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"Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?"
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We have a little bird feeder in our backyard. I keep it filled with birdseed, and the birds know breakfast will be there. They cruise in and eat the seed, or they get the seeds off the ground or the vegetation.
Jesus gave the Sermon on the Mount in the region of Galilee, where all around Him were birds chirping away and beautiful wildflowers growing. He drew on that backdrop to make a point: "Look at the birds. They don't plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren't you far more valuable to him than they are? Can all your worries add a single moment to your life?" (Matthew 6:26–27).
In other words, look at what is before your eyes. Have you ever seen a stressed-out bird? Birds wake up every morning and sing away. They're simply happy. No bird has ever been promised eternal life. No bird has ever been given the hope of Heaven. Yet they sing away, every day. Jesus wasn't saying that birds sit by idly and wait for the food to come to them. They take action.
I like what Martin Luther said: "Pray and let God worry." That is really the secret. Philippians 4:6–7 says, "Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God's peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus."
The next time you are gripped by fear and worry, the next time you start thinking, "What if this happens? What if that happens?" turn it into a prayer. Look to the Lord and let Him give you His peace.
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Well I do like this topic - http://www.magpie-girl.com/ - *8 Things you want to do this summer
Here are mine:
1. Eat lots of fresh local fruit - we have blueberries, raspberries and watermelon in the fridge right now and I ate a handful of raspberries washed after lunch
2. Go to the coast
3. Go to the State Fair
4. Drink plenty of Snapple Iced Tea LOL
5. Go outside and watch the local fireworks on the 4th (or even get some and set them off).
6. I would also like to eat outside - even if it's our back yard.
7. Eat mango sorbet on hot days - YUM
8. Enjoy the sunshine!
OK very short but it would be great if you can tell me YOUR 8 things for summer?


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Let's face it, the world that we live in today is a dangerous place whether we would like to admit this fact or not. We are more frequently putting ourselves in situations where our life could all of a sudden be in threat. This world full of new technology, cars, robotic machinery and all manner of health hazards that come along with them. Whether you are on a well deserved camping holiday or just working your day job and get into some type of trouble so we here at The Blind Side have come up with 10 gadgets that can save your life in critical situations.
10. Sharkbanz shark repellant band
All over this beautiful world of ours there are waters to enjoy. Seas cover most of the world's surface and even the areas that are not covered by seas are dotted with lakes and rivers. The people of the world have taken to swimming to find both fitness and fun. Not to mention relaxation. For some the waters of our world are a place of adventure where they surf across the face of huge waves or dive deep into the shadowy depths beneath the surface.
Even if you are just playfully swimming by the shores this next gadget could be a real life saver. Nothing messes up an afternoon swim quite like a shark attack and more and more movies have shown us just what we might be able to expect if we ever did come across one of these hungry apex predators. Knowing that there are sharks out there sure does make those watery adventures that little bit more risky so why not wear one of these Sharkbanz shark repellant bands.
This indispensable piece of kit for divers and surfers is so easy to use. Just put the bracelet on, activate it and it will begin to emit ultrasound signals that will make sure that no shark wants to go anywhere near you.
9. The Self propelling life saver
We have already covered some of the dangers that can be attached to the waters of our world. Those dangers can increase a hundred fold though if you cannot swim or if you suddenly find yourself under a wave or battling against a strong current. The world of water safety is crowded with great life saving ideas that all attempt to make the water a safer place.
We learn to swim with arm-bands or some other floating device and similar things are used to save us when we are in trouble in the water. Number eight on our list of the top ten gadgets that can save your life in critical situations is U-Safe. U-Safe is a floating device with a difference. This smart float device has an electric engine and a remote control.
It is made for ships and coast guard teams and enables the controller to remotely control the smart float and guide the struggling man overboard back to safety at the ships hull or on land. The developers of U-Safe are now working on a multi-person versions that is able to travel longer distances.
8. The Alarm Ring
If you are the type of person that likes to know that you are safe without having to really worry about it, then you are in need of a Nimb alarm ring. There are some sudden moments in this life of ours that really cannot be predicted or properly prepared for. You can try though. Number seven on our list comes in the form of a really nifty little product, the Nimb alarm ring.
This great piece of technology is according to its creators your 'guardian angel' as the ring itself is actually a portable alarm button that you can push both quickly and discreetly. The gadget once activated sends an sos message to your loved ones or to a rescue service depending on what you choose. This alarm button which is disguised as a stylish ring will be most needed by those people who enjoy going out at night but will also be of use to anyone with any type of chronic illness.
7. Rescue me distress balloon
If you like so many people out there are a fan of water or boating of any kind, then this essential tool needs to be part of your kit. Going out on a boat can be dangerous even with good weather and excellent conditions. If you are more of a novice captain then the chance of becoming lost or stranded is indeed very real. In times past when you got lost somewhere out on the water without the ability to contact land or the coast guard and you desperately needed saving then you would send up a flare. That or just await the inevitable.
Nowadays though if you are out of signal range and lost on the sea then this little gadget might well save your life. The Rescue Me distress balloon was created to be able to mark the location of a person lost at sea or in some other type of distress. It is a compact orange box that you can easily take with you on any hiking or boating trip. In order to mark your location, you just need to tear off the cap.
An air balloon will rise up 150 ft or 45 meters high. During the night time the balloon will flicker due to a light ring that collects solar energy during the daytime. Suitable for any boating or hiking experience, this little life saver is a must have.
6. A Universal water filter
Wherever you travel in the world and whatever you do when you get there, there are a few things that you will always need. Water is one of them. You will struggle to lie without water for several days so being able to find a source of clean drinkable water is a must. Anyone who has been out in the wild and has found themselves without water will tell you that it is one of the scariest things ever.
Being without water is one of the most critical situations that you can find yourself in. Number five on our list is then an absolute necessity. The Sawyer Charcoal filter allows the user to quickly filter any water from any source and make it fit for drinking. The shape of the Sawyer Charcoal filter allows it to be conveniently fitted to any bottle but it also allows the user to drink straight from a body of water such as a lake or stream. With the Sawyer charcoal filter you will never have to worry about running out of drinking water again.
5. External Antenna
These days the travelers of the world can often find safety in the fact that they are never really that far off grid. The areas of our planet that are covered by mobile phone or internet signal are growing larger every second of the day but there are still places all over the earth where you would struggle to get any signal whatsoever. Imagine that you are traveling and are out in the wilderness and you need help or need to get a message through to the civilized world.
Unless you have mobile phone coverage in that area or can pick up some kind of Internet frequency, you haven't got a hope in hell. Until now that is. Number four on our list is A stylish gadget called the goTenna. The goTenna is aimed to help you in the times and areas when mobile networks are of no use. This amazing device allows the user to connect their smartphone and tablet to a stable connection and to remain online even when there is no link. The goTenna creates a private network that lets you send messages and your GPS coordinated with the help of low-frequency waves for up to 50 miles or 80 kilometers.
4. A Pocket Sling Shot
When you first think of sling shots your mind might travel all the way back to Dennis the menace or some other kid with a Y shaped stick causing mayhem. The humble slingshot has come an awfully long way since it's beginnings and there are plenty more uses for one than just breaking the neighbors windows. If you are out in the wilderness then a pocket sized slingshot would come in handy not only for defense but also in case you ever need to hunt small game.
Number three on our list of the top ten gadgets that can save your life in critical situations is called the Pocket Shot. The Pocket shot allows you to shoot various different types of projectile from metal ball bearings to stones or bolts and the best thing is that you do not need any special skills and only need a little effort. You merely put your projectile into the rubber sling, pull it back, aim at your target and then release. Easy as pie.
3. Multi functional key ring
The outdoors world is a tough and bewildering one that has captured the imaginations as well as the hearts of explorers worldwide. Whether you are an amateur woodsman or a survival specialist, there has always been room in the tool kit or on the tool belt for a trusty key ring or penknife. The Swiss Army knife was for a long time regarded as all you could possibly need in the great outdoors but now as technology allows things to be much smaller there are newer products on the market.
Number two on our list is the multi functional key ring. This small multi-tool is a stroke of genius and could save your life in a whole manner of ways. The small key ring is made up of a total of nine tools, all of them could save your life in one situation or another. Some of the tools included in this key ring are a hammer, a flashlight, a strap cutter, an alarm beacon and several more. Let's hope that you do not find yourself in a situation where you need them all though.
2. A CAMP/y Protector
For all those people who like nothing more than a good campfire before curling up in their tent, this is definitely for you. So many of us enjoy going camping regularly but do not really seem all that aware of the many dangers that are out there. The number one life saving gadget on our list is one that will not only teach you about those dangers but can also help prevent them as well.
This charming little thing is designed to be secured to something near your tent. From here it is able to survey the surroundings and watch over the parameters nearby. This wonderful little thing can detect wild animals or people, a gas leak, a change of weather and a number of other factors. The data is sent to a smartphone and in case of any danger the device will sound an alarm. This device can even act as an electronic mosquito repellant for up to two meters or six feet. A true life saver.
1. Venom Extractor
We begin our list of life saving gadgets with this handy tool that should be taken with you anywhere whenever you venture outdoors. The great outdoors can be an absolutely amazing place if explored correctly and safely. Depending on if you live in the wild or you are just visiting, you may already be aware of the local wildlife and whether or not it is dangerous.
Most places on earth have at least a couple of species of either snake, spider or some other insect that packs a venomous bite or sting. Here is the help that you will be in definite need of if you were to stumble across one of those species out in the wild. The Extractor as it is called by its creators is a valuable piece of life saving equipment which enables the user to essentially suck the venom out of a bite or sting before it has a chance to move through the bloodstream where it can cause major damage.
It is surprising that we have not seen this type of product on the market before now really. The Extractor comes in a kit with several different shape and size of suction cup, the extractor itself which is a large syringe and even comes with razor blades, sterile tissues and bandaids.


