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|Howard Arkley is widely regarded as one of the definitive Australian artist of the 1990s. His pop inspired, high-tech images of urban and suburban Australia are instantly recognisable - painted in vibrant day-glo colours, they pulsate with life. This exhibition is the first commercial Arkley exhibition in over a decade. Included are some of his most iconic paintings and acclaimed imagery – house exteriors, interiors and freeways.
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Bryce Edwards has a good round-up in the National Business Review of the various opinion posts and pieces on the Waitangi Tribunal's report last week from the Te Paparahi o Te Raki Inquiry dealing with sovereignty (chocolate fish for best blog post title goes to No Right Turn for "There was no cession in New Zealand".)
It turns out though that the hysteria I had predicted (and predicated my post on) didn't eventuate. The usual suspects - Dr Paul Moon, Muriel Newman, et al, took issue with the report. But in the main we haven't seen the sort of backlash of, say, 2004. This is a good thing, as it shows perhaps we've either matured as a country, or the Tribunal's ruling was a confirmation of what was known for a while (although the Prime Minister's comments do seem to contradict this!).
The question though, is where to from here? As Morgan Godfery points the report means:
The Crown should – whether out of constitutional, political or emotional necessity – prove its de jure sovereignty.This is an issue that has been traversed by academics such as Jock Brookfield (especially his book Waitangi and Indigenous Rights), which I suggested to Morgan as an authority on this subject.
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How does tax relief on pensions work?19 March 2018
You pay contributions net of basic rate income tax to a relief at source scheme and we collect the tax relief from HMRC. Basic rate tax relief is currently 20%. So, if you contribute £80 a month, £100 will be invested automatically in your plan – that's an additional £20 at no extra cost to you.
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St. Peter and St Thomas' Church, Stambourne
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History of Stambourne >> White's Directory 1863
If you wish to trace any of these people on the census returns, the nearest census date for this 1863 directory is the 1861 census.
Note: the directory lists the names in the following order: Surname, First Name. It also abbreviates names. These have been reversed and typed in full to assist research.
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Charles Bowyer and James Bowyer, blacksmiths
Nehemiah Flack, plumber and painter
Rev. John Forster, M.A., rector
Miss Howes, schoolmistress
Henry Jarvis, beerhouse, Little Tagley
Lewis Lewsey, victualler, Red Lion
Sidney Parmenter, carpenter
John Parmenter, carpenter and parish clerk
Rev. James Spurgeon, Independent
James Spurgeon, jun., grocer and draper
Joseph Unwin, victualler, Butchers' Arms
Henry Jarvis, Little Tagley
William Marsh
James Metson, Mill Farm
George Ruffle, (and brick and tile maker), Green Farm
William Ruffle, Church Farm,
Joseph Smith, New House
Robert Cooper Smith, Great Tagley
James Spurgeon, jun., Little Gollins
Daniel Unwin, corn miller, etc.
Daniel Unwin, jun., Green
George Unwin, Old House
John Willett, Stambourne Hall
Joseph Jarvis
Henry Orbell, baker
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James Spurgeon, jun,
John Peacock
George Warren
William Walter Wiffen
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Six Exercises for a Brain Fitness Program
Brain fitness is the ability to perform mental tasks required in daily living, and it's an indicator of the overall health and well-being of your brain. It's possible to improve the fitness of your brain in the same way you can improve the fitness of your body -- with proper training. Cognitive training is one aspect of brain fitness. Combined with physical exercise, nutrition, sleep, social interaction and stress management, it can keep you thinking clearly throughout your life.
Cognitive Abilities
Your brain uses different cognitive abilities, such as memory, reasoning and speed of processing. While memory tricks that use organization, association and visualization can improve short-term memory, they don't have a significant long-term impact on overall brain fitness. More valuable to long-term brain fitness and memory are exercises that challenge you to learn new things or have new experiences. While crossword puzzles are fun and can be challenging, they are based on recalling information that you previously memorized, so they don't challenge you to learn something new. A better choice is Sudoku, a numbers game that forces you to learn new patterns.
Problem-Solving Exercises: Mind Mapping and Mazes
Mind Mapping is a technique that teaches you to brainstorm, an important element of problem solving. Write a word or phrase, such as "things to do with a stick," in the center of a piece of paper and circle it. Around that main idea, write down different things you could do and draw a line from the main idea to them. As you continue, you will think of subsets of your ideas. Write those down and draw lines from the idea that spawned it. If you find two or more ideas are related, draw a dotted line connecting them. Continue until you can't think of anything else. You may find that your brain strayed from the original topic and created a slew of ideas about fire or three little pigs. That's your creativity shining through. A different way to practice problem solving is to solve mazes.
Reasoning Exercises: Sudoku and Word Search
Reasoning is the ability to find and use patterns in your daily life. When training your ability to reason, you must find patterns and use the patterns to identify the next step in a series. This forces your brain to learn and apply new information. Two games that are especially good for this type of training are Sudoku and word searches.
Speed of Processing Exercises: Stroop Effect and Computer Games
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- Train Your Brain: How to Maximize Memory Ability in Older Adults: Robert G. Winningham
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There are a million things to do in Berlin and you could spend a year here before completing all of them. That being said, if you have a week in Germany, there are lots of places near Berlin that are worth a visit, one of them being Dresden. Dresden is fascinating because a lot of the old town burned down during WWII. There's an Olmsted scholar and fellow Naval Academy c/o 2010 living and studying there, so I arranged for her to meet us for lunch and to play tour guide for the afternoon, which she was more than happy to do.
We walked around the old town and learned about the fire, as well as pre-WWII history which is equally as interesting but often overlooked.
We headed outside of the old city on the tram to one of the castles in the woods and, although we didn't go inside, the woods surrounding the castle were beautiful, as were the views.
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God's Roadside Service
CLUNK!! Sitting with the back half my car on the road and the front half of my car hanging in the air over a large three-foot deep utility ditch—I felt stupid! It was dark at 2 AM in the morning, and I hadn't seen the newly cut ditch as I turned into our townhouse complex. I was really tired and I mumbled half to myself and half to the Lord, "I can't believe I just did that!"
It looked like the utility company had taken a knife and sliced off the side of the road. The pavement had a clean cut and sharp edge that dropped off into the ditch. Thankfully, the road was empty with traffic so there wasn't any danger to myself or anyone else. I thought about getting some concrete blocks and a jack and trying to jack the front end of my car back up onto the pavement. But I was so tired and my thought did not transfer into action.
My car was angled down with my headlights lighting up the dirt and loose drainage tiles lying in the ditch. Suddenly out of the dark, three strong-looking young men walked into the light of my headlights from three different directions. Because the angle of my car was pointing down and with the dark tinting in the top of my windshield, I could only see these guys from the chest down.
All at the same time one grabbed the front of my car, one grabbed the left front, one grabbed the right front, and in unison, they lifted my car into the air and rolled it back on the pavement. It was an old car, and I was frantically trying to crank my window down to thank these guys, but by the time I got the window down–they were gone!
It all happened in a matter of minutes from the time I drove off the road. I was so amazed at what had just taken place that I just sat there wondering if they were angels!! I prayed, "Lord, I don't know if those were angels or not, and I don't know why I never saw their faces, but thank you Lord, thank you so much for getting me out of the ditch."
I backed my car up, made the turn into our complex, and drove to our townhouse; exhausted, I climbed into bed, and still in a state of marvel, whispered, "Thanks again Lord for your roadside service," and went fast asleep.
"But the eyes of the Lord are on those who respect him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love . . . "
Psalm 33:18 –The Bible
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I believe you truely were assisted by angels. I love reading your stories of how God blesses, and watches over you and your family. I just miss the "telling" of these blessings.
They wer Angels, and I am amzed.
The question to be answered is,,,,, How great is our Faith? To trust Him for all things in our daily living is great. …… A Merry Christmas to you & Barb and all the family.. Love you.. June…


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text: Technical Article DevCentral Top5 01/23/2009 Updated 23-Jan-2009•Originally posted on 23-Jan-2009 by Colin Walker 3822 article application delivery cloud dev devcentral top5 devops hardware irules top5 us It's Top5 time again, and I swear it should only be Wednesday, yet the calendar says Friday. My week must have gone missing. If you see it, please let me know. I'm sure it's lonely and scared, and wants to come home. There have been so many things going on this week that it's been dizzying even for me to keep up with them…and that's kinda what I do, right? I will, however, attempt to sift through all the awesome contributions to DC to bring you the goodness you so rightly deserve, as is always my intent. This week we'll cover Blogs, Tech Tips, Perl scripts and more. Sit back and relax, because here's your DC Top5: Me Caveman, Need Picture: BigIP Config Virtualizer http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/jason/archive/2009/01/21/me-caveman-need-picture-bigip-config-visualizer.aspx Jason does a great service to the community at large by calling out just how darn cool the BigIP Config Virtualizer (BCV) is. This contribution by Michael Thompson is far beyond just a CodeShare entry, it's a perl based application that will read in your bigip.conf file and output … ready for this? Images. This script will output an image for every virtual server defined inside the config. These images can then be imported and edited in something like Visio to give you a big head-start on putting together documentation or diagrams for your network. This is a really exciting idea, with LOTS of room for potential expansion and additions, that just might prove to be a big deal, so I'd keep an eye out. Jason gives a good example of just what this might look like that's worth taking a look. Don't forget to click through to the actual CodeShare entry as well! What Are the Benefits of WebAccelerator? http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/dawn/archive/2009/01/21/what-are-the-benefits-of-webaccelerator.aspx This extremely straight-forward and likely often asked question is the impetus for Dawn's easy to consume blog entry as a response. Dawn points to a thread that lists out some of the benefits web acceleration brings to the table, as well as whitepapers to support that info, but I think more importantly she outlines in very easy to understand terms a couple of the core benefits of having an acceleration device in place for your application. More than that, though, is her apparent commitment to turn this into a series which I'm hopeful will be a "plain-clothes" look at just what web acceleration can do for you, why you might want it, and what you need to know about it. I'm hopeful that there will be many more of these posts by Dawn, as she's one of our resident acceleration experts and there's plenty of demystifying to be done. DevCentral Weekly Roundup Episode 71 http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/dcpodcast/archive/2009/01/22/devcentral-weekly-roundup-episode-71---jason-threw-one-up.aspx This week's podcast was a special one, thanks to our guest - Michael Thompson. We got into some detail with Michael about the BigIP Config Virtualizer, what it does, how it works, and more. He told us a little about the source of the project and how he arrived with the solution he has. He also gets into some more in-depth technical info for those propeller heads out there, like me. He even used Perl to build the solution, which I have to publicly approve of. Aside from this dive into the BCV with Michael, there's plenty of good content always found in the weekly DevCentral podcast so I recommend taking a listen when you've got a few minutes. Load balancing is key to successful cloud-based (dynamic) architectures http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/macvittie/archive/2009/01/23/load-balancing-is-key-to-successful-cloud-based-dynamic-architectures.aspx Always one to produce consistently good content, and lots of it, Lori doesn't disappoint this week. Her blog post on why load balancing is integral to cloud computing is a good one, and something I think everyone that has any intent, desire or curiosity about getting into cloud computing should read through. Her main tenant is that cloud computing relies on more than just several deployed servers, but an entire infrastructure working together to deliver a solution in an elastic, flexible manner. To do this, you need an infrastructure that can move and bend and re-size just as well as your application an virtually managed servers can. Not only is she right, she's also touching on a very important piece of a successful cloud deployment that can be very easy to overlook from an application standpoint and background. This is one that you don't want to miss. 20 Lines or Less #20 http://devcentral.f5.com/weblogs/cwalker/archive/2009/01/21/20-lines-or-less-20.aspx Last but not least, it's the 20th edition celebration of the 20 Lines or Less! Get out your funny hats and balloons, it's a party! For this week's 20LoL I decided to dig back through the first 19 editions and find the three examples that stood out most to me as iRules that were the epitome of what I've been searching for in my quest to find the best iRules in 20 Lines or Less. Ranging from simple in concept and elegantly implemented to conceptually mind-bending and fun, from arrays to carts before horses, these examples make me excited to work with such an amazing technology every time I dive back into them. 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Just a few days ago, I got a call from an old friend who was, for lack of a better phrase, freaking out. A newly minted attorney, she had been singled out for her alleged IT prowess (she'd been a technical writer in a former "life") and tasked with training the more seasoned, (self-admitted) less gadget-savvy lawyers on Apple's iPad 2.
Part of the rationale behind the sizable investment was to reduce paper consumption in the office. Anyone who has set foot in a lawyer's office knows that paper and toner must be a significant operating cost for most firms (true story: my wife, a law librarian, works with a gentleman who had to occupy a second office because he could no longer cram any file boxes on the desk, floor or shelves).
While this brand-new barrister rang me up for a completely different reason, she mentioned her predicament in passing, about to move on to the topic at hand. I interjected, politely, to explain that I had recently uploaded a great resource on just that tablet - CustomGuide's Quick Reference on the iPad 2. Such sweet serendipity, no?
Thinking I might be able to help her put together her training presentation with a minimum of wailing and teeth-gnashing, I rattled off a small list of the info the quick reference covers:
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Pain and fear in the haven for the lucky
Arriving by donkey, helicopter, or on the shoulders of desperate relatives, grievously injured villagers are still streaming into makeshift hospitals in northern Pakistan 16 days after the earthquake that destroyed their world.
By mid-afternoon on Sunday 420 patients had passed through a well-equipped field hospital run by army medics from the United Arab Emirates. A total of 70% had infected wounds; many were being treated for the first time.
Nakash Ahmed, eight, came with a large gash across his head seeping with puss.
Half-crushed by a falling roof, he suffered for two weeks until his father managed to carry him from their mountain village to safety.
The wound was wrapped in a dirty cloth.
"It's unbelievable. We've seen wounds here that we've never seen before," Dr Abdullah Alkaabi said. "There is no textbook for this."
The lucky ones make it to the UAE hospital near Balakot, which is equipped with air-conditioned operating theatre, digital x-ray machines and a helicopter on standby to take the most serious cases to the Middle East for treatment. But thousands more quake victims are hidden behind the mountainous wall that overlooks Balakot, cut off behind a chain of landslides. Relief workers say time is running out to save them.
The winter starts to bite three weeks from now; it will have gripped the region by the first week of December.
"It is very high risk that this population is in," the UN coordinator, Rashid Khalikov, told reporters in Muzaffarabad.
"Whether we are able to do it or not we will know only six weeks from today. But we will do our best."
The frantic emergency effort is hampered by a shortage of helicopters and tents.
Neighbourly goodwill is also in limited supply. Both India and Pakistan say they want to open up the disputed Kashmir ceasefire line that divides them to facilitate an easy flow of aid. On Sunday Pakistan suggested opening five border posts; India said it would set up refugee camps.
Yet by day's end the talk had resulted in no action, although an Indian foreign ministry statement suggested that both proposals could be "reconciled".
The international aid momentum is building, spearheaded by the military. Three heavy-lifting Chinook helicopters are due to be in Islamabad by this morning. In Muzaffarabad General John Abizaid, chief of the US central command, promised to "do whatever is possible to help Pakistan". He said 15 extra American helicopters would be arriving soon.
Attention is turning to freeing the roads. Nato is sending an engineering battalion to start clearing landslides and establish more field hospitals. The Pakistani army is already working around the clock to open up the worst-affected valleys but warns that it could take six weeks in some areas.
The frontline of aid operations is moving further into the craggy mountains.
Immediately after the quake, Balakot was a focus of relief efforts. Now aid workers have flooded in, the crisis has eased, and the town is being used as a launchpad for soldiers and relief workers to push into more inaccessible areas.
On Sunday Major Muhammad Younas, a Pakistani army medic, stood outside a half-deserted first aid station. By mid-afternoon his team had treated just 15 patients. Most of his medics had been deployed to the "forward areas", he said, gesturing down the valley. "That's where most of the casualties are now," he said.
"Behind the landslides."
An unlikely coalition of do-gooders has been forged out of the chaos. On Balakot's main street jihadi sympathisers from Jamaat ud-Dawa set up camp near a banner announcing the "Korean Buddhists medical camp". By the river lay a pile of discarded food tins bearing the stars and stripes and the logo "A gift from the American people".
But not all generosity was welcome. Mounds of discarded secondhand clothes were littered across the town. Abdul Sabur (24) waded ankle-deep through a pile of shirts, pants and blouses. "Here people have too much of everything now," he said. "But up the valley, beyond the landslides, the people are starving. Even the dead have not been buried over there."
Yet the distributions continued. Volunteers from al-Khidmat, the charity wing of a hardline Islamic party, tossed fresh bundles of clothes from the back of a giant, garishly decorated truck. "These clothes have come from Peshwar for the people here. So we must give them out," shrugged Naeem Shah, an 18-year-old worker.
A few hours later another aftershock hit Mansehra, the nearest main town.
Buildings which had not been knocked down already swayed slightly. Unbroken windows vibrated.
And the nerves of the quake survivors, who had started to bed down in newly created refugee camps, frayed just a little bit more. - Guardian Unlimited Â


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Heyo Trendsetters. I haven't post in a long time. Yeah sorry, I know but tomorrow I will be living for vacations. I'll be in Spain for a week so I won't be writing here for a week. Don't worry because I have this one more post for you. I'm going to talk about: -Hair. I PROMISE you will like this post. It's about how you can get a chic hair. First choose the hair. This one is my personally favorite. It's bold. I recommend you to use it. Paint it in a red color. Then give it some eye lights. Not much it just needs to stand out a little bit. Don't exaggerate. The color I use is in the red circle. Now put your make-up on. That's mine and that what I use on red. That's what you get at the end.
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I purchased upholstery-like fabric (as shown below) and after pre-washing it seemed more flopsy-mopsy than I wanted. I really want this bag to almost stand up on it's own and have a hefty bit of structure. I am wondering/considering adding fusible interfacing the the wrong/hidden side of my main top fabric. I have only used interfacing once before and I am a bit cautious.
Do any of you more seasoned sewers have an opinion about if interfacing might be a good idea to use in this project to add stability? Any help would be appreciated.
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I think that the interfacing will do exactly what you want it to. Although remember the bag will be a double thickness (the thickness of the lining plus the outer fabric). I would not recommend putting interfacing on the handles. It is already difficult to sew through that much thickness and turn it right side out.ReplyDelete
Thanks Kelli!ReplyDelete
I'm gunna try it because even with the double thickness it seemed like it would flop over.
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The Peninsula Hotels takes pleasing guests of all ages very seriously. I've met their marketing team on a few occasions now and I'm always impressed by their creative ideas for children. The Peninsula Chicago got my attention recently when they announced their Chicago Fire House Excursion for wee guests who want to learn what it's like to be a fireman for the day.
The themed stay starts with a pick up at the hotel by The Peninsula Chicago's own MINI Cooper (fun!), includes a tour of the fire station and "training" with a live fireman or firewoman, a photo, and ends with a fire safety inspection back at the hotel. My son would have loved to do this when he was younger! It's great to see a brand engage kids in immersive local activities, not just offer candy and cookies at check in.
The Peninsula Chicago Review for Families
We stayed at The Peninsula Chicago for a wedding last year. It is in the best possible location for playing in Chicago, right of Michigan Avenue on East Superior. Restaurants, shopping, Lake Michigan, parks, and public transportation are all within walking distance from here.
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Rooms are updated, well-appointed, and some have stunning city views. Junior Suites and Deluxe Suites are perfect for families with a master bedroom and a separate living room with a sofa bed. These suites can also connect to an additional guest room for larger families.
We didn't get a chance to try the hotel's dining outlets, but the food provided at our wedding was the best we've ever had at a wedding — ever — if that is an indicator of the quality. Dining and beverage outlets include an expansive lobby lounge, a bar, Pierrot Gourmet restaurant, and the more casual Shanghai Terrace, serving Chinese food in a buzzy, lounge atmosphere.
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We love when city hotels have indoor pools, as it gives families a place to take sightseeing breaks. Located on the 19th floor of the hotel, the beautiful indoor pool at The Peninsula Chicago is huge with spectacular city views. There's also a sun terrace, full spa, and fitness center.
We didn't get a chance to experience all the amenities at The Peninsula Chicago given our wedding commitments, but we certainly got a feel for the basics. This is a stunning, service-oriented luxury hotel in a coveted location. They are catering to families in spades with packages and engaging service offerings, making The Peninsula Chicago an exceptional option for families who want the best of the best in Chicago with kids.
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This stockshot makes a portrait of Robert Schuman. Orginating from Lorraine, former President of the French Council, former French Minister for Foreign Affairs, first and President of Honor of the European Parliament. The three European Communities owe him their existence. The famous declaration of the 9th of May 1950, materialized an idea of Jean Monnet, the project known as the Schuman Plan and that became the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC). New conception of the relations between European Nations, establishing independant instistutions allocated with its own powers. This fervent French patriot dedicated his life to two tasks: European construction and Franco-German reconcilitation, its precondition.


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The plants are either male or female (dioecious) so that the little palm tree growths carry on the separate plants either the male or the female organs. These called in the male 'antheridia' and the in female 'archegonia' are suspended on the under side of the 'palm like ' 'fronds'. It is amazing
to many that the male antheridia produce motile sperm which swim in the raindrops to fertilise the ova in the female archegonia.
After that process has been achieved tiny capsules grow from the fertilised ova These capsules develop in their interiors tiny spores which eventually may be blown away in the wind to find a new place to grow.
The whole plant carries in every cell nucleus only a half number of chromosomes (haploid). Only the fertilised ovum and the immediate divisions of that ovum have the full double set of chromosomes (diploid).
This photo is of the plant growing in my courtyard, where it can cover a considerable area.


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Dave Books: The Next Lesson
The teachers we remember most fondly made learning fun. Their teaching seemed effortless, studying was almost enjoyable, and we looked forward to the next lesson.
This story is featured in Montana Outdoors
March–April 2002
The teachers we remember most fondly made learning fun. Their teaching seemed effortless, studying was almost enjoyable, and we looked forward to the next lesson.
So it was with Dave Books. After 140 bimonthly deadlines, after 24 years, after countless hours rewriting and searching for just the right word, Books retired December 31 as editor of this magazine. He taught us about Montana's outdoors through Montana Outdoors.
"He is a friend of Montana and all we stand for and all that is special to us," says Ron Aasheim, head of FWP's Conservation Education Division and Books's boss and friend. "We are lucky to have had Dave at the magazine."
Always self-effacing, Books saws he simply sought a balanced message: "People like hunting and fishing and camping, because they are fun things to do. We wanted to provide them with information to learn, to enjoy."
Learn and enjoy. Teaching conservation to people who just want to have fun. Books made the lessons stick, Aasheim says, because he took part in the subject matter: "He was a participant. He camped, hunted, fished."
To Books, success came with how the message was delivered.
"We wanted to give readers the information to let them know what was going on in Montana," he says, "and then let them do what they needed to do to let their voices be heard on how our resources should be managed."
Since 1978, when Books took over as editor, the magazine's circulation has grown 35 percent from 30,000 to 40,000. That increase came after some charged times in Montana. Topics during the 1970s such as subdivision development, strip mining, and dam buildin polarized conversations even between friends. Battles were fought over natural resource development in many areas, and careers were wrecked along the way.
"From the time Dave took over Montana Outdoors," Aasheim says, "he was able to provide balance on issues in the magazine. He was the perfect fit: intelligent, a good editor, and a good writer—and our staff and writers liked and respected him."
During his tenure, Books not only increased circulation, he started several Montana Outdoors trademarks, such as the annual photo issue. "I think people relate really well to the photographs and the beauty of the state," he says.
Books also devised the department's seven widely distributed identification guides—on big game, fish, furbearers, upland birds, birds of prey, owls, and amphibians—first published in Montana Outdoors.
And Books got it all done with a mild and mellow manner.
Under that nice guy persona, however, burns a fierce competitive spirit. Joe Elliot went to high school with Dave in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and has remained a good friend since moving to Montana in 1965.
"He's incredibly competitive," says Elliott. "He has trophies in handball, shooting, golf."
Of Books's many activities, perhaps bird hunting best portrays the drive within that body, as lean and tough as a willow sprout.
"You rarely go out and shoot more birds than Dave does," Elliot says. "And if you shoot your limit of pheasants by 10 a.m., he will stay out until dark to make sure he gets his."
That committment afield came through in each issue. "Montana Outdoors was consistently recognized for excellence by the Association of Conservation Information," says Aasheim, "and at a time when we had one of the smallest magazine staffs among state agencies."
Like sunlight th rough a magnifying glass, Montana Outdoors became the intrument that focused Books's competitive drive and interest in all things outdoors. Pick up any issue since May 1978. It's all there.
"We wanted to cove the important conservation issues," Books says, "but do it as fairly and factually as we could. We wanted to keep people informed about what the department was doing to solve problems."
"My only regret is he didn't have time to write more for Montana Outdoors," Aasheim says. "He's an outstanding writer."
That may happen in Books's next career: retirement. Besides the invevitable—more fishing, hunting, and golfing—Books plans on freelance writing and editing on the side.
"I think I'll just kind of relax," he says. "I really haven't ever had an extended time away. It will be nice to not have to worry about deadlines."
Adds Books, who always kept the magazine's subscribers foremost in mind: "I hope it's been fun and educational for the readers."
Class dismissed.
Bruce Auchly is an FWP regional information officer b ased in Great Falls. Tom Palmer is chief of FWP's Information Bureau.


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Legacy Foundation works to positively transform Lake County, neighborhood by neighborhood. Help support the Neighborhood Spotlight communities of Gary-Emerson, Gary-Miller, Griffith, and North West Hobart. If you are interested in becoming involved in Neighborhood Spotlight, please contact Kelly Anoe at firstname.lastname@example.com.
About Neighborhood Spotlight
Neighborhood Spotlight is a new placed-based initiative for reinvesting in Lake County communities. After decades of significant economic decline, many neighborhoods throughout this region are struggling to thrive and sustain their vibrancy. Pockets of hope exist. The Legacy Foundation will be shining a Neighborhood Spotlight on these areas of opportunity.
Are you an engaged citizen or community leader ready to lead your neighborhood through positive transformation? Is your community already organized around a project concept, major investment, or local need? Would your neighborhood like to see something happen but are not sure how to begin? Or has your community experienced some success and wants to go to the next level?
