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New Zealand Player of the Year
Anthony Seiuli
born 13 March 1981 is the 3rd oldest sibling of 9 children, which consist of 2 boys and 7 girls. Anthony is probably better known as the New Zealand U19 player of the year in 1999. He was quickly snatched up in 1999 by the Otago Highlanders in the Super 12 season and had a successful start for the Highlanders against the Wellington Hurricanes in which he scored two tries on debut. He played out the rest of his year with the Highlanders before being drafted into the Waikato Chiefs' lineup the following year in 2000 where he played centre for the chiefs' and earned praise for his style of attack and defense which would earn him a place in the New Zealand All Blacks trial. In his final game with the Chiefs' in the final round robin which his team was unsuccessful in entering the semi finals, Anthony suffered a concussion when he collided heads with South African international Percy Montgomery, this would lead to a 6 week setback and ultimately Anthony would miss the All Blacks trial.
The Wonder Kid
Former All Black great Frank Bunce labeled Anthony Seiuli, better known as
The Wonder Kid
Along with All Black greats such as Sean Fitzpatrick, Zinan Brooke, Aaron Mauger, Daniel Carter the praises for this young man spread even internationally with such Wallaby greats as Tim Horan and David Campese. The tag
The Wonder Kid
has been with Tony through out his National honors as he played for his beloved Auckland NPC team in 1999.
Astonishing Talent and Humbling Character
freakish ability and vision in the game hit new heights with interests from rich Rugby Clubs from around the world especially form European Clubs such as Munster, Toulouse, Wasps, Leicester Tigers, and Yamato Rugby Club from Japan who offered a $600,000 per year contract for 3 years. The interest grew also from rival codes such as the NRL who sought for his signature with the Melbourne Storm, The West Tigers, Canterbury Bulldogs and the Brisbane Broncos. But all proposals from these various clubs were turned down and he would settle for a mere $60,00 contract to play in the premiere NPC team Auckland. His attitude toward where his heart lies in the sport of Rugby despite the lucrative offers that would have pushed many young players to sign off shore from New Zealand, is a testament to his loyalty and passion for the game that is driven on his love for the game and not on the monetary need. This would earn him the respect from his peers.
His career Highlights
From a young age of 19,
became the youngest ever Auckland Development Captain and would captain the side to two Coronation Shield championships. He was runner up in 2001 behind Richie McCaw as the New Zealand young Player of the year would captain the New Zealand Development team against France, Argentina, Australia and England in 2002. He played and important role for Auckland when they would defeat Canterbury in the Semi Final of the NPC championship in 2002. In 2003 he was name in the Auckland Blues Super 12 Team and would pair with All Black centre Mils Muliai'ina. But tragedy struck
in the secound round pre-season match against the ACT Brumbies when he collided into the knee of George Smith and suffered another concussion. He returned in round six of the Auckland Blues campaign only to suffer another blow to the head when he made the 2003 try saving tackle against South African Hooker and Springbok captain John Smit in which he saved the match winning try against the Blues but was knocked out cold when it was revealed the knee of John Smit had connected with Tony's head. The Auckland Blues went on that year to win the Super 12 trophy and several players were selected in the All Blacks that would win back the Bledisloe Cup from Australia who had held the cup for the past 5 years.
Soon after missing out on the All Blacks Tri-Nations, Anthony would return to Auckland NPC 2003 campaign and would return to blistering form against all his opposing challengers and would again be favored to wear the No 13 Jersey for the End of year tour, but in the last match again in the final round robin and 4 weeks out from the selection of the All Blacks announcement for the end of year tour, Anthony again would be denied a ticket on the plane to Europe when he was takled by All Black No 8 Sione Lauaki in a spear tackle and was driven to the ground and he suffered head injuries that would put him out for the year.
Since 2005, Anthony has again been the most outstanding player and was considered the preferred centre for the All Blacks by all peers both in New Zealand and world wide.
In 2005, Anthony was forced to sign with the Canterbury Crusaders, he was considered the sign of the year for the franchise. He paired with All Black Aaron Mauger and played an outstanding first 5 rounds. He was considered even at that stage the likely contender to play centre for the All Blacks to replace the soon retire\ing All Black great, his cousin, Tana Umaga. Tana Umaga was even quoted as stating that Anthony was not only the best centre he had played against in years, but that he was currently in his form the most dominant to date. But luck did not go his way in 2005. In the Crusaders next match against his beloved Auckland Blues, controversy surrounded his non selection, many state he said he would never play against Auckland or the Auckland Blues, but to this date Tony has remained silent regarding his non selection and many in the public domain debated whether or not he was being loyal to the Canterbury fans.