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Respirogen micron-scale Oxygen Microbubble (OMB) technology will provide improved compositions and methods for blood oxygenation as well as improved methods for producing and delivering these oxygen delivery compositions to patients and explanted cells, tissues, or organs. Every cell in the body requires oxygen to maintain correct homeostasis, and hypoxic conditions can quickly lead to irreversible organ damage or death. OMB technology has demonstrated the ability to deliver oxygen to the blood stream independent of the lungs.
Tight control of the size and composition allows for microbubbles to carry oxygen, other gases, or therapeutic agents to targeted physiology: well characterized; easy to transport; stable; inexpensive to produce.
Targeted delivery will increase delivery effectiveness while reducing side effects compared to systemic infusions: oxygen can be retained within the microbubble until it encounters a hypoxic environment, facilitating targeted oxygen delivery to ischemic tissue and organs; lipid retention after delivery shows positive oncotic properties, increasing the blood volume and offering reduced morbidity in events of hemorrhage.
Delivery of oxygen by defined protocols: ability to deliver a quantified oxygen concentration over a defined time period to a specified anatomical region of interest; potential for a portable oxygen delivery therapy kit in first response or remote situations.
Peritoneal oxygenation - oxygen uptake without the lungs - has been validated in vivo in a small animal model
[1] J. A. Feshitan, N. D. Legband, M. A. Borden, and B. S. Terry, "Systemic oxygen delivery by peritoneal perfusion of oxygen microbubbles," Biomaterials, vol. 35, no. 9, pp. 2600–2606, Mar. 2014.
[2] J. A. Feshitan, C. C. Chen, J. J. Kwan, and M. A. Borden, "Microbubble size isolation by differential centrifugation," J. Colloid Interface Sci., vol. 329, no. 2, pp. 316–324, Jan. 2009.
[3] E. J. Swanson and M. A. Borden, "Injectable oxygen delivery based on protein-shelled microbubbles," Nano LIFE, vol. 01, no. 03n04, pp. 215–218, Sep. 2010.


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As the eatery will get fairly packed for the duration of weekends, there's A different fishing village nearby named Teluk Kumbar, another terrific spot for seafood.
Penang Island also functions as the financial pole of northern Malaysia, with comparatively perfectly-produced logistical connectivity. The Penang Global Airport is one of the nation's busiest regarding cargo tonnage and passenger website traffic, though the Port of Penang remains An important entrepôt in northern Malaysia, dealing with the next most significant full container throughput (TEU) in Malaysia.[139]
The airport is without doubt one of the state's busiest, with the next optimum cargo targeted traffic as well as the third largest passenger targeted traffic as of 2013[update]. This displays Penang Island's part like a well-known tourist attraction and also a production hub.
Gertak Sanggul Beach is often a fishing village Situated on the southwest Coastline of Penang that's known for its amazing sunset sights and seafood choices. Dwelling to lots of swaying coconut trees, this white sandy beach is an ideal getaway from Penang's bustling town centre.
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These 3-wheeled human-run motor vehicles could be the most beneficial thought for a pleasant metropolis tour. You can halt at any stage to consider a photograph or buy souvenirs.
Prolonged length buses in Georgetown arrive/depart at the new bus terminal at Sungai Nibong, 12km south of town center (~half-hour), and 7km through the Penang penang hotel near beach airport (~quarter-hour). A taxi to the city centre charges RM20. Immediate Penang bus #401 connects the bus terminal with KOMTAR and Pengkalan Weld (Weld Quay), this us operates from somewhere around 0530 so There's not prolonged to attend if arriving early early morning on a night-bus, Irrespective of what ready taxi motorists may perhaps tell you.
Penang would be the birthplace of the Chingay procession, which started with its initially parade in 1919.[235] While Chingay parades are held during Malaysia and Singapore, Penang's Chingay is unique in which the balancing of gigantic flags on a person's forehead or fingers is A vital ingredient.
[47] Historians have considering the fact that argued that the withdrawal plus the covert evacuation of the white race led for the lack of the feeling of British invincibility, Which "the moral collapse of British rule in Southeast Asia came not at Singapore, but at Penang".[forty eight]
The main mode of transportation in George City was the horse hackney carriage, which was well-known between the late 18th century and 1935, once the rickshaw obtained recognition.
The top sectors in Penang's economic climate are services and manufacturing. page The foremost component of Penang's producing sector, in particular, may be the Bayan Lepas Absolutely free Industrial Zone, where numerous multi-countrywide electronics and engineering corporations have create factories Considering that the nineteen seventies.
Visitors who crave untouched and isolated beaches are recommended to visit Teluk Duyung, Monkey Beach, Pantai Kerachut or Pantai Mas – all only available via trails within the Penang Nationwide Park in Teluk Bahang. There are camping grounds obtainable for you to invest an evening below The celebs and in the morning, head into the leisure forest for jungle-trekking, or witness the return of community fishermen with their day's catch at coastal villages inside the vicinity. Also, watch out for excellent seafood in Teluk Bahang - It truly is among the finest in Penang!
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The College of Engineering offers a hands-on freshman experience with a 15-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio.
Engineers design medical equipment and hypersonic aircraft, and preserve priceless art treasures. They create electronic devices to protect the environment, and work in medicine, social services, community development and other areas that improve people's lives. Whether it's exploring cutting-edge technologies, improving our quality of life, starting new businesses, or creating jobs, UA engineers are leaders. UA engineering students enjoy all the advantages of attending a big, high-powered research university while they earn their degree from a college committed to each student's success.
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The College of Engineering offers 13 undergraduate engineering majors.
- In 2010, the College of Engineering received $30 million in research funding awards.
- The College of Engineering graduate program is ranked 26th in the nation among public universities.
- College program rankings for 2011 from U.S. News & World Report include:
- Aerospace engineering - 27th out of 56
- Biomedical engineering - 47th of 95
- Civil engineering - 41st of 139th
- Chemical engineering - 53rd of 125
- Computer engineering - 42nd of 139
- Electrical engineering - 35th of 173
- Environmental engineering - 34th of 98
- Industrial engineering - 26th of 75
- Materials engineering - 45th of 93
- Mechanical engineering - 48th of 163
- The College of Engineering is committed to the academic success and retention of women in engineering: programs at the college include the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).
- The College of Engineering and the Office of Study Abroad collaborate to offer engineering students unique opportunities to study abroad: Pay UA tuition and study engineering while experiencing another culture.
- Student-run project clubs such as the UA Baja Racing Team and the UA Formula Racing Club design, build, and race off-road vehicles, solar cars and formula race cars in international competition. Other student chapters of professional organizations, such as the Aerial Robotics Club and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), actively design, build and fly airplanes.
- 120 tenured and tenure-eligible faculty
- 13 Members of the National Academy of Engineering (since 1968)
- 3 UA Regents' Professors
- 3 University Distinguished Professors
Students Enrolled
- 2,264 undergraduates
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Degrees Awarded (Academic Year 2010)
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Undergraduate Diversity (Fall 2010)
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Notable Alumni
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What to Do When a Buyer Claims Their Ebay Item Was Not Delivered
Whether you are an eBay newbie or an experienced high volume seller, you are most likely going to experience an "item not delivered" case. While these cases are often discouraging, there are certain procedures that need to be followed.
The one absolute way to protect yourself as a seller is to use eBay or PayPal shipping labels. Using one of those two services provided to you ensures that you have done everything possible from your end to ensure the buyer's package is en route to the address the buyer provided.
There are four possible reasons you will experience an "item not received" case, that I will elaborate upon in the following segments.
Am I protected as a seller?
To answer the question that most sellers may have:
if you have used one of the two services mentioned above and the tracking information shows that the item was delivered, you are protected by eBay's seller protection program and are not required to refund the buyer.
In eBay's opinion, you have done everything you can before the postal service has possession of the package. Once it has left your possession, you are no longer in control of the package's destination. Unfortunately, the buyer can still leave a negative feedback if they choose.
To address the problem of possibly receiving negative feedback, consider the following options:
- If the item in question was purchased for less than $10, consider giving the buyer a full refund. After refunding the buyer, report the buyer to eBay, block them from bidding on your future items, and consider this a $10 investment to ensure you never have to deal with them again.
- If the total cost of the item was more than $10, follow the eBay case procedure. Once the case is closed, the buyer may leave a negative feedback. You can dispute/report the feedback as fraudulent or inaccurate. If the buyer has few feedback ratings on their account or are a new customer, eBay will usually favor the member with the better reputation. Be sure to report the buyer to eBay as well to help future sellers. If the buyer is questionable and receives another report in the future, eBay can go back and remove a negative feedback if they didn't remove it before.
4 Reasons for an "Item not received" case
There are four, and only four, reasons an item can be marked as delivered, but not received by the buyer.
- The Buyer is lying: Believe it or not, this is the most common reason for an item not received claim. Fortunately, this is usually the easiest scenario to address. If a buyer is lying about receiving an item, they have probably done so in the past or will do it again in the future. If the buyer has less than 5 feedback ratings and/or has been an eBay member for less than a month, chances are you are dealing with a shady customer - pardon the pun.
- The Item has not been delivered yet: Just as any profession, the postal service has employees that do no always follow the rules and regulations - this is a fact. The following statement is not an assumption - it actually happened to me. Before delivering a package, a postal carrier can scan the package before it is actually delivered. If the carrier cannot fit an item into a mailbox and decides the package should not be set outside of a house, they can and will retain the package and hold it for future delivery. I have experience that scenario on several different occasions. Is it supposed to happen? No, a package should only be scanned as delivered after it has definitively reached it's destination.
- The Item was delivered to the wrong address: If you used either PayPal or eBay shipping labels, this should not be the reason. However, you still have to allow for postal error - after all, none of us are perfect. Usually if this happens, you can contact the local postal service and request that they locate the package. In most instances, since opening mail that does not belong to you is illegal, miss-delivered mail will be returned to the post office. In some cases, if your neighbor received your mail by accident they will bring it to you.
- The Item was stolen: While this is the least occurring reason, it does happen. If this is the case, it is still the buyer's responsibility to contact the postal service for an insurance claim. If the package was not insured, the buyer could still recover their payment via PayPal, but that is solely their responsibility. As we discussed previously, once the package is in the possession of the postal carrier it is out of your control.
How to address an "Item not received" claim
The most important advice I can give to sellers, based on my many experiences with these claims, is to be unbiased.
If a buyer claims that they have not received their item, but the tracking information states that it was delivered, do not jump to the conclusion that the buyer is lying. Send a message to your buyer, provide empathy, stating that you will do your best to resolve this dispute for them. Let the buyer know the actions that you will be taking, such as:
- Notifying eBay
- Notifying PayPal
- Contacting their local postal carrier
- Opening a case with the postal carrier involved
Do not give your opinion on whether you believe they are telling the truth or if the package may have been lost. This reflects doubt. If a buyer is lying, they will use any sign of doubt to prolong their claim and try to get their item for free.
Be as concise and brief as possible, using only professional etiquette, to inform your buyer of the actions that will be taken.
What final decision can I expect?
We addressed earlier that you will not be required to issue a refund if you have used one of the two shipping tools and that negative feedback is also a possibility.
Ebay's final decision is based upon their sole discretion. If eBay decides that the buyer is being honest about not receiving their item and/or the item in question can not be located or confirmed as delivered, eBay can rule in favor of the buyer. This does not mean that you have to issue a refund. It only means that the case was not resolved by you, the seller, and will reflect your seller statistics. If you only have one of these per month, it won't make a difference in your seller level.
Unfortunately, eBay has become a place that holds true to the age old motto, "The customer is always right". The best thing you can do for yourself is to sweep this experience under the rug and move forward. Try not to feel cheated and realize that buyer complaint is a nasty part of having to do online business. Every business has to deal with customer dissatisfaction. Your business cannot be the exception to the rule.


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Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa
Ulusaba – Sir Richard Branson's Private Game Reserve is beautifully situated in the heart of the Sabi Sand Game Reserve, bordering the world renowned Kruger National Park in South Africa and renowned for its concentrations of big game and diversity of animal and plant species.
There are 3 different lodges at Ulusaba – Ulusaba Rock Lodge, Ulusaba Safari Lodge and Ulusaba Cliff Lodge all offering exclusivity, magnificent scenery, excellent service and unrivalled safari experiences. Ulusaba is part of Virgin Limited Edition – Sir Richard Branson's portfolio of unique retreats.
Both Federal Air and Bateleur Air operate direct flights from Johannesburg to Ulusaba's private airstrip.
Ulusaba is home to amongst others – Africa's 'Big 5' – lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. Guests can enjoy twice daily safari drives with experienced Rangers and Trackers, in the early mornings and early afternoons. Game Drives are conducted in open Land Rovers where the guides will share their knowledge and love of the African bush – its fauna, flora and conservation. Guests can also join guided safari walks to see some of the smaller creatures which are often missed on the game vehicles.
Children under 12 years are welcome to stay at Ulusaba Rock Lodge where there is a special Cub's Club designed for keeping children entertained and to ensure that they gain the maximum from their wildlife experience. There are a number of activities individually tailored to each child and including treasure hunts, arts and crafts, safari walks, specialised spa treatments, cuisine and numerous other educational activities. Babysitting by experienced staff members is complimentary.
Ulusaba Rock and Safari Lodges offer spa treatments providing the perfect antidote to the excitement of a game drive. A whole range of treatments are available from facials and massages through to essential grooming rituals. Treatments can be provided in the Aroma Boma treatment rooms, on one of the outdoor decks or in the comfort of guests' own rooms.
There are a number of activities in the near vicinity where guests can experience a helicopter flight above the Cascades and Canyons of the Blyde River, interact with Elephants at Elephant Whispers, visit a traditional Shangaan village or support Ulusaba's charitable project, Pride 'n Purpose. There is also the unique opportunity to incorporate a volunteer experience into a stay at Ulusaba and become involved with hands-on community projects, really experiencing a different culture while also giving a little something back to others.
Meal times at Ulusaba are sumptuous and the chefs prepare numerous pan-African dishes influenced by many different African cultures, flavours and spices. Meals are enjoyed under an African sky, in the outdoor dining Boma, or on a deck in the dining room. All the breads and pastries are baked daily and Ulusaba caters for private meals, special occasions and children.
Ulusaba prides itself in providing employment and growth opportunities to people from the surrounding villages and neighbouring communities. This has the added benefit of ensuring that visitors experience genuine South African hospitality. The Ulusaba family boasts an excellent team of staff and some of the best rangers and trackers in the reserve – which guarantees visitors the safari experience of a lifetime.
The team is committed to promoting sustainable development while respecting the local community and the natural environment – at the same time ensuring that guests get value for money, excellent customer service and have a lot of fun while at Ulusaba!


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Mere Angne Mein 4th February 2016 Written Episode Update
Mere Angne Mein 4th February 2016 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with Kaushalya talking to Raghav. Preeti begs Kaushalya not to tell anything to Raghav. Raghav finds Kaushalya worried and asks whats the matter. Kaushalya says nothing and ends call. Raghav asks Shivam to leave tomorrow, and they will come back soon too, as Kaushalya looks worried. Shanti thinks Kaushalya always does something. Nimmi hides her face and buys pregnancy kit, and Bindu is also there. Bindu hears her voice and holds her, saying I know you. Nimmi asks her to leave her. Bindu's medicine falls and she asks for money. Nimmi bites her hand and runs. She hides to get saved from Bindu.
Kaushalya waits for Nimmi. Her friend asks is anyone coming. Kaushalya says I m walking, how are you and your bahu. The lady says bahu and the baby are fine. Nandu calls Preeti
Nimmi comes home and gives the kit. She asks Preeti to read well. She says two lines means positive, and one line means negative. She explains. Kaushalya asks how did you know this, did you use this. Nimmi says stop doubting on me, its written here, see. Kaushalya checks it and sends Preeti.
Sarla talks to neighbor lady and tells about not finding treasure in shanti Sadan. Rani says Sarla's dreams broke, she did not get anything. Sarla says its fine, my brother is like Mahatma type and he stopped the treasure hunting. Rani says I feel Raghav has thought something else, maybe he felt he will need to give 50% treasure to govt, and got it later. Sarla says no way. The lady says Rani is right, money is such thing, you come to satsang with me, that Rishi is 200-300 years old and looks 70years old. Rani asks her not to take Sarla, and they can't keep Rishi here. The lady says people said that man has some herbs and Rudraksh by which he is living so long and getting money. Sarla sends Rani and asks the lady to explain. The lady tells about Rudraksh. Sarla sends the lady. Rani says no need to do this, I will say new idea, we will dig Shanti Sadan and get treasure. Sarla scolds her. She thinks to meet the sadhu.
Nirmala tells Ashok that she is going in satsang, and asks his name chit. She will get Sadhu here at food stall and they will prosper. Ashok says he can come to my home, instead stall. She says fine, maybe my fate will also get good. He says yes, sure, I will write my name and address. She asks him to write her name chit also with stall address. He writes it and asks her to go satsang now. He gets a call and goes. She tears paper and writes her name with Ashok, thinking its time to join her name with Ashok.
Nimmi changes clothes and says Preeti will come with negative result, don't worry. Nimmi asks her to chill. Preeti sees one line and is relieved. She checks again. Preeti gets shocked seeing the result. Nimmi says don't worry mummy. Kaushalya says go there and ask Preeti. Preeti drops the pregnancy kit and cries. Nimmi comes and asks why are you not coming downstairs. She sees Preeti crying and checks the kit. She gets shocked seeing two lines. Nimmi asks are you pregnant. Preeti says no. Kaushalya comes to them and asks what is the test result. Nimmi shows the kit. Kaushalya asks what does two lines mean. Nimmi says Preeti is worried. Preeti says I don't know how did this happen. Kaushalya falls down by shock. She beats Preeti and asks how did this happen. She shouts, and they all cry. Kaushalya says you broke my trust, what shall I answer everyone now. Preeti says I did not do anything wrong. Kaushalya scolds Preeti and Nimmi, and leaves crying and furious. Preeti says I did not do anything. Nimmi says result is positive, you took big step. Preeti says this test is wrong Nimmi, trust me. Nimmi says I hate you and goes out of the room. Preeti says someone trust me and cries.
Rani thinks to ask Sarla about going to satsang. She asks Sarla to take her to Satsang, she has to ask something. Sarla says I know, you want to rule here. Rani says I want to pray for Amit. Sarla says he is my son, I will pray, what will you ask. Rani says Amit started running gambling in his agency. Sarla says what nonsense, don't lie, I don't trust you. Rani says I m saying truth. Sarla leaves. Rani thinks to go to satsang on her own. Nimmi checks the instructions again, and shows Kaushalya. She says its written that the result can be wrong too, sometimes its not 100% sure. Kaushalya cries. Nimmi says calm down, don't worry, we will get Preeti's blood test. Kaushalya says take Preeti with you, go to far hospital.
Anupam calls Riya and says Nimmi got medicines for me, I want to go from here, Preeti was crying, she is unwell, I don't think things are fine here. Nimmi talks to Riya and says don't worry. Preeti ate inappropriate food and got unwell, you know she is sensitive and cries. Nimmi takes some money and thinks what to write in diary. She writes something. Kaushalya asks Nimmi to change clothes and take Preeti. Nimmi and Preeti reach the lab and cover faces seeing Bindu. Bindu says I think its Sarla's bad sight, I had to give blood for test, don't know what will be result. Nimmi says why did Bindu come so far for test, there is something fishy.
Nimmi and Preeti go to reception. The man asks the girl's name. Preeti says her name. He asks husband's name. Nimmi says Nandu lal. Preeti asks what. He asks address. Nimmi gives address. He asks why are you both worried, blood test is very easy. He asks is this first child. Nimmi and Preeti give different answers. He asks why are you giving wrong answers. Nimmi says we are scared of test, how much money. He says 500rs, we will send report to your home at 7am. Nimmi says no, don't send it, I will come at 6.45am. He says fine, sit, we will take sample.
Bindu sees Nimmi and Preeti, and asks why did they come here, she has seen them hiding faces. Nimmi asks her to get her eyes tested. She argues and says we did not come to this lab. Bindu says this girl is hiding something, I will find out. Kaushalya cries at home. Nimmi and Preeti look at her. Kaushalya says I can't sit with peace till results come. Nandu comes home and looks on. He asks why is Kaushalya worried, and thinks did they know I called Preeti, I did not talk to Preeti.
Sarla and Rajendra come to Shanti Sadan, and she asks him to dig the place to find treasure. Bansi says I m doing the work. Sarla asks them to dig there. Kaushalya cries and sees Preeti and Nimmi. She is unable to sleep. Kaushalya murmurs that its less time for 6am now. Preeti sees her awake. Sarla prays to get treasure. Kaushalya hears the digging sound. She comes out to see. Sarla worries seeing Kaushalya. Kaushalya comes shouting who is there. Nimmi and Preeti wake up and go downstairs. Nandu and Anupam wake up and asks who is there.
Kaushalya says someone is digging there, don't open the door. Niimmi goes to see. Sarla hides. Everyone scream seeing Bansi and Rajendra. Nandu gets his stone exercise tool and beats them. He neighbors come and beat Bansi and Rajendra. They run away. Preeti, Nimmi and Nandu wonder who were they. Kaushalya asks them to come inside home. Nandu says I will sleep outside today to guard house. He asks Kaushalya to shut the door and sleep peacefully. Nandu sleeps outside. Sarla makes faces.
Kaushalya says get up, alarm is ringing. Nimmi comes home with report. Kaushalya sees some men. The man says Maharaj/Sadhu chose your house to stay.
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A formal specification and analysis of the resource reservation protocol
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This thesis explores the practicality of using the Resource ReSerVation Protocol (RSVP) model to prove quality of service guarantees over networks. An overview of the requirements to provide quality of service is provided. Using Finite State Machine analysis, the RSVP protocol is formally specified and found to be suitable for reserving resources along a proposed path. However, the distributed nature of the RSVP model and its reliance on quality of service aware routing protocols is problematic. Several examples where RSVP provides less than optimal and/or incorrect results are studied. The framework for alternate model of proving quality of service is proved. This model uses a centralized server for flow path computation. The server-based approach provides more accurate results than the RSVP model and is capable of network optimization; yet it places fewer strains on network resources and appears easier to implement.
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NASA released the picture of a huge crater on Mars that resembles a bug-eyed head. The space agency named it as the "Chryse Alien Head."
The "Chryse Alien Head" picture was originally posted by NASA back in 2005. The image was captured by the Mars Global Surveyor using the Mars Orbiter Camera in the Chryse Planitia in late January 2004. It was taken in an area near to the site where the Viking 1 probe landed on 1975.
The Chryse Alien Head crater is 164 yards in length. It is believed that the crater might have been caused by an asteroid impact that has been left in the unusual form by later erosion. According to NASA, the depressions that resemble eyes in the crater may have formed during a flood way back in the history of Mars or been carved by water erosion that occurred across the western Chryse Planitia from Maja Valles and wind action common occurrence in more recent history.
Although the picture in question is not a new one, it started making rounds on the internet when UFO hunter Scott C. Waring posted it and captioned it as a new discovery. Waring believes the crater on the Martian surface to be a monumental carving of an extraterrestrial being. He claimed that NASA named the image as "Chryse Alien Head" because they spotted an alien on Mars. The UFO hunter also provided the measurements of the alien head.
Furthermore, Waring insisted that the two eyes spotted in the crater are each over 250 meters long and perfectly matched in size and width. He added that the ridges along its center forehead show a unique feature of the alien not often seen.
Interestingly, this is not the first time that a mysterious figure has been spotted on Mars. Previously, an Elvis-like figure and another woman-like figure were also seen in some pictures of the Red Planet.
Giant Alien Head Found On Mars And Labeled By NASA As "Chryse Alien!" March 22, 2018, UFO Sighting News. https://t.co/SIZwaI5PMA pic.twitter.com/ncOkIt97rw
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Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of Germany Elected 256th Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, After IV or V Ballots
At 6:04 Pm white smoke appeared from the Sistene Chapel. Soon the world would know that the 256th Pope would be George Cardinal Ratzinger who took the name Pope Benedict the XVI, the first German speaking Pope in 948 years.
A close friend of Pope John Paul II, Benedict XVI is not likely to be less conservative, but is also considered to be brilliant and a scholar, and at age 78, a good transitional Pope, because it would be difficult for any pontiff to match up to the record of Pope John Paul II and his legacy.
The Vatican Website includes information on the Holy Father, including a Biography of Pope Benedict the XVI.
The Text of the Pope's First Traditional Blessing, The Urbi et Orbi, or "For the City (Rome, as most know, the Pope is the Bishop of Rome) and For the World" follows below.
Urbi et Orbi Blessing
Dear brothers and sisters,
after our great Pope, John Paul II, the Cardinals have elected me, a simple, humble worker in God's vineyard.
I am consoled by the fact that the Lord knows how to work and how to act, even with insufficient tools, and I especially trust in your prayers.
In the joy of the resurrected Lord, trustful of his permanent help, we go ahead, sure that God will help. And Mary, his most beloved Mother, stands on our side. Thank you.
Details of his ring and staff or crozier will follow.Upon election thinks move quickly, the Vatican website already shows the Papal seal.
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This weekend was the kick-off of the 17-day Lunar New Year Celebration at Disney California Adventure. This year they've included 3 new Marketplaces featuring food from different areas of Asia, and I felt it was my duty to try as many as possible and share my thoughts with you.
The Marketplaces begin in front of The Little Mermaid-Ariel's Undersea Adventure and continue to the Paradise Gardens area. Most of the booths featured a couple savory dishes, a sweet dish, a specialty drink or two.
The first booth I passed was Korea, with featured Kimchi Bokkeumbap (Kimchi-vegetable fried rice) [$6.00], Yachae Mandu (Steamed vegetable dumplings with sesame-garlic soy sauce) [$6.50], and Yaksik (Sweet rice and dried fruit cake) [$4.50]. To drink, they were serving Banana Milk [$4.25], Black Beer Stout [$8.00], and Hit Pale Lager [$8.25]. I ordered the fried rice, rice and dried fruit cake, and the banana milk.
I enjoyed the flavor of the fried rice, but proportionally, there were too many vegetables and not enough rice. It just wasn't what I'm used to. The dessert was very interesting. It was sweet, but not too sweet, and had raisins and other dried fruits in it. I really enjoyed the banana milk. It was simple, but refreshing, and worked well with all the Asian dishes I tried.
Next up was China, which was serving up Xiao Long Bao (Pork soup dumplings with black vinegar and ginger) [$7.00], Luo Bo Gao (Turnip cake with sausage and oyster sauce) [$6.50], Egg Tart [$4.25], and Five Spice Peanut Brittle [$4.50]. To wash it down, you could get Passion Fruit Green Ice Tea with Lychee Popping Pearls [$4.50] or a Tsingtao Lager [$8.00]. You had the option to add a glowing lotus flower to the tea for an extra $5.00. I chose the pork soup dumplings and the egg tart.
The pork soup dumplings were excellent! The flavor of the pork paired with the black vinegar work so well together. I could eat an entire plate of them. My only issue was the way they were served. The three dumplings were stuck together in the bottom of the bowl, so when I tried to pick them up, they broke open. Still delicious!
The egg tart was a surprise. The Cast Member tried to explain it to me, but even then I didn't know what to expect. It's almost like a creme brulee…in a tart; slightly sweet with a great texture. Not the best crust in the world, but still.
The final booth on the path to Paradise Gardens is Vietnam which had Bang Chung (Sticky rice cake with pork) [$6.50], Chao Tom Voi Nuoc Cham Chua Ngot (Sugar cane shrimp skewer with sweet and sour sauce) [$7.00], and Purple Sweet Potato Macaron [$5.25]. They also had Ca Phe Da (Vietnamese iced coffee) [$4.25]. I got the shrimp skewers and the macaron.
The shrimp was the biggest disappointment of the day. I expected whole shrimp, but this was chopped up, breaded shrimp. The sauce was a problem as well. Not only wasn't it a "sweet and sour" sauce, but they stored the sauces in the refrigerator….cold breaded mushy shrimp…sorry…no.
The macaron was good. Other than a bit of mealy potato texture, you really wouldn't know that this was sweet potato. This dessert was fun and would be great to share.
As you've probably already guessed, my favorite booth was China and I WILL be returning there. I might stop by Korea again for that banana milk to wash down the dumplings.
For more of my thoughts, check out this video that I filmed along the way.
The Lunar New Year Celebration continues through February 5, 2017.


