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1. What is coaching?
Coaching is a practice aimed at helping you articulate and reach your goals and dreams. Coaches can act as sounding boards, motivators and a safe third party to give you honest feedback. Coaching is not like therapy that can focus more on examining the past but instead works by looking to the future. Most people could use a little push in the right direction and that is what a coach can be for you. Whether you need to make a big or a little change in your life, a coach can be there with you helping you feel safe taking the steps.
Coaches can help provide motivation, inspiration, challenge, accountability and support to help you achieve specific results in your life.
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Having a coach can provide enormous benefits to your life. It's amazing how much more we can accomplish by having a person to bounce ideas off of or keep us on the right track. If you're looking to reach some business, life or relationship goals, consider a coach as your mental personal trainer. A coach can help you honestly deal with that little nagging voice that tells you to put something off for the time being.
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2. Am I a failure for needing a life coach?
Not at all. Consider the idea of going to the gym. Many people go on their own and achieve great results, and yet personal trainers still have lots of clients. Just like a personal trainer can push you that much harder during your exercise routine towards reaching your goals, a coach can do the same for the rest of your life. There is no right or wrong way to motivate oneself and if coaching works for you, then why not?
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As a life coaching client, you are ultimately responsible for your own success. Your coach is there to assist you but it is up to you to get your feet wet. While coaching you may discover stumbling blocks from your past that require further assistance from a therapist or counselor outside of what a coach can offer you.
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1. What type of relationships might benefit from coaching?
Before anyone considers coaching as a solution to relationship troubles, you must first ask yourself if you are ready to make a change or at least admit that you might need one. Coaching is a process that will help you accomplish goals but it works much better if everyone involved is on board! Anyone can benefit from relationship and sex coaching, whether single or not, monogamous or not.
For those interested in dating or expanding your sexual horizons, a coach can help you grow the confidence you need to find the person or people right for you.
2. Intimacy is hard for me. Should I / we hire a therapist instead?
Hiring a therapist is a personal choice that can be very beneficial for many people and it may be the right route for you. When coaching we will be working towards reaching your relationship goals and will constantly be evaluating whether or not there is more happening behind the scenes that is restricting you from success.
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Non-monogamy is becoming more common nowadays as people adopt practices from the swinging 60's and 70's into their modern relationships in a variety of ways from live-in additional partners, to visiting swing clubs. Navigating this lifestyle can be challenging as ingrained social behaviours can cause jealousy and inner conflict.
Samantha has over ten years experience living in a successful open marriage and can help you learn the communication skills you need to succeed, should you choose this path.


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Pierce writes: "The Keystone XL pipeline must be built only so that the people who oppose it are defeated. The Keystone XL pipeline must be built because it is no longer a construction project, it is an article of the conservative faith."
Now we get to see just how crazy they are. (photo: Getty Images)
The GOP Must Be Crazy
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ur old friend, the Keystone XL pipeline, the continent-spanning death-funnel that would bring the world's dirtiest fossil fuel down through the most arable farmland in the hemisphere and to the refineries along the Gulf Coast, and thence to the world, has revealed in itself an incredible capacity to make people act stupidly. It has moved beyond being a public policy issue among the ascendant Republican party, and within the movement conservatism which is that party's only remaining animating force. It has moved beyond being a financial windfall for the plutocrats whose money has been rendered the lifeblood of our politics, on both sides, but especially among the Republicans, who share a few more of the plutocracy's ultimate goals than do the Democrats. Among the Republicans, and among their most fervent political zealots, the pipeline has become an ideological fetish object, something to which fealty must be paid, a measure of loyalty and devotion to every other part of the political faith, a lasting symbol of triumph over the other side, like the steles erected in Mesopotamia or the pyramids. Its essential utility, its negligible economic impact, the environmental peril presented by the toxic goo it will carry through the fragile breadbasket of the country, the demonstrable bad-faith and neglect of the foreign corporation that will benefit from it, the blatant disregard of all potential (and, I would argue, inevitable) catastrophes inherent in the project -- all of these are beside the point. The Keystone XL pipeline must be built because it is the Keystone XL pipeline. The Keystone XL pipeline must be built only so that the people who oppose it are defeated. The Keystone XL pipeline must be built because it is no longer a construction project, it is an article of the conservative faith.
(As to the Democratic supporters of the project, their motives are of a more purely self-centered variety. Mary Landrieu wants to keep her job, or set herself up for a fat new one at some lobbying firm. Heidi Heitkamp is an oil sheikh, and Joe Manchin wants to demonstrate to the entire extraction industry that he's on board and open for business. As for the president, if he really believes that folding on this will buy him goodwill somewhere else, as the story in the New York Times implies he does, he'll just never, ever learn, will he?)
I first heard of the Keystone XL pipeline not long after I opened this shebeen along the docks of Blogistan. I went to cover the incredibly useless Florida Presidential Straw Poll in the autumn of 2011. At that gathering of the faithful, every one of the speakers talked about the necessity of building the pipeline. (It was also at this event that I first became aware of another conservative signifier -- Agenda 21, the secret UN plan to steal all our golfs.) Most of them cited economic benefits that long since have been debunked. But all of them cited the pipeline as a demonstration of our national resolve to defeat tree-hugging hippie environmentalists. All modern conservative politics blow away on the wind without some Other at which to direct their dark energy. But this was something different. This wasn't fervor animating an idea. This was devotion to an actual object -- a sludge-bearing Arc de Triomphe to demonstrate the inalienable right of some Americans to despoil America without serious consequence.
Even today, every practical argument in favor of the pipeline has been rendered threadbare. Poor David Brooks makes a try in The New York Times today, attempting to hilarious effect to cast the opponents of the pipeline as the true Luddites in the drama.
Usually presidents at the end of their terms get less partisan, not more. But with his implied veto threat of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, President Obama seems intent on showing that Democrats, too, can put partisanship above science. Keystone XL has been studied to the point of exhaustion, and the evidence overwhelmingly suggests that it's a modest-but-good idea. The latest State Department study found that it would not significantly worsen the environment. The oil's going to come out anyway, and it's greener to transport it by pipeline than by train. The economic impact isn't huge, but at least there'd be a $5.3 billion infrastructure project.
Actually, science says that the stuff that the pipeline will carry is best left in the ground. Journalism says that the State Department report was put together by a firm with close business ties to TransCanada, the Canadian corporation that is the only entity in the world that actually will profit from the project. And, when I first heard about the project, at that 2011 tent revival down in Florida, there was talk of thousands and thousands of good-paying jobs and gas prices down into the double-digits again. Now, thanks to the delay, and to the laudable agitation by the likes of Bill McKibben and the Bold Nebraska crew, even TransCanada admits that it's the permanent jobs that will total in the double digits, and Brooks can only meep about an economic impact that "isn't huge," and that the pipeline is merely a "modest-to-good" idea.
The economic impact isn't huge, but at least there'd be a $5.3 billion infrastructure project.
Yeah, we can't get a highway bill passed, and our bridges are falling down, and the entire rest of the world is leaving us behind on high-speed rail, but we should put in a pipeline as an "infrastructure project," and that's not even to mention the well-paying clean-up jobs that will appear as soon as the thing leaks and poisons the Ogallala Aquifer. But Brooks's muted assessment of the pipeline's benefits are not his real reason why it should be built. According to him, the pipeline should be built as a demonstration that the president "gets" the message sent a couple of weeks ago by 52 percent of the 38 percent of eligible voters who bothered to get off the couch. The pipeline should be built as a symbol of a new commitment to "governing." It should be built as the ultimate hippie punch. It should be built simply because it...is. Throw the bone into the air, David. Maybe it will turn into a spaceship.
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Implicit in every position they take on every subject is, "You can't prove that. Your arguments are unworthy of rebuttal on the facts, because there are no facts. There are only sides."
Here is an essential dilemma for Progressives — how to make POLICY based on facts and ARGUMENTS based on sides.
In this regard, Democrats should replay Elizabeth Warren's speeches each night at bedtime. And they should also observe the most basic rule of social progress: it is the outcome of a side, not a singular hero, not a faction, but a movement large enough that it cannot be unanimous and so large that it cannot be long stymied.
You didn't mention the big denial of 'man made climate change'. I'm sure the current cold spell will bolster their belief, instead of looking at it as the reality of weather pattern changes.
How much of the denial of empirical observation a parallel of religious belief? Another area of empirical ignorance.
. Will never happen. "This ship is unsinkable."unless we have several more large wrecks.
No one, to my knowledge has mentioned the fact that we have two treaties with the Sioux nation which will have to be obliterated, or at least totally ignored, for the pipeline to be built. (It goes directly through their land in SD and they are adamantly against it.)
You tell me ONE treaty that has been kept with ANY of the original stewards of this once beautiful continent.
And check out what Maȟpíya Lúta (Chief Red Cloud), Lakota famously said about it.
And "This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path." Tatanka Leyoté (Sitting Bull, Hunkpapa.
D'you think that these two suited plunderers and hypocrites in the photo and their "supporters", owned and dictated to by the extractive industries, give a baboon's red bum about treaties any more than their plundering forebears did?
This is the best example for paying attention that I have ever heard.
First-year students at the Purdue Vet School were attending their first
anatomy class with a real dead cow. They all gathered around the surgery
table with the body covered with a white sheet.
The professor started the class by telling them, "In Veterinary
medicine it is necessary to have
two important qualities as a doctor. The
first is that you not be disgusted by anything involving the animal's body."
For an example, the professor pulled back the sheet, stuck his finger in the
butt of the cow, withdrew it, and stuck his finger in his mouth. "Go ahead
and do the same thing," he told his students.
The students freaked out, hesitated for several minutes, but eventually
took turns sticking a finger in the butt of the dead cow and sucking on it.
When everyone finished, the Professor looked at them and said, "The second
most important quality is observation. I stuck in my middle finger and
sucked on my index finger. Now learn to pay attention. Life's tough but it's
even tougher if you're stupid."
They remind me of the New York and New Jersey creeps I've met who retired to SW Florida.
When we try to encourage best practices to help us clean our coastal waters, these creeps oppose us. Amazing! Then I realized--they have no idea what clean, clear water is. Think about it: Many of these people are from filthy water states. Boehner is from a state where a river was so filthy it caught on fire!
Right there in those few words is conservatism laid are: we're going to do as we please, and make big money at it, and if you peasants don't like it, tough.
Filled like an SNL skit… One satirizing these 'leaders' using the movie, 'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' as the foundation vehicle for conveying the pervasive political nuttiness.
...In their secret public disguise, Mr. Turtle and the Republocrats give a resolute, three piece, combover press conference on Capitol Steps bathed in a sea of glorious Flags.
The FUX microphone stands out above all the rest.
We listen in...
Its once again about all the Economic and Environmental benefits the 'Keystone of Happiness' will bring to all creatures great and small.
Its blissful. A Blue Bird sings.
Before wrapping it up, Mr. Turtle turns a sharp, familiar glance to some fidgeting, sidelined Deminucrats who seem undecided about 'something.'
They look left, then right, then discretely cow in deference to the Great Turtle.
Mr Turtle wraps up the long soundbite like a pro. With a slight, magical wave of his dismissive hand, he slowly trundles away with a legion of Republocrats in tow.
They head off in a limo convoy to a secret, well guarded mountain cave.
There, they don red robes and show worship to a Big Oil Pipe named 'B.O.P.'
The cave echoes with solemn prayer.
All Hail BOP. All Hail BOP.
BOP is POB Spelled Backwards.
All Hail BOP. All Hail BOP.
BOP BOP a BOP BOP a BIP BAM BOOM..!
And so, with campaign coffers filled they return to Cash and Carry Governing.
And what is capitalism but a patriarchal a death cult, proven so by its murderous hatreds of Nature (the source of all life) and Woman (the source of all human life).
In the Vietnam era, the U.S. claimed, "We had to destroy the village to save it (from Communism)." Though today's USian Empire dast not say it aloud, now it is claiming, "We have to destroy the planet to save it (from environmentalis m.)"
Capital is wealth and wealth is anything and everything made valuable by human effort. Capital is tangible that was given value by the planning efforts of the Capitalist and the muscular efforts of Labor. Finance gives absolutely no value at all to wealth, but absorbs it through a crooked system of tribute enforced by the collection of Interest on money and credit loans.
By being powerful enough to have laws made to suit himself the financier is able to make the Interest Collection Swindle lawful. Thanks to the artificial laws man is governed by.
Congress are but touts for the financiers. Corporations write the laws and have their touts spin them into being passed. Stop the big thief at the top and you automatically stop the little thieves at the bottom.
Does anyone ever ask themselves, in this advance world of technology, why is this country still operating with an antiquated financial system? The system works for the financiers and no one else. Change the financial system and everything would change.
Why do you insist on writing this same BS over and again?
The Canadian pipe line is being blocked even more than the one in the US. If it was so easy for them to build the pipe line through Canada, they would do it. Also, we are supposed to destroy the environment so we can fight over less than 50 permanent jobs? How stupid can you get?
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Effects of Sativex(Registered Trademark) and Oral THC on Attention, Affect, Working Memory, Reversal Learning, Physiology and Brain Activation
Background: Cannabis sativa contains over sixty cannabinoids, including
delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and cannabidiol (CBD). CBD lacks psychoactivity and may
attenuate the subjective effects produced by THC. The ratio of THC:CBD in illicit cannabis
in the US is approximately 20:1. Sativex(Registered Trademark), a whole-plant cannabinoid
extract oromucosal spray, contains THC and CBD in a ratio of nearly 1:1. It was approved by
Health Canada in 2005 as a prescription medication for neuropathic pain in multiple
sclerosis (MS) and will be evaluated in Phase III trials in the U.S. in patients with
advanced cancer for the treatment of pain refractory to opiates. No studies have examined
changes in regional brain activity with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during
completion of cognitive tasks or affective measures after administration of
Sativex(Registered Trademark).
Objective: 1) To characterize physiological and affective condition, subjective state,
cognitive performance, and concomitant changes in activation of specific brain regions
(blood oxygen level-dependent [BOLD] signal) with fMRI after oromucosal administration of
Sativex(Registered Trademark) and oral administration of THC. 2) To characterize the
pharmacokinetics of THC and CBD and metabolites in plasma, urine, and oral fluid.
Subject Population: 18 healthy controls and 18 healthy cannabis users, 18 - 45 years old,
with no current major psychiatric disorders except nicotine or caffeine dependence.
Non-dependent substance use is allowed for cannabis users. Cannabis using participants must
have used cannabis with an average frequency of at least once in the last 90 days and
maximum frequency of less than daily during the three months prior to study entry.
Enrollment target, based on national population of adult current cannabis users and the
Baltimore City Department of Planning 2000 census, is 65% male, 35% female; 64% African
American, 32% Caucasian, 4% other; and 9% Hispanic and 91% non-Hispanic.
Experimental Design and Methods: This randomized, double blind, double-dummy,
placebo-controlled, within- and between-subject study evaluates the effects of oral THC and
oromucosal administration of Sativex(Registered Trademark) on brain activation and
subjective, affective, cognitive, and physiologic measures. Cannabis users undergo a
thorough medical, psychiatric (including structured diagnostic interview), and psychosocial
(including Addiction Severity Index) evaluation. They enter the research unit the morning of
the dosing/scanning session. Each cannabis-using participant receives, in random order,
synthetic THC 5 mg, synthetic THC 15 mg, two actuations of Sativex(Registered Trademark)
(5.4 mg THC and 5.0 mg cannabidiol), six actuations of Sativex(Registered Trademark) (16.2
mg THC and 15.0 mg cannabidiol), and placebo. There is an interval of at least five days
between dosing sessions. Physiological, psychological, and behavioral measures are
monitored throughout the study to determine onset, magnitude, and duration of effects and to
correlate with THC and cannabidiol pharmacokinetics. Changes in BOLD signal in multiple
brain areas are determined with five fMRI scans during the completion of cognitive tasks and
affective measures after cannabinoid and placebo administration. Eighteen controls undergo
neuroimaging, psychological, and behavioral monitoring as do cannabis users to control for
practice effects. Primary outcome measures include changes in physiologic effects,
subjective effects, BOLD signal, affect, and cognitive task performance in relation to THC,
CBD, and metabolites plasma concentrations. Secondary objectives are to monitor the
disposition of THC, CBD, and metabolites in plasma, urine, and oral fluid. Primary
statistical analysis for changes in affect, cognitive performance, and physiologic and
subjective effects is a within-subject analysis of variance (ANOVA) (or equivalent
analysis). Changes in BOLD signal determined by fMRI are compared between groups and dosing
conditions using repeated-measures ANOVA. Based upon power analyses, we estimate needing 18
cannabis users and 18 controls to complete the experiment.
Risks and Benefits: Potential risks are those associated with administration of
cannabinoids, but proposed doses have proven safe and well tolerated in other studies. The
most common side effects from the oromucosal administration of Sativex(Registered Trademark)
include dry mouth, dizziness, application site discomfort, fatigue, somnolence, nausea, and
diarrhea. Side effects resulting from oral THC administration include sedation, cognitive
impairment, euphoria, poor coordination, tachycardia and hypotension. There are no clinical
benefits to participants. Likely scientific benefits are greater understanding of the role
of cannabidiol in modifying the impact of THC on cognitive performance, affective condition,
subjective state, physiological condition, and brain activation.
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind
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As the country prays for the health of the president and his safe return, and as grateful citizens commend the Acting president for steering the ship of the state as a faithful team player, it is not too early to think about what the legacy of this administration might be. Every president wants a legacy, a lasting monument to their names to which generations will look back and applaud.
With a liberal communications policy that spread ownership of telephone across the board, Chief Obasanjo opened the country to the new Information Age. As important as the legacy of material innovation is, however, it cannot be the most important for a country that is deeply divided along the fault lines of nationality, language, and class. And with its use to spread hate on social media platforms which further deepens our division and threatens the fragile tie that seeks to bind, the new technology is a double edged sword.
The legacy of material innovation such as the telephone is especially volatile when it is not complimented by a robust economic policy that opens the doors of job opportunities for citizens. Without these, young and old are tempted to vent their frustration through the means available to them, that is, social media, a veritable source of social tension and unrest.
Since Obasanjo, succeeding presidents have not been as effective even when they belonged to the same political party. President Yar'Adua's seven point agenda unfortunately did not get started before the cold hands of death snatched him. It was a case of a willing spirit and an unhealthy body.
Due to an inexplicable weakness of the will, President Jonathan, the luckiest political actor, failed to find his presidential mojo until it was too late. He transformation agenda attracted many who saw it as the sign of a new dawn. I was one of the early supporters. Three key elements were eye catching in the agenda: inclusive and non-inflationary growth, employment generation and poverty alleviation, and value reorientation. If the new administration was able to succeed in the three areas, Nigeria was going to have its breakthrough in no distant future. So we thought, until the agenda collapsed under the weight of ineptitude and the cultivation of vice replaced value orientation.
President Buhari and the All Progressives Congress were the beneficiaries of the collapse of Jonathan's transformation agenda. They campaigned with a promise to restore security, revive the economy, and fight corruption, a partial list of a manifesto which includes devolution of power. Will the President and his team embrace this legacy-enhancing program?
Nigeria is at the crossroads of history. She may restructure according to the wishes of the vast majority of citizens and remain a united, prospectively prosperous country with happy citizens. Or she may remain a quasi-unitary state with its attendant social tension, political instability, general unrest and the real risk of another civil war, which may end it all.
Obviously, the first option is more attractive, not only because it promises the best possible outcome, but more importantly because it satisfies one of the most essential requirements of democratic governance, namely, that the government respond to the yearning of citizens and that the voluntary consent of the people is the immovable pillar of democracy. What has been the yearning and how has it been expressed?
The demand for restructuring, which started in the South in the 90s up until the last Confab has now spread to the entire country, with key voices in the North joining the chorus. Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and former Military President Babangida have been very clear about where they stand on this critical national issue.
In many thoughtful interventions in the last six years, Atiku has appealed to the rational capacity of his listeners, the latest in his reaction to the APC Governors' Forum. Atiku observed rightly, that the "agitations for secession would not have arisen if the country had shown sincere readiness to address the underlying problems that feed the agitations by separatist forces."
But Atiku's intervention is not a reaction to recent agitations. As far back as 2012, he had made the issue of restructuring a major plank of his politics. As he observed then, there is "too much concentration of power and resources at the centre. And it is stifling our march to true greatness as a nation and threatening our unity because of all the abuses, inefficiencies, corruption, and reactive tensions it has been generating." He urged a reconsideration of the structure along the lines of the six geopolitical zones as regions and the states as provinces. We can be cynical about Atiku's motive. However, he cannot be faulted for seeing the light much early on this matter.
On his part, Babangida has also joined the chorus of rational voices on the solution to the political problems facing the country. Apparently dismissing the fear of disintegration, the former military president argued that "the talk to have the country restructured means that Nigerians are agreed to our unity in diversity, but that we should strengthen our structures to make the union more functional based on our comparative advantages." He also threw his support behind a constitutional amendment to provide for state police.
APC Governors' Forum also made public its position on the agitation for political restructuring and true federalism, which the Forum claimed can be met through "adjustments in the Nigerian federal system. The focus of this restructuring is to restore the principle of non-centralization of power in the country's federal arrangement being the defining element of a federal polity." And in a show of inter-party solidarity, its PDP counterpart concurred. Restructuring is thus favorably adopted by the entire country.
Interestingly, the positions enunciated by prominent citizens and the Governors' Forums are reiterations of the position of the ruling party, APC, as contained in its 2015 manifesto. The first item on the highlights of the manifesto is the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. And in the first bullet point of that item, APC promises to "initiate action to amend our constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties and responsibilities to states, local governments in order to entrench true federalism and the federal spirit."
The second item on the manifesto is National Security. In Bullet 3 under that item, the party promised that it will "begin widespread consultations to amend the constitution to enable state and local government employ state and community police to address the peculiar needs of each community."
A laser beam focus on these two items on which the party made a voluntary promise of restructuring is the needed response to the current agitation. Granted, the economic reality that APC found on the ground prevented a timely fulfilment of its promise; the time is ripe now for the progressive party to do the needful.
But some items on the APC manifesto could also conflict with its promise of devolution as they are certain to extend the reach of the federal government in almost every area, particularly health and education. The manifesto expressed a willingness of the party to engage in "national inspection" of schools, a purview of provincial governments in the 50s and 60s. The promise to establish vocational schools in each state of the federation is another. Whereas devolution of powers would require the shrinking of the responsibilities of the federal government, the manifesto appears to enlarge its scope.
PMB will get better and get back to work. He needs a lasting legacy. A successful restructuring of the federation will make him a true champion and father of a new Nigeria in which the idea of unity in diversity is fully realized and true federalism is enhanced.
Meanwhile, however, there is a loyal and competent Acting President, who enjoys the confidence of every section of the country, the National Assembly, and the ruling party. The three sides must collectively initiate the processes enunciated in the party's manifesto to devolve power to the states and local governments and establish state and community police.
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I've got some wonderful news to share; a new magazine called ISIS Magazine was recently released and I'm one of their bloggers too!
I was impressed (dare I say very surprised)! The magazine has a glossy cover and pages and it's completely high quality. That is very impressive for a first issue. You can definitely tell that a lot of time and effort was put into the quality of the paper of the magazine.
|Advert and acknowledgements page
At the bottom of the page it says:
Dedicated To: Every female who's ever struggled with their Afro hair...Very thoughtful dedication and also shows the magazine was started in good faith and with the aim to make the lives of black women and men (in regards to afro hair etc.) much more easier.
|The uber gorgeous editor-in-chief Linda Graham on the left and table of contents on the right.
This page is an opening letter from editor-in-chief Linda Graham. She wrote about this magazine's issue and also referred to the pages where you can find the relevant information (allows for easy navigation; thumbs up!).
The table of contents show that there's a lot to read in this magazine (something I didn't expect because it is a fairly new magazine).
In the 60s, amongst ourselves we described our hair as Kingly because of the tall and proud way stood. When our natural hair has grown to a certain point, it appears circular almost like a crown or halo and therefore appears Kingly.This description of natural hair is so positive, I may start using it. The definition also explains why a lot of people compare natural hair to a crown.
I'm on the fence about hair type but this page does tell you the importance of knowing hair types. It also quite clearly says that people can have hair types in between.
|Protective style tips
|Why you should protective style.
|All about sheabutter!
I personally love this page because I'm terrible when it comes to my own skin care. Skin types are broken down into different categories and explained.
|A skin care mask recipe.
|Detox... I'm thirsty just looking at this.
I personally love this page. I'm sorta a health freak and the tips on the two pages are really helpful. Dare I say I was inspired to start detoxing?
|Interview with Nerissa Irving
|Interview with Pablo Imani, a Yoga teacher
This interview was particularly interesting because I learned about Afrikan Yoga (I never knew this even existed). The yoga that I know about is Indian Yoga, but Pablo explains that the difference between Indian and African Yoga is in the posture and the language. His journey to revitalise Afrikan Yoga across Africa is also inspiring.
|What do men really think?
ISIS Magazine didn't leave out the boys! I personally enjoyed this part of the magazine. Ola the comedian had a really funny interview (I can see why he's a comedian). Adonis the model appears to be sensitive but I love his way with words. Emile the director wants to make people think through the films he makes.
|Interview with Aziza Edwards, owner of Aziza Natural Beauty
|Interview with Fran Bacelar, owner of Stardream Cakes
|Interview with fashion designer Connie Uwineza
|Satin N Silk look on the left. On the right, African inspired cat suit.
|On the left; long pleated dress. On the right; a beaded corset.
|On the left; marine blue and red mini dress. On the right; African inspired cat suit.
|Natural hair confessions!
|ISIS: The True Story
The content has been quite good. While ISIS Magazine did discuss hair types and product reviews, ISIS Magazine made it quite clear that 1) people can have hair types in between the four different hair types and 2) different things work for different people.
I like how the magazine talks about hair, beauty and healthy living and promotes talented black businesses/talents. The magazine is diverse in the range of topics and can appeal to a lot of different people.
The models featured in the magazine are beautiful and modelled the clothing quite well. The models are also normal sized. Not size zero. There's no airbrushing (if there was any). The magazine presents the people in their realest forms. There's no deception about how someone looks. I don't feel insecure flicking through the magazine. In fact I feel inspired and uplifted to maintain my own natural beauty.
Things this magazine can improve on; Spelling, grammar, punctuation... all that English class stuff. It's not something I had a big problem with because it's the first issue. It's also something that can be easily improved for the next issue.
This issue is completely on point when it comes to content. The content served has also surprised me, as well as the amount of research that went into the content (which was also referenced and sourced properly (something I find extremely important)).
ISIS Magazine (as far as I know) is the first magazine of its kind. While other magazines may have content about natural hair, they didn't have that content years ago and are just adding that in response to the increased number of people going natural. I can't wait for Issue Two and counting... I wonder what ISIS Magazine will have in store for its readers!
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This little sportster blew my mind again. Today was her first day on her new team - her first all girls soccer team.
Her team, no easy way to say it, was getting killed. It was the second half, and our girl was looking determined. An opportunity presented itself; Cheekers made a break away. She ran with great speed toward the goal, was all lined up and to seal the deal, she made one more sliding kick (like she literally slid and kicked the ball) to aim the ball straight into the goal. The crowd literally went wild. Even the coaches and parents on the other team clapped and cheered at this epic move. It's going to be a great season!


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An influential U.S. consumer watchdog is investigating online reports that Apple Inc's new iPad throws off an unusually large amount of heat and will publish its findings later on Tuesday.
Consumer Reports, which reviews everything from electronics to cars, noticed comments on online forums and on Apple's website about excessive heat from the new device, which went on sale Friday, and decided to look into the issue, a spokesman said.
The group will publish its findings on Tuesday after finishing a battery of tests, the spokesman added.


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In order to truly understand the Scriptures, it is critical to realize that the Lord God of the Old Testament was the one Who was made flesh and became Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As we will see, "God" in the Old Testament is frequently translated from the Hebrew word elohim, which is a collective plural noun that refers to a holy family of spirit beings. Scripture reveals that there are at present two Who are Elohim—members of the God Family: God, Who is called the Father in the New Testament, and the one Who became Jesus Christ, and is thus now God the Son.
Jews in particular found it hard to believe that God could become a man. Yet, the New Testament shows that one of the members of the Godhead became a man that we might have the opportunity to be born into the Family of God. In his epistle to the Philippians, Paul explains: "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus; Who, although He existed in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God, but emptied Himself, and was made in the likeness of men, and took the form of a servant; and being found in the manner of man, He humbled Himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross" (Phil. 2:5-8).
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OPPO R1001 Android phone is ready to come for low-end market
by Mar 27, 2014 11:31 pm0
OPPO seems ready to release the budget smartphone, this phone is known as OPPO R1001 and it's appear in FCC website recently.
According to it's name, this phone will be entering thr R-series OPPO lineup, and OPPO R-series is the low-end smartphone for emerging market.
The phone will powered by MediaTek MT6572A dual-core 1,2GHz processor, and support by ARM Mali-400 GPU. This phone will be using 1700 mAh battery capacity but there is no information about the RAM and internal storage.


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Scammy Awards: last chance to vote
It's not too late to vote in the 2009 Scammy Awards, sponsored by Dr. John Curtis of Americans Against Self-Help Fraud. I previously reported that the deadline was 21 March, but I checked with Dr. Curtis, and he said that the hard deadline is midnight EDT, Sunday, 29 March. So you still have a few hours.
And despite the name of the organization sponsoring the awards, you don't have to be American to vote. After all, selfish-help/New-Wage scamming is no respecter of national borders. In fact, I think some of you Aussies out there will be interested to know that one of your countrymen has made the finals, according to Dr. Curtis.
Winners will all be announced during National Guru-Free Week, April 1-8, 2009. Don't miss your chance to participate in this vote. Or, in the words of Dr. Curtis, "Please do your part to ensure that these Self Help Gurus receive the attention they deserve."
