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This Oklahoma Funder Has Shifted From Education to Basic Needs and Local Parks/
The George Kaiser Family Foundation is a huge philanthropic force in Tulsa and funds a wide range of local causes here. It's a well-known early education supporter, but lately, GKFF support has been going in a few different directions too. Let's take a closer look at what GKFF has been supporting around town.
Support for Land and Parks
Back in October, the foundation announced a $10 million pledge for land to construct a local children's museum in a Tulsa park. GKFF awarded the matching grant opportunity to the River Parks Authority to build the Tulsa Children's Museum Discovery Lab.
Other donors have since followed suit, including Richard and Mollie Williford, who donated $5 million for the park project. The $350 million park is known as the Gathering Place and the first phase of construction is scheduled to be complete in 2017.
Support for Human Services
At the close of 2015, GKFF made headlines for awarding $6.8 million to 66 local organizations. Most of this funding went towards human services organizations ($4.2 million). In contrast, health groups received $1.2 million and $1.4 million went to education groups.
"The organizations funded in this process provide critical services to tens of thousands of children and families in Tulsa who are in need of the basics in life, such as food, health care, shelter and education," said Ken Levit, executive director of the foundation.
Related: Where have Kaiser's Millions Been Going in Tulsa this Season?
Support for the Arts
The arts aren't a huge area of giving for GKFF, but the foundation does support the local art scene. GKFF recently announced its Tulsa Arts Fellowship program, which will offer 30 new fellowships totaling over $1 million.
The fellowships cover stipends, free housing, and free workspace to grow the city's art scene, and the opportunity was just extended to writers, as well. According to the foundation, "All fellowships are merit-based grants, not project grants, and fellows will be expected to integrate into the local community by participating in local programs, symposiums and more."
The foundation recently won a Statewide Community Award for its support of the community, state, and charities focused on breaking the cycle of poverty. You can learn more about the George Family Foundation's portfolio holdings on Octa Finance. For more information about this funder's priorities, strategies, and approach to grantmaking, check out IP's full profile: George Kaiser Family Foundation: Oklahoma Grants.


text: The Marie Antoinette Diet: Eat Cake and Still Lose Weight 24th February, 2014 Books I was more than excited when I clapped eyes on the title of this book and I assure you, it doesn't disappoint. The Marie Antoinette Diet: Eat Cake and Still Lose Weight is a fabulous assortment of "oh, of course!" moments rather than a pointless diet book filled with irrational and unreasonable 'tricks' that are unrealistic and not conducive to helping you make and stick to healthy eating choices. I have recently been getting into a bit of a massive health kick. Since last Summer I've lost over 2 stone and I'll be honest, I could have done it a lot healthier. I find I just don't eat, but then when I do eat, I don't choose the right things. I've also, as of the last 6 weeks, been hitting the gym hard, doing 2 and a half hours every other day with around 30 minutes of cardio and 2 hours of solid weights. This has really been pushing me to eat well as my body seems to be craving more of the right sort of thing and so I've turned to The Marie Antoinette Diet to keep me on the straight and narrow; also, I have to balance out the butchness of the gym and all those protein shakes. So I've been sitting down, with my Cire Trudon Trianon candle burning in the background (inspired by Le Petit Trianon, Marie Antoinette's abode in Versailles), and taking in the fabulous and self-experienced advice of Karen Wheeler, a fashion industry veteran and francophile écrivain. The The Marie Antoinette Diet covers 5 principal theories with explanations and the science behind them backed up by research from health professionals, doctors and dieticians. Karen then goes on to The Practice with such fabulous headers as "1. You can eat caked but do so early on in the day". How fabulous is that? Also, which is no real surprise if you think about it, Karen recommends that homemade cakes are better than shop bought which can usually contain hydrogenated fats, monoglycerides and diglycirides; also, it can be a bit of a reality check as you watch exactly how much fat and sugar goes into cake baking. I don't want to give away too much on The Marie Antoinette Diet because it's really quite a fabulous book that feels like you've been let into an industry secret. It's also a fairly thin book at 198 pages but is absolutely jam packed with the information you need and very little fluff. The Marie Antoinette Diet: Eat Cake and Still Lose Weight is available here from Amazon UK at £7.99 for paperback and £4.39 on the Kindle. Post Information This article first appeared on MANFACE written by Thom Watson. It was published on Monday 24th February 2014 and was last updated on Monday 3rd April 2017 at 2:10pm. It's categorised under Books, Cire Trudon where you'll find more related content. Some links contained in this article may be affiliate links but the content is not affiliated unless specifically stated. For more information, see the Privacy Policy. You are here: Home › Books › The Marie Antoinette Diet: Eat Cake and Still Lose Weight Perricone MD H2 Elemental Energy Serum and Eye Gel 27th October, 2017 REN Perfect Canvas Skin Enhancing Priming Serum 18th October, 2017 Leave a Reply Cancel Reply

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If there were ever to be an actual physical address of the old boys' club, it would be The Polo Bar in Midtown East. It has that high-end country club look down to a tee, from the dark wood paneling to the classic, all-American fare and of course the people. This is probably the least diverse crowd you will ever come across, the type who aspires to go to the Ivy League, get an investment banking job, send the kids to prep school and own a house in Greenwich, CT. In fact, we spotted a very senior private equity professional that very day at dinner with his wife. I guess there is a market for American nostalgia, for a time when people had breakfast at Tiffany's and affairs to remember, because Woody Allen is still making movies and this place is still packed a year after its opening.
With the air of exclusivity The Polo Bar tries to cultivate, you can bet that the food and drink prices will be pretty steep. Be prepared to spend $20+ on a cocktail and $28 on a burger. As an fyi, to level-set your expectations, the burger is one of the cheapest entrees on the menu. You're better off splitting a bottle of wine, which can be reasonably priced if you do a little research on the mark-ups, and drink yourself numb to lessen the sticker-shock of paying so much for what is essentially high quality country club food. The food itself is solid, familiar and well-executed, and I legitimately enjoyed the complimentary plate of popovers and our crab cake appetizer, but as for the entrees, there's better to be had at comparable and much lower price points elsewhere. The burger was fine, but not in the same league as a burger from Emmy or Umami, and there are so many great roast chickens out there (Barbuto, Le Turtle, The Nomad…) that the one at The Polo Bar didn't even have a chance. But who cares when you're eating at such an elite club! Not everyone can get to be a member or can afford to pay these prices, but only you and a chosen few can, and that's what really matters.
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So i have been tossing up whether to change my blog name for a while. Starting with "when you come back, ill be gone" back in December last year.... This became too depressing for me, i wanted something more uplifting. Then i swapped to "the quiet life". Then realising that i dont really have a quiet life.
Alas, what to do! When all else fails, steal!! So i did.
"The girl & the Robot" is a song title from Röyksopp, who have been getting a few spins on the iTunes recently.
The album Junior is already making a mark in my 2009 top 10 list. Röyksopp are a duo that come from Norway. The pair have been creating electronic choons for some time, and for the girl and the robot song they teamed up with Robyn.
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Yesterday was another great Sunday… And I'm ready for another great week. Since it's thanksgiving week… I'm cranking up my jubilation level and I'm going to celebrate my blessings all week! Want to join me?
Yeah, let's try to live out the most THANKFUL week of our lives. I'm gonna be fanatical… giving thanks to God, my wife, my kids, my church, my pets, my family and friends…
All week I'm going to try to COUNT my blessings. I plan to tell everone I spend time with why I am thankful for them. I'm gonna be thankful for the weather, our nation, my life calling, my house and cars and things… Thankful for my health, my book being almost finished, our twelve Christmas trees and decorations… and for Emily making our house so beautiful!
Before the week is over… I will have said the words THANK YOU a thousand times! That's the goal… 167 times a day for six more days, and I'm there. Won't that be FUN?
1Thesselonians 5:18a (Amplified Version) "Thank [God] in everything [no matter what the circumstances may be, be thankful and give thanks]…"


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Panoramical (by Alex)
This is a guest post by my excellent good friend Alex of What's Still Good?
So, Fiach came to me and said "Alex, I really need you to give me some incredibly uninformed opinions about music, in the form of a blog." This is a very specific request, but I am happy to oblige.
My forte is video games, and so I looked for a soundtrack I particularly wanted to discuss. Everyone knows Transistor has an amazing soundtrack, and I have lovely things to say about Thumper, Firewatch, and Sonic Augmentation (a remix of the original Deus Ex soundtrack). However, you can just listen to those soundtracks and decide for yourself if you like them or not.
So, let's talk about a soundtrack you can't listen to. Let's talk about Panoramical.
That's the recommended controller for Panoramical. If you don't have the ability to build and wire this 18-knob marvel, you can use a keyboard and mouse. Oddly, the controller actually doesn't matter that much, but it's worth seeing how the developers intended it to be played.
Three paragraphs in, and I've still not explained what the game is yet, and I don't intend to do so just yet. Instead I'm gonna discuss the critically acclaimed Gone Home. Play the soundtrack for any fan and they can probably place where in the house the track plays, and what they were feeling at the time. What makes this more amazing is that the soundtrack is only one song. It's played fast, slow, backwards, pitch-shifted and on different instruments, but the same song inspires hope, loss, fear, and triumph.
One of the great tragedies of the game is that in spite of its incredible soundtrack, people complained that it wasn't a "real game" because there was no clearly defined failure state.
Panoramical takes this one step further by having not just a lack of a "game over", but also no way to win, and it has nearly no gameplay at all. However it is still definitely a game, and a difficult one at that.
When you start Panoramical, it presents you with a mostly blank screen, and 9 dials, each with 2 axis. By holding one of the QWEASDZXC keys and gently moving the mouse, you change the sounds playing and the accompanying visuals. That's it. That's the game. 18 sliders, grouped into logical pairs, and you move 'em about until you're happy with the sound and/or visuals you've produced. MSPaint has more options than this! There's no way to win, either. You just fiddle until you're done, and that's that.
This game is incredible. Even if (like me) you have no idea how to write a song or draw a picture, you still know what you like. Panoramical lets you slowly guide yourself towards creating something you like. Even assuming you only set each slide to zero or maximum, that's still 262,144 different combinations you can make for each scene. Sitting down for an hour and trying to find the perfect place in each scene is immensely rewarding. Learning what each dial does to both the sound and the visuals, and how the different layers combine and build off each other feels satisfying, and ultimately cathartic.
Not all scenes work for me. Some I'm not able to find anything in I can really be proud of creating, and some are so beautifully done that nearly any combination of sliders gives something rich and rewarding. However over the 12 scenes, there are a few I keep coming back to. You can put the game on in front of a non-gamer, and watch them play and experiment and create something beautiful.
I guess it's just lego for music, but lego is fun and this is fun. It's about $10 on steam, and it's worth it. Go make yourself a perfect song, that no one has ever heard before.
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How Things Work Underwater
How Things Work Underwater is a painterly dive into an imaginary watery world (think Philip Guston and Jacques Cousteau sharing a picnic on the ocean floor). They are partly influenced by the beautiful yet eerie underwater footage in Werner Herzog's documentary "Encounters at the End of the World" and partly by my attempt to create paintings using theatrical paints (an acrylic vinyl medium - different from my usual oils) which comes in gallon pails instead of tubes. The resulting images are my "made up" world of life beneath the waves. And although I allowed my whimsy free reign, can anything compare to the bizarre beauty of a seahorse?
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- 1 Our Top 3 Rated Bunny Foods:
- 2 7 Best Rabbit Foods
- 3 Oxbow Animal Health Bunny Basics Essentials
- 4 Vitakraft VitaSmart
- 5 Kaytee Timothy Complete Diet for Rabbit
- 6 SupremePetfoods Russel Rabbit Food
- 7 Ecotrition Essential Blend
- 8 Adult Healthier & Happier by Sherwood
- 9 Supreme Selective Fortified Rabbit Food
- 10 Rabbit Food Buyers Guide
- 10.1 Benefits Of Finding Good Quality Rabbit Food
- 10.2 What Makes Top Rabbit Pellets
- 10.3 How to Implement Pellets as Part of a Balanced Diet
- 10.4 Precautions Before Adjusting A Rabbits Diet
- 10.5 Do the Best Brands Mean the Best Rabbit Pellets?
- 10.6 Myths surrounding carrots and lettuce
- 10.7 Portion control
- 10.8 Grazing
- 10.9 How much food does my rabbit need to eat?
- 11 Final Thoughts On The Best Rabbit Foods For Good Health
Finding the best rabbit food isn't always easy. Especially for those those of you who are new rabbit owners and don't know where to start. In this article we bring you the top rabbit foods for keeping your rabbit healthy.
Overall we found Oxbow Animal Health Bunny Basics Essentials to be the best rabbit food so far in 2019. This is down to the great nutritional value this food offers, along with the great industry reputation Oxbow holds.
Our Top 3 Rated Bunny Foods:
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|Sherwood Pet Health Rabbit Food
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|Vitakraft Vitasmart Pet Rabbit Food
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Making sure you're using the right rabbit pellets is crucial in keeping your bunny fit and strong. This considered, we've ranked the items in the table above based on a mixture of personal experience and consumer research.
7 Best Rabbit Foods
DHA Omega 3's and antioxidants are good qualities to look for in a rabbit food, these help support brain function, a healthy heart, vision and a healthy coat. Finding something with a high bioavailability of nutrients will help your rabbit to develop a strong immune system.
It's important you find a high protein and fibre food to help support your rabbit gaining a healthy muscle mass. These are a few of the many considerations you should make before committing to purchasing a rabbit food. It's important you take these considerations into account to help you pick pellets that keep your bunny healthy and happy.
Below is a list of the 7 best rabbit foods:
Oxbow Animal Health Bunny Basics Essentials
Rabbits need high fiber to keep their digestive system working correctly, and vitamins and minerals to boost their health.
This is a great example of a food that gives these qualities.
Essentials adult rabbit food combines the necessary fiber with steadied nutrients to ensure a balanced diet, served with oxbow loose grass hays.
The founder of Oxbow Animal Health, John Miller created the industry's first timothy hay-based food for rabbits. This food is built on the same basis.
It's assuring for any owner to know your rabbits' diet is in good hands.
The timothy base is complimented by a great level of protein, essential fiber healthy fats and carbohydrates.
Vitakraft VitaSmart
This food comes rich in Timothy grass, essential fatty acids and omegas. This is also considered one of the best rabbit food for protein. A nutrient needed for consistent and healthy muscle growth.
Contains the formula for a complete and balanced nutrition, making this product one of the best foods for supporting your rabbits health through healthy nutrition.
This product is designed with the right vision in mind, to provide complete health and well being for your rabbit.
It's always great to know that the manufacturer is making the food with good health for your rabbit being the ultimate end goal.
The health benefits of this food isn't limited to rabbits of certain ages and can be utilised by rabbits regardless of their developmental stage.
With a well balanced feeding program which supports both healthy growth and optimizing health and wellness for rabbits of all ages.
Kaytee Timothy Complete Diet for Rabbit
Kaytee Timothy Complete food was developed by animal nutritional experts, to ensure your rabbit gets the proper nutrition for a long healthy life.
Timothy Complete is in pelleted form, made with hay extracts selected by hand. With essential vitamins and minerals.
This food comes high in fiber, and with protein levels lower than that found in Alfalfa this food helps with supporting your rabbits digestive health.
With the food being made from timothy hay which is lower in calcium than other grasses, it may decrease the likelihood of urinary tract problems and other health issues relative to rabbits.
The manufacturer hold over 150 years of nutritional experience. As the consumer this gives you a real sense of assurance, knowing that you're rabbits diet is in safe hands.
SupremePetfoods Russel Rabbit Food
This food is composed of a mueseli-style mix, stimulating rabbits appetites keeping it healthy and satisfied.
Alfalfa is included in this food as a source of fibre and calcium. Other vegetables are also included. This means that you can be safe in the knowledge that your bun is getting the protein, vitamins and minerals it needs.
Containing Timothy Hay (a great source of fiber) we know your rabbit is going to love this one. With a special formulation to keep rabbits fit on both the inside and the outside.
As well as being nutritionally balanced, this food comes with no added sugar. Your rabbit will find it just as tasty, without any of the negatives that adding sugar can bring.
If you're the owner of a slightly smaller rabbit, fear not. This food is suitable for all breeds of rabbits including dwarf rabbits.
Ecotrition Essential Blend
The Ecotrition Essential Blend Food for Adult Rabbits brings another nutritionally rich option to the table.
Made up of a mixture of healthy ingredients, it's scientifically formulated to help your rabbit flourish.
Contains a delicious mix of your rabbits favourite vegetables, fruits, hays and grains.
These are carefully chosen and blended with a variation of bright, vibrant pellets. Allowing your pet to meet nutritional requirements, and delivering the required daily stimulation.
These quality ingredients are fortified with a collection of vitamins and minerals for growing and upholding overall health.
Also with antioxidant nutrients and fatty acids for excellent nutrition in a small animals diet.
Adult Healthier & Happier by Sherwood
This is a hay-based food, and is free from grain and soy. The food boasts containing the perfect amount of long-strand fiber.
It's a great choice for your rabbits daily diet as it's a low calorie, and a balanced meal.
Providing you follow the daily guidelines, this means that you can feed your rabbit safe in the knowledge that you aren't accidentally over feeding them.
Another benefit is that it provides extra Timothy grass hay. This supplies essential nutrients needed for optimal health, and is advertised to aid your rabbit in achieving a healthy weight.
Whether your rabbit is currently an unhealthy weight and looking to change that, or you're looking to maintain its' current healthy weight, "Health and Happier" is a great source of nutrients for your rabbit.
This product is made by a company with good transparency, and a real enthusiasm for rabbits and their health.
Supreme Selective Fortified Rabbit Food
This is a great product given rabbits needs for a high fibre diet.
With rabbits natural diet containing mostly grass, which contains about 25% fiber, this is something that pet rabbits need to suplement.
This product has 25% fibre so that you can provide a high fibre diet, that will help keep on top of your rabbits complex digestion system. Afterall, house rabbits don't always have access to grass. Supplementing the fiber it misses from grass with this food is a great option.
What's also great about this rabbit food is that it comes full of natural ingredients like linseed with both Omega 3 and 6. This will help keep your rabbits skin and coat healthy.
The food also contains natural prebiotics which helps in promoting friendly bacteria.
High levels of sugar can lead to obesity and dental problems further down the line so this. In Selective rabbit food, there is no added sugar. This means you can rest assured knowing that your rabbit is eating a healthy meal with all the nutrients to ensure a balanced diet.
Rabbit Food Buyers Guide
In this section of the post we go into some of the details that you need to know before buying rabbit food. Hopefully this section helps you learn something you don't already know. Don't worry if you haven't got time to read this section, any of the rabbit foods listed in this article are sure to be a great purchase.
Benefits Of Finding Good Quality Rabbit Food
Pellets are going to be an important part of your bunny's diet. The average pellet contains a healthy mixture of hay and other nutritional ingredients that can be a hassle to find in other food sources. They are rich in fiber, protein, and are designed to make your bunny stronger and happier.
Another reason why rabbit pellets are a good choice is that they are easy to add to the diet. Pellets are simple enough that even amateur rabbit owners can learn about their benefits and how they work in a short time. Extensive research is still recommended, however, this is a simple gateway for the busier type. All you would have to do is make sure that you know how much or how little is right for your rabbit. Pellets are easy to add and subtract when it comes to proportion control.
Rich In Nutrients
Even if you are the type of owner that combines pellets with other foods for your rabbit, it works as a great supplement because of how packed it is with nutrients, vitamins, etc. Unlike some of the other methods of feeding that you may know of, rabbit pellets are cost effective. They are also more likely to last a lot longer because they are a dry food and don't have any water or liquids being held inside of them.
Even though rabbit pellets have many benefits that can help with your pet's digestive system, bowel movement, protection against disease, etc, it takes a lot of research and knowledge to know how to properly incorporate this into the diet. The unfortunate thing about pellets is that you need to know about the best brands to avoid having the rabbit consume low-quality foods that are packed with fake "nutrients" and harmful dyes.
What Makes Top Rabbit Pellets
First off, do not purchase pellets that have corn as the main ingredient. Corn is safe for rabbits to consume, however, pellets that contain corn are more likely to age faster and become stale. Speaking of aging, make sure that you check the date on the packaging.
Your rabbit probably won't want to eat the pellets if they aren't fresh.
Do not buy pellets from a pet store either. You can find them online or elsewhere for half the price. Another important tip regarding bagged pellet brands is that all of the pellets in the bag should look the same. They should be the exact same color and size.
If they aren't this means that there have been other mysterious feed mixed in with yours. When in doubt, contact the company or the manufacturer to make sure that this isn't the case. Even though this isn't an impossibility, don't think that these companies would do this on purpose. It is just a good idea to make sure that you double check because in most cases, they won't.
What About Nutrition?
The amount of fiber that you need in a pellet is debatable. But is simple to decide on which to choose. A pellet with a protein percentage of less than 20% is fine for owners that are still raising your rabbits. This is ideal for any type of pellet, really.
This is crucial because it helps the rabbit with muscle development and growth.
A little more is ideal for rabbits that are pregnant and breeding. It encourages growth and milk production.
When it comes to purchasing rabbit pellets, look for the ones that are riches in protein. This is a good choice for any rabbit of any age or gender. When you are actually feeding the rabbits, the amount you give them depends on what the health situation.
It also goes off of how well you've kept their diet in the past. You would need to give them less if they've gained a significant amount of weight and very little if they are maintaining it well. Weight gain is heavily related to the ingredients that come in the pellets as well.
There's no set amount of any ingredient that you should look for in pellets because it really depends on the rabbit. If you ask other rabbit owners, every one of them will have a different answer. However, the general information you just read should be enough to get your foot in the door.
Pellets that have more natural ingredients and coloring will always beat the ones that are clogged with artificial flavoring and fake nutrients. Those types only exist for the dollar, not your rabbit's health. Remember that pellets aren't the only food your rabbits will eat either. They are perfect for combination meals.
How to Implement Pellets as Part of a Balanced Diet
Though pellets are a wonderful addition to your rabbit's diet, they shouldn't be the main focus. Some rabbits can go without pellets while some prefer them in a mix of other foods. But in general, it should only take up 10% of the regime. As far as the rest, you should have about 19% of the fiber in diet along with a low fat intake and a low calcium intake as well. Fiber should be the highest, while fat, protein, and calcium should be lower.
When you buy your pellet mixes, make sure the mixes aren't stuffed with seeds, any type of nut, or aged fruit. And one thing you should make sure your pellets never ever have is alfalfa. This is not ideal and can harm your rabbit in the long run. Instead, buy pellet mixes that contain a lot of hay and grass. This is a healthier option that will also last longer.
You can add pellets to a diet that consist of an acceptable amount of greens, fruits, weeds, roots, and other natural consumable foods. Just make sure that you check to see if these are safe. Don't just grab some weeds from your yard. Try to order some or grow a safe and healthy batch yourself.
Why Use Rabbit Pellets?
Pellets are there to help the rabbits catch up on anything they missed from the main meal. Some rabbits actually enjoy eating raw and fresh foods that are organic, rather than store-bought. One mistake you shouldn't make though is combining pellets with starchy foods. This is the best way to lead your rabbit to obesity, and obesity can be passed on to the rabbit's babies. Instead, consider supplements if the diet isn't natural.
Precautions Before Adjusting A Rabbits Diet
Before you decide to switch your rabbit's diet around, keep some of the old food and mix it with the new food. The majority of the mix should be of the old, while about 11% of it should be the new food. Gradually add more of the new and less of the old until you see fit. This slow change should last about a week for up to two weeks max. You don't want the rabbit to get used to eating two mixes of old and new. If you aren't able to mix this because you already discarded the old food, bring the new food in very small amounts. Once a week has gone by, your rabbit should have gotten used to the new meal.
If you make this change too fast you will notice it in the bowels. They will have a softer texture and will come out faster than usual. This is because your rabbit's system is very sensitive to new foods or foods with new ingredients. Another precaution you should take is keeping the pellet balance as exact as possible. If your rabbit has access to unlimited pellets, this can lead to obesity, problems with teeth and gums, bowel issues, loss of appetite, cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and many other health issues that can eventually become fatal.
Do the Best Brands Mean the Best Rabbit Pellets?
You might be a little confused about which brand to pick. This is because there are so many to choose from, but many of these pellet brands only offer benefits to the company's salary. They put effort into making the pellets look visually appealing instead of having them appeal to the wellness of your rabbit. Ignore brands that use fancy verbiage such as "gourmet" and "premium". Dismiss the copy, be attentive with the nutritional facts on the back side of the bag. From what you read earlier, you know what to look for as far as ingredients. No corn, no alfalfa. And depending on the age and development of your rabbit, you can add or take away from what you need to be included in the diet.
Oxbow Rabbit Food
As far as what brands are the best, Oxbow is the most popular and healthy brand you can decide to buy. The Basic Oxbow rabbit pellets are ideal for adult rabbits. The main ingredient that outshines the others in this particular pellet brand is grass hay. It also contains other ingredients that are completely natural and acceptably heavy on fiber. They also produce the famous Oxbox Critical Care, which you can read our review of here.
If you're not a fan of Oxbow, you can also try other brands. Some of which including Allen & Page, Burgess, and Fancy Feed. These brands are renowned because they carry the proper amount of every ingredient you need to satisfy your rabbit.
Myths surrounding carrots and lettuce
Rabbits have a complex digestion system and the right diet is crucial in ensuring that this works as it should. The first food that springs to peoples minds when they think of rabbits are carrots. However, fruit and vegetables are too sugar dense to be a rabbits primary form of calories, so are certainly not the best rabbit foods for their health.
Another food commonly associated with rabbits is lettuce. Certain lettuces such as Iceberg lettuce shouldn't be given to rabbits. Lactucarium within these can be harmful to rabbits in large enough quantities.
The more water in the lettuce, the worse. This is because there's so much water that they offer a very small amount of nutritional value. Look out for the lighter shaded lettuces are these are typically the ones that are water dense.
Darker lettuces with more leaves and fibre can be fed to rabbits. However, it is important to slowly introduce it to your rabbits diet, as too much to quickly may lead to digestive problems. As a general rule of thumb, too much lettuce of any kind can lead to digestive problems for rabbits.
Portion control
It is important to control the amount of commercial food you feed your rabbit. You need to prevent your rabbit from over eating "out the bag" foods. Otherwise, you might find that your rabbit loses its appetite for its natural grazing. Remember, grazing is important normal behaviour for a rabbit, lack of this can have a detrimental effect. This brings us on to hay and grass.
Rabbits need to graze on hay or grass (or both) as the main part of their diet. They need to be able to chew on something natural through the day (such as hay or grass) to control teeth growth and manage their complex digestion system.
Hay is the most important part of a rabbits diet. In terms of nutrition the foods listed in this article are some of the best rabbit food for keeping your bunny healthy, but they are in no way a replacement for hay.
It's said that rabbits need hay and or grass for about 80% of their diet. It's important that you base the rabbit food in this article, around your rabbits hay intake. As mentioned portion control for other food can ensure they still have their natural appetite for grazing hay and grass throughout the day.
Hay is an essential part of any pet rabbits diet. If you don't have access to grass, Hay can work as a substitute or be fed in addition. If you're unfamiliar with hay, ryegrass, timothy and cocksfoot (among others) are generally referred to as meadow hay.
Typically nutritional values of hay are broken down as follows:
- Between 30% and 35% Fibre
- Between 6% and 17% Protein
It is important to note that straw is not to be confused with hay as straw is not recommended to be fed to rabbits. This is because Straw is low in nutrients, using this as a hay substitute or a grazing food can lead to deficiencies.
Grass provides a great balanced protein intake, with digestible fibre not to mention some vitamins and minerals. You should allow your pet rabbit to graze for several hours during the day. However, this can often be a difficulty for house rabbits.
Grass should be grazed from the ground, or fed fresh cut. Do not feed your rabbit lawnmower clippings as they ferment at a rapid rate, leading to digestion implications.
Typically nutritional values of grass are broken down as follows:
- Between 20% and 25% crude fibre
- Around 15% protein
How much food does my rabbit need to eat?
There is no set in stone answer for this question sadly. There are a wide variety of factors that can affect intake that your rabbit needs. These can include size, age and temperature of living environment. Often growing rabbits can eat up to twice the amount of calories consumed by an adult.When it comes to guidelines, there's very little published literature on pet rabbits. Remember, you need to be very cautious of even the best rabbit foods when it comes to portion sizes.
Rabbits that have low energy requirements, and are fairly inactive but even those in high temperatures are susceptible to obesity. This is a fairly simple concept, as rabbits would use much more energy in the wild than they would in an indoor environment. So house rabbits burn less calories than wild rabbits therefore, they require less calories.
If you think your rabbit may have issues with weight, and you're concerned about it's weight try portion control. Measure how much food you are feeding your rabbit and monitor its weight gain or loss. It's possible you may be overfeeding or underfeeding your rabbit for it's level of activity, with portion control if this is the case you can alter the portion size accordingly.
Final Thoughts On The Best Rabbit Foods For Good Health
Getting your rabbits diet correct is fundamental in maintaining overall health but specifically in the dental and digestive health. The best possible diet for rabbits is one that mimics that of a natural grass based rabbits' diet in the wild. Grass and Hay should make up the majority of your rabbits diet. Something as simple as giving your rabbit healthy food can prevent all sorts of health related issues in the future.
New foods being fed to rabbits of all ages need to be introduced very gradually into their diet.
It's fine to feed treats to rabbits. However, this should only be done in small quantities and on rare occasions. Excessive amounts of treats can lead to obesity and digestive issues.
For mental stimulation and tooth wear providing your rabbit with branches or twigs can be a good idea. They will find enjoyment from gnawing them. General rules for this would be that you can offer branches from any tree that we eat the fruit from. For example, apple or pear trees. It's important to make sure the tree has not been sprayed with any chemicals.


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HSH Princess Stephanie was on a four-day mission to Cape Town in the Republic of South Africa from 5 to 9 December 2012, in the context of her role as Goodwill Ambassador and President of Fight Aids Monaco.
Jointly organised by the Consulate of Monaco in Cape Town and by UNAIDS, this mission led Princess Stephanie to meet executives and staff of NGOs who strive every day to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and all forms of discrimination plaguing the inhabitants of some of the country's poorest townships.
Princess Stephanie began her trip with a warm informal meeting with Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate in 1984, at the headquarter of his foundations. Despite his age, Desmond Tutu remains, alongside the late Nelson Mandela, an emblematic figure in the fight against Apartheid and the moral voice of South Africa denouncing injustice in his own country and throughout the world.
During her stay in South Africa, Princess Stephanie visited the medical facility Health for Men in the suburb of Woodstock, the Mothers to Mothers medical centre in Khayelitsha (Cape Town's largest township, and one of the biggest in the country), the Desmond Tutu Tuberculosis Centre specialised in screening fort tuberculosis and AIDS in the Tygerberg district which goes out to meet the people, the Etafeni ("open space" in Xhosa) Community Centre which fights AIDS in the Nyanga Township and, finally, the Desmond Tutu HIV Foundation, specialised in providing schooling assistance for the children of the Masiphumelele Township and engages in scientific research on HIV.


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The PNG Media Workers association and regional media monitoring network say voter and public rights to know polling results came under threat this week. In two separate incidents, journalists at polling centres in the Western Highlands and Morobe provinces were banned from doing their jobs.Journalists at the centres reported on Monday 9th July, that the returning officer for the Huon/Gulf electorate in Morobe demanded payments for release of information from Lae-based journalists, and verbally abused an NBC reporter.Two days later, another returning officer overseeing the counting for the Hagen Open polls in the Western Highlands banned media from reporting the results."We are concerned over the incidents affecting the ability of media to get on with the work of reporting the polling results. Keeping journalists away from reporting the results of the counting shuts the door on the people relying on news for updates, and robs the public oftheir right to know," says PFF chair Titi Gabi, from PNG. Gabi is also a founding member of the PNG Media Workers Association.Gabi is currently leading a media support group at the Elections Media Centre, led by Commissioner Andrew Trawen.The reporting of the incidents to her led to a speedy resolution of the issues. Journalists -- some of whom had wanted to boycott the elections after their harassment, resumed their usual observation andreporting of the results where the incidents took place.From American Samoa, PFF co-chair Monica Miller says media colleagues across the region remain concerned for the safety and situation of journalists covering elections across the Pacific 's largest country.Three out of every four of the Pacific's 10million population come from PNG alone, with provincial reporting and access being under-resourced and difficult work. In a recent partnership event with the International Federation of Journalists for World Press Freedom Day 2012, PNG Media Workers Association members noted corruption and bribery of journalists remains a major ethical challenge."We commend colleagues who are speaking out on threats to their work, and also welcome the decision of the Electoral Commissioner to involve media advice in his central operations team. It has led to the speedy resolution of attempts to control and undermine the rights of media to report freely, without favour." says Miller.
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Retailers were hit by a bigger-than-expected drop in sales this month, according to a CBI survey of high street spending that is likely to spark further calls for ministers to reverse tough economic policies.
Retail sales fell at their fastest pace for a year in July and stores expect a further deterioration next month as hard-hit consumers clamp down on spending.
The figures will add to concerns that the economy is struggling to grow and that high streets could see further shop closures and cuts in workers during the summer.
The British Retailers' Consortium said today that retailers had spent the last three months cutting staff and reducing their hours to save costs.
The balance of reported sales in the CBI distributive trades survey fell to -5 in July from -2 in June, the lowest reading since June 2010. It confounded hopes that an early start to summer discounting would drive sales higher. Analysts had expected an improvement in the balance to zero, which would have indicated that sales were at the level they were this time last year.
The expected sales balance for August fell to -12 from +2 in July, also the lowest in a year.
"Given the importance of consumer spending, this immediately fuels concerns over growth prospects in the third quarter," said IHS Global Insight economist, Howard Archer. "Indeed, following on from the markedly weaker CBI industrial trends survey for July, the economy seems to have started off the third quarter on the back foot."
The British economy grew by a meagre 0.2% between April and June after stagnating over the previous six months, increasing the pressure on the government to boost growth. But chancellor George Osborne's room for manoeuvre is limited under his plan to slash the budget deficit. Some ministers have suggested the Bank of England's monetary policy committee should engage in a fresh round of monetary stimulus should the economy stay weak.
MPC member David Miles said yesterday that there was a risk the country could fall back into recession, following similar comments by fellow committee member Martin Weale.
There was no explicit mention of the possibility of more quantitative easing in the minutes of this month's policy discussion at the Bank, though it was made clear that monetary policy could change in either direction.
Financial markets expect the Bank to hold interest rates at their record low level of 0.5% well into next year, and debate about a fresh round of quantitative easing may intensify if the economy falters.


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Power and Conviction
Power and Conviction
I was recently asked to lecture on the "Myths of Women's Physicality" at the Multi-Cultural Issues and Concerns Conference hosted at the West Virginia Graduate School. Workshop topics ranged from "The Need for Diversity Training in Schools, the Community, and Workplace" to "Cultural Awareness in Expressive Therapy." As several professors spoke on topics related to education, I began to wonder whether my subject was appropriate for this forum. As a defensive tactics trainer, I wondered what I had to offer. Their primary concerns evolved around how to implement multi-cultural programs in schools and the community.
I was paired with an ACLU representative who spoke on "West Virginia Women's Issues." After discussing a welfare reform bill and other issues affecting women in the state, she stated that it was her belief that women subconsciously feel they cannot defend themselves if attacked by a man. At that moment I realized why I needed to be there and why what I had to say was important. Her comment echoed the most important myth concerning women's physicality. A woman who has had no formal self-defense training may be at a disadvantage of surviving an assault, and, for this reason training can give women the equalizer that could change the outcome of any situation.
The myth that women are more passive and as such weaker than their male counterparts has long been put to rest. While still regarded in many circles as the "weaker sex", women in every corner of the world have marched hand in hand on the battlefield with their male counterparts.
While women serving in the United States military are not required to fight on the front lines, and it was not until 2011 that we saw women in the front lines in Afghanistan, history tells us that females have played a key role in some of the world's major battles. History book are littered with the exploits of brave women who not only held their own, but excelled in the combative arts. In Arabia, the women of the "hashashin" (assassin) were so fierce in the fighting arts that the fearful French gave them the name "daughters of death." The French Foreign Legion, British Soldiers, and anyone else crossing the desert took precaution to avoid these women, who were experts not only at extracting information but also slaying upon command.
It was common during World War II to see women heading to the front lines. Many made huge contributions with their fighting prowess. During that period of time Soviet women were known to fly combat missions. In fact, on several occasions they were part of all-women crews. By 1943, there were about 600 women combat pilots in the USSR air corps. Polish women were known to have marched to the Russian front to combat German invaders armed with their own rifles. German women learned to use all small arms and served on the front lines. The Soviets considered them to be as deadly as the male German soldiers. Women Guerrilla fighters also took active combat roles in Hungary during World War WII. Chinese women trained, fought, and died beside the men. China currently has a males-only combat policy, but everyone fought the during World War II. Female Yugoslav Resistance fighters were tough and feared by the Nazis. All Israeli soldiers, male and female, receive full combat training. A Frenchwomen captured 25 soldiers by herself in August 1944(David Truby, Paladin Press 1977 Women at War, A Deadly Species).
Today, not only will you find all women Kurdish units fighting against ISIS, Afghan women arming themselves and fighting against the Taliban, but, also U.S. female marines can be found in Afghanistan as part of a Female Engagement Team (FET). The United States military may still be protective of its female population, but the same cannot be said for a society that can't stop predators from victimizing women.
Martial arts were founded on the premise that a smaller, weaker person can defend him/herself against a greater adversary. Throughout history, women have proven that they are more than capable of becoming proficient in the combative arts and have played a significant role in shaping the world with their physical prowess. Some of these women have even created and advanced martial arts systems of their own.
It is common knowledge that the birthplace of kung-fu was the Shaolin Temple in Northern China. The training ground where Shaolin monks practiced meditation and kung-fu was constantly under attack by the ruling party. During one such siege, a Buddhist nun named Ng Mui escaped the destruction and moved into the mountains where she continued to practice her art. There she befriended a young girl named Nim Wing Chun, who desperately wanted to learn to defend herself.
Nim Wing Chun was being forced to marry someone she didn't love. She believed that if she could learn to fight she could take control of her life. Hoping to get out of the marriage, Wing Chun offered to marry the man if he could defeat her in a fight. The man accepted. After extensive training with Ng Mui, Nim Wing Chun triumphed over her undesirable suitor and won her freedom.
Nim Wing Chun devoted her life to an art that would later carry her name. The art made famous by a woman would be embraced by some of the greatest names in martial arts history, including Bruce Lee, considered the greatest martial artist of all time. In more recent times, the late Kali Grand Master Floro Villabrille told me of his personal encounter with Princess Josefina, who lived in Gundan, a small Filipino village in Samar. She was well versed in the art of war. Although she suffered from near total blindness because of cataracts, Villabrille stated that her sensitivity was so great that she could feel if he silently switched his weapon from one hand to another. Villabrille credited much of his knowledge and skill to the time spent with Princess Josefina (Personal Interview, Hawaii, 1983)
The myth is that women can't effectively fight back against a larger assailant. However, attributes such as agility, fluidity, sensitivity, and speed come naturally to women. Muscle mass and power may be important in hand-to-hand combat, but that doesn't always apply when using an impact or edge weapon. Body mechanics, leverage, torque, timing, speed, momentum and target selection are all principles that can be taught by a competent instructor. Women not only can learn to fight back, but survive any lethal or non-lethal attack.


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Long-term action plan to be carried out for preservation of Myanmar wild elephants
A work plan to conserve Myanmar's elephants will be
implemented to ensure the sustainable existence of their species and habitats
according to Wildlife Conservation Society (Myanmar).
The work plan named Myanmar Elephant Conservation Action Plan (MECAP) has come about as a result of workshops made by officials from departments concerned including the Forestry Department, local and foreign experts and NGOs, and is to be carried out over the next 10 years.
MECAP isa long-term action plan to carry out four main tasks: preserving wild elephants and protecting their habitats; finding solutions to issues between man and elephants; fighting against illegal trade of elephant and elephant parts; and managing pet elephants in order to have an increase in the number of wild elephants and to keep sustainable existence of elephant inhabitance.
Daw May Moe Aung of WWF gave her comment about wild elephants saying that currently, wild elephantsin Myanmar are being killed at the rate of one a week for trade of their skin and other parts and if necessary prevention measures cannot betaken against that situation, Myanmar will lose allwild elephants within a few years.
According to the officially estimated number of wild elephants, Myanmar hasbetween 1400 and 2000 wild elephants.


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Thai food strongly emphasises on aromatic ingredients and spiciness of the food. Thai Chefs focus on lightly prepared food, which is best known to have ingredients with high medicinal values. They also take care of the appearance, context, and aroma of the food.
Thai and Indian foods share a common point in terms of the ingredients they use for preparing the dishes. Thai food mostly consists of coconut milk, fresh turmeric and dried spices, which have medicinal values as well. If you want to try Thai food in Delhi, here are few of the best Thai restaurants in the capital city, which you must give a try:
Masha Hauz Khas Village:
Masha is one of the gems among the Thai restaurants in Delhi. The staffs at this restaurant are very warm. The live music played over here leaves you spellbound. Needless to mention, you can savour scrumptious Thai delicacies here. When it comes to the best dishes here, Chicken Tikka is one of the dishes you must try. Apart from that, Peri Peri Pizza and Chicken Wings are also lip smacking. If you are a pure vegetarian, then the regulars recommend veggie kabab. This is one of the best restaurants to hang out with your friends and family during the weekend.
Ghar Bistro Café
Ghar Bistro Café is located in West Delhi. It is known for its homely interior design and courteous staff. The Thai food over here is available at pocket-friendly rates and it is one of the best places to hang out with your group of friends. When it comes to food, you must give the seafood varieties and other non-veg starters a try.
Berco's, located in Connaught Place, is best known for Thai cuisine. The interior of this restaurant is quite good, and it is a lounge cum dining restaurant. Regulars recommend items like Chicken Drumsticks, Crispy Chilli Lamb, Honey Chilli Potatoes and Dim Sums. They are lip-smacking and the most popular items of this restaurant. Other positive points of this restaurant are the friendly staff members, who respond quickly to customer queries. The comfortable seating and lovely ambience also earn brownie points. Overall, this is the best place to visit for food lovers.
The Flying Saucer Café
The Flying Saucer Café is located in Epicuria Place near Nehru Metro Station. The Thai food and live music at this restaurant are the best. It is mostly crowded during the weekends. So, it is recommended to get a reservation in advance. Regulars recommend both veg and non-veg starters. The veg rolls over here are a must-try item.
Jungle Jamboree, CP
Jungle Jamboree is well known for its Thai, Mughlai, and Continental dishes. If you are a food lover, then make sure to add this restaurant to your list of restaurants to visit. Regulars to this restaurant recommend Corn Chaat, Tandoori Chicken, Raj Kachori, and Chilli Potatoes. This place is also known for its buffet where you can enjoy unlimited food for the price you pay.
These are few of the best restaurants in Delhi, where you can enjoy lip-smacking Thai delicacies.


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The Benefits Of Men's Facials
11 Feb 2015 17:45:26
Despite grasping male grooming with both hands in recent years, men all over the country are still a little reluctant to delve deeper and press the accelerator on their skin care programs. Whilst at home maintenance is crucial, men's facials are something to be greatly considered, as these super charged skincare treatments can actually work wonders for your appearance and well being.
Why not just stick to at home skin care? You may ask. The simple answer is: In the same way you'd get a builder in to do your extension or an electrician in for a re-wire, skin care experts are worth their weight in gold and in the long run, it's just safer and more effective to leave it up to the experts.
Fast track your way to total skin rejuvenation with the help of a skin care specialist, who will also fully understand your skin type and be able to offer advice on what at home products to use, in order to best facilitate its needs. Providing a wealth of knowledge on the subject in hand, it's not just the immediate benefits that make having a facial every two to four weeks a must for any modern day man.
So, what are the immediate benefits of men's facial treatments?
Firstly, oil matters! Whether you have too much of it, or not enough, a facial corrects your skin's natural balance and, as men's skin is more oilier than women's, offers deep down removal of any excess oils. The result? Your pores will remain clear for a considerable time longer, leading to the prevention of blackheads and ultimately pimples and blemishes, something, I'm sure you'll agree, we could all really do without. Rebalance your skin's natural barriers and leave it continually refreshed until your next visit.
Secondly, there is a good chance that your skin will be counting the cost of regular grooming, in particularly razor burn. Whilst it's important to invest in a good quality shaving cream, badger brush and razor, the deep down effects of regular glide can be quite catastrophic. Redness, irritation and pain are certainly not features making it on your grooming wish lists, so turn to men's facials in order to bid them farewell. The oils, exfoliants and moisturisers provided during a facial offer deep down healing actions to your skin. As a result, razor burn, nicks and bumps can be completely nullified, time after time, adding yet another dimension to skin recovery during your treatment.
Finally, regular facials result in learning the correct techniques in treating your skin at home. For a little DIY success of an altogether different kind, pay close attention and you can truly learn from the best. Not to forget of course the relaxing benefits of 20-30 minutes of skin care treatment. If you're a busy man constantly dealing with stress, now is the time to understand how just a little relaxation can take you in your day to day lives.