If yes, Neighborhood Spotlight may be the community development solution. Neighborhood Spotlight provides a framework for capacity-building, planning and implementation block by block. It is modeled after successful community development work in Indianapolis and Chicago.
Neighborhood Spotlight guides a cross-section of community members work collaboratively and collectively on improving quality of life. A convening organization, usually a community-based organization, will spearhead the coordination of neighborhood relationships. With support from Legacy Foundation staff and consultants, Neighborhood Spotlight communities will organize, decide and act upon projects that can profoundly change their future.
2015 Selected Communities
Each community will receive comprehensive technical assistance from the Indiana Association of Community Economic Development (IACED) and $50,000 in the first year for the cost of a community builder and early action projects.
Convening Organization: FAITH CDC (Families Anchored in Total Harmony)
Gary Downtown-Emerson Quality of Life Plan
Convening Organization: Griffith YMCA
Griffith Quality of Life Plan
Contact us to find out more about how you can get involved with these two communities.
2014 Selected Communities
Hobart–West Side
Convening Organization: Hobart Family YMCA
Hobart-West Side Quality of Life Plan
The physical assets include 130 acres of conservation land, historic structures and opportunities for the development of new housing. Two industries, CATCO and Indiana Botanic Gardens are located in the city and employ over 100 people. Hobart has had proven success with civic collaboration including creation of the Hobart Marsh Plan and with DNR and the National Park Service.
Gary-Miller Neighborhood
Convening Organization: Miller Beach Arts and Creative District
Gary-Miller Quality of Life Plan
Gary-Miller's proximity to the lakefront is a notable asset as is the renovation of its Marquette Park and the historic Pavilion. Several Gary-Miller structures have historical significance with a number of them on the National Register. Collaborative bodies are working in the community and include those focused on civic engagement, professional development, philanthropic resources, and safety concerns.
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Presentation: January 31 & February 5
Neighborhood Spotlight Process
Partner Message at Informational Sessions
Neighborhood Spotlight Factsheet
Formal/Informal Leaders List Template
Neighborhood Spotlight Introduction by Robert Johnson, January 31 and February 5
Neighborhood Spotlight Training 1 Handouts: February 28, 2014
Community Q&A Conference Call Conversation Notes: April 4, 2014
Grant Process Training 2: Contracting: Strategy, Agreement, and Commitment
Rollout Prezi Presentation
Engagement & Visioning PPT
Neighborhood Spotlight Training 1 Handouts
Contracting: Strategy, Agreement and Commitment PPT
Neighborhood Spotlight Training 2 Handouts
December 20: Kick-Off Press Conference
January 21: Neighborhood Spotlight Editorial, The Times
April 27: Legacy Foundation, Gary partner in resource project, The Times


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San Diego, CA (October 8, 2015) – For the first time since 1989, Berkeley Breathed is producing new Bloom County comic strips. Featuring all of his beloved characters—Opus, Bill the Cat, Milo, Steve Dallas, and more—the world has never been more ready for Breathed's biting satire and skewering humor to make a return—and, more importantly, on his own terms, free of the editorial constraints of corporately owned newspaper syndicates. In that spirit, IDW is very proud to announce the publication of the first in a new series of Bloom County Collections, debuting in the Summer of 2016.
"It's hard to say why, but for me, doing Bloom County has suddenly become… what's the word…fun," said Berkeley Breathed, "I'd like to think readers can tell. When the strips are brought together in a book, I think you especially can."
Breathed's Pulitzer Prize-winning Bloom County ran from 1980 until 1989, when Breathed walked away from the strip at the peak of its popularity. Then, in the summer of 2015, and with no advance warning, he brought the cast of Bloom County back to an unsuspecting world—via social media—which caused a media frenzy as word of the strips unexpected return spread virally to multitudes of delighted fans.
"As a fan, I was ecstatic when new Bloom County strips began to appear," said Editor, Scott Dunbier. "As an editor, I'm thrilled to work on this book—thank you, Berkeley!"
Follow Berkeley Breathed and IDW Publishing's Facebook pages for more announcements in the coming months.
About IDW
IDW Publishing is an award-winning publisher of comic books, graphic novels and trade paperbacks, based in San Diego, California. Renowned for its diverse catalog of licensed and independent titles, IDW publishes some of the most successful and popular titles in the industry, including: Hasbro's The TRANSFORMERS, G.I. JOE and MY LITTLE PONY; Disney's classic characters including Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and Uncle Scrooge; Paramount/CBS's Star Trek; Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Zombies vs. Robots by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood; Ragnarök from Eisner Award-winner Walter Simonson; and Little Nemo from the award-winning duo of Eric Shanower and Gabriel Rodriguez. IDW is also home to acclaimed imprints such as the Library of American Comics, which publishes classic comic reprints, Yoe! Books, a partnership with Yoe! Studio, IDW Artist's Editions, and Top Shelf Productions.
IDW Entertainment launched in November 2013 to distribute productions globally and to develop film and television properties based on IDW's extensive catalog. Three projects are set up: "Wynonna Earp," a property distributed globally by IDW Entertainment and licensed to Syfy in the U.S.; "Brooklyn Animal Control", a property created by JT Petty and produced by David Goyer, has a pilot order at USA; and Douglas Adams' Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, with writer/executive producer Max Landis at BBC America. IDW Entertainment's development slate of properties includes the chilling vampire thriller, V Wars, by New York Times Best-Seller Jonathan Maberry with writer/executive producer Tim Schlattmann ("Dexter," "Smallville"); political conspiracy series, Cobb, with writer/executive producer Thania St. John ("Chicago Fire," "Covert Affairs"); supernatural action series, Pantheon, with co-creator Michael Chiklis ("The Shield"); Wormwood by Ben Templesmith with writer David M Stern ("The Simpsons, Ugly Americans); among others.
IDW also has several active theatrical projects in development. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Warner Brothers are producing a film based on Ashley Wood's Lore; Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes and Sony are bringing Zombies vs. Robots to film; and Alex Kurtzman is producing a movie based on Locke & Key at Universal.


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Remembering why I blog - the moving diary
>> Wednesday, 1 July 2015
It's not that there's nothing happening; there's plenty going on in our lives. We're preparing for an international move, the Boys have just finished at the only school either of them can remember, and we're ticking off items on our 'Say Goodbye To Moscow' bucket list. We need to find a base in our new home-town, set everything up for a smooth arrival there, and re-establish some dormant relationships in the UK.
Having said all that, it feels like the calm before the storm.
