inch spanking surface spreads sensation for maximum satisfaction
- A great heavy-duty alternative to leather
How it measures up
- Length: 16 inches
How it feels
- Contains latex: No
- Material: Silicone
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Great paddle, but make sure you know how to use it
Reviewed: 31 December 2017 by pipandhim, a Bisexual Engaged Female
Having previously used a wooden paddle, which I loved, I wasn't sure this would fit the bill, but boy was I wrong!
This is a sturdy paddle with a slight flexibility to it that can make it come rather keen!
It's definitely not for the feint-hearted, and first time users should experiment with the amount of pressure to apply.
It leaves a satisfying sting, whether used through clothing or on bare skin. When used on bare skin it leaves prominent marks. However, I found that these do not last more than a day. Perfect for some artistic photos!
It has a lovely feel to it and I found that the textured and smooth side feel the same on my bum when in use.
All-round a great, value for money toy!
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- Flexible, feels great, leaves quite the sting!
- Cons
- Not a lot.
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- Great all-round paddle.
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Reviewed: 09 August 2016 by LadyS
I love this paddle. It is absolutely glorious to hold and so much to spank someone with.
The silicone feel makes it quite fun for sensation play as well, as you can glide the smooth side across a nice bare bottom.
This definitely does create a nice sting, especially as it has a nice weight to it, so even a light tap can cause a very definite reaction. However, I have discovered that holding it nearer to the base and stretching your fingers up the length of it creates a more thuddy effect and reduces the stingy sensation, should that be of use.
This is one of my favourite paddles out of all my impact devices and I definitely think it's well worth a buy for those into impact play.
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- Nothing.
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- Fab paddle, a must for all impact play lovers.
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This paddle delivers a real sting love it.
The silicone texture feels soft, but do not let this fool you. Use softley if a beginner.
I can vouch that this feels like a lot of bee stings and leaves you bottom very red.
Delivery was quick and on time and well boxed.
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You are never going to be able to save as much money as you might be able, if you are incapable of doing without an au pair, even on a conceptual level. Your idea of what is a "necessary" expense is not consonant with what you claim you wish to accomplish.------------------------------------------------------This will be my only reply to you and is made not so much to you but to anyone new to this board who might be misled by your post.My most important goal in life is not to wind up with a lot of money when I retire. I do want financial security. If I never saved another penny we would not starve during retirement. We already would have more money than either my parents or my husband's parents have had during retirement and were comfortable with.As a parent of a child with a serious special need, I feel it is important to do the things that are vitally important to his well being. The au pair (as explained in other posts so I won't go into it in detail) is necessary at this point to his being in a therapeutic school that he needs. I am comfortable with the hit that takes to saving money.I respectfully submit that investing money now to see to it that your child develops to the fullest of his ability and, even more important, to the point where he is no longer dependent on you, is an excellent investment for money that will pay off handsomely in the long run. The au pair is cheap at twice the price.--Booa (mother of a special needs child, and often tries to project how much money I'd have to leave in my will, and how, to take care of him after I'm gone, though he's doing very well--I'm just paranoid. But it's a large number. It will be much easier if he is able to earn money to support himself someday.)
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Shakin' in the Shell Fest to be held at old ball diamonds
The seventh annual Shakin' in the Shell Fest will be held at the old ball diamonds one-quarter mile west of downtown Shell Knob from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. this Saturday. The event is sponsored by the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce and area businesses.
"With its wide variety of entertainment options, the Shakin' in the Shell festival is for everyone," said Clyde Lobb, festival volunteer. "The festival is an event organized by an all volunteer group that has compiled a variety of entertainment options for attendees that includes all day state entertainment with a variety of musical performance groups, a family fun area, pony rides, numerous craft, merchant and food vendors as well as the 23rd annual classic and custom car show.
"This year's festival is being held at the old ball diamonds west of Shell Knob, which provides an intimate setting for the many activities," said Lobb. "The placement of the family fun area in the location where the baseball field used to be is an ideal location for parents and children alike and will allow parents to watch their family from the bleachers if they choose or visit nearby vendor booths."
Festival admission is $1. Children under the age of 18 are admitted at no cost.
Arm bands will be offered for the family fun area, which offer inflatables, games, prizes, pony rides and face painting from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. A free sand pile treasure hunt will be held at 1 p.m. and a free cupcake walk will be held at 3 p.m.
Entertainment will begin on the main stage with a patriotic welcome ceremony at 9:45 a.m. The Blue Eye School Band will perform at 10 a.m., and the Shell Knob School Band will take the stage at 10:30 a.m.
Other main stage entertainment will include: a performance by the Table Rock Line Dancers, 11 a.m.; the Ugly Dog Contest, 11:30 a.m.; The Darngoods, 1 p.m.; the Maxwells, 4:30 p.m.; and Barry County Extension, 8 p.m.
The 23rd annual classic and custom car, truck and cycle show will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
"The Shakin' in the Shell Committee volunteers have been working for months to prepare for the festival," said Lobb. "The good news is a majority of the volunteers have been involved in many previous Shakin' in the Shell festivals and are familiar with the importance of the many details that need to be addressed in order to ensure its success.
"Not only do they bring these previous experiences to the meetings to make sure important details are covered, they also bring lessons learned from previous years to help improve this year's event," added Lobb.
Volunteers focused on the following topics: sponsors and children's area, food vendors, non-food vendors, logistics and layout, parking, publicity and advertising, event day financials, electric, root beer garden and drinks, beer garden, clean up, mowing, volunteers, port-a-pottys, entertainment, the Ugly Dog Contest and the car show.
"The overall committee chairwoman Vickie Shafer schedules the meetings, reviews the minutes of each previous meeting to ensure follow-up of key items, monitors the budget and checks many miscellaneous items that arise throughout the event preparation process," said Lobb.
"The Shakin' in the Shell Committee is an all volunteer team," said Lobb. "The festival does not happen without their before the event efforts. It is also important to note however, the critical importance of those who volunteer to assist in managing the festival the day of the event.
"Every year volunteers are sought to help with everything from directing parking to assisting with admissions to driving the golf carts that transport attendees from their parking place to the festival, to clean-up," said Lobb. "This valuable participation is also very important to the success of the event."
In addition to the stage entertainment, car show and family fun area, the festival will feature over 40 craft and vendor booths.
Breakfast will be offered at the Shell Knob VFW Hall prior to the festival. Morning meals will be served from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.
"The old ball diamonds location for the festival this year has provided some unique challenges," said Lobb. "It is a facility that has not been used in several years and had required extra prep work, especially a significant amount of new wiring, but has a footprint with the work that has been accomplished this year that will be a good investment for future years."
The old ball diamonds are located on Farm Road 1255.
"Sponsors are also critical to the success of the Shakin' in the Shell festival," said Lobb. "Their continued generosity is a key contribution to the success of this event."
For more information, call the Shell Knob Chamber of Commerce at 417-858-3300, email email@example.com or visit shakinfest.com.


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$50 Billion of Servicing Deals Before Yearend?
With just over four weeks left in 2014, investment bankers expect a flurry of bulk deals to hit the market. But whether they close or not is a different matter. There are definitely several deals both large and small that are being considered, said Tom Piercy, managing member of Interactive Mortgage Advisors. We are working on four or five deals totaling $10 billion. Piercy said he wasnt at liberty to provide details about the transactions since some have yet to be finalized. In two recently announced auctions, IMA is selling a $3.2 billion package of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mortgage servicing rights and a $1.6 billion pool. The brokerage firm also is in the process of selling a New York-based mortgage ...
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This fall, the votes of the baby-boom generation will be a much-sought political prize. Seventy-six million Americans were born between 1946 and 1964, and both Democrats and the GOP are trying hard to position themselves as these peoples' party of choice.
A majority of baby-boomers identify themselves as Democrats. Yet President Reagan is very popular among young voters - and a brief, random survey of boomers finds their reaction to the Democratic convention mostly lukewarm.
''The Democrats are definitely groping,'' says a D.C. association executive.
Interestingly, Senator Hart - supposedly the once and future king of the ''Yuppies'' (young urban professionals) - received mixed reviews from young voters for his convention performance. Many felt that Hart, measured against Cuomo and Jackson, was uninspiring.
''Six months ago I was interested in what he had to say,'' says Jennifer Stevens, a financial analyst at an educational accreditation corporation. ''Not any more. I'm not going to just jump up and down when people say ''new ideas.''
''Cuomo - now he'd be interesting in 1988.''
Most felt Jackson's speech was well done - but some things about Jackson troubled many of them.
''I can't stand demagoguery,'' says one young lawyer, who asked not to be named. ''I am also extremely uncomfortable with Jackson's infusion of religion into politics.''
A related point mentioned by several young, staunch Democrats was that the Democratic Party's obvious effort to portray itself as the party sensitive to the tired, poor, and huddled masses could have a negative effect. Many of those upwardly mobile baby boomers are, after all, neither huddled nor poor.
''They may have stressed the 'disenfranchisement' theme more than they should have,'' says a newsletter editor. ''I'm not sure that's their bread and butter.''


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At least, wearing the jeans.
What I wanted to say is I haven't been wearing them, the jeans. For some reason my pants du jour have become the long forgotten in my wardrobe.
I have been walking out in black pants, leather pants or dresses. The jeans have been stuck in the back and relegated to memory. Strange how something I wore every day can suddenly lose it's appeal.
Until now, fashion week and what those in the know are sporting have me re-focussed.
The jeans need to come to the front and I need to squeeze back into them again. Those boyfriends are mighty comfortable but it's the slimmer fit to keep me in check. I need a re-look and that means a higher waist and a slightly wider leg; not a full on pyjama leg but not a total skinny. I want them to sit just above the ankles so they look equally as flash with the block heel of my boot or a pair of mules.
Jeans re-invent themselves over the decades but looking back there aren't many styles we haven't heard from before. Think Jean Shrimpton in the boot cut, patches and frays in the '70s and what about Bardot in her skinny capris with high waist and white tee? Jean Seberg looked wonderful in the boyfriend and even darling Lucille Ball did a turn in those on Broadway.
I have done the search and I will admit finding the right pair of jeans is not my most loved job. Why is it the pulling up and fastening is so exhausting? That entire holding in is not only a morale buster but also extremely fatiguing. After trying on hundreds of pairs, ok slight exaggeration, but many I found what I was looking for.
Look no further; these three were by far my winners. xv
(plus a pair I found online which are the best value of all)
Back From The Black
***wit & wisdom straight leg // **current elliot let out hem // frame high rise straight leg // citizens of humanity
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Shailene Woodley & Miles Teller: 'Spectacular Now' After-Party
Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller pose together at the premiere after-party for their film The Spectacular Now on Tuesday night (July 30) in Los Angeles.
The 21-year-old actress and 26-year-old actor were joined at the event by their co-star Brie Larson and the film's director James Ponsoldt.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Shailene Woodley
"On my way back to LA for some more #Spectacularnow press. Its almost opening weekend! Keep the buzz going," Miles recently tweeted.
Earlier that night, Shai and Miles hit the red carpet at the premiere held at the Vista Theatre.
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NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Inspired by their latest fragrance, BLACK BOLD, Kenneth Cole announces
the launch of the "FIND YOUR BOLD" talent search contest to discover
emerging musicians in collaboration with Grammy-nominated singer and
songwriter, Aloe Blacc, and Indaba Music.
Fusing the worlds of fragrance and the arts, "FIND YOUR BOLD" invites
aspiring vocalists or producers to push boundaries and make their own
bold statement. Blacc, known for his work mentoring artists is
collaborating with Kenneth Cole Fragrances and Indaba Music to challenge
musicians to submit a video debuting their original song for a chance to
receive a once-in-a-lifetime mentorship.
Inspired by the fearless spirit of New York, BLACK BOLD, is a scent for
the man who takes on any challenge, and pushes boundaries with strength,
power, and confidence — never afraid to make a bold move.
"This program is truly unique in that it highlights the synergy between
music, scent and creativity, offering the artist the ability to
interpret what 'Bold' means to him or her and bring that passion to
life," said Donald Loftus, President at Parlux Fragrances, Ltd. "Both
mediums take you on a journey, evoke memories and inspire."
The program reinforces Blacc's commitment to the arts and the importance
of nurturing talent. Blacc states, "The tradition of crafting a song is
sacred because music is a powerful tool that reflects and shapes
culture. It's an honor to be able to share my art with the world and
also a huge responsibility. Teaching new artists about this
responsibility and some of the methods they can employ to create a song
worthy of publishing is very important. I have a duty to transfer the
knowledge so that new artists have a foundation and perspective from
which to move forward and create."
The grand prize winner will collaborate with Blacc on a new original
track at the renowned artist's recording studio. The track will then be
released on iTunes and Spotify, along with an accompanying music video
released on Blacc's YouTube channel. Kenneth Cole Fragrances will also
grant the winning artist a $5,000 gift to further their artistic
"We have always sought to instill and maintain a tradition of
recognizing outstanding individuals who are driven to succeed as well as
committed to making a difference through inspiring others. We hope this
innovative program will engage and encourage the next generation of
music industry talent to find their BOLD," said Kenneth Cole, Chairman
and Chief Creative Officer at Kenneth Cole Productions, Inc.
Blacc and Kenneth Cole will review all submissions and select the
"BOLDEST" winning talent in May 2017.
To enter the "FIND YOUR BOLD" contest or for more information, please
visit: kc.indabamusic.com/kc.
The entry period for submissions closes on May 10, 2017.
Parlux Fragrances Ltd, a leading global beauty company designs,
manufactures, markets and distributes prestige designer fragrances and
related products since 1987. Parlux Fragrances Ltd is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Perfumania Holdings Inc., an independent, national,
vertically integrated wholesale distributor and specialty retailer of
fragrances and related products. It is traded on the NASDAQ exchange
Kenneth Cole is an American designer, social activist, and visionary who
believes business and philanthropy are interdependent. His global
company, Kenneth Cole Productions, creates modern, functional, clothing,
shoes, and accessories for inspirational urban lifestyles under the
brand names Kenneth Cole New York, Kenneth Cole Reaction and Unlisted,
as well as footwear under the name Gentle Souls. The company has also
granted a wide variety of third party licenses for the production of
men's and women's apparel, fragrances, watches, jewelry, eyewear, and
several other accessory categories, including children's footwear. The
company's products are distributed through department stores, better
specialty stores, company-owned retail stores and its e-commerce
website. Over 30 years ago, Kenneth Cole leveraged his passion and
unique brand platform to make a meaningful impact on people's wardrobes,
as well as communities in need. He did what others didn't and said what
others wouldn't. Today, The Kenneth Cole Foundation remains committed to
helping communities in need by supporting Collective Health, Civil
Liberties, and Artistic Activism.
Indaba Music is a technology platform and marketing services company
home to a community of over 1,200,000 musicians worldwide, from emerging
artists to Grammy Award winners. Indaba Music provides musicians with
opportunities ranging from remix competitions to licensing placements
and provides brands with creative marketing solutions through music that
generate world-class content and countless impressions.
Indaba Music client campaigns have featured artists and brands including
Daft Punk, Christina Aguilera, Red Bull, Snoop Dogg, Sony Electronics,
Peter Gabriel, Linkin Park, Yo-Yo Ma, Microsoft, Paul Simon, Converse,
Foster The People, Bacardi, and Usher. For more information, visit www.indabamusic.com
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Aloe Blacc released his major-label
debut album Lift Your Spirit in 2014 on XIX
Recordings/Interscope Records where it debuted at #4 on the Billboard
Top 200 chart. The set followed up Blacc's collaboration as vocalist and
co-writer on well-known DJ/producer Avicii's track "Wake Me Up," a song
that hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on its Hot Dance Club
Songs and Dance/Electronic Songs charts, as well as topping charts in
more than 100 countries. Blacc's single "The Man" topped the charts with
more than 2.7 million singles sold and Lift Your
Spirit received a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Album at the 57th
Grammy Awards. In 2016 Blacc penned and performed "Let The Games Begin
(From RACE)," a song which was featured in both the film and soundtrack
for the Focus Features movie RACE. 2016
also saw Blacc collaborate with Zedd on "Candyman" — a modern
reinterpretation of Sammy Davis Jr.'s 1972 classic "The Candy Man." For
more information Aloe Blacc visit www.aloeblacc.com
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When Pope Benedict XVI resigned on Monday, February 11, the world was in shock.
The last pope to willingly step down was Celestine V in 1294. His resignation was called "the great refusal".
It is a big deal when a pope steps down. Benedict's predecessor, John Paul II, did not resign over his ill health the last decade of his reign. It is felt that a division could be caused by having an 'ex-pope' and a new pope alive at the same time.
This scenario of a 'division' actually plays out in the numerology code for Pope Benedict XVI.
First of all, he resigned on what was an 11 Personal Day for him. A gateway into the unknown, 11also symbolizes incompletion and division.
Amazingly, Pope Benedict resigned on February 11!
Just as striking is the activation of the number 16 in his papacy and his life.
1. 'XVI' that follows Benedict is the roman numeral 16.
2. Pope Benedict was born on the 16th.
3. He is currently in a 16 Personal Year.
16 symbolizes great spiritual breakthroughs and rising to a position of power – or a person with a crown on his or her head being struck by lightning and falling from a high place.
For that reason, I would not have encouraged him to re-emphasize this number in his formal title.
There is another powerful frequency that influenced his reign.
His current name.
'Pope Benedict' adds up to 12 – the "Victim Number" when it crops up as a name frequency.
12 names create emotional stress and a forgetfulness of previously learned lessons. To read, learn and inquire. But he may forget to look INSIDE for wisdom and become a victim orvictimizer.
Adding the Roman numerals XVI, signifying 16, to "Pope Benedict", creates another name number of frustrating contradictions.
On the one hand the name 'Pope Benedict XVI' can achieve success. On the other hand he may trust the wrong people and have to face powerful opposition. It's a cautious vibration that requires constant discipline.
So both versions are challenging.
Contrast that to Pope John Paul II, one of the most beloved of popes, whose current name was fortunate.
"Pope John Paul" resonates to 19, the "Prince of Heaven" name number. Add the roman numeral II and he had a highly fortunate 21/3 current name.
This brings me to YOU. By reading this newsletter, you know that the name you choose to carry right now is either fortunate – or not.
I have found that nearly 80 percent of my clients have a challenging current name.
Be sure to check your name today (I'll give you several fortunate alternatives, if necessary):
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Being Mindful: 30 Minutes at a Time
A group of gifted third graders at Rampello Downtown Partnership School entered the library one November Thursday morning and headed toward the corner reading nook. But the children weren't there to hear a story.
They were led through several exercises to promote mindfulness — yoga, deep breathing, meditation and thinking of things for which to be grateful. Their energy, which was palpable when they entered the space, leveled out with a visible focus.
"They are wiggly and crazy, and we want them to be that way, but mindfulness helps them be more resilient," said UT alum Sarah Lesch '97, a trained mindfulness instructor whose has two children at Rampello. "It helps them learn how to deal with traumatic experiences. Mindfulness helps them be not just better students but better members of society."
Lesch was there as a volunteer with a pilot research study, which was given formal approval from the Hillsborough County School District, by UT Associate Professor Patricia O'Grady and Rampello gifted teacher and University of South Florida doctoral candidate Steve Haberlin. Haberlin has been practicing meditation for many years for its ability to give him focus, and he thought the practice would be particularly helpful for gifted students who tend to have high performance anxiety and perfectionism.
O'Grady, who has been studying social-emotional learning and positive psychology in education for decades, described mindfulness in learning on her blog as "conscious and conscientious awareness of self, other, and subject… To learn, a student must be mindful of her personal purpose in learning: mindful of self. A student must be mindful of his social engagement in learning: mindful of other. A student must also be mindful of the content whether it is studying the newest NASA Pluto photos or the power of adjectives: mindful of substance."
For their study, O'Grady and Haberlin delivered 10 mindfulness lessons to gifted students in grades 3-8 in the form of mindfulness exercises like mindful eating and walking, visualization and yoga. Haberlin said the students reported experiencing calmness, enjoyment, heightened awareness, creativity and discomfort when practicing the techniques.
A fourth grader said, "Like when I ate the marshmallow. Usually I shoved it in — I don't even taste it. But when I tasted it, I felt like I had a 1,000 marshmallows in my mouth."
And one fifth-grader said, "It's let me see things I didn't normally get to see. When we were doing the mindful walking, if I were walking fast on the track, I probably would have never noticed the plane or the shade of the flowers."
"These students are highly charged learners — neurons firing all over the place — and they need to be taught to slow down," said O'Grady, adding that mindfulness/mediation research on students with regard to positive effect across numerous success variables is impressive. However, not much has been done with gifted students.
"Culturally we don't take the time to slow down, even our gifted kids are go go go," Haberlin said. "They have an intensity to them. I think mindfulness helps flatten that, focuses it."
Haberlin uses the metaphor of a bow and arrow for how mindfulness works. If you only pull the string on a bow back partially, the arrow won't fly as far. Mindfulness works to pull the bow to its full capacity, helping people excel in their everyday functions.
He said many gifted students tend to have a higher level of awareness, so really blossomed with the mindfulness activities, which only lasted 30 minutes, once a week. Even in those small increments, research has shown lasting impacts.
"The neuroscience has proven with hard data that mindfulness strategies like yoga and meditation change the function and structure of the brain," O'Grady said. "Back in the 1970s this was all warm and fuzzy stuff, but now there is hard science behind it. These are ancient ideas. Plato said all is learning is emotional learning."
O'Grady and Haberlin's study is a pilot practice they hope to scale up, continuing their research with greater depth on the most effective exercises to use for the greatest impact in areas like increased impulse control and stress reduction. But for this small study, the evidence points to positive impacts with just a small investment of time once a week of slowing down, breathing deeply and finding focus.
It's a practice the researchers hope at least some of the kids remember and use to cope with their feelings down the road.
"This would be a unique approach for teachers to use and gives students a strategy to cope before a test," O'Grady said. "Pervasive stress affects almost all students today, and they have a hard time finding constructive strategies to manage that stress so that they can focus on academic work. Mindfulness strategies would help students have a more functional way to handle stress."


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What happens when you put someone who feels entitled to everything in control of the nation? The answer is no concern for the nation, the American people and out of control spending. All you have to do is look at all of the Obama vacations to realize how little they care about spending the hard earned tax dollars of hungry Americans.
Watching the national news is often challenging for me since all of the major networks are either liberal or extremely liberal, yet it sometimes provides topics to comment on. This is what happened this morning when I heard a broadcaster say that a proposed federal project would cost more than all of the US currency in circulation. That got my curiosity going and took me to doing some research.
When Barack Obama was sworn into office in January 2009, the national debt was $10.6 trillion. Figuring that the population of America at that time was 305.52 million people, the national debt per person at the time was approximately $34,700 per every man, woman and child.
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According to US Debt Clock.org, the current national debt at the time of this writing is $19,116,183,194,785. That breaks down to $59,151 per every man, woman and child in America, or $159,760 per taxpayer. In seven years, Obama has increased the national debt by $24,451, which is an increase of 81%.
Compare the national debt to the total US federal tax revenue of $3,306,994,811,238, which breaks down to $10,233 per person or $28,251 per taxpayer.
How does this equate to you and me? According to CNN Money, the average family gross income was $53,657 at the end of 2014. Do you realize that if every penny we earned, before taxes, went towards the national debt, we would still be over $100,000 short of matching what the federal government is spending every year?
So how does all of this compare to all of the US currency in circulation? Believe it or not, as of March 9, 2016, there is only $1.435 trillion in worldwide circulation. If you have any concept of economics, this should be quite alarming to realize that our total national debt is 13.3 times more than all US currency in circulation.
Even more frightening are the predictions of a number of economists that before Obama leaves office in January 2017, our national debt will likely top $20 trillion. Even if the states passed a balanced budget constitutional amendment, it would still take more than our lifetime and probably the lifetimes of our kids, grandkids and great grandkids to come close to paying off the current national debt. Not exactly the legacy one wants to pass down the family line, is it?


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(high school girl's basketball round-up)
Behind 15 points from Jenni Erlandson and 14 from Anna Kreuser, Dunlap won the championship game at the Chatham Glenwood Thanksgiving Tournament on Saturday, 63-43.
Behind 15 points from Jenni Erlandson and 14 from Anna Kreuser, Dunlap won the championship game at the Chatham Glenwood Thanksgiving Tournament on Saturday, 63-43.
The Eagles (5-0) got off to a quick start in the title game, leading 36-22 at the half.
'I couldn't be happier,' said Dunlap coach Joe Wenskus. 'It's a great start to this season. Everybody contributed very well.'
Lauren Keegan added 10 points for Dunlap.
'Our execution on offense was real good and we were aggressive on defense,' Wenskus said. 'We got good play inside from Erlandson and Kreuser.'
In the semifinals, Dunlap defeated Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 61-51. Erlandson scored 23 points in that game, Kreuser added 16 and Keegan 11.
AT QUINCY: Brooke Bisping scored 23 points and grabbed 21 rebounds to lead Morton to a 59-55 win over Central in the consolation championship game.
Sarah Hendricks added 22 points for the Potters (3-1), who beat Quincy 59-55 earlier in the day. Bisping had 30 points and 12 rebounds in that game.
ShaVonn Watkins led the Lions (2-3) against Morton with 19 points and Tiffany Kellum added 18. In their early game, the Lions beat Springfield Southeast 47-44 behind Kellum's 17 points.
AT MOUNT ZION: Notre Dame won the third-place game, 52-41, over Mount Zion. Sarah Medland led the Irish (3-2) with 10 points. Sophomore Kristin Itschner and junior Elle Bielfeldt earned all-tournament honors.
In the championship game, Belleville West topped Springfield 60-55 in overtime.
AT DEKALB: Woodruff took the championship, beating Yorkville 57-28. Samantha Gales scored 25 points to lead St. Bede over Belvidere 50-34. Ashley Pearson earned all-tournament honors.
AT GALESBURG: Junior guard A.J. Ledbetter scored 30 points to lead Rock Island Alleman past Illini West, 73-50. Carter Wear led IB with 15 points. IW also lost to East Moline, 58-41.
QUINCY NOTRE DAME 47: WEST CENTRAL 45: Ashley Coffey scored 36 points but?? QND just edged the hosts. Chole Barnes and Hilary Obert had 10 points each for QND.
MENDOTA 63, PUTNAM COUNTY 13: Katie Fox scored 10 points to lead host Mendota.


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Senate majority leader Bill Frist appeared through a telecast as a speaker at "Justice Sunday," at the invitation of the event's main sponsor, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins. "Justice Sunday" was promoted as a rally to portray Democrats as being "against people of faith." Many of the speakers compared the plight of conservative Christians to the civil rights movement. But in sharing the stage with Perkins, who introduced him to the rally, Frist was associating himself with someone who has longstanding ties to racist organizations.
Four years ago, Perkins addressed the Louisiana chapter of the Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC), America's premier white supremacist organization, the successor to the White Citizens Councils, which battled integration in the South. In 1996 Perkins paid former Ku Klux Klan Grand Wizard David Duke $82,500 for his mailing list. At the time, Perkins was the campaign manager for a right-wing Republican candidate for the US Senate in Louisiana. The Federal Election Commission fined the campaign Perkins ran $3,000 for attempting to hide the money paid to Duke.
As the emcee of Justice Sunday, Tony Perkins positioned himself beside a black preacher and a Catholic "civil rights" activist as he rattled off the phone numbers of senators wavering on President Bush's judicial nominees. The evening's speakers studiously couched their appeals on behalf of Bush's stalled judges in the vocabulary of victimhood, accusing Democratic senators of "filibustering people of faith."
James Dobson, who founded the Family Research Council as the Washington lobbying arm of his Focus on the Family, invoked the Christian right's persecution complex. On an evening when Jews were celebrating the second night of Passover, Dobson claimed, "The biggest Holocaust in world history came out of the Supreme Court" with the Roe v. Wade decision. On his syndicated radio show nearly two weeks earlier, on April 11, Dobson compared the "black robed men" on the Supreme Court to "the men in white robes, the Ku Klux Klan." By his logic, the burden of oppression had passed from religious and racial minorities to unborn children and pure-hearted heterosexuals engaged in "traditional marriage."
Bishop Harry Jackson, from Hope Christian Church in College Park, Maryland, was Justice Sunday's only black speaker. Jackson had recently unveiled his "Black Contract With America," a document that highlights wedge issues like gay marriage that would presumably pry black churchgoers away from the Democratic Party. But so far he has been disappointed. "Black churches are too concerned with justice," Jackson lamented in his speech. Nonetheless, his association with the right wing has done wonders for his personal profile. Just after Bush's second inauguration, he was among a contingent of black clergy members invited to the White House for a private meeting.


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I decided to do a little research. The key was in the baking soda and baking powder, but not in the way I originally thought. Now it's time for a little science. Baking soda reacts with acidic ingredients (buttermilk, lemon juice, vinegar, etc.) to produce bubbles, which then causes the baked goods to rise. Baking powder is a mixture of baking soda and a solid acid (cream of tartar). It turns out that molasses is more acidic than sugar. I was using baking powder, which already has an acid, and it was causing the loaf to rise too much and too fast. So basically, I had too much leavener. My solution was to use only baking soda and reduce the temperature so ensure a slower, more gradual rise. Reducing the temperature also helped because the molasses causes baked goods to brown faster.
I made those changes and it worked! The loaf rose in the middle (only slightly, but I'll take it) and had a great flavor. I love this bread and it's layers of flavor. When you first taste it, you are hit with the banana bread flavor which slowly turns into gingerbread. I knew a glaze would be the perfect finishing touch. I decided on a vanilla glaze, much like the frosting you would find on a gingerbread man cookie. It's my husband's favorite part of the bread. I'll admit, I love it too and save it for last when I'm eating a slice! This is a very cozy and satisfying banana bread, perfect for wintertime.
Here's a quick tip: To make mashing bananas a breeze, I use a pastry blender. Mash them right in the mixing bowl you will be using to make the bread to lessen the amount of dirty dishes!
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makes 1 loaf
2 large ripe bananas
2/3 cup packed dark brown sugar
1/2 cup molasses
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. ground ginger
1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. butter, melted
1 Tbsp. light corn syrup
2 Tbsp. milk
1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
- Preheat oven to 325º F. Prepare a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
- Mash bananas in a large bowl with a fork. Add brown sugar, molasses, vegetable oil, eggs and milk and stir until combined.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, baking soda and salt.
- Add flour mixture to banana mixture and stir just until flour is incorporated. Pour in prepared pan and bake for 60 to 70 minutes, or until it tests done with a toothpick.
- Cool completely, and then turn out of pan.
- To make the glaze, combine the melted butter, corn syrup and 1 Tbsp. milk. Add the confectioners' sugar and stir. Add the vanilla and additional 1 Tbsp. milk or enough to achieve a drizzling consistency. Pour over cooled loaf.


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I had an incredibly fun night in Chicago on Tuesday. I had the great pleasure of speaking at an event called IdeaPotluck, run by Mac and Cheese Productions. I say "event" because it makes me sound super professional and important, but really it was like an improv party with a bunch of fun, eccentric people and delicious beer.
The Potluck is hosted once a month by Saya Hillman, who I had the pleasure of meeting through Listen To Your Mother, and her husband, Pete. The gist of it is that a handful of speakers get up in front of a usually-sold-out audience and just talk. About whatever. Whatever they're passionate about, they riff on for six minutes, to a hugely supportive audience. I squeeed in excitement when Saya asked me to be a "dish" (the nickname they give their speakers), while my introvert husband shuddered. "That sounds terrifying," he said. It kind of is. In a fun way.
The most fun thing about Idea Potluck, to me, is that all the speakers have such varied interests and passions. One speaker talked about website design. Another talked about craniosacral therapy. Another gave a powerpoint presentation about quitting her job and traveling throughout eastern Europe. In the past, the Potluck has had musical performances, beatboxing, you name it. It's a fun sampling of different people's lives, and each presentation is only six minutes, so it's not really possible to get bored of any particular subject.
There were way too many awesome performers to summarize in this blog post, and my crappy iPhone pictures probably won't make a very compelling blog. But all of the performers are listed on the Potluck website and are worth checking out. Some highlights for me were:
Throughout the night I kept thinking, man, I wish this was a thing when I was in college! I would have been all over this kind of thing like white on rice. In fact, it really made me miss the days when my husband and I were married, without kids, and living in the city, where incredibly fun things to do were just a short 'el' ride away. If I still lived in Roger's Park, I would be at the IdeaPotluck every single month.
So, for anyone who can make it to Idea Potluck every month, do it, I implore you. It'll remind you of a Gatsby party. It'll make you wish you didn't have kids (if only for "two couple minutes," as June likes to say). It's the most fun you'll have on a Tuesday night.