Once again, here are the categories:
- DUMB SPEAK AWARD: given for the most unintelligent thing uttered by a Self-Help Guru
- HYPOCRITE AWARD: given to the Self-Help Guru with the biggest gap between their professed values and how they actually behave
- DADDY BIG BUCKS AWARD: given to the Self-Help Guru whose lifestyle shows that they are only in it for the money
- HOODWINKED AWARD: given to the Self-Help Guru who did the best job of tricking a celebrity into being their sponsor
- BI-POLAR AWARD: given to the Self-Help Guru whose promises got the opposite results
- BEST PERFORMANCE IN A MIS-LEADING ROLE AWARD: given to the Self Help Guru who did the best job of deceiving the public
- BERNIE MADOFF LIFETIME MIS-ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: given to the best, all around Self-Help Guru who did the most to diminish the human race
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A creative Tokyo pop-up shop is offering consumers free "fast food supplements" in a curious laboratory-inspired space. The futuristic Fast Food Aid pop-up was designed by creative director Ikkyu and Junya Sato of design studio Kaibutsu, who are also based in Tokyo. Included in the perfectly curated, brightly lit shelves are a number of pill bottles that claim to provide the nutrients not included in favorite fast food dishes such as ramen and a hamburger.
The experience of the pop-up is decidedly clinical, with the designers describing their end goal as feeling "like an antiseptic room." The clever fast food supplements pop-up was initially supposed to be a limited campaign, but given the success, the pop-up plans to re-open more permanently soon.
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When I posted last week's theme - I imagined we'd have a playlist that looked a bit like the gorgeous white photos filling our Flickr Group - all soft, mellow and dreamy. Imagine my surprise when I discovered a playlist that is much more diverse - there are some songs in this one that will make you want to get up and MOVE!
There are also a ton of songs in this list that are new to me - so I'm hoping you'll also discover something fun and new as well. On to the music:
To listen to the playlist, click on the sideways triangle in the middle of the embedded player. To skip to a song or go back, click on the < or > on either side of the triangle.
Note: I put the playlist together on Monday evening because I'm traveling both Tuesday and Wednesday, I'll add the songs that were suggested as soon as I get on solid ground again and have an internet connection, please forgive me if your song takes a day or so to go up.
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Law of Attraction Carnival – Joy
Welcome to the September 26th edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival. The topic of this edition is Joy. If you have spent any time at all studying the Law of Attraction you know that much of the information focuses on joy. Joy, it is said, is one of the most positively attractive vibrations that you can offer to the Universe. When you are feeling joy you are aligned with your desires, you are connected to Source, and you are drawing to you, things, people and events that are aligned with your desires.
Seems pretty straightforward, except for one thing. There is joy and then there is JOY. We have all experienced those fleeting moments of joy that bounce us up the emotional scale for a moment or a day or a week, only to find ourselves back down near our emotional set point when the moment has passed. This is joy. This is a feeling driven by external events. It is not powered from within but fueled from something outside. Because of that, its very nature is transient, temporary.
The other joy, the big JOY, the JOY that is powered from within, is not transient. It is, I believe, an expression of our true nature, an expression of our connection to Source moving through us. This JOY is not fueled by external circumstances. This JOY is independent of circumstances, events and things. When we are aligned with this JOY, what we have, who we are with and what is happening in the world around us are irrelevant.
Does this mean that the small joy is bad or that, as Deliberate Creators, we should seek to avoid the small joys and strive only for the big one? Absolutely not. For those small joys – the moments when we look into a lover's eyes, or hear the innocent giggles of a baby, or step back and look with joy at a work of art we are creating – are moments that give us a taste of the big JOY. And each of those moments offers a potential doorway into the big JOY.
Yes, seek joy, step into the world following your guidance into relationships, places and situations that hold the promise of joy, but know that ultimately what you are seeking is the big JOY, the JOY that flows out from you into the world independent of anything around you.
So here then, are some entries from the blogosphere that focus on the topic of joy. Enjoy them. Pun intended. And see if you can begin noticing when you are experiencing joy and when you are experiencing JOY!
Dave Trager is right on in this entry: We came for the joy of expansion. That's big JOY there, by the way!
At The Path of Power, Hieu Doan provides some good tips for integrating Visualization into our lives. A very powerful process, as you become more proficient at visualizing, is to visualize JOY on a daily basis.
Raymond David Salas, at Zen Chill, has this entry on How to Be Irresistible. One of his tips is to Focus on what you love and enjoy. Yeah to that!
Over at the Glittering Muse, David Thomas has a wonderful entry about Wine as Life Shared. You can just feel the Joy swirling around in those glasses as he breathes in the aromas and lets those flavors awaken his taste buds. Ah, joy!
I'm going to pop one of my own entries into this Carnival as well. The article, Caution, Singing Driver or Tears of Joy Ahead, offers a personal look at the power of joy.
Bryan Flemming has this day-20 update on his Million Dollar Savings Club. Can't you feel the joy as you count those dollars?
Kevin Chu at Smart Living for Smart people reminds us that setting goals will bring us great joy if we Don't Wait Until it Hurts.
And finally, Alexander Becker, at WOW, inspires us to Leap Forward and Benefit from Nonlinear Growth. Leap on over to WOW right now and begin Leaping into JOY.
That's it for this edition of the Law of Attraction Carnival. Our next edition will be out on October 10th. If you would like to submit an entry for an upcoming edition, please view the submission guidelines on the Law of Attraction Carnival homepage and then head on over to the blogcarnival site to submit your entry.
Until next time, enJOY!
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September 27th, 2006 11:29 am
Hi Alexander
Thanks for the comment. Yes, I feel that the potential power of blog carnivals is, in many cases, being wasted. Just sticking up a list of entries seems to defeat the purpose of giving visitors some insight into what they are going to get when they go read the submissions.
As with everything, this carnival is evolving. I hope that as it matures, I will be able to weave the article more fully into the entries, or vice versa.
Thanks also for your great submission in this edition.
Warm regards
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[…] topic of this edition is JOY. It's been almost a year since we focused on Joy. And with summer in full swing it felt like a good time to bring it back […]
Anthony Treas on
February 14th, 2008 12:22 pm
I liked what you had to say about JOY. It is a great reminder how powerful it is to be in a JOYfull state, and by focusing on those things that bring us joy will help in bringing more JOY into our lives.
Thank you.
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PSC: Cell deal a risk
Agency warns the proposed merger of wireless companies could lead to higher prices
ALBANY -- A state regulatory agency is voicing concerns about AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA, saying the merger could hurt New York's cellphone users.
The Public Service Commission, in filings to the Federal Communications Commission, notes the deal would leave the Capital Region with just three major wireless providers and could result in higher prices statewide.
The PSC also says the "proposed merger will have a greater impact on wireless markets in New York state compared to the rest of the nation. As a result, the impact of the proposed merger on competition in New York wireless markets is of great concern."
AT&T and T-Mobile owner Deutsche Telekom announced the acquisition in March, rocking the nation's telecommunications industry. The transaction would combine the nation's second- and fourth-largest wireless providers.
Some groups are viewing the merger favorably. For instance, Citizen Action of New York and the New York Public Interest Research Group, in a joint FCC filing, suggest the merger could bring statewide job gains and improve broadband Internet access in rural areas.
AT&T officials, meanwhile, have insisted the merger will improve the company's cellphone network across upstate New York and be positive overall for consumers.
"There is simply no data that suggests prices are going to go up," Hal Lenox, president of AT&T's New York operations, told the Times Union.
The state's Attorney General's office has launched its own review of the merger, which must receive approval from the FCC and Justice Department. The PSC's statements to the FCC are advisory opinions.