Practically, I know that isn't the case. We've had an emotional few weeks - months, really, if I think about it - as we've gone through the mill of taking the decision to leave Russia, identifying where where we want to live back in the UK, applied for school places for the kids, been accepted (thank heavens), and dealt with the slowly dawning reality of what it will actually mean to leave the supportive community in a challenging environment that we've been living in for the last six years. More recently there have been tears as my children have said farewell to good friends and I've held my nerve to assure them that yes, they WILL make new ones, it may just take a little time. And of course Husband and I have attended a host of leaving parties, both for ourselves and for other people we know who are leaving Moscow.
Since the the school bell rang for the last time two weeks ago I've continued to sell / recycle / donate or just plain throw out the stuff we've acquired during our stay here and don't plan to move back with us. In addition, there's been the small matter of housing, buying new uniforms for the children, and making a flying visit back to Blighty for them to attend New Starter events at their new schools to deal with.
We're back in Moscow now for a couple of week's hiatus before the we move out of our house here. I feel as if I should be tidying - I KNOW I should be tidying - but actually there doesn't seem to be much left to tidy. I've been through the kitchen cupboards, I've given away the clothes the kids and I no longer wear, I've got rid of a load of paperwork. The only 'big' job now outstanding is to go through the Boys toys, but that can wait a couple of weeks longer.
And it's quiet - oh, so quiet. The communities we normally socialise with - Russian and expat - have mostly packed their bags and flown, either to their dacha, home country, or somewhere else for a few weeks or for good, depending on their plans. The Boys are in day camp, and Husband is travelling for business. I feel as if I should be making the most of my time, doing, I don't know, something, but instead feel as if I'm stuck, dealing with the small tasks of running our day-to-day lives but unable to settle down and get my teeth into the big ones, like starting to actually write the next book that I've tentatively planned out, for example. Or to make initial approaches to a host of agents that I've never met, no doubt waiting with bated breath to hear about my last one.
Apologies for what may seem like nothing post, but it helps, to sit here and blog; it reminds me why I started doing this back in 2007. What can seem at the time like a total lack of progress, whether it's the frustration of potty training a small child, dealing with the 'hurry up and wait' timetable of looking after two young children, or the ups and downs and sometimes what seemed like the interminable 'on and on-ness'* of being the main carer at home, my blog helps me take stock and realise that yes, I am moving forward.
And I can see that actually, this is not the calm before the storm. Having written all this down, I've realised that actually, I'm right in the centre of it. The eye of the hurricane.
* an expression borrowed from my good friend Jennifer, who blogs here and here.


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Hugh Honour
- A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800 compiled by John Ingamells
Yale, 1070 pp, £50.00, May 1997, ISBN 0 300 07165 5
There is no near equivalent to A Dictionary of British and Irish Travellers in Italy 1701-1800 apart from Friedrich Noack's three volumes (1907-27) listing all the Germans in Rome, from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The Dictionary is the brain-child of Sir Brinsley Ford, a collector of 17th and 18th-century art, a patron of living British painters, and in many ways a reincarnation of the ideal virtuoso and Grand Tourist. He was first drawn to the subject by the Roman landscapes of Richard Wilson; published a book on Wilson's then little-known drawings; and went on to annotate the letters written from Rome in 1757 by a minor British painter who had mentioned Wilson and other British travellers and expatriates in the city. This led him to scour printed sources and consult Roman parish registers, then in the Vatican – tall, slender volumes in which, year by year and parish by parish, priests recorded every man, woman and child in the city, their attempts to spell foreign names providing not a few problems for the modern researcher. Widening his field of enquiry to the whole Italian peninsula and the whole of the 18th century, Brinsley Ford then began to read and make transcriptions from hundreds, if not thousands, of manuscript letters and diaries in British libraries, the Public Record Office and private archives. His generosity in sharing the results of his research with other students and scholars became all too well known and, at the age of 80, under constant demands for help, he passed his archive to the Paul Mellon Centre in London, which has now published it as this Dictionary, under the editorship of John Ingamells.
The Dictionary is unique in its comprehensiveness. No traveller from the British Isles or the British colonies in America who was spotted anywhere in Italy has been omitted, even if no more than his or her surname is known. The Mellon Centre's researchers have trawled the British county record offices and the Archivio di Stato in every major Italian city. Hardly a minnow can have slipped through the net, though it has landed one whopper: Alexander Trippel, who was Swiss and described by a German in 1782 as 'the greatest sculptor in Rome, that is to say the world', is included as if he were an obscure British artist known only because he exported a relief and a portrait bust. This slip is of little moment, however. So closely is the Dictionary based on documents that the incidence of error is limited and it is hardly a complaint to say that some significant details could be added. A Mr Harris, for instance, about whom nothing is known save that he married the daughter of a British consul in Naples, is included, and it could have been mentioned that for want of an Anglican clergyman the ceremony was conducted by none other than the great German writer and Lutheran minister, Johann Gottfried Herder, who happened to be in the city that day. Likewise, some of the comments of Goethe's friend, Alois Hirt, on artists in Rome in 1787 might have been quoted, notably those on Gavin Hamilton.
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A 19th century palace converted into a hotel in 1999 respecting the period's stately identity and equipped with all the comforts of a modern-day luxury hotel. A member of the Relais Chateaux chain, which groups the world's most prestigious hotels. Featuring 32 ¿¿elegant rooms with furniture brought directly from various European countries, being all nineteenth century examples. Guests may enjoy the Jardín de Orfila restaurant, an English style bar and a tea room.
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Ages 12 and up. Float down the cool, meandering Stones river and forget about the hustle and bustle of city life. Enjoy the company of new and old friends as you appreciate your river experience and watch the day melt away. Wildlife, birds and summer wildflowers are sure to appear on the excursion. Space is limited and reservations are required. All equipment and instruction are provided. Location: TBD depending on water levels.
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Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese discipline consisting of slow movements and postures done in a fluid and relaxed manner. it is used to reduce stress, increase flexibility, improve muscle strength, increase stamina and agility and increase the feeling of well-being.
July 20, 2018, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM @ McFadden Community Center
This sport combines many elements of tennis, badminton and ping-pong. The rules are simple and the game is easy for beginners to learn, but can develop into a fast-paced competitive game for experienced players. Strategies include lobbing, overhead slamming, passing drive shots from the baseline, and fast volley exchanges at the net.
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Learn more about art in this hands-on camp. Every day we will discover different techniques and methods in art. Classes consist of: clay and rock sculptures, photography, dance, and much more. Presented by Kids for the Creative Arts, Inc.
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Bring your lawn chairs or a blanket, and a picnic dinner and enjoy lively outdoor music. Dancing may occur!
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Movies Under the Stars returns this summer with a line up of family-orientated films. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs, or truck bed. Movie lists are also available on site, on the Parks and Rec Facebook page, and at all MPRD facilities. Refreshments are available for purchase. Cancelations due to weather are posted on MPRD's Facebook page.