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Mandela Guest House in Jaipur, is a superb hotel. In Jaipur, Mandela Guest House offers online booking and comfortable living. Contact Mandela Guest House in Jaipur for tariffs.
Mandela Guest House is the perfect choice. The city center is merely 5.00 Km away and the airport can be reached within 30 minutes. For sightseeing options and local attractions, one need not look far as the hotel enjoys close proximity to Ajmer Road, Sawai Maan Singh Stadium, Rajasthan Polo Club.
Take advantage of a wealth of unrivaled services and amenities at this Jaipur hotel. For the comfort and convenience of guests, the hotel offers Wi-Fi in public areas, car park, room service, restaurant.


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New Orleans Shuts Down House Of Detention
UPDATED 7:01 AM CDT Apr 10, 201
Opened more than 50 years ago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana said the House of Detention, better known as the "House of D," should have been shut down a long time ago."The HOD should have been shut down years ago. Everyone has known for years that conditions inside the House of Detention are deplorable," ACLU Executive Director Marjorie Esman said.
Last month, federal marshals said they removed inmates from the facility; and last week, the department of justice did an investigative tour.
A report was released Monday that there were too many sexual assaults inside the jail.
Officials said the House of D was mentioned frequently in a 2 1/2-year-old Department of Justice report on conditions at Orleans Parish Prison.
According to the report, "During our review, we found the most densely populated facility -- the House of Detention -- was also the most understaffed, which likely explains the high incidence of violence."
The Southern Poverty Law Center agreed with the ACLU and the DOJ report, and said that when it comes to violence inside the House of D, there was a lot of punishment.
"(Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin) Gusman should be applauded for taking this step. It's unfortunate it took this long and so many lives to know what we've known for years -- the jail is too out of control," said Katie Schwartzman, managing attorney for the SPLC.
Gusman has long said that many of the findings in the DOJ report have been corrected, although many disagreed with the notion.
"This is the first step of many that I hope that will lead to improvements that are much needed at OPP," Esman said.