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Research for GUYS AND DOLLS is going well. Next, I need to learn how to play craps.
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Research for GUYS AND DOLLS is going well. Next, I need to learn how to play craps.
How did you save your's? 🙁 I had fun making a character of my boyfriend, and went to save it, and it didn't work, I even tried printing it… 🙁JennyinLondon | 6 Jun 2002
All you have to do is take a snapshot of the screen using Ctrl+PrintScreen, and then paste it into a graphics program.Matt | 6 Jun 2002
Geneious I tell ya 🙂JennyinLondon | 6 Jun 2002
I love that South Park tool. Over the weekend, we did our circle of friends as south park characters.
My friend made a poster other without names and made everyone guess. Most of them confused me with my friend Dana. I thought that "I'm thuper" would have given me away (not that I have lisp, but I am the token gay friend)Jamison | 13 Jun 2002
hey i tried ctrl+prt screen but it didnt work, i dont have a printer so i cant print it either……. can ya email some suggestions plzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!! 🙁Gaz | 29 Jul 2002
How do I save it? If I right click there is no "save image as". So how do I do it?Anna | 7 Aug 2002
how do u save the charatersdante | 21 Aug 2002
try just hitting print screen if ctrl+print screen doesn't work, then go into a graphics program, such as paint, or photoshop and hit paste. You will then need to do a cut and paste job to make it smallerxnailsx | 25 Sep 2002
only press the key impr pant in ur keyboard and then paste it into a graphics programmanaka | 2 Aug 2003
HEY I CAN'T DO IT, I KEEP PRESSING IMPR PANT OR PRINT SCREEN AND NOTHING HAPPENDS !!!! I DID IT ALL, WITH CONTROL AND EVERYTHING AND I CAN'T PAINT DOESN'T ACEPT I MEAN IT DIDN'T APPEAR PASTE AND I REALLY NEED THAT DRAWING PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!xtiane | 21 Oct 2003
I made Halloween characters using this, i'll post a link soonSirus | 27 Oct 2003
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June 29th, 2018
Rhodes hopes to find answers at Chicagoland
Could Chicagoland finally be the race where Ben Rhodes turns his season around? The Louisville native certainly hopes so.
"This weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, it's all about getting our No. 41 Ford F-150 team back on the right track," says Rhodes. "We've had a rough go of it the past few weeks and have lost a lot of points. Getting a win for the playoffs is going to be our way in."
Five races into the season, Rhodes was second in the Camping World Truck Series points standings on the strength of four top-ten finishes. However, in the last five races his season has spiraled out of control. Rhodes has one top-five to go along with four finishes of 16th or worse. As a result, Rhodes is now eighth in the points standings and squarely on the bubble for making the playoffs.
"We're just beyond belief at this point," said Rhodes, following his 19th-place finish last week at Gateway. "We're not really sure why it keeps happening to us."
In a backup truck, Rhodes overcame a flat tire on the first lap at Gateway to contend for a top five. But just seven laps from the finish, his battery died and the truck needed a push back to pit road. The week prior at Iowa, Rhodes was involved in two separate crashes, not of his own making, and finished five laps off the pace.
And then there are the mysterious engine issues that plagued Rhodes at Kansas and Texas.
"The engine literally will go from full power to about five percent power, if that. It basically just cuts off," said Rhodes after the Texas race. He was running second when the engine went sour.
Rhodes can only hope his engine woes, and all around bad luck, are behind him. Moving forward, his focus is points, points, and more points.
"Our goal is to run safe and get as many points back as we can," says Rhodes. "We need to be upfront in the stages, collecting as many points as possible throughout the race. If a win presents itself, we're going to have to take it. If we have to ruffle feathers, that's what we're going to do. At this point, my sole focus is on the No. 41 Alpha Energy Solutions team and doing everything it takes to get ourselves back into contention, to get into the playoffs, and contend for the championship."
So far, Rhodes is off to a good start. He was second fastest during final practice on Thursday.
Race coverage from Chicagoland begins at 9:00 p.m. Friday night on Fox Sports 1.


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|The village of Záboří, first mentioned in 1263, is known for its traditional South Bohemian Rustic Baroque architecture style. During the plague in 1520-1521 the original Czech inhabitans died out. Then it was inhabited by German-speaking people until the end of World War II.
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As More Sex Offenders Make Their Way Into Nursing Homes, Are Facilities Exposing Themselves To Increased Liability?
As if nursing home patients and their families didn't have enough to worry about with respect to receiving proper medical care, many patients may be shocked to learn that they are living amongst registered sex offenders. While the component of sex offenders in nursing homes is nothing new, the fact remains that as a generation of sexual deviants ages— their need for skilled nursing care is expanding.
With few alternatives, many convicted felons— some of whom have particularly disturbing backgrounds are settling into long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted living facilities. While their need for medical care is apparent, what is concerning is that on many occasions, these people are placed in facilities side-by-side with other patients– without any advance knowledge.
Currently, only several states including: California, Oklahoma, Illinois and Minnesota have laws that require a nursing home to announce to other patients at the facility when a sex offender has entered the facility. Thus, in the majority of situations, convicted felons with violent backgrounds are living freely amongst nursing home patients without information to other patients.
A recent article in the Star-Telegram highlighted just how extensive the situation of convicted sex offenders living in nursing homes can be. Approximately, 15-20 of the 65 patients at Lake Worth Nursing Home have a criminal record that includes sex offenses. Shockingly, while Texas has a law that requires the state to inform area-residents of the presence of sex offenders in the area, the law doesn't apply to the notification of other patients at the facility.
Certainly, even without any legislation that requires nursing homes to notify patients of sex offenders or provide special accommodations for them, I would certainly argue that many of these facilities are exposing themselves to increased liability by housing these potentially dangerous people.
Given that the rate of recidivism in sex offenders is alarmingly high, it is fair to assume that at least some of these people have indeed more criminal acts during their nursing home admission. In these circumstances, I feel a strong argument could be made that simply due to their criminal backgrounds, the nursing home was on notice that the individual could have violent propensities.
However, my guess is that despite the potential threat to the safety of other patients, nursing homes in Texas and other states will continue to bring out the welcome wagon for patients of all backgrounds— regardless of the severity of their indiscretions— due to the fact that the government reimburses facilities that care for criminals the same as they do for patients who have lived an admirable life. Perhaps we need to re-consider the way we provide governmental benefits to those who have already harmed society?
For laws related to California nursing homes, look here.
For more information on nursing homes in Texas look here. For laws related to Texas nursing homes, look here.
Related Nursing Home Law Center LLC Blog entries:
Convicted Sex Offender Pulls From His Old Bag Of Tricks While Assaulting Elderly Nursing Home Patient
Another Sexual Assault Of A Nursing Home Patient At The Hands Of A Convicted Felon
Sexual Assaults In Nursing Homes, Not Exactly A Pleasant Topic– But Is An Issue That Needs Attention


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The European Space Agency organised the first citizens' consultation about space
The Citizens' Debate on Space for Europe is a unique - indeed the first - consultation organised in every member state of the European Space Agency (ESA). Over 1600 citizens selected to reflect the socio-demographic diversity of their country debated space issues during a day-long meeting. In order to consolidate the 22 national results reports into one European report, all debates followed the same instructions and the same set of questions has been answered. The European Space Agency organised this debate as it intends to take in new actors to develop its future orientation and nurture its strategy. It is crucial to the Agency to involve more actors, especially citizens, in choices that will respond to societal challenges, put space at their service and impact coming generations through space innovation, exploration and international space cooperation.
Your participation will:
- Provide a different perspective and original information to decision-makers based on citizens' visions.
- Enable ESA's high quality, democratic governance to mirror a wider range of public concerns and expectations, and identify possible controversial, unknown or underestimated issues.
- Increase mutual learning between citizens and ESA.
- Generate a greater understanding of space issues and build public trust and confidence in ESA's decisions.
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You want to organise a "replica debate" in your school, your club, your university…
The documents used during the debate are available in all the languages of the 22 ESA member states. We invite you to download the magazine, the videos and the presentation of the debate and use it to organise your own debate or as information material. Also available: a guide to organise your own debate.