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Darn internets! I lost the better part of last night to some internet research brought on by my Dad telling me that one of his friends once or twice a year has a cargo container coming over from England and there could be space made for a bike. So all I could think of after that was: Bakfeits! I`ve had deep love for these style of bikes since I first saw one a few years ago and it grew once I saw Megan and James`.
Currently we have a Chariot Cougar which Chris and I use to haul the kids around the neighborhood, it`s been great but with a recent growth spurt the kids are rather cramped and grocery runs with the kids in the trailer is no longer an option. Even just using the trailer sans kids for grocery shopping is awkward as the trailer bounces all over the place when empty causing bike handling to become an issue. So we`re looking at non-car solution to our situation and cargoéfamily bikes are looking like the answer.
The entry price for one of these bikes is a bit steep (starting at $1500, with most being closer to $3000) or as my sister said: that`s a car! I did the math on how much a car really costs (insurance, gas and maintenance) and then took a look at what types of errands and the range of driving we would be doing to fulfill those errands, a car is a complete waste of money in our situation. My grocery stores are a 10 minute ride away, the school and day care are even closer, firing up a car for such short trips is not good economics or mechanics! Really the only time we really wish we had a car is when we want to go up to visit my family, and with the kids getting bigger it`s looking like Chris will probably be looking to get his licence (we decided he will be the better (read: less likely to road rage) driver) and we will rent a car for those times.
There are quite a few choices for the car free family (If you poke around the innernetz you can find even more companies making these types of bikes.) :
Xtracycles with seats attached Cafemama has a great post about being a car free family with pictures of her xtracycle
Madsen cargo bikes These bikes are new and from the few reviews I have read are still working out a few quirks and they are also the cheapest at about $1500
Nihola are on the higher end of the price spectrum, are a three wheeler and I can get one in the city from Curbside.
Bakfeits of which I have already waxed poetic about.
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Dawson Filter sat down at a booth in a breakfast and midday snack restaurant. That's not quite how he would tell the story; he'd likely say something more like: "I sat down at a booth in a breakfast and midday restaurant," but history is told by the winners. Seeing that he was now sitting, he looked around the restaurant for a waiter.
Context: Dawson Filter was on a quest to discover the ever elusive True Meaning of Feelings when his memories were embezzled by one of his subordinates, Hank the Embezzler. He believes his name to be Wayne Rubblefish; and came to the restaurant because he has cause to think that he is one of its employees. In fact, Sylvester Denny, one of his quest mates, used to work there, recently returning to the establishment after being unable to find Dawson Filter during a lengthy search for the man.
"Waiter," Dawson Filter called, clicking his fingers together.
Sylvester Denny came to Dawson Filter at once, recognising his voice from the year and a half they'd just spent together.
"Dawson Filter! Fancy meeting you here!" he calpokohnsted.
Dawson Filter said something about his name not being Dawson Filter; but he was wrong, and I refuse to include anything but the facts in this story.
Fact: the name 'Norway' originates from the phrase 'path to the North.'
Sylvester Denny explained Hank the Embezzler's misdeed to Dawson Filter, and they both laughed it off for ≈2.78 hours, costing Sylvester Denny his newly regained waitering job. They summoned another waiter, this one named Morris, to order what the menu called 'Foie Gras Flambé,' so called because the dish consisted of smoked flamingo tenderloin, and 'flamingos' sounds quite a bit like 'flaming goose.'
Fact: the cheese slicer was invented in Norway by Thor Bjørklund in 1925.
Once Morris brought over the meal, Sylvester Denny told Dawson Filter of their quest to discover the True Meaning of Feelings; and set about to devour the roasted bird. Seeing the way the meat broke apart in strings, Sylvester Denny felt an idea fly into his head.
"Say," he said, "why don't we string together a whack of people and pull a survey on them? We could be all like 'what is the True Meaning of of Feelings;' and they'd be all like, answering our question."
"It's sort of odd that we haven't done that yet; but yes, that is quite the idea." Dawson Filter said.
Just as Dawson Filter finished saying the thing I just told you he said, a group of people walked into the restaurant. How serendipitous, that Sylvester Denny's plan required people, and there were people present. Dawson Filter stood.
"Hello, people," he said, "would you mind completing a brief survey?"
One of the humans looked at its watch. It looked one of the others in the eye for a moment, feigned a smile, and said: "Sure."
Fact: Norway is thought to be the birthplace of modern skiing.
"What is the True Meaning of Feelings?" Dawson Filter asked.
The person said something to the order of: "I do not know."
Promptly after this transpired, another thing happened: Dawson Filter and Sylvester Denny left the restaurant. They heard footsteps trailing behind them. The footsteps belonged to the band of humans to whom Dawson Filter had just spoke.
"You wasted our time back there, you question-asker," the leader snarled, "and time is money. This particular restaurant charges money for its food. We tried to order a nice spread of clams; but we were 50 cents short. Now, I could let the whole incident slide; but now that I'm broke, I don't think I'll be able to pay my electric bill anymore. I'll need to start thinking of some dishes I can serve cold."
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I have had bolognese on the brain for the past number of weeks now. What kind of an Italian am I, who has not yet ventured into this bountiful bouquet of flavours yet? Shame on me! Well it's redemption time as I sit and write while my creation bubbles on my stove. An aroma to die for!
olive oil
100 grams chopped hot pancetta
1 peeled, chopped onion
1 peeled, diced carrot
2 washed, diced celery
1 kilogram lean ground beef
250 mL red wine
1 medium tin tomato paste
500 mL beef stock
bay leaves
1) Add some olive oil to the bottom of your saucepan and heat to medium low. When heated add prepared pancetta to brown slowly.
2) Then add prepared onion, carrot and celery and cook to soften.
3) Add the ground beef and cook through to doneness. Pour in the wine and allow to simmer for about a minute.
4) Add the tomato paste and stir into the mixture, then pour in the beef stock, bay leaves and combine further.
5) Turn the heat down and simmer slowly for 3 hours.
6) Serve hot on prepared pappardelle noodles, with a side salad. Sprinkle grated parmesan on your pasta and enjoy!
Well Mama-cita this dish dazzles a weeknight dinner or a family party while you accept accolades from the compliments all around! As my saucepan bubbled I sat with my computer working with my tummy rumbling asking myself "Is it dinner yet?" Choose low sodium stock and tomato paste to cut the salt of this dish.
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Medical questions & health advice by board certified doctors
"Does vitamin b12 absorption improve after someone stops drinking?"
