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I couldn't believe it when my induction date rolled round and I still hadn't gone into labour. I'd had all these rosy images of me bouncing on my birthing ball in the living room, whilst my wife helped me count and breathe through the contractions and we watched a funny film and drank tea.
Instead my entire labour would be spent on the labour ward. But when it comes to multiple pregnancies, these are the kind of things you have to accept. My ideal birth plan was flung out the window months ago because a "high risk" twin pregnancy precludes all sorts of options. Still, my main concern was to get those babies out healthy and happy, so we were prepared to keep an open mind and listen to the doctors' and midwives' suggestions.
I had been booked in for induction on the evening of Monday 16th July, but as a labour ward can be an unpredictable place, I needed to phone the ward at 6pm to check a bed was definitely available. As it happened the ward was particularly busy at the time and I had to wait over an hour for the ward coordinator to call me back in order to establish whether or not there definitely was a bed. Finally we left home at about 9pm, hospital bag in the car and a real sense of apprehension and excitement. I was panicking that I had forgotten something essential.
We arrived and were shown to a room in the induction suite. We met our midwife for the night and her student and they checked and double-checked they had all our details. They explained the induction process: a gel would be used vaginally to help kick start the labour process. It was unlikely anything would happen overnight and then they would apply the gel again in the morning, possibly repeating the dose a further 6 hours later. They explained that it was possible that labour could still take days to really start and become established.
We had an ultrasound to check the babies' positions and thankfully they were both still cephalic (head down), with twin 1's head being quite low down into the pelvis. The doctor then performed an internal examination to feel my cervix and check whether it had started to soften and dilate in preparation for birth. I have to say, I found this agonising. I don't think my experience is particularly common – I've never heard anyone complain about the examination process – but the doctor did comment on my cervix being very posterior (far back) so possibly this is why I found it so painful.
She finished the examination, telling me my cervix was tightly closed and explaining that she would apply the gel but it really might take a long time for labour to start. It was late by the time I settled down to sleep and my wife went home to get some rest too. We knew the doctor would be back early in the morning to examine me, so we would only get about 4 hours sleep.
I felt a few twinges during the night, but by around 7am I was feeling real contractions that were coming only a few minutes apart. This meant that I wasn't given another dose of the gel, but that they would continue to monitor me to see when I was ready to have my waters broken. They wired me up to a machine that measured both babies' heart beats and my contractions and examined me again. I had progressed, but not very much – my cervix was 1 centimetre dilated.
They gave me some codeine to combat the pain of contractions and that, combined with a lack of sleep the night before, meant I soon drifted off for a couple of hours. This period of inactivity caused my contractions to slow right down and when I woke I spent a lot of time bouncing on a birthing ball to try and get things going again. This helps as it encourages the baby's head to make contact with the cervix, stimulating production of the hormone that causes you to go into labour. It worked and my contractions picked up the pace again, coming every couple of minutes. My wife helped me count through them – a technique I had learned at my NCT yoga class, which really helped. I was offered gas and air (oxygen and nitrous oxide), which causes a slightly "tipsy" feeling and helps to distract you from the pain. I tried it a few times, but ultimately felt my counting and breathing method to be a better distraction.
Time became somewhat meaningless, but at some point that afternoon I was examined again and was finally 3cm dilated. This meant I could be transferred from the induction suite to the labour ward, where I would have my waters broken. Twin 1's waters were broken and my contractions continued. That evening the midwife and student I had had with me the night before returned and this time my wife was allowed to stay as I was now in established labour. I reached 5cm dilation, but although my contractions continued, my cervix didn't seem to want to cooperate any further. Apparently it has become very soft and stretchy, but seemed stuck at 5cm. Just before midnight the doctor came to talk to me about what they wanted to happen next.
I had been in established labour for some time and it's not in the interests of either mother or babies for it to continue too long as all three of us would become exhausted. They wanted to give me a synthetic hormone drip that would cause my contractions to speed up and become much more intense. This would be incredibly painful so they wanted to accompany it with an epidural. I had been told that the medical recommendation would be for me to deliver the babies under an epidural, but I was reluctant to have one. Friends of mine who had epidurals had struggled to deliver without intervention (forceps, ventouse) and I had heard it was far more likely you would tear without control of your pelvic floor muscles.
However, the doctors were also concerned that twin 1's head was turned slightly to the side and may have needed some manoeuvering, which again would be easier with an epidural. I talked to my wife and, although I really hadn't wanted an epidural, we agreed that under the circumstances, if it was what was being recommended by the doctors, we should go ahead with it. The midwife and the doctor also explained that what I would be given wouldn't numb me completely. I would have the ability to control any top up doses and could administer a boost every half hour. This meant that I could also allow the drug to wear off before delivery and have more control over my body when it came to pushing. It also meant that I would probably be able to get some sleep once the epidural had taken the edge off the contraction pains.
Having the epidural put in was about as pleasant as having a cannula put into your back sounds. It's a fairly stressful process as you have to keep absolutely still whilst someone pokes needles into your back. Still, it was over fairly quickly and soon the painkilling effect started to kick in. I did manage to get some sleep and I let the epidural wear off as much as I could bear before boosting it again.
Around 6am I felt a weird pressure low down, which the midwife had told me to look out for as it was a good sign that things were progressing. In the meantime they had examined me a few times and, frustratingly, I had remained at 5cm dilation for ages, despite the hormone drip. Discussions had started about a caesarian section as things had been going on a long time and the babies needed to come out soon. It was all hinging on the next internal examination: if labour was actually progressing and my cervix had dilated more then fine; if not I would be given a full spinal block and taken to theatre for a c-section.
I told the doctor and midwife about the pressure I was feeling and the doctor examined me. She sounded fairly surprised when she told us I was fully dilated and that she could feel the head. I was ready to start pushing within the hour. I suddenly felt a surge of emotion well up inside me, knowing we were almost there and our twins would soon be born. Our midwives and the doctor were pretty gutted as it was just coming up to shift change meaning someone else would be taking over just in time for delivery. Natural twin deliveries are fairly rare and they were really hoping that it would happen before they had to leave.
The shift changed and we were introduced to our new midwife and her student. I was letting the epidural wear off and by the time they wheeled me to theatre – standard procedure when delivering twins in case of an emergency c-section – I was in quite a lot of pain. The contractions were constant – almost overlapping – and although I continued to control my breathing throughout, I was now moaning on the exhalation. We got to theatre at 8:40 and my wife scrubbed up and was stood beside me, holding my hand; in return I was squeezing hers very hard.
By 9:00 everyone was ready and it was time for me to start pushing. Because the epidural hadn't worn off in its entirety, I was laid on my back, with my feet in stirrups. This was a birth position I'd hoped to avoid, but I accepted that this was how things were going to be and was excited to know that it wouldn't be long before we met our babies.
The midwife was excellent and talked me through the delivery process with lots of encouragement. I pushed and pushed, at times feeling like I would never get this baby out, but eventually after an exhausting half hour, including an episiotomy where a controlled cut is made into the perineum to prevent a more serious tear, twin 1 was born and plopped down on my chest. I looked up at my wife with a huge smile on my face and squeezed her hand as her eyes teared up. It was a girl.
They took her off to weigh and perform other checks and then my wife brought her over and showed her to me. In the meantime, we waited for twin 2 to get into the right position. I had to push a couple of times to encourage twin 2's head down towards my cervix and then the head was low enough for the midwife to break my waters for the second time. This delivery was much easier and after only a few pushes, twin 2 was born – another girl!
I was given an injection which would cause the placentas to be delivered quickly and as I lay there I could hear the midwife explaining to her student how to gently pull the placenta out. Suddenly, things got a bit intense. I was bleeding, quite a lot, and I heard the midwife and doctor discussing the fact that part of one placenta had been left in my uterus. They were swabbing up the blood and weighing the swabs to get an indication of how much blood I was losing. The epidural was amped right up and the doctor managed to remove the remaining placental lobe, once all feeling had left my lower body. I clearly was losing a lot of blood however and "code red" was called. The room was flooded with people and someone was calling up for cross-matched blood.
My memory of this part is hazy at best. I came over incredibly tired and my wife held my hand and told me to stay awake. Then I started throwing up. All this time the doctors and midwives were doing whatever they needed to do. The consultant appeared and took over from the doctor who had been there for the delivery. They stitched up several tears I had sustained and the hormone drip was increased again in order to cause my uterus to quickly contract, which would help to stop the internal bleeding.
