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Ancient Maya cuisine was varied and extensive. Many different types of resources were consumed, including maritime, flora, and faunal material, and food was obtained or produced through a host of strategies, such as hunting, foraging, and large-scale agricultural production. Plant domestication focused on several core foods, the most important of which was maize.
Much of the Maya food supply was grown in agricultural fields and forest gardens, known as pet kot.[1] The system takes its name from the low wall of stones (pet meaning "circular" and kot "wall of loose stones") that characteristically surrounds the gardens.
The Maya adopted a number of adaptive techniques that, if necessary, allowed for the clear-cutting of land and re-infused the soil with nutrients. Among these was slash-and-burn, or swidden, agriculture, a technique that cleared and temporarily fertilized the area. For example, the introduction of ash into the soil raises the soil's pH, which in turn raises the content of a variety of nutrients, especially phosphorus, for a short period of time of around two years. However, the soil will not remain suitable for planting for as many as ten years. This technique, common throughout the Maya area, is still practiced today in the Maya region. Complementing swidden techniques were crop rotation and farming, employed to maintain soil viability and increase the variety of crops.
To completely understand how and in what quantities food resources were relied upon by the Ancient Maya, stable isotopic analysis has been utilized. This method allows for the stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to be chemically extracted from animal and human skeletal remains. These elements are then run through a mass spectrometer and the values display the enrichment of maize and the extent of aquatic resources in an individual's diet.[2]
Ethnohistoric and paleoethnobotanical evidence for plant staples
Paleoethnobotanical studies consist of the examination of micro and macro plant remains found within measured units of soil taken from an archaeological context.[3] Macro-remains are separated from the soil through a flotation process while microremains are chemically extracted from the flotation samples.[4] The earliest archaeological plant remains within the Maya region are from Cuello, Belize, and predate Preclassic sites. The majority of plant remains fall within the Preclassic-Postclassic and allow for researchers to discuss subsistence patterns that revolve around domesticated and wild/partially cultivated plants. Information for the Classic period, the most widely studied period for the Maya, come from the sites of Cobá, Cerén, Dos Pilas, Wild Cane Cay, Copán, Tikal, and Río Azul.[3] This range of sites also allows for insight into regional differences based on the environment and access to local resources, such as aquatic and marine life.[5]
Maya diet focused on four domesticated crops (staple crops): maize, squash, beans (typically Phaseolus vulgaris) and chili peppers. The first three cultivars are commonly referred to in North America as the "Three Sisters" and, when incorporated in a diet, complement one another in providing necessary nutrients.[6] Among the three, maize was the central component of the diet of the ancient Maya, and figured prominently in Maya mythology and ideology. Archaeological evidence suggest that Chapalote-Nal-Tel was the dominant species, however it is likely others were being exploited also.[7] Maize was used and eaten in a variety of ways, but was always nixtamalized. Nixtamalization (a term that derives from the Nahuatl word for the process) is a procedure in which maize is soaked and cooked in an alkaline solution. This releases niacin, a necessary B vitamin (vitamin B3) that prevents pellagra and reduces incidents of protein deficiency.
Once nixtamalized, maize was typically ground up on a metate and prepared in a number of ways. Tortillas, cooked on a comal and used to wrap other foods (meat, beans, etc.), were common and are perhaps the best-known pre-Columbian Mesoamerican food. Tamales consist of corn dough, often containing a filling, that are wrapped in a corn husk and steam-cooked. Both atole and pozole were liquid-based gruel-like dishes that were made by mixing ground maize (hominy) with water, with atole being denser and used as a drinking source and pozole having complete big grains of maize incorporated into a turkey broth. Though these dishes could be consumed plain, other ingredients were added to diversify flavor, including chili peppers, cacao, wild onions and salt.
Along with maize, beans—both domestic and wild—and squash were relied on as evident from the remains at Ceren, El Salvador, the Mesoamerican Pompeii.[8]
An alternative view is that manioc cassava was the easily grown staple crop of the Maya and that maize was revered because it was prestigious and harder to grow.[9] This proposal was based on the inability of maize to meet the nutritional needs of densely populated Maya areas. Manioc can meet those needs. Because tuberous manioc rarely survives in the archaeological record, evidence for this view has been lacking, although recent finds in volcanic ash at the southern Maya site of Joya de Cerén in El Salvador may be such evidence.[10]
Several different varieties of beans were grown, including pinto, red and black beans. The ancient Maya also relied on tree cropping for access to foods such as tomato, chili peppers, avocado, breadnut, guava, soursop, mammee apple, papaya, pineapple, pumpkin, sweet potato, and Xanthosoma.[3] Chaya was cultivated for its green leaves. Chayote was cultivated for its fruit, and its tender green shoots were used as a vegetable. Various herbs were grown and used, including vanilla, epazote, achiote (and the annatto seed), Canella, Hoja santa (Piper auritum), avocado leaves, garlic vine, Mexican oregano, and allspice.
While paleoethnobotanical remains demonstrate these crops were relied on in some form by all Maya groups, it is clear that different subsistence strategies were relied on. For instance some fields were planted away from the household groups while some fields are adjacent to households. Farming techniques includes terracing, raised fields, check dams, drained fields, kitchen gardens, forest gardens, and other forms of irrigation.[11][12][13] Other crops have also been investigated as part of the diet of Ancient Maya; chili peppers, manioc, cotton, and agave are thought to have been cultivated in gardens tended near the home.[3]
Ethnohistorical and Zooarchaeological Evidence of Meat Usage
Hunting is believed to have supplied the Maya with their main source of meat, though several animals, such as dog pek[14] [pek] and turkey ulum[14] [ulum], may have been domesticated. Animals hunted for meat, as well as for other purposes, include deer, manatee, armadillo, tapir, peccary, monkey, guinea pig and other types of fowl, turtle and iguana, with the majority of meat coming from white tailed deer as evident from animal remains found in middens.[3] The Maya diet was also supplemented by the exploitation, at least in coastal areas, of maritime resources, including fish, lobster, shrimp, conch, and other shellfish.
The zooarchaeological evidence from the sites of Lamania and Tipu have provided us with an abundance of information about the types of animals being exploited. The zooarchaeological evidence (5,737 remains from Lamanai and 24,590 remains from Tipu) were collected from midden deposits and structures near and in the ceremonial center of the site.[15] While white tailed deer remain the most exploited animal at the sites throughout time, there are shifts over time from larger mammals to small mammals, aviary species such as turkey, and aquatic resources such as fish, turtles, and molluscs.[16]
While it may seem improbable that aquatic resources were being exploited by inland sites, the site of Caracol, located in the Maya Mountains of Belize, displays evidence of marine resources being brought to the site and transported while still alive.[17] Archaeological evidence supported this as a diverse set of marine resources were found from subsistence and ceremonial contexts at Caracol.[18] The most likely candidates for this type of live transport from the ocean up to the mountains by river would be stingrays, grunts, sea catfish, and parrotfish.
Stable Isotopic Evidence of Maya Diet
Stable isotopic analysis of carbon and nitrogen from human skeletal remains has been conducted at multiple Maya sites from the lowlands of Belize, the Peten, the Yucatán peninsula, and the highlands of Guatemala.[19] The first applications of this practice were conducted on the remains found in the Tehuacan Valley and suggest that maize was a dietary staple as early at 4500 BP.[20] However the bulk of information is represented by over 600 individuals dating from the Preclassic to the Postclassic period and substantiates that subsistence adaptations were present and caused by chronology, geographic and environmental factors, and cultural pressures.[19] In the Maya lowlands of Belize, carbon and nitrogen data from collagen have been analyzed from ten sites. The average C13 collagen values are -12.6 ± 1.2 per mil, indicating that C4 sources made up 50% of ancient Maya diet. These average values change very slightly in the Early, Late, and Terminal Classic periods, with averages of -11.3 ± -2.3 per mil. In the Peten region, Preclassic values for collagen C13 average -10.2 ± -1.2 per mil, indicating that C4 sources made up 70% of ancient Maya diet in this region. These differences in region may be attributed to the greater access to marine and aquatic resources in Belize. As discussed earlier, there is evidence that marine animals were being brought alive to inland sites by means of river waterways.[17] Areas of the Peten and the Yucatán may have been too far away from coastal regions for this concept to be utilized.
Of course diet varied greatly by site and region. For example, at Pacbitun maize was found to be heavily relied upon by the elite males found in the ceremonial center. This goes against ideas about maize as a commoner food and the idea that elites has greater access to a wide variety of resources. Furthermore, this data contradicts what is found about elite diets at other sites like Copan and Lamania. Overall maize played a large role in diet at the site but access to maize varied by age, sex, and social status. Males and adults consumed more than females and children and this difference is most likely caused by social status.[21] Furthermore, maize consumption varied through time. During the flourishing periods of the Early and Late Classic, maize constituted about 72-77% of the diet of individuals living at Pacbitun.[21] This drops 10% in the Terminal Classic as the population became less reliant on maize.[21] This could be caused by a more diverse diet due to trade or an increased reliance on other local foods. Another possibility is that attempts at producing enough maize to support the growing population failed.
Mayan Cuisine Present in Modern Cuisine
The knowledge of the Mayan cuisine can be established by archaeological evidence spawned as early as 1500 B.C. and running through the 16th century A.D.[22] With maize being a significant factor in Mayan cuisine and such a sustainable source of food, this allowed the Mayans to expand their palate and begin cultivating and incorporate many different varieties of food in their diet. The evolution and process of Mayan food cultures allowed for experimentation and construction of new Mayan cuisine staples to flourish and eventually be established in today's modern food practices. Today, as another corn driven society, we indulge in the luxury of a great diversity of foods and many that come from Mayan techniques such as chocolate, avocado/guacamole, tortillas, and tamales.
Chocolate: With the cocoa tree being native to Mayan land, the Mayans were the first to cultivate its seeds and process them to make goods. The cocoa seeds were predominantly used to make a version of hot chocolate where they would roast the seeds in water to make a drink that was mainly used as a stimulant mood enhancer and at ceremonies because for the Mayans, cocoa was a sacred gift from the gods.[23] The cocoa plant or theobroma, which literally translates to "food of gods" was enjoyed by all social classes of Mayan people and because of its stimulative aphrodisiac powers, Mayan couples drank hot chocolate during ceremonies of marriage and engagement.[24] Mayan hot chocolate is much different than today's hot chocolate because of the lack of sugar and milk. Mayan hot chocolate was rather bitter and frothy, but this drink established the roots for one of today's most beloved treats.
Avocado/Guacamole: Originating from southern Mexico and Guatemala, Avocados became a reliable food in Mayan cuisine. The Avocado tree is very reliable in subtropical climates which suited perfectly to the Mayan civilization. Avocados are a very versatile product that can be incorporated in cuisine in many ways.
Corn Tortillas: Maize can be used to connect almost every aspect of Mayan life right down to the roots of the creation of man. It is said in the Popul Vuh that the first humans were crafted from an ear of corn.[25] This creation explanation also includes that people were fundamentally made of masa, or corn dough. Tortillas, driven by the divinity of maize offered countless opportunities for food creation and allowed people of all economic standings to eat freely. Mayan tortilla shells are varied from the current status quo of tortilla shells. The Mayans produced a small three to four inch masa patty that was quite thick to provide a sturdy base for the dish they would be serving. These dishes oftentimes included a meat and could feature avocados or could be a side for a stew at a ritualistic meeting. Today's tortillas are much thinner and often quite larger in diameter than Mayan tortillas. Today you can see the use of tortillas in almost every aspect of dining including tacos, burritos, quesadillas, chips,soups, and even crepes.
Tamales: Crafted from yet again masa, or corn dough, and a mix of meats and vegetables, tamales become one of the worlds first convenience foods[26] because of its ease to be transported.[27] Like many popular dishes in Mayan culture, the tamale included the use of the corn husks or banana leaves to ferment and enhance the cooking process of the meal. After the cooking process, the tamale would be unraveled and topped with a sauce or a salsa which could be eaten on the go or often, tamales would be served at Mayan holiday celebrations. Mayan women often went door to door selling their freshly made tamales often in exchange for cocoa seeds. Ancient evidence of tamales are prominent on many Mayan artifacts and paintings being excavated to this day. The modern tamale is much of the time made and enjoyed in the same way as in ancient Mayan cuisine. The meat and vegetable filled tamale can often be found in restaurants, parties, and home kitchens throughout the world.
The Maya are believed to be the first people to have discovered and cultivated the cacao plant for food.[28] The cocoa beans were ground up mixed with chili peppers, cornmeal and honey to create a drink called xocolatl (a Nahuatl word). Only the rich and noble could drink this. They also used cacao beans as ceremonial sacrifices to their gods.
Soy has become part of Mayan diet.[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
It is often thought that the Mayans were overthrown by Spanish conquistadors, but many signs point to the idea that cities were abandoned possibly because of peasant revolt. Even with the sustainable crops the Mayans had control of, the population grew too quickly for farmers to sustain the style of life they were living. By the time Spanish conquistadors arrived, many of the cities were ghost towns and were easily taken by the Spanish. The only evidence of these once powerful people comes from the archaeological dig ups found today. Although a fall in governmental power, art production, and much documentation, the life and attributes of the Mayans live on and continue to impact us to this very day.[36]
See also
- Agriculture in Mesoamerica
- Domesticated plants of Mesoamerica
- Maya maize god
- Aztec cuisine
- Muisca cuisine
- Inca cuisine
- ↑ Michael Ernest Smith and Marilyn A. Masson (2000). The Ancient Civilizations of Mesoamerica. p. 127.
- ↑ White, Christine (1999). Reconstructing Ancient Maya Diet. Salt Lake City: The University of Utah Press.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lentz, David (1999). White, Christine, ed. "Plant Resources of the Ancient Maya: The Paleoethnobotanical Evidence". Reconstructing Ancient Maya Diet. The University of Utah Press.
- ↑ Pearsall, D.M. (1989). Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures. San Diego: Academic Press.
- ↑ McKillop, Heather (1994). "Ancient Maya tree cropping, a viable subsistence adaptation for the island Maya". Ancient Mesoamerica.
- ↑ Mt. Pleasant, Jane (2006). "The science behind the Three Sisters mound system: An agronomic assessment of an indigenous agricultural system in the northeast". In John E. Staller, Robert H. Tykot, and Bruce F. Benz. Histories of maize: Multidisciplinary approaches to the prehistory, linguistics, biogeography, domestication, and evolution of maize. Amsterdam. pp. 529–537.
- ↑ Benz, B.F. (1986). Taxonomy and Evolution of Mexican Maize (doctoral dissertation). University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- ↑ Sheets, Pason (1994). "Tropical Time Capsule". Archaeology.
- ↑ Bronson, Bennet (1966). "Roots and the Subsistence of the Ancient Maya". Southwestern Journal of Anthropology. 22: 251–279.
- ↑ Atwood, Roger (2009). "Maya Roots". Archaeology. 62 (4): 18.
- ↑ Beach, T.; Dunning, N.P. (1995). "Ancient Maya terracing and modern conservation in the Peten rainforest in Guatemala". Journal of Soil and Water Conservation.
- ↑ Turner, B.L.II; Harrison, P.D. (1983). Pulltrouser Swamp: Ancient maya Habitat, Agriculture, and Settlement in Northern Belize. Austin: University of Texas Press.
- ↑ Turner, B.L.II; Johnson, W.C. (1979). "A Maya dam in the Copan Valley, Honduras". American Antiquity.
- 1 2 Mayan dictionary (1997). Wired Humanities Project. Retrieved September 13, 2012, from link
- ↑ Emery, Kitty (1999). "Continuity and Variability in Postclassic and Colonial Animal Use at Lamanai and Tipu, Belize". In White, Christine. Reconstructing Ancient Maya Diet. University of Utah Press. pp. Salt Lake City.
- ↑ Pendergast, D.M. (1986). "Stability through change: Lamanai, Belize from the ninth to seventeenth century". In Sabloff, J.A.; Andrews, E.W. Late Lowland Maya Civilization: Classic to Postclassic. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press.
- 1 2 Cunningham-Smith, Petra; Chase, Arlen; Chase, Diane (2014). "Fish from afar: marine resource at Caracol, Belize". Research Reports in Belize Archaeology.
- ↑ Teeter, W.G. (2001). Maya animal utilization in a growing city: vertebrate exploitation at Caracol, Belize. Los Angeles: University of California.
- 1 2 Tykot, Robert (2002). "Contributions of Stable Isotope Analysis to Understanding Dietary Variation among the Maya". ACS Symposium Series.
- ↑ Norr, L. (1995). Archaeology in the Lowland American Tropics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 198–223.
- 1 2 3 White, Christine; Healy, Paul; Schwarcz, Henry (1993). "Intensive Agriculture, Social Status, and Maya Diet at Pacbitun, Belize". Journal of Anthropological Research.
- ↑ Olver, Lynne. "The Food Timeline--Aztec, Maya & Inca foods". www.foodtimeline.org. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ↑ "Top 10 Foods of the Maya World -- National Geographic". 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ↑ "An Ancient Maya Chocolate Recipe For Romance... - The Sacred Science". The Sacred Science. 2015-02-12. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
- ↑ "Penn Museum Blog | Maya Fun Fact: The Importance of Corn - Penn Museum". www.penn.museum. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ Olver, Lynne. "The Food Timeline--Aztec, Maya & Inca foods". www.foodtimeline.org. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ "Top 10 Foods of the Maya World -- National Geographic". 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- ↑ Bogin 1997, Coe 1996, Montejo 1999, Tedlock 1985
- ↑ William Shurtleff; H.T. Huang; Akiko Aoyagi (2014). History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in China and Taiwan, and in Chinese Cookbooks, Restaurants, and Chinese Work with Soyfoods Outside China (1024 BCE to 2014): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook, Including Manchuria, Hong Kong and Tibet (illustrated ed.). Soyinfo Center. p. 2805. ISBN 1928914683. Archived from the original on 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi (2013). History of Soy Ice Cream and Other Non-Dairy Frozen Desserts (1899-2013): Extensively annotated bibliography and sourcebook (illustrated ed.). Soyinfo Center. p. 212. ISBN 1928914594. Archived from the original on 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi (2009). History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Mexico and Central America (1877-2009): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook (illustrated ed.). Soyinfo Center. p. 176. ISBN 1928914217. Archived from the original on 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi (2013). History of Soymilk and Other Non-Dairy Milks (1226-2013): Including Infant Formulas, Calf Milk Replacers, Soy Creamers, Soy Shakes, Soy Smoothies, Almond Milk, Coconut Milk, Peanut Milk, Rice Milk, Sesame Milk, etc. (illustrated ed.). Soyinfo Center. p. 1249. ISBN 1928914586. Archived from the original on 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ History of Soymilk
- ↑ William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi (2010). History of Soybeans and Soyfoods in Canada (1831-2010): Extensively Annotated Bibliography and Sourcebook (illustrated ed.). Soyinfo Center. p. 454. ISBN 1928914284. Archived from the original on 2010. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi (2013). History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013) (illustrated ed.). Soyinfo Center. p. 1809. ISBN 1928914551. Archived from the original on 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ↑ "The Mayan Civilization - Present and Past". web.stanford.edu. Retrieved 2016-11-19.
- Benz, B.F. (1986). Taxonomy and Evolution of Mexican Maize (doctoral dissertation). University of Wisconsin, Madison.
- Coe, Sophie D. (1994) America's first cuisines ISBN 0-292-71159-X
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It literally took less than an hour from the time I sent the message to have someone lined up to watch Penelope (thank you, Kelly!). Everyone in the group responded to me- if they weren't available on the day I was asking about, they volunteered to watch her another time so that Mark and I don't have to wait another year for a date night. Even my sister, who has her hands full with four girls of her own, including a 7 week old baby, offered to come into the city to help out if I couldn't find someone to watch her. The warmth and kindness in these responses brought tears to my eyes, and the anxiety I had felt before sending that message felt even more irrational than before.
I've written here before about dealing with irrational thoughts. Worrying needlessly about things is something that I have struggled with for a long time. Over the years, it has probably cost me multiple opportunities for new friendships or new experiences. I am so grateful that this time, I didn't give in to that anxiety about being judged.
Asking for help can make us feel vulnerable. As if somehow, it represents a failure or a bad decision. The truth is, though, that everyone needs help from time to time, and the real failure lies in not recognizing that and not asking for help when you need it. The old adage, "It takes a village to raise a child" is certainly apt here (I don't know where we would be without the support and help we have received from family and friends), and in fact I think it should be applied more broadly- it takes a village to live life.