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TORONTO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index was more than 1 percent lower on Thursday morning as a drop in oil prices weighed on the energy sector.
At 10:08 a.m. (1408 GMT), the S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE was down 133.80 points, or 1.16 percent, at 11,383.74. (Reporting by Frank Pingue; editing by Peter Galloway)


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Apters Receiving Honors on Simchat Torah for Extensive Volunteerism
In recognition of their volunteer leadership of Tikvat Israel's spiritual and physical presence, Susan and Alan Apter will be honored as the 5778 Kallat Bereshit and Chattan Torah, respectively, during Simchat Torah on Friday, Oct. 13, at the synagogue.
Their recognition on the holiday includes special aliyot during the Torah service as well as a luncheon in their honor following services in the social hall. (Donations in honor of the Apters to support the Kiddush lunch may be sent to the synagogue office.)
Literally the "the bride of the beginning" and "groom of the Torah," the Kallat Bereshit and Chattan Torah honors are given each year to two deserving Tikvat Israel congregants or staff members who have made significant contributions to the synagogue's spiritual, educational and/or cultural life.
In notifying the Apters of their deserved recognition, Executive Director Sam Freedenberg said: "Our congregants, volunteer leaders, clergy and staff join to wish you a hearty mazel tov and express our appreciation to you for all of your outstanding and enduring contributions to the life of our synagogue over many years."
Susan, a native Philadelphian and a graduate of Akiba Hebrew Academy, and Alan, born and raised in West Hartford, Conn., spent 15 years in central Connecticut prior to moving to Rockville in 2000 for Alan's job. They are the proud parents of Melissa, 28, who is married to Avi Bardack, and Ross, 23.
Professionally, Alan is a senior programmer/analyst with GEICO Insurance. Susan is a 34-year federal government employee in the acquisition field, now with the National Institutes of Health.
Alan's volunteer portfolio includes the following: Current TI board member, member of the board's Capital Improvement Committee and chair of lobby renovation project; Sukkah construction and takedown over the past seven years; organized shul cleanups for kitchen, storage areas and outside painting; and shomer during High Holidays.
Susan's volunteer record includes the following: Chair, Religious Practices Committee; assigner for weekly haftarot for Shabbat and festivals; chair, Torah Fund for Women's Network; member and past co-chair, Adult Education Committee; former member, TI Board of Directors; and former member of TI Education Committee.


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In a prior article I laid out the major approaches to the philosophical problem of consciousness. I dwelled especially on different forms of panpsychism. Because it is a less familiar approach, many philosophers have resisted even taking it seriously. In this piece I will address what might be the more immediate reactions against it, even as a general approach.
For me, the most parsimonious solution to the mind-body problem is a bottom-up, constitutive, and parallel form of panpsychism. With such an approach, nothing in the world itself must be obviously ignored, including the existence of objects and our own subjective feelings, and no mysterious connections must be bridged. This will be my assumption for the following discussion of four likely objections.
Objection 1: Incredulity
Third, we must address the basic weirdness of imagining objects to possess any sort of individuality or consciousness. This would not seem so weird to all people at all times, but it clearly is weird to Westerners, and incredulity at the basic idea of panpsychism is common. Even if someone can imagine "what it is like" to be a bat, or perhaps even a carrot plant, the imagination fails at a rock or a quanta. And further, there is no direct evidence for panpsychism, in detectable wide-spread enmindedness. Some would say Occam's razor thus forces us to ignore the idea.
The Alternatives Are Also Weird
One important response, from an argumentative standpoint, is to contrast the weirdness demanded by panpsychism with the weirdness that is, in fact, demanded by all other positions -- given a good faith attempt to ignore their familiarity. Idealism explains consciousness as basic, but demands the rejection of all evidence of genuine physicality. Dualism creates two substances where one might do (and we might point out the anthropological peculiarity of making this move), and then leaves us asking how they could possibly communicate or interact. Materialism demands that either your subjective experience is an "illusion" of some kind, or a magical kind of radical emergence that creates subjectivity out of matter which possesses absolutely none of its features.
In all these cases, something we directly experience must be waved away, or magical explanations must be asserted or hoped for. Panpsychism accepts the evidence of human life, and does not invent anything radically new. Rather, it requires an assumption of universality -- which we are quite inclined to do regarding physics and chemistry -- and more modest forms of emergence regarding specifically human thought patterns. At worst, panpsychism demands positions that are just as weird as any other stance on mind-matter; at best, it may demand unfamiliar but ultimately less radical ones.
Maybe it's Just Inconvenient
A second response to personal incredulity about panpsychism deals with the root motives for that incredulity. I think it's significant that panpsychism may entail strong criticism of modern, Western life. Notably, it would further dethrone humanity as the lone sentience, and lone ethical entity, on the planet. Supposedly, materialism already did this, but in fact we have hung on to a practical dualism -- by assuming that an (emergent) quality grants humans agency, while only giving a few lesser traits (like the ability to feel pain) to "lesser" animals. While panpsychism can allow us a unique identity, it brings us closer to animals -- and it does not stop there. Full acceptance of panpsychism would connect us with all matter, and I think would help justify a much fuller concern for the biosphere. That conflicts quite directly with a techno-materialist economy, where everything is at our disposal.
Objection 2: Combination
First, the combination problem is the technical bug-bear of panpsychism. Human-like minds, each with with a (subjectively) singular nexus of experience, must somehow be created out of a multitude of smaller "minds" that make it up.
In some ways, I think this appears difficult because of our unfamiliarity with thinking about subjectivity, as opposed to physics. We take it for granted that molecules (and smaller particles) may combine and behave as whole objects: even though a chair is made up of wood molecules, it has, as a whole, position and velocity, etc. We can imagine an equivalent kind of acting-as-one combination occurring with subjectivity. It would happen simultaneously with chemical bonding, etcetera, and this is the radical mental shift needed to embrace parallelism: all apparently "physical" laws are subjective laws as well, for there is an identity between those sets of properties. Thus, the description of a particle "obeying" physical law is equivalent, and could be replaced by, a description of the particle having inherent tendencies of a subjective character, which it expresses.
Objection 3: Determinism
The second issue arises specifically from parallelism. Some people will be uncomfortable with the identification of physical with experiential because it would apparently make subjectivity describable by (deterministic) physical laws. This would mean that we could control what a billiard ball experiences by hitting it one way, and not another, with perfect accuracy. And a further conclusion might be that humans could be similarly manipulated.
However this is both a trivial observation and an over-simplification. It is trivial because all humans are obviously manipulable: no one can choose, by some mystical agency, to avoid feeling pain. Our environment affects us, in ways we have little control over.
But we also know that humans are more complex than a billiard ball, and so are much harder to predict, from a practical standpoint. Theoretically, if Western science is ever able to predict brain function, body function and environment, then indeed it may be able to make correlative statements about subjective states. But this is just what emergentist materialists say now, so I we haven't lost anything by switching to panpsychism.
We have gained something with panpsychism though, because with materialism we would insist that seeing all relevant brain data would somehow be an account of subjectivity, which it plainly is not. With panpsychism, we can actually ask the further question of what the physical side of the coin represents internally (subjectively) -- we would acknowledge that there is more than what is externally measurable.
We may also posit a kind of "complicated parallelism" which would incorporate complex systems and chaos theory. If single-locus subjectivity can be sustained in a complex object, we must assume -- as for ourselves -- that the precise mental state is contingent on innumerable small activities within the whole (since we are not uniform in structure, like a crystal). Therefore, very small changes, which can cascade and multiply, may reflect radically different perspectives. A magical, god-like measuring capacity could capture this complexity and sensitivity to detail, but in all practicality, prediction or control would be impossible.
I personally do not require this story, but it is a conceivable defense for the squeamish. And this is without even discussing quantum mechanics, which might also provide some reasonable escape from deterministic behavior: one might hope that "free will" is somehow hidden in quantum wave collapse. I would not hang anything on this idea, but it could also be true.
Objection 4: Ethical Nihilism
The fourth objection to panpsychism comes from a chain of arguments about moral agents. It beings by reasoning that if a thing has sentience (of any sort), that thing gains full moral status. This would mean that the total "amount" of moral entities is essentially constant in the universe: they can be reorganized or combined, but not really created or destroyed. Therefore, there are no morally preferable states: a dead human body still has "conscious" particles making it up, so is not preferable to a living one. Actions thus have no moral effect, ergo nihilism.
I do no see the initial assumption to be necessary at all, however. Even with ourselves, our mere existence is not the end of moral consideration, but the beginning: experiences and differing states matter. I prefer to be not in pain, than in pain. Equivalent moral logic should carry over to all other entities -- which need not be morally equivalent in importance.
A second kind of nihilism might nonetheless be feared. With humans we have a direct kinship with anyone who's moral status we would consider -- and we can imagine something of what they would prefer -- whereas this is not possible with a rock or a quanta. The alienness of other objects may create impossible barriers to making moral judgments about them. This could lead to a kind of practical, shoulder-shrugging nihilism.
However, I would say this scenario is not very different from our position now, under materialism: most actions are assumed to be morally neutral, with no strong reason to think any moral agent will be harmed one way or the other. It is only when we know of a preference or general rule that we feel compelled to think morally. Under panpsychism, we might have to excuse ourselves from moral mistakes on the basis of (fundamentally unattainable) knowledge -- but this is also already what we do: if innocently kicking a stone inadvertently (and improbably) leads to someone tripping and breaking an ankle, we do not feel guilty about it.
You may also note that all of this discussion rest on a fairly utilitarian basis for ethics. Panpsychism may be a fairly neutral position for utilitarianism, which depends on judgments about preferences, pain, and pleasure; but preference per se and pain per se may well be restricted to humans and some animals. Thus panpsychism does not alter normal utilitarian calculus.
But we are not really restricted to utilitarianism. If panpsychism is to give us anything on the ethical front, it will be a lot more complicated than merely extending utility-analysis to all objects anyway -- I hope it may lead to quite different starting points from which to make choices. There is no fully fleshed-out panpsychist ethical system yet to judge, but we can still reject some (misplaced) objections to one: there is no reason panpsychism should lead to nihilism.
Any viable panpsychist philosophy has some major difficulties to overcome. But so does every other answer to the mind-body dilemma -- what's more, they've been at it a while, trying to resolve their difficulties without much luck, and panpsychism at least deserves the same chance. It may be unfamiliar to us, but actually does not demand any weirder positions than what we are used to. And it may hold promise for addressing consciousness much more fully than any alternative.


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Quote of the week: Philip Stephens
"Once in a while capitalism has to be rescued from the depredations of, well, capitalists. Unconstrained, enterprise curdles into monopoly, innovation into rent-seeking. Today's swashbuckling "disrupters" set up tomorrow's cosy cartels."
- Philip Stephens [1], an associate editor and chief political commentator of the Financial Times
Quoted in "How to save capitalism from capitalists [2]", Financial Times, September 16, 2016.
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I was fortunate to have many excellent teachers throughout my education, but one of my greatest influences was Dan Blair, my sixth grade teacher from Huss Elementary in Three Rivers, Michigan. Fresh out of college, his idealism and excitement inspired a generation of students who were attending what was considered to be "the poorest" elementary school in our city.
A storyteller, he never failed to grasp our attention, whether it was stories about his childhood playing in the vast abandoned tunnel system under Flint, Michigan with his friends; or his experiences attending college in the early seventies. He was able to gain our respect and therefore our attention when it came to the more serious business of the history of the world, and more importantly, the direction of our nation because he treated us like people. We still played outside until the street lights came on and read Judy Blume books, but he talked to us as Aristotle might have talked to Alexander. This was a person who taught the young people in the forgotten ward that we were human beings with brains that deserved to be filled with great literature, and lessons gained from A Clockwork Orange.
Sixth grade is a brutal time for many. It's a time of great hormonal surges, horrifying peer pressure and sometimes shocking loss of innocence. I went into sixth grade worried about how my hair looked, and came out thinking about Civil Rights, personal freedom and the shocking stories of the Holocaust, which had ended only twenty-three years before I was born. It seemed like a hundred years to me.
Until that year, I had been raised in a gray world. When friends come over, they inevitably pull out the meticulous scrapbooks my mother created from our lives. It's always good for a laugh, but looking at my school pictures, it seems that they never fail to point out to me that half of my class was black. Funny, I never noticed it at the time. My parents never mentioned it and I didn't realize that I lived in a geographically segregated community. We were just kids, people playing together, attending Girl Scout meetings and going to each other's birthday parties. We were also students in a class who were treated as equals with endless possibility and the opportunity to "live the dream."
Mr. Blair encouraged us, every one of us, to learn from history and to live lives of endless potential. He taught us that we only had to wait until we were thirty-five to run for President of the United States, and that seemed like a lifetime away because it was. My classmates and I passed that mark five years ago. Reflecting back on my life, I remember growing up knowing that as an American Citizen, born in the United States; it was a possibility for me. I think he made us all feel that way. I recall attending American Legion Auxiliary Girls State, surrounded by girls full of ambition and belief in our nation. It was one of the single most important lessons of my life, and I know that even my desire to go there was instilled in me back in sixth grade at Huss Elementary.
I realize now how young Mr. Blair was when he was our teacher and I think about the optimism and self assurance he helped instill in us. I hope that he was able to continue to inspire hopefulness in his students like he did when he was a brand new teacher stimulating our desire to expand our minds and realize our dreams. It seems I've lived a thousand lives since then, and as I sat in Highland Park, Illinois watching the inaugural activities from my tiny condo, I remembered that life is still full of possibilities and endless dreams to realize. The installation of Barak Obama as President of the United States brought back a flood of memories; to the history lessons from sixth grade, the year my eyes were opened.
Huss School students were integrated into other schools when my little sister started. I didn't fully understand it at the time, nor do I necessarily think it was the best thing for the students, or the wonderful teachers who were so integral in our lives.. The closing of that school meant the slow death of our neighborhood and the realization that the place where the more formidable years of my education were spent would no longer be a beacon of hope for so many. I am so grateful to have had the experience that I did. To have had the opportunity to grow up in a place where I walked to school, hung out with neighborhood kids and lived in the blissful naivety of peaceful cultural diversity was amazing. What happened in that school was a quiet miracle.
I feel for the students who ended up on busses, heading into neighborhoods as strangers in new schools, miles away. I'm so grateful today that I was fortunate to attend Huss School in those few idealistic years where there was peace and harmony in our neighborhood; when we had the chance to learn together and know each other as people with families, hopes and dreams; where we were all equal with equal potential and promise.
Huss is no longer an elementary school; Mr. Blair is a retired math teacher; and the houses in my old neighborhood are falling down. When I pull into Three Rivers now though, I don't show guests my high school, which is now a church, or talk about my college or time spent traveling. I point to Huss School and say, "That is where I got my education."


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Please complete the following keywords list for our next setwork, Something's Coming CLICK HERE - as per my colour coding systems, the words have been grouped as follows.
BLUE - All students
GREEN - Most Students
RED - Extension keywords
However, please attempt ALL keywords on the list, and write the definitions in YOUR OWN WORDS.
Due Wednesday 28th January 2015
Any questions, please see me before our next lesson. Mrs Berg


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Meander through the picturesque, steep, and narrow streets of Le Suquet, the old quarter of Cannes on Mont Chevalier, stopping off in the shady squares to enjoy their quiet beauty.
Your stay at our 4-star hotel in Cannes is also an opportunity to explore the heritage of the Romans and the monks of Lérins, at Notre-Dame d'Espérance, Castre square, and the ruins of the old castle with its tower. Visit the Musée de la Castre in the remains of the medieval castle before climbing the 114 steps of Suquet tower, which offers breath-taking panoramic views of the hills behind Cannes and the Mediterranean.


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As someone who dislikes the concept of conformity, I believe that there are exceptions to most societal "rules" in life. That said, there is one excellent guideline that I think people need to hear loud and clear, one that will save everyone a lot of needless annoyance and or embarassment, and perhaps even avoid dismemberment in certain very frought instances:
Don't ask strangers if they are pregnant.
Just don't do it, okay? Here are some further details on the topic of asking strangers if they are pregnant, in case the reasons not to do so are not immediately clear to you.
-->If someone is pregnant and they want you to know, or feel that you need to know, they will probably tell you.
-->If someone is pregnant and they don't feel that you need to know, they have no obligation to tell you.
-->If someone is not pregnant, but you think they are, they will very likely not appreciate you asking them if they are pregnant, even if you are congratulating them.
-->The ebb and flow of one's reproductive organs is rarely a good stranger conversation starter. You wouldn't ask someone in the elevator their scrotal temperature or the viscosity of their private mucous, so don't inquire about any buns in the oven.
-->Empire waistlines tend to make a lot of people look pregnant. Do not use fashion as an indicator. Also do not use a healthy glow (excersizing, a really excellent roll in the hay, getting an awesome mark on a mid term and/or wearing blush or bronzer will do that too), unique food cravings (pickles and peanut butter are fantastic, don't knock it till you've tried it) or Fat Pride as excuses to intrude onto someone's privacy.
-->If you are asking me if I am pregnant because you tried to hit on me and did not succeed, and after you acertained that I am not married, vehemently do not have a boyfriend and need supportive shoes assumed that I am playing hard to get because I am pregnant (?), you are not catching my effing chubby lesbo drift, and no, I'm not pregnant. Effer.
A wonderful woman named Bridget, who I used to work with when I painted murals, says "Nope, I'm not pregnant. I'm just fat: I LIKE PIE." And to that I say "here, here!"
Holler if you love and respect people's bodies of all curvacious forms, pregnant or not, and think that round is beautiful.
Monday, March 15, 2010
Just a Hint
Posted by Sequin Brown at 2:06 PM
Labels: etiquette, Fat Pride, people asking me if I'm pregnant, pie
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