By the time they were ready with the cross-matched blood and about to give me a transfusion, they had managed to stop the bleeding. I had lost around 2.5litres, which is a pretty serious amount. However, I had taken so much iron leading up to labour and delivery, having been told I was anaemic during pregnancy, that I had actually started off with very high levels of haemoglobin, so they decided a transfusion wouldn't be necessary at that point.
Eventually I was all stitched up and starting to recover from the nausea and drowsiness. My wife was sent off to change back out of her scrubs and go be with the babies, and shortly after I joined the three of them in the recovery room. I got to hold them and kiss their little faces – and my wife, of course, who had been through a pretty traumatic experience herself. But the worst was now over and our little family was complete.
Claudia Isabelle – born 9:34am, Wednesday 18th July 2012, 5lb 2oz
Imogen Sophie – born 10:03am, Wednesday 18th July 2012, 5lb 5oz


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Gandhi Smriti: The Memorial consists of: (a) Visual Aspects to perpetuate the memory of Mahatma Gandhi and the noble ideals he represented, (b) Educative Aspects to focus concentrated attention on certain values of life that made Gandhi a Mahatma, and (c) Service Aspects to introduce activities in order to subserve certain felt needs.
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When to send out wedding invitations can be quite a complicated thing. So many weddings are so different these days. Guests can be spread near or far. Sometimes far may mean over a few hundred miles, or thousands of miles. Especially in the US, there friends and family may be distributed from the Atlantic to Pacific. It can even mean across many countries. There are more destination weddings, both in a country or abroad. Things are complicated indeed!
So since its New Year's day. I'm not sure about the US but in the UK it's a public holiday, so for most people it's a day off work and if planning a wedding a chance to start making up for lost time and dive into your wedding planning. So with that in mind planning when to send your wedding invitations if not done already makes a lot of sense.
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Just five days after it was signed by the governor the state's new lethal injection law is being challenged. A motion filed with the state Supreme Court today alleges that the law is unconstitutional and that Raymond Mata Jr.'s death sentence should be replaced with a term of life in prison. Attorney General Jon Bruning tells us that he is confident it is constitutional.
"Crafting of the bill was very, very thorough – we took into account what other states had done and what passed constitutional muster before the U.S. Supreme Court."
The state Supreme Court threw out the state's use of the electric chair early last year based on a challenge from Mata and his attorney Jerry Soucie. Mata was convicted for the 1999 kidnapping and killing of 3-year-old Adam Gomez of Scottsbluff.


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OPINION: 2017... A hard year for sports
Enda Coll sums up a side of the year in sport18:23 Thursday 21 December 2017, 18:23 21 Dec 2017
Every year, as the clocks run down on the 12 months of sports, articles circulate about the best sporting moments; the best sportsperson, the sports personality of the year.
When asked what/who were my choices for all of the above, I struggled to see past a few of the obvious choices.
2017 has been a tough year for sports, on a global and national level.
We've had reality checks, farcical fights, blame games and enough money to make our eyes water.
In reality, there was more to dislike about this year in sport, than there was to like.
Conor McGregor- The fight, the bank and the decline
Conor McGregor's 2017 cannot be categorised as being 'good' or 'bad' - that is completely subjective.
He's made more money this year than he could have imagined.
The 'Money fight' for the 'Money Belt' against 'Money' Mayweather definitely succeeded in its intentions.
The build-up was stomach churning. Watching two men, performing clearly rehearsed acts and still managing to let a few homophobic and racist comments slip out.
The fight itself was a lot better than expected. McGregor held his own as best as anyone with his experience in the ring could hope to.
But it's everything that came after the fight that makes it hard to believe McGregor can hold this year in a good light.
The homophobic slurs, jumping Octagons and shoving referees, the President of UFC saying he may not fight again.
If what drives McGregor is the same as his only opponent this year (which it absolutely could be), then it's been a successful year. On any other level, it has been a disaster.
Bray Wanderers - the rise, the fall and the email
It seemed like a masterstroke from Bray.
Bring in top class players like Keith Buckley and Gary McCabe; suddenly you're third in the league and in on course for Europe, after being bottom of the table for a large chunk of last season.
Then you remember: you've only sold 59 adult and 51 concession season tickets this year.
The club goes belly-up and you only have enough money to pay players for another week.
What do you do? Evaluate your strategy, planning and where it went wrong? Or blame the fans for not turning out?
Dennis O'Connor chose the latter..
"We need additional investment of a significant level to keep us going as we are. But if you do that, is there any point continuing here if you're not going to be supported? It's not right and as a sportsman, you like to go out and see the crowds, like at the end of last season. They're not coming in, I don't know. A decision has to be made on if we keep pumping money into this if the people don't support it."
League of Ireland is certainly overlooked by many locals and crowds are often poor, yes. However, Bray have never had a huge fanbase, so the very notion that droves of fans would suddenly turn out after a few good results is laughable. To blame them for not turning up is unforgivable.
Football - The transfers, the corruption and the World Cup
When you think of the World Cup, you think of the best players in the world competing against each other, fans from all nations coming together in harmony, and an equality activist putting together a cautionary guide to help minority groups "stay safe" in the host country...or at least, that's what you think of with Russia 2018!
Can we ignore these problems as long as the general outcome involves good football? Seemingly so.
It's easy to be outraged by the money spent in football nowadays. Non-football fans are actively disgusted by it.
When you read, watch and consume football on a daily basis however, you develop a sort of subconscious numbness to it all.
"Why would Toby Alderweireld stay at Tottenham he ONLY earns £75,000 a week", becomes a perfectly normal statement.
With Neymar's transfer from Barcelona to PSG though, you enter a different realm. Two-hundred and twenty-two million. Plus wages, plus image rights.
Newcastle United are about to sell for around £300 million, not that much more than what one player cost on his own.
It's almost enough money to warrant utterance of that age old saying: "The game is gone".
The saving graces
There are of course some things which pull you back into sport and the magic which keeps you tuning in each year.
James McClean - The tribute, the virtues and the leadership
When James McClean won sportsperson of the year, the general consensus was that he didn't deserve it. Many felt Con O'Callaghan was the rightful recipient, myself included.
But the Derryman was one of the shining stars on and off the pitch for me this year.
His leadership on the pitch has never really been questioned. This year however, he showed the signs of a true leader off the pitch.
He spoke out for his teammate Cyrus Christie who was receiving racial abuse on social media. He raised the issue when he could have just ignored it and left it as not his problem.
His loyalty to his teammates also shone through in the tribute to his friend and former teammate Ryan McBride. It was a small gesture which had a large impact.
The All-Ireland Championship finals
Amongst the clatter of "who gets the most grants", "Connolly shouldn't be banned" and "trials by the media", 2017 was a great year of GAA.
The All-Ireland Football finals (both of them) were top class games between the two best sides in the country.
A goal of exceptional quality, a last minute free to seal the win, GPS-gate - It was an unbelievably entertaining finale to the year.
The hurling season as a whole probably topped it however. Wexford vs Tipperary was one of the best sporting spectacles of the year, Joe Canning finally winning his All-Ireland and of course, Tommy Walsh's commentary.
His monologue at the start of this year's final is up there with the best Irish sporting commentaries of all time.
New year, same story but fresh hope
It's always hard to conclude these things on a positive note, to find the right words that make it seem like things will get better next year.
Going off previous evidence, they probably won't. They'll probably stay the same or get worse.
What we can realistically hope for though is more moments of magic, like Ireland's goal against Wales (hat tip to McClean again), Gina Akpe Moses' 100m gold, David Clifford's performance in the All-Ireland minor football final and Katie Taylor winning her world title.
These are the reasons we tune into sport and that make us forget, even for just a second, all the bad aspects of the games we love.
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At end of the trading session on wednesday the market closed with a green note or Nifty ends above 7,500 since February 1.
The BSE Sensex closed at 24,793 gain up 134.73 or 0.55% and NSE Nifty gain up 46.50 closed at 7,531.80 or 0.62%.
The BSE Midcap outperformed benchmarks,rising nearly a percent aided by market breadth.
At the end of day about 1388 shares advanced against 1206 declining shares on the BSE.
Today Indian rupee opened lower by 10 paise at 67.45 per dollar by previous close at 67.35.
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For those interested in some phyical activity Edinburgh is sure not tio disappoint you. You will find a long list of what you can do.
A great option for rainy days. Murrayfield Ice Rink has public skating sessions daily in the afternoon and evening and weekends. Skate hire is available.
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Edinburgh's Commonwealth Pool is a really superb swimming complex built for the 1970 Commonwealth Games. The 50m Olympic size pool used by both serious swimmers and leisurely splashing! There is also a separate children's pool and diving pool. The complex also has a fully equipped gym and saunas. A public crèche, soft play area, and café are also on site. For details call 0131 667 7211.
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Scotland is the home of golf and where the game began over 600 years ago. Edinburgh like most Scottish cities has a number of municipal courses as well as numerous private clubs. Golf in Edinburgh is remarkably accessible and inexpensive with six top quality golf courses to challenge every standard of golfer.
Carrick Knowe
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Bruntsfield Links
A mature, well wooded course with stunning views over the Firth of Forth.
Only 3 miles north of the city centre this 18 hole, par 71, 6,407 yard course has a quite idyllic setting. Trolley and buggy hire are available as is a putting green and pro shop. The clubhouse offers a full bar and restaurant, all facilities are open to non-members. Tel: 0131 336 2006
Riding Stables
Tower Farm Riding Stables at 85 Liberton Drive are fully approved by the British Horse Society. Located at the foot of the beautiful Braid Hills the centre offers tuition and hacking with scenic views and no roadwork. All instructors are fully qualified in teaching all ages and abilities, group bookings welcome.
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For those searching for primary resources on Zoroastrianism, the Avesta Zoroastrian Archives are an excellent starting point. Zoroastrianism was a major world religion from the 6th century BC to the 7th century AD, and still has several hundred thousands adherents in India, Iran and North America. The site includes the whole of the Avesta (ancient scriptures of Zoroastrianism) in both English and Avestan (though the latter is provided in Latin script), an assortment of the middle-Persian/Pahlavi texts, and a selection of modern works. Introductory discussions on Zoroastrianism and the Avestan language are also offered. The linguistic section contains a helpful dictionary and descriptions of the language, but caution should be exercised with some of the other Zoroastrian resources, as not all information presented here reflects the best of scholarly opinion. Nevertheless, they do offer an intriguing view into modern expressions of the faith.
The Baha'i Library Online brings together an extensive collection of primary source material, including not only the tradition's authorised sacred writings, but also related spiritual texts. However, the sites true strength is in its strikingly large and thorough collection of secondary resources. There are full-text versions for dozens of monographs on the Bahai faith, plus scholarly articles and papers (both published and unpublished), theses, mass-media publications, and even court and government documents. Users should, however, note that the site appears to be aimed primarily at members of the Baha'i faith rather than interested outsiders: although there is an introductory section offering links to basic information, most of the material on the site assumes a reasonable degree of knowledge about the tradition.
The Bahá'í reference library site offers free online-access to English translations of the Bahá'í sacred texts, identical to those disseminated by the Bahá'í World Centre. These include: selections from the writings of the Bab (forerunner of the Bahá'í dispensation); of Baha'u'llah (founder of the Bahá'í faith); of Abdu'l-Baha (son of Baha'u'llah); and of Shogi Effendi (grandson of Abdu'l-Baha). Texts include: Epistle to the Son of the Wolf; the Promulgation of Universal Peace; and the Will and Testament of Abdu'l-Baha. The site also provides an introduction to the Bahá'í faith; links to other Bahá'í sites; and brief synopses of doctrinal formulations. The site is a useful starting point for those who wish to gain an overview of the Bahá'í faith and, especially, an introduction to its sacred texts.
British Library : online gallery : sacred texts
The British Library's Sacred Texts website provides information about the library's collection of religious books and writings. In total, 78 texts are listed, dating from the 1st century to the year 1900: the majority of these are from the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic traditions, but there are also some Buddhist, Hindu, and Zoroastrian works. Highlights include: a Gutenberg Bible; Codex Sinaiticus (the earliest surviving manuscript of the New Testament); the Lindesfarne Gospels; the Golden Haggadah (a lavishly illustrated Jewish prayer book); Sultan Baybar's Qu'ran; and the Gandharan Scrolls (possibly the oldest surviving Buddhist texts). A description giving historical and religious context is provided for each text, along with a high-quality zoomable image. More comprehensive versions of eight key texts are available via the British Library's 'Turn the Pages' feature, which uses Shockwave to simulate the experience of reading the physical book. The Curator's Choice section offers audio recordings (with transcripts) of experts talking about a number of the works. A visually attractive and valuable site.
Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts
The Center for the Preservation of Ancient Religious Texts (CPART), based at Brigham Young University, aims to assist scholars and others in the conservation, imaging, and distribution of ancient documents. CPART is copying significant and rare religious manuscripts to microfilm, photographic, and/or electronic media. The texts themselves are not available online (although a DVD of Syriac manuscripts from the Vatican Library is available for purchase), but the website does give information about the projects with which it is involved, including: the Dead Sea Scrolls Project; Herculaneum Project; Petra Papyrus Project; Bonampak Project; and the Middle Eastern Texts Initiative. Related audio-visual material (including recordings of lectures) is available for some of the projects. The site also gives details of the Center's plans to build an Eastern Christian Research Library. This includes bibliographical information: at time of writing, a Syriac bibliography was available, and a Coptic bibliography was planned.
The Gnostic Society Library website provides a wealth of information for the study of gnosticism. It offers a substantial collection of English translations of primary texts from the gnostic tradition, plus anti-gnostic patristic works. There are over a thousand documents in total, including the Nag Hammadi Library; other Gnostic scriptures and fragments; writings from the Valentinian tradition; the Corpus Hermeticum; and an impressive collection of Manichaean writings. Introductory notes to the material are provided, and there is an annotated bibliography. The site also provides access to a collection of Web lectures on gnosticism. A very valuable site for anyone with an interest in this tradition.
The Humanities Text Initiative (HTI), based at the University of Michigan, is an umbrella organisllent resource, providing online texts for a broad range of subjects, including English literature, philosophy, theology, history and linguistics. The collection contains several versions of the Bible, a version of the Koran and texts in Middle English, as well as modern English. It is possible to search the online text collection in a variety of different manners. Browsing is facilitated by the site's inclusion of two alphabetical lists, arranged by author and also title; it is also possible to view the collection using the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Collaborative projects have resulted in the creation of a number of specialised online texts collections being developed on the HTI's main site. Examples include: the American Verse Project and the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. All of the collections are fully searchable.
J.B. Hare established the Internet Sacred Text Archive to make public domain religious and mythological texts available to the interested reader. It brings together material collected by the archive itself with a variety of links from other primary resource sites on the Internet to form one of the largest and far reaching electronic text resources available anywhere. With a somewhat eclectic selection in content, the site includes everything from English translations of the sacred texts of African, Australian, and North American indigenous cultures to Eastern, Neo-Pagan and Occult traditions. Judeo-Christian and Islamic resources are also well represented. The archive is still growing, with new texts added on a regular basis. The need to avoid material which is still in copyright means that many of the translations date from over a hundred years ago, but the variety of resources in translation makes the site invaluable to those lacking extensive foreign language skills who wish to rapidly familiarise themselves with a specific tradition. This site is an excellent starting point for anyone who wants to locate an electronic English-language version of a significant religious text from almost any religious tradition.
J. R. Ritman Library : Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica
The home page for the J. R. Ritman Library (Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica) provides information about the library's collections and activities. This private library (unaffiliated to any university or other institution, but freely accessible to the public) houses materials relating to the Hermetic-Christian tradition (Hermeticism is a set of religious and philosophical beliefs based on a body of writings attributed to the mythical philosopher and alchemist, Hermes Trismegistus). Topics covered include: alchemy; mysticism; Rosicrucianism; and Hermetic philosophy. It is possible to search the library's catalogue online, and a digitisation project is underway, although at time of review the works were not yet available via the website. The site also offers a series of articles on subjects relating to the Hermetic tradition, a bibliography of other relevant works, and access to the library's online exhibitions.
Mormon publications : 19th century
Mormon Publications: 19th Century is an online collection of books, missionary tracts, doctrinal treatises, hymnals, and periodicals. Part of Brigham Young University's Digital Collections, the works offered relate to the history and doctrinal development of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints from 1830 until the end of the 19th century. PDF facsimiles of over 700 texts are available, including issues of the Deseret News, the Journal of Discourses, and the Millennial Star. The process of full digitisation is ongoing, but all the titles in the collection have been processed using optical character recognition software, so it is possible to search the full text of each publication. Alternatively, one can browse through the collection as a whole, or through one of the sub-sections accessible via a pull-down menu on the front page. Descriptions of the major items available are also given. A valuable resource for those working in this area of religious history.
Online critical pseudepigrapha
Online Critical Pseudepigrapha is a website which offers scholarly electronic versions of Old Testament pseudepigrapha and related literature. For each work, the site aims to provide a critical edition of the text in its original languages, with other ancient translations where applicable (English translations are not generally offered), plus other relevant information such as the text status and contents, details of manuscripts, and so forth. The project is ongoing, and at time of cataloguing not all texts had the full critical apparatus. Scholars with relevant expertise are invited to get involved with the project by digitising, tagging, or proof reading texts. A valuable resource for researchers working in this area.
Theosophical University Press online
Theosophical University Press online is a publishing arm of the Theosophical Society. Theosophy (from the Greek 'theos' (god) and 'sophia' (wisdom)) is an esoteric philosophy based on the concept of the essential oneness of all beings. This website contains numerous books and essays by and about H. P. Blavatsky, William Q. Judge and other theosophical writers, including Blavatsky's 'The Key to Theosophy' and 'The Voice of the Silence'. The full texts are available to read online; some can also be accessed as downloadable zip files. Other resources on this site include fifteen introductory theosophical manuals, the online version of Sunrise, the journal of the Theosophical Society, and an Encyclopedic Theosophical Glossary - although it is easy to miss this last unless one is looking for it, as the title is hidden among the other works of its editor, G. de Purucker. The majority of the texts are in English, but are offered in Spanish and Russian. Author and title indexes aid navigation, but there does not appear to be a search function.
Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS)
The TITUS (Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien) project Web page is a multilingual online text retrieval system for Indo-European languages. The project started in 1987 with the creation of a digital collection in ancient Indo-European languages. The site contains texts in the following language families: Vedic; Sanskrit; Middle and Modern Indic; Old, middle, and modern Iranian; Anatolian; Tocharian; Armenian; Baltic; Slavic; Germanic; Greek; Italic; Celtic; Caucasian; Uralic; Proto-Cretan; Semitic; and Dravidic. Some material needs special software which is freely available from the site. The site also makes available: teaching material, such as detailed language maps and audio materials; news related to the area of study; the FAQ section; information about jobs in this area of research; an events diary; links to external related projects and institutions; Indo-European courses, mainly in Germany and in Austria; and a bibliography. Technical information, such as Unicode documentation and relevant software, is also available from the site. A number of the texts may be of interest to scholars of religion, including a selection of Buddhist and Hindu works, Avestan (Zoroastrian) texts, and multiple Bible versions, including the Septuagint (Greek translation of the Old Testament.) The user should note that the site uses split frames, which can sometimes complicate its navigation.


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A federal oceanic agency has declared the waters off South Carolina's entire coast to be "critical habitat" for the endangered North Atlantic right whale.
The move means any entities — from fishing boats to energy companies — seeking to get federal permits for work in the areas within roughly 30 miles of the coast will need to take additional steps to avoid impacting the habitat.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officials said extensive surveys and other studies found the endangered whales spend winter much further north than previously realized. That led them to expand the 1994 habitat designated area from 1,611 square nautical miles mainly off north Florida and south Georgia to now include more than 8,400 square nautical miles that includes the entire coasts of Georgia, South Carolina, and parts of southeastern North Carolina.
"The key benefits to designating critical habitat is to put other federal agencies on notice that they must consult with (us) if they intend to authorize, fund, or carry out an action that may affect the habitat of the species," David Gouveia of NOAA's Marine Mammals Fisheries Division said in a conference call this week. He emphasized the designation only affects the marine habitat itself and does not involve any additional regulations for vessels that may encounter the whales.
North Atlantic right whales are a federally-protected endangered species. Conservationists say the population is only starting to rebound following decades of whaling, collisions with ships, and entanglements in fishing equipment. About 500 whales are estimated to exist now, spending summers off New England and winters off the Southeast. The whales usually give birth (calve) during winter in the southern zones.
Gouveia said the designation will not have any impact on fishing catches or limits in the affected area. However, it could present a new obstacle for companies seeking to build offshore wind farms or searching for oil and natural gas off South Carolina. Some South Carolina business groups are frustrated about one branch of the federal government (the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) moving to open up the South Atlantic for energy purposes, while NOAA moves the opposite direction.
"The ability to search off our coast is important and this designation will impede that," said South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance President Lewis Gossett, who supports ongoing surveys for natural gas along the Atlantic shelf. "It will certainly make it more expensive. And that might keep people from looking in South Carolina altogether."
But conservation groups like the Center for Biological Diversity praised the decision. "This is one of the most critically-endangered whales in the entire world," Sarah Uhlemann said. "South Carolina is so lucky to have them off their shores. We're grateful the federal government is doing everything it can to protect these whales."
The habitat zones will take effect late next month, 30 days after they were published in the Federal Register.


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Run some numbers
The term big data has bounced around the industry for a few years now, a sort of catchall term that has so far, at least in retail, been more futuristic idea than tangible operation.
Now, however, at least one fast-casual chain is taking a bold step into the future by hiring a chief data scientist to lasso the potential that big data provides. Nine-unit Cava Grill hired Josh Patchus in March to help it create an infrastructure for data so it can better prepare for future growth. The D.C.-based Mediterranean concept plans to use data both for consumer-facing purposes—nutritional information, for example—and operational efficiency.
"You can mine it, extract relevant information, and make the experience better," Patchus says. "People want to know what their consumers are struggling with, and what their consumers need improvement on. … For us, we have different metrics that we're trying to figure out, like what our consumers get frustrated with, and really make that an easier process for them, and for our managers and employees, too."
When Cava Grill recently opened a location near an existing Cava unit, Patchus says, data was able to help the team drill down exactly how the close proximity might affect traffic patterns in each store. And while some might see data as a tool to flag weaknesses, he adds, Cava Grill hopes to use data more for opportunity.
"When you bring in data, especially in certain industries, it becomes a finger-pointing tool, and we don't use it like that at all," he says. "If the data shows that we need to change, then we're going to change, and we're going to help [team members] be a part of that."
Don't take yourself too seriously
There's no science to the viral video. Companies are lucky to get hundreds of thousands of views for their ad spots on YouTube; in the rare case, big quick-service brands like McDonald's and Wendy's have touched seven figures. But that's typically a level enjoyed only by the national chains, companies with ad agencies and millions in their marketing budgets.
Earlier this year, Dog Haus partnered with Millennial-forward news site Buzzfeed on a video showcasing creative sausage recipes. The video, starring Dog Haus culinary director Michael Brown and head sausage maker Adam Gertler, has racked up more than 2 million YouTube views since its March premiere.
The Buzzfeed video was part of a broader strategy from the "craft-casual" chain, one in which Dog Haus forgoes traditional radio and TV spots in favor of social media marketing and online videos that communicate the brand's fun, irreverent personality.
"I think video is what people want to watch. I don't think people want to read anymore; I think they want to be entertained," says Dog Haus cofounder André Vener. "So we try to make sure that our videos are the same tongue in cheek as when you walk into a Dog Haus, and we make them kind of funny, let them know that we're funny, let them know that this place is fun."
Vener says social media is Dog Haus's bread and butter, as evidenced by the number of customers who come into the store and take pictures of their food before chowing down. The company hired a team of young people to direct Dog Haus's social media efforts, which include engaging with nearly every person who mentions the brand and developing creative content.
"I think you have to mirror your staff, the team that you hire, to the customers that come in there," he says. "We're seeing this younger generation … come in. It's a hip scene, and times are changing, and different social media platforms are changing. We surrounded ourselves with a bunch of 20-year-olds who live in it, who grew up with it."
Dog Haus also has a full-time video department—even the training videos for franchisees are done creatively, with fun and humor in mind—and it intentionally leverages Gertler, a Food Network personality, for offbeat YouTube videos.