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Reading In Motion's Spotlight Series
Meet Blake Roter, Auxiliary Board Member
It's crazy how a seemingly minor decision, like the decision to attend an event, might impact the rest of your life. Five-year Reading In Motion Auxiliary Board Member, Blake Roter, knows all about this. In 2013, Blake's friend invited him to Reading In Motion's 30th Anniversary Gala, and Blake accepted. At the event, Blake was drawn to the organization's early childhood literacy mission and eventually joined the Auxiliary Board. Once on the board, Blake became friends with current member Lindsay Martin, who had her sights set on playing cupid. After getting to know Blake, she thought he'd be a great match for her good friend, Julie Shulman, and introduced them to each other at a party she hosted.
Flash forward to today, and Blake and Lindsay's friend, now Julie Roter, recently returned to Chicago from their post-wedding honeymoon! Needless to say, Lindsay's match-making skills were on point.
Not too long after all of the wedding festivities, Blake quickly got to work organizing Reading In Motion's 6th Annual Cubs Rooftop Event, an event that has been Blake's passion project for the past 3 years. Blake led last year's efforts and produced a sold-out event, and more than doubled the event's net revenue!
Growing up in Northbrook, IL, Blake played baseball himself, and regularly attended Cubs Games. When he isn't practicing law at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, he still plays in softball leagues today. Given his passion, it seems like a natural fit that Blake would enjoy planning the Cubs event for Reading In Motion!
Although Blake's wife, Julie, didn't grow up with the same baseball passion, she eagerly joins Blake at Cubs games throughout the year and supports Blake's efforts by attending Reading In Motion's annual rooftop event. Blake loves that the event provides a great excuse for friends, family and work colleagues to come together for a night of food and fun, all while supporting a cause he feels passionate about. He feels that the event can be seen as a Spring rite-of-passage for Chicagoans.
Blake hopes to see you there and wants to remind you that you never know how the decision to attend the event may impact the rest of your life!
Congratulations to Blake for being named one of the Jewish United Fund's 36 under 36 in Chicago. Learn more about this honor here.


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On 21st August, Insero Energy held an information meeting about a new heat pump project, where home owners in Insero's local area have the opportunity to lease a heat pump. The project is still open for registration.
Insero Energy has initiated a new demonstration project where approximately 20 houses will have their current heat source replaced by a heat pump. The recruitment of participants started the 21st August in Insero's headquarters. Here, half of the attendees expressed an interest in receiving a specific offer on a yearly cost reduction.
The project is part of a larger project under the Danish Energy Agency, where the purpose is to develop and test a concept that can compete with oil, natural gas and wood pellet furnace.
As part of the project, the home owners lease a heat pump. In that way, they avoid having to make a large investment at the same time as Insero Energy has the responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the heat pump.
It is still possible to join the demonstration project by sending an email to management assistant, Astrid Aabye Møller, firstname.lastname@example.com or by phone + 45 41 77 24 68.
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So it's been my first week as the hostess with the mostess.. Apart from sore feet I've had a hoot. Lots of fun with the boys, beautiful food and sexy men walking up and down Oxford st to the gym.. Bingo!
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Music video by T.I., Kendrick Lamar, & B.o.B. featuring Kris Stephens performing Memories Back Then. 2013 Hustle Gang Music.
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Music video by T.I., Kendrick Lamar, & B.o.B. featuring Kris Stephens performing Memories Back Then. 2013 Hustle Gang Music.
T.I. talks how he discovered some of the members of Hustle Gang, Travi$ Scott, Iggy Azalea, Chip & Trae Tha Truth.
Travi$ Scott talks about his new single "Upper Echelon" which features T.I. and 2 Chainz, how the record came about, how TIP's verse came about, how he produced the track with Kanye West in Paris.
Travi$ also talks about his working relationship with Kanye & T.I.
Check out Grand Hustle's own Iggy Azalea and the King himself, T.I. as they, along with Hustle Gang affiliate Chip, give an in-studio performance of Iggy's newest single, "Murda Bizness" featuring T.I. Captured by 3 Little Diggs.
The first installment off of NerdsofRhyme's founder DJKiddMarvel #MarvelMondays with all the new crankage featuring, French Montana, Waka Flocka, Rick Ross, Future, T.I., Young Jeezy, Wiz Khalifa, DJ Drama, Drake, 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky, Schoolboy Q, Wale, Meek Millz, Gunplay, Red Cafe, Fat Trel and Ludacris. Enjoy!!!
Grand Hustle's first lady brings out T.I. to help perform her new single at The Basement in Atlanta last night.
Directed by Alex Smith. Track three off T.I.'s F*ck Da City Up gets visual.
Strange Clouds coming March 13th.
No Weezy on this version, but Bobby Ray gets Atliens T.I.and Jeezy for the remix. Strange Clouds coming soon.
The remix off of 2 Chainz T.R.U. Realigion. Which im pretty sure you've already downloaded.
As he promised Tip releases a new mixtape on New Years. Download here
Bobby Ray's sets the tone with his new mixtape,E.P.I.C. (Every Play is Crucial). With Features from, Eminem, Big K.R.I.T., Lil Wayne, T.I., Meek Mill, Mos Def and plenty more. Download Here.
1. Epic ft. Playboy Tre & Meek Mill (prod. Lil C)
2. Wrong ft. Spodee (prod. Ryan Tedder)
3. Guest List ft. Rosco Dash (prod. B.o.B & Kutta)
4. What Are We Doing (prod. B.o.B & Jim Jonsin)
5. Perfect Symetry ft. 2 Chainz (prod. 7 King)
6. New York New York (prod. Mike Caren)
7. Boom Bap ft. T.I. & Mos Def
8. Welcome To The Jungle
9. 5 On The Kush ft. Big K.R.I.T. & Bun B
10. How Bout Dat ft. Future & Trae The Truth
11. Things Get Worse ft. Eminem
12. Fucked Up ft. Playboy Tre (prod. Davaughn)
13. Strange Clouds ft. Lil Wayne (prod. Dr. Luke)
14. Friday Night Star (prod. Jim Jonsin)
15. High (prod. The Aristrocrats)
New music video by Young Jeezy featuring T.I. F.A.M.E. TM 103 coming soon!!!
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Are you serious??, once again TIP has been released from prison and moved back into a halfway house to finish up the remainder of his sentence. A few weeks ago, he was removed from his halfway house in Atlanta after his prison release in Arkansas for having one too many on board of his bus. T.I. will officially be uncaged on September 29 we think! His lawyer tells TMZ:
"We have good reason to believe that this favorable result was reached because of the proactive and assertive approach taken to protect T.I.'s rights by providing B.O.P. officials and the media with reliable and accurate information and that T.I. did not intend to violate his transfer furlough or any other B.O.P. rules en route from the prison facility in Arkansas to the halfway house in Atlanta."
Here's the cover for T.I.'s new book. A fictional love story of two friends growing up in the streets of Atlanta. Written by T.I. and respected author David Ritz, the novel hits stores Oct. 18. Pre-orders available now.


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Accelerated Reader
Carrcroft students have an exciting reading program called Accelerated Reading. Students select books at their reading level, sign out a book, read the book during reading time, and then use the school's computer to take a multiple choice quiz about the book. The levels of books are pre-school to seventh grade, and each book has a possible 0.4-44 point value. "Reading Points" can be earned by scoring correctly on the quizzes.
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A unit of antenna gain.
Decibels referenced to an isotropic radiator: an antenna that radiates equally in all directions.
The reference level is the strength of the signal that would be transmitted by the isotropic antenna.
For example, an antenna rated 20 dB i transmits a signal in the desired direction 102 = 100 times stronger than an isotropic antenna.
See also: Decibel.
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In response to the damages in Texas, City Year Boston's community service initiative, Walk the Walk, is supporting City Year Dallas' relief efforts. The entire City Year Dallas corps has been called to serve the Houston evacuees in Dallas. We are holding a donation drive and will be sending all of our donated supplies to City Year Dallas so that they can distribute them where they are most needed.
Starting September 11th, collection boxes will be located in the first-floor lobby and the second-floor paint-can space on the second floor at City Year Boston (287 Columbus Ave. Boston, MA 02116). These collection boxes will be there from September 11 to October 26. We will be sending shipments to Dallas September 29th, and October 27th.
These are the items they need:
- Toiletries: pads, tampons, diapers, toothpaste, body wash, shampoo, conditioner, flush-able wipes, black hair care products (coconut oil, Aussie products)
- School Uniform Parts:
Khakis, black or navy pants (HS, or all sizes)
White, purple, or gold polos for middle school students
Orange, white, or black polos for high school students (shirts must be collared)
Black, white, or orange socks
All socks
Backpacks (ideally mesh)
- Misc.: Insect repellent, school supplies, reusable water bottles, phone chargers, small first-aid kits
If you are unable to bring donations to City Year Boston but would still like to help, we encourage you to donate money to The Boys and Girls Club of Greater Houston who are working to maintain full functioning with staff in light of the disaster.
With any questions, including questions on how we plan to further assist those affected by the other natural disasters that have taken place recently, please email senior AmeriCorps members Sandy Fonseca-Lopes, Molly McPheeters, or Joe Katusich.
We appreciate all of your support in advance!


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Verisign logoBillions of times each day, our SSL, identity and authentication, and domain name services allow companies and consumers to engage in trusted communications and commerce.
For more than 10 years, VeriSign Internet infrastructure has been at the very heart of the Internet, enabling key transactions and protecting valuable data.
VeriSign continues to play a central role in the dramatic expansion and protection of the Internet itself, with well over $500 million invested in Project Titan, a global initiative to exponentially increase the core infrastructure capacity and heighten security systems. By 2010, these enhancements will allow VeriSign to increase daily DNS query capacity tenfold from 400 billion queries a day currently to 4 trillion queries a day. Scaling our proprietary systems will increase bandwidth capacity ten times from more than 20 gigabits per second (Gbps) to greater than 200 Gbps.
VeriSign is the trusted provider of Internet infrastructure services for the networked world. The ability to know and trust the parties with which you do business and communicate has become critical in the networked world. www.verisign.com


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...The cliff edge of workaday morality
"Tapes for making out, tapes for dancing, tapes for falling asleep. Tapes for doing the dishes, for walking the dog."
Mixtapes. Tapes. Cassettes. Mixtapes for all fragments of life. A love story. A love story between two insane music junkies. Who are weirdos. A memoir on all those wonderful things. By a writer with an interesting and elegant sense of humour (despite the undeniable, but scarce, showy-offy moments).
So what has gone wrong?
Well, it's all been written before. And flawlessly too.
Love Is A Mixtape sounds like exactly the type of book that I could fall in love with, so I really really wanted to like it, but both its topic and writing style make it impossible to avoid the comparison to the colossal novel that is High Fidelity , to which it just falls a lot short, unfortunately.
Rob Sheffield writes for Rolling Stone magazine, so never mind what anyone might have to say about his writing skills (which are fine by the way), there should be no denying that he lives and breathes music (and gets paid for it.. lucky bastard!). However, this is exactly where the book falls short; the music element. Ironically.
Every chapter in this book begins with the playlist of a cassettte that Rob Sheffield had made in the past, often together with his wife Renee, but for the most part this admittedly brilliant idea gets totally wasted, because there doesn't seem to be any connection of the mixtape to the actual chapter whatsoever. Why did he choose Yo La Tengo? Why this song? Why is it being followed by a Ray Charles song? We don't know. He doesn't say. And for a man who has, allegedly, elevated the mixtaping concept to the status of creating everyday art, and who, in addition, addresses music junkies who also read (but who, let me say it again, are MUSIC JUNKIES), he gets us junkies caught up in several unnecessary WTF Rob moments.
WTF Rob Sheffield? Rob Fleming is fictional. He isn't even real. And his awkwardness and music geekiness felt a lot more believable and a lot more relatable than that of an existing music weirdo?? Not a good sign mate.
And then there's the pop-rock / indie culture references thingy. Sometimes they made me smile, sometimes they made me go "I could have said that!", but some other times they came off a bit "It is I, Rob Sheffield, who discovered Pavement first, alright? And I don't care if that makes me sound 15. It is I." And those times I'd almost sigh and whisper "Ok, it is you. Now shut up and let me enjoy your book, which other than that is actually a good book."
On the plus side, Love Is A Mixtape is also a bittersweet chronicle of love and grief and loss. And in this respect, it's heartbreaking. Rob Sheffield's insight to his relationship with Renne feels real. It is moving and it made me want to be his friend. It's true that there was nothing spectacularly memorable about this story, but it did feel as if it was written out of need.
Also, with the exception of those few music references that felt a little forced, his writing is conversational, warm and humorous.
"Nothing connects to the moment like music. I count on the music to bring me back—or, more precisely, to bring her forward."
That's fantastic Rob. I've always thought that love IS a mixtape too. Because how can it not be?
In fact, it seems that all of my life is a mesh of mixtapes so far. Mixtapes for teenage love, for parties, for painful break ups, for girls' nights out, mixtapes for jogging (lame, but true), for READING (you bet – although I'm going for full albums now), mixtapes for my best friends with songs I'm hoping they're not aware of but they'll like, mixtapes for gloomy mornings at home with 700 cups of hot coffee, mixtapes to keep my travel memories alive, mixtapes for the sake of mixing songs.
It's just that when you finally come across another fellow mixtape romantic, the expectations can't be modest Rob. I'm sure you of all people understand.


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Oracle provides the world's most complete, open, and integrated business software and hardware systems, with more than 370,000 customers including 100 of the Fortune 100 representing a variety of sizes and industries in more than 145 countries around the globe.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Cloud Strategy and Operations Manager
Job ID: 16000IBE
Location: Nigeria
- Oracle's Global License Management Services is an organization that promotes the management, governance and awareness of the proper use and distribution for Oracle systems through expert services.
- Its goal is to provide with the most up-to-date knowledge, best practices and tools to manage and maximize our customer's Oracle license investment.
- Responsible for the definition and delivery of the strategic and tactical enablement of LMS organization to execute its core services on the Cloud; while ensuring productivity, revenue and value contribution to Oracle's business.
- The Cloud Strategy and Operations manager will be reporting to the LMS Global Operations Director.
- Clarifies and constructs LMS capability to measure product deployment in the Cloud in order for compliance findings to be quantified
- Drives awareness of Cloud license management best practices and aligns with strategic direction and corporate objectives
- Develops new curriculum and coordinates communication to disseminate knowledge and practices to ensure that LMS consultants have the Knowledge and tools they need to successfully deliver LMS services
- Supports Knowledge Expertise Groups at a Global level
- Liaises with other LOB's readiness teams to take advantage of synergies (i.e. Sales and Presales)
- Leverages cross-functional networks to progress LMS activities
- Operates in line with Oracle's processes/procedures
- Works in a global environment
- Builds, executes and communicates the LMS Cloud strategy and implementation of programs
- Creates short, medium and long-term business plans, objectives and KPI's, to ensure Oracle's intellectual property is protected in the market through delivery of license management services and programs.
- Identifies and/or drives change improvement initiatives
- Develops and implements program activities and enhancements that strengthen the quality of services provided and that will lead to improved outcomes.
- Drives implementation and acts as a change management catalyst and a key interface and bridge between the various stakeholders
Experience and Qualifications
- University degree or equivalent combination of studies and experience
- Must have experience in licensing, pricing and compliance
- Ability to visualize how work evolves in order to prepare strategy and team members for future state
- Ability to effectively communicate relevant information to team and all levels of the organization
- Ability to develop and lead team members
- Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to develop strong, constructive relationships with multiple stakeholders in international work environment
- Fluent in English-Any additional languages will be plus
- Willing to travel
- Must have a thorough understanding of Oracle Cloud strategy
- + 10 years customer facing experience in IT industry
- +5 years experience in people management
- Experience in project management
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply
Note: As part of Oracle's employment process candidates will be required to complete a pre-employment screening process, prior to an offer being made. This will involve identity and employment verification, salary verification, professional references, education verification and professional qualifications and memberships (if applicable).


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Easily one of the best books i have ever read. Geek Love tells the story of the Binewski family, who have created their own traveling freak show by experimenting with drugs during pregnancy. The book is narrated by Olympia, a hunchback, albino dwarf.
The writing is so mesmerizing that when I read the book in 2005 I almost convinced myself never to attempt writing again because it would never compare to Dunn's. This book is one of the most original, entertaining, inspiring and emotionally compelling things you're likely to pick up.
will you be offended? maybe, but perhaps not. the book is dark and includes some strange/upsetting situations, but isn't terribly gratuitous or over the top.
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As debt looms over our heads and the debt limit draws ever nearer, people are getting antsy and starting to point fingers at who they think is to blame for failed negotiations about raising the debt limit. In a survey of 1,003 Americans done by the Pew Research Center, most people agreed that the Republicans in Congress are to blame. When broken down into political affiliations, 58% of Republicans blame the Obama administrations, and only 22% blame Republicans. 72% of Democrats say that Republicans are to blame, while 34% place blame on the Obama administration. Independents are pretty neatly divided on the issue, with 34% blaming the Obama administration, and 36% blaming Republicans in Congress.
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Rock Climbing- Sandboarding in Sinai
Rock Climbing in Sinai
The very quiet and mysterious mountains of the Sinai desert offer you some special possibilities for rock climbing. Check it out!
The climbing is in 2 main areas: Wadi Gnai (close to Dahab) for sports, bouldering & trad, and St Catherine (2 hours away), with stricly trad (absolutely no bolting allowed) and yet more boulders.
There are different routes for all levels of climbers or preferences, from beginner to expert. Rocks consist of mostly hard sandstone or granite in vorious colors. Climbing is organised on a person by person basis - groups who stay more than 2 weeks can combine climbing in the Sinai with a climbing-trip to Jordan.
Sandboarding in Sinai
Try now sandboarding in Sinai at Safra Sand Dune
Departure at 9 Am and return at 4 pm
Inclusive of transportation, equipment and lunch
Minimum 4 person
Price 250 Le per person
Try Climbing: 55 euro
Sportsclimbing & Bouldering: 45 euro per day
Tradclimbing: minimum 4 days, 50-60 euro per day
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As noun
any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc
: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc
Usually, walls
a rampart raised for defensive purposes
an immaterial or intangible barrier, obstruction, etc
, suggesting a wall:a wall of prejudice
a wall-like, enclosing part, thing, mass, etc
:a wall of fire; a wall of troops
an embankment to prevent flooding, as a levee or sea wall
the outermost film or layer of structural material protecting, surrounding, and defining the physical limits of an object:the wall of a blood cell
a line of defenders standing shoulder to shoulder in an attempt to block a free kick with their bodies
the side of a level or drift
the overhanging or underlying side of a vein; a hanging wall or footwall
As adjective
of or relating to a wall:wall space
growing against or on a wall:wall plants; wall cress
situated, placed, or installed in or on a wall:wall oven; a wall safe
As verb (used with object)
to enclose, shut off, divide, protect, border, etc
, with or as if with a wall (often followed by in or off):to wall the yard; to wall in the play area; He is walled in by lack of opportunity
to seal or fill (a doorway or other opening) with a wall:to wall an unused entrance
to seal or entomb (something or someone) within a wall (usually followed by up):The workmen had walled up the cat quite by mistake
As Idioms
climb (the) walls, Slang
to become tense or frantic:climbing the walls with boredom
drive / push to the wall, to force into a desperate situation; humiliate or ruin completely:Not content with merely winning the match, they used every opportunity to push the inferior team to the wall
go over the wall, Slang
to break out of prison:Roadblocks have been set up in an effort to capture several convicts who went over the wall
go to the wall, to be defeated in a conflict or competition; yield
to fail in business, especially to become bankrupt
to be put aside or forgotten
to take an extreme and determined position or measure: I'd go to the wall to stop him from resigning
hit the wall, (of long-distance runners) to reach a point in a race, usually after miles, when the body's fuels are virtually depleted and willpower becomes crucial to be able to finish
off the wall, Slang
beyond the realm of acceptability or reasonableness: The figure you quoted for doing the work is off the wall
markedly out of the ordinary; eccentric; bizarre: Some of the clothes in the fashion show were too off the wall for the average customer
up against the wall, placed against a wall to be executed by a firing squad
in a crucial or critical position, especially one in which defeat or failure seems imminent: Unless sales improve next month, the company will be up against the wall
up the wall, Slang
into an acutely frantic, frustrated, or irritated state:The constant tension in the office is driving everyone up the wall
As noun
the quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue
the natural appearance of the skin, especially of the face; complexion:She has a lovely color
a ruddy complexion:The wind and sun had given color to the sailor's face
a blush:His remarks brought the color to her face
vivid or distinctive quality, as of a literary work:Melville's description of a whaling voyage is full of color
details in description, customs, speech, habits, etc
, of a place or period:The novel takes place in New Orleans and contains much local color
something that is used for coloring; pigment; paint; tint; dye
background information, as anecdotes about players or competitors or analyses of plays, strategy, or performance, given by a sportscaster to heighten interest in a sportscast
any distinctive color or combination or pattern of colors, especially of a badge, ribbon, uniform, or the like, worn or displayed as a symbol of or to identify allegiance to, membership in, or sponsorship by a school, group, or organization
nature, viewpoint, or attitude; character; personality: His behavior in a crisis revealed his true colors
a flag, ensign, etc
, particularly the national flag
the ceremony of hoisting the national flag at a
and of lowering it at sunset
skin complexion of a particular people or ethnic group, especially when other than white: a person of color; people of color; a man of color; alumni of color; children of color
outward appearance or aspect; guise or show:It was a lie, but it had the color of the truth
a pretext:She did it under the color of doing a good deed
the general use or effect of the pigments in a picture
Chiefly Law
an apparent or prima facie right or ground:to hold possession under color of title
tone color
a trace or particle of valuable mineral, especially gold, as shown by washing auriferous gravel
any of the labels red, green, or blue that designate the three states in which quarks are expected to exist, or any of the corresponding labels for antiquark states
Compare quantum chromodynamics, quark model
the amount of ink used
a tincture other than a fur or metal, usually including gules, azure, vert, sable, and purpure
As adjective
involving, utilizing, yielding, or possessing color:a color TV
As verb (used with object)
to give or apply color to; tinge; paint; dye:She colored her hair dark red
to cause to appear different from the reality:In order to influence the jury, he colored his account of what had happened
to give a special character or distinguishing quality to:His personal feelings color his writing
As verb (used without object)
to take on or change color:The ocean colored at dawn
to flush; blush:He colored when confronted with the incriminating evidence
As Idioms
call to the colors, to summon for service in the armed forces:Thousands are being called to the colors
change color, to blush as from embarrassment
to turn pale, as from fear: When he saw the size of his opponent, he changed color
with flying colors
flying colors
Expand Also, especially British, colour
As preposition
accompanied by; accompanying:I will go with you
He fought with his brother against the enemy
in some particular relation to (especially implying interaction, company, association, conjunction, or connection):I dealt with the problem
She agreed with me
characterized by or having:a person with initiative
(of means or instrument) by the use of; using:to line a coat with silk; to cut with a knife
(of manner) using or showing:to work with diligence
in correspondence, comparison, or proportion to:Their power increased with their number
How does their plan compare with ours?
in regard to:to be pleased with a gift
(of cause) owing to:to die with pneumonia; to pale with fear
in the region, sphere, or view of:It is day with us while it is night with the Chinese
(of separation) from:to part with a thing
against, as in opposition or competition:He fought with his brother over the inheritance
in the keeping or service of:to leave something with a friend
in affecting the judgment, estimation, or consideration of:Her argument carried a lot of weight with the trustees
at the same time as or immediately after; upon:And with that last remark, she turned and left
of the same opinion or conviction as:Are you with me or against me?
in proximity to or in the same household as:He lives with his parents
(used as a function word to specify an additional circumstance or condition):We climbed the hill, with Jeff following behind
As Idioms
in with
in (def )
with child, pregnant
with it, Slang
knowledgeable about, sympathetic to, or partaking of the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc
representing or characterized by the most up-to-date trends, fashions, art, etc
with that
that (def )
As noun
a dark tertiary color with a yellowish or reddish hue
a person whose skin has a light- or dark-brown pigmentation
As adjective, browner, brownest
of the color brown
(of animals) having skin, fur, hair, or feathers of that color
sunburned or tanned
Often Offensive
(of human beings) having the skin naturally pigmented a brown color
As verb (used with or without object)
to make or become brown
to fry, sauté, or scorch slightly in cooking:to brown onions before adding them to the stew
The potatoes browned in the pan
As Verb phrases
brown out, to subject to a brownout:The power failure browned out the southern half of the state
As Idioms
browned off, Slang
angry; fed up
do it up brown, Informal
to do thoroughly:When they entertain, they really do it up brown
As noun
the skin of an animal, with the hair removed, prepared for use by tanning or a similar process designed to preserve it against decay and make it pliable or supple when dry
an article made of this material
stirrup leather
As adjective
pertaining to, made of, or resembling leather:leather processing; leather upholstery
catering to or patronized by customers who typically wear leather clothing, often as a means of signaling interest in or preference for sadomasochistic sexual activity
As verb (used with object)
to cover or furnish with leather
to beat with a leather strap
As noun
the movable articles, as tables, chairs, desks or cabinets, required for use or ornament in a house, office, or the like
fittings, apparatus, or necessary accessories for something
equipment for streets and other public areas, as lighting standards, signs, benches, or litter bins
Also called bearer, dead metal
pieces of wood or metal, less than type high, set in and about pages of type to fill them out and hold the type in place in a chase
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Introduction: Ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory with anti-inflammatory, analgesic and antipyretic properties. The safety of ibuprofen was revised in 2006 and finally in 2015 it was confirmed that administration of high doses of ibuprofen is associated with an increased risk of arterial thrombosis.
Objectives: Testing the use of ibuprofen by users of the community pharmacy.
Material and methods: Data from this study descriptive, observational and cross-sectional are obtained from questionnaire of regular customers of the pharmacy in particular before signing a consent form and then being given advice through an information leaflet.
Results: 40 people were included exceeding the inclusion criteria, of which only one person had ibuprofen as chronic treatment. 82.5% used doses of 600 mg and 15.0% of 400 mg with a predominant dosage, every 8 hours, in both cases. 55.0% of people used ibuprofen until the pain subsided and uses were varied, being headache in first position.
Discussion: No one can corroborate what dose is most prevalent in other countries, but we can clarify that the dose of 600 mg is not marketed in some of them, such as France. This turns out to be the most used doses among the survey respondents exceeding the maximum dose of 1200 mg per day recommended by AEMPS to avoid a possible cardiovascular risk. Moreover, all ibuprofen indications that respondents used are correct, except of the cold that in Spain is not supported. Compared to other countries, we can see that this use is accepted in the United States and the United Kingdom by the relevant agencies of medication.


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Its all change! I've shifted my months to be from the first of every month, I've had a bit of a break from working out so it was the perfect time to switch and now much easier to keep track of. This month we've had a baby shower, the early arrival of our granddaughter and our holiday week all in one month.
So firstly in my third month i lost 7lb, 4lb of that was in 1 week, i started Jillian Michaels 30 day shred and its so good! Im currently on level three which i didnt complete, so I'll pick that back up next week. My total weight loss now is 3 stone, i haven't put any back on during my break, I've kept mostly active and eaten my normal relatively healthy diet, with some extra treats and with spending alot of time at the hospital over a three day period while my daughter was in labour i just had to eat what the hospital had on offer and what would keep me awake through the night, and whats on offer is shocking! Maltezers and Cheddars were the best thing i could find from the vending machine, which kept me awake and gave me stomach ache too, im disgusted that the only food available all the time is junk.. In a hospital!!
I worked out 5 days out of the 7, i managed 6 days one week, its not always easy some days are difficult, i love working out and i know the benifits, i have lots of motivation most of the time, but sometimes its just hard and i have to force myself to workout, usually it turns out to be the best workout ever but sometimes its a struggle the whole way through, wishing it would just end, but always by the end I'm happy that i got through it, another step closer to my fitness goal, another step closer to a healthier body.
I've been having a little trouble with my shoulder but enter the amazing DUK tape which gives me relief, we have been having so much fun making our videos for our business, its not really like work at all because we enjoy it so much, I'm slowly getting used to being in front of the camera, more practice is needed but we are definitely enjoying all the learning and how its changing us, for me i can feel my confidence and self esteem growing daily! so heres a short clip of me talking about our awesome DUK 🙂
On to food… The weather has picked up a bit in the last week or so and we have been taking full advantage, my hubby has been cooking on the BBQ whenever possible, he makes the best chicken kebabs, they are just amazing! Recipe coming soon!
My goal is now set to loose another 3 stone before Christmas, with hubby now in full time work, working out is going to be difficult, along with looking after the little ones and working from home but I'm determined to find way so watch this space to see how it goes.