I'm pregnant and have slight macrocytic anemia and a low platelet count, probably due to low b9/b12 levels from what I understand. I have been taking multivitamins and eat pretty well. I've learned that b12 deficiency can be related to heavy alcohol consumption, and while I haven't been drinking at all since I became pregnant, I'm worried about the amount I was drinking before: 1 or 2 drinks a day, but more like 4 or 5 (or more) on weekends. Could I be failing to absorb vitamin b12 now because of the drinking I did before? Does the absorption capacity immediately or eventually improve when a person stops drinking? Thank you!
First of all, let me say congratulations on your pregnancy, and I am glad to hear that you are making helth conscious choices for you and your baby during this pregnancy. You ask a number of good questions regarding vitamin B12 and the association with alcohol; many of which I will attempt to answer for you, however, I am going to recommend that you ask the same questions to your OB/GYN as there are other causes of macrocystic anemia (such as a folate deficiency) which can potentially be bad for you baby, which your OB is going to want to sort out with you. You are correct in saying that vitamin B12 deficiencies are more common in those that drink a lot of alcohol. There is evidence to suggest that alcohol does in fact decrease the absorption of vitamin B12 (perhaps by altering intrinsic factor). Also, there is evidence that people that drink a lot of alcohol don't typically have the most well balanced diets, and it is this dietary deficiency that leads to B12 deficiencies in high alcohol drinkers. In particular there are usually fat deficiencies in the diets so the fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K) are also typically low. Likely the correct answer lies in some combination of the two theories. Generally speaking, the short answer to your question about B12 deficiencies is that it is possible that your 'stores' had been depleted during your drinking times and they will need to be restored. This can be done by eating a well balanced diet, in particular eating foods such as meat, fish, dairy products, and eggs. Also I would recommend taking a pre-natal vitamin which has both folate and B12 in it during the beginning weeks of your pregnancy. I hope that this in part answers your questions, however it is very important that you speak to your OB/GYN who can examine you. Best of luck.
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Help grow Fog City FC and have fun doing it. Come join us in SoMa on Sunday, before Seattle Sounders FC take on the Porland Timbers for the first Cascadia derby match of the season.
This time around, we are playing at Victoria Manalo Draves Park. Meet at the park entrance at Folsom & Russ.
Shorts, shin guards, and cleats/turf shoes are suggested apparel, though this game will not be competitive. We're just looking to have a good time, and try to establish a regular get together, that could hopefully help us establish a pub league or other league team later in the year.
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If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
Owen could refer to:
- Owen Granich-Young, a sound designer for the webisode Dark Matters.
- Owen Martin, an art department assistant for Heroes.
- Keri Owens, an associate casting director for Heroes.
- Louisa Owen, a featurette writer for Vengeance, Part 4.


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I am so busy lately that I haven't had time to work on the rest of the gravity series in the last few weeks. One of the things I am busy with is an e-book for the Amazon Kindle e-reader on the parallel programming crisis and Project COSA. It is mostly a collection of various articles and essays I've written on the subject over the years. I think it would be nice if everything was organized in an easy to browse format. Eventually, I would like to publish several e-books on the various subjects I've written about on this blog. One reason for the e-book project is that I need to make some extra income to support my research and gain free time to work on what I like the most.
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Overview of Japanese Dance
There is a tremendous diversity in traditional Japanese dance, from court and religious dance to the ritualistic noh dance-drama and theatrical kabuki dance. In modern times, Japanユs avant-garde butoh dance has also attracted international interest.
Historically, kagura (dance of the gods) is the oldest form of dance in Japan. Originally performed by shamans, its influence is perceived in all Shinto dances performed at shrines today to appease or attract the favor of the deities.
From the 6th century, Japan received a great deal of cultural influence from other parts of Asia, especially China and Korea. The earliest imported dance was a form of masked dance-drama called gigaku, which came to Japan from Korea in 612. The main legacy from gigaku was a two-man shishimai dance, which is the ancestor of all lion dances in Japan today. From the 7th to 8th centuries in particular, a wide range of Korean and Chinese music and dance were introduced, and came to be known under the generic terms gagaku (court music) and bugaku (court dance). This bugaku was characterized by richly costumed dancers and the accompaniment of gagaku.
Outside the court, bugaku was also performed at shrines and temples along with kagura and Buddhist ceremonial dance. It is still performed to a limited extent today.
An acrobatic or circus-like performance (sarugaku) was used as the dance accompaniment of the court sumo festival in the Heian period (794-1185). Sarugaku and dengaku, originally a fertility ritual held in fields, eventually contributed to the development of the noh drama in the 14th century.
Meanwhile in agricultural and fishing communities around the country, folk and festival dances accompanied by hayashi music (ensemble of drums and flutes), and variations of nembutsu odori based on Buddhist incantations (giving rise to dances such as the bon-odori) were a vital element of community life, and continue to be so today.
The rise of a mercantile urban culture in 17th century Japan gave rise to the development of popular theater, notably kabuki and bunraku puppet theater, and a style of dance that reflected kabuki's love of gaudiness and spectacle. Shosagoto dances (originally for the roles of onnagata female impersonators) became the most important type of kabuki dance, differentiated according to whether a lyrical (nagauta) or narrative (tokiwazu-bushi, tomimoto-bushi, kiyomoto-bushi) style of music was used to accompany it. Kabuki dance was practiced in its own right by townspeople. The term Nihon buyo today refers to kabuki dances especially adapted for separate stage performance.
In the modern era, Fujikage Shizue (1880-1966) established the Shinbuyo (New Dance) movement under the influence of Western dance, which gave ordinary people the opportunity to perform kabuki dance as an independent art form. This led to a proliferation of dance schools (about 168 today) where pupils are mostly women.


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Introduction・ Schedule・ Film List
Since the university tour screening in 2012, FIRST has been continuously presenting films outside the festival. The tour screening started in universities and
eventually extended to urban spaces while the right to programme is now in the local organizers' hand. This eventually build up the Public Programming Tour
After 5 years, Public Programming has present FIRST films in all 34 provinces in China as well as in UK, US, Singapore and Malaysia for different audience.
The fall tour enters urban art spaces and screening groups, seeking the opportunity to communicate with the local neighbourhood and urban culture. The
spring tour visits more than 100 domestic and international universities, reaching out to the future of Chinese cinema.
- films from the FIRST competition and screening programmes, across all genres: fiction, documentary, experimental, animation, would be presented in theaters, arthouse cinema and art spaces with Public Programming after the film festival.
Public Programming tries to seek a customized channel of screening for these films outside film festivals. In this digital era, we still value the interaction in
collective viewing and the varied film culture in different cities. We also wish that these not-so-mainstream cinema expression, could meet the audience
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- FIRST Public Programming fall tour opens for submissions during September 28- December 1. The tour last from October 20 to December 20.
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