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Samsung to Bring Linux to the Galaxy Phone
Samsung is testing Linux desktop for its DeX experience.
The same year Canonical decide to pull out of the consumer space, Samsung is bringing a pure desktop Linux experience to PCs. Unlike Apple, Google, or Microsoft, Samsung doesn't have any tightly integrated offering for professionals who need a desktop to get work done. Samsung came out with DeX, an accessory for Samsung Galaxy phones that connected with a monitor and offers a desktop-like interface. It's an experience similar to Ubuntu Dock or Motorola Atrix Webtop.
However, the desktop experience was subpar compared with macOS or Windows. Samsung is now looking at desktop Linux for DeX. "Installed as an app, Linux on Galaxy gives smartphones the capability to run multiple operating systems, enabling developers to work with their preferred Linux-based distributions on their mobile devices. Whenever they need to use a function that is not available on the smartphone OS, users can simply switch to the app and run any program they need to in a Linux OS environment," Samsung said in a press release.
Samsung is quite ambitious about the project, the company is also luring developers, a market that already has a strong hold on desktop Linux. "Now developers can code using their mobile on-the-go and seamlessly continue the task on a larger display with Samsung DeX," said the company.
While it's currently in the trial phase, Samsung plans to bring DeX to larger displays. If it does gain mindshare, Samsung might even consider desktop Linux-powered laptops.
One advantage Samsung has over traditional desktop Linux distributions is that Samsung owns the entire hardware chain, from touchscreen to storage. It will be relatively easier for Samsung to offer a fully polished desktop Linux experience compared with a community-based distro, where developers either rely on reverse engineering or are at the mercy of hardware vendors to offer drivers.
Desktop Linux users may finally see the year of Linux. "Linux on Galaxy is made even more powerful because it is DeX-enabled, giving developers the ability to create content on a large screen, powered only by their mobile devices. This represents a significant step forward for software developers, who can now set up a fully functional development environment with all the advantages of a desktop setting that is accessible anytime, anywhere. Samsung Linux on Galaxy is still a work in progress," said Samsung.
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Chromebooks Support Debian Applications
Containerized Debian environment is now available through the Chrome OS dev channel.
Opera Embraces Snap for Linux
Announcement may open doors for more mainstream applications to adopt Ubuntu's Snap package system.
Canonical Fixes Boot Failure Issues in Ubuntu
The regression that led to boot failures was introduced by a previous patch.
Weird Unofficial LibreOffice Version Shows Up in the Microsoft Store
Unknown developer wants you to pay $2.99 for a free tool.
Honey I Shrunk Ubuntu
Canonical has released a new version of Ubuntu that's 50% smaller than the standard Ubuntu Server.
Linux Mint 19 Released
New version comes with Timeshifting capabilities.
Red Hat Adds GPLv3 Cure Clause to its Code-Base
New provision will provide violators with a grace period to achieve license compliance.
SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 Released
It's a modular OS.
GitLabs Drops Pricing After Microsoft GitHub Acquisition
GitLabs is creating more incentives for users to switch from GitHub.
KDE Plasma 5.13 Is Here
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Through its content distribution networks and integrated services, Grupo Clarin is fully commitment to technological convergence.
In September of the year 2006, Grupo Clarín acquired control of Cablevisión, with the aim of shaping the first national alternative private video and broadband network.
In September 2015, the Company had 3.5 million cable television customers and 1.8 million broadband customers.
It is the owner of the only alternative fiber optic network in Argentina with an extension of over 55,000 kilometers. It has also developed an interurban Backbone of over 5,000 kilometers which, together with its Core and Metro networks, enabled it to have a robust and reliable infrastructure to offer different products such as Digital Television, High Definition signals, and its On Demand video platform, Cablevisión Play.
The service of Cablevisión has a varied offer of program content thanks to a large number of signals and it reaches more than 3.5 million customers through its various services: Basic, Digital, HD, and Max HD, as well as the On Demand and Cablevisión Play products.
The Basic service offers channels with program planning of various genres for all tastes and the possibility of hiring Premium packages with exclusive contents in movie, sport, and adult genres.
Cablevisión Digital offers its customers more than 115 channels with digital quality and audio, an interactive on-screen Guide that allows customers to browse and know the list of programs and their schedules, audio channels and radios, access to Premium channels, alternative audio and subtitles, and a parental control system for children.
Cablevisión HD has all the benefits of digital service, in addition to 42 High Definition signals highlighted by their stunning resolution and Dolby Digital sound. MAX HD customers can, thanks to their special decoder, record up to 150 hours of programs, pause, fast-forward, and/or rewind, perform instant replays, enjoy scenes in slow motion, schedule recordings automatically, and manage the recorded content.