Out Again
In round 5 of the Super 12, Anthony suffered another blow to the head and was injured and sidelined for the remainder of the Crusaders Super 12 tournament. At the end of 2005 Anthony Seiuli would sign with the Auckland Blues and commence his playing career with the Auckland NPC club. In the semi final match against N.Harbour,
suffered a back injury and would miss the All Blacks end of year tour, but fate would play a cruel role in 2006 pre-season match when back from Injury,
suffered another concussion which would rule him out of Rugby for the rest of 2006.
Australia Bound
After a long talk with his All Black great Uncle and manager, Brian Williams,
decided to move abroad to Australia where he has taken a low profile to recuperate and hopefully return the the Rugby stage. It is not known yet when this young blistering talent will return but as the current All Black Coach Graeme Henry advised, that he believes
Tony Seiuli
still has the eye of the All Black management. Anthny Seiuli is still considered one of New Zealand's best inside centres and many are hoping the return of
The Wonder Kid
real soon. He already has a great fan base of over 25,000 in Auckland alone, he has played along side the likes of Luke McAllister, Isaia Toeava, Ma'a Nonu, Ben Atiga and the list goes on.
In 2007,
Anthony Seiuli
was not notable in any of the New Zealand Super Rugby teams. Where ever this young star is, we hope he returns soon. As they say, the Rugby arenas world wide will becon his return it would be inevitable he would return.
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China holds a large amount of U.S. government securities. Of China's $2.3 trillion in official reserves, it is estimated that 70 percent is held in U.S. dollar assets. China is a big customer for U.S. debt, but it is not America's banker. Nor is the United States dependent on China to finance its budget deficits. If China elects not to buy U.S. Treasuries, there are other willing public and private sector buyers, as indicated by the strong demand for these securities worldwide. Although the U.S. government might have to pay higher interest rates as an incentive to get other investors to buy Treasuries in the event that the Chinese reduce their demand, the increase in interest rates would likely be small.
Major consequences from a decision by China to reduce its purchases of U.S. Treasury securities would depend on the reason behind the decision. It would be in China's best interest (and beneficial for the rest of the world as well) if China reduced its purchases of U.S. Treasuries because it decided to stop heavily managing its exchange rate and allow greater flexibility in the currency's movements. This is an important policy change that is required if China is going to rebalance its economy and be able to sustain rapid growth.
If instead China continues to heavily manage its exchange rate, it will build up large additional amounts of official reserves. If it decides to hold less of these additional reserves in U.S. Treasury securities, then China will increase its purchases of assets denominated in other currencies, with euro-denominated securities being the most likely alternative. In these circumstances, China would continue to intervene in its exchange market, with the central bank buying U.S. dollars for Chinese renminbi and then selling dollars for euro to acquire European assets. The result would be an appreciation of the euro. Consequently, countries in Europe, not the United States, would probably be most affected by China's move because the negative impact of euro appreciation on European economic activity would likely far outweigh the effects on the United States of smaller Chinese purchases of Treasuries.
Alternatively, China could choose to start dumping its stock of U.S. securities. The result would be appreciation of other major currencies (depending on where China would decide to park its reserve assets); upward pressure on U.S. interest rates; and the possibility of financial market disruptions if China dumped its U.S. dollar assets rapidly. However, the U.S. Federal Reserve could limit the rise in U.S. interest rates and would be able to ensure adequate liquidity to prevent market disruptions. But a decision to dump Treasuries would have a large effect on China itself. The country would incur a substantial capital loss on its reserve assets. The Chinese authorities are deeply concerned about such a loss, and are very unlikely to decide to dump U.S. assets. In fact, the discussion initiated by China regarding the need for an alternative official reserve asset is motivated by its concerns about potential losses on its U.S. dollar holdings.
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Over the plan period (to 2027) the site will be required to deliver at least 500 homes and 11ha of new employment, along with roads, open space and community facilities. Some of the site will be safeguarded for future development needs beyond the plan period (2027).
We want to ensure that the development is well-planned and sustainable and integrates well with the rest of Burscough. Policy SP3 of the Local Plan provides broad and strategic guidance for the site in relation to what should be delivered on the site. A Masterplan provides a greater level of detailed guidance for the site and, in particular, how it may be laid out to accommodate the development. It also identifies which part of the site is not needed for this plan period so that this land may be safeguarded for future development purposes.
The site is allocated in the West Lancashire Local Plan Development Plan Document (2012-2027) as a Strategic Development Site. Policy SP3 provides broad and strategic guidance for the site in relation to what should be delivered on the site.
Following adoption in February 2015, the Masterplan is now a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD). This means that it will form part of the planning framework and be used as guidance to inform decisions on planning applications for that site. Any planning applications submitted for the site must meet the requirements of the Local Plan and the Masterplan.
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Both the first and second stage involve public consultation.
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Pentecost – and what it does to the guys with the big sticks.
Christian Love, – what does that even mean?
Doubt is the eternal twin of faith.
Passion Sunday; Christ's Death is an Act of Love
Christmas Eve
Do not be afraid!!!
The US Military and the 10 Bridesmaids (5 bright & 5 foolish)
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Jesus Is A Day Labourer
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The Jon Hassler Theater in Plainview. Photo from theater's Facebook page.
The Jon Hassler Theater in Plainview, Minn., is closing. Named for the esteemed writer who grew up in the town of about 3,300 northeast of Rochester, this little drama house on the prairie founded 14 years ago drew critical praise for the quality of the more than 60 plays staged there. Its home, a former farm-plement dealership, also houses a bookstore and art gallery.
The rising costs of putting on shows factored into the decision to close,said Dean Harrington, CEO of the Rural America Arts Partnership, the umbrella orgnazation that runs the theater. But that was only one reason.
"Attendance plateaued after the first few years and after that we didn't get the increases we needed," Harrington said. "Also part of our mission was to produce challenging work, and there was some audience for that in this area, but not enough to make it a satisfying endeavor."
The Hassler will continue to house productions on a rental basis through 2014, to honor prior commitments to high school and community groups who have planned shows and other events.
"We hope the school or someone else might buy it so it can continue being used as a theater, but if there's no interest it will be redeveloped as a commercial space of some sort," Harrington said.
"It does take a bigger investment than just ticket sales to keep a theater going," said Brett Olson, a supporter of the Hassler who runs a rural-arts advocacy nonprofit called Renewing the Countryside. "The Guthrie couldn't survive on that. The money that goes to the urban arts may be geographically proportional to the amount of taxes paid, but the rural areas can wind up being left out."
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Republican leader and billionaire Donald Trump had stunned the entire world with a crushing victory in the US Presidential election. Post election results, some Asian nations are watching anxiously as Trump prepares to take up the presidency, but for at least one major power in the region, India, the changing of the guard in Washington could strengthen ties.
There are many hints that Trump is well-disposed toward India.
During a brutal election campaign, where Trump's rhetoric on foreign partners was overwhelmingly negative, he was largely positive about India, or at least its Hindu majority, and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
When Trump courted Indian-American voters at a rally in New Jersey in mid-October, he said, "There won't be any relationship more important to us."
He had even praised Modi as a 'great man' for championing bureaucratic reforms and economic growth.
He has done a lot of business there.
A Washington Post analysis of Trump's pre-election financial disclosure found that of his 111 international business deals, the highest number — 16 — were in India.
He stirred controversy last week over potential conflicts of interest by meeting with three Indian business partners who are building a Trump-branded luxury apartment complex in the city of Pune.
On Wednesday he selected South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the daughter of Indian Sikh immigrants, to be US ambassador to the United Nations — the first woman tapped for a Cabinet-level post in his administration. Haley has no foreign policy experience.
It remains a matter of conjecture how any of this will shape the approach taken by a Trump administration when he takes office Jan. 20. But Lisa Curtis at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank said it was "easy to envision" the U.S. and India working closer on counter-terrorism.
India hopes that Trump's promise to fight radical Islamic militants will mean more American pressure on Pakistan and less aid for India's historic archrival. Militants based in Pakistan are accused of launching cross-border attacks inside India.
Neelam Deo, who heads the Mumbai-based think tank Gateway House, said India would also welcome it if Trump builds a working relationship with Russia in fighting the Islamic State group.
But Deo predicted U.S.-India friction if Trump restricts non-immigrant visas for Indians to try to protect American workers. She said that 60 percent of India's information technology experts who work abroad go to the U.S.
Biswajit Dhar, an economics professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, said that how Trump approaches immigration is a major concern in India and tough action "is going to rattle quite a lot here."
Lalit Mansingh, a former Indian ambassador to the U.S., said reactions in India to Trump's election victory have ranged from vocal support from right-wingers to shock and disappointment among the liberal intelligentsia. He said people had noticed that Trump had attended election campaign events with Hindus rather than the broader Indian-American community.
India is 80 percent Hindu, but 14 percent of its 1.3 billion people are Muslims.
'US an indispensable partner of India'
U.S.-India relations have advanced under President Barack Obama, particularly since Modi's election in 2014. When Modi addressed Congress this June, he described the U.S. as an "indispensable partner" and said together they could anchor stability and prosperity from the Indian Ocean to the Pacific.
Staunch U.S. allies like Japan and South Korea, which host American forces and depend on U.S. nuclear deterrence, have been unnerved by Trump's call for nations to shoulder more of the burden for security in Asia.
But that is less of a concern for India, which is not a formal ally of the U.S. It has expanded its military cooperation with Washington and purchased American hardware as it modernizes its armed forces. But it prizes having an independent foreign policy, as it did during the Cold War.
"India's interest in taking on a larger role fits in with Mr. Trump's view of U.S. friends and partners doing more in their own regions," said C. Raja Mohan, director of the Carnegie India think tank.
Trump plans to take an axe to the main economic element of Obama's Asia policy — the Trans-Pacific Partnership. He said this week that he will end US participation in the 12-nation trade pact. India is not involved in the agreement.
But India would be concerned if Trump adopted an isolationist stance and dialled back the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific.
"India is worried about China's dominance in this region," Dhar said.
Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 45th President of the United States on January 20, replacing Barack Obama.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Watercolor Artist Brigitte Bowyer Carey of Abaco, the Bahamas
I would like to introduce Brigitte Bowyer Carey of Abaco, the Bahamas, an accomplished artist and a good friend of ours. Her beautiful watercolor art of the Bahamas is now available on the internet at Island Watercolors. She paints a variety of Bahamian subjects including marine scenes, landscape, seascapes and Bahamian T'ings. My personal favorites are the island houses and lighthouses, especially those depicting the colorful settlement of Hope Town and its candy striped lighthouse dating to the 1800's. When you are in Abaco, be sure to visit the Abaco Inn or the Hope Town Harbour Lodge to see her work.
From Germany, Brigitte was educated as a graphic designer, although her first love has always been painting. When she discovered watercolors, she knew she had found her passion. Her style of painting is referred to as "wet on wet," meaning the paper is wet and one drop of paint blooms and creates wonderful images all over. Her unusual landscapes and seascapes are on display the world over and her collectors include novelist Pat Conroy and Mr. and Mrs. Sean Connery. She has a studio in her home on Tilloo and her paintings and prints are in galleries throughout the United States as well as the Bahamas. She also does special commissions for clients.
We met Brigitte and her husband Donnie many years ago. Donnie, a Bahamian, knows more about native plants than anyone I've ever met and their gardens are spectacular at their cottage, Hunkaloo. We first met them when they were building their cottage, near our home Lazy Days on Lubbers Quarters. We became fast friends and have shared many good times together, including some that will be in my upcoming travel adventure memoir, Living on Island Time, Retirement in Abaco Spiced with Food, Friends & Rum.
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- Lynn ... said...
Okay ... I'm floored by her work. Watercolors are such a soothing, yet exciting medium to paint with, and I really admire someone who can do both in the same painting! Her work is incredible!!! I'm so glad you posted this .... I may have a new favorite artist to add to my ever-growing list!!! Thank you!!!
- February 6, 2009 at 6:34 PM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Lynn, Brigitte is an incredible artist and trained by some of the finest artists. She also paints on driftwood that she finds on the beach behind her house. We have a couple of her driftwood pieces and love them. I've tried painting on driftwood, but although it looks easy, it is very hard. The paint keeps slipping in the cracks of the wood. Glad you liked her paintings and I'll be sure to pass on your compliments.
- February 7, 2009 at 7:04 AM
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In the present work, an attempt has been made for the effective utilization of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in diesel engine. A four stroke, single cylinder diesel engine was modified to work on dual fuel mode. The effect of CNG flow rate and Exhaust Gas Recirclulation (EGR) on the performance and emissions of the dual fuel engine was studied. The variables considered for the tests were different CNG flow rates (0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 and 0.7 kg/hr), EGR (0 %, 4.28 %, 6.63 % and 8.12 %) and loads (25 %, 50 %, 75 % and 100 % of full load). From the test results, it was observed that the EGR rate of 4.28 % results in better brake thermal efficiency and lower CO and NOx emissions than other ERG rates at 25 %, 50% and 75% of full loads. At full load, EGR rate of 8.12 % results in higher brake thermal efficiency and lower NOx emissions.
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Welcome to the Texas Workforce Commission's Labor Market and Career Information Department website. This website was designed to provide LMCI data and statistics to the widest range of users in the most thorough and convenient format possible. If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions on how LMCI can bring you information in a more convenient manner, feel free to contact us by email at email@example.com. You can also reach us by phone at (512) 936-3278 or toll free at (866) 938-4444.
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The various programs which produce Texas LMCI data are funded primarily by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. There are four basic programs through which LMCI gathers or generates data in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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This program is responsible for proper reporting of employment and wages for employers in Texas who pay Unemployment Insurance taxes. All establishments are assigned a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code. This coding scheme covers the entire field of economic activities and defines industries in accordance with the composition and structure of the economy. While the data from this program are the most detailed available, they are subject to a disclosure rule since no individual employer information can be released. It takes several months to receive all of this information, so there is normally a six-month lag before data at aggregate levels for counties and industry sectors are published.
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From the universe of employers who report to the TWC, a statistical sample group voluntarily reports over-the-month changes in employment, wages, and hours worked. The sample of employers used in this program is carefully selected by the BLS to reflect the composition of each industry and major metropolitan area in the state. Trends from this sample of employers for the current period are used to extrapolate basic universe employment by industry and location on a monthly basis.
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Information from Unemployment Insurance claims data taken by TWC offices are coupled with data from the Current Employment Statistics Program and data from other sources to produce estimates of total employment, unemployment, and unemployment rates for all counties and metropolitan areas. Each month, the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program generates unemployment rates for the 27 Metropolitan Statistical Areas, and all 254 counties in the state. These rates are provided to a wide variety of users both inside and outside government and are used as a basic allocator for federal funding in many programs.
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The Occupational Employment Statistics Program, in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, surveys Texas firms on the occupational composition of their work force. Employer responses show the occupations utilized within different industry sectors. These data are published in Staffing Patterns publications. Data from this program are also used as a base for producing projections of occupational demand. This program first develops industry projections for the state and metropolitan areas. The occupational patterns for each of these general industries are then applied to develop specific occupational projections.


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June 29, 2011.
I went to the gym today. I didn't want to go, but I was supposed to go yesterday and I didn't really want to go then either. I like going after I've been there and come home and seen the results, but it is truly difficult to get my butt off the couch and make the trip out to the gym. Last night cleaning and organizing the office was even more appealing than the gym, but then again I get a high from organizing and throwing things out that I just don't find at the Wellness Centre.
The gym though is rewarding. I noticed today while doing the leg press that I have upped my weights from 50lbs on the first day to 100lbs today which is a huge increase in only 2.5 weeks. That is a big difference, but I celebrate the tiny milestones as well such as today deciding to drop my fly curl weight to 4lbs and finally succeeding at completing not only my 1 set of 15 reps, but 2 sets of 15 reps. You have no idea how happy that made me.
Looks like I'm on track to lose 10lbs in my first 4 weeks as well. We'll see what happens. I'm definitely looking forward to a new workout program on Tuesday though.


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There's a new Stokke Xplory color in town (coming May) and we think moms of little gals will be thrilled! This beautiful pink is a Limited Edition color, so once they're gone, well - they're gone! Included is a matching Parasol and Pink Striped Cotton Blanket. These items will only be available with the purchase of the Limited Edition stroller ($1099.99).
If you have a boy, or a girl and just don't fancy pink (there's many of you out there!) you'll be pleased to see the new Light Green Xplory color. It's fresh and fun and though it isn't special edition, we anticipate there will be an immediate demand for it ($1049.99).
Also, making its debut soon (late April) are the new Xplory Summer Kits. They're available in 3 new prints that won't disappoint! ($199.99)
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We continued to work on the pantry project last night and it's coming along. Last night after work - I painted! And paint ALWAYS makes things look so much better. Paint is like a miracle face lift for things that are tired and dirty and need freshened up. I had a bit of my paint in my hair last night and I just remembered that I didn't have my honey to check to see if it washed out. oops!
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Work to live, not live to work - that's my motto!
My parents, who are originally from Oklahoma and Arkansas, met and married in California, then moved backed to Oklahoma to live forever. My Dad's parents, brother and sister stayed in California. My aunts, uncles and cousins still live there. Because of this, many of our vacations when I was growing up involved road trips from Oklahoma to California and visiting family. Nothing was more fun to my siblings and me than visiting our cousins in California.
As an adult, I've made several trips to California with my own family. SuperDave grew up in a military family and spent his teenage years in California, so we are both familiar with the left coast. We are currently booked for 10 days of fun in the sun in California this summer. Away from the 100 degree temps of Texas. Ten days visiting with family, playing and seeing some amazing natural beauty. My baby girl is finishing up with beauty college in less than two months and we are taking her on a fun trip before she begins "real life", working 40 hours a week (or more).
On our list of things to do in Cali is a 2 day drive down the Pacific Coast Highway from San Francisco to Morro Bay.....in a Mustang convertible! So I'll be checking off an item on my bucket list in a couple months. I expect to have some beautiful west coast photos to share with everyone when I get back. Scenes like this one. sigh
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Jamie Bock to Speak on BICEP2 Experiment
On Thursday, March 20, 2014, Jamie Bock, professor of physics at Caltech and senior research scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), will be giving a talk on the BICEP2 experiment and its recent detection of B-mode polarization indicating the effect of gravitational waves on the cosmic microwave background (CMB). The BICEP experiments began in 2002 as a collaboration between Bock and the late Andrew Lange, the former Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Physics at Caltech.
Bock will review data from BICEP2 observations at the South Pole conducted over three observing seasons from 2010 to 2012. He will describe the BICEP-2 experiment, discuss how the observations were undertaken and how the data were processed, and will explain why the BICEP2 team is confident that its finding is that of a strong B-mode polarization in the CMB, evidence of cosmic inflation and of primordial gravitational waves.
This talk is part of Caltech's regular weekly Physics Research Conference series. It will be held at 4 p.m. in the Feynman Lecture Hall, 201 East Bridge on the Caltech campus.


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CNN's Cafferty totally endorses Ron Paul!
This is the first major media figure since Tucker Carlson to publicly endorse Ron Paul.
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I had it all wrong. People who need God in their life are not weak, they are far stronger than myself. They have the strength to ignore logic and ask for help. I thought I was strong because I could do it all by myself, I let my pride take over, it gave me strength. Anyone can help themselves but it takes real strength to ask for help from anyone, including a being that has little evidence of existence.
I used my strength of mind to overcome my failings, while others use their strength of spirit to accept their failings, to accept they're flawed and to know they can't do it all on their own.


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A unique, telltale measurement of the molecular decomposition of a substance as a result of being irradiated. T'Pol and Hoshi Sato alter the signature of a canister of kemocite to make it easy to scan and track, once secreted aboard a Xindi shuttle. The trail goes awry when the signature is also found on a garbage scow.


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Thousands have lined the streets in Sydney's west to honour Australia's fighting horsemen.
About 100 members of the 1st/15th Royal NSW Lancers marched through Parramatta on Saturday to celebrate 125 years of tradition and mark the centenary of the raising of the 1st Light Horse brigade at the beginning of World War I.
The Parramatta Lancers, as they are also known, wore original uniforms from the world wars.
Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove opened the parade and thanked the lancers for their courage. His father was part of the unit in the 1950s and '60s.
"Through all of this evolution and change, what has remained constant is the courage, tenacity, professionalism and loyalty with which the Parramatta Lancers have served our nation," the governor-general said.
Demonstrating their commitment, brothers Conrad and Sterling Nicholls travelled from the Central Coast to join the parade.
Proud mother Gaye Nicholls says her boys learnt discipline and responsibility while having fun.
The cadet lancers, aged 17 and 14, make the trip to Parramatta every Friday night for meetings.
"The boys love getting firsthand experience. They really couldn't do anything better on a Friday night," Mrs Nicholls said.
The parade, which was steeped in history with tanks and armoured vehicles, also attracted history buffs such as Lindsay Ashby from the Blue Mountains.
Mr Ashby, 63, said the display of horsemen and tanks was especially exciting.
"It gave me a buzz to see them," he said.
"My father was in the submarines with the British navy and my uncle was a paratrooper at D-Day."
After the parade, spectators were invited to an open day at the Parramatta Barracks where the NSW Lancers have been based since 1897.


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text: The United States and Israel agreed to cooperate more closely in the search for Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz doctor who is the most wanted Nazi war criminal still at large, the Israel Justice Ministry announced. Neal Sher, head of the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Special Investigations, was quoted as saying that the U.S. Marshals Service, a unit used to track down escaped criminals, is among American agencies being used in the effort to capture the man believed responsible for the deaths of 400,000 people in the concentration camp's gas chambers. Mengele fled to South America at the end of World War II.


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Package Quality: 4.0
Price: $$$
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As much as I love the idea of Caudalie, after trying almost all of the brand's moisturisers I have to say this one also broke me out, natural for natural I prefer Nuxe as it does not break me out and it's less expensive.
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This is one of my very Best friends recipe!
It is soooo Yummy!
But I am a little bit of a Health Freak,
so I tried to make a little bit Healthier
and it actually turned out super delicious!
This is the Original recipe
(Healthier version in)
Cream: 1/2c. shortening (1/2 c. coconut oil)
*Coconut Oil from Health food store
1 1/2c. sugar
Add: 2 eggs
(Eggs from our own chickens pictured below)
*I doubled it so there are 4 eggs in this pic.
Mix together
Add: 1c. mashed bananas
*about 2 bananas
Set aside 1/4 c. sour milk
*1/4c. milk 2 tbs. vinegar
(Rice milk and apple cider vinegar with the "Mother")
*Rice milk from Costco
*Vinegar from Health food store
1 tsp.vanilla
Slowly add in:
2 c. flour
(whole wheat flour)
*I use this kind or grind my own in my Vita-Mix
*this flour is Non-GMO
*Certified Chemical free
You can get this at Walmart!
1/4 tsp. baking powder
(Aluminum Free)
*from costco
3/4 tsp. soda
1/2 tsp. salt
(sea salt)
Mix all together!
Bake at 350 for about 55 minutes
*Makes 1 large loaf
I doubled it so there are two!
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Filed under: BigBoy, my crazy life, road trip, the hubby | Tags: beach, big boy, galveston, honeymoon, Hurricane Ike, seawall
has been the "home" of a lot of our families "firsts". The hubby and I spent our first few days as a married couple sightseeing around the island. Sure, that weekend I spent a lot of time cursing that island because the weekend we got married just happened to be the same weekend that 400,000 people were, also, converging on the island for a big island party sponsored by a Houston radio station. All the roads were either clogged or closed. It was IMPOSSIBLE to get anywhere on the seawall, except on foot. People kept honking at us when we would take the car out. My husband and I still laugh about that. We were in bumper-to-bumper traffic for hours and the whole time people kept honking away at us. It took us 2 hours to get a couple of miles down the road. Well, I had finally had enough and yelled out, "I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE KEEP HONKING AT US. IT'S ANNOYING!!!!!! They need to quit it"
My calm and level-headed husband, then, pointed out that the reason people were honking at us was because our friends had decorated our car before we left and on the passenger side written in huge letters it said something along the lines of, "Honk at us, we're newlyweds". Needless to say, I shut up about the honking.
Just a year later, we took our teeny-tiny son to the beach for the first time. He was so cute. It makes me sad to think that the seawall ( that road on the bottom left-hand side of the picture) is filled with piles and piles of debris.
I wish I could give all of the people affected by the destruction of Hurricane Ike a place to stay. We wish you well. The city of Galveston will be back and better than ever.


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Just got Chasing the Witch back from one of my critique partners! To say that I have my work cut out for me is an understatement lol. The book will be amazing when everything is said and done. It's just a lot of hard work for me in the mean time. Where on earth I'm going to find the time to do it is the question. I'll probably stay up way too late trying to get everything done so I can get it to my editor and be ready for an October release.
Besides that, I have 5 events for my Release Day Diva stuff in the next 2 weeks! Loving all of the authors too, they couldn't be an sweeter if they tried. I'm also working on a short story, and also Love and Blood. Can you say too many balls in the air?? Lol, it's ok, I'd rather be busy than bored.
Hope everyone has an amazing Friday :)


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As a church… as a culture…. we are easily seduced by the instantaneous.
Never has that been more true than in the age of Internet, fast food, and airplane travel. Yet the seduction of doing things as quickly as possible has been a part of Western life for over 150 years, since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. The effect has simply snowballed.
Church communities have long since bought into this as well:
* The 19th century saw a rapid spread of Protestant Christianity in the US, which necessitated more "efficient" ways to become a Christian. Tenets of faith were reduced to simple "fundamentals" that everyone could digest, understand without much intense study, and were easily replicable. Theology became the means to substantiate this "Christianity Lite." Circuit riders and wagons followed Manifest Destiny west.The proliferation only increased in speed with the advent of technologies such as the steam engine and the railroad, followed by the automobile and airplane.
* Pastoral care had to speed up, too. Inspired by the miraculous events in the scriptures, and perhaps by the testimonies of healing, some of these evangelists took up "healing ministries"—which was a convenient way to both continue full-fledged proliferation of the "gospel," without having to get bogged down in slower, messier activities like relationships or compassion.
* Of course, while many denominations and groups maintained their devotion to compassion and justice, many communities spent less and less time on such things, unless of course doing so posed some direct benefit for their cause to "spread the easy-to-swallow Gospel." Justice, fighting prejudice, challenging unjust laws, these things take time. The 19th and early 20th centuries still saw some progress, but it was around that time that people advocating for a "social gospel" were being demonized as heretics and Communists…such causes were deemed as 'getting in the way' of spreading the real Gospel message.
* All of these incipient trends began to accelerate in the mid/late 20th centuries. Along with it, churches and revivals became places of mass religious consumption, designed for maximum conversion rates. Reactions against liberation movements for women, blacks, and others led many churches' silence or outright condemnation, which allowed abuse, scandal, and corruption to go unchecked in homes, businesses and in churches themselves. In the face of threatening post-Christian culture, churches catered more and more to the styles and modes and fashions that they hoped would make their Gospel-nuggets palatable again. Missionaries were being slowly replaced by the medium-term, and then the short-term missionary. This allowed more people to have "life-changing experiences," but cost far more money, less of which actually went to the poor… but it was all good, because the trips gave the participants all the feelings of "investment," without actually investing. Needs of the community have been farmed out to committees and sub-committees, all to find convenient, cost-effective solutions, advertised as easy, not-too-life-consuming "ways to get involved," nearly always in the form of a structured church program.
Is it any wonder why people feel lonely in our world? Even at church?
It's time for the church to think long-term.
To not do a hundred things at the shallowest of levels, but to do only a few things, and to do them well.
The new benchmark for church success? That people build deep, long-lasting, long-suffering relationships.
With each other. With community projects. With the poor, young, abused.
It's time to stop judging a ministry on the basis of whether or not it "grows," or if it leads to "conversions" (but probably not disciples)… but on the basis of the love that is shown, and grown.
It's time to think in terms of years, not months…. and in DECADES, not years.
It's time to realize that deep, systemic, deeply rooted-within-societal problems don't go away with our prayers, if no loving action goes with it. And they don't go away with our one-time action, or even, oftentimes, our one-year action. It takes deep, systemic, deeply rooted responses to such deep problems… which includes prayer, AND involvement, for the long-haul.
It's time for churches, as well as the individuals in them, to build relationships. Real, two-way relationships. And to realize that these, unforced and uncajoled, take time to develop.
It's time for churches seeking pastors, and new church leaders, to see the inevitable "downswing" that happens after new relationships are forged and the "honeymoon phase" is over, as an opportunity to "long-suffer" with another, rather than high-tail it and to look for another community, group, individual, etc. to fawn over, or to let fawn over you.
It's time to stop patting ourselves on the back for only the things we measure as "success."
And for the love of God, we must, we must, we MUST stop supplementing our quick-fix, easy-answer, instantaneous-results orientation with a "Gospel Lite." The "Good News" is not truly good, until it affects every strata of living— physical, emotional, social, spiritual, political, ecclesial. Until it is Good News for those who long-suffer and carry heavy burdens of oppression, guilt, abuse, neglect, poverty, self-worthlessness. Until that Good News becomes Incarnate, en-fleshed, in the very midst of that suffering, and we then "suffer with" (com-passio) the suffering.
Even if it takes a while.
A LONG while.
Are we willing to work on behalf of others without immediate or continual payoff?
Are we able to?
Does our theology, our Gospel, give us the resources to do so?
"Let us not underestimate how hard it is to be compassionate. Compassion is hard because it requires the inner disposition to go with others to place where they are weak, vulnerable, lonely, and broken. But this is not our spontaneous response to suffering. What we desire most is to do away with suffering by fleeing from it or finding a quick cure for it."
― Henri J.M. Nouwen


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A chunk of chocolate every few days could keep you from getting ... well, chunky.
In a cross-sectional analysis of nearly 1,000 participants in a clinical study, frequent consumption of chocolate was associated with a lower body mass index, according to Beatrice Golomb, MD, PhD, and colleagues at the University of California San Diego in La Jolla, Calif.
On the other hand, the amount of chocolate eaten had no association either way, Golomb and colleagues reported in the March 26 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
The findings "appear to add to a body of information suggesting that the composition of calories, not just the number of them, matters for determining their ultimate impact on weight," Golomb said in a statement.
"In the case of chocolate," she added, "this is good news -- both for those who have a regular chocolate habit, and those who may wish to start one."
In the journal, Golomb and colleagues noted that chocolate has been linked favorably with blood pressure, insulin sensitivity, and cholesterol levels. But because chocolate is often consumed as a sweet and contains calories, "there are concerns related to its intake," they noted.
To examine the issue, the researchers looked at data from 972 people ages 20 to 85 in San Diego who were being screened for participation in a clinical study examining non-cardiac effects of statins.
They had no cardiovascular disease, diabetes, or extreme levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, and were asked to complete a food frequency questionnaire as part of the screening process. Body mass index was calculated from weight and height measurements taken at the screening visit.
On average, participants were 57 years old, had a body mass index of 28, ate chocolate twice a week, and exercised 3.6 times a week, the researchers reported.
Golomb and colleagues used linear regression methods to evaluate the frequency of chocolate as a predictor of body mass index, both in unadjusted models and in models adjusting for a range of possible confounders, including age, sex, physical activity, intake of saturated fats, mood, and calorie intake.
Mood was assessed using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale and physical activity was defined by how many times per week a participant engaged in activity sufficient to get the heart beating rapidly for at least 20 minutes.
In all the models, they found, more frequent chocolate eating was associated with a lower body mass index. In the unadjusted model, the effect was significant at P=0.008 and it remained significant at P=0.001 when all the confounders were included.
However, the effect was modest, Golomb told MedPage Today in an email -- each additional time per week that a participant ate chocolate was associated with lowering body mass index by about a fifth of a point.
In other words, she added, eating chocolate five times a week, compared with not eating any, was associated with about a one-point drop in body mass index.
Concretely, Golomb added, that would amount to about seven pounds for a person 5' 10", or about five pounds for a five-footer.
Interestingly, the researchers reported, chocolate consumption frequency was significantly associated (at P<0.001 for all comparisons) with greater calorie and saturated fat intake, and higher scores on the depression scale -- all of which in turn were linked to increased body mass index.
Chocolate consumption was not linked to physical activity, they reported, and in an analysis adjusted for age and sex, the amount of chocolate eaten was not significantly associated with body mass index.
The researchers cautioned that the study was cross-sectional and so they can't say if the chocolate causes the beneficial effect on body mass index.
Nonetheless, they concluded, the findings are "intriguing" and may merit a randomized trial of chocolate to investigate possible metabolic benefits.
The study had support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the University of California San Diego General Clinical Research Center.
The journal said the authors had declared they had no conflicts.
- Reviewed by Dori F. Zaleznik, MD Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner
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Archives of Internal MedicineSource Reference: Golomb BA, et al "Association between more frequent chocolate consumption and lower body mass index" Arch Intern Med 2012; 172(6): 519-521.