"I guess it's weird to have a video department and actors on your staff before you hire other people, like a COO or CFO," Vener says with a laugh.
Shake up your drink menu
When cofounders Josh Spiegelman and Lynn Gorfinkle opened Roam Artisan Burgers in San Francisco in 2010, their intent was to create an upscale fast-casual burger joint that used high-quality, high-integrity ingredients.
That mission extended even to the beverage menu, and today, Roam boasts a diverse drink menu that goes far beyond most other limited-service restaurants. It includes wine and kombucha (fermented tea) on tap, bottled local beers, house-made artisan sodas, and a line of milkshakes produced in-house, made with local ice cream and milks.
Not in the restaurants? A soda fountain. Spiegelman says that while he and Gorfinkle are well aware of the high margins on traditional sodas, they don't fit with Roam Burgers' mission. "We're not making as much of a margin," he says. "But we're OK with that, because everything we do is about our brand and using ingredients with integrity."
The innovative beverages are also labor-intensive, which Spiegelman thinks will prevent many other brands from investing in such a program. But while kombucha might not be such a sure thing outside San Francisco—"As we expand into other markets, there's a bit more education required," he says—Spiegelman thinks customers nationwide are ready for some new ideas in the beverage department. "People like it here, but I don't think there's any reason they wouldn't like it all over the place."
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Have you ever felt as if your life is looking dull lately? Are you looking for more color to make your life more exciting and lively? Then perhaps, a home make over is an answer.
Home make over starts from rearranging your furniture and adding some touches that would create a new look. While there are homeowners that resort to a more drastic measure by tearing down walls to create a new living space, others simply choose to repaint. By doing the latter, one can simply use colors to affect the mood of the home.
Color is the answer
Definitely. Without the appropriate colors, any household would create a dull atmosphere that would affect your every waking day. This is why, you need to choose the right colors when thinking of having your homes renovated.
Showcase your personality. Of course, in choosing a paint for your home, you personality should be the one to stand out. You can either have a decorator to do it for you, or just get tips from the internet.
Just ensure that the colors you will choose would not be an eyesore and would be something that would make you happy whenever you look at it. After all, walls with colors that would seem to be closing in on is not very comfortable especially if you are a home buddy.
If you are still not convinced, then seek a professional advice through various paint stores to check how you can achieve your ideal wall colors without creating a clashing look. They would advice you also on the perfect color scheme that would make a room bigger, brighter, and more refreshing.
Remember, at the end of the day, your choice of colors could dictate the comfort level you'll achieve in your home.


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Is Cheese Good for You?
The word, "Cheese" can make you smile, but if you look at its composition, you may get discouraged. Don't quit it, limit it, writes Dr. Raghavendra Rao.
Most of them have 34.4 percent fat out of which a significant amount is saturated kind. For example, one ounce of American Cheddar carries 8.9 gm. of fat out of which, 5.6 gm. are saturated. It has 28 mg. of cholesterol. Of course, there are cheese with less fat and cholesterol. Consuming small amount of cheese may be beneficial for health.
Heart Health. The Journal of American Heart Association published an article in May 2016 on dairy consumption and risk of stroke. Eating a small amount of cheese (one ounce) lowered the occurrence of stroke by 3 percent. It reduced cardiovascular risk as well.
Cheese is a good source of calcium. Getting daily 1,000 to 1,200 mg of calcium from the diet is desirable than swallowing a calcium pill because natural foods have other ingredients beneficial to health. An analysis in 2014 from the Diabetic Heart Study showed that taking calcium supplements reduced the mortality rates in women. This didn't have any effect on men. Data from a study on 75,000 female nurses in the Osteoporosis International revealed that calcium consumption reduced the risk of heart attacks.
Tooth Health. Cheese has a protective effect against cavities. In a small study, volunteers rinsed their mouth with a sugary solution and then ate a small amount of cheese. Cheese raised the PH in the mouth, made it alkaline and prevented cavity formation.
Many other benefits are claimed for cheese, such as protection against liver cancer, boosting immunity and helping in weight control. There are no large scale, double blind studies supporting these claims. Cheese has a large quantity of fat so weight control by eating cheese is not practical.
How much cheese is okay to consume? The Dietary Guidelines for Americans institution recommend three servings of dairy products a day, out of which 1 to 1.5 oz. could be cheese. More than that is not advisable because cheese has too many calories, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium.
There are more than 300 varieties of cheese with different flavors and textures. Enjoy them in moderation.


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Sports : Wednesday, 5/10/17
High School Baseball:
Fond du Lac 6, Hortonville 4
Laconia 4, St. Mary's Springs 1
Winnebago Lutheran 8, Lomira 3
--The Vikings clinch at least a share of the Flyway Conference title with the win.
Campbellsport 10, Kettle Moraine Lutheran 4
Waupun 10, Winneconne 0
Oakfield 13, Johnson Creek 3
Wayland Academy 9, St. Lawrence Seminary 8
Chilton 3, Two Rivers 2
High School Softball:
Appleton North 13, Fond du Lac 2
Omro 7, St. Mary's Springs 4
North Fond du Lac 5, Winnebago Lutheran 4
Laconia 10, Mayville 0
--The Spartans clinch at least a share of the Flyway Conference title with the win.
Waupun 5, Winneconne 2 (Game 1)
Waupun 9, Winneconne 2 (Game 2)
Campbellsport 9, Plymouth 1
Oakfield 3, Oshkosh Lourdes 2
Chilton 8, Valders 4 (Game 1)
Chilton 11, Valders 2 (Game 2)
Girls Soccer:
Appleton North 5, Fond du Lac 1
Winnebago Lutheran 10, Lomira 1
--Kyra Wiechman scores five goals for WLA in the win
Campbellsport 7, Ripon 0
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 4, Waupun 1
New Holstein 11, GB NEW Lutheran/Southern Door 2
Track & Field:
The Laconia girls win the Omro Quad, with North Fond du Lac placing 3rd. The North Fond du Lac boys placed 2nd at Omro with the Laconia boys placing 3rd.
Boys Golf:
St. Mary's Springs swept the top three spots at the North Fondy Invite at Whispering Springs. In the two-person scramble tournament, Owen Ahern and Ben Hintze teamed up to shoot a 66, Christian McGalloway and Dawson Sarauer a 67 and Colin Ahern and Doyle Kelly a 69.
The duo of Mason Herkstroeter and John O'Connor placed 8th for Winnebago Lutheran, combining for a 76. Hunter Gardner and Trenton Herkstroeter placed 9th with a 77.
Major League Baseball:
Milwaukee 11, Boston 7
--Keon Broxton went 3 for 3 with a triple and a home run, Eric Thames blasted his 13th home run of the year as the Brewers took game one of their interleague series with Boston. Game two of the series is tonight, pregame coverage starts at 6:35 on KFIZ.
Cincinnati 5, NY Yankees 3
Detroit 7, Arizona 3
National League:
Colorado 10, Chicago Cubs 4 (Game 1)
Chicago Cubs 8, Colorado 1 (Game 2)
St. Louis 6, Miami 5
LA Dodgers 4, Pittsburgh 3 (10 Innings)
American League:
Minnesota 7, Chicago White Sox 2
Kansas City 7, Tampa Bay 6 (12 Innings)
Cleveland 6, Toronto 0
Minor League Baseball:
Midwest League:
Wisconsin 5, Fort Wayne 2
San Antonio 110, Houston 107 (OT)
--Kawahi Leonard scored 22 points and grabbed 15 rebounds, Patty Mills added 20 points as the Spurs outlasted the Rockets in Overtime to take a 3-2 series lead in their Western Conference Semifinal series. San Antonio can close out the series with a game six win on Thursday.
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Hal Leonard
Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method, by Michael Mueller (Book/Audio)
$ 16.95
Learn to play rhythm and lead rock guitar with the step-by-step lessons and 70 great rock songs in this book/CD pack! The Hal Leonard Rock Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning rock guitar. This book uses real rock songs – no corny rock arrangements of nursery rhymes here! – to teach you the basics of rhythm and lead rock guitar in the style of Eric Clapton, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and many others. Lessons include power chords, riffs, scales, licks, string bending, vibrato, hammer-ons and pull-offs, and slides, to name a few. Each chapter concludes with a jam session, which enables you to jam along to such rock classics as ″Wild Thing,″ ″Crossroads,″ and ″Takin' Care of Business.″


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Quad City Music Guild is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing high-quality musical theater entertainment in the Quad Cities. For the Guild, the 2016 schedule will mark the 68th season of presenting productions at Prospect Park Auditorium in Moline, Illinois. Visit our Gallery for pictures of our latest productions and our enclosed, all-season theater.