Both HD and Max HD services also have On Demand: Cablevisión's interactive television that lets you choose "on demand" movies, music, series, children's content, and TV shows in a simple way through the remote control and at the desired time. Cablevisión On Demand offers more than 5,000 titles to see premieres, classics, and full seasons of outstanding series.
In 2014, the Company launched Cablevisión Play, an interactive web platform that integrates and organizes online TV content so that customers can access them free of charge, 24 hours a day and from any device such as PCs, Smartphones, or Tablets. Cablevisión Play has more than 5,000 titles.
The Company also has local channels in the interior of the country, the Somos Channels, aiming at reflecting, through the screen, the topicality of the city, the local identity, and the diversity of thoughts that make up the specific culture of each place.

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Why Men With Male Pattern Hair Loss Like the 'Caesar' Haircut
According to historians, Julius Caesar struggled with hair loss for much of his adult life, and yet he also unwittingly – or, possibly quite consciously – created what is still regarded as one of the best cuts for men with thinning hair.
The 'Caesar' haircut is arguably the best way for men with the genetic condition male pattern hair loss to conceal a receding hairline. Longer cuts can often emphasise gaps when hair hangs away from shiny scalps; shorter crops make thinning more visible. Whoever Caesar's hairdresser was, he knew that a short, horizontally-cut fringe was the best way to disguise shedding at the front of the head.
Modern day hair loss
Male Pattern Hair Loss is believed to be far more common today than it was in Roman times, as experts believe that heightened levels of everyday stress could be exacerbating the onset of the condition in genetically predisposed men.
Various aspects of daily life, from changes in the global diet and nutritional imbalances, to the general increase in emotional and physical stress caused by the pressure of living in a fast-paced, highly-connected society, can have a negative effect on hair growth. All these issues have been linked to both being able to trigger, and speed up thinning hair.
The current generation is thought to be suffering more than most, with hairloss now starting at a younger age in both men and women. Of course, part of the problem could be that, in these days of social media ubiquity, men are more image-conscious than ever before. Millennials are reportedly more worried about hair loss than their older relatives were, and are also more pro-active in seeking treatment.
In celebration of Caesar's greatest contribution to style (toga notwithstanding), the website menshairstyletrends.com has announced 15 slight variations on the Caesar haircut, many of which would be well suited to men hoping to hide thinning edges. These include 'The Asymmetrical Fringe' (a Caesar with a more jagged fringe, weighted to one side) and the 'Textured Crop' which the website says "has reinvented the Caesar haircut with layering and a fade."
A 'fade' haircut is a good option for men with all hair types as it involves keeping the sides extremely short, creating the illusion of a fullness on top. The top can then be left as long as the client wants – for instance, long enough to sweep back over a thinning crown, or with more length in the front to help hide a receding hairline.
A man's hairstyle never seems more important than when he starts losing his hair. This can happen when he is still in his teens – though it is a lot more common when he hits his 30s or 40s. What many men do first is start Googling flattering haircuts for thinning hair, using search terms like "styles for thinning hair" and "haircuts for male pattern hair loss", and many will have been offered a glimmer of hope by a website or savvy hairdresser touting the benefits of a Caesar-style haircut.
It is all an illusion, however, as genetic hair thinning tends to become more pronounced with each passing year – unless steps are taken to intervene.
Treatment is well established
Luckily, male hair loss treatment is now very well established as an efficient and cost-effective option for preventing baldness. Treatment is usually based around two clinically-proven medications which block the testosterone by-product named DHT (which ultimately leads to thinning hair around the top of the scalp in men with pattern hair loss) and also encourages new hair growth.
At Belgravia, treatment is tailored to each client's needs based on their medical profile, personal preferences, pattern and level of shedding. These courses often revolve around the use of topical applications of recommended high-strength minoxidil formulations – particularly useful for treating a receding hairline or other stubborn areas of hair loss such as a thinning crown. This is commonly paired with the once-a-day oral drug finasteride 1mg and appropriate hair growth boosters to complement the medicinal effects.
The menshairstyletrends article is a reminder of just how liberated many men feel when they experience significant regrowth. Something we hear frequently at both Belgravia's hair loss clinics is how happy clients are when they are able, sometimes for the first time in years, to cut and style their hair in a way they really want, and not have to settle for a hairstyle just because it may temporarily hide the more visible areas of their scalp.
The Belgravia Centre
The Belgravia Centre is the leader in hair loss treatment in the UK, with two clinics based in Central London. If you are worried about hair loss you can arrange a free consultation with a hair loss expert or complete our Online Consultation Form from anywhere in the UK or the rest of the world. View our Hair Loss Success Stories, which are the largest collection of such success stories in the world and demonstrate the levels of success that so many of Belgravia's patients achieve. You can also phone 020 7730 6666 any time for our hair loss helpline or to arrange a free consultation.