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Photo by Jeff Helmkamp
Photo by Jeff Helmkamp
Photo by Jeff Helmkamp
Photo by Jeff Helmkamp
EDWARDSVILLE – After just 3 days, freshmen Madi Smith and Ellie Jacobs have been valuable members of the Marquette Catholic girls soccer team.
The Wesclin Warriors found out why on Friday in a Metro Cup Tournament match at Edwardsville High.
Smith and Jacobs each scored a goal to lead the Explorers to a come-from-behind, 2-1 win over the Trenton school to wrap up pool play in the Adidas division of the 24-team tournament. The contest was called with 4:40 left in the second half due to lightning in the area.
Marquette improved to 2-1 and finished second in Group B of the Adidas division. The Alton school will play the Roxana Shells (1-1-1) in the third-place match at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Family Sportplex in Belleville.
Roxana finished second in Group A of the Adidas division after beating Mascoutah, tying O'Fallon and losing to Althoff.
The last time Marquette and Roxana played each other was in 2016, when the Explorers beat the Shells twice.
The Explorers will return to the Family Sportsplex for the second time in four days on Saturday. They started their season on Tuesday with a 5-1 win over the Gibault Hawks at the Sportsplex.
In that match, Smith and Jacobs each scored a goal to help Marquette pull off the win.
With their goals on Friday, Smith and Jacobs are tied with Amanda Murray with the team lead in goals with two. They also helped the Explorers bounce back from a 3-0 loss to Columbia on Wednesday.
Sophomore Kaya Thies recorded assists in both goals.
Wesclin, which dropped to 1-2, took a 1-0 lead on a goal from Sidney Christopher with 17:38 to go in the first half. She received a pass from Galena Stewart and kicked the ball past senior goalkeeper Lauren Fischer for the first goal.
With just 1:58 into the second half, Smith received a pass from Thies in the scorer's box and kicked the ball past Wesclin goalkeeper Lydia Schorfheide to tie the match at 1-1.
Jacobs broke the tie by scoring a goal with 14:57 left in the match. Three days earlier, she scored the Explorers' first goal of the season in the contest against Gibault.
The Explorers and Warriors played under chilly and rainy conditions for most of the match. The temperature at game time was 43 degrees, a 20-degree drop from Thursday, and rain started to fall with eight minutes left in the first half. Lightning started hitting the area late in the second half.
Marquette is looking to finish with a winning season in Brian Hoener's first season as head coach. Hoener was hired in October to replace Steve Mitchell as the Explorers' head coach.
This spring, Hoener is coaching a team that has eight seniors, two juniors, four sophomores and four freshmen.
Smith, Jacobs, Chloe Kane and Emma Anselm make up the freshman class and all of them started on Friday.
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Marquette girls soccer coach Brian Hoener discusses his team's 2-1 victory over Wesclin in a Metro Cup tournament match on Friday at Edwardsville.
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Marquette sophomore Kaya Thies discusses her team's performance in the 2-1 win over Wesclin in a Metro Cup tournament match on Friday at Edwardsville as well as finishing with two assists.


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Today it's almost impossible to think of Lagaan as a film that was less than exemplary in all aspects. However, it was met with more apprehension than excitement in the years leading up to its production. Ashutosh Gowariker's script defied all the rules of mainstream cinema. It included a slow song in the pre-climax, focused on sports and had a dialect that masses were unfamiliar with. Inspite of all the itsy-bitsy nuances, the movie garnered critical and commercial success; hence becoming a landmark in Indian cinema.
This was just one of the many facts unveiled in Chale Chalo: The Lunacy of Film Making. The documentary, which had its first major screening last night, was shot during the making of Lagaan. It chronicled the journey of the film from its conception to its release. Here are ten interesting tidbits Chale Chalo told us about Lagaan. Every Indian can relate to number seven!
1. Contrary to popular belief, the Aamir–Kiran romance didn't begin on the sets of Lagaan! Though that was where they first met, the couple didn't get together until later. When Kiran said she had no time for romance on the sets, Aamir mischievously hinted that there was romance – just not with him!
2. Even after all these years, the cast members still refer to each other by character name. Poor Kachra!
3. Recording the reaction of thousands of people isn't easy. So how did Ashutosh manage to elicit the perfect reaction from the crowd during the final scene? Easy-peasy! He made Aamir sing Aati Kya Khandala, which got the crowd to cheer, making for the perfect scene!
4. Since there were no comfortable hotels in Bhuj, Aamir converted a newly constructed building into a hotel!
6. The cast and crew members had to travel from their hotel to the location by bus at 5 AM, everyday. To ensure that shooting isn't delayed, Aamir laid down a rule – If you can't make it to the bus on time, you're going to get left behind. What he didn't foresee was the fact that he would become the victim too! One fine day, Aamir found himself stranded outside the hotel when he reached at 5:05 AM.
7. Sachin Tendulkar had the most interesting reaction while watching Lagaan. At a preview screening, Aamir recalls seeing Sachin look tensed during the final match. Isn't that a feeling we've all experienced while watching Sachin on the field?
8. Paul Blackthorne and Rachel Shelley faced their own set of struggles during filming. Rachel, who didn't know a word of Hindi, memorized everyone's lines so she could understand the scenes better. Paul, on the other hand, found himself ashamed of his country after reading about the British Raj in India.
9. Paul and Rachel weren't the only ones who struggled with their lines, though. Out of habit, Aamir found himself slipping into Hindi between his dialogues!
10. None of the extras on set had ever lip-synced to a song before. To make it easier for them, they were all asked to assemble a few days before the shoot and sing Ghanan Ghanan until they knew every word perfectly!
With all this and more interesting footage, the documentary was almost as entertaining as Lagaan itself!


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Filmmaker Josh Trank's name has been in the news a lot in recent months, and not always in the best light. The director was attached to helm the second of the "Star Wars Anthology" spin-off films before abruptly dropping out.
His departure was rumored to be due to problems with his upcoming "Fantastic Four" reboot. The filmmaker didn't do himself many favours with that movie, keeping things regarding it so secret until the first trailer launch earlier this year. After the reaction to that unveiling proved mixed, talk about the movie has been more forthcoming but scepticism remains high.
In a new in-depth piece with The Los Angeles Times, Trank explains his side of the story about various topics, starting with the "Star Wars" departure:
"I knew that this was going to be questioned, and it was going to come under skepticism as to why I left 'Star Wars'. And it was hard. It was the hardest decision I've ever had to make in my life… I want to do something original after this, because I've been living under public scrutiny, as you've seen, for the last four years of my life and it's not healthy for me right now in my life. I want to do something that's below the radar.
[Lucasfilm] all understood it because this whole experience for me has been very psychologically hard. It feels sometimes like I'm living in a Paddy Chayefsky script or something like that. Every misconception that could possibly be made about this has been made to a hilariously satirical degree. And it's people who haven't met me before. If they met me – I don't know, I feel like I'm a pretty harmless person."
Thank also spoke about the controversies over "Fantastic Four," including the still debated skin color change of the Johnny Storm/The Human Torch character with the hiring of Michael B. Jordan in the role. Asked about the backlash to the casting choice, he says:
"I get it I have a lot of friends who are older than me who are comic fans and it's really hard for them to be on board with a change like that. 'Fantastic Four' has been theirs for longer than I've been alive. It hasn't been mine.
It only speaks to the greatness of any story that has been told for decades or centuries that people still want to tell that story. But you can't just keep telling it the same way over and over again. And I think it only helps the world to be more honest with young kids, to show them the world that they go walk outside and see."
In the same article, "Fantastic Four" producer Simon Kinberg spoke about the criticism of casting the young and wiry Jamie Bell as Ben Grimm/The Thing, a role that some believe should go to a physically larger actor. Kinberg explains the choice:
"The change of Jamie as Ben being a smaller guy instead of a bigger guy, for example, was for a purpose. It's more dramatic when that character becomes a huge rock creature – that's a bigger transformation. The notion of a working-class tough guy who's been pushed around by his bigger brothers his whole life seemed like a more interesting character than the guy who started as a football player and just ended up being 4 inches taller."
Judgements will be made when "Fantastic Four" hits cinemas on August 7th.