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While lots of people play with their nipples, not a lot of people really explore the depths of pleasure nipple play can bring. Since my partner and I get really turned on by nipple play, we've had plenty of time to figure out what feels great.
The tips here are for people just getting into nipple stimulation. If you're looking to take it to the next level, there are more advanced nipple play methods.
The best plan for most sex play is to offer variety. Nipples are no exception. Try a bunch of different things and see what works. Once you found what works for your needs, randomize the playlist to keep your nipples from getting bored. Also, don't be afraid to mix these together for even more options.
Lastly, the nipple and the areola – the area around the nipple – are very sensitive. Don't make the mistake of neglecting the areola. Almost everything on this list is for both the nipple and the areola. Fewer things on this list include the rest of the breast area, but that's just because it's less sensitive – not less important.
Licking – Use your tongue in every way possible: fast, slow, flat or tip. As long as you're not treating it like an ice cream cone, you should be good. A slow swirl of the tongue around the areola and building to the nipple is a great idea. Also try flicking your tongue like a snake on the tip of the nipple.
Rubbing – Use one or all of your fingers to stimulate the nipple. Slip the nipple in the crease between your two fingers. Every part of your hand can provide slightly different sensations. If you're not using lube be careful not to cause too much friction.
Pinching – Just squeeze the nipple between your fingertips. Adjust the pressure accordingly. If nails are involved, be careful not to break the skin. Roll the nipple back and forth for some added stimulation.
Nibbling – Lightly chomping on a nipple – like chattering teeth – can be very pleasurable. The nibbles should be nothing more than a gentle graze with the teeth. A bunch of quick nibbles never hurt anyone either, hopefully.
Sucking – Like a baby to a teat. Just, you know, not. Wrap your mouth around the nipple, add suction and run your tongue over the nipple. Use both sides of your tongue for a nice variety in texture.
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Tickling – Nipples often are ticklish because they are so sensitive. Even if the nipples in question aren't, using your fingertips to caress the skin of the breast and nipple area feels pretty great.
Breathing – Use your hot breath to stimulate the nipple. It's a very gentle sensation, but the suspense of being that close without touching makes it much more fun. When you're cuddled up, make your breaths pass over their nipple. It'll be an extra bit of subtle stimulation.
Kissing – Smooch. Gentle pecks to the nipple and breast area are always fun. Firm kisses work, too, of course; it's all about preference.
Massage – Just like shoulder rubs, but for the chest. Get your fingers working primarily on the muscle. You want to be gentle squeezing fattier breasts; you're not milking a cow.


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Next time somebody says that the SSP's campaign for a £10 an hour national minimum wage is unrealistic, or would damage the economy, spare a thought for the bosses who dictate the poverty pay that workers struggle to survive on.
Last year we had 'Fat Cat Wednesday'. This year it came a day earlier; Fat Cat Tuesday, 6th January 2015, was the day by which the average chief executive of the FTSE 100 companies raked in as much as the average worker will earn over the entire year!
By late afternoon on their second day back at work, the average chief executive of each of the FTSE 100 firms had already piled up £27,200 in earnings, which was the average annual wage of a worker in the UK in 2014.
£1200 an hour!
Even if we make the naively generous assumptions that these bloated bosses work a 12-hour day, only take 10 days' annual leave, and work 3 out of 4 weekends (none of which assumptions we have any evidence for!), that still means they are on £1,200 an hour! Their annual average income for 2014 was £4.72million - each!
Whereas the average worker's wage 'rose' from £27,000 in 2013 to £27,200 last year, the FTSE 100 chiefs awarded themselves an increase of £500,000 each!
354 years' work to match Primark boss
Let's break down this obscenity of inequality a bit, to master the mind-boggling figures involved.
If you did some of your shopping in Primark before Xmas, you helped boost the profits of its parent company, Associated British Foods. That outfit's top dog, George Weston, was awarded a £5m Xmas bonus for meeting targets, on top of his £1m salary and £900,000 annual bonus. Yet Primark refuses to pay its workers the Living Wage.
Those cold figures mean that if you are earning the average national wage of £27,200, it will take you 195 years to earn the same as Primark's George Weston. And more to the point, given the wages this outfit grudgingly pays its workers, if you are a full-time worker on the £6.50 national minimum wage, it would take you 354 years to match his income!
Easyjet - easy money
To use just one other example, if you were lucky enough to use Easyjet at Xmas, you will have helped boost the income of its chief executive, Carolyn McCall. If you are fortunate enough to get the average worker's wage it will take you a modest 283 years to match her annual income. But if you are on the 'economy class' legal minimum wage, you'd need to stretch it out to 592 years of work!
These gaping chasms of income are perverse. And don't be fooled into thinking they are the exception, restricted to just the top 100 Fat Cats.
Whilst workers' wages have plummeted by £50 a week on average since 2010, the pay of ALL company directors rocketed by 21 per cent in 2014 alone.
Just 2,600 senior bankers in London grabbed an average of £1.3m each last year. That means just 2,600 wreckers of the economy had a combined income substantially greater than the entire block grant from Westminster to the Scottish government - which of course was cut, because "we have to balance the books", and "we are all in it together"!
TUC: fight for £10 now!
It's time to challenge this rotten system, stinking with corruption, rooted in the ripping off of the working class who produce the wealth in order to fill the boots of the obnoxiously rich.
It's time the trade union movement rose up on its hind legs, mobilised workers, organised in communities, and fought to implement the policy agreed unanimously at the recent Trades Union Congress, "for a £10 per hour minimum wage for all workers".
It isn't asking the earth, in this fabulously rich country. It wouldn't mean workers on £10 an hour could wallpaper their living rooms with £50 notes! But it would transform the lives of millions, including the million people who relied on foodbanks for handouts last year - many of them in jobs.
The SSP is dedicated to fighting poverty pay. We are out to abolish the accompanying obscenity of Zero Hours Contracts. We are constantly told that the economy is recovering from the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash. Workers haven't seen a share of any such recovery. But since profits are booming, and the Fat Cats are bursting with gluttony, we are in all the stronger a position to demand a bit back from the wealth created by workers in the first place.
Right now, workers on the pathetic 'adult' minimum wage of £6.50 would have to toil for 363 years to earn as much as the average FTSE 100 Fat Cat gobbles up in a year. Not a very realistic option!
Join the SSP and fight for £10 an hour now - for all over 16, scrapping age wage discrimination, and with equal pay for women. £10 an hour is not just modest, but entirely realistic, provided we organise and fight for it.


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Thursday, January 18, 2007
4 Comments:
- Cocaine Jesus said...
way things are going i will soon be wearing one.
- Dr Anthony Donovan said...
Go for it, CJ. Make a feature of it!
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Given the post-Christmas inflation, I fear there isn't a whale in the ocean up to providing a support for the Osborne midriff.
- Dr Anthony Donovan said...
Weirdly, I lost weight. I think my secret was trowelling all those Quality Street and Celebrations into my cake-hole.


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Tomorrow, students are invited to bring in their project boards once again to work on their projects during class time or during nutrition breaks. This will be a good chance for students to consult with me and get some feedback about their project or to work with their partner at school to catch up! Final stage information packages, along with the judging rubric will also be sent home with their duotangs.
Take a look at what will be sent home:
Final Stage:
The First Annual Rousseau Science Fair is almost here and we are in the final stage of putting together our projects. Here are some basic guidelines for you to follow to ensure your success.
Your final written piece to be included in your science journals or duotangs. It should include a
paragraph stating:
Did your results prove your hypothesis to be correct or incorrect?
If your project worked.….Summarize your work clearly and tie your conclusions directly back to your original question and hypothesis.
If your project didn't work.…congratulations, you've found out what if feels like to be a researcher. Now you have something to write about in your report. What might have gone wrong? Was there an error you could fix for next time? What did you learn?
Real World Application:
An important part of your conclusion will be to write about the real world application of your work. Does your innovation address a highway engineering problem that will result in less asphalt wear and tear? Will your experiment allow plants to be grown with less water? Have you discovered something in your study that you think more people should know about and how will you get this message across, what should be done?
Project Boards:
Time to display all that wonderful information….refer to our school website for project board ideas and inspiration. All project boards must include:
A large visible title…
science fair judges need to be attracted to a clearly visible title in a large font. Step away from your project board and double check that your title can be seen from a distance.
Background Research
What are acknowledgements? Anyone to thank for giving you a helping hand? Any research you want to draw attention to that really helped you out? Here's your chance to write about that. Short sentences please.
On the day of the Science Fair, you should be ready to present all of your wonderful work to the judges and any visitors that are interested! To prepare for that, practise answering these questions…
- Why did you choose this topic?
- Did the results surprise you? Why or why not?
- What steps did you follow in your procedure? Did you change any steps? Why or why not?
- How can your project be applied to society today?
- If you chose to change your project, what would you change? Why?
Judges will also ask specific questions related to your topic and results. Therefore, make sure that you understand your topic and results!
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Dr. Nicole Cruz, a senior resident in the Residency Training Program in Internal Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named the National Hispanic Medical Association Resident of the Year for the northeast region.
The National Hispanic Medical Association awards six Resident of the Year Awards, one in each of the association's regions in the country, to outstanding residents who demonstrated achievements in leadership, medical practice, research or teaching, and a commitment to providing healthcare in a Hispanic community. Dr. Cruz accepted her award on May 6 during the association's annual conference in Washington, D.C.
Dr. Cruz is co-chair of the Department of Medicine's Minority Housestaff Committee, spearheading a mentorship program for housestaff and working to enhance diversity, community and opportunity in the training program.
A house officer at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell, Dr. Cruz is pursuing a career in academic hematology-oncology, and will begin her fellowship in the field at Weill Cornell Medicine in July. She earned her medical degree at San Juan Bautista Medical School in Puerto Rico.
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According to Mr. Simmons, La Luna Cigars were previously rolled by Torano Cigars, but at this moment, they are going to be rolled in house in Danli, Honduras. They predict that they will start production with the African Fuertes but will also be starting a new line named after one of the founders. This "J. Marta Perez" line will be very select cigars.


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Is it just me or is pumpkin everywhere you look once Fall rolls around? But who can complain pumpkin is just down right delicious and is the perfect Fall flavor for a multitude of treats. I've rounded up 15 mouth watering Pumpkin Recipes to inspire you so go get into the Fall spirit with some pumpkiny goodness!
1.Pumpkin Pie Dip
2.Pumpkin Cookies with Coconut Cream
Food, Faith, Fitness
3.Salted Caramel Pumpkin Bars
A Kitchen Addiction
4.Pumpkin Apple Bread
Yellow Bliss Road
5.Soft Pumpkin Cookies with Cinnamon Frosting
Bake at 350
6.Butterscotch filled Pumpkin Cookies
Amy's Healthy Baking
7.Pumpkin Cinnamon Duffins
Laughing Spatula
8.Pumpkin Cinnamon Chip Oatmeal Bars
I Should Be Mopping the Floor
9.Pumpkin Pie Frappe
Peanut Butter and Peppers
10.Pumpkin Spice Mini Cupcakes
11.Pumpkin Caramel Kiss Cookies
Something Swanky
12.Pumpkin Butter
Saving with Shellie
13.Pumpkin Pie Fudge
Simplee Thrifty
14.Pumpkin Spice Bars with Bourbon Butter Glaze
This Gal Cooks
15.Pumpkin Pie Cinnamon Rolls
So what do you think, are you going to go clear the pumpkin cans off the grocery shelf and make some of these?
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Baba Ganouj and Whole Wheat Pita BreadPosted: July 19, 2012 Filed under: appetizer, dinner, side dishes, snacks | Tags: eggplant, pita bread, tahini, whole wheat flour 3 Comments
As much as I LOVE homemade sandwich bread, I rarely delve into making my own. I usually stick with quick breads like strawberry, banana or blueberry lemon.
I decided to go outside my comfort zone two weeks ago and try my hand at homemade pita. I knew I wanted to use whole wheat flour so I found a recipe on Epicurious that I thought I could modify easily enough with a higher ratio of whole wheat flour. This recipe does take time, but I assure you it's worth the effort! Since I was working with my little chef (my 4 year old daughter) it was fun to teach her about yeast and the whole process of how to make bread. The end result was fabulous tasting pita, but it lacked the "pocket".
I went back to the drawing board, modified the recipe again, and came up with this! It's the perfect thickness and puffs up beautifully as it cooks to form that pocket I was missing from the first try. The key is to roll it thin enough and don't overcook. It literally takes 3 minutes in the oven!
To go with these lovely pita, I made up a batch of baba ganouj. This heavenly eggplant spread not only goes great with the pita, it's can also be served with crudites, crackers or spread on some multigrain bread and layered with some grilled veggies. YUM!
Whole Wheat Pita
Makes 8 (7″ inch) pitas
1 package active dry yeast
1 tsp honey
1 1/4 C warm water (105-115 degrees F)
1 1/2 C whole wheat flour
1 C oat flour
3 T vital wheat gluten (this really helps to make the pita rise)
1/2 C bread flour (plus more for kneading and rolling out)
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp salt
Stir together yeast, honey, and 1/2 cup warm water in a large bowl, then let stand until foamy, about 5 minutes.
Next, stir together the flours in another bowl. Once the yeast mixture is ready, whisk 1/2 cup flour mixture in until smooth, then cover with plastic wrap and let it sit in a warm place until doubled in bulk and bubbly, about 45 minutes.
Stir in oil, salt, remaining 3/4 cup warm water, and remaining 2 1/2 cups flour mixture until a dough forms.
Turn out dough onto a floured surface and knead, working in just enough additional flour to keep dough from sticking, until dough is smooth and elastic, 8 to 10 minutes. Form dough into a ball and put in an oiled large bowl, turning to coat. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and let dough rise again in a warm place until doubled in bulk, about 1 hour.
Punch down dough and cut into 8 pieces. Form each piece into a ball. Flatten 1 ball, then roll out into a 7-inch round on floured surface with a floured rolling pin.
Set oven rack in the lower third of the oven and place a large piece of aluminum foil directly across the rack. Preheat oven to 500 degrees.
Place pitas (you should be able to fit four pitas across) directly onto the aluminum foil making sure they aren't touching. Bake for 2 minutes. Flip and bake for 1 minute more. DO NOT OVERCOOK! They really do only take 3 minutes!
Cool on a wire rack before storing. I wrap them individually in plastic wrap once they are cool, place in a large freezer bag and put them in the freezer until I am ready to eat one. You can defrost them overnight in the refrigerator or pop in the microwave for 2o seconds.
Baba Ganouj
Serves 6-8
2 medium eggplant
Juice from one lemon (you want a good 2 TBS worth)
1/2 C tahini
1/3 C finely chopped parsley (I prefer flat leaf over curly)
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp garlic powder (you could use 2 minced garlic cloves if you prefer fresh)
1 TBS olive oil
Fresh cracked black pepper to taste
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Prick the eggplant all over with a fork and place on a cookie sheet lined with aluminum foil. Cook for roughly 45 minutes or until they look deflated and are completely soft. Once they are cool enough to handle, scoop out the flesh into a bowl and mash well. Add remaining ingredients and stir well to combine. Chill until cold. Enjoy!


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Multifractality of Inverse Statistics of Exit Distances in 3D Fully Developed Turbulence
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- Publication Date
- Mar 17, 2005
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- Mar 17, 2005
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- DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2005.12.004
- arXiv ID: physics/0503142
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- arXiv
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The inverse structure functions of exit distances have been introduced as a novel diagnostic of turbulence which emphasizes the more laminar regions [1-4]. Using Taylor's frozen field hypothesis, we investigate the statistical properties of the exit distances of empirical 3D fully developed turbulence. We find that the probability density functions of exit distances at different velocity thresholds can be approximated by stretched exponentials with exponents varying with the velocity thresholds below a critical threshold. We show that the inverse structure functions exhibit clear extended self-similarity (ESS). The ESS exponents \xi(p,2) for small p (p<3.5) are well captured by the prediction of \xi(p,2)= p/2 obtained by assuming a universal distribution of the exit distances, while the observed deviations for large p's characterize the dependence of these distributions on the velocity thresholds. By applying a box-counting multifractal analysis of the natural measure constructed on the time series of exit distances, we demonstrate the existence of a genuine multifractality, endowed in addition with negative dimensions. Performing the same analysis of reshuffled time series with otherwise identical statistical properties for which multifractality is absent, we show that multifractality can be traced back to non-trivial dependence in the time series of exit times, suggesting a non-trivial organization of weakly-turbulent regions.


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"Working with such talented people—the writers, the actors, directors, producers—doing material that was bright and literate and original and adult and daring," Bea Arthur exclaims halfway through her 2002 one-woman show On Broadway: Just Between Friends, speaking about her work on both Maude and The Golden Girls. Even as she tendered a compliment to the body of work that turned her into a household name, her emphatic button on the word "literate" comes off as an inadvertent snipe. Arthur's heart forever remained with Broadway; that much is self-evident. In fact, in reminiscing about her first appearance as Maude, Edith Bunker's cousin on All in the Family, she said the role felt wonderful because if seemed just "like being on stage." That's exactly what makes Arthur and her star vehicle, Maude, the underheralded apex of creator Norman Lear's '70s TV universe. He unabashedly brought as much Noo Yawk as he could muster to Television City, and Arthur's to-the-cheap-seats delivery on set in the West Coast could no doubt be heard loud and clear all the way back at her old stomping grounds.
It was her brassy chutzpah that earned Maude its bona fides as a trailblazer, and what also allowed the series to transcend its initially admittedly shallow premise. In her inaugural All in the Family appearance, Maude was framed as a formidable, fire-breathing nemesis to the bellicose, pig-headed Archie Bunker. Everything he was and everything he represented she reflected back on him. There was something thickly satisfying about watching her chew the Neanderthal up and spit out his bones, but it had very little to do with their political antagonism. (The episode climaxed with a hardly timely debate about FDR's alleged socialist leanings, and for the most part Maude was satisfied hitting Archie below the belt: "You're fat!") CBS head of programming Fred Silverman legendarily called up Lear before the credits on "Cousin Maude's Visit" had even finished rolling to lock Arthur down for her own spinoff, and it's easy to see how simply everything fell into place for Lear thereafter.
Almost too simply. With All in the Family, Lear leaned awfully hard on the false equivalency between Archie and Meathead, using the latter's flawed and immature liberal worldview as an excuse to push the former much further into the realm of grotesque caricature. In other words, Lear's admission that, sure, maybe liberals didn't exactly have it all figured out gave him carte blanche to cut down all conservative ideology as sheer reactionary buffoonery. Like any master satirist, he didn't hide his allegiances, but he would often contort himself into needlessly schematic parables. Until Maude, that is.
No matter what Lear or TV Guide may have said at the time, Maude Findley was never merely the anti-Archie, a careless progressive incapable of backing up her beliefs. She was an imperfect but cogent woman, and asserted her right to be just that. It was her (and Arthur's) refusal to be a cookie-cutter housewife that poured octane into Lear's cultural criticism, allowing him to explore the comedy of someone he no doubt identified strongly with (Maude was based, purportedly, on his own wife), falling hysterically short of her own principles.
And boy did Arthur sell the farm. Fearlessly theatrical in her delivery, Arthur's Maude would use syllables the way a milliner uses cherries and feathers, decorating her combative jabs with glassy consonants. When her husband, Walter (Bill Macy, understandably underrated as Maude's foe-in-chief), flashes a wide smirk at a ribald double entendre involving cigarettes and butts in the first-season episode "Florida's Problem," Maude cuts him down with a crisply enunciated, "Gutter humor titillates you, does it?" Even drunk, as she and her best friend, Vivian (fellow Golden Girl-to-be Rue McClanahan), get spectacularly so in the third-season episode "Lovers in Common," her diction only seems to improve as she bellows, "I would laugh hys-TER-ically, hys-TER-ically...if only I could get my cheeks to move!" If Carroll O'Connor's Archie spoke like a marshmallowy Brando, Arthur's Maude was a brick-house Joan Crawford.
Yes, early on, the series seemed content reworking arguments already well established by All in the Family from the opposite end of the spectrum: the liberal, educated, feminist, affluent end. (Somewhere along the way, Maude turned into Edith's decidedly upper-middle-class cousin.) The first season contains not only the groundbreaking episode in which Maude decides, after facing her own sublimated prejudices, to have an abortion, but also as many other issues as the writers could handle: race relations, transforming gender roles, sex education, divorce, marijuana laws—everything but homosexuality, a topic that would have to wait until the third-season episode "Maude's New Friend." Most of the clashes then occurred between Maude and her next-door neighbor, Arthur Harmon (Conrad Bain), a conservative doctor who, though prone to demagoguery, was at least an intellectual match for Maude. But Maude would just as often set herself at odds with her liberated, stacked daughter, Carol (Adrienne Barbeau, almost double-handedly bringing curvy back in vogue), and her Harlem-dwelling housekeeper, Florida (Esther Rolle), both of whom she'd frequently goad for not being as enlightened as herself. (In her very first episode, Florida's refusal to use the front door to save Maude the embarrassment of having a black maid using the back one leads her employer to call her a "bigot.")
The idea that everyone's tantric dissention was the byproduct of brisk social changes was always simmering under the confrontational surface of All in the Family. But it became far more nuanced and compelling with Maude, especially later on as the show continued exploring its title character, uncovering neuroses (as in the tour-de-force season-four episode "Maude Bears Her Soul," a wrenching 26-minute monologue by Arthur delivered to her unseen analyst) and confirming that Maude, like the rest of us, was always doing her best to revise her worldview as quickly as the world could turn.
Of course, to enjoy Maude today you do have to look beyond the gingham cravats, mile-wide neckties and flowing, chartreuse polyester housecoats. Which isn't exactly easy given Lear's CBS production house style of taping everything on video under harsh, glaring studio lights. Seen today, Maude looks as loud as she sounds. It's almost too appropriate to contrast the show's lack of visual tact against, say, The Mary Tyler Moore Show's soft, faded film stock. Shout! Factory's full-series DVD collection captures that hot, faultily white-balanced look accurately enough. The only thing hotter, actually, is the microphone capturing the live studio audience. Every round of applause, every sustained roll of laughter sounds like a dump truck filled with Cap'n Crunch sliding down the rocky face of the Matterhorn. It might even discourage binge watching, but that's for the best. A show like Maude was made to be savored.
About half the bonus content featured on the disc is recycled from All in the Family sets—not only the two episodes from the earlier series that featured Maude, but also two of the featurettes, which were seemingly produced when the prospects for a series-encompassing DVD set for Maude must have seemed pretty dim. Additionally, there's a new featurette with up-to-date interviews with Bill Macy and Adrienne Barbeau, and two rough-draft versions of episodes the show used later on during the run. Of the two, it's "Maude's New Friends"—a wife-swapping farce—that seems the more radical departure. Casting is everything.
"God'll get you for that, Walter." And Walter had better watch out, because finally having the complete Maude on DVD proves God's existence.


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Big week for Batman, and star Maggie Gyllenhaal has obviously thought about The Dark Knight even more than the rest of us. She tells me why the movie goes far beyond just "fun," and she shares what it's like filming one of the scariest scenes with Heath Ledger. Check the clip to get the full story.
And if you missed 'em, catch my interviews with the rest of the cast—and director Christopher Nolan—after the jump.


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For my own part I hate and distrust reactions not only in religion but in everything. Luther surely spoke very good sense when he compared humanity to a drunkard who, after falling of his horse on the right, falls off it next time on the left...
A thing does not vanish - it is not even discredited - because someone has spoken of it with exaggeration. It remains exactly where it was. The only difference is that if it has recently been exaggerated, we must now take special care not to overlook it; for that is the side on which the drunk man is now most likely to fall off.- C. S. Lewis
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