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Kerry Motor Club Rally Sprint 2015
This event will be held under the International sporting code of the F.I.A, the G.C.R's of Motorsport Ireland. Appendix 30 of Motorsport Ireland yearbook and these Supplementary Regulations.
Permit No: 15/106 Non IRDS Event.. Hans Device are not compulsory for this event
|Angus Sealy
|Motorsport Ireland Steward
|Dermot Kelleher
|Motorsport Ireland Safety Officer
|Kevin O'Riordan
|Clerk of the Course
|Jason Brick
|Assistant Clerk of the Course
|Tom Barrett
|Childrens Officier
|Linda Lynch
|Event Secretary
|Michelle Walsh
|Entries Secretary
|Michelle Walsh
|Press Officer
|Pádraig Foran
|Club Safety Officer
|Richard Talbot
|Club Steward
|James O'Brien
|Chief Marshal
|Travis Slattery
|Medical Officer
|DR Paul Rae
|Red Cross Ambulance
|Southwest Motorsport Rescue
|Chief Scrutineer
|Paudie Griffin
Contact: Michelle Walsh
Address: 26 Casements View, Ardfert, Tralee, Co.Kerry, Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0) 87 3165286
Email: email@example.com
Contact: Michelle Walsh
Address: 26 Casements View, Ardfert, Tralee, Co.Kerry, Ireland.
Tel: +353 (0) 87 3165286
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
|On Publication of Regulations
|Entries Open
|Tuesday July 14th 2015
|Entries Close
|Saturday July 18th 2015
|Mechanical Scrutiny
|Paper Scrutiny
|Familiarization on Foot or Cycling
|Drivers Briefing
|First Timed Run
|First Car Finishes
|Provisional Results
|Prizegiving in Tralee Racecourse
Timing will be by clocks and will be timed to the nearest 10th of a second from standing start to flying finish.
The maximum time to complete the stage is 10 minutes. Times will be posted on the official notice board and by electronic means also.
Will be resolved by reference to the fastest time on the last run and so on until the tie is resolved.
The entry fee for this event is €160 which covers both driver and navigator to compete. Entry fee includes Competitors Personal Accident Insurance for both crew members. Entries can be completed by downloading an Entry Form from the Kerry Motor Club website: www.kerrymotorclub.com and Post completed form with entry fee to the Entries Secretary. Alternatively, you can enter online at www.shannonsportsit/evo/login and post entry form and entry fee to Entries Secretary.
Cheques/Bank Drafts or Postal Orders should be made payable to: Tralee Autosports LTD
Contact: Michelle Walsh
Address: 26 Casements View, Ardfert, Tralee, Co.Kerry, Ireland
Tel: +353 (0) 87 3165286
Email: email@example.com
Double driving may be permitted and will be deemed to be separate entries. Separate entry forms must be completed and submitted. Passengers may be carried subject to their holding the appropriate competition license and signing the indemnity form, A driver must carry the same passenger for all the timed runs.
One-Day Licenses for Navigators will be available IF drivers want to bring a friend or team member for the day (Remember the same Navigator must complete all of the event) These licences must be booked in advance from the Entries Secretary (Limited Number Available)
All protests must be as per the General Competition Rules.
In addition to the penalties contained in the FIA International Sporting Code, the GCR's, and the MI Yearbook the following regulations will also apply.
1. The following will carry the penalty of exclusion from the event:
(a) Failing to report to the start when instructed to do so.
(b) Not wearing safety clothing, helmet, or other equipment on the stage.
(c) Overtaking between the flying finish and the stop point.
(d) Driving in the opposite direction on the stage.
(e) Servicing in a prohibited area.
(f) Driving in a dangerous or reckless manner in the service/paddock area.
(g) Carry a passenger other than that stated on the entry form.
2. Maximum Time will be given for:
(a) Failing to complete the stage.
(b) Missing a timed run.
3. Jump Start – 30 seconds.
Studded or Forestry Tyres are NOT permitted.
Due to the complex nature of the Course the carrying of a co driver is highly recommended.
One-Day Licenses will be available at €25 each and are on a first come first served basis and must be Pre Booked.
Entries limited to the first 120 received.
|For further details on requirements for cars in classes 1 – 7 refer to FIA.com Appendix J articles 252 – 261
|Class 1
|: 2WD Rally Cars up to 1450cc normally aspirated with only 2 valves per cylinder
|Class 2
|2WD Rally Cars up to 1450cc normally aspirated with more than 2 valves per cylinder
|Class 3
|2WD Rally Cars from 1451cc up to 1650cc normally aspirated with only 2 valves per cylinder
|Class 4F
|2WD Rally Cars from 1451cc up to 1650cc with more than 2 valves per cylinder (front wheel drive)
|Class 4R
|2WD Rally Cars from 1451cc up to 1650cc with more than 2 valves per cylinder (rear wheel drive)
|Class 5
|2WD Rally Cars from 1651cc up to 2100cc normally aspirated with only 2 valves per cylinder
|Class 6
|2WD Rally Cars from 1651cc up to 2100cc with more than 2 valves per cylinder
|Class 7
|2WD Rally Cars from 2101cc up to 3500cc normally aspirated
|Class 8
|All 4WD Cars
|Class 9
|Rallycross Cars up to 1650cc
|Class 10
|Rallycross Cars up to 1651cc to 2150cc
|Class 11
|Rallycross Cars over 2150cc
|Class 12
|Rallycross Supercars
|Class 13
|14 to 16 years old up to 1000cc Junior Speed licence holders, no co-driver. (For Junior Speed Licence details – see Appendix 1)
|Class 14
|Class 14 16 to 18 years old up to 1600cc co-driver allowed.
|Finishing Position
|N.B. Overall winners are not eligible for class awards
If 5 or more entries are not received in each class, the organisers reserve the right to amalgamate classes or reduce the awards accordingly.
|1st Overall
|2 Trophies + Joseph Lucas Pep Award
|2nd Overall
|2 Trophies
|3rd Overall
|2 Trophies
|1st 2nd and 3rd in each class
|2 Trophies
|Best Ladies Crew
|2 Trophies
|Best Mixed Crew
|2 Trophies
|Best KMC Crew
|2 Trophies


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Message from Medical Director
Welcome to Blue Island Medical Clinic
Our clinic has been established since 2011. We open tourism clinic to cover some areas in Gili Islands, Senggigi and Kuta Lombok.
Looking the increased of huge group member come to visit Lombok Island and especially Gili Islands, we start to prepare complete primary health clinic here.
As a Medical Director, I would like to ensure you that your patient are in a good hands. Our medical team strives to provide the best quality outpatient and emergency care.
Working together, we will be able to continue provide outstanding quality care to our patient


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Thanks to the multitude of talent shared by Seoul SNB members, there is nearly always someone at a SNB meeting who can show you how to knit or crochet. But if you can't wait, there's always THE INTERNET (with video instructions, alright!):
http://www.learntoknit.com has instructions on how to knit and crochet plus a guide to the tools of the trade, knit vs crochet, reading patterns and abbreviations, and some simple and fast projects for beginners.
http://www.helloknitty.com/videoinstr.htm has video instructions for casting on and off, and the two basic stitches of knitting: knit and purl.
http://www.knittinghelp.com/ has over 150 free instruction videos on its site. It has videos for basic and advanced techniques.
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Sometimes if Dad is going to be working late and my mom doesn't want to clear off the table, we eat on the floor.
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Sometimes if Dad is going to be working late and my mom doesn't want to clear off the table, we eat on the floor.
Posted by Jessica Nye at 1:53 PM
5 comments:
- Ashley M said...
That looks delicious!
- January 30, 2010 at 6:17 PM
- kiki comin said...
we TOTALLY do this at lunch time..somehow eating on the floor makes me think that it won't be as big of a mess to clean up. crazy, huh!
- January 31, 2010 at 1:52 AM
- Nat said...
Sometimes is kinda all the time at our house...
(BTW, I'm dying to see you and the kids again. I want so badly to hear about Big Boy from Jansy Pants and see you chase Natalie around. May can't come fast enough!)
- January 31, 2010 at 2:24 PM
You really need to get some little red trays, maybe a flower in a vase...Natalie would appreciate it. Her inner diva. Love you guys.
- February 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Laurie said...
We totally do this too...except it's on the floor...of my bedroom...in front of the TV. Hey, sometimes the warm glow helps the nights w/o daddy pass a little more smoothly. :-)
- February 1, 2010 at 10:59 AM
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If there's one word I would use to describe this episode, it's "mature". This story shows a remarkable maturity in the script, the acting, and the overall tone. It may lack a lot of the humor and irreverence the series is known for, but it leaves much more of an emotional impression.
Early on in the episode, there's a dramatic voice-over with Myka which gives us a little peek into her motives, and it explores some things that weren't touched on in the season opener. I'm still a little disappointed that she's back so soon, but watching her deal with the factors that made her leave makes for good drama.
Speaking of drama, we're starting to see the first signs of the odd dynamic between Steve and Claudia. It's quite different than the Pete-Myka dynamic, but no less entertaining. I love Allison Scagliotti in this role. It's like she was born to play it, and the show wouldn't be nearly as fun without her.
Through the witty banter between these two characters, we learn that Steve Jinks is actually gay. Unfortunately, the cast and crew leaked the info a while ago so this wasn't a big shocker to some, but for viewers who didn't know this might have been a surprise. We'll see how (or if) Steve's orientation will factor into the show, but this writing cast is smart and I'm intrigued to see what they do with an openly gay main character in sci-fi TV.
One of the things I liked about the premiere was that the younger cast members finally took the forefront and ran the show, with the vets taking a backseat. In this episode, while it appears Claudia is finally getting to be a grown up senior agent and lead a mission on her own, Artie is actually tailing her so he can watch her in action. The fatherly relationship between these two characters was one of the highlights of previous episodes. It's good to see that element is still in the show, and things have evolved quite a bit as Claudia has grown into her role.
While Claudia is evolving, Pete is devolving into an infantile state because of this week's main artifact. We learn a bit more about Pete's past, and perhaps a bit about his own motivations. This is yet another moment of character revelation that is expertly handled and gives us insight into the Warehouse team. This episode also returns to an old, common theme in WH13 episodes. The artifacts aren't used by "bad guys", just ordinary people trying to do the right thing with a power they don't fully understand. This adds a lot of the "human" element to the story, and leads to some surprisingly insightful and emotional moments. When the old man used Typhoid Mary's knife to take his son's cancer away, I got a little misty.
Although the episode deserves bunches of praise, there are still some problems. The visual effects are still an area where the series could use improvement. In this case, it's some freaky eye special effects that are way overdone. Sometimes with visual effects, less is more, especially if you don't have the budget to make the effect really shine. And, despite a much tighter and more serious script, there are still a couple of cheesy moments that remind us that the show still doesn't take itself too seriously. But overall, I have to say that this was the most I've enjoyed an episode of Warehouse 13 in quite some time, and I'm eager to see how the series continues to evolve and mature.


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The main findings on outcomes showed that a third of active participants at the 34 grantees got a GED while enrolled in YouthBuild, and two-thirds were placed in unsubsidized employment after program completion. Participants of grantees that offer both rehabilitation of existing housing and new construction were less likely to recidivate than those in sites without this feature.
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Come down to the foreshore near Shakespeare's Globe and watch pots made from Thames clay being fired in a bonfire on the foreshore.
Bankside STEWards is a network of local residents and business contacts commited to caring for and promoting the past, present and future of the archaeology and environment of the Thames foreshore at Bankside.
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Antarctica: A Year on Ice mistakenly fashions itself a tranquil ode to the idyllic frozen continent, following scientist (and director) Anthony Powell as he and a small team of researchers explore the terrain and culture of Ross Island, which houses two research bases for the United States and New Zealand, over the course of a year. The mistakes come not in the images, which are finely attuned to the picturesque forms of the expansive landscapes, most notably in a series of time-lapse photography sequences that show the drastic changes that occur over months at a time. Rather, Powell is a most literal filmmaker, preferring a conventional voiceover track to vapidly explain every image seen, with little gesture toward a more abstract or poetic presentation.
That's an especially unforgivable decision, in that Powell explicitly announces in the opening moments his intent to make a documentary that "captures the true feeling of this vast, important place," which suggests a form absent of language, rather than emotional states being reduced to narrativizing boilerplate. Powell's declaration promises there will be much more show than the film's actual determination to tell, as talking heads abound with unremarkable anecdotes detailing quotidian goings-on between "winter people and non-winter people" on the land, as well as self-serving language from Powell regarding the icy tundra, such that Antarctica serves as an escape from the "noise pollution" of urban metropolises.
Powell may have an eye for scientific discovery, but his vision as a filmmaker is frustratingly limited to an information-style presentation that doubles as an enthusiastic advert for the transcendental qualities of the terrain. He lingers on penguins wading through harsh conditions and overlays every time-lapse montage with a majestic score that most banally imbues the seasonal shifts as supposed evidence of the inherently sublime elements. Antarctica avoids the anthropomorphizing of its penguins, unlike the dismal March of the Penguins or any number of other nature docs insistent on turning its animal subjects into live-action cartoon characters, but Powell remains adamant to use animals to tug at heartstrings.
These inclinations are most evident as his camera lingers on a dying seal, to which Powell explains that there's nothing to be done, except to "let nature take its course." A scene like this would have felt retrograde before the emergence of Harvard's Sensory Ethnography Lab, with films like Sweetgrass and Leviathan brazenly reconceptualizing the form and concept of a nature doc; after it, Antarctica feels positively naïve, steadfast that geographic knowledge derives from easily packaged one-liners that consistently seek to encapsulate experience, rather than allowing it to exist in a much rawer, unadorned format.
Brief respites from this sort of tripe are few and far between, most notable when Powell briefly explains his creation of the Antarctic Film Festival, with submissions from all of the various research bases across the continent. Clips from several short films speak more to a creative spirit than Powell knows how to generate for himself, particularly in the latter portion of the film, as the talking heads become rather numbing, explaining how pleasant it can be to see the sun after long periods of darkness or giving extended time to one resident's dismay with having to wait in a cafeteria line after a new crop of workers arrive. The undergirding problem with the film's entirety is Powell as director, who has no sense of detachedness from the material, refusing to offer any sequence that doesn't speak (whether visually or verbally) to the land's incomprehension to those who don't experience it first-hand. Thus, Antarctica ultimately plays condescending in addition to tritely sincere, with its director's self-obsessions overpowering the striking imagery.


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Independent: Director - Camera Operator - Editor - Compositor - 3D Post - DVD and 3DBD Authoring -
Tuesday, 17 April 2012
As an illustration, here's an analysis of one of my final edit masters after MVC profile 5 encoding - it shows the relative bit rates between the Base view and the Dependent view. So, as you can see, the overall bit rate is about 47mbs max, much higher than a profile 2 AVCHD would ever reach.
I guess we need to talk about basic 3D specifications for Blu-ray as well as file formats from current 3D camera's as well as the overall edit process, how to monitor what you are doing and output the correct file types for your needs.
So, to kick off, there are very few allowed formats for 3D BD - in fact 3.
1920x1080 23.976 fps progressive
1280x720 50fps progressive
1280x720 59.94 progressive
So if you live in PAL land, you need to consider the above - do you go for full raster at 24P or 720 at 50P? This only applies of course if you need to produce an industry standard BD at full data rates for best quality.
Here's a link to an early varispeed/temporal test I undertook, also has Magic Bullet Looks filter applied - there's the odd illegal shot too - exceeding the general view that a 3% maximum depth is acceptable -
Short varispeed test There's a wierd glitch part way in - a bit of a youtube thing from the encode I guess - original file uploaded was an SBS 720P mp4.
Preparing an extreme 3D slow motion test with Twixtor today.