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The Finance Ministry and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) are providing contradictory information on arrears owed service providers.
Hospitals across the country are said to be in a state of bankruptcy as a result of debts owed them by the Authority.
The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) only yesterday hinted the dreaded cash-and-carry policy was back and patients holding NHIS cards are being turned away.
On the contrary, the Finance Minister Seth Tekper has rejected accusations that his outfit is to blame for the indebtedness to hospitals and other service providers.
He told Parliament those statutory payments including arrears due the National Health Insurance Authority have been paid up to January 2015.
According to him, a little of over 1 billion cedis which includes arrears of 2013 and 2014 has been released to the National Health Insurance Authority.
This will come as a surprise to service providers who have persistently complained about nonpayment of claims submitted to the authority since May last year.
Shortly after the Finance Minister's revelation, the Chief Executive of the NHIA Sylvester Mensah said arrears information provided by the Minister was "inaccurate."
"Nobody can provide a more accurate figure about arrears than the NHIA," he said forcefully.
He said it cannot be the case that arrears have been paid to January 2015 as the Minister indicated.
While confirming the amount of money announced by the Finance Minister on the floor of Parliament, Sylvester Mensah said the amount was used to offset arrears of 2013 and part of 2014. There still remains some arrears of 2014 to clear, he indicated.
He explained the NHIA had been running a policy of deficit financing in the last four years, adding arrears for 2014 will have to be cleared with funds released for 2015.
He admitted the arrears were only for five to six months, even though there are isolated cases of delays of up to eight months due to technical challenges, not financial.
At the moment though, he said the NHIA is broke with no money in its coffers.
"We don't have money. The budgetary allocation is inadequate to meet maturing obligation and we are working on additional funding sources to complement what we have," he pointed out.
He said his outfit has been invited to Parliament to explain the details of the challenges they are facing.
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Trail runners attempting technical mountaineering routes with minimal gear—inspiring or reckless?
On its face, the term "trail running" is just the act of running on trails. But in practice there are a lot of different ways that we choose to get out there and run.
For example, some of us head out to run trail 10ks or marathons, or ultras, or team relays, or vertical mile/kilometer challenges. And some of us will never race at all. Others put their efforts into fastest known times (FKTs) or personal bests in the Grand Canyon or the Colorado Trail or some other noteworthy stretch of dirt and rock. Still others choose to take their trail running onto routes that most of us wouldn't even call trails; these folks attempt technical mountaineering routes with minimal gear, and the practice seems to be growing (or at least becoming more publicized).
This is a natural outgrowth of the desire to test oneself… Soon after we start running on trails, most of us will get anxious to try to go longer, to go faster, to go steeper, or to throw other variables (like obstacles or team elements) into the mix.
Testing oneself is the 5k recreational runner stepping up to his first trail 10k or half marathon.
It's the marathon roadster deciding to challenge herself with a 50k trail race.
And it's the trail runner who decides to focus on the vertical and use more than just their feet to carry themselves forward and upward.
Our first exposure to any other type of trail running that's different from what we do ourselves is often met with one of two seemingly opposite reactions; being inspired, or feeling that what the others are doing is reckless.
"Reckless" can mean a lot of different things. To some it might be some other person doing something they're not entirely prepared for. In fact, there's certainly a lot of that in just about every trail running pursuit mentioned above. For example, pay attention to some of the other participants at your next trail race, for example, and see if you don't say to yourself at least once or twice; "that person probably isn't ready to be running in this event."
Are they being reckless? Maybe a bit, setting a high bar is what we do as trail runners.We challenge ourselves, and sometimes we push things a little too far. Now take another look at those same in-over-their-heads runners again, isn't their audacity also kind of inspiring?
Inspiration and recklessness are really just two sides of the same coin. They're both present in the person who perhaps isn't well enough prepared for her first 50k but still decides to give it a go and see what she can do, and they're both present for the runner who decides to attempt mountaineering routes with a "fast and light" approach.
The thing that really matters is what I do with that coin. Do I allow myself to be inspired, or do I choose to make bad running decisions?
If I use someone else's performance on the trails (or in the mountains) as a catalyst for reexamining my own training and my own goals, and doing so motivates me to set my sights a little higher, and train a little harder, then that's inspiration.
On the other side of the coin, if I simply try to mimic or duplicate someone's accomplishment because I think they're cool or awesome (based on what I've read about them online or in the magazines), and I want to be like them or feel cool or awesome about myself, then that's reckless. But let's be absolutely clear – it would be recklessness on my part.
However a trail runner chooses to enjoy the hills and mountains is their choice, even if it's getting on technical mountaineering routes, and that choice alone is neither inspiring nor reckless. It's the way I choose to use that other person's adventure to influence my behavior that makes their actions inspiring or reckless.


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Relation of Smoking with Total Mortality and Cardiovascular Events Among Patients with Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review
—Active smoking is associated with significantly increased risks of total mortality and cardiovascular events among diabetic patients, while smoking cessation was associated with reduced risks compared to current smoking. The findings provide strong evide
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Smoking worsens diabetes complications, but quitting may help
People with type 2 diabetes who smoke have significantly higher risks of heart disease, stroke, and death than diabetic non-smokers, a new study shows. They also had higher risks of clogged arteries, heart failure, and reduced blood flow to the limbs.
Sep 9, 2015 Reuters
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Older Smokers With Migraines May Face Added Stroke Risk
The study participants were followed for an average of 11 years to see how many had a heart attack or stroke. The findings were published online July 22 in the journal Neurology. The researchers did not find an association between migraine and the risk
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Secondhand Smoke Tied to Raised Stroke Risk in Study
"Our findings suggest the possibility for adverse health outcomes such as stroke among nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke and add to the body of evidence supporting stricter smoking regulations," said lead author Angela Malek, of the Medical Universi
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Are Women More Susceptible To Secondhand Smoke Exposure Than Men?
Licensed clinical psychologist Alicia Clark, PsyD, tells Yahoo Health that women can have difficulty speaking up when their needs are in conflict with those of someone they love, as is often the case when smokers and non-smokers live together. "Women are
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[UK] How passive smoking raises the risk of a stroke by nearly a third even after adjusting for factors such as heart disease
Scientists identified a clear trend between second-hand smoke and strokes following a study involving 22,000 people over the age of 45. They found that even after adjustment for other stroke factors such as hypertension and heart disease, the 30 per cent
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Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Stroke
SHS exposure is independently associated with an increased risk of stroke. Future studies are needed to confirm these findings and examine the role of long-term effects of SHS exposure on stroke outcomes.
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[Alabama] Nonsmokers at increased risk of stroke from secondhand smoke
University of Alabama at Birmingham's Leslie McClure, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Biostatistics, is senior author of a new paper published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that finds exposure to SHS also increased the risk of strok
Jul 9, 2015 University of Alabama at Birmingham
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Secondhand smoke increases stroke risk by 30 percent for nonsmokers
"Our findings suggest the possibility for adverse health outcomes such as stroke among nonsmokers exposed to SHS and add to the body of evidence supporting stricter smoking regulations. Future research will need to investigate the role of cardiovascular
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[UK] Unhealthy lifestyles 'cut lifespan by 23 years'... but you'd have to suffer diabetes, a stroke AND a heart attack before you're 40
It is estimated that the majority of these diseases are preventable by maintaining a healthy weight, taking regular exercise, eating healthily and not drinking or smoking too much.
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Dick DeVos and Betsy DeVos are known for their political donations. However, their charity contribution is a huge amount of one-hundred-and-nine million dollars. Betsy DeVos is the current nominee for Secretary of Education. The couple unveiled their plans for donating money in various philanthropic activities. Two years ago, the couple announced almost twelve million dollars for charity endeavors on the website of their foundation. It is two times the amount Betsy DeVos donated to political campaigns during last few years. The move is expected to pave her way to enter the new Cabinet.
The DeVos family is involved in Republican politics for a long time. Dick's father and co-founder of Amway Rich DeVos along his children also donated a huge amount of money to charity two years ago. That year they got the twenty-fourth spot on Forbes list of America's Top Givers. According to the data provided to Forbes by the DeVos family, their lifetime donation is more than one billion dollars. That is a quarter of their total fortune. Betsy DeVos is the daughter of late Edgar Prince who was Dutch industrialist known for charity and political donations. The top priority of the couple's philanthropic activity is education. Two years ago, they donated an amount of three million dollars for this purpose which was a quarter of their total donations. In addition to this, the couple's foundation donated three percent of the total amount to groups which work for reforms in education.
According to Dick DeVos, the spending of the couple shows they give education the top priority. He said that he thinks the current educational system is not according to the American dream. In fact, it is a problem of civil rights. While talking to The Grand Rapids Press and MLive, DeVos said that children growing up in different areas of the country do not have access to the American dream. They don't get the education which is necessary to achieve their targets. The current educational system is not addressing all necessary problems which are not the fault of employees.
Dick DeVos has worked in organizations like Amway, Orlando Magic, Alticor, and The Windquest Group. He started working in Amway in 1974. He held different positions and dealt with issues like finance, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and R & D. He became the company's Vice President in 1984 and was responsible for the operations in eighteen countries. In 1991, his family bought the basketball franchise of Orlando Magic. Dick DeVos served as its Chief Executive Officer and President until 2005. In 1993, he joined Alticor as the President. Under his leadership, the company's operations expