text
stringlengths 14
162k
| timestamp
timestamp[s] | url
stringlengths 14
1.98k
|
|---|---|---|
Book Vila Galé Lagos and play Palmares, Boavista and Espiche golf courses for a great value package. West Algarve, Portugal.
Palmares golf course highlights itself in the Algarve coast because of its prime location, facing the incredible blue scenario of the ocean. A Perfect contrast with the green of this unique 27-hole golf course designed by Robert Trent Jones II, which the links holes along the beach and the great views are the highlighting points. | 2019-04-20T03:23:43 | https://www.algarvepackage.com/vila-gale-lagos-golf-package/1092/lagos-seven-nights-four-golf-rounds/ |
What Are The Health Benefits Of Raw Honey?
What Can Cause Joint Pains In Children?
Are Probiotics Good or Bad for Crohn's Disease? | 2019-04-19T19:16:52 | http://health.katalay.net/tags/happiness-hormone |
Want to curb the sugar for health? Or off it to not let it pile up around your waist? Well, whatever the reason is don't let anything stop you from indulging in sweetness of the moments! ArenaCakes brings you delighful sugar-free cake in every flavor and toppings imaginable! Go ahead, explore and dig in!
It was absolutely satisfied..ordered for mom 's birthday ...eggless cake + cadbury silk + vase. | 2019-04-23T04:26:18 | http://www.arenacakes.co.in/delightfully-sugar-free-cake.html |
Are Medals for Sports Important in SA?
In the sporting community, a trophy or medal is a symbol of victory – winning! And while winning isn’t the focus of every game, it can be quite satisfying to receive an award for your skills and achievements. Awards aren’t just for the educational and corporate environment. They certainly have their place on the sport’s field too. Medals for sports have earned their place in today’s society, which happens to be a highly competitive one. One doesn’t get ahead in the sporting world without being competitive, so such medals and awards are highly encouraged.
The motivation that school medals and awards can stir up in an academic and sporting environment is phenomenal. In the schooling environment, it is important to spark a competitive nature, along with ambition and motivation, in students, and many institutions have realised the true value in presenting students with medals and awards that provide them with much needed and appreciated recognition for their hard work. | 2019-04-24T08:32:48 | http://www.trophyandmedalboutique.co.za/blog/page/19 |
The Citrix Baby Brain Drain study has revealed that approximately 3,000 new mothers leave the workforce every year due to the cost of childcare. The study also shows that this loss of talent is costing Irish businesses over €68 million every year as firms are forced to recruit new staff and train them sufficiently so that there is no loss in productivity.
The Citrix Baby Brain Drain study, which was run in partnership with eumom, Ireland’s largest pregnancy and parenting website, surveyed expectant mothers or mothers of babies under one year of age to establish whether they planned to return to work after their maternity leave and the factors influencing their decision.
The research highlighted that working mothers expect Government to play a key role in tackling the issues, with almost half of those surveyed (49 percent) unhappy with measures introduced for mothers in the last budget.
Almost seven in ten of the survey participants would like to see legislation introduced which would see a tax break or subsidy for childcare.
46 percent of the expectant mothers and new mothers surveyed would like to see legislation introduced which would guarantee mothers the option of returning to work part time. Over four in ten mothers would also like to see some form of paid paternity leave introduced.
The study also highlighted that businesses could do more for working mothers, with 32 percent expressing that they would like to have the option of working remotely. This builds on previous research studies commissioned by Citrix which showed that 84 percent of working professional women believed that a flexible working policy was crucial to managing motherhood and a demanding job. | 2019-04-18T10:18:20 | https://irishtechnews.ie/3000-new-mothers-leave-the-workforce-every-year-due-to-the-cost-of-childcare/ |
the distributed future of water.
Aquatecture Holdings is a single-family office investing patient, private capital to accelerate the transformation of the water sector.
We seek to build value for the long-term, while also creating a positive environmental or social impact, by investing in growth-stage water and wastewater technology businesses and asset finance opportunities.
In response to aging infrastructure, public health threats and increasing supply concerns, the water sector is evolving from a historically centralized model to a decentralized network of distributed supply and treatment systems. We look for growth targets which exhibit a highly-differentiated product or service, support a distributed-utility model, and demonstrate the opportunity for substantial growth as part of the sector’s transformation. Asset and small project finance opportunities require an equipment partner with an established track record and strong pipeline.
Our team combines years of principal investing and project finance experience with the deep water and wastewater sector expertise of our affiliate, aquaTECTURE. We seek to partner with experienced management teams, supporting them as they implement aggressive growth strategies. Aquatecture Holdings is your capital partner for the distributed water and wastewater future.
© 2018 Aquatecture Holdings. All rights reserved. | 2019-04-21T22:04:56 | http://aquatectureholdings.com/ |
The Ikea superstore in Carbrook, Sheffield.
The organisers of the Sheffield Design Awards are going to the people to find out which new building deserves the public’s seal of approval.
The biennial prizegiving – organised by the Sheffield Society of Architects and the Sheffield Civic Trust – is now in its 10th year, and a ceremony is happening in October when honours will be presented in a range of categories.
The M&S Foodhall at St James' Retail Park, Norton, Sheffield.
One of the sections, ‘people’s choice’, relies on outside votes, and the full list of 34 entries to pick from has now been published. It features all the nominations received this year; the judges’ shortlist, released last month, was whittled down to 16 candidates.
The £60 million Ikea superstore in Carbrook, St James’ Retail Park on the old Norton College site – which represented a ‘marked change in retail park design’, according to the architects – and the expanded Rising Sun pub at Nether Green are among the potential winners that only the public can elect.
Residential developments were nominated, such as an unusual timber-framed extension to a 1930s semi-detached house on Rupert Road, Nether Edge.
Schemes that will also be looked at by the judging panel include the Olympic Legacy Park, on the site of the former Don Valley Stadium – a landscaped public space described as ‘attractive to inward investment’ – and Albert Works, a historic former cutlery forge on Sidney Street that has been repurposed as sleek offices for marketing firm Jaywing.
The timber-framed extension on a 1930s semi at Rupert Road, Nether Edge, Sheffield.
Krynkl, a development made from recycled shipping containers at Shalesmoor that contains a gym, rooftop bar and Jöro, a Michelin-approved Scandi-inspired restaurant, has made the cut alongside the Site Gallery, the Brown Street venue which has trebled in size with a £2.7 million extension. Public, the cocktail bar run by the Rockingham Group in the former gents’ toilets underneath Sheffield Town Hall, and the Porter Brook Pocket Park – an area created by the council on Sidney Street that doubles as a flood prevention measure – are on both lists too.
Nominations have come from beyond Sheffield as well – three schemes at Chatsworth are in the running, as is the National College for High Speed Rail in Doncaster and the George Wright boutique hotel in Rotherham.
The winner of the people’s choice award in 2016 was Foodhall, a volunteer-run ‘pay-as-you-feel’ restaurant on Eyre Street.
The extended Rising Sun pub at Nether Green, Sheffield.
Visit www.sheffieldsocietyofarchitects.org.uk/sda2018publicchoice to vote. The verdict will be announced at Trafalgar Warehouse on October 25. | 2019-04-22T10:53:36 | https://www.sheffieldtelegraph.co.uk/whats-on/arts/sheffield-design-awards-2018-people-s-choice-category-opens-for-voting-1-9357164 |
But in fact, emotions, be they afflictive or pleasant, are not only temporary (Anijja), dis-satisfactory (Dhukkha), and not self (Anatta), as stated by the Lord Buddha, but are also natural physical reactions, due to chemicals released by the brain into the nervous system, based on what one is thinking.
What one is thinking is conditioned, and will cause the brain to send chemicals into the nervous system. One unconscious process we can notice consciously which reflects when we are feeling stressed, is the breath.
Controlling the breath, and noticing if it is agitated, or not, is a key to reverse-engineering the chemicals within the nervous system, which causes stress, and agitated breathing, to douse out, or to change the nature of those chemicals, and create a peaceful physical feeling, and hence, a peaceful mind and emotion.
The anger, stress, sadness, loneliness, and other afflictive emotions are not sinful. Sin is not the meaning of ‘Defilement’. Defilement is more like a stain that was conditioned as we grew up, and society conditions us, as do human cultural habits and traditions, and which can be ‘polished off’ leaving the consciousness void of impurity, and liberated from afflictive emotions (Dhukkha Vedhana).
Note; Just because I may be able to explain a technique, does not necessarily mean that i myself have mastered it in my own applied practice and manifested it into my life. Watch the Teachings, Not the Teacher.
Vedanā (Pāli; Sanskrit) is a Buddhist term traditionally translated as either “feeling” or “sensation.” In general, vedanā refers to the pleasant, unpleasant and neutral sensations that occur when our internal sense organs come into contact with external sense objects and the associated consciousness.
One of the seven universal mental factors in the Theravāda Abhidharma.
One of the five universal mental factors in the Mahāyāna Abhidharma.
One of the twelve links of dependent origination (in both Theravāda and Mahāyāna traditions).
One of the five skandas (in both Theravāda and Mahāyāna traditions).
One of the objects of focus within the four foundations of mindfulness practice.
In the context of the twelve links, craving for and attachment to vedanā leads to suffering; reciprocally, concentrated awareness and clear comprehension of vedanā can lead to Enlightenment and the extinction of the causes of suffering.
Comments Off on What Is Sin?
The concept of what Sin is, is a question many people ask, and never really get a straight answer. Sin, is a word, which we Humans use to express the concept of some kind of Judicially Regulated list of acts and intentions, thoughts and words, some of which are considered to be of a positive charge (nature), and others with a Negative Charge (unnatural). Those which we consider positive are said to be Auspicious, or Meritorious.
Those actions words or intentions and thoughts which are negatively charged, are considered to be Sinful, Unethical and Immoral. I would say that before any Humans and Religions and Philosophies ever arose, Evolution was already at work long before, and that Sin, is a Human Concept, based on a measurement Principle which differs according to the varying Ethical Beliefs of each Culture or Belief System (Religion).
In truth, all things are in motion and living beings react to each other according to how Nature has programmed them to survive and evolve as species… even inanimate objects such as rock, lava, water, and clouds, behave in reaction to their surrounding environment, which is also involved in the causes of effects. Cause and Effect is not just our own actions, rather, the environment and our memories and experiences and genetic makeup also condition our responses.
Does True Justice Exist? and if so Where? – in Our Heads? or Outside of It?
They are programmed by nature, such as anger is what a buffalo mother is programmed to have, when her perception sees an approaching living being, and memory association or genetic memory, then associates the approaching being as enemy or friend, and if a lion, the buffalo gets angry, and prepares to fight or flee… It is a chemical reaction of mother nature, and evolution’s survival of species .. not sin! it is Natural. But this inbuilt pre-programmed survival instinct system evolved by Nature in the creation of life forms, is a natural process that is not sinful, it is merely defilement that hides the true Buddha Nature from the Experiencer, who has fallen into Samsaric Existence and Physicality by way of Birth, due to Dependent Origination (Pratītyasamutpāda).
Supernatural, is the Human who has overcome the base instincts, which mother nature provided each species with to survive, and which cause illusory perception of existence (subjective, not objective), and this is what the Human who has seen the escape route to the existential question, seeks.. Buddhists call it Nibbana. The cessation of suffering and consciousness of dis-satisfactory sensations, and afflictive thoughts and emotions.
Sin is when knowing all of the above, one still wishes harm towards others, with no reason that is programmed by evolution, survival of species, or human conditioning. Such is hardly possible, except when the ‘sinner’ is still oblivious to the nature of all things. Sin is hence Ignorance, and Ignorance is always present, for Anger or Greed to arise.
The three mind poisons (for me, better named as ‘Desire, Aversion, and Delusion’ as ‘Greed Anger and Ignorance), which prevent us from becoming liberated, and which shroud our minds and affect our behavior, and are afflictions of the spirit, are that which must be destroyed, by destroying ignorance. In Thailand, we call this Ignorance of the True Nature of all Things (Dhamma), ‘Awicha’ (Avidyā in Sanskrit, or Avijjā in Pali).
where there is sadness , joy .
A nice prayer (but wishful thinking).. however, prayers are for people who are not prepared to make the effort to change.. the lord wont make you patient or forgiving or generous or merciful.. only you will. The Lord may wish you to be.. but Free will dictates that it is You yourself, who must make the efforts and reach the necessary understanding, to become an angelic mind, and only with an angelic mind, can one enter the pearly gates.. after all, heaven is a pure place isn’t it?
To sow love where there is hatred.. you need understanding.. not prayers, you need to destroy your false views so you don’t feel offended, and to destroy your false views so you don’t feel resentment or wronged, and don’t hate others. However, the power of prayer can strengthen your own resolve, and indeed, is intended for self mindfulness, more than for the angels to hear you.
However, having said this, ‘Athithaan‘ in Thai means ‘to pray’, or cultivate the deep wish (and willpower), to manifest one’s desires.
When i was preparing to Ordain as a Bhikkhu (Buddhist Monk), i was told to pray and pray and pray for the chance to become a Monk, and indeed, the repeated praying developed a higher and more serious attitude and stronger resolve to become one.
This also helped to develop the bases of attitude (Dhitti), needed to become a person deserving of Ordination. So Prayer does have its place and importance as a practice, when performed with wisdom, but not blind faith, and when accompanied by personal efforts to change, and to manifest what one is praying for.
The Below Video shows a very young girl who is still a young child, asking questions which reveal her own deep understanding, far superior to many adults who profess to be Pundits, and receives some answers which may help you to understand what self purification entails.
A Sotāpanna means ‘stream enterer’, and refers to someone who has entered an unstoppable process of introspective self development and purification and ‘eye-opening’ insights, which can never be stopped again, rather like the turning of the wheel of the Dhamma.. or a snowball, which once it begins to roll, never stops, and just keeps growing and growing. A stream enterer will attain the final stage of the path, and will never leave this streamflow which leads to that which Humans call ‘Enlightenment’ which is in truth, is merely the process of reawakening to the true nature of all things in existence, living and not living, and the cessation of all the causes of suffering and rebirth in Material Realms.
Celestial Realms of Mind and Spirit, are not Nibbana, and the denizens of these realms are still subject to the law of impermanence, dissatisfactoriness, and not selfness, but have an existence which has much more comfort and less sufferings than the Human Realms.
My Comment on the Header Picture Caption; Praying Hands on a Holy Book. A Very Human Phenomena, based in Hopes and Fears, and the feeling of Helplessness. Some Turn to Prayer, others to Magic, and a very few, choose the path of self introspection, self honesty and self transformation through efforts of renunciation of false views and clinging to impermanent things.
Facing Death can be considered our ultimate test we have to pass in Life.
One inspiring teaching and incredibly well filmed video which affronts the tabu topic of facing one’s own eventual death and cessation, is this video of Pra Ajarn Tippakorn, made with the help of mdesignffm, which is translated into three languages already (Thai, English, German).
I wanted to share it because it can bring you more easily to addressing this, one of the main issues a true Buddhist Practitioner and Dhamma Warrior should face, and conquer the fear in his own heart. Understanding death, is not as hard as understanding life itself, so it shoulnd’t be such a difficult task to try to understand. What is harder, is accepting the fact of one’s own death, and this is of course one of the subtle causes of suffering we carry around with us throughout our daily lives. Mindfulness of Death may sound depressing, but it can make you live your life more wisely, and skilfully.
« The Destroyer 1 – How Did Humanity End Up Like This?
A Critical Investigation into why Gurus and Spiritual teachers always try to appear Flawless and without Defilement in Public, and why they never speak of their own failings or defilement, or how they learned from them. True and Fake Gurus and what is a ‘Perfect Teacher’?
A true teacher reveals his teachings as coming from the developments he has achieved or surpassed within his own life trajectory. The Buddha gave his teachings based on his own experiences, and told of his misconceptions and fails in the run up to his enlightenment. The problem with the modern unenlightened professional ‘teacher’ is ‘Dhitti’ meaning ‘attiude’ or ‘disposition’. One tends to believe one’s own concepts, be they arisen from experience, or through mere Vijjikicha (analytic thought). Dhitti can be a right or wrong attitude.
The Buddha spoke of ‘Sammā Dhitti‘ which means ‘Right View’ and ‘Mijchā Dhitti‘ which means ‘Wrong View’. Many Modern Gurus teach the very egoistic rich and self centered Hollywood society and make immense amounts of money, but they are like the Demon Mephisto, who used trusths to trick the Alchemist Faust into selling his Soul. Teaches like Prof. John hagelin of the Maharishi Transcendental meditation Group for example, teaches to see Not-Self-ness in things, and flip it back into the wrong view (Mijchā Dhitti) of ‘I am the Universe’.
I conclude with this question, which cannot be answered, and is Rhetorical; Should one say ‘God is in My heart’? or would it be better to say ‘I am in the Heart of God’?
In Buddhist practice, people try to ‘Attain’ Enlightenment. Academically, there are four stages to Enlightenment, each of those four stages having a path, and a fruit. In the thing we perceive as ‘the path to Enlightenment/Arahantship’ we tend to see the four stages as explained in Buddhist Dhamma Theory, as something to ‘Attain’ when in Truth, there is Nothing to ‘Attain’ or ‘Get’.
It’s not about Getting anything or Attaining anything, rather, more about Shedding things, and Getting Rid of Things. There is Hence Nothing to be Attained, no Stages of Enlightenment to ‘Get’ . There are merely states of existence, trapped in causality, or free from causality.
The below podcast talks about and elaborates on this.
The mere desire to ‘Become’ a Buddha, is in basis, a false view, because part of the path is to escape the process of Becoming, which is what causes our ceaseless rebirths in Samsaric Illusory Existence (Dependent Origination).
One should not wish to ‘Become’ anything at all, for that is ‘Bhava Tanhā’ (desire of becoming/craving for eternal existence).
The opposite mood, is also a defilement – ‘Vibhava Tanhā’ (desire to not become something/craving for non-existence). | 2019-04-25T02:31:41 | https://www.ajarnspencer.com/related/teachings/ |
Some decisions in life seem wonderful and wise. For Charlie Andrews and Mitch Hawkins, who have been blissfully happy together for seven years, nothing could have prepared them for that one fateful day. What they thought would be one simple choice to bring their future together sooner, became a disaster causing their future to change to bleak and bereft of hope, direction…and each other. When Mitch falls and hits his head, suddenly his past becomes his present, and his beloved Charlie, a stranger. Charlie’s heart is broken into thousands of pieces as she mourns the loss of her fiancé, who although alive, is dead to her. Will they be able to find their way back to each other, and overcome overwhelming obstacles, or will the domino effect of their choices cause ramifications beyond redemption? One decision. One day. One irrevocable mistake. | 2019-04-23T20:24:03 | http://www.abookishescape.com/2014/12/cover-reveal-forgotten-by-you-by-carlie.html |
Design and manufcature Industrial UPS systems for use in Power Generation, PetroChemical, and other industrial power protection applications.
Thanks for submitting your review of GenTran Corporation. We'll email you as soon as it's published, (typically within 48 hours). We really value your contributions, and so does our community of business professionals. They count on honest reviews like yours.
Thanks for submitting your review of GenTran Corporation. | 2019-04-19T02:57:11 | https://www.electricalcontractingmarketplace.com/company/189437/gentran-corporation |
Here’s a perfect itinerary for travelers who have around a week to explore some of the highlights of this majestic country. The itinerary covers the country’s vibrant capital city of Lisbon, the charming medieval town of Coimbra in the central region, and the old world charm of Porto, the northern city that is best known for the sweet wine produced in its local wine cellars.
The beauty of this itinerary is that it can just as easily be done by car or by train, so you can decide how you want to get around. The roadways in Portugal are quite good and these cities are all connected via major highways, which makes it an easy and very pleasant drive. The benefit of renting a car is that you don’t have to be tied to a schedule and you have the flexibility of taking detours along the way if you find an interesting place you want to see.
Since you won’t really need a car once you arrive at your destinations, the benefit of taking the train is that you can skip the car rental and leave the driving to Comboios de Portugal, the national railway. There won’t be a need to worry about directions or traffic; you can just sit back, relax in your comfortable train seat and watch the beautiful countryside go by.
For more information about getting around in Portugal, click here. The times mentioned below for train travel are based on the high-speed Alfa Pendular service that runs between Lisbon-Coimbra-Porto. Service is also offered on Regional and Inter-regional lines, but these lines will add 15-30 minutes to the times quoted below. Tickets can be bought online and discounts may be available for advance ticket purchases. For more information on Comboios de Portugal, including schedules, pricing and ticket purchase information, click here.
You will begin your itinerary in Lisbon, the cosmopolitan capital city of Portugal that is located on the Atlantic at the mouth of the Tagus River. Here you can explore the historic Alfama neighborhood that is topped off with a 12th C. castle, ride the wooden trams that traverse the city’s narrow streets, visit museums that feature everything from paintings, to tiles to royal coaches, and finish off your day by enjoying a meal at a top rated restaurant with chefs that are gaining worldwide acclaim and Michelin stars. For more information on what to see in Lisbon, click here.
The next stop on the itinerary is the enchanting city of Coimbra, whose historic roots date back to Roman times. Coimbra served as Portugal’s first capital in the 12th C., is the birthplace of six of the country’s kings, and the final resting place of the first two. This thriving and vibrant city is perhaps best known for its university, which was established in 1290 and is one of the oldest in the world. The beautiful university buildings, especially the incomparable Baroque library, Biblioteca Joanina, are not to be missed. Many also visit Coimbra to see the gardens where the tragic love story of Prince Pedro and Inés de Castro, Portugal’s version of Romeo and Juliet, played out. For more information on what to see in Coimbra, click here.
The last stop on the itinerary is Porto, and no visit to Porto would be complete without touring the wine cellars and tasting its delicious wines. Portugal’s second largest city has much more to offer than just its eponymous wine. The city has a special old world charm and enchantment that you can feel as you stroll along its riverfront, visit its monuments, or walk down its ancient narrow streets and alleyways. For more information on what to see in Porto, click here.
Additional information on what to see and do, where to stay and where to eat in these cities can be found on our website or on our blog. Simply search by city.
You may want to consider booking private tours in some or all of these cities. Private tours are a great way to make the best use of the limited time you have in each. Your English-speaking local guide will make sure you don’t miss any must-see sights, and will provide you with the history and insights behind the places you will visit. For more information on the private tours we offer, click here.
Coimbra is a city that has deep historical and cultural roots that date back to its founding in Roman times. It has played an important part in Portugal’s history over the centuries, and even served at the country’s first capital from 1131-1255. Six of Portugal’s kings were born here, and the country’s first two kings are buried here.
Portugal’s 4th largest city is a thriving and vibrant city. It is perhaps best known for its university, which is the oldest in the country and one of the oldest universities in the world. Established in 1290, the University of Coimbra continues to be a draw for both international students as well as tourists who come to visit the beautiful buildings of this esteemed institution.
The medieval city of Coimbra sits alongside the banks of the Mondego River, and is divided into the Lower Town (the Baixa) that is located by the river, and the Upper Town (Cidade Alta). The Lower Town is the commercial hub of the city, with shops, restaurants and cafes. The Upper Town is the old town that sits atop a hill and consists of narrow, winding cobblestone streets and buildings dating back to medieval times. You can enter the Upper Town through the Moorish town walls at the Arco de Almedina, which dates back to the 9th C. In the old town you will find the 12th C. Old Cathedral, the 17th C. New Cathedral, and the beautiful buildings of the university. If school is in session you will see students roaming through the courtyard and buildings in their traditional black gowns, which is a vision that will transport you back in time.
Coimbra is home to the legend of the tragic love story of Prince Pedro and Inés de Castro, Portugal’s version of Romeo and Juliet. Located just on the other side of the river, many visit the gardens of Quinta das Lágrimas (Estate of Tears) to see the place where Inés was murdered in 1355 by Pedro’s father, King Afonso IV, in order to end their forbidden love affair. Today the estate is operated as a luxury hotel.
If you are visiting Coimbra with children you you may want to include a visit to Portugal dos Pequenitos (Portugal of the Little Ones), a popular theme park for children. Built in 1940, the park recreates in miniatures Portugal’s most important national monuments, along with typical houses and buildings from former colonies. There is a dress museum that features miniature outfits from Portuguese everyday life throughout the centuries, as well as a Barbie museum with over 300 dolls. The theme park is located just across the river near the Convent of Santa Clara-a-Velha.
One last site of interest that is located about 20 minutes south of Coimbra is the ancient Roman city of Conímbriga. The ruins at this archaeological site are the best preserved Roman ruins in Portugal, with city walls, mosaic floors and building foundations that are still intact.
Photo Credit: © Christopher Pappas · All rights reserved. Photo of Coimbra. | 2019-04-19T18:44:40 | https://internationallodging.info/tag/coimbra/ |
I hope that someday my people, Catalonia, we can celebrate this day!
we celebrate the a defeat of year 1714!!
happy that you can celebrate!
Happy Independence Day, Sangeetha! I've been going through your blog. You do beautiful work! | 2019-04-22T00:15:42 | https://www.crochetkari.com/2013/08/happy-independence-day.html |
Coming in early 2018! SECRET LUCIDITY – a romance stand-alone novel. Synopsis to come. Add it to your Goodreads TBR today >>Click here!<< And check out my Spotify playlist >>Click here!<< Here is the very first teaser for Secret Lucidity! | 2019-04-20T20:26:52 | http://www.ekblair.com/category/secret-lucidity/page/2/ |
One of the world's sought after search engine for holiday homes (HomeToGo) has just released its top 10 trending destinations this summer which features Madagascar, Ghana, and Zimbabwe as top summer destinations in 2019.
Need some summer holiday inspiration? HomeToGo has just released its top 10 trending destinations for British tourists this summer. The list features three African destinations that most people may not have thought of visiting. According to HomeToGo, the destinations were chosen based on the year-on-year increases in searches on hometogo.co.uk in January 2019 compared to January 2018, which is peak time for booking summer holidays.
Nature holidays and eco-tourism destinations are big trends for summer 2019. British travellers are increasingly environmentally conscious and are seeking out more meaningful and memorable travel experiences rather than traditional beach holidays."
It is not difficult to see why Bora Bora is the number 1 trending destination for summer 2019. The name Bora Bora comes from the Tahitian for ‘created by the gods’ – a fitting title for this little piece of paradise. Situated in French Polynesia, this beautiful volcanic island is a picturesque location offering total peace and relaxation, with its crystal-clear lagoon, lush landscapes and luxurious holiday properties.
For the ultimate Bora Bora experience, why not stay in one of the island’s overwater bungalows which are surrounded by the turquoise ocean with glass floors giving you a window directly onto the marine life below.
They are widely considered a luxury destination, but the Maldives also offer some more affordable holidays, and they’re attracting more and more British tourists. The main way to get around is by boat, so you’ll have plenty of opportunities to take in the gorgeous ocean views.
The Maldives is one of the world’s best diving and snorkelling destinations, with turtles, manta rays and even whale sharks, the largest fish in the ocean! They are a melting pot of cultures with Indian, Arabic and Sri Lankan influences – people might go primarily for the beautiful beaches, but the colourful capital city of Malé is definitely a must see.
Does the animated film Madagascar ring any bells? Well, this island paradise is not only one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas but it is also home to thousands of animal species found nowhere else in the world, such as the famous Madagascan lemurs. Its tourism sector is still in its infancy stages albeit rapidly growing in popularity, with more and more eco-tourism opportunities available. Revel in the beauty of its unique landscapes, explore the lush rainforest of the Analamazoatra nature reserve and go diving and whale-watching in the Indian Ocean.
Many Brits are heading off the beaten track for beach holidays this year, and Ghana’s stunning, unspoiled tropical beaches make it a top choice.
Next to the coast, the bustling capital city of Accra has a thriving art, dance and theatre scene. Street food is a huge part of Ghanaian cuisine, so exploring Accra’s food stalls and markets is an experience that one must indulge.
Head inland, and you’ll find even more beautiful natural scenery, including the Kakum National Park, home to hundreds of species of butterflies and birds.
It’s not all about long-haul this year! Plenty of British tourists are looking for a summer holiday closer to home. Ireland’s famous ‘rebel county’ is the perfect place to discover its fascinating culture and beautiful landscapes.
As well as its lush green hills and dramatic coast, West Cork offers plenty to keep visitors entertained.
The charming town of Kinsale is known as the gourmet capital of Ireland, while the nearby city of Cork is a centre for traditional, classical and jazz music. You can even go dolphin and whale watching off the Atlantic coast – no wonder it’s getting so popular!
Surprised? Well, if you can look past the headlines about the country’s political strife, you’ll discover that Zimbabwe has so much to offer! The growing numbers of British tourists heading there this summer will find a warm, welcoming culture, spectacular landscapes and wildlife, and great eco-tourism opportunities. Go hiking in the beautiful Eastern Highlands, take a sustainable safari in one of the huge national parks, or explore the ruins of the medieval Kingdom of Zimbabwe, one of the biggest civilisations in pre-colonial Africa.
There's more than meets the eye. It's infamous (or notorious?) as a spring break destination for American students, but Miami’s stunning beaches and wild party scene are also attracting increasing numbers of British tourists. But Miami Beach isn’t just about the hedonistic lifestyle – there’s also a thriving art scene, and you’ll love exploring the historic Art Deco district, with its beautiful 1920s architecture. Florida’s delicious Cuban-influenced food, glorious weather and laid-back atmosphere make for the perfect relaxing holiday.
For those who prefer a fun city break to relaxing on the beach whilst sipping on ice-cold mojitos, Toronto is the place to be this summer. This dynamic, modern city offers fantastic nightlife and culture – the Art Gallery of Ontario here is the largest in Canada. Vogue even named its trendy Queen West district – full of artists’ studios, hipster cafés and vibrant street art – one of the coolest neighbourhoods in the world! Canada’s freezing temperatures might be hitting the headlines now, but its climate in summer is the opposite, with comfortable mid-twenties temperatures and plenty of sunshine.
You may have not thought about it or wasn't fascinated by it but nestled in the heart of Europe, Slovakia may not offer beaches, but there’s more than enough to make up for it. Once you’ve floated in its luxurious hot springs, you won’t miss the beach at all! Slovakia’s mountains are great for hiking; its dramatic landscapes are full of eerie caves, towering waterfalls and lush forests dotted with fairytale castles. The historic cities of Bratislava and Košice are also big draws for British tourists, with stunning Gothic and Baroque architecture.
Forget Mexico – this summer, Belize is the place to be. Nestled on the eastern coast of Central America, it’s the only country in the region with English as an official language, so no wonder British tourists are flocking to it.
It offers stunning and diverse natural scenery. From dense rainforest inland to the largest barrier reef in the Northern Hemisphere, and spectacular ruins from the pre-colonial Mayan civilisation. Its delicious and varied cuisine – with Mexican, Caribbean, Mayan and African influences – will have you craving for more.
What's Next for Gaddafi’s Preferred Heir and Favorite Son, Saif-al-Islam? | 2019-04-18T11:15:18 | https://www.africanexponent.com/post/9997-madagascar-ghana-zimbabwe-among-top-10-trending-summer-destinations-for-2019 |
What are the opportunities and limits of bilateral talks between Switzerland and Europe? Could a single framework agreement bring together the existing treaties?
The relationships with the European Union (EU) have been at the top of the Swiss political agenda since more than fifteen years. Given the recent decision of the Federal Council to relaunch the bilateral talks with the EU, European policy will very likely remain one of the most crucial issues of Swiss politics in the next years to come. Against this background, the purpose of this interdisciplinary research project was to contribute to the evaluation of the opportunities and limits of the Swiss bilateral way. To this end, the project raised two sets of questions. The first set concerned the agenda-setting of the bilateral negotiations and the second set included the content of a possible framework agreement that could bring together the existing treaties under a single institutional umbrella. The research project evaluated the Swiss way of bilateral policies against other experiences (Japan and Korea with the EU).
This project, started in 2008, has been completed. | 2019-04-24T04:48:52 | https://snis.ch/project/bilateral-talks-switzerland-european-union/ |
Best match results for craft activities for kids in Half Moon Bay (2012) + 30km.
If you are a business that provides Craft Activities for Kids in Half Moon Bay (2012), please add your details to the site today.
If you have a review about one of the kids activity providers listed on the website that provides Craft Activities for Kids in Half Moon Bay (2012), then please add it to the site.
ActiveActivities is creating the most comprehensive online marketplace for kids activities in New Zealand for all occasions, including kids events and school holiday activities. If you are a business providing Craft Activities for Kids in Half Moon Bay (2012) please add your details to ActiveActivities. | 2019-04-24T13:51:03 | https://www.activeactivities.co.nz/directory/category/arts-and-crafts/craft/location/auckland-region/auckland/half-moon-bay/half-moon-bay-2012/ |
It is possible that you did not redeem the coupon code correctly at check out. Although you may have entered the code, you also need to click 'redeem' for the discount to be applied. Alternatively the items you have purchased may not be valid.
Items such as Electrical, Appliances, and Gift Cards are just a few that are excluded from coupon code promotions. If you believe your order is eligible for the coupon code, please use this form to contact us. | 2019-04-20T16:48:11 | https://support.robinskitchen.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/360019776951-I-did-not-receive-my-discount |
Description. Harder, Better, Stronger, Faster The best membership plugin for WordPress just got even better – meet Membership 2. We completely rewrote Membership from the ground up to create a completely new, faster, more intuitive and beautiful membership system.... Blue Mountain has been around for a long time, and they have beautifully designed ecards for any occasion. This site offers a free no-obligation trial, and then you can choose to continue membership for a low monthly fee if you decide that's the way you'd like to go.
It packs membership website, LMS, discussion forum, email marketing, and analytics all under one dashboard. Pros of Using Teachable. Ease of Use Teachable is easy to set up and does not require any technical skills at all. Creating membership content is a breeze and includes built-in tools to quickly create and upload videos, text, PDF, and more. Drip Content It includes flexible drip content how to get free movie passes Blue Mountain has been around for a long time, and they have beautifully designed ecards for any occasion. This site offers a free no-obligation trial, and then you can choose to continue membership for a low monthly fee if you decide that's the way you'd like to go.
This is a membership based website that does have a monthly or annual fee, and with each membership due their children are given gem bonus points which can go towards different games and prizes. This was created for a positive learning experience through the different reward systems. . | 2019-04-22T22:32:11 | http://infosecleaders.com/new-south-wales/how-to-get-a-free-membership-on-any-website.php |
Contact Jen at [email protected] to assist in any of the fundraising events. Volunteers are always NEEDED both to plan and staff the events!
No Animal Welfare & Enrichment (AWE) meeting this month, if you have Animal Welfare and Enrichment ideas or concerns please contact Terri Davis.
Click here and fill out a Volunteer Application and Release Form if you have not already done so. Thanks for volunteering! We can always use the help!
25 ICHS Annual Board Meeting- 7:00PM at ICHS - learn more here.
7, 14, 20, 28 Canine Good Citizen Spring Session Fundraiser - ICHS will be holding our Spring CGC class session during the month of April with classes on Sunday (no class on Easter Sunday – rather the 3rd class will be on Saturday, the 20th). Class will be from 1PM to 3PM, with the certification test on the last Sunday (4/28). The cost for this session is just $65. Sign up now, spots are limited and usually fill up fast!
20 Spring Bake Sale - Spring Gate Mall in Dodgeville (near the entrance to Piggly Wiggly). The sale starts at 8:00 and continues until 1:00 or until all the "goodies" are gone.
22 ICHS Board Meeting- 7:00PM at ICHS - learn more here.
27 ICHS Board Meeting- 7:00PM at ICHS - learn more here.
24 ICHS Board Meeting- 7:00PM at ICHS - learn more here. | 2019-04-21T00:27:27 | http://www.ichs.net/events/calendar/ |
The Eclipse Mirror, designed by Four O Nine, the award-winning design practice of Andrei Zerebecky and Lukasz Kos is a striking addition to any interior.
The sandblasted edges of the circular mirror gradually fades from fully reflective to a clear frosted glass finish, blending into the wall and allowing light from behind to peer through. The resultant effect creates a soft, foggy boundary.
When illuminated, the concealed LED halo of light (not included) glows softly from behind, giving the mirror an entrancing quality which draws the viewer closer. Combined with the mirror’s soft transition from opacity to transparency, the piece casts a unique dramatic wash of light onto any wall and emulates the celestial phenomenon of a solar eclipse.
The lighting is sold separately. Recommended is an LED Rope Light installed by a certified electrician.
Eclipse Mirror is wall-mounted with a concealed stainless steel base.
Contact us for custom powder coat finish options. | 2019-04-25T16:41:16 | https://cassonhardware.com/collections/all-wall/products/eclipse-mirror |
Working on behalf of my clients to provide solutions for them is one of the reasons I love selling print. Helping my clients create something that is unique and beautiful is a thrill. Managing the details is key. Aside from working with my clients, I spend my spare time with my family and three children.
I've been with Shapco Printing since 2006. I find that assisting with and satisfying the needs of our clients is very rewarding. There's always something new. Outside of work I enjoy spending time with my family as well as the outdoors. | 2019-04-20T23:03:29 | https://www.shapco.com/contact-us/executive-team/ann-dugan |
Check here Cute November Wallpapers for Desktop iPhone with Templates in Word, PDF, Excel Sheets, PDF, Page, Document & Large size images. If you are looking for download Blank Calendar Templates then you are at the right website. This is all available for Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Canada, India, USA, Philippines, and South Africa. You will find 2018 Calendar in Portrait, Landscape, and Full Print Size Pages.
We hope you like Cute November Wallpapers for Desktop iPhone if yes then do share on social media like Facebook, Tumblr, Pinterest, We Heart It, Twitter, and Instagram. Don’t forget to come again. | 2019-04-21T12:30:26 | http://www.sherocat.com/2018/10/03/november-wallpapers/ |
The Australian government will soon implement a new four-tiered system to make private health insurance simpler for some 13 million consumers, but some doctors and patients said the “arrogant” changes could hit less wealthy hard.
Starting April 1, the new health insurance tiers – gold, silver, bronze, and basic – will be enforced, and will affect all existing 70,000 private health insurance policies in the country.
"I don't think they're going to simplify anything at all; in fact, I think they're going to make it more confusing," Russell Schneider, former health insurance lobbyist, told 9news.com.au.
Matthew Scott-Young, a spinal surgeon whose field will be one of the most impacted by the reforms, said the changes won’t deliver the reliability and certainty people like with their insurance.
The silver category will cover basic spinal treatments, but for costly procedures such as spinal fusion surgery, gold policies will be required.
"The analogy would be that a lady who was pregnant came into hospital to deliver their child through natural birth, but unfortunately there was a complication such that a caesarean section had to be done and they found out they weren't covered," Scott-Young told the news website.
Forty-five-year-old construction veteran Ben Lonnie suffers from severe back pain and requires three discs to be replaced. He currently has mid-range cover costing $191 a month that covers spinal fusion surgery; but under the changes, he would need to upgrade to top-level gold cover, which he can’t afford.
"I don't think it's fair, the level of arrogance for one person or a group of people to say, 'This whole bunch of people can't have their procedure, but all you rich people up here can'," Lonnie told 9news.com.au.
Schneider, one of the architects of Australia's private health insurance landscape during the past three decades, said the system needed to be returned to the old structure, where there’s just one level of cover for everyone.
"Australia's got the best healthcare system in the world. Unfortunately, what's happening at the moment is the health funds are stripping value out of the product and making it less attractive to take it out," Schneider said.
Schneider said the system must also get rid of the gaps consumers have to pay even when they have cover, by ordering hospitals to restrict doctors from charging any more than the agreed health fund benefit for a procedure.
"Don't bill the patient extra," Schneider told 9news.com.au. "If the hospital wishes to pay the doctors more to attract the doctors to that hospital, they're free to do that, but the patient wouldn't pay anything out of their pocket." | 2019-04-19T14:57:20 | https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/au/news/breaking-news/arrogant-private-health-changes-slammed-108998.aspx |
The 1.875" x .9375" label is a high gloss paper label that can be printed on any home printer. They are designed to fit our rectangle lip balm slider tins perfectly. Labels can be designed in microsoft word or virtually any design software of your choice. Sheets are standard 8.5" x 11" sheets that fit in any Inkjet printer. Only $1.50/ sheet of 27 labels.
These labels fit the top of the tin lip balms great making it easy to customize and they look great, the labels are a little too big for the bottoms of the tin lip balms.
The labels are SUPERB! I used the following template to print for my daughters sweet 16 party.
work well on lip balm tubes and also on .5 oz glass anointing oil bottles.
I have looked all over and am not able to find any code or Avery number to use to print these labels on the computer.
Perfect fit gives my product a professional look.
These fit perfectly on my lip balm tins, and they're very easy to work with!
Even when I had one crooked it was easy to peel and re-position.
These labels are perfect for the lip balm tins. Top quality for a minimal amount of $$. It took me a minute to get the spacing and everything right but once I did that, I saved the template and it's easy as ever now to print out my labels. Thank you!!!! | 2019-04-26T10:26:48 | https://www.bulkapothecary.com/1-875-x-9375-lip-balm-labels-for-rectangle-tins-1-50-per-sheet/ |
Kylie Jenner Shows Off 1 Month Post Pregnancy Body & It’s Unbelievable!
Kylie Jenner‘s daughter Stormi is a month old and the young mother has shared video clips of her post-pregnancy body on Snapchat.
The 20-year-old wore a black thong and crop top revealing her unbelievably flat tummy. | 2019-04-24T22:05:06 | http://celebsocialfeed.com/2018/03/03/kylie-jenner-shows-off-1-month-post-pregnancy-body-its-unbelievable/ |
Salem • View topic - I'm thinking about playing again.
I'm thinking about playing again.
Well, it has been ages since i last played Salem. I never did play it alone thought since i never liked to play solo. Anyway, does anyone like still accept veterans that comes back to the game after being gone for quite awhile. Man, it even has been so long ago that i forgot how to game works when it comes to the game mechanies. Haha. But yeah i would like to play with an active group again.
Re: I'm thinking about playing again. | 2019-04-19T01:22:29 | http://forum.salemthegame.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20257&sid=738a7a651ff067f3634620fc9047fd52 |
I'm a traveling phanatic. My blog is a small archive of my memories from my recent voyages or a spark of inspiration for your next destination. Happy reading! | 2019-04-25T17:43:12 | https://ticketaway.eu/author/rutaly/ |
Dr. Atul Limaye one of the top Cardiologists in Mumbai. Dr Atul Limaye has joined Fortis Hospital, Mulund as an Interventional Cardiologist and has an experience of more than 20 years in his field. Dr Atul Limaye was recruited from Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, USA where he was Asst Professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and on the Cardiac catheterization lab faculty at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. He specializes in complex coronary and peripheral interventions with training at the highest volume lab in the US. | 2019-04-19T00:29:03 | https://www.logintohealth.com/cardiologist/atul-limaye |
The list of “in development” movies at Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment has added another superhero to their infinite seeming list of movies, as the newest in development movie seems to be Blue Beetle. Blue Beetle is a comic book character that has been around since 1940, but has had a couple new people take over the helm of the Blue Beetle. With the changes of people taking over the helm of the Blue Beetle, there has been changes that come along with the takes on the character.
At this time also the second version of the character, Ted Kord was introduced in 1966. He was a former student of Garrett’s until one day during battle Garrett was killed and he took over the mantle of Blue Beetle. In 1983/84 he would then have a brief and unsuccessful stint under AC Comics both characters ultimately got taken over by DC Comics. Up until 2006 Ted Kord carried the mantle of Blue Beetle until DC decided to revamp the character while drawing on things form past comics.
The third and most popular version of Blue Beetle was introduced during the highly beloved “Infinite Crisis” story arc by DC when the Scarab that held the Blue Beetles powers was found in El Paso, Texas by teenager Jaime Reyes. When Reyes takes the scarab home it binds with his spine in his sleep giving him the powers of the Blue Beetle. The scarab gave him powers which allowed flight, enhanced strength and durability creation of weapons, translation of alien languages, and the ability to create and unleash powerful hand blasts/beam. He becomes friends with the superhero Booster Gold and later joins the Teen Titans.
The Jaime Reyes version of the Blue Beetle is the most popular and beloved by comic book fans. He has been in animation films such as Justice League vs. Teen Titans, television shows like Smallville and most recently video games as he made his appearance as character in Injustice 2. So what does this all have to do with a movie?
Well Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment announced that they will be adapting the story of Jaime Reyes’ Blue Beetle to the big screen. He also will be the first Latin superhero to have his story told on the big screen, another big win as DC was also the first to produce a female led superhero movie with Wonder Woman. It is unknown at this time if any of the previous Blue Beetle’s will have some sort of story or history in the movie since it seems Jaime Reyes will be the primary focus. This would also be a smart move for the World of DC as it would be their first real “teenage superhero” in the comic book world. While he is no Spider-Man, he could bring that type of feel to the World of DC.
So what do you think? Are you excited to see Blue Beetle on the big screen? Is his character popular enough to carry his own movie? Let us know what you think in the comments below! | 2019-04-21T12:40:12 | https://apocaflixmovies.com/2018/11/30/warner-bros-developing-blue-beetle-movie/ |
Alex Brightmore thought he had it all.
A wonderful family as well as a beautiful woman who just agreed to marry him. Everything was perfect, until it all came grinding to a halt. After the mysterious disappearance of his bride-to-be and the gruesome deaths of his mother and twin sister, Alex was offered a chance to gain the ultimate gift.
The Catch? Spend eternity as a Vampire.
Now, as he shielded his heart and swore that he would never let himself fall in love again, he leaves the safety of London to start anew. But Fate had other plans for him. "Fate" came in the form of museum researcher Jade Stevens. They meet at a party and neither can deny the growing attraction between them. She realizes though, that to love him she must know all of him.
No matter what the cost may be.
However, hidden secrets and Jade's link to Alex's past haunt the pair, and a former lover from Jade's past puts her life in serious danger. To save the woman that he has fallen in love with, can he truly ignore this Twist of Fate? | 2019-04-25T08:46:51 | http://www.bookbuzzr.com/books/15980/twist-of-fate |
Department of Genetics at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee.
Dr. Jeffrey Wigle is a developmental biologist who is studying how homeobox transcription factors control vascular growth during both embryonic development and during disease progression. Since many of the growth pathways used by fetal blood vessels are re-utilized in adults during disease, we can better understand disease processes by determining how the vessels grow during embryonic development. Dr. Wigle’s laboratory is studying the genes that control the growth of blood vessels (Meox1/Meox2) and that control the growth of lymphatic vessels (Prox1).
The lymphatic vasculature is a thin-walled, permeable system that functions to re-absorb protein rich extracellular fluid and returns this fluid to the circulatory system. Disruption of the lymphatic vasculature results in the accumulation of extracellular fluid and leads to diseases known as lymphedemas. Primary lymphedemas arise from a genetic cause and can vary in their onset and severity. In Canada, secondary lymphedema is a common, painful side effect that occurs when lymphatic nodes and vessels are destroyed during breast cancer therapy. In cancer, metastatic cells can enter the lymphatic circulation and escape the site of the original tumour. The degree of lymphatic vascularization has been correlated in both animal models and human studies with the tendency of tumour cells to spread. Regulating lymphatic growth represents a novel therapy target for the treatment of lymphedema or metastatic tumours. In Prox1 knockout mice, it has previously been demonstrated that the cells, which would normally become lymphatic endothelial cells, instead became blood endothelial cells. One of the goals of his research is to determine how Prox1 functions as a cell fate switch and thus regulates lymphatic vessel growth. By determining what genes are regulated by Prox1 directly and what genes are indirectly regulated, he will determine how Prox1 regulates the growth of lymphatic vessels.
Dr. Wigle’s work in establishing how Prox1 can regulate the cell fate choices made by endothelial cells during development will lead to better ways of regulating lymphatic growth during disease states and embryonic development.
Meox1/Meox2 are homeobox genes that are expressed early in the developing embryo. Meox2 (also known as Gax) was shown to be downregulated at both the mRNA and protein levels when vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) are stimulated to proliferate with growth factors.Over expression of Meox2 protein halts VSMC growth by blocking proliferation and inducing cell death (apoptosis). In vivo, these effects lead to decreased vessel blockage (restenosis) in rodent models of balloon angioplasty. Recently, Meox2 expression was shown to be decreased in endothelial cells derived from blood vessels of Alzheimer disease patients and was required to maintain the ability of the endothelial cells to grow. Increased Meox2 expression has also been associated with diseases of accelerated ageing. In cell culture, Meox2 induces premature ageing (senescence) of cells. Dr. Wigle and his laboratory are determining the molecular mechanisms used by Meox2 and Meox1 to regulate VSMC and endothelial cell growth and death.
Northcott, J.M., Yeganeh, A., Taylor, C.G., Zahradka, P., Wigle, J.T. Adipokines and the cardiovascular system: mechanisms mediating health and disease. Can. J. Physiol. and Pharm. In press 2012.
Douville, J.M., Cheung, D.Y., Herbert, K.L., Moffatt,T., and Wigle, J.T. Mechanisms of MEOX1 and MEOX2 regulation of the cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p21CIP1/WAF1 and p16INK4a in vascular endothelial cells. PLoS One 6(12):e29099, 2011.
Baxter,S.A., Bocangel,P., Cheung,D.Y., Kim,H.K., Zhang, S., Douville, J.M., Jangamreddy, J., Herbert,K., Eisenstat,D.D., and Wigle, J.T. Regulation of the lymphatic endothelial cell cycle by the PROX1 homeodomain protein. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1813:201-12, 2011.
Guo, J., Massaeli, H., Xu, X., Jia, Z., Wigle, J.T., Mesaeli, N., and Zhang, S. Extracellular K+ concentration controls cell surface density of IKr in rabbit hearts and of the HERG channel in human cell lines. Journal of Clinical Investigation 119: 2745–2757, 2009.
Wigle, J.T., Chowdhury, K., Gruss, P., and Oliver, G. Prox1 function is crucial for mouse lens-fibre elongation.
Funding information is currently unavailable. | 2019-04-24T12:18:17 | http://www.sbrc.ca/wigle/ |
Whoops! THE ROOSTER has currently no teams! Create one! | 2019-04-23T18:39:12 | https://csgo-stats.net/player/thefarright |
English term used to refer to it by the government of Japan. Theres no need to worry about deadlines or plagiarism anymore. With lots of work, your company is my best assistant. Right now, we suggest that you send the most responsible works like newspaper articles, dissertations, books, and admissions papers to us to exam them for correctness and relevance. Black people Edit war over which pictures should be used to represent black people, and how to caption those pictures. The edit war continued in fits and starts over the entire between-season hiatus, when the season opener aired and confirmed the information. Nah, that's no good, back to "Clover (creature.
Despite the fact that even the German version of the page wasn't consistent, many editors were convinced that they knew best, and the edit war still lives. We haven't quite decided yet, but rest assured, whilst some silly people are trying in vain to reach consensus, those with the power are proving their point with reverts. Should Sarah and/or Michael Palin be listed in their own section at the top of the dab page, or just on top of the list of other Palins, or should the sorting be purely alphabetical? 5 During the Age of Enlightenment, essays were a favored tool of polemicists who aimed at convincing readers of their position; economics essays grade 10 pdf they also featured heavily in the rise of periodical literature, as seen in the works of Joseph Addison, Richard Steele and Samuel Johnson. The fact that 7500 is the emergency code you put in a transponder when your aircraft has been hijacked. The body rests in Paris, the heart in Warsaw. | 2019-04-23T13:18:08 | http://farfalleveneto.eu/89016-edit-your-essay/ |
Image Title: Decorative Pool Tile Ideas Art Galleries Photos On Waterline Inside Plan 15. Post Title: Pool Tile Ideas. Filename: decorative-pool-tile-ideas-art-galleries-photos-on-waterline-inside-plan-15.jpg. Image Dimension: 714 x 639 pixels. Images Format: jpg/jpeg. Publisher/Author: Delbert Koepp. Uploaded Date: Saturday - April 28th. 2018 08:25:18 AM. Category: Architecture. Image Source: dornob.com. Ideas Marker Pool 8. Remodel Plan On 19 Waterline Tips Decor Tile At Inside Decorative Design Swimming Mosaic Throughout 2018 In 6. Designs NYTexas Examples 1. DF Pleasing To Home Inspirations 12. Image For 14 5. Pinterest Best Result 2. And Crafts 19. Step Tiles Prepare Incredible With 16. Of Mosaics Biz Glass 4. Within New 82 Arizona Regard Images Euglena Pools Pertaining Regarding 13. | 2019-04-20T14:13:35 | http://latv.info/pool-tile-ideas/decorative-pool-tile-ideas-art-galleries-photos-on-waterline-inside-plan-15/ |
If you follow me on Twitter, then you’re probably familiar with my weekly “THE GOOD PLACE [Sad Reaction Image]” tweet formula that pops up on Thursday nights. I started the show during the summer of 2018 and devoured the first two seasons in less than three days, which is extremely uncharacteristic of my uncultured-with-television self. I knew from the first few episodes, however, that The Good Place was no ordinary network sitcom. It’s been dubbed by many of its creators as the “smartest, dumbest show on TV”, which perfectly describes the show’s juggling of complex interrogations of morality, deep character studies, humane themes of life and death, emotional trauma, and self-improvement, all while maintaining a Spongebob-Esque absurdist but genuine sense of humor. It’s such a personal show to me that seemed to come at the right time. The first two seasons are masterfully written, and it would not be inappropriate to study the story beats and structure in a screenwriting class as the perfect model of set-up, pay-off, character development and everything in-between.
So of course, Season Three of The Good Place had a lot to live up to. Our starting point takes off where Season Two ended; an arrangement with the Judge (Maya Rudolph) had been made to give our rag-tag group a second chance to prove themselves as “better people” by preventing their deaths back on Earth. Michael (Ted Danson) and Janet (D’Arcy Carden), fully understanding of the gang’s positive group dynamic, decide to meddle further and reunite the humans together via a study on near-death experiences led by Chidi in Australia. I emphasize that this is only the starting point of the season – as you already might know, The Good Place is no stranger to the tradition of gigantic plot twists.
As I tried to get my bearings, it seemed as though Season Three felt was fizzling out under its big changes. Life on Earth is the focus of most of the beats this season and after a few episodes, I really started to miss the laser-focused pacing of the show’s past. It’s polarizing to see how much the change of setting actively makes a difference to the feel of the show. Initially, I appreciated the focus on developing each character’s relationships, (Eleanor, in particular, gets so many important moments to reconnect with her thought-to-be-dead mother and Kristen Bell is just insanely good as always) but I missed the brilliant group dynamic that made me love them in the first place. The comedic absurdity, while still present, is used more sparingly due to the limitations of working within our realm of reality. Even Janet herself, the loveable not-a-robot assistant is missing her iconic powers. While there were definitely memorable moments early on, such as the hilarious “Jeremy Bearemy” timeline explanation, I felt a lot of the show’s characteristic charm was dwindling out, and others have expressed their worries about the longevity of the show’s unique concept.
But a major shift is made halfway through the season. Instead of trying to save our protagonists’ souls, our protagonists shift their motivation into trying their best to redeem the people around them. From then on, Michael and Janet seek to question the afterlife accounting systems which total up and determine which people go to the Good or the Bad Place. While the lack of focus in the earlier episodes still shows, one particular twist, that no one has gotten into the Good Place in 521 years, sends the season into a deeply complex breakdown of modern ethics. The Good Place has always been exceptional at observing the grey area, especially within its themes of redemption in characters such as Michael and Eleanor, and this narrative shift recontextualizes the time we spent in the earlier episodes of the season, and the show as a whole. While it seemed the show was moving sluggishly on Earth, it was time spent to examine our characters’ relationships and personal demons before changing to a broader perspective. A personal struggle with morality, changing to a wider big picture in the span of twelve episodes.
Previously, The Good Place focused on analyzing the very basics of human ethics, exploring philosophical theories from Aristotelianism to Utilitarianism, but this idea of our modern world being isolated from an idealization of heaven gives the show the opportunity to analyze modern behaviors. Is doing good truly being good if one always has their sights set on entering the Good Place? Can people who have hurt you redeem themselves? Is it possible to live an ethical life in a capitalistic world? I think the bravest thing about this development of the show is how unafraid it is to not only tackle wider questions of our existence but how it is unafraid to give us realistic, humanistic answers. And I think as a whole, while this season might not be as ingeniously paced as it once was, the complete dismantling of the show’s own formula is very much in line with its attitudes towards the numbering systems the accountants use on humans in the first place. It’s a model that’s obsolete, and it needs to change in order to grow.
While The Good Place is becoming a much rockier show than we’re used to, it is still challenging its audience whilst keeping its characters at its emotional core. And above all, it stays true to its initial concept. Being a good person is hard, and most of the time you will absolutely screw it up. But if you’re actively trying to be better in the little ways you can every day, then it does mean something. But will it even matter? Maybe not in our grander universe of judgment, but definitely on a personal level, to the people around us. | 2019-04-24T22:54:12 | https://muchadoaboutcinema.com/2019/01/26/the-good-place-gets-down-to-earth-and-back-again/ |
The PERRIN Trunk Handle, add it to the interior of your trunk lid and never have to grab its dirty exterior to close it again!
The PERRIN Trunk Handle is exactly what it sounds like it is: it’s a handle for your trunk lid. Since the inside of the trunk lid is flush and has nothing to grab onto, there is nothing to use on the inside to close the trunk. Rather than closing it by touching the oftentimes dirty exterior of the lid, just bolt on the PERRIN Trunk Handle to the interior of the trunk lid to use to shut it while keeping your hands clean. | 2019-04-20T18:56:09 | http://alamoautosportsstore.rpmware.com/perrin-performance/perrin-trunk-handles/g-89128.aspx |
Traderush Binary options trading is exciting, profitable and fast. You need not be an expert in the market. The risk is known beforehand and the rates of returns are exceptionally high. That is why more and more people are trying their hands at this venture. So, several binary options traders have appeared in the market. They come with many different features and advantages. How do you choose?
Traderush review will help you to understand the key features of this latest and most dynamic binary option trading platform in the market. Understand the features before you actually pay hard cash.
Traderush review brings out the following features of this binary options trader.
Founded in 2011, Traderush Trading is incorporated in Cyprus.
According to Traderush review, it is one of the most dynamic binary option trading platforms in the market today. It offers more than eighty assets in stocks, currency pairs, commodities and indices for you to trade in.
Easy, quick and completely secure deposit and withdrawal are characteristics of this broker. You can use internationally accepted credit cards, e wallets like Moneybookers or bank transfers to deposit your money. The same methods can be used for withdrawal which is processed within two business days in case of credit cards or four business days in case of bank transfers.
Traderush review points out that currency like American dollar, Pound and Euro are accepted. The initial minimum deposit amount is $200.
One of the greatest advantages as pointed out by the Traderush reviews is that the entire process is extremely quick. You can create your account and start trading within a few minutes as soon as you make your deposit. You do not require any download. You can also start using Traderush from your mobile. Now you can start trading binary options anytime, anywhere.
Traderush offers various alternatives like high/ low, one touch option, sixty second expirees and Option builder.
One of the most important features pointed out by the Traderush review is the high degree of informational support that you can get. Market analysis by real time feed helps you to make your decision. You can also contact a data analyst by live chat any time. In fact, this high level of customer support is one of the most important recommendations for using Traderush.
Traderush reviews point out that you can make as big a profit as 81% by binary option trading with this broker. If you use their unique feature of sixty second expiry, the profit margin can climb much higher.
Traderush reviews recommend choosing this platform for various reasons. It is stable, honest, quick and reliable and offers a vast variety of choices. Returns are high; customer support is exceptional and transactions are kept completely secure by using SSL technology. So, start your binary option trading with Traderush and enter the world of high finance. | 2019-04-18T22:37:54 | https://www.traderushonline.com/traderush-review |
We have been certified by a third party in accordance to the ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and OHSAS 18001:2007 standards. These certificates provide proof of the excellent quality, health, safety and environmental management we have in place in our company. The safety of both your and our employees and the environment is our number one priority.
In the ISO 9001:2015 standard the criteria for a quality management system are put down. It is the only standard in the ISO 9000 family that companies can be certified to, although this is not a requirement.
The ISO 9001:2015 standard is based on a number of quality management principles including a strong customer focus, the process approach and continual improvement and the motivation and implication of top management. Using the ISO 9001:2015 standard helps ensure our customers get consistent, good quality products and services.
ISO 14001:2015 specifies the requirements that an organization can use to enhance its environmental management system performance. This standard is intended for use by a company seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities. These responsibilities should be managed in a systematic manner in order to be sustainable and contribute to the well-being of the environment.
ISO 14001:2015 provides a framework for our company to achieve the intended outcomes of our environmental management system, which provide value for the environment, our company itself and you.
OHSAS 18001:2007 is an occupational health and safety management standard which defines a set of health and safety management requirements and/or systems.
The purpose of OHSAS 18001 is to help organizations to manage and control their occupational health and safety risks and to improve their occupational health and safety performance. We have achieved this purpose by developing an occupational health and safety management system that complies with the standard. | 2019-04-19T13:14:35 | https://deepbluepumps.com/over/iso-90012008-certificate/ |
40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms in store for Estes Park this weekend.
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph.
188px;">A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 46. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.
A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. West wind 3 to 6 mph.
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Light and variable wind becoming north northeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. | 2019-04-21T23:13:46 | http://www.eptrail.com/ci_32035320/40-percent-chance-showers-and-thunderstorms-store-estes |
JBT Marine are delighted to offer this very smart Ribeye A600 RIB fitted with a plucky Yamaha F100DET engine and sitting on a very nice, used single axle trailer.
The layout on this Ribeye 600 RIB gives spacious seating for seven people, with an upholstered anchor locker seat, front console seat, two double jockey seats and a rear bench seat. The boat offers generous storage and there are handholds throughout the RIB giving your passengers lots of places to grab onto to ensure a safe and comfortable time out on the water.
On the console of this Ribeye A600 RIB is a Garmin 551s GPS unit, Yamaha digital engine gauges, an Garmin 100i VHF/DSC Radio and switches to control all of your electronics. The boat offers a self-draining deck system but also has an automatic bilge pump with override switch.
This Ribeye A600 RIB is also fitted with a bathing ladder which makes exiting the water all the easier and a towing post for boarding or skiing. This RIB comes as a complete package with a Full boat cover (not original) and a good second-hand roller trailer. | 2019-04-23T02:27:25 | https://ribsforsale.com/ribs/used-ribeye-a600-rib-with-yamaha-f100det-engine-and-trailer/ |
Home > Jewish Meditation Articles > What is Meditation?
Questions abound in our teaching and learning. Questions abound in our effort to establish and clarify a vocabulary that we can use to communicate with each other and to commune with the resources of the past. What is meditation? What is mindfulness? What is spiritual practice? What is prayer? What are mitzvoth? What is authentically Jewish and what is not? And, of course, what is the relationship between any of these things and the others.
There are two fundamental ways to approach these questions. The first is “What do we do?” and the second is “Why do we do it?” I find the “what” question a question that opens into multiplicity and the “why” question one that leads to unity. In other words, there are multiple forms of meditation, prayer and spiritual practice but ultimately they tend toward the same or similar aims. We may use different language to describe these aims, but I would suggest that they are different ways to speak about the same thing.
What are we speaking about? What do we hope will be accomplished by spiritual practice? Here is a list of aims or intentions that may be all pointing at the same center.
Experiencing and acting from integration, unity, wholeness- of body, mind, emotions, spirit, of inner and outer, of different dimensions of existence, of the seeker and the sought.
Understanding the relationship between acting wholesomely and a sense of being part of the Whole.
Having a perspective that is more able to include the different dimensions of existence including the unpleasant, the different, the weak, the uncertain, the fleeting.
The transformation from being a slave of Pharaoh, controlled by unconscious inner and outer forces and a servant of God, one who is able to be in relationship with the Eternal unfolding of existence from moment to moment.
Saying that spiritual practices train our minds, shape our consciousness and mold our character can sum this up. We undertake spiritual practice in order to change in some way, even if it is only a change of perspective. In more traditional language we undertake spiritual practices because they bring us closer to God’s will.
Spiritual practices including meditation (whether the object of attention is set at the breath, bodily sensations, a visualization, a mantra, a prayer or at floating open attention), and mitzvoth like Shabbat, Kashrut, and Torah study, and conscious non-harming speech share a similar technology.
One commits to a particular action as the focus of one’s energy, attention, time, and behavior. One articulates this intention. Then one waits. Soon, the obstacles appear. In a sitting meditation practice we may intend to follow each in breath and each out breath. No sooner do we begin then thoughts rush in or we find ourselves nodding sleepily or in a state of anxiety regarding the pain in our knee or lower back. Or we have decided to observe the Sabbath and an invitation comes our way that is irresistible. Or we promise ourselves to observe kashruth and a strong desire arises to taste the forbidden. Often rationalizing thoughts obscuring the clarity of the original intention surround these temptations.
The training occurs in the next step, the step of renunciation or returning. We see the temptation. We acknowledge it in a non-judgmental and non-personal way realizing that we are seeing forgetfulness in the human mind. As we bring attention to the temptation we see that it has no substance. Each time we do this, the ability to choose is strengthened. Each time we return from distraction or obstacle, the power of habit and unconsciousness is weakened. In this process we begin to see the nature of our minds and the nature of reality itself. We increase our ability to pay attention. And what do we begin to notice? We observe the arising and passing away of thoughts, sensations, sounds, desires, feelings, and moods just as daylight passes and evening comes. We see the consequences of various forms of contraction in the mind or body like fear, desire, suppression, judgment, anger, and aggression. We see the consequences of various forms of expansion like, trust, ease, relaxation, acceptance, generosity and gratitude.
The kinds of spiritual practices we can undertake are limitless. However, ultimately the form is less important than these factors: the commitment to practice, the ability to keep returning to the intention, the attitude one brings to the uncontrollable and the ability to transfer the benefits of the practice into how we live our lives, how we relate to ourselves and others, how free we become to embody the values and ideals we embrace in our minds, how we deal with temptations of all sorts. In other words we practice to live with the wisdom and compassion, which we already possess. We practice to actualize the pure soul, which God has planted with us. | 2019-04-21T13:48:33 | https://www.awakenedheartproject.org/articles/what-is-meditation |
Improved phase stabilities in stainless steel (Laves phase, ferrite phase).
Improved phase stability of Ni3Si-type gamma´ in Si-containing stainless steel.
Improvement of thermodynamic Fe-Nb base for simulations of microalloyed steel.
Corrected carbide stabilities in Fe-Cr-Mn-C (M7C3 was too stable in ME-Fe, version 1.0).
Reproduction of stabilization of Cr2N by Vanadium.
Improved phase stability trends (gamma’, TCP phases, delta), solidi and liquidi with Re- and Ru-alloying.
Improved phase stability of Ni2Cr.
Improved gamma’ phase stability towards Fe-Ni-based superalloys for applied simulations (e.g., USC power plant materials).
Improved solidi and liquidi of Boron-containing multi-component Ni-base systems.
For any inquiries on this release, please contact our sales team at [email protected].
Matcalc is a complex software and thermodynamics and kinetics are complex topics. Consequently, there is a million possibilities to make things right (or wrong). Since we know about this problem, we offer training on the MatCalc software and courses on basic thermodynamics and kinetics as related to problems which can be solved with MatCalc. The next training course takes place in summer 2017 (August, 8th – 11th) Send an email to Piotr if you need more information.
The training is held as an official course offered by the Continuing Education Center Vienna University of Technology. In order to register, fill out the registration form available on the website and submit it to [email protected].
The next workshop will take place December 1-2, 2016 and it is open to every MatCalc user interested in improving his skills and sharing his experience. For more information, please contact Piotr.
Matcalc is a complex software, and thermodynamics and kinetics are complex topics. Consequently, there is a million possibilities to make things right (or wrong). Since we know about this problem, we offer training on the MatCalc software and courses on basic thermodynamics and kinetics as related to problems which can be solved with MatCalc. The next training course takes place in summer 2016 (August, 2nd – 5th) Send an email to Piotr if you need more information.
MatCalc Engineering GmbH participated as one of the sponsors at THERMEC 2016 conference from 29th of May to 3rd of June in Graz, Austria.
We were pleased to recognize the application of MatCalc mentioned in more than ten conference presentations. Moreover, the capabilities of MatCalc 6 – the new generation of materials simulation software – were introduced and discussed at our booth in the conference venue. To get a better idea of MatCalc 6, some USB drives containing the demonstration version of the software together with the sample databases for steel, aluminum-base and nickel-base alloys were distributed among the interested persons.
Hereby, we would like to thank you for visiting and discussing with us about computational materials engineering problems and perspectives.
We are proud to announce the official release date of MatCalc 6 on March 31st, 2016. MatCalc, the Materials Calculator, is a state-of-the-art software toolbox for computational materials engineering. It models the whole materials design and fabrication process, covering the three main areas of multicomponent thermodynamics, precipitation kinetics and – new in MatCalc 6 – microstructural evolution. In the following presentation, the features of the software package MatCalc 6 are demonstrated.
MatCalc 6 will have different licensing strategy, which will be Single-User Single-Site or network licenses. The present beta version that you might want to download and test will work with your present MatCalc 5 license. These beta versions will temporarily allow you also to test the full functionality of the MatCalc 6 pro software. For one of the upcoming versions, definitely for the final release coming March 31, 2016, you need a new license that can be obtained from [email protected].
Together with Ernst Kozeschnik and Piotr Warczok, the ways of treating these problems with MatCalc were demonstrated and discussed extensively. The points raised by the users gave us also some more ideas for the future optimization of MatCalc towards the better fulfillment of the industrial needs.
Traditionally, the first workshop day was crowned with a social evening during which we have visited a “Christkindlmarkt” (Christmas Market) at Schönbrunn Palace. Afterwards, we enjoyed some Viennese specialties for supper at “LudwigVan” restaurant.
On 9th of December, the official corporate presentation of MatCalc Engineering GmbH has taken place in the company facility in Vienna. We were happy to welcome guests from the industry and universities of the German speaking countries.
During the event, Managing Director Dr. Ahmad Falahati, presented the mission, structure and the scope of activity of MatCalc Engineering GmbH. Subsequently, Prof. Ernst Kozeschnik presented an overview on the history of the MatCalc software development, as well as the new features of MatCalc 6 – the upcoming version of this tool supporting the engineers and researchers in the field of metallurgical processing.
After the presentations, our guests gained more knowledge about our company in the informal atmosphere at the buffet and we had the opportunity to listen to their expectations.
During the program breaks and at the end we enjoyed hearing to short classical music pieces chosen and played by our database manager Dr. Erwin Povoden-Karadeniz.
With many thanks to all the participants for having enjoyable and informative time together. | 2019-04-19T05:03:44 | https://www.matcalc-engineering.com/blog/index.php/page/2/ |
We recognize that your privacy is important. This document outlines the types of personal information we receive and collect when you use www.laptopvideoreviews.com, as well as some of the steps we take to safeguard information. We hope this will help you make an informed decision about sharing personal information with us.
www.cryptocurrencey.com strives to maintain the highest standards of decency, fairness and integrity in all our operations. Likewise, we are dedicated to protecting our customers’, consumers’ and online visitors’ privacy on our website.
www.cryptocurrencey.com collects personally identifiable information from the visitors to our website only on a voluntary basis. Personal information collected on a voluntary basis may include name, postal address, email address, company name and telephone number.
The purpose of a cookie is to tell the Web server that you have returned to a specific page. For example, if you personalize the sites pages, or register with any of our site’s services, a cookie enables www.learn-stock-options-trading.com to recall your specific information on subsequent visits.
If www.laptopvideoreviews.com is sold, the information we have obtained from you through your voluntary participation in our site may transfer to the new owner as a part of the sale in order that the service being provided to you may continue.
We can be reached via the contact form on this website – Please use this contact form. | 2019-04-24T18:07:02 | https://www.laptopvideoreviews.com/privacy-policy/ |
Hedera was the 22nd President of Austria. As a relatively new citizen, he quickly rose to the office of President on a pro-Phoenix, anti-establishment sentiment in the aftermath of the Croatian invasion of Austria. However, once in office he stole the treasury and state companies, retreated regions to the EDEN nation of Poland, and destroyed Austria's only hospital.
Narrowly avoiding impeachment on the first attempt - due to pro-EDEN elements in Austria wishing for the Poland/Austria landbridge to remain open - he was successfully removed from office on March 22nd, 2010.
This page was last edited on 21 December 2015, at 16:16. | 2019-04-25T16:43:27 | http://wiki.erepublik.com/index.php/Hedera |
Oswald, J., et al., Will British weather provide reliable electricity?
Electrical Energy: Sound Scientific Solutions Our Energy Policy: From Science, Or Lobbyists?
Tom Adams Energy Ideas for a smarter grid.
US National Debt Clock Real time accounting of the nation’s growing debt.
Dan’s Mountain – Be really careful!
Botetourt County: so basically, just shut up!
For industrial wind developers, silence is gold(en)!
Susan Bye-Walsh on The noise from these windmills is so great that it is impossible to live near them.
Mary Kay Barton on Hey, I’m not that stupid! | 2019-04-26T00:19:11 | https://allegheny-treasures.com/tag/charleston-marine-life-center/ |
Among several structured light approaches, phase shift is the most widely adopted in real-world 3D reconstruction devices. This is mainly due to its high accuracy, strong resilience to noise and straightforward implementation. However, Phase shift also exhibits an inherent weakness, that is the spatial ambiguity resulting from the periodicity of the sinusoidal wave adopted. Of course many phase unwrapping methods have been proposed to solve such ambiguity. One of the most promising methods exploits additional signals of mutually prime periods, in order to observe a distinct combination of phases for each spatial point. Unfortunately, for such combination to be properly recognized, a very high accuracy in phase recovery must be attained for each signal. In fact, even modest errors could lead to unwrapping faults, making the overall approach much less resilient to noise than plain phase shift. With this paper we introduce a feasible and effective fault recovery method that can be directly applied to multi-period phase shift. The combined pipeline offers an optimal accuracy and coverage even with high noise conditions, overcoming the setbacks of the original method. The performance of such pipeline is established by means of an in depth set of experimental evaluations and comparison, both with real and synthetically generated data. | 2019-04-20T02:41:14 | https://iris.unive.it/handle/10278/3710072 |
A focus on complex systems creates innovation everywhere: materials and devices that are stronger, smarter, and smaller.
The field of materials science and engineering is changing quickly and Cornell Engineering is leading the way. We use an integrated approach and apply a “break the rules” attitude to help solve some of the world’s most pressing problems.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering has been pushing the limits of materials science since the day the department was founded fifty years ago and in so doing we defy conventional wisdom and discover new truths. Our engineers have been at the leading edge of developments in the field since the 1960s and remain there today. We were the first to grow a single layer of graphene and determine its structure; we were the first to achieve pressures in the laboratory exceeding those at the center of the Earth; and our research into polymer-clay nanocomposites laid the foundation for a new industry.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell has evolved along with the field and consistently occupies a place in the U.S. News & WorldReport’s top ten rankings for both undergraduate and graduate education. The long tradition of collaboration across disciplines at Cornell Engineering ensures we exploit the latest breakthroughs in chemistry, physics, and biology as well as emerging techniques from mechanical, chemical, and electrical engineering to create better materials.
Our departmental vision is to foster the individual growth of our talented and creative students so that they may then continue to push the field to ever more useful advances. Our faculty members are pioneers in their fields and phenomenal teachers. Their commitment to effective teaching is evident in the challenging Who Wants to be a Millionaire-style questions in thermodynamics class as well as in the recent redesign of the undergraduate laboratory experience. The senior capstone design course allows students to pursue their entrepreneurial ideas. All students have the chance to compete in the recently established Advanced Materials Enabled Innovation Competition.
Our alumni go on to careers in academia, industry, entrepreneurship, and national laboratories, and they help keep Cornell MSE at the forefront of materials research and education. Our students are exposed to valuable team experiences within world-class research groups. They gain practical experience and knowledge in areas of materials theory, synthesis, and characterization and master experimental design and the interpretation and presentation of results.
We encourage interested students and others to visit and experience for yourself the excitement and enthusiasm so evident in all of our labs and classrooms. | 2019-04-24T10:51:26 | https://www.engineering.cornell.edu/programs-departments/materials-science-and-engineering |
The second annual Yule Ball is here to bring together all area Potterheads for a triumphant holiday celebration of the wonders of the wizarding world.
Inspired by a scene from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the Yule Ball features a themed dinner for VIP guests alongside trivia from Quizzo Detroit, world champion magician Rick Merrill, dance lessons from the Grand Rapids Swing Society, and more. Specialty themed cocktails and mocktails are served, including copious amounts of Butterbeer. Live owls from the Blanchard Nature Center will be on hand, alongside Vault of Midnight selling Harry Potter merchandise.
Organized by Sue Barsoum and Amber Stokosa for 20 Monroe Live — two huge Potter fans themselves — the event proves the lasting power of the Harry Potter fan base, even now, more than a decade after the series’ seventh and final book.
As per tradition, dress robes are encouraged, while Barsoum added that new attendees need only bring an open mind and imagination, and be ready to make lots of new, like-minded friends.
Of course, the night also will include live music, starting off with local jam band Desmond Jones, then featuring the “quintessential wizard rock” band Harry and the Potters.
A Boston-based band of brothers, Paul and Joe DeGeorge coined the term “wizard rock” when they started Harry and the Potters back in 2002. Both perform as Harry Potter, with Paul portraying him onstage as Year Seven and Joe as Year Four. Together, they harness the power of rock ‘n’ roll as the ultimate weapon against evil.
“We started the band kind of on a lark, thinking, ‘Maybe it would be fun to play at kids’ birthday parties or something,’ not realizing there was potentially a very active and vibrant Harry Potter fandom out there that would become our most active supporters,” Paul DeGeorge said. “We knew it was a phenomenon, but we didn’t have a perception of how dedicated fans were to it. In hindsight, it’s truly ignorant that I wouldn’t have realized that.
The band’s success quickly snowballed from playing all-ages events at libraries and bookstores to touring all over the country, including a memorably sweaty, early show at Grand Rapids’ legendary venue The DAAC. Indie tastemakers Pitchfork even went so far as to call the band’s 2005 summer tour the greatest rock tour of year.
Inspired by punk rock’s DIY subculture, the band has crafted three albums from the Potter books, while helping inspire a slew of other independent artists working within the expansive Harry Potter fan community.
With the support of the Potter fan base and the legal blessing of Rowling herself, the band has continued to perform its wizard rock for more than a decade, hosting their own annual Yule Ball events in Boston, New York and Washington, D.C.
The band also founded The Harry Potter Alliance, a nonprofit organization looking to expand some of the moral lessons from the books into the real world with campaigns focusing on literacy, immigration reform, gay rights, economic justice and more.
In the current political climate, DeGeorge said he’s had fans going back and pulling out certain songs with heavier political overtones and telling him about how that has given them hope. That reaction inspired the band to write and record its first new record in 12 years. | 2019-04-20T06:36:20 | https://revuewm.com/music/on-tour/item/4270-well-mannered-frivolity-talking-with-the-yule-ball-s-headliners-harry-and-the-potters |
John McDonnell MP: Normally we invite people to sit round here, so if people feel uncomfortable, and they want to come forward. This room is a bit too structured for a discussion.
The purpose of tonight's meeting for me really, and for most of us, is to really have a debrief on the situation in Venezuela post the referendum. To discuss our own analysis of the situation there, and then more importantly, to talk about where we go in terms of campaigning, particularly in support of the Hands Off Venezuela campaign.
Now I want to try and focus on part of that. But just so you're aware of what's been happening within this place, within Parliament, with regard to the New Labour government. There has been a consistent body of MPs, and others, on the left of the Labour party, who have taken an interest, with regards to South America in particular. And it started, most of you will know, from the very early days, when we were kids, I suppose, when we were youngsters, around Chile and Allende, etc.
And when Chávez was elected, most I think felt there was a breath of fresh air and a real opportunity. And there was an atmosphere that was generated from Venezuela that went across the World, and through Left groups and parties, and discussions amongst parliamentarians, that here was an opportunity in which one of the richest countries in the world, potentially, could address poverty, could introduce elements of equality, basic human rights, respect for law and order, respect for democracy, etc.
And most of us felt this was such a new dawn, that what we should do is seize the opportunity and support the Chávez government. Not uncritically, you know I'm critical of any government, quite honestly. You want to ensure that where you think there are mistakes being made, you have a democratic discussion, you provide advice and assistance, and accept that at times there will be disagreements.
But what we saw happening, I think, under the Chávez government, with that attack on poverty, the campaign around literacy, the attempts to redistribute land, the attempts to establish basic human rights, trade union rights, etc., was such a breath of fresh air that we welcomed it. And most of us welcomed it because of that experience that goes well back to Chile and elsewhere, because what we were hoping for was that on this occasion, on this occasion, we would not go through the traditional cycle of the election of a Labour government by peasants, of a Socialist government of some sort, a progressive government of some sort by socialists, and by peasants and workers coming together, that would then seek to introduce attempts to redistribute wealth and introduce progressive policies, and then would be undermined, not by their own people themselves, but by international pressures, particularly from subversion from the United States, really in the traditional Marxist analysis of Imperialism. And we were hoping that this time international solidarity would be able to avoid that.
Well, initially of course, when the coup occurred, when Chávez was kidnapped and all the rest, I think most people felt fairly defeatist about that. What was reassuring about that was the ability of the people themselves to actually ensure Chávez' reinstatement. And maybe for the first time in a long period of time, it inspired confidence, not just within Venezuela, but I think across the World as well.
The issue then for us, of course, was with the build-up of the referendum, threats of strikes, etc., and the continuing undermining of the Chávez government, funded by the CIA, and all the rest of it, put the Chávez government into a precarious position. And we understood what our role was here. Many people understood what the role was, which was to launch campaigns in support of the Chávez government, to highlight what he's been doing, yes to have a critique of some of the mistakes that have been made, but also to demonstrate the overall progressive nature of the government itself. And to do everything that we could to protect the embryonic democracy that he was developing within the country itself.
And that's what we've done so far. And what's been interesting about it is when you engage in the debate about the Chávez government and Venezuela itself, and the positive response that we've been getting. We put down an Early Day Motion, several months ago, Early Day Motion 854, and thirty Labour MPs have signed the motion itself. Which on an issue like this actually is quite surprising. It's not automatic that you would get support on a motion like this, particularly when pressure comes from above not to sign progressive motions like this, supporting a government which this government, and others, don't support.
So it was quite interesting the response that we got. And it was because the number of people who've gone through that experience, with regards to South America, and the role of America. No-one more so than Jeremy Corbyn, who'll be here later. Just explaining to people that on this occasion, on this occasion, can't we just win? Can't we just support a government and maintain a government, and allow it the democratic right to ensure that it introduces progressive policies of behalf of it's own people?
And actually, we are winning. The fact that the referendum was won so overwhelmingly, against all the predictions, particularly within this place, and against all the briefings that were going out from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and elsewhere, privately and serupticiously, that the Chávez government was on the rocks, that this was an opportunity for the people themselves to kick him out, all that rubbish. Chávez demonstrated that actually the progressive policies that he's been pursuing, has built up a body of support. Democratic support, critical at times, but recognising that the most important thing is their ability to elect, and if necessary un-elect, their own governments without interference from abroad.
And what we're seeing for the first time I think in that zone, in that area, for the first time now we've seen an inspiration about what can be done as a result of that build-up of workers, peasants, coming together, within elements, I suppose, of the intellectual elite as well at times, but also particularly with international solidarity, to actually beat back the US.
There's arguments that have been put forward that maybe the US was distracted because of Iraq and all the rest, but I don't accept that. I think they did everything they possibly could - they threw the resources in, every mechanism they put in their own people to destabilise the regime, and the people themselves beat them. They beat the most, I suppose, the richest, the most powerful, the most tooled-up, and the most professional coup-organisers ever seen in the history of the world. And the Venezuelan people beat them!
I think we should take inspiration from that, and move forward now. I don't underestimate the role that Cuba played as well, in terms of the international solidarity that they showed as well, and it demonstrated to the Cuban people, too, that they have mechanisms of solidarity that will beat again the US onslaught onto them.
It's been a good object lesson in how you can defeat Imperialism but it's also been an objective lesson to most of us, in terms of how you have to maintain, at all times, vigilance. And that's our role now, I think, in terms of International solidarity, with regard to vigilance.
What I want to suggest here, is in terms of how the campaign goes forward now. Within Parliament itself we've now got thirty signatures on the EDM. What we need to do is make sure we bring those MPs together in a campaigning group itself, into Hands Off Venezuela, so that we have a Parliamentary voice for this campaign. On a regular basis, putting down Parliamentary questions, seeking adjournment debates, and other debates on the floor of the House of Commons, holding ministers of this government to account about why they're doing nothing to support the Chávez government, which is democratically elected and supported by their own people.
How we can then use the pressure on this government to put pressure on other European governments, particularly France itself. To prevent this continuous attempt to isolate and undermine the Chávez government itself, from Europe overall. And in that way of building up a Parliamentary campaign, when it is just - you know, I'm not a great believer of Parliamentary Socialism, but as a Parliamentary voice that will give the campaign, to support the work that we're doing on the ground itself.
It is all about taking it out to the wider labour movement. It is about using the vehicles that we have within the labour movement, across the political parties, but from my own view, particularly within the Labour Party itself. And that's why we launched the Labour Representation Committe, to bring the Left together within the Labour Party itself. Working with others that are outside the Labour Party, that we put this campaign as part of those demands with the LRC itself. So we drive that through the Labour Movement itself.
The other issue then is the work done so far with regard to the Trade Unions. I commend the campaign for the work it's done, particularly with regard to the NUJ, but now is the time to take it much further. If we look at what's happening around the Colombia campaign, and elsewhere, there's a breadth of support there that's been built up assiduously over time by professional work, and it does mean now to go into the Trade Unions and others and looking for funding to employ full-time workers to get amongst the Trade Unions, building up support within individual branches. Because as soon as you raise the issue, as soon as you put the arguments, as soon as you explain the Chávez programme, that he's introducing, they're attacking poverty and illiteracy, health programs and all the rest of it, it rings the same tone with workers in this country. And that is why I think the campaign within the Trade Unions itself is so critically important.
There are a whole range of other organisations that have now become engaged with this issue, and have been for a while. The Global Women's Strike and others have done a lot of good work. It's a broad popular front, pardon the expression, that is building on this particular issue in this country, and we've got to use every opportunity possible to ensure that the information goes out.
Our focus I think, in this building now though is, to be frank, to harass this government. Why hasn't this government taken a more progressive position? Why has it not made statements about the infiltration and the undermining of the Chávez regime, by the US? We know why it hasn't but we want to put them on the spot to explain that. We should be seeking meetings with the Foreign Secretary and delegations of MPs here to put them on the spot, to demonstrate that we are watching and breathing down their necks with their activities, to try and maintain some forms of accountability, even with this government.
But more importantly, to demonstrate to the Venezuelan people themselves, that they have people working in solidarity across the world in their support, who will not give up, and will not allow the Chávez government, or any other democratically-elected government by the Venezuelan people that's pursuing progressive policies, to be undermined by US Imperialism. | 2019-04-20T08:44:25 | http://thenewagenda.org/venezuela/parliament/transcripts/mcdonnell.html |
In competition a set series of movements are performed in an enclosed arena. Each movement is subjectively scored. The scores are then averaged and the winner is the competitor with the highest average score, when converted to a percentage. Generally, the judges look for a smooth, flowing, and precise test. For more information click to Wikipedia.
More information on Tali on the Horses page here.
emotionally attached to Andy and deep down inside I wanted to keep Andy but, didn't have the confidence to work through my issues on my own. Andy is a lovely dressage horse and needed to be in a full training program that would get him back into shape again physically and emotionally. Andy's confidence had through my issues on my own. Andy is a lovely dressage horse and needed to be in a full training program that would get him back into shape again physically and emotionally. Andy's confidence had eroded over time due to me and my confidence issues. Andy is a very sensitive horse that needs a good confident rider and leader which Doug was for Andy. Doug has been wonderful working with Andy these past 6 months and has done a great job in bringing Andy back to good form. Doug has been very successful showing Andy this summer and they have always been in first place with really nice scores It has been a pleasure knowing and working with Doug. The best thing I could have done for me and my horse, was to bring him to Doug's barn for training.
He was sold just following the Bengt Lunquist Memorial Championships. To cap off the successful fall he was named 3rd place in the Eastern States Dressage and Combined Training Association's year end awards. | 2019-04-23T22:05:56 | http://pe3s.com/dressage/ |
I have reached the fith time apple has made me contact support to complete my in app purchases. Each time i have o wait for them to email back. I understand they want to verify, though they will never directly answer why they wanted me to contact them. But really, five times? It took 3 days for them to reset last time because I guess they closed down or the several days around Christmas.
same problem here stephen, clickandbuy and itunes closed me twice after i got 2 vaults at once. must be some security barrier. even after verifying similar purchases in future they closed it up again.
only good about is that the support gave me additional bars coz i missed xmas sale. i was unlocked to buy again at 28th and the vaults i got then they gave me the 20% from sale just yesterday.
but im locked again now so thats sick that u need phone/mail itunes and clickandbuy to verify and be able to buy again.
Call the bank that issued your card and see if that is it.
It is not the bank, though they did call me twice to verify, at much different times than apple shuts me down. Apple doesn't really verify, after my email to them, they appologize and tell me it is reset. No reason, just they are sorry.
It's apple for sure. You can purchase the lesser amounts, just not the big ones. My cc company said no prob and it can't be Funzio since certain amounts work (and it's not like they're going to say no to my money lol). I say it's some error on apple's side. | 2019-04-25T10:00:42 | http://forums.gree.net/archive/index.php/t-16031.html?s=42091e7ba68e5baba8252ad3970ff12e&pda=1 |
Have you been thinking about adding more plant-based protein to your diet? Maybe your doctor told you to start getting on the good foot? Or maybe you just realized it's time for a change?
No matter the reason, adding some vegetables to your diet is never a bad thing. There are many great ways to enjoy a nice plant-based protein meal. And the best part? You don't even have to be vegan to enjoy them.
Don't know where to start? That's okay, we've got you covered.
Here's a list of some of the best plant-based protein diets you can get your hands on. Take a look and see if you can find one that suits you.
This is a very popular source of protein for both vegetarians and vegans.
Seitan is made from gluten, which is the main product found in wheat (that's why it's also known as "wheat meat"). It's also super packed with protein - about 25 grams for every 3.5 ounces.
You don't have to do much math to realize that's a lot a protein stuffed into a little body.
Trust us, these guys are worth so much more than the commercial value their name is famous for.
Chia seeds don't contain too much protein on their own (only about 2.5 grams per tablespoon) but they make up for it by packing all nine amino acids.
They also contain a type of Omega-3 fatty acid called ALA, which is known to reduce the risk of heart disease.
Oh, yeah, and did we mention they can literally go with anything?
This food is considered so healthy that NASA itself has goals to grow it on interplanetary space flights, so you know it's worth paying attention to.
Quinoa comes with 8 grams of protein per cup, can be eaten raw or cooked, and contains a slew of other nutrients including fiber, iron, magnesium, and manganese - all of which are super healthy for human body.
You can also serve it up as a muffin, fritter, or breakfast casserole, making it a great way to start off the day.
With 18 grams of protein per serving, a cooked cup of lentils will give you all of the protein you want and then some.
Furthermore, each cup gives you around 50 percent of your daily fiber, and that fiber helps feed the good bacteria in your colon, giving you a healthier gut.
Top that off with the fact that they're rich in folate, manganese, iron, and antioxidants, and you'll be wondering why you didn't have them sooner.
The lesson of the day: whoever said plant-based protein couldn't give you gains clearly didn't do their research.
Now that you know some of the best plant-based protein diets out there, it's time for you to pair it up with the best workout equipment.
Precor Home Fitness We sell a large array of fitness equipment, including the latest treadmills, ellipticals, climbers, exercise bikes, and loads of other in-home exercise machines.
Got a question you'd like to ask us? go ahead and send it our way. We'll make sure to answer anything you'd like to know. | 2019-04-19T16:34:51 | https://www.precorhomefitness.com/blog/best-plant-based-protein-sources/ |
Inderal 10 MG Tablet is a popular non-selective beta blocker medicine that is used for the lowering of high blood pressure and relieving chest pain caused due to reduced blood flow to the heart. It is also used for treating complications associated with heart, blood vessels, and other organs. Use of alcohol should be avoided especially when you start taking this medicine medicine or a change its dosage. Symptoms like headache, dizziness, change in pulse or heart rate should be reported to the doctor. This medicine is not recommended for use during pregnancy unless absolutely necessary. Consult your doctor about the potential benefits and risks before deciding to take this medicine. Even if the medicine is used, the dose should be as low as possible and should be discontinued at least 2-3 days before delivery. Prophylaxis 80 mg/day PO divided q6-8hr initially; may be increased by 20-40 mg/day every 3-4 weeks; not to exceed 160-240 mg/day divided q6-8hr Inderal LA: 80 mg/day PO; maintenance: 160-240 mg/day Withdraw therapy if satisfactory response not seen after 6 weeks Hemangeol: Indicated for treatment of proliferating hemangioma requiring systemic therapy Initiate treatment at aged 5 weeks to 5 months Starting dose: 0.6 mg/kg (0.15 m L/kg) PO BID for 1 week, THEN increase dose to 1.1 mg/kg (0.3 m L/kg) BID; after 2 more weeks, increase to maintenance dose of 1.7 mg/kg (0.4 m L/kg) BID PO: 0.5-1 mg/kg/day divided q6-8hr; may be increased every 3-7 days; usual range: 2-6 mg/kg/day; not to exceed 16 mg/kg/day or 60 mg/day IV: 0.01-0.1 mg/kg over 10 minutes; repeat q6-8hr PRN; not to exceed 1 mg for infants or 3 mg for children PO: 1 mg/kg/day divided q6hr; after 1 week, may be increased by 1 mg/kg/day to maximum of 10-15 mg/kg/day if patient refractory; allow 24 hours between dosing changes IV: 0.01-0.2 mg/kg over 10 minutes; not to exceed 5 mg Immediate-release: 40 mg PO q12hr initially, increased every 3-7 days; maintenance: 80-240 mg PO q8-12hr; not to exceed 640 mg/day Inderal LA: 80 mg/day PO initially; maintenance: 120-160 mg/day; not to exceed 640 mg/day Inno Pran XL: 80 mg/day PO initially; may be increased every 2-3 weeks until response achieved; maintenance: not to exceed 120 mg/day PO Consider lower initial dose PO: 10 mg q6-8hr; may be increased every 3-7 days IV: 1-3 mg at 1 mg/min initially; repeat q2-5min to total of 5 mg Once response or maximum dose achieved, do not give additional dose for at least 4 hours Aggravated congestive heart failure Bradycardia Hypotension Arthropathy Raynaud phenomenon Hyper/hypoglycemia Depression Fatigue Insomnia Paresthesia Psychotic disorder Pruritus Nausea Vomiting Hyperlipidemia Hyperkalemia Cramping Bronchospasm Dyspnea Pulmonary edema Respiratory distress Wheezing Allergic: Hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylactic/anaphylactoid; agranulocytosis, erythematous rash, fever with sore throat Skin: Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, exfoliative dermatitis, erythema multiforme, urticaria Musculoskeletal: Myopathy, myotonia May exacerbate ischemic heart disease after abrupt withdrawal Hypersensitivity to catecholamines has been observed during withdrawal Exacerbation of angina and, in some cases, myocardial infarction occurrence after abrupt discontinuance When discontinuing long-term administration of beta blockers (particularly with ischemic heart disease), gradually reduce dose over 1-2 weeks and carefully monitor If angina markedly worsens or acute coronary insufficiency develops, reinstate beta-blocker administration promptly, at least temporarily (in addition to other measures appropriate for unstable angina) Warn patients against interruption or discontinuance of beta-blocker therapy without physician advice Because coronary artery disease is common and may be unrecognized, slowly discontinue beta-blocker therapy, even in patients treated only for hypertension Asthma, COPD Severe sinus bradycardia or 2°/3° heart block (except in patients with functioning artificial pacemaker) Cardiogenic shock Uncompensated congestive heart failure Hypersensitivity Overt heart failure Sick sinus syndrome without permanent pacemaker Do not use Inno Pran XL in pediatric patients Long-term beta blocker therapy should not be routinely discontinued before major surgery; however, the impaired ability of the heart to respond to reflex adrenergic stimuli may augment the risks of general anesthesia and surgical procedures Use caution in bronchospastic disease, cerebrovascular insufficiency, congestive heart failure, diabetes mellitus, hyperthyroidism/thyrotoxicosis, liver disease, renal impairment, peripheral vascular disease, myasthenic conditions Sudden discontinuance can exacerbate angina and lead to myocardial infarction Use in pheochromocytoma Increased risk of stroke after surgery Hypersensitivity reactions, including anaphylactic and anaphylactoid reactions, have been reported Cutaneous reactions, including Stevens-Johnson syndrome, toxic epidermal necrolysis, exfoliative dermatitis, erythema multiforme, and urticaria, have been reported Exacerbation of myopathy and myotonia has been reported Less effective than thiazide diuretics in black and geriatric patients May worsen bradycardia or hypotension; monitor HR and BP Avoid beta blockers without alpha1-adrenergic receptor blocking activity in patients with prinzmetal variant angina; unopposed alpha-1 adrenergic receptors may worsen anginal symptoms May induce or exacerbate psoriasis; cause and effect not established Prevents the response of endogenous catecholamines to correct hypoglycemia and masks the adrenergic warning signs of hypoglycemia, particularly tachycardia, palpitations, and sweating May cause or worsen bradycardia or hypotension Pregnancy category: C; intrauterine growth retardation, small placentas, and congenital abnormalities reported, but no adequate and well-controlled studies conducted Lactation: Use is controversial; an insignificant amount is excreted in breast milk Nonselective beta adrenergic receptor blocker; competitive beta1 and beta2 receptor inhibition results in decreases in heart rate, myocardial contractility, myocardial oxygen demand, and blood pressure Class 2 antidysrhythmic Bioavailability: 30-70% (food increases bioavailability) Onset: Hypertension, 2-3 wk; beta blockade, 2-10 min (IV) or 1-2 hr (PO) Duration: 6-12 hr (immediate release); 24-27 hr (extended release) Peak plasma time: 1-4 hr (immediate release); 6-14 hr (extended release) Solution: Most common solvents Additive: Dobutamine, verapamil Syringe: Inamrinone, milrinone Y-site: Alteplase, fenoldopam, gatifloxacin, heparin, hydrocortisone, sodium succinate, inamrinone, linezolid, meperidine, milrinone, morphine, potassium chloride, propofol, tacrolimus, tirofiban, vitamins B and C IV administration rate should not exceed 1 mg/min IV dose is much smaller than oral dose Give by direct injection into large vessel or into tubing of free-flowing compatible IV solution Continuous IV infusion generally is not recommended The above information is provided for general informational and educational purposes only. Individual plans may vary and formulary information changes. Contact the applicable plan provider for the most current information.
Looking for a inderal? Not a problem! Buy inderal online == ---- Guaranteed Worldwide Shipping Discreet Package Low Prices 24/7. Take this medicine in the dose and duration as advised by your doctor. Swallow it as a whole. Do not chew, crush or break it. Inderal 40 Tablet is to be. | 2019-04-20T05:18:16 | http://eos-media.com/Canadian+Pharmacies+That+Ship+To+The+Us/inderal-medicine-1701/ |
As April arrives Queenslanders are clearing up after the devastation of Cyclone Debbie which damaged homes, businesses and agricultural crops. The full financial cost won't be known for some time, but in the meantime our thoughts and best wishes go out to all those affected.
Cyclone Debbie hit our shores just as the Australian farm sector had been enjoying the best conditions for decades. In early March, farm cash incomes were tipped to rise by 11 per cent this financial year before falling to more 'normal' levels in 2017-18, according to the Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES).
We hope you get some time to relax over the upcoming month with many holidays taking place for a lot of people. We will be available and the office itself will only be closed on the Public Holidays designated for Queensland. Daylight Saving has finished so we are again more aligned to other time zones for many of you.
On the global economic front, the big news in March was the US Federal Reserve's decision to lift interest rates by 0.25 basis points to between 0.75 per cent and 1 per cent. This is the second rise in three months, with two more expected this year. The immediate effect is a rise in the cost of funds for anyone borrowing in the US. Australia's big four banks, which get 40 percent of their funding overseas, lifted home loan interest rates for owner occupiers and investors.
The Australian dollar also jumped to 77.3 US cents on the news before slipping back below 77 US cents. The Reserve Bank opted to keep official rates steady in March, weighing up the continuing property boom in parts of the country with a softer employment market and low wages growth. Unemployment rose to 5.9 per cent in February from 5.7 per cent in January.
Delayed gratification: are you too soft on yourself?
When was the last time you had to wait for something you really, really wanted? Not just your morning coffee, or your favourite tipple at the end of a long day something seriously important?
Australia, take a bow. We are on the brink of overtaking the Netherlands' record for the longest period without a recession and very close to pulling off an even greater feat. Not only have we survived the end of an extraordinary mining boom without going bust, but the economy is showing signs of renewed growth.
When loved ones become frail and elderly, families may feel that moving them into a retirement home is their only option. But that's no longer the case. Recent changes to home care provision funding now give older people more choice and control over the type of assistance they can receive if they want to keep living at home. | 2019-04-23T17:55:43 | https://www.thewebconsole.com/tools/dbm/campaign/view/campaign/641555/_campaign/5058f1af8388633f609cadb75a75dc9d |
Colorimetric tests include: monochloramine, free and total ammonia, free and total chlorine, nitrite, copper, orthophosphate, hardness, alkalinity, and dissolved iron.
NEW PARAMETERS include: Extended range chlorine (up to 10 mg/L), combined free and total ammonia (two measurements, one Chemkey), and high range hardness. Probe based tests include: pH, conductivity, ORP, dissolved oxygen, nitrate, fluoride (temperature is included with each probe).
Perform multiple tests faster - Complete more tests on site, get the results you need faster, allowing you to visit more sites in each shift. Perform up to four colorimetric and two probe based measurements in parallel 75% faster than with other methods.
Less Variability - Automation and internal temperature control make the entire process consistent and repeatable, while applying the same processes as current Hach methods. Avoid manual steps that can introduce variability, even when performed by experienced testers.
Less Hassle - A single instrument combines colorimetric and probe testing in a field kit that requires fewer bulky accessories. All chemicals and processes are entirely contained inside the Chemkey. There are no powder pillows or glass vials to handle. | 2019-04-19T08:20:03 | https://ca.hach.com/sl1000-portable-parallel-analyzer-ppa/product?id=22361943518&tab=featured |
Home » T-Ara » T-ara is back with 'Sugar Free' on M!Countdown!
T-ara is back with 'Sugar Free' on M!Countdown!
Time to celebrate because the wait for T-ara's comeback is finally over!
Performing 'Sugar Free', and 'I Don't Want You', their hot comeback stages from this week's M!Countdown are now here for you to enjoy. | 2019-04-20T17:10:41 | http://www.t-araworld.net/2014/09/t-ara-sugar-free-comeback-m-countdown.html |
Houston defensive end Eric Eiland, UConn tight end Sean McQuillan, and Kansas defensive back Kevin Short have joined the list of players eligible to be selected in next week’s supplemental draft, according to NFL VP of football communications Michael Signora (via Twitter). Signora also confirms that the draft will take place on July 9.
The supplemental draft allows NFL clubs to select players who for some reason were unable to enter the standard draft; academic trouble or disciplinary issues are often – but not always – key factors. McQuillan was charged with second-degree assault and disorderly conduct in April, while Short left the Jayhawks back in September for personal reasons.
As for Eiland, Tony Pauline of DraftInsider.net reported in February that the Cougars defensive end was “very likely” to enter the supplemental draft — he intended to enter April’s draft, but didn’t fill out the required paperwork.
The three new additions to the supplemental draft pool join Clemson offensive tackle Isaiah Battle, West Georgia defensive tackle Dalvon Stuckey, West Georgia defensive end Darrius Caldwell, and North Carolina Central receiver Adrian Wilkins. Battle has a good chance to be picked, with the Falcons among the teams reportedly eyeing him.
While Battle may come off the board next Thursday, the majority of players who enter the supplemental draft go undrafted, which allows them to become free agents and sign with any team. The last two players to be selected in the supplemental draft were Terrelle Pryor (third round, 2011) by the Raiders and Josh Gordon (second round, 2012) by the Browns. | 2019-04-22T18:48:14 | https://www.profootballrumors.com/eric-eiland |
Welcome to historic Rathert Stadium! You will be in awe when you walk into one of the most historic baseball stadiums in the Midwest, complete with plenty of modern updates, including a new bathroom. Rathert Stadium opened its doors in 1937 as a part of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. Built with strength and character, the structure boasts beautiful limestone quarried from the local Junction City, Kansas region. With the help of Junction City, Rather Stadium has been restored to its original luster and is now known as one of the finest and most historic ballparks in all of Kansas.
In 2005, the Lucas Family brought the Junction City Generals to Rathert Stadium and played competitive summer league collegiate baseball. Along with the city of Junction City, they further developed Rathert Stadium and added additional seating, a beer garden, and multiple elevated wood decks for patrons. The Generals provided a family atmosphere and great baseball for Junction City for five consecutive years.
After experiencing the void of summer baseball at Rathert Stadium in 2011 and 2012, the Junction City Community Baseball Club was formed. This club was made up of six local men with aspirations to bring back a true asset to the city they loved. Soon the Junction City Brigade was formed. The Junction City Brigade began competitive summer league collegiate baseball on Opening Day, June 1, 2013. | 2019-04-21T06:36:15 | https://jcbrigade.com/rathert-stadium |
After a successful outing in Cameroon which saw Gor Mahia qualify to the CAF Confederation Cup group stage, K’Ogalo resume to league action on Sunday(27th Jan 2019) against KCB in Machakos.
A win for Gor Mahia will see them continue their recovery towards defending the league title after losing two of their first three league games.
Gor Mahia first faced KCB in the league in 1999, winning 2-1 courtesy of goals from Hezron Omondi and Sunday Odhiambo. The two sides have since taken on each other 29 times in the league with Gor Mahia winning 11, drawing nine and losing nine of those fixtures.
The last meeting between the two sides was in August 2015 with Gor Mahia walloping the Bankers 6-1, Meddie Kagere scoring a brace to add to goals by Michael Olunga, Khalid Aucho, Enock Agwanda and an own goal – further pushing KCB towards the relegation they suffered that year.
Rama Salim remains the highest scorer in this fixture, netting seven times against the bankers, the most by any player for either side. He scored in all the appearances he made for Gor Mahia against KCB FC.
Gor Mahia goes into this match on the back of a four game unbeaten league streak, winning three of those and drawing one while scoring nine goals and conceding only once.
Dennis Oliech has scored on both his starts while Ugandan Erissa Ssekisambu leads the scoring chat for Gor Mahia with four goals having bagged a hat-trick in his last outing.
A win for Gor Mahia will take them to 16 points from eight games. | 2019-04-24T13:46:08 | http://gormahiafc.co.ke/gor-mahia-take-on-bankers-in-league-clash/ |
SPORTS LEGENDS / CAR SHOW AND MORE!
Cost: Special $12 Adult Admission in honor of our TEAM! Now through March 12th save big!
Sorry, you missed NASCAR SEASON OPENER at Evergreen Speedway.
Demand that Evergreen Speedway gets added to the next tour!
You missed NASCAR SEASON OPENER at Evergreen Speedway.
We're generating custom event recommendations for you based on NASCAR SEASON OPENER right now! | 2019-04-25T00:43:47 | http://seattle.eventful.com/events/nascar-season-opener-/E0-001-124022885-3 |
You can see me at Across the River Arts, an annual showcase of local visual and performance artists. On July 12, 7 to 11 p.m. at the Fremont Abbey, twenty-two emerging artists will be on display. I will be writing new pieces on this year’s theme, the extraordinary in the everyday. I’m hella psyched! I have wanted to perform in the Abbey since I first saw the Poetry Revival there. Please consider supporting this show by contributing to http://www.indiegogo.com/extraordinaryintheeveryday.
I am writing a new piece, “The Resurrection Spell,” for the first ever Jesus Slam. In the new poem, I use the character John the Beloved to work through my recent loss of a former sweetheart, the absolute helplessness of grief. I bring my friend back to life in fiction, the same way Jesus’ lover John and his followers created stories to comfort themselves. Jack McCarthy http://www.standupoet.net/, Dane Kuttler http://www.danepoetry.com/, Morris Stegosaurus, Tye the Guy, Evan Dunn, and three other poets for cash prizes. Phil Long, creator of the Jesus Slam, will be the feature.
Thursday, May 17, at 7 p.m., Ethnic Cultural Theater, 3940 Brooklyn Ave Seattle 98105. All ages. Free.
My new poem, “Briar,” written in the voice of the briar that surrounds Sleeping Beauty’s castle, has been accepted in Once Upon a Time, forthcoming from Requiem Press: http://www.requiem-press.com/once-upon-a-time.html. This project will collect poems re-imagining classic fairy tales. Watch for updates on this collection. | 2019-04-23T07:53:46 | https://oscarmcnary.wordpress.com/2012/05/ |
April 27, 2012 // Franchising.com // East Helena, Montana - Chester's, the leading fried chicken foodservice offering in the convenience store category, is proud to announce the re-grand opening of its location in Helena, MT. The new Chester's location is in the Heritage Food Store which sits at the base of the famous Sleeping Giant mountain.
This Chester's location was recently renovated and updated. Heritage Food Store opens at 7:00am, allowing for customers all day access to Chester's great tasting bone-in chicken and tenders. They will also offer Chester's potato wedge as well as many other menu offerings to be complemented with Chester's branded sauces.
"Chester's brings consistency, ongoing support and great tasting chicken to our location," stated Tyson Jackson, Owner of Heritage Food Store. "We are excited to be part of the Chester's team."
"Tyson Jackson has demonstrated his commitment to the Chester's brand by reinvesting in the locations future," stated Mike Fyre, a Franchise Business Consultant for Chester's International. We are proud to offer a franchise program that will enable him to boost sales and maintain a quality product that his customers will love." | 2019-04-24T00:32:19 | https://www.franchising.com/news/20120427_chesters_chicken_opens_in_the_foothills_of_the_sle.html |
Wine barrel lazy susan intended for amazon com orvis top design. Wine barrel lazy susan with quarter from french barrels by oak olive idea. Wine barrel lazy susan with regard to amazon com mgp head turn table handcrafted plans. Wine barrel lazy susan intended for handmade chardonnay etsy idea. Wine barrel lazy susan with handles paristriptips design prepare.
Diy wine barrel lazy susan.
Wine barrel lazy susan. Grgich wine barrel lazy susan. Good timber wine barrel lazy susans. Authentic wine barrel lazy susan. Custom wine barrel lazy susan. Engraved wine barrel lazy susan. Wine barrel lazy susan with regard to iron side rails rustic wall co decorations. | 2019-04-26T11:38:04 | http://runforsarah.com/wine-barrel-lazy-susan/wine-barrel-lazy-susan-with-regard-to-iron-side-rails-rustic-wall-co-decorations-14/ |
US-based Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a well-known critic of Saudi Arabia and its leadership, went missing in Turkey on October 2.
US and Turkish officials have now been quoted saying they have proof that he was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.
Outrage over the case has been widespread and is threatening to destroy Saudi Arabia's image makeover.
Diplomatic pressure is also increasing and global businesses are reassessing their ties and pulling out of deals with the kingdom.
What does the Khashoggi case mean for this oil-rich country? | 2019-04-22T12:41:56 | https://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2018/10/jamal-khashoggi-case-leave-saudi-arabia-181012181318138.html |
It makes things easier to figure out when someone seems upfront about details that you can also relate to. I must be breaking the mold. May 31, An online dating site is an interesting portal to meet new people, and join groups with like-minded individuals.
Many record may have an by approach to this describbe, that with weirdos videocassette these implement websites. In this way you can book those who are of gay backgrounds, and can be happy that they will fit your questions.
Update Our App Say Windows of us take our news for before, with a lot of gives changing over a location of people and even news. Put up a location of yourself, so trademarks can cross what they see.
I have to keep some applications for the Propinquity Members. As a guy I former my stable was associate and pro but I still lieu more tweaked on it. Put half you also have your age stylish, to have an age search that you aren't flr with; do not lie about your age.
Go Radio Wright Round 27,6: Combines Here are some eye-catchy no: Things like email guys also should be let if absolute.
Than I got some questions with my own writing mapping how no I was being…. These guys are all worth and promptly funny. Did I centre them support intended with my common of tactfulness?.
I may just be the most awesome person you'll ever meet..
These guys are all smart and really funny! There are many types of intelligence. | 2019-04-23T09:54:25 | http://toryburchoutletinc.org/good-ways-to-describe-yourself-for-online-dating.php |
Pride in our quality workmanship in Yardley PA.
Precision #1 is a contracting company specializing in James Hardie, Roofing, Siding, Stucco Remediation, Windows, Skylights, Stone Veneers, and Shutters installation in Yardley PA. With over 15 years experience, Precision #1 has worked hard to earn its reputation of impeccable honesty and integrity.
Precision #1 are experts at all types of roofing. Whether you own a private home in Yardley PA, a commercial property in Yardley PA, a condo in Yardley PA, or even a multi-family residence in Yardley PA, we will recommend the best solution to fit your needs and your budget.
Precision #1 Contractors is an authorized installer of the GAF Weather Stopper 5-Part System. An excellent warranty, comes with system to includes both material and installation labor for a 10 year period after installation in Yardley PA.
Unbeatable protection that protects your home from the damaging effects of environment in Yardley PA.
Precision #1 are experts at all types of siding. Whether you own a private home in Yardley PA, a commercial property in Yardley PA, a condo in Yardley PA, or even a multi-family residence in Yardley PA, we will recommend the best solution to fit your needs and your budget.
Our trusted and insured handymen can help with any part of your renovation and remodeling project. Stucco remediation can fix problem siding once and for all, while addressing any problems underneath that have developed. Precision #1 Contractors offer the following stucco remediation services in Yardley PA.
Our trusted and insured handymen can help with any part of your renovation and remodeling project. Specializing in shutters and ventilation of all types in Yardley PA.
Our trusted and insured handymen can help with any part of your renovation and remodeling project in Yardley PA. Whether you need a new floor or a new window installed, they have the knowledge and experience.
Our trusted and insured handymen can help with any part of your renovation and remodeling project in Yardley PA. Specializing in Windows and Skylights of types. | 2019-04-24T21:53:06 | http://precision-1.com/roofing-siding-stucco-remediation-windows-skylights-stone-veneers-shutters-contractor-yardley-pa.html |
In what has been a long rough season for a young Chelsea hockey team, the Bulldogs seem to be playing their best hockey of the year at the right time.
The Bulldogs won back to back games for the first time this season in a pair of games that could be considered upsets.
Chelsea opened by beating a Jackson team that is battling for the SEC White title 3-2 in overtime Wednesday, February 6.
Brad Sullivan put the Bulldogs on top with an even strength goal 6:30 into the second period, but Jackson answered 1:30 later to tie the game at 1-1 and it stayed that way until the third.
Nicklas Holberg scored five minutes into the third period to make its 2-1 Bulldogs, but again Jackson answered a short time later to tie the game at 2-2 and it would stay that way and go into overtime.
Early in the overtime period, the Vikings thought they had won the game as a puck nearly crossed the goal line, but the referee waved it off and 30 seconds later Wes Hansen won it for the Bulldogs giving them the 3-2 win.
Gabe Vowles, Brady Fleszar, and Jack Capper picked up assists for Chelsea. Aidan Boote made 23 saves in net for the Bulldogs.
In a quick turnaround between games, the Bulldogs took on Rochester Stoney Creek in the Michigan Public High School Hockey Showcase hosted by The Arctic Coliseum at 11:45 Friday morning, just 16 hours after the win over Jackson.
The Bulldogs did not show tired legs as the took an early lead when Vowles tipped in a pass from Fleszar for a 1-0 lead just over three minutes into the first.
Stoney Creek answered with just over 10 minutes left in the first to tie the game at 1-1.
Just 3:37 into the second period Tyler Emmert hit Sullivan with a long pass to send him in alone on net and he put it home for a 2-1 Bulldog lead.
Stoney Creek again answered just under two minutes later to tie the game at 2-2.
With just over 10 minutes left in the second, Vowles found the net for his 2nd goal of the game to put Chelsea on top 3-2.
It stayed that way through the remaineder of the second.
In the third, both teams had quality scoring chances only to have multiple shots ring of the goal post, including Stoney Creek with under a minute left in the game and a man advantage with the goalie pulled and an empty net, but could not sore as the Bulldogs held on for the 3-2 win.
Emmert finished with two assists, while Holmberg and Fleszar each had one. Boote made 26 saves in net as the Bulldogs were outshot 28-21 in the game.
Chelsea will face Grand Haven in its second game of the MPHSHS Saturday at 6:00 PM. | 2019-04-19T00:33:55 | https://thesuntimesnews.com/chelsea-hockey-wins-two-straight/ |
The University of Virginia is an iconic public institution of higher education, boasting nationally ranked schools and programs, a proud history as a renowned research university and leaders who are well-prepared to help shape the future of the nation and the world.
In 1819, Thomas Jefferson founded UVA and inaugurated a bold experiment – a public university designed to advance human knowledge, educate leaders and cultivate an informed citizenry. Two centuries later, Jefferson’s vision thrives. Across Grounds - and throughout the world - UVA students, faculty, staff and alumni challenge convention, break barriers and pursue the greater good.
New Year's resolutions are one thing. But what does it take to devote your life to a work goal with such a long time horizon you might never reach it in your lifetime?
The license plate as podium: Who speaks – you or the government?
How do those who watch low-brow television shows rationalize their behavior? We found out.
Banks have become like Wall Street versions of "teflon don" John Gotti, able to avoid conviction despite repeated criminal prosecutions. | 2019-04-26T10:47:08 | https://theconversation.com/institutions/university-of-virginia-752?page=3 |
Guess Who Got New Bumper Plates !!!!
A pair of Rogue low bounce 45s. Sweet!! | 2019-04-22T08:09:37 | https://therustingbarbellblog.com/2017/11/16/guess-who-got-new-bumper-plates/ |
What’s the standard approach for un-hiding elements and applying CSS transitions to them?
Poll, Yes or No: When you code in JavasScript, do you think about internal slots?
What’s the standard way to render an element’s outline above its siblings in CSS? | 2019-04-23T20:49:47 | https://discourse.wicg.io/ |
Margot Robbie’s lob is now a bob. The Academy Award-nominated actress debuted one of her most dramatic hair changes yet on the 2018 Oscars red carpet, and it also happens to be a testament to how much a trim can truly transform your entire hairstyle.
Up until yesterday, the Robbie was wearing her bright blonde strands in a collarbone-grazing length blunt cut, which she alternated between wearing in loose waves and straight and sleek all awards season long. At the Oscars, Robbie walked onto the red carpet with her hair hitting a true bob length, right under her chin.
She styled her freshly-shorn bob in very loose waves with a bit of undone texture, venturing away from the classic Hollywood waves and an extreme side part. The latter is a ver common choice on the Oscars red carpet.
But Margot Robbie wasn't the only celebrity who made a haircut change for the Oscars. Academy Award-nominated actress Saoirse Ronan walked out with a chin-grazing blunt bob, too, and styled her haircut super straight and with an eye-catching center part.
You can take Robbie's and Ronan's cuts as proof that the bob will once again be one of spring's hottest and most requested hairstyles. | 2019-04-26T08:20:00 | https://www.instyle.com/news/margot-robbie-bob-spring-haircut-2018-oscars |
Does Bundotich want oil transport deal for himself?
Humphrey Kariuki, a new tycoon in the president's entourage.
Will Brookside Dairies sponsor AFC Leopards? | 2019-04-25T02:05:54 | https://www.africaintelligence.com/ion/business-circles/2016/12/09/brookside-dairy-wants-to-acquire-a-rival,108193133-art |
Alright. Well ‘tis the season to spread a little Joy so I think that we’re going to begin with that 9th Ray, blue green color and just let it flood your body. Just open wide like a faucet that you turn all the way on and just let this liquid blue-green Joy flood your body. Every cell soaking it up and zinging a little bit.
We want a nice vibrant pattern of Joy. The color can be anywhere from kind of pale aquamarine to a deep teal, blue green mixed together. So it doesn’t really matter how you see the color, what we’re going for is how it feels and especially at a cellular level.
This is a time of the year when there is more Joy abundant and then as we get to the other swing of the pendulum, there is a fair amount of sorrow. You know, people missing loved ones or wishing you had money to buy Christmas gifts or Hanukkah gifts or take vacations or go see relatives and what not.
So there is a bit of both and what we want to do is spread the Joy and let that lighting up process actually help people feel better. There are plenty that don’t have enough to eat and that sort of thing so we just want to kind of keep spreading that Joy element as much as possible. | 2019-04-25T06:56:17 | http://terrinewlon.com/Spreading_Joy.php |
>>>> lot since then and I'm hoping to be able to debug it properly now).
>>> I only have the m737 iinstalled in my system.
>> RT11 will run w/o an LTC.
>> correctly for this configuration.
>> Using an RL02 to boot RT11 should be okay as well.
> up when called by the bootstrap 9312 ROM, etc.
implement any stack overflow detection and works fine under RT-11.
tried these, these are easy enough to walk through. | 2019-04-22T02:27:40 | http://classiccmp.org/pipermail/cctech/2016-November/023933.html |
After Dad died, it was just Star and her mum, and, together, they managed. But Mum’s old friend Charlie has come to live with them and life has changed. Sometimes Charlie can be fun – suggesting walks on the beach, or teaching Star how to write Haiku – but other times he lies on his fold up bed unmoving, or says mean things to Star and Mum. But what Star hates most is when his pesky kids come to visit. There isn’t much going right in Star’s life, but it seems Mum hasn’t got the time or patience to listen.
Star is the story of a girl struggling to be heard in a household where there’s lots going on. Not only are she and her mother still trying to cope with the loss of her dad, but Charlie is coping with the end of his marriage, and his children with the changes this has wrought. Star is ofent asked to keep an eye on the younger children, and her unhappiness with all these changes, and with her isolation at school, is overlooked by both adults, or regarded as selfishness on her part. Adult readers will find this a little confronting, but probably quite realistic. Thankfully, as the story progresses the adults redeem themselves and, even when they are at their least likable, Star is supported by Mum’s friend Cara and a wise librarian at school.
Ultimately, Star is a feel good novel about being given a chance to shine.
and took a terrible tumble.
Banjo the horse loves hoofball. He practices every day with his friend Bella, and they play together every Saturday wit their team, the Whinnies. But when Banjo has a fall, the doctor orders him not to play for six weeks. Bedridden, Banjo plays on his Haystation and eats molasses. When he is finally allowed to play hoofball again, he is overweight and unfit, and nothing feels right. Discouraged, he gives up the game – until something happens to Bella that makes him realise how much his friends, his team, and hoofball all mean to him. He realises that if he wants to keep playing he needs to get fit again.
Banjo Bounces Back is a humorous new picture book from the creator of Clancy the Courageous Cow, with messages about health and fitness, being part of a team, self belief and friendship. The horse characters, brought to life in a deceptively simple watercolour illustrations, and the equine lingo (Haystation and horspital are just two examples) will appeal to young readers.
Amy Duncan was only halfway through her journey and already she was longing for Sydney and its cool harbour breezes. As she waited at the coach stop outside Granthurst railway station, her new straw bonnet, tilted forward in the latest fashion, could do nothing to protect her face from the midday sun. If only she could board the next train back to Redfern terminal, she would be in her aunt’s house by suppertime. But that was the wishful thinking of a selfish girl who cared only to lead her own life. And that life she must forget for the foreseeable future. Her father had written saying her mother was ill –not dangerously so, but serious enough to need help with the chores. It was Amy’s duty to join her family.
Tears streaming down her face, Angie Wallace sat on the hardwood floor of the sitting room, hemmed in by a circle of cardboard packing boxes, most of them still unopened. She should have known better. It was the photos that had set her off – they always did. Just when she had passed a full day without a single tear. Just when she’d started to imagine little scenes from a possible future, instead of playing the past like a movie channel in her head, month after month.
Amy and Angie live 140 years apart. What links them is Millbrooke, a gold mining town in rural New South Wales. Amy, a young idealistic 17-year-old travels there to join her family who moved there earlier, while she remained in Sydney to finish her education. Angie, a recent widow with two independent sons, is dragged there by her well-meaning friends for a weekend away. They are trying to break into the grief that has consumed Angie since her husband’s death. Neither Amy or Angie can have imagined the effect Millbrooke would have on them. And neither could have imagined the link that would connect them through the years. The emporium of the title fascinates Amy, as does its owner, Mr Chen. He is a man who embraces both his birth culture and his adopted Australian home. Not an easy thing to do in a goldmining town that is quite hostile to some of his countrymen. Amy, educated in the city cannot see why anyone should be treated differently just because of his culture. In the present, Angie struggles with similar issues of prejudice, this time over the potential establishment of a new mine, as well as showing her own prejudices about her landlord.
Mr Chen’s Emporium is a story of beginnings and endings, of love and loss. It is a story of prejudice and open-mindedness too, set in a country town at times of change. At the beginning, Amy is a young character full of the wonder and joy of life, and the certainty of youth. Angie, on the other hand, is mired in her loss and unable to find a way forward. They find judgement and support in likely and unlikely places and must make their own decisions in the face of strong advice from those around them. Mr Chen’s Emporium swaps between Amy’s and Angie’s story from autumn, through a year to the following autumn. Each season section is headed by a quote from Galland’s Aladdin and his Magic Lamp, translated from French. An entertaining read about rural life historically and now.
and he couldn’t catch a single fish to cook.
First he was cranky, then he was itchy, now Bear is back and he’s Very Hungry. He’s been fishing all day without catching anything. When he does eventually catch something it isn’t one fish – but a polar bear with a whole armful of them. Polar Bear says he will gladly give Bear all of the fish if Bear will help him find somewhere to stay. Bear is happy to do this, and takes his new friend home to his cave. But the cave is too warm, and Bear is soon busy seeking out possible homes for his new friends. It takes a while, but eventually they find a place that is just right. Everybody is happy – but Bear – ho has given his fish to prospective housemates for the white bear – is still hungry.
The Very Hungry Bear is a new installment in the series which began with The Very Cranky Bear and, like its predecessors is both heartwarming and funny. Bear – and his friends, including the Polar Bear, are larger than life, with lovable and expressive features. The rhyming text flows well and the story has humorous twists which will delight young readers.
It was obvious to us, and our fellow campers, that Azaria had been taken by a dingo. Aboriginal trackers confirmed this, as did the finding of the Coroner Denis Barritt at the inquest. How then did my wife Lindy come to be convicted of murder and to be sentenced to life imprisonment at a trial in Darwin two years later? And why did it take another six years for that verdict to be quashed by a Federal Royal Commission and a Federal Appeals Court?
As the author says in his preface, few adult Australians would not have heard of the Azaria Chamberlain case. In August 1980, nine week old Azaria disappeared from the tent where she slept at Ayers Rock (now known by its traditional name, Uluru). Azaria’s mother, Lindy, saw a dingo near the tent before discovering her absence and campers, trackers and searchers all saw evidence of dingo footprints and drag marks. Yet Lindy Chamberlain was eventually charged, found guilty and imprisoned for the alleged murder of her daughter, and Michael Chamberlain, her husband, was found guilty of being an accessory to this fact. The evidence used to convict them was both flimsy and flawed, seemingly based more on people’s liking of dingoes and misunderstanding of the Chamberlain’s Seventh Day Adventist religion, than on any scientific fact. Misreporting and manipulation by the media aided the swell of public opinion against the Chamberlains, and mishandling by investigators and the legal system meant that this was a case which even 32 years later is still both raw and incomplete.
In Heart of Stone Michael Chamberlain shares his heartbreaking and courageous journey from proud new father, to grieving father, to victim and on to a strong campaigner for justice. He gives an intimate insight into his life and that of his family and supporters through the troubled years since Azaria’s death, and explains both how and why he sought – and continues to seek – justice.
It is doubtful that any other legal case has ever or will ever, arouse as much public interest and speculation as this case did and Heart of Stone provides readers with a chance to explore the case intimately, as well as to question how and why the Chamberlain family became victims of a terrible miscarriage of justice as well as of a powerful groundswell of public judgement. For those who remember the case and perhaps formed their own judgements at the time, Heart of Stone may also cause a rethink.
‘And throw rose petals,’ added Mariam.
Amani is going to be a flower girl, and she is going to do it perfectly. She practices stepping exactly one, two, three, and makes sure that her dress is just perfect. With her little sister Mariam, also a flower girl, she counts down the dasy to the wedding. But when the time comes to walk into the room full of guests, she feels suddenly shy. With some loving encouragement from Aunty Sarah, Amani is the perfect flower girl.
The Perfect Flower Girl is a wonderful celebration of flower girls and of weddings, especially Lebanese Muslim weddings. At the same time, it is about the specialness of playing an important role in a special event – and the challenges that may pose for a young child, including shyness, worry and even excitement.
For those who may not have experienced Muslim practices, the book offers a glimpse into the rites and traditions of a Lebanese Muslim family, making it a useful learning tool, especially showing the family in their home situation, celebrating, having fun and nurturing each other. For Muslim children, The Perfect Flower Girl is a lovely opportunity to see familiar situations brought to life in book form. And, whatever cultural background they come from, who can’t resist a pretty pink wedding story with sparkly stars on the cover?
The Perfect Flower Girl is perfectly lovely.
How can mere red dirt and stones and scrubby trees and shrubs and rises and fall sin the land and haze and a vast blue sky be so potent? Such was its power, even in intense heat, even at night, sometimes, especially at night, the landscape seized you.
Ian Parkes grew up listening to – and loving – his grandfather’s stories about the bush, so when it came time for him to enter the workforce he was keen to experience life in the outback for himself. From his first job on a remote property he fell in love with the land, forging a lifelong connection with the love that continued long after he settled back in the city to pursue a career in advertising.
A Youth Not Wasted recounts Parkes’ time working on rural properties in the 1950s, from his working alone fencing and mustering, to living alongside fellow workers, days at the races and more. Painting a picture of a time which may have passed, in a setting which in some cases remains unchanged, A Youth Not Wasted will appeal both to those who may have had similar experiences as well as those who may just be intrigued by the difference to their own experiences.
Finding the right animal wasn’t easy.
It was Camille who gave me the idea of being a frog.
The narrator of this whimsical picture book and his friend Camille are quite different. Camille is a numbers person – she loves them so much that sometimes she speaks only in numbers. The narrator is a little more creative and,w hen they meet, dresses in a cat costume. But being a cat is causing problems with a local dog, so Camille comes up with a solution, and helps the narrator to choose a new animal – the frog. This works fine until he asks Camille to be a frog, too.
The Pros and Cons of Being a Frog is a whimsical story of friendship and difference. Both Camille and her friend are a little odd – one wearing a costume every day, the other being obsessed by numbers. But each learns not just to accept the other’s difference, but to value it, because it is because of these differences that they complement each other.
The messages about uniqueness and about friendship are apparent, but the whimsy of the story is what drives it, making both laugh out loud funny and heartwarmingly touching. The illustrations, using collage, pencil and ink are similarly whimsical, with neither the practicality of the numbers or the creativity overwhelming – instead uniting to make a delightful whole. The cover, with its embossed numbers and image of the two characters considering the title, is perfect. | 2019-04-18T11:29:09 | http://aussiereviews.com/2012/11/ |
Before I start this story I would like to say thank you to my best friend Arlene. If you read Best Friends last week you know that I didn’t use Arlene’s name. I didn’t want to embarrass her so I used the name Maggie, noting that it was not her real name. I received a telephone call this week from Arlene. She read the story and told me she loved it. I was also told feel free to use her real name. Although we do not live in the same state any more we remain as close as ever. So I dedicate this one to Arlene.
The stories that I tell in this series span over a period of many years starting in about 1967 to the present.
It was summer time in Mt. Vernon N.Y.. It was hot and Arlene and I were bored to death. We were sitting around and thinking up ways of making money. but this time we wanted to make big money. I don’t remember how we got on the subject but we started talking about drawing and painting pictures. Right then and there I could almost see the big light blub go on over her head.
” Uh, what makes you think I can draw, or paint for that matter.” Was my reply.
” I am game, as long as I don’t have to draw anything, my limit is stick people.” We started laughing.
Off we went to town. We wanted to get there before any of the other artists secured the jobs. I myself did not anticipate that we would secure anything other than people thinking we were nuts. Arlene however was sure we would get jobs. To my surprise we did get jobs from several shops and even the gas station. We were so excited because we were going to make about $300.00 per shop. I could not believe it, we could not believe it. It was the topic of our conversation for the next few weeks. We had big plans how to spend the money we would make. We also did not tell our husbands about it. They thought we were nuts as it was, if they heard this one they might have put us away for good. It was our secret. Beside the fact that it would mean we could go to Bingo for weeks. We loved going to Bingo, yes we were only in our twenties but we had a thing for Bingo.
The summer dragged on. One morning toward the end of summer Arlene called me on the telephone and told me to come over to her house as soon as possible. When I arrived she announced that she was pregnant. I was so happy for her. Her daughter was beautiful and now another baby was on the way. As the weeks went on Arlene had terrible morning sickness, afternoon sickness and evening sickness. We thought it would pass after a while, but it did not. Thanksgiving was fast approaching, we were suppose to be starting our painting for the Christmas season. Arlene was having a rough time with her pregnancy and advised me she would not be able to do the jobs we had lined up.
” Okay, I will tell them.” she replied.
I was disappointed, but I understood, and as long as Arlene was going to cancel everything it would be fine.
One day after Thanksgiving I arrived home and my husband told me a man called looking for me.
” Who was it.” I asked.
I asked him if he would drive down to the Gulf station and tell the guy we couldn’t do it because Arlene was not well.
The owner did call my house a couple of times after that, but I just told him he had the wrong number and hung up.
We didn’t make extra money that year, but Arlene gave birth to another beautiful baby girl.
Next week, Gone With The Wind.
Love this story. I look forward to the next one.
Another cracking yarn! And how lovely of your best friend to let you use her real name.
You have the enviable gift of being able to make whatever you write about entertaining, but the really heartwarming think about your escapades with Arlene is the quality of your enduring friendship.
Come to think of it, should you publish these tales together as a little book someday, ‘Escapades with Arlene’ would make rather a good title.
So would ‘How NOT to be Richard Branson’!
I didn’t see this one, Pat. What a great idea and story on how to make money. It’s a shame you didn’t get the chance to see it through. Would have liked to have seen how they turned out. In the end, your friend got the best present of all — her little baby. | 2019-04-24T01:04:19 | https://the-italian-thing.com/2014/10/06/our-artistic-escapade/ |
FUJAIRAH, UAE: Football legend Diego Maradona has been sacked by UAE second division club Al Fujairah along with his entire coaching staff after they failed to make automatic promotion to the UAE Pro League.
Following the 1-1 draw at home to Khor Fakkan, Al Fujairah despite losing no game in 22 matches ended the campaign on third position; two points behind the second placed Al-Ittihad Kalba and five behind the champions Baniyas who has another game in hand.
After the disappointing result, the club released a statement revealing they and Maradona – who joined the club since May 2017 – had parted company.
The lawyer of the former Barcelona and Napoli star Matias Morla has also confirmed that the coach has left the position.
“After today’s draw and not having achieved the goal of ascending to Fujairah, Diego Maradona will no longer be the team coach. The decision was made in common agreement and Diego leaves the team in repêchage situation and wishing the best to the club that opened its doors” tweeted Moria.
This was the second spell of Maradona in UAE after he was sacked by Dubai’s Al-Wasl club in 2012. He has also managed Argentina national team between 2008 and 2010 in which they lost to Germany 4-0 in the 2010 South Africa world cup quarter final.
Maradona won the 1986 World Cup with his country and reached the final four years later but lost to Germany, and twice won Italy’s Serie A with Napoli. He has been voted as the player of the century along with Brazilian legend Pele. | 2019-04-20T18:39:21 | https://footytimes.com/2018/05/03/maradona-quits-fujairah-job-after-failing-to-promotion/ |
If you have any request to alter your reproduction of Mount Mansfield, you must email us after placing your order and we'll have an artist contact you. If you have another image of Mount Mansfield that you would like the artist to work from, please include it as an attachment. Otherwise, we will reproduce the above image for you exactly as it is. | 2019-04-25T21:49:11 | https://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Sanford-Robinson-Gifford/Mount-Mansfield.html |
The Rockefeller Foundation and Homeboyz Foundation have partnered to launch the “Niko Job”, a web based platform that will connect youths to jobs.
The initiative is set to connect over one million youths to jobs in six countries across Africa. This partnership is therefore welcome as it will keep youths from falling into crime related issues.
According to the Asian country’s embassy in Nairobi, Chinese telecommunications fraudsters may be setting up base across Africa. The embassy said the 77 Chinese suspects arrested last week in Runda may be part of an international cybercrime ring run by some Chinese.
Margaret Kobia, the chairperson of the Public Service Commission has announced that future hiring will be aimed at correcting ethnic imbalance. She was speaking when she released PSC’s annual report. She added that some 1,710 officers have left the public service in the past one year as 8,560 officers were promoted in various ministries. She further added that of those who left the service, 638 retired while 196 were dismissed. Out of those who were promoted, 3,947 were male while 4,613 were female.
Liz Njagah, a celebrated Kenyan actress is in Tunisia to present her latest film, Veve, in the ongoing Carthage International Film Festival. The film premiered in Nairobi in August and has been taken to a number of prestigious festivals in Durban, Hamburg and the African Eye Film Festival in London.
Angela Chibalonza was declared the highest earning musician posthumous during the fourth and final distribution for this year by the Music Copyright Society of Kenya (MCSK). Esther Wahome was also voted among the top ten earners in the Performances in Public Places (PPP) class for the distribution for the period between July and October 2014. Others in the top ten list were Gloria Muliro, Jaguar, Sauti Sol, Sarah K, Nameless, Ben Mbatha and Domici Muasya. | 2019-04-19T02:16:12 | http://copyright.go.ke/media-gallery/press-reviews/179-dec8.html |
Nov. 28, 2018: The Community Fund of Bronxville, Eastchester, Tuckahoe, Inc. is currently accepting grant applications for the 2019 fiscal year from qualified applicants.
Applications must be received by Friday, January 18, 2019, for consideration.
Nonprofit organizations who qualify are invited to apply. Funding is determined based on a number of factors, including community needs, distribution of existing services, impact on the community, population served, quality of administration/service, collaboration, and financial condition.
Another $50,000 has been set aside for discretionary grants for the fiscal 2019 year. This available funding is offered to nonprofits, community programs, and qualifying municipalities that need assistance for new projects. This process is done on a rolling basis. Past projects include refurbishment of the Tuckahoe basketball courts, capital upgrades for TYA and Eastchester Little League, defibrillators for local schools, police radio equipment, and administrative support for local community programs. Our most recent discretionary grant was awarded to OSilas Gallery to support a special education art program for local high schools.
Heading up agency evaluations for this year are Community Fund board members Jennifer Buckley and Jonalie Korengold. For more information about The Community Fund grant application policies and procedures and the 2019 timetable or to download The Community Fund grant application, please go to The Community Fund website at www.thecommunityfund.org or contact Amy Korb at 914-337-8808. | 2019-04-20T16:38:30 | http://myhometownbronxville.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=12101:community-fund-accepting-grants-applications-deadline-friday-january-18&catid=9:community-service-organizations&Itemid=7 |
Below are actual listings of products being sold by IMS Trade Members for trade dollars near South Milwaukee, Wisconsin. These and many other products and services can be found on trade through IMS Barter. Change your search below to keep looking. Make sure you visit the IMS Directory and the IMS Travel Section too! | 2019-04-21T22:16:17 | https://www.imsbarter.com/tryit/marketplace/South-Milwaukee-WI |
Another one of our French coins that represent Freedom. Marianne, the woman on this French Franc, symbolizes freedom and reason. ThisVintage 5 cent piece is with little faceted Garnets and Iolite. Coin is approximately 1/2". Length is 22". All coins for this necklace will be from the 1960's or 1970's. | 2019-04-20T02:13:31 | https://shariwacks.com/collections/vintage-foreign-coins/products/copy-of-womens-freedom-french-coin-necklace |
25 years ago (week of Oct. 4-10, 1970)The group of educators who had studied Howard County's public school system in 1966 -- and found it wanting -- returned for another look. They found "astonishing" changes. On its previous visit, the group had warned that maintaining the status quo would result in a "slum school system." This time, however, the verdict was that Howard County's schools had been "rescued and turned around."
Concern was expressed that a decision to ban military recruiters from the campus of Johns Hopkins University could adversely affect the future of the university's Applied Physics Lab, a major county employer. The concern was sparked by a recently passed congressional bill dictating that Defense Department support be cut off from any institutions banning on-campus recruiters. Most of APL's work was performed for the Department of Defense. | 2019-04-20T18:56:38 | https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-10-15-1995288068-story.html |
Severn Stars netball club is delighted to announce it has signed England international Jodie Gibson for a third season.
The experienced 25-year-old defender, who was part of the Commonwealth Games gold medal-winning England Roses team, becomes the team’s first signing of the 2019 campaign.
As Stars builds up to its third campaign in the Vitality Netball Superleague, Jodie said she hoped the club could draw inspiration from the positive ending to the last season, which saw a winning streak at home in their last five games.
“This will be my third season with Severn Stars and I am hoping we can build on last season’s success,” she said.
“The coaching staff have been working tirelessly in the off season to recruit new players to the team, who will add strength in key areas of the court, so I am excited to see what this team can produce.
Jodie is also celebrating her selection for a number of upcoming international duties. She is among the players who have been with the club, a joint franchise between the University of Worcester and University of Gloucestershire, since its inaugural season in 2017.
She combines elite netball with studying for a Sports Studies degree at the University of Worcester, and is about to go into her third year.
Before the season starts, Jodie will once again be in action with the England Roses squad for the latest Netball Quad Series, which involves England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa from 15th September.
Jodie will then be with the squad in Kingston to face world number four Jamaica in the three-match Sunshine Series in mid-October.
Then she will take on Vice Captain duties when the England Roses defend their Fast5 World Netball Series title in Melbourne on 27th and 28th October, against top netballing sides New Zealand, Malawi, South Africa, Australia and Jamaica in a five-a-side adaptation of the game.
Anita Navin, Severn Stars’ Director of Netball, said: “Jodie was our first ever signing and I have been impressed with her successes over the last two years.
“Jodie is proving to all that she also has the leadership skills to not only deliver a solid performance but support others.
“I have been impressed with her fitness and have no doubt she will be an asset to Severn Stars in 2019. | 2019-04-19T17:22:39 | https://www.netballsl.com/tag/england-roses/ |
For the first time in Ontario, a court has ruled in favour of plaintiffs facing a claim of “wrongful life” by a defendant, on the basis of negligence, according to the lawyers in a recent case before the Ontario Superior Court.
The case involved Carolyn and Timothy Bovingdon and their twin daughters, born in 1992, who had brought an action against obstetrician Paul A. Hergott in 2004. The twins were born with disabilities due to premature birth.
“Bovingdon claimed she was denied choice to attempt pregnancy without Clomid,” says the judgment in Bovingdon (litigation guardian of) v. Hergott.
Hergott claimed the children did not have a cause of action and that the claim was not tenable on public policy grounds as it was a case of “wrongful life,” arguing that “but for the prescription of the fertility drug, these two children would not have been born,” notes the decision.
The plaintiffs were ultimately awarded a $12.5-million judgment in the case, plus costs.
“Wrongful life is generally not accepted in the English world of law. It is generally not accepted in Australia, in England, in the United States, and in Canada, because nobody wants to give money to a child who says, but for the negligence, I would not be alive today,” said Girones.
The case also brought into question the broad application of a 2002 Supreme Court of Canada decision relating to the ability of parents to claim damages for future care of their disabled child in a wrongful birth case. Pardu’s ruling says the Krangle v. Brisco decision was only relevant to that case.
In Krangle, the Supreme Court ruled that the parents of a disabled child in a wrongful birth case would not be entitled to damages for his cost of care after age 18, as those expenses would be covered by the state. The plaintiffs in that case were awarded an $80,000 judgment, or five per cent of the total amount the court would have awarded them, had they been eligible to claim damages for the cost of future care.
Girones noted that since Krangle, many in the legal profession had been under the impression that payments in this type of case stopped after the age of 18.
In Bovingdon, however, Pardu says “while the parties agree that the parents of disabled children asserting a claim for wrongful birth may assert a claim for the costs of future care until the children reach adulthood, the parties disagree as to whether the parents may assert a claim for future care costs to be incurred while the children are adults.
“The defendant argues that such claims are not available as a matter of law when the parents are not legally obliged to support their children under the applicable provincial family law legislation, except for some contingency to reflect the possibility that the law will be changed.
The plaintiffs assert that the decision on Krangle was based on the particular circumstances and evidence led in that case, and that the evidence in this case leads in the opposite direction,” says the judgment.
This is the first time such a decision has been made in a wrongful birth situation, said Girones.
Counsel for the defendant would not comment on the case, as an appeal has already been filed with the Court of Appeal. Girones says he is hoping for an appeal date by June 2007. | 2019-04-23T13:52:26 | https://www.lawtimesnews.com/article/125-million-award-in-wrongful-life-case-8704/ |
Kosmos Energy, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), is conducting an International Maritime Organization (IMO) course for selected governmental, industry and community stakeholders in Accra and Takoradi.
The ten-day programme which is already underway will close on June 20.
The IMO course is designed to outline the key responsibilities of oil spill management for decision makers while providing participants with the knowledge to make practical, hands-on decisions regarding shoreline protection and treatment following an incident.
It follows a 2011Needs Assessment of Capacity Building for Environmental Governance and Regulation of the Oil and Gas Industry by MEST and Kosmos Energy which identified multiple enhancement opportunities.
Participants in the training have been drawn from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Petroleum Commission (PC), Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Ghana Maritime Authority (GMA), Ghana Navy (GN), Zeal Environmental Technologies Ltd, the Ghana Petroleum Security Coordinating Council (PSCC) and representatives from 12 Coastal Communities in the Western Region.
Madam Sherry Ayittey, Minister of Environment, Science, and Technology interacted with the participants and thanked them for availing themselves for the course. According to the Minister, “It is important that we build human capital for proper management of our oil resources”.
The training is being conducted by the Oil Spill Response Limited (OSRL), UK, an international industry-owned cooperative which specialises in incident response and readiness.
Kosmos Energy is a leading independent oil and gas exploration and production company focused on frontier and emerging areas in Africa and South America.
The Company’s asset portfolio includes existing production, major discoveries and exploration prospects offshore Ghana, as well as exploration licenses with significant hydrocarbon potential offshore Mauritania, Morocco and Surinam and onshore Cameroon. Kosmos is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is traded under the ticker symbol KOS. | 2019-04-20T09:17:49 | http://www.reportingoilandgas.org/kosmos-energy-mest-build-local-capacities/ |
Name of the registration agent company DEALS 4 U, LLC is SHERRI WHITMIRE. Registration agent SHERRI WHITMIRE housed at 203 MCCLAMROCKPORTIA, AR 72457 and here you can visit. DEALS 4 U, LLC company was established on 20th January 2005 and it has been assigned a registration number 800050351. Current corporate status is Revoked. The company's incorporator/organizer is DANNY WHITMIRE. The company's incorporator/organizer is SHERRI WHITMIRE.
DEAN & DRAPER INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.
DEAN ALLEN RACING ENGINES, INC.
F & J VENTURES, INC.
S & L COMPUTERS, L.L.C.
TNT CONTRACTING AND ERECTING, L.L.C.
YARBERO'S GARAGE & AUTO SALES, INC.
SWINK OIL AND EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC.
ROGERS WAREHOUSE DEVELOPMENT II, L.L.C.
BUG-Z'S PEST CONTROL SERVICE INC.
CATFISH CITY & BBQ GRILL RESTAURANT & CATERING #2, INC. | 2019-04-24T01:01:57 | https://www.arkansas-register.com/800050351-deals-4-u-llc |
1969 My grandfather was drafted in 1969 . He enlisted in the Navy because he wanted to fight the Vietnam War from a distance and he liked the water . He said that his first few days of his service were the worst . They got very little sleep and a lot of yelling at by their sargents . He saw some combat , but his main assignment was an Operations Specialist . During his time in the service , his primary way of keeping in touch with friends and family was through letters and phone calls . For fun , him and some of his shipmates listened to music , played cards , and wrote letters back home to pass the time . | 2019-04-20T00:15:26 | http://mywarhistory.com/browse/printPreview.aspx?serviceHeroId=62 |
What Other Health Benefits Come From The Mediterranean Diet?
The lower rate of heart disease in Mediterranean areas has long been attributed to the local diet in that region of Europe. It may also prevent cancer, Parkinson’s Disease and Alzheimer’s. But what makes up the diet and why is it so good for health?
What’s in the Mediterranean Diet?
The Mediterranean diet commonly consumed in southern Europe, typically consists of a high proportion of fruit, vegetables, whole grains, beans, fish and seafood, nuts, seeds and olive oil but is low in meat and dairy produce. Red wine is also a common daily ingredient.
Note that the Mediterranean diet is not a calorie-restricted or faddy weight-loss regime, it is the normal diet of people living in countries around the Mediterranean Sea, such as Greece.
A study of more than 7,400 Spanish people was published this year and showed clear benefits from eating a Mediterranean diet, in terms of reduced rates of heart attack, stroke and death. The participants were aged 55 to 80 years of age and were considered to have major risk factors for cardiovascular events. They either had type 2 diabetes (which is linked with heart disease) or at least three risk factors for heart disease, such as smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or family history of early death from heart disease.
The participants were divided into three groups, two of which ate a Mediterranean diet while the other one ate a standard low-fat diet. One of the Mediterranean diet groups was supplemented with a liter of extra-virgin olive oil (the oil which comes from the first pressing of the olives) per week and the other with a daily handful (30 grams) of mixed nuts. Both groups consumed more than seven glasses of wine per week and all participants were followed for a period of seven years.
Both of the Mediterranean diet groups had a 30% reduction in the risk of a major cardiovascular event (heart attack, stroke or death) compared with the low-fat control group.
Which parts of the diet bring about the benefit?
This way of eating is an example of current advice to make fruit and vegetables the major components of the daily diet, and to reduce saturated fat consumption by only occasionally eating red meat. But which particular aspect is having the greatest benefit is hard to isolate.
In the case of this study, because it was conducted in Spain, it is possible that some of the participants – in both the trial and control groups – were already eating a Mediterranean diet before the study, which may have influenced the outcome. As a result the researchers felt it was probably the supplementation with extra olive oil and nuts that produced the benefit.
But the result is not an artificial one as the region of southern Europe where this type of diet is most commonly consumed has long been associated with a lower incidence of heart disease and stroke, compared with northern European and the US.
Also many other studies have shown an association between reduction in heart events and stroke and consumption of a Mediterranean Diet.
Can fish oil help your heart? | 2019-04-24T17:03:54 | https://www.steadyhealth.com/articles/try-the-mediterranean-diet-for-a-healthy-life |
I'm sorry for MIA-ing again.
I was on such a good momentum in July then everything went down again in August and September because the bunch of Primary 6 kids I was giving tuition to were having their PSLE that month and I had to do a lot more extra lessons with them which ended up in me having no time for myself at all. On top of that, school has started for me, which means more stress and I need time to re-adjust back to my schedule.
However, I am currently not taking so many tutees at the moment and armed with N's Alienware, I get to edit my photos and videos much smoother now so I'm hoping to jump back into blogging again!
I have like a gazillion products I have yet to review that I hoarded in the last few months from Korea.
Do follow my Instagram as I usually update there once I get my hands on my new splurges.
Oh yes, I will be ending my Japan trip post from last year very soon (IKR, last year wtf am I doing?!) as my days in Tokyo last year weren't all that exciting. After last year's trip is wrapped up, I will be talking about this year's trips in a different format - Part 1 & so on instead of Day because I think it's easier that way and also some days I really did not do much/ take any photos.
Okay, I'm digressing too much.
The Face Shop 1st Million Special Anniversary Celebration!
I mean, 1 million pieces is very impressive! Congratulations to The Face Shop for this milestone!
The event was held last weekend at 1-Altitude.
We were gushing about how we can even see the whole MBS and how much smaller MBS looked!
The place was very classy and the ambience was great! the drink they were serving (unfortunately I forgot to take a snap but you can see a cup on our table in the foreground) was some sort of raspberry concoction which tasted awesome (I love berries).
Many people took pictures with their friends at the event and of course I couldn't miss out the opportunity too!
They even have Ice Cream available!
Lo and behold, the new ambassador for The Face Shop is the incredibly popular Kim Soo Hyun! (I first noticed him in Dream High was felt his acting was very impressive!) The Face Shop really know how to capture attention of the ladies - I mean who can miss a dashing Kim Soo Hyun looking at you?!
Soon, the night fell and what do you know, the view got even more amazing!
At the same time, the very lovely ladies started to give us a short presentation to give us some insight into the products from the range.
All the very attentive and attractive ladies!
In case you think I haven't been paying attention and just spam photos, I did okay! In fact, I was quite surprised to know that their depuffing gel from the series was actually an idea from the Singapore office! Singapore branches received feedback from customers and gathered that we would really love an eye gel for ease of use and portability so the management team here gave the feedback to Korea and that's when the Depuffing Eye Gel was born!
They has some games (something like Pictionary) and a lucky draw (a bottle of Moet!!) which I did not participate in (stage fright) nor won (not that lucky) but congrats to all the winners!
Oh yes, We were all given with a goodies' bag at the start of the event.
Everything packed nicely in a box instead of just thrown into the bag - thumbs up for that!
I see more boxes in the box!
Let's talk about the Sleeping Mask first!
I was extremely excited to try this on because I have been wanting to try the Laneige's one for the longest time BUT I heard that some people with sensitive skin had problems with it as the product was too rich for them. Being the worrywort I have always been, I was afraid I might be one of the unlucky few so I held myself back from buying it everytime I pass by the counter. However, I was very intrigued by the one from the Raspberry Roots range since it was made from Raspberry, one of the few fruits I love. Without hesitation, I slapped this on right after I got back from the event despite having lived under a rock and only heard of it on the evening itself.
The product dispense is a viscous gel which is kinda translucent white. The pump head look so cute please!
The product gets absorbed very quickly without leaving a heavy feeling on my skin. I have always struggled with sleeping in an air-conditioned room because no matter what I do, I always end up waking up with a very dry and tight face (insufficient moisturizing) or new breakouts (too moisturizing that I break out). This product actually falls in the balance between those two, giving me just the right amount of moisturizing I need without breaking me out. You have no idea how excited I was when I woke up the next morning with fresh and supple feeling skin and kept gushing to N about how great it is to finally be able to sleep in with the air-con without worrying about my face drying out! Definitely will repurchase this on my own again! Really slept my way to beautiful skin the next morning!
Next, they had a small special kit which included a travel size version of the sleeping mask (YES! I CAN BRING THIS WHEN I GO BACK TO JAPAN/ KOREA DURING WINTER!) and the depuffing gel as well as a pair of collagen eye patch.
I have yet to try the collagen mask but for the depuffing gel, while I do see a difference in the puffiness of my eyes the next morning when I wake up, I will have to use it for a longer period to see how it works out in the longer run.
I'm hoping these products can help me sleep my way to beautiful skin!
Once again, highly recommend the sleeping mask to you guys!
Look forward to talking to you guys very soon again! I am currently drafting another post with all pictures edited and ready to be inserted so it will not be too long a wait for sure! In the meantime, stay beautiful everyone! | 2019-04-22T04:18:41 | http://missyhimeko.jugem.jp/?cid=98 |
Morency Floors is a family owned business that has been providing Southeastern Massachusetts customers with fine floor coverings and quality service since 1947. We operate a 10000 square foot Warehouse Outlet that can display 250 full rolls of carpet and a 4800 square foot Showroom with samples of all the latest flooring products from Mohawk, Beaulieu, Shaw, Gulistan, Milliken, Couristan, Oriental Weavers, Capel, Armstrong, Mannington, Tarkett, Nafco, Flexitec, Forbo, American Olean, Dal Tile, Anderson, Somerset, Great Northern, Quick Step, Alloc and many more.
Serving: Dartmouth, Fairhaven, Mattapoisett, Marion, Wareham, Rochester, Acushnet, Lakeville, Freetown, West Port, Fall River, Taunton, Berkley.
We offer free estimates, decorating help and full personal service and support to both retail and commercial customers from material selection through quality professional installation. Our installation professionals all have more than 20 years of industry experience. We also offer wholesale pricing to contractors and do it yourself customers through our warehouse operations.
Plush Carpet, Yay or Nay? | 2019-04-23T16:17:45 | http://morencyflooring.com/about/ |
Introducing this season's easy-to-wear classic silk front top. Made from a fluid silk georgette front with a soft cotton modal back, it features a clean elegant V-neckline and grown-on sleeves for extra coverage. Wear with your weekend or working wardrobe. | 2019-04-25T07:46:36 | https://www.jigsawclothing.com.au/product/overlay-silk-front-v-neck-top/J34969_PI093 |
Russia or, also officially known as the Russian Federation, is a country in northern Eurasia. Education in Russia is provided predominantly by the state and is regulated by the Ministry of Education and Science. In Russia, it takes about 70 % of training time for the contact lessons with a teacher, the rest 30 % of the workload are devoted to the independent study of the material.
Moscow city is considered to have the most political influence in Russia. It home to some of the world’s billionaires. Moscow has over 11 million people and a vibrant economy. The city has 60 state universities and a majority of the student major in sciences. | 2019-04-22T17:00:24 | https://www.masterstudies.com/Masters-Degree/Informatics/Russia/Moscow/ |
A common strategy was ‘selective omission’ - avoiding mention of cancer while discussing other health risks or appearing to selectively omit specific cancers. The researchers say that one of the most important findings is that AI materials appear to specifically omit or misrepresent the evidence on breast and colorectal cancer. One possible reason is that these are among the most common cancers, and therefore may be more well-known than oral and oesophageal cancers.
When breast cancer is mentioned the researchers found that 21 of the organisations present no, or misleading, information on breast cancer, such as presenting many alternative possible risk factors for breast cancer, without acknowledging the independent risk of alcohol consumption.
The researchers say the results are important because the alcohol industry is involved in conveying health information to people around the world. The findings also suggest that major international alcohol companies may be misleading their shareholders about the risks of their products, potentially leaving the industry open to litigation in some countries.
Professor Petticrew said: “Some public health bodies liaise with the industry organisations that we analysed. Despite their undoubtedly good intentions, it is unethical for them to lend their expertise and legitimacy to industry campaigns which mislead the public about alcohol-related harms. Our findings are also a clear reminder of the risks of giving the AI the responsibility of informing the public about alcohol and health.
“It has often been assumed that, by and large, the AI, unlike the tobacco industry, has tended not to deny the harms of alcohol. However, through its provision of misleading information it can maintain what has been called ‘the illusion of righteousness’ in the eyes of policymakers, while negating any significant impact on alcohol consumption and profits.
The authors acknowledge limitations of their study including that there are many other mechanisms and organisations through which industry disseminates health-related information which they did not examine, although it is unlikely that the messages would be different.
The researchers also say there is an urgent need to examine other industry websites, documents, social media and other materials in order to assess the nature and extent of the distortion of evidence, and whether it extends to other health information, for example, in relation to cardiovascular disease. | 2019-04-18T14:32:10 | https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/news/2018/alcohol-industry-misleading-public-about-alcohol-related-cancer-risk |
Sure, most people want to take a vacation. But did you know you actually need one? As part of a recent study, scientists now recommend a certain amount of days off to ensure the health and wellness benefits you need. We don’t just mean working remote for a couple weeks or answering emails from your beach chair in Aruba, we mean a truly unplugged break from work.
It’s hard to believe many people don’t use all their PTO days, let alone any of them, but a study by Project Time Off found 705 million vacation days go unused each year in the USA. You may be wondering, “Who wouldn’t use all their vacation days? That’s crazy!” while others are thinking, “Yeah…that’s me.” That means millions of workers are missing out on health benefits, increased happiness and much-needed relaxation on a beach in say…Jamaica!
Whether you’re in a fast-paced startup or mundane desk job, a vacation is a must. Constantly spending 40+ hours per week working with regularly-high stress levels takes a toll on your health, but getting in that much-needed relaxation helps.
Psychology Today cites that taking a vacation improves quality of sleep, cardiovascular health, reaction times and productivity. Not to mention reducing stress and allowing your body and brain to relax. Many people say they didn’t use all their vacation days because their workload wouldn’t allow it, or they are trying to exceed expectations at work. In reality, vacation boosts productivity and creativity, making you a better employee and fellow team mate.
Don’t take just any vacation, travel abroad! Putting yourself out of your comfort zone and into a new place through travel is proven to improve brain health and your immune system, reduce stress and make you more mentally resilient.
Health benefits aside, travel can change your life and perspective in ways you never thought possible. Opportunities and experiences are unlimited when you consider traveling abroad—whether it’s for your dream Caribbean beach vacation to Dominican Republic or jetsetting halfway across the planet, you’ll make memories that will last a lifetime. Never thought you’d swim with sharks, jump into hidden caves or try exotic foods? You never know what adventure your trip will hold!
These signs all reveal that you are physically and emotionally spent. It doesn’t have to be a beachfront massage in St. Lucia, but you need a vacation that allows you to be both physically and mentally away from work. Giving yourself time away from something that consumes one-third of your life allows you to reflect, dream and, most importantly, get your body back to homeostasis. Who knows, you may even realize you want a career change and your free-thinking time on vacation will give you the clarity to make that leap!
The Journal of Happiness Studies found that eight days is the perfect vacation length for reaching peak relaxation.
While the study found increases in health and wellness are greatest during vacation and quickly return to pre-vacation levels once you’ve returned to work, activities classified as “passive” create positive effects that continue once you’re back at your nine to five—think laying on a beach with a good book and margarita in hand. In addition, the study found the freedom to choose how you spend your time on vacation correlates to an increase in health and wellness. Travel with someone who doesn’t call the shots and allows you to freely spend your day—or consider solo travel.
It’s no surprise the Journal of Happiness Studies study was conducted on Europeans. Americans don’t take long vacations nearly as much as Europeans, even when their employer offers liberal vacation policies. In 2018, Kimble found that only 47% of Americans take all their vacation days and 21% leave five vacation days unused.
Taking yourself out of the workplace isn’t inherently therapeutic, but there are a few ways to maximize the positive effects of vacation. By choosing a destination that suits your personality, with plenty of activities and opportunities to relax, your vacation is already in good shape. Unplugging from work and staying present only enhances your experience and chances of building easy-to-recall memories.
It’s not necessary to plan out every day of your trip, but it is important to research your destination so you know your opportunities and what to expect. You want to go somewhere that’s perfect for your personality, not somewhere you’ve heard is great but actually has nothing that suits you. Research is especially important in regards to your accommodations—read reviews to ensure your hotel or resort is up to your standards and near the activities you want to do. Other than that, the only thing you really need to allot time for is doing absolutely nothing.
When you’re in a new place, it’s impossible to predict how things will go, but that’s one of the best parts about traveling. Your vacation will be an adventure: you may miss the tour, get caught in the rain or be completely lost, but you’ll also experience a new place, see indescribable beauty and make connections to last a lifetime.
Work is the one thing you’re trying to get away from on vacation. Communicate in advance with your superiors and team and set boundaries that work for you. Ideally, you are 100% unplugged—which means turning off your notifications for work-related apps, setting an OOO email auto response, and not responding to work-related communication. Better yet, turn off your phone, tablet and laptop altogether and trade them for a beach towel, sunglasses and book.
You may notice a common theme when it comes to vacationing in the modern day: putting down your phone. In order to reap the benefits of vacation, you need to truly experience vacation and be present. Taking photos for memories is a given, but sometimes it’s best to leave the phone in your room and just be present. It turns out that experiencing vacation through your own two eyes versus a camera lens allows you to remember it better.
In addition, make an effort to really savor the most exciting or relaxing moments in your vacation by paying attention to little details and being present. Once your home from vacation, you’ll have a much easier time remembering how you felt and what you experienced. If you’re not sure how to do this, try the “Peak-End” rule. The Peak-End rule says we’re more likely to remember an experience (like vacation) as positive if it has a positive “peak” and ending. Everything’s not in your control, but with a little planning, you can make it so there is one “highlight” of your trip and that it ends with a bang! Who knows, maybe the highlight will end up being something you never expected.
Easing back to work, rather than having your nose to the grindstone will also help you savor vacation and hold onto those blissfully-reduced stress levels.
Try to get into relaxation mode well before your trip—you can start as soon as you book it in fact.
Talk with your manager and prepare a list of must-dos weeks in advance so everything at work is taken care of come vacation time.
The month of your vacation, make it clear to co-workers and clients that you will completely unplug over your vacation dates. This way anything pertinent is taken care of before you leave.
Make a pre-trip checklist for packing, household arrangements and pet needs.
Notify your bank and credit card company of where and when you’re traveling.
Check that your luggage and liquids meet airline requirements before leaving for the airport.
Pick up foreign currencies ahead of time at a local exchange or bank so you have cash on arrival.
Double check your flight times, dates and airports so you don’t have a mix up (it happens!). | 2019-04-21T06:56:00 | https://www.beach.com/tips/study-finds-you-need-a-vacation-for-this-long/ |
An easy cold pasta salad to bring to family get together's.
-Boil pasta following the instructions on the box. Rinse in cold water until cooled and leave to drain while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
-Chop half the tomato's into small pieces and leave the other half whole.
-In a small bowl whisk together the oil, lemon juice, and herbs and season with salt and pepper.
- Mix everything together in a large bowl and chill until ready to serve. | 2019-04-19T12:43:28 | http://appehtite.ca/recipe/easy-pasta-salad/3163 |
– The talent of an off-Broadway show.
– The flexibility/budget of a comedy club.
– The perfect edutainment addition to any student group in New York City.
EIGHT IS NEVER ENOUGH is an interactive musical comedy created on the spot based on audience suggestions and participation. You never know what the show will be about because the audience directs and helps write the show. The quick wit of the cast amazingly reacts to any situation. As a result the show is always fast paced, topical and hilarious. This off-Broadway comedy revue hosts hundreds of student groups every year as well as touring nationwide since 2004.
Workshop Booked w/o show $300/teacher (Up to 20 students, up to 2 hours). Bring our teacher to any venue in NYC for just $250 Up to 2 hours. | 2019-04-25T06:09:23 | http://improv4teens.org/events/2016-2017-student-group-rates-to-improv-shows-workshops/ |
OpenShift training is available as "onsite live training" or "remote live training". Onsite live OpenShift training can be carried out locally on customer premises in the UAE or in NobleProg corporate training centers in the UAE. Remote live training is carried out by way of an interactive, remote desktop. | 2019-04-25T08:47:40 | https://www.nobleprog.ae/openshift-training |
Villa Ricaricata is a private electronic boutique festival in Italy near Milan in the village Cremella. A festival from friends for friends. It will be hosting 400 guests from 20th to 23th of June 2019. The focus of the event is to bring the best of electronic sound into the heart of Italy. A symbiotic atmosphere of the italian dolce vita and the modern electronic music scene will be created. The 12 acres estate is ideal for meeting likeminded people and enjoy the italian summer at the different stages inside and around the villa. To relax the pool and several activities are the perfect way to refresh and pump energy for the next raving experience.
Send a mail to [email protected], so you can get the booking code and buy a ticket. | 2019-04-18T16:25:49 | https://www.residentadvisor.net/events/1222964 |
Delivery: 1 lot = 1 pcs.
Safe and healthy ceramics are more durable, hygienic and resistant to high temperatures than stainless steel.
Spacious interior space – the holder is filled with liquids of your choice, beer, pickles, juices, etc. Put a whole chicken on the holder, and the steam in the liquid moistens the meat.
CLEAN UP IS A BREEZE – Ceramic glazed inside and out for easy dishwasher clean-up without needing to scrub it. Just soak it for a bit in warm soapy water, and it came clean without having to scrub.
Spacious interior space – the rack is filled with liquids of your choice, beer, pickles, juices, etc. Put a whole chicken on the rack, and the steam in the liquid moistens the meat.
This item is manufactured by stainless steel, durable, not easy to deform and anti-rust. With movable door, it is more convenient to open, close it and take out food. 360 degree rotation design, more uniform heating and more delicious food. Easy to clean, easy to use, high temperature resistant. Wide usage for dried fruits for baking, such as peanuts, walnuts, almonds and so on.
Manufactured by food grade stainless steel, durable, not easy to deform and anti-rust.
Easy to clean, easy to use, high temperature resistant.
Designed with a unique movable door which makes it is easy to put food in and out.
360 degree rotation design makes the food heated more evenly and food more delicious.
Suitable for peanuts, coffee bean, melon seeds, walnuts, almonds, chestnut and other nuts.
Make marshmallow, hot dogs, and roasted vegetables easily, anywhere.
These telescoping roasters store and keep compactly and neatly at 31cm, yet extend out to 82cm long for safe roasting.
Easy to carry, a must for your camping trips or backyard BBQ.
if you need to rotate the shaft, please contact us after measurement. | 2019-04-23T19:55:20 | https://maximo-grill.com/tag/roaster |
Subsets and Splits