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text: Five easy earflap animal hats. This is pattern one of a two animal earflap zoos that I've created. Set one animals are the ones you'd find at your local zoo - Walrus, Lion, Kolar bear, Monkey and Penguin. The pattern is a beginner level 5-in-1 pattern. Why go to the zoo, when you can crochet these yourself in a few hours? Pattern is sized toddler to teen. All these hats are great stash buster projects. The hat requires ~165 yards or 75gms of the main color (worsted weight), all the facial features are done with stash yarn. Other animal hats in my pattern store are: baby lamb, puppy, frog, bird/owl, raccoon and horse BASIC SKILLS NECESSARY hdc dc tr sc GAUGE 4dc and 2 rows =1inch (2.5 cm) SIZING / FINISHED MEASUREMENTS small 8.5 * 6.5" (22 * 17cm) medium 9 * 7" (23 * 18cm) large 9.5 * 7.5" (24 * 19cm)


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Relics of a romantic past - Tower of Victory (15th cent.) and royal cenotaphs, Chitor, India
Photographer: Ricalton, James
Medium: Photographic print
Date: 1903
Stereoscopic photograph of the Tower of Victory and the Royal Cenotaphs at Chittaurgarh in Rajasthan, taken by James Ricalton in c. 1903, from The Underwood Travel Library: Stereoscopic Views of India. The Jaya Stambh, or Tower of Victory, is the taller of two towers at Chittorgarh, which measures approximately 37.2 m (122 ft). It is situated in the impressive hill-top fortress, which was ruled by the Guhilot (later Sisodia) Rajputs from the 8th century until the 16th century. This tower was erected in 1448 by Rana Kumbha (r.1433-68) to commemorate his victory over Mahmud Shah I Khalji, the Sultan of Malwa, in 1440. The walls are decorated with carved images of Hindu deities. It has nine storeys articulated by mouldings, openings and balconies, with a dome at the summit (a modern addition) and an interior staircase. After the fort was sacked in 1567, by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, Udaipur was chosen as the new capital of the Mewar state and Chittorgarh was abandoned. This is one of a series of 100 photographs, designed to be viewed through a special binocular viewer, producing a 3D effect, which were sold together with a book of descriptions and a map. Stereoscopic cameras, those with two lenses and the ability to take two photographs at the same time, were introduced in the mid 19th century and revolutionised photography. They cut down exposure time and thus allowed for some movement in the image without blurring as subjects were not required to sit for long periods to produce sharp results.


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World Skills 2018
Start Time: 15 November 2018 9:30am End Time: 17 November 2018 4:00pm
Hosted by: World Skills UK
Type: Careers fair, Exhibition
Region: West Midlands
Categories: Allied health professionals, Ambulance service team, Dental team, Doctors, Health informatics, Healthcare science, Management, Medical associate professions, Midwifery, Nursing, Pharmacy, Psychological therapies, Public health, Wider healthcare team
Find out more: The Skills Show
The Skills Show, the nation's largest skills and careers event, is helping to shape the future of the next generation.
Attracting over 73,000 visitors, the show provides hands-on experiences that inspire young people to explore further education, skills and apprenticeships. The Skills Show is part of World Skills UK, the organisation that brings together the nation's flagship skills and careers experiences.
Health Education England will be there to answer your questions about careers in health and you can have a go at some of the 350 careers in the health sector. NHS staff in various roles will also be on hand to chat to young people about their roles in different parts of the NHS.
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All percentage changes in this report refer to month-on-month price changes and are provided by Mintec.
|Currency against Sterling
|Opened January
|Closed January
Sugar prices fell on London ICE (-6%) and ICE US (-5%), over growing confidence that global production will exceed consumption in the 2017/18 season. Tea prices fell in India (-3%), Kenya (-2%) and Sri Lanka (-1%). Cocoa bean prices fell on both London ICE (-8%) and ICE US (-7%), due to expectations that the global market will experience a supply surplus in the current 2016/17 season. Cocoa butter (-14%), and powder (-6%) prices also fell in the UK. EU molasses remained stable (0%).
Soyabean oil prices rose in Rotterdam (+4%) and Argentina (+1%), however fell on CBOT US (-3%). Rapeseed oil prices rose in Canada (+8%) and Rotterdam (+5%), as concerns over tight global supplies pushed prices higher. Palm oil prices rose in Malaysia (+5%), Rotterdam (+5%) and Indonesia (+3%). Palm kernel oil prices also rose in Rotterdam (+14%), Malaysia (+10%) and Indonesia (+7%), climbing to five year highs as production is expected to remain tight until the second half of the current season. Coconut oil prices rose in Rotterdam (+6%) and the Philippines (+1%). Subdued by this seasons record production, sunflower oil prices only rose slightly in NW Europe (+1%) and Ukraine (+1%), while remaining stable in Argentina (0%) and Russia (0%). Extra virgin olive oil prices rose in Spain (+4%), but remained stable in Italy (0%). Lampante oil prices rose in Spain (+4%) and linseed oil prices increased in Argentina (+1%).
Maize prices fell on CBOT US (-3%), in Argentina (-2%) and in Brazil (-2%), however remained stable on Euronext Paris (0%). Milling wheat prices fell on CBOT US (-5%), ASX Australia (-2%) and Euronext Paris (-1%), due to an upward revision in 2016/17 production forecast. However, milling wheat prices increased in Germany (+3%) and the UK (+1%). Feed wheat prices rose in the UK (+2%), remained stable in Hungary (0%) and fell on ICE Europe (-2%). Durum wheat prices fell in France (-6%), Italy (-6%) and on ICE Canada (-3%), however remained stable in the US (0%). Barley feed prices fell on ASX Australia (-8%), remained stable on ICE Canada (0%), but rose in France (+3%) and Germany (+3%). Basmati rice prices rose in India (+2%), due to adverse weather conditions, but fell in Pakistan (-1%).
(-2%). Peanut prices rose in Argentina (+3%), Brazil (+2%) and the US (+2%), due to high demand from crushers in China and a fall in supplies from the US. Cashew prices fell in Vietnam (-9%), while pine nut prices fell in China (-6%). For dried fruit, sultana prices fell in the EU (-4%), however remained stable in Turkey (0%), and increased in China (+1%). In Turkey, dried apricot prices fell (-6%), while raisin prices also fell (-1%). For spices, black pepper prices rose in Indonesia (+12%), Malaysia (+7%) and Vietnam (+3%) however, remained stable in India (0%). White pepper prices also rose in Indonesia (+11%) and Vietnam (+2%), however fell in the EU (-2%) and Malaysia (-2%).
Butter prices rose in the EU (+2%), as milk fat supplies remain low. Butter prices rose in Poland (+12%) and France (+4%), remained stable in Belgium (0%) and Germany (0%), but fell in the UK (-2%). In addition, butter prices rose in the US (+7%) and New Zealand (+2%). Prices for cheese in the EU rose for Emmental (+8%), Edam (+6%), Italian Parmesan (+4%) and Gouda (+1%), however remained stable for UK Cheddar (0%). Elsewhere, US cheese prices fell for mozzarella (-8%) and cheddar (-4%). SMP prices fell in the EU (-1%), due to volumes being released from the private intervention scheme. SMP prices rose in the US (+8%), but fell in New Zealand (-2%). WMP prices rose in the EU (+5%), with prices up in the Netherlands (+10%), Belgium (+9%), France (+4%) and Germany (+4%). Shell egg prices rose in the EU (+6%), caused by a fall in egg layer numbers as a result of bird flu outbreaks. EU shell egg prices rose in France (+10%), the Netherlands (+10%), Germany (+8%), the UK (+5%) and Italy (+3%). Prices for processing eggs in the EU rose for egg white liquids (+17%), egg whole powder (+4%), egg yolk liquids (+3%) and egg yolk powder (+2%).
Brent crude oil prices in ICE London (+12%) and light sweet crude oil prices in NYMEX US (+11%) rose, due to OPEC and non-OPEC producers agreed to cut production for the first time since 2001. The new deal will cut production by 1.2m barrels a day (bbl/d) for the first six months of 2017. Diesel prices rose in the US (+11%) and the EU (+10%), due to a fall in stocks. Petrol prices rose in the US (+14%) and the EU (+10%) on the back of rising crude oil prices. Gas oil prices rose on ICE EU (+10%). Natural gas prices rose in NYMEX US (+5%), due to higher demand with the onset of colder weather. However, natural gas prices fell for Bacton terminal NBP (-5%) and on ICE London (-5%) with the return to service of the Rough storage site. Coal prices rose in the US (+7%), but fell in the EU (-3%).
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