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The heavy smog has long cleared from the skies over Pittsburgh; the weather forecasts no longer routinely announce the pollution index alongside the temperature.
But a cloud now hangs over the area once again — and for that matter other parts of Pennsylvania that have struggled to surmount the post-industrial changes that shuttered the mills and some of the mines a long time ago. A generation has passed, witness to alterations in the physical landscape and psyche of so many residents of a state that thrived on a robust job market that no longer exists. This issue over Senator Barack Obama's remarks about the "bitter" sentiment among small-town voters threatens to overshadow or perhaps dominate Pennsylvania's primary, nine days from now.
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Republicans have seized on Senator Obama's remarks about small-town America, comments he made at a fundraiser a week ago in Marin County, Calif., that seemed to characterize residents of economically depressed areas in Pennsylvania as people who are so "beaten down" that they "cling" to wedge issues (not our term) like religion or anti-immigrant sentiment or the right to own guns.
On the news shows this morning and over the weekend, top elected officials weighed in with their takes on what Mr. Obama's statements could mean for the contest — and in places like Indiana, West Virginia and elsewhere where job losses have been heartfelt and insurmountable. (The Keystone State's neighbor, Ohio, no stranger to job loss as it shed 200,000 or more and ranks fifth in the states for out-migration, meaning the loss of people from the state who went elsewhere to seek employment, has already cast its vote, heavily for Senator Clinton.)
So, first, the interpretation of Pennsylvania's Gov. Ed Rendell, a stalwart Clinton supporter, who said recently, according to various sources:
People in rural Pennsylvania don't turn to guns and religion as an escape," Mr. Rendell said. "Hunting and sportsmanship are long-established traditions here, and people of faith founded the commonwealth and continue to live here. What the senator has done is essentially misread what is actually happening in Pennsylvania.
Senator Bob Casey, whose endorsement of Mr. Obama a few weeks ago took many by surprise because the Democratic scion of a Pennsylvania family had been sitting on the fence, parried with Wolf Blitzer today on CNN's "Late Edition:"
Mr. Blitzer: [Sen. Clinton is] suggesting that your candidate, Senator Obama, is elitist by these words that he delivered. Let's get your reaction.
Senator Casey: Well, Wolf, I think that's ridiculous. Anyone who knows Barack Obama, knows his life story, knows that that's not true. But he expressed regret and we understand. I think he understands why some people could be offended by those words.
But here's the larger point. Mr. Obama was trying to express the frustration that people feel, not only with this economy, but what has been happening in Washington, where special interests have had a stranglehold on the process in Washington.
He was trying to express that. I have to say, Wolf, I know Barack Obama and I know Pennsylvania. And I've been blessed with the votes of people all across our state, including a lot of smaller communities in Pennsylvania, and I don't think they're going to judge him by one statement.
And then, Senator Evan Bayh, devoted Clinton supporter, spools this message forward, to the Indiana primary and to what the Republicans will do to Senator Obama if he were the nominee and if this became a general-election issue:
Senator Bayh: Well, Wolf, I think we have a substantive issue and then a political problem, potentially. The substantive issue is that, yes, there is economic anxiety out in the heartland, no question about it. I see it in my state every day. But to imply, even mistakenly, that people's religious faith or that their devotion to hunting or fishing, or their other cultural values in some way is dependent upon anger and bitterness or economic frustration I think just is not an accurate reflection of how middle Americans feel.
The political point is — and this is unfortunately prevalent in some places out in the Midwest — they do view our party — mistakenly, I think sometimes — as being culturally elite, and that we kind of look down our nose at people too often, people of faith, people who are patriotic, people who hunt and fish, those kinds of things. And they just think we don't understand their values.
Now, as I said, I think that's mistaken. But that costs us too many elections. And we have two good candidates in this election. We can't afford four more years of what we have had. We have to win in November. And this could be the kind of political issue that Karl Rove and the Republicans use to beat us over the head with, and that would be a tragic thing.
So, what to take away from this contretemps over the weekend? Full disclosure, I am a Pittsburgher. Raised in its suburbs and its southwestern regional area. I last visited (on a rare occasion) the day that Senator Clinton marched in the St. Patrick's Day Parade to much applause.
But as the cabbie drove me the night before from the airport to the old but elegantly refurbished William Penn Hotel, he and I reminisced about what is missing. Woolworth's is gone, where my grandmother would take me to the lunch counter when I was very little to have tomato soup and grilled cheese. And we also lamented the disappearance of those great downtown department stores: Joseph Horne's and Gimbel's and Kaufmann's.
Of course, for so long, I have remembered and long held dear the sight of those (yes, borrowed descriptions) belching orange dinosaurs along the Monongahela River and the Allegheny and the Ohio. Despite the horrific smell, which was quite noxious at the home where my cousins lived, near McKeesport and the Clairton Steel Works. Most of the mills are dismantled, some are rusted hulks. But if you drive along River Road, you no longer have this pulsating sense that the hills are alive day and night, churning, always churning out a reason for being.
The mills bespoke a work ethic, a work pathos, that remains in the hearts of the residents who remain. There were times that my father, who became a white-collar editor and was laid off during the mega-recession that hit Pittsburgh in the early 1980's, worked the graveyard shift in a mill before I was born to help put himself through college. And then when I was very young, he would wake me up at night to read to me once he returned from night school. I have only vague memories of that.
Some of my relatives worked the mills. The parents of my childhood friends worked the mines, too. Many of their children have left the region, gone elsewhere long ago to find work.
Some stayed. And they've made the transition into other sectors and professions, like health care or real estate.
So, perhaps I understand the transitional, transactive nature of a changing economy in a way that has left many behind, and forced many to leave, even my closest cousins. On the other hand, as a journalist, it is very difficult to listen to the ways in which politics invades the homes of people who still struggle mightily and hard to remember their heritage and forge onward. Who managed to hang onto their homes, when we could not.
Are they bitter? Some, definitely. Is religion something they are clinging to? The electorate — at least in my world — was heavily Catholic — through good times and bad. As for hunting, well, as Governor Rendell said, deer-hunting was and remains a very popular way of life. We used to have to herd my little brothers away from the hayfields when the hunters were marching across the backfields. (Testament to that reality of life was the fact that my high school friends, armed with a hunting license, were granted, if I recall correctly, a legitimate absence from school for the first week of the hunting season.)
Will Senator Obama's remarks hurt him with people who keep those memories in their scrapbooks? I don't know. Senator Clinton and Senator John McCain would like you to think so. So much has changed, yet so much remains the same.


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In a way, the Amsterdam clothing brand MY BRAND is a joke that got out of hand. It all started with a single boyfriend T-shirt for women in 2009, setting off a massive trend of logo shirts having a nod to the major fashion houses. In the meantime, the brand is a fully-fledged collection for women, men and children, and opening its own brand stores worldwide. The big fans? International football players including Suarez, Messi and Neymar are spotted in MY BRAND every day.
|Striking women's, men's and children's clothing (shoes, too!), with a focus on T-shirts with prints
|Design a logo T-shirt for a laugh and market it
|Over 400 retail outlets worldwide, including MY BRAND stores in the Netherlands (The Hague, Amsterdam), Spain and Colombia
A visit
to MY BRAND promises scoring unique items to beats by the likes of DJ Dyna, who often spins in the shop. You can gawk at countless T-shirts featuring prints of legends such as Pablo Escobar, Robert de Niro and Marilyn Monroe. These have been transformed into kid's wear for the youngest consumers. 'Like father, like son' is something MY BRAND clearly understands.
The collection
is presented in a gleaming black shop, and everything is hanging in a single size–talk about a convenient set-up. MY BRAND is famous for Italian quality at an affordable price. Each month, the brand introduces a new collection, which means it is definitely worthwhile stopping by on a regular basis.
is popular with celebrities: international DJs and football stars in particular love to wear the brand. Wesley and Jolanthe Sneijder-Cabau have been fans from the start. Soon they will be able to dress the newest addition to their family in MY BRAND, too. In addition to carrying small sizes, MY BRAND also has its own +PLUS line that goes up to size 6XL. Are you ready to stand out?
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Michael Urie to Visit TV Land's HOT IN CLEVELAND This July
Betty White will have a new hunk to pine after when 'Partners' star Michael Urie stops by TV Land's Hot In Cleveland next season.
EW, reports that the actor will play 'Jeffrey', described as "a wedding planner who former soap star Victoria (Wendie Malick) is desperate to hire." No word yet on whose wedding he will be arranging on the show.
The series is currently airing new episodes on Wednesdays at 10 pm/ET through February 13th. It will then take a spring break and reappear with an all new live episode in June. Urie's episode is schedule to air in July.
The actor is best known for his portrayal of Marc St. James on the ABC dramedy series Ugly Betty. In January 2012, Urie made his Broadway debut, joining the cast of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying's second revival.


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Windows of Worship
Jesus Calms the Storm
23 Then he got into the boat and his disciples followed him. 24 Suddenly a furious storm came up on the lake, so that the waves swept over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25 The disciples went and woke him, saying, "Lord, save us! We're going to drown!"
26 He replied, "You of little faith, why are you so afraid?" Then he got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm.
27 The men were amazed and asked, "What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!"
Jesus Calms the Storm
35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, "Let us go over to the other side." 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, "Teacher, don't you care if we drown?"
39 He got up, rebuked the wind and said to the waves, "Quiet! Be still!" Then the wind died down and it was completely calm.
40 He said to his disciples, "Why are you so afraid? Do you still have no faith?"
41 They were terrified and asked each other, "Who is this? Even the wind and the waves obey him!"


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