Still, the filings could resonate with federal regulators, because New York City, in particular, is an especially significant wireless market.
The PSC says it will continue to review the merger.
"It is critically important that New York state consumers be protected against potential harm caused by further consolidation in wireless voice and broadband markets," the agency said.
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ROBBINS (DINEL), Simone Marie – At Vision Nursing Home on Sunday, June 3, 2012, Simone died peacefully with family by her side at the age of 94. Beloved wife of the late Bill (2000). Dear mother of the late Bill Robbins and his wife Barb, Sarnia, Gayle & her husband Fred Olson, Rochester, MI, the late Garry Robbins & his wife Marg, Sarnia. Loving grandmother of Dawn Olson, Tim Robbins, Jeff Robbins, Shelley Flaminio, Mark Robbins, Karen Bourque & Debbie Robbins; and great-grandmother of 12. Sister of Toni Clark. Friends will be received at the McKenzie & Blundy Funeral Home, 431 N. Christina St., on Tuesday from 7-9 p.m. A Celebration of Simone's Life will be held in the McKenzie & Blundy Chapel on Wednesday, June 6 at 10:30 a.m. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. As an expression of sympathy, friends who wish may send memorial donations to the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario, 774 London Rd., Sarnia, ON N7T4Y1. Messages of condolence and memories may be left at www.mckenzieblundy.com
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|Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Warmed up some yesterday in New York with temps hitting the low 40s. After the previous two nights, that was great. Supposed to warm up a little more until the weekend when we may have a brief blizzard or a flood or who knows what. Whatever, the forsythia have made their debut in the park along with a couple of other flowering bushes. Spring is well on its way.
The first Kick Kennedy went to live in London when her father was Franklin D. Roosevelt's Ambassador to the Court of St. James. Young Kick fell in love with England and in the early 1940s fell in love with Billy Cavendish, the Marquess of Hartington, eldest son of the 10th Duke of Devonshire.
Kick's parents, particularly her mother, Rose Kennedy greatly disapproved of the relationship because Hartington, heir to the Dukedom, was Protestant and the Kennedys were Catholic, especially Rose who was devout. Despite the fact that at the time, an English duke ranked socially far, far above an Irish-American Catholic from Boston. What today seems immaterial was in those times a very serious matter. Since Hartington would eventually be a duke and his wife, then a marchioness, it would be required that she convert and that her children be brought up in Church of England. This was a much talked about matter bordering on scandalous, especially among the Upper Sets of the world.
|Nevertheless, at age 24, Kick married Major the Marquess of Hartington in a small ceremony in May 6, 944 with her eldest brother, Naval lieutenant Joe Kennedy the only member of her family attending. Shortly thereafter the major returned to his line of duty and four months and six days later, on August 12, 1944, he was killed, missing in action when his plane exploded during a top-secret bombing mission in Europe. One month and three days later on September 9, 1944 Billy Cavendish was killed in action by a sniper in Belgium. The wedding couple had spent less than five weeks together before he returned to France and his fate.
|Eventually the now Lady Hartington became involved with Peter, the 8th Earl of Fitzwilliam on whose Yorkshire estate Wentworth Woodhouse was the largest private house in the UK. Again, Lady Hartington's mother deeply disapproved of the liaison, because of religious reason and because the Earl was a divorced man. Nevertheless daughter followed her heart. On the 13th of May in 1948, the still unwed couple were flying to the south of France in a private plane when it crashed into a hillside, killing its passengers.
An adored younger sister to her elder brothers, Jack (who was three years older) and Joe, the first Kick was a very athletic young girl and could play football with her brothers. She was a charmer among her friends as well. She is remembered by friends and family for her ebullient personality and charm. No doubt our Quest cover girl this month was named, a century later in honor of and affection for her legendary great-aunt.
|Kick Kennedy on the cover of Quest is photographed by Julie Skarrett in Carolina Herrera's strapless gingham gown and Verdura's pearl scarf necklace and pearl drop earrings on the penthouse terrace of 212 Fifth Avenue. Julie Skarrett, the photographer, incidentally, is also a descendent of an historical American figure, a man who lived in the 18th century and gained fame (and notoriety) and scandal in the American Revolution: Benedict Arnold.
|New York Fashion Week.Fall fashion was presented over several days last month. Over the past ten years or so, the NYFW has morphed into an entertainment to the viewer as much as, if not moreso, than a business proposition where designers presented their "looks" for the upcoming season.
For decades, beginning in the late 1940s after the Second World War, these shows were held in Seventh Avenue designer showrooms in order for retailers to assess and buy their garments for the upcoming merchandising seasons. The audiences were often small, depending on the size of the designer's showroom.
|By the 1960s with the American Fashion industry growing to accommodate the national prosperity and the growing population, the venues began to expand. Some of them took on the accommodation of Show Business. In the mid-1960s, a New York designer, Cuban-born Luis Estevez held his Fall Fashion preview in the St. James Theater with its background sets of the smash hit musical "Hello Dolly" for his runway, although that kind of fashion spectacle was still a rara avis.
|By the '90s, with the industry continuing to expand, they were held in the tents in Bryant Park behind the New York Public Library, accommodating literally hundreds attending a show. Moving right along with the transition, some major designers — Marc Jacobs comes to mind — brought the spectacle into fashion.
Jacobs' shows became more than displaying a fashion line, with their inference of social (with a small "s") commentary. By then the audience, which still included the industry assessing the marketability of the garments, had become celebrity-conscious to the point where the best seats in the house were given not only to the buyers (and major shoppers) but to tv, recording and film and celebrities.
|If you read about in the papers or magazines (aside from WWD which still focused on the merchandise), you probably would remember the show not from the collection on the runway from who was seated in the front row. A couple of years ago, for example, Kim Kardashian, front row center with infant child on her knee, next to the child's father Kanye West. The designer? Who remembers those things?
|There were, and still are, exceptions to this "fashion" of fashion shows, maintained by at least a dozen major designers such as Carolina Herrera, Oscar de la Renta, Dennis Basso, to name only three. But the tents are gone, and the shows are in all kinds of venues all over town, mainly in the lower half of Manhattan. Now there are scores, if not hundreds of "shows" staged by designers and design organizations.
What is most notable is the change in fashion and what has influenced it, particularly quasi- or semi-nudity — at least partly Kardashian-ized, not to mention popular pornography as well as fetishism (thanks to the internet). Just glancing at the photos this season, sent via email by designers and their fashion publicists, many of the "newer" designers' creations look almost like Halloween costumes. They speak, and sometimes even growl or shriek.
|They presage a very weird delusion about ourselves. My words are not meant to be caustic or ridiculing. I mean them literally. The fashions speak in a way that is the polar opposite of the fashions of the era I was born into.
These are sociological matters, which is what fashion presages. Those of us the big city are witnessing the departure we've made culturally. Fashion speaks all the time, to us and of us. The designers are carrying the message of the Zeitgeist. The current message is often not pretty, quite literally. Some look more like post-Modern Art. Quite a bit is ugly, as if that were the intention.
|As a former retailer with an awareness of what the American contemporary women of the past four decades needed and wanted in fashion, it is difficult to grasp the change that has occurred in our collective unconscious. In many instances, much of it has a suggestion of violence to it. Ripped, torn, sharp, dark, harsh strong colors.
The way she dressed reflected the way she lived. That was her art. She was a privileged woman socially. She was not, in today's context, a liberated woman. She wasn't quite of that generation. But she had the liberation of money – able to buy and do things that those of us without money cannot do. Her clothes spoke of it. Her fashion was her pastiche in life. She was a modern woman. But she was also a man's possession.
It's my guess that it was her natural grace that was the main attraction. You can see it in the face. There is an innocence, but a kind of naivete there. Her fashion was her art — and of the time in which she lived (1915-1978). It looked so right it looked effortless. Women know that is not the result of effortlessness, but the result of a person, a personality, and a personal relationship to the world around her. All women liked to look at her and marvel. There was no neon, no bling, no loud and clear, or move-over-darlin'. It was simple, innately beautiful, even divine and, worn with that grace that was the woman's real secret. Those are now diamonds in the Rough.
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I attended a high-speed video workshop at the AAPT Summer Meeting 2016 in Sacramento. It exposed me to Tracker, which I had not used before.
I've long been a fan of high-speed video, as you can see if click the "high-speed video" label off to the right in the labels section.
While intending to scope out the newly-prized Sony RX10 at my favorite camera gear website, DPReview, I serendipped into a post noting that The Slow Mo Guys had posted footage of shattering Pyrex at various recording rates.
They cranked their camera (a Phantom v2511) up to 11 by dropping the resolution. This allowed them to capture at a ridiculous rate of 343,900 fps. As is their wont, further shenanigans ensued.
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So all this to say, I am on the hunt. Here I've pulled together a few wide leg pants that are similar but none of them quite match up to the simplicity above. But I am still in love with a few nonetheless!
1) Ikat wide leg, $68
2) Knit wide leg pant, $98
3) Scarf print wide leg pant, $44.89
4) Heart of Gem pants, $44
5) Linen wide leg pants, $124- So in love with these!
6) Paisley wide leg pant, $58- Adore the print on these!
7) Inca Pant, $84- The print on these pants close up is amazing!
What do you think of this trend? Are you in or out? I personally love some of these options!


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French Fries Matter: Town Burned by BLM
It doesn't seem to matter what country it is Black Lives Matter are just looking for an excuse to demonstrate and protest. They think anytime someone black dies, the authorities are at fault. And THAT in return, gives them reason alone, THEY THINK to burn down cities and detroy innocent businesses. It's sad but true.
Multiple Black Lives Matter protesters have been arrested in France after demonstrations against the death of a Malian man in police custody left Beaumont-sur-Oise and other nearby towns in flames. Of those arrested, some are being charged with throwing incendiary objects at security forces and others for "trying to burn down" their towns.
Despite a huge police presence, Saturday marked a fifth night of violence in the Val d'Oise district after the death of Adama Traoré in police custody on Tuesday. During demonstrations against Mr. Traoré's death, protesters, some wielding baseball bats, torched cars, petrol pumps, bins, and piles of rubbish. Buildings were also set alight, including a large warehouse in Persan, near Beaumont-sur-Oise.
The windows of municipal buildings such as public libraries were smashed, marchers shot homemade mortars and buckshot at police, and threw incendiary projectiles during the protests, which left several police wounded.
On Thursday Beaumont-sur-Oise mayor Nathalie Groux, condemned the behaviour of some of the protesters, saying it would not solve anything.
She said: "Their intention was clearly to set fire to the town hall. They pulled out the mailbox, broke the door, and threw trash in before throwing a Molotov cocktail. Fortunately, it did not catch fire.
"It addresses a public facility, a symbol of the Republic. I do not think this will solve anything. We must separate the drama of family violence. We will deal with the thugs and criminals [who launched the attacks]. I hope that justice will be uncompromising towards them."
On Saturday night thousands marched, many wearing "Justice for Adama" T-shirts, shouting slogans such as "no justice, no peace" and "I am Adama". Many protesters yelled at the police, calling them assassins, but Mr. Traoré's family called for calm, saying: "It serves no purpose to insult the police, they are there to do their job."
Mr. Traoré's autopsy report stated he died from a "very serious" infection that had affected multiple organs. The 24-year-old's family do not accept its findings, which include that the coroner found "no traces of violence" on his body, and they have requested that a second autopsy be carried out.
Mr. Traoré was taken to the police station after a fight broke out when police attempted to arrest his brother, who is suspected of involvement in an extortion case.
More of the story can be found here.
Once again, just because a young black man dies in police custody that does not give Black Lives Matter the authority to destroy towns and burn buildings. This is another example of racist terrorism. George Soros and his lunatics are probably rejoicing. Wherever this kind of chaos takes place, Soros can usually be found behind it…just follow the money.
These protesters are hurting their OWN communities. How does destroying their own cities solve their problems? Black Lives Matter doesn't really care. They're just looking for any reason to riot. This is not new and nothing has changed. France is a socialist government. France has allowed millions of illegal immigrants into their country. Until France gets control of their own country, they will continue to have more chaos and more riots.


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Hiya, here's another quick card using this week's free design of the week in the Silhouette store You Rock! Flat Card: Design id#148162).
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Here are my construction steps:
- Make a rounded-edged square card blank in black heavy-weight black cardstock in the Silhouette Design software.
- Adhere a smaller rounded square cut in blue pearlised paper.
- In the software ungroup and re-arrange the elements to fit the blue square.
- Duplicate the sentiment and weld one copy.
- Cut out the welded version of the sentiment in printable silver foil together with the small decorative elements.
- Cut out the smaller sentiment in coated black cardstock.
- Transfer the foil items to the card (I used vinyl transfer paper) .
- Adhere the black sentiment pieces on top.
- Card complete!
This would be a great congratulations or birthday card for a teen or young-at-heart adult. Change out the colours or materials for a very different look.
The You Rock! design is available free in the Silhouette Design store for one week from 30th August 2016.


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Thanks to crew efforts and a break in temperatures, officials say growth has slowed on the Arapaho, Oil Creek, Fontenelle, and Squirrel Creek fires. State Forester Bill Crapser says they've turned a corner.
"Everybody I've talked to on all the fires are real optimistic on the progress being made, so we're really not expecting to see major growth on any of the fires," Crapser said.
Crapser adds that the Bear Cub fire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest isn't too much of a concern, because it's well away from structures and people. But with so much activity early in the season, it's already an historic year for fires and it's far from over. Crapser says that if high temperatures and lightening storms continue, the state can expect even more blazes throughout the summer.


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I am sexy and I know it! Hello my dear fashion readers! Today's post is all about thigh high boots and best ways how to wear them with skirts and dresses. I think we already forgot all those associates with Pretty Woman movie, am I right? It's a new century after all and we better think of new ways of wearing thigh highs! Nevertheless, this footwear looks sassy, all we need is to make them look damn hot on us. If you are in search of the hottest shoes in fashion industry, then you better give a try to these epic super sexy boots. Believe me, everyone's gonna stare at you! Anyway, I am here to show you my favorite ways how to wear thigh-high-boots with dresses and skirts. I know, I know, you might say they look too damn vulgar and BDSM inspired, but how told we want a preppy look, LOL! I am gonna show you how to make them work for daytime walks on the town, as well as for dinner and date nights. Keep on reading to find out more.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Announces Promotions
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago recently promoted four staff members to Assistant Vice President:
Shoma Chatterjee, 35, has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Organizational Development and Talent Management. Chatterjee previously served as a Leadership Development and Recruiting Manager. She has a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and master's degrees in business administration and international affairs from Columbia University in New York. She lives in Skokie, Illinois.
Andy Hendrickson, 39, has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Information Technology Risk Management. Hendrickson previously served as an Information Security Specialist. He has a bachelor's degree in computer information systems from DeVry University. He lives in Geneva, Illinois.
Mike Keppler, 37, has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Accounting and Finance. Most recently he served as Accounting Manager. Keppler has a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in Dearborn and is pursuing a master's degree in business administration from Loyola University. He lives in Aurora, Illinois.
Bud Seely, 56, has been promoted to Assistant Vice President of Infrastructure and Client Technical Support. Seely previously served as Senior Professional. He has a bachelor's degree in management from Calumet College of St. Joseph in Indiana. He lives in Chicago.
Background about the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago is one of 12 regional Reserve Banks that, along with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the nation's central bank. The Chicago Reserve Bank serves the Seventh Federal Reserve District, which encompasses the northern portions of Illinois and Indiana, southern Wisconsin, the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, and the state of Iowa. In addition to participation in the formulation of monetary policy, each Reserve Bank supervises member banks and bank holding companies, provides financial services to depository institutions and the U.S. government, and monitors economic conditions in its District.


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It's mind boggling that Shayna has now been out in the world as long as she was in Huyen's belly. I haven't been able to get that out of my mind for weeks.
This blog is a day late, but I have an excuse. I was away last week in Los Angeles for work (yes, sometimes I work) and didn't get home until Saturday night. And yesterday I wasn't about to sit down and blog after not having played with my daughter for almost a week. This trip was the first time I was away from Shayna. The hardest thing about leaving your kid is not being able to explain to them what's going on. We're not really by-the-minute routine parents but inevitably we still have our own routines. For example, I take Shayna to Day Care every morning and pick her up in the afternoon. After I get her we go to the park and play before coming home. A couple of weeks ago I had a conference call in the evening so Huyen picked up Shayna at school. I wouldn't say Shayna was upset that Huyen was there but she was definitely a little confused and kept looking around for me. I had this in the back of my head the whole time I prepared to go to LA.
Let me just say that I'm 100% confident in Huyen taking care of Shayna by herself. Honestly, Huyen can do everything and anything. She's amazing. However, I was just sad that I couldn't chip in and do the things I always do. Shayna was totally fine, albeit a little confused where I was. Unfortunately we only have one computer so I wasn't even able to Skype with my girls but I did talk to them on the phone a ton and get about 1,000 videos on my phone from Huyen.
Being away from your family is hard. When connecting at the Nashville airport (I had credit to use on Southwest and that was the best connection) I saw a mom and her kid playing on a kid's playground in the middle of the terminal. It made me really sad. And every chance I could get in LA I somehow brought a story around to Huyen and Shayna. I guess you could say I'm just really proud of my girls.
Anyway, it's great to be home!!!
Some firsts this past month:
1. Shayna crawled backwards...
2. ...then crawled forwards.
3. Shayna is saying "mom mom" a ton. Her teacher says that she says "dad dad" too but I don't believe her.
4. Shayna was named one of the "artists of the month" at her day care. There's a picture of a her artwork in the video montage.
5. Shayna outgrew a ton of clothing and is now wearing 18 month pajamas to sleep in. How that's possible, I don't know.
6. Shayna's two teeth are really protruding and she bit my finger really hard. She's got a third tooth coming in on the top which should make for more biting fun. Luckily I don't have to breast feed.
7. Shayna can hold on to things and pull herself up. We had to lower her crib last night.
8. Shayna started to wear her hair in lots of different styles. Her teacher at school is amazing at doing her hair. I told the lady that I'm gonna open a salon for her to style kids hair.
On to double digits!!! Ten months here we come...


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Celebration Pipes – Lavastonewear Hand Pipe – Black Coral – Description
Originally created in Maui, Hawaii in 1973 and individually handmade in the USA by a family business, Celebration Pipes are exotic and luxurious, made from Lavastonewear, a unique composite of ceramic textured with lava rocks and fired to over 2300 degrees Fahrenheit. Beautiful and virtually indestructible, each pipe is signed by the artist and features a large, 22K gold-plated bowl which stays lit and stays cool. The gold bowl reflects heat and completely burns its contents.
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'Democracy Now!': Chris Hedges on Suing the Obama Administration
In his Truthdig column this week, Chris Hedges gave details about his decision to sue President Barack Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta over a particular part of the National Defense Authorization Act (Title X, Subtitle D, to be precise) that makes room for the military to take up domestic policing in the U.S.
On Tuesday, Hedges and his lawyer, Carl Mayer, paid a visit to "Democracy Now!" to tell host Amy Goodman more about their bold move. For starters, said Hedges, the NDAA represents a "huge and egregious assault against our democracy." Take a look in the clip below. –KA
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The road to a unified currency: Two views
fedgazette Editorial
Published October 1, 1992 | October 1992 issue
The current upheaval in international money markets has focused increasing attention on the proposed creation of a single European currency. In opposition to such a proposal, Robert Barro, a contributing editor of The Wall Street Journal, argues in the following article that a centralized currency is a precursor to centralized government (reprinted, with permission, The Wall Street Journal, August 13, 1992).
In response, Minneapolis Fed Research Director Arthur J. Rolnick disputes Barro's claim and says a unified currencyor a fixed exchange rate systemwill promote international trade and bring prosperity to participating countries. Rolnick, along with Minneapolis Fed Senior Research Officer Warren E. Weber, argued for fixed exchange rates in the bank's 1989 Annual Report.
Europe's road to serfdom
by Robert J. Barro
A unified currency will mean prosperity
by Arthur J. Rolnick


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Learning to knit!
The beginning of Natanya's new dress...
Embroidered book & poetry book
I can thread a bobbin and have 64 stitches to choose from on my new sewing machine. First projects will include stuffed animals and children's clothes and eventually I want to make sexy maternity clothes... There's a real need for the later!
Knitting- I've been putting it off for years & now is the time. Something I can stop and start without any trouble when the little bird chirps.
Books- my true love. Slow going but feeling inspired. Maybe sewn books?!


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The organizers of the prestigious BET Awards has announced changes in presentation mode of Best International Act Award.
Through their twitter account, it was announced that Best International Act award will be presented on the main stage for the first time ever at the 2018 edition of the awards.
Meanwhile, over the years, winners of Best International Act category of the award do receive their prizes off stage. Artistes like Davido, Wizkid, 2baba, D'banj, Stonebwoy, Sarkodie have won the award in past years with their prizes given to them behind the scene.
It is believed that pressures from International music community have necessitated this change of Best International Act Award venue of presentation.
The list of the nominees for the award has been published and it includes names like; Davido, Tiwa Savage, Nasty C, Stormzy (of UK) among others.
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It's the latest and new music from me, JPSuperFresh.These are just some of the recent things going in my music world. PLease drop by my brother channel "It's Your Music" @ itsyourmusic.blogger.com (<-- The link sings "They just want to copy and paste meh.") If you like my blog and my lame humor, then be sure to follow this blog or add it to your RSS feeds.
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Long time no post! Here's the latest album from JPSuperFresh. I must admit that the mixing could use a little work, but bear with me as I make the transition to greatness! Fryday! Album
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In a final rule relating to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), a patient or their personal representative can access their completed test reports directly from the laboratory.
MicroRNA Panels May Help ID Pancreatic CA From Whole Blood
Two diagnostic panels based on microRNA expression from whole blood can distinguish, to some degree, patients with pancreatic cancer from healthy controls.
FDA Approval Gives Clinicians Ability to Look at Patients' Genetic Makeup
The FDA allowed marketing of four "next generation sequencing" (NGS) diagnostic devices. These devices can be used for high throughput patient gene sequencing to help with diagnosis and identification of the cause of symptoms.
FDA Approves Quidel's Flu, RSV Diagnostic Assays
Quidel Corporation and Life Technologies announced that the FDA has granted clearance to the Quidel Molecular Influenza A+B assay and the Quidel Molecular RSV+hMPV assay.
Most Docs Report Information Overload in EHR-Setting
Primary care practitioners (PCPs) using electronic health records (EHRs) are susceptible to information overload and feel that the EHR notification system makes it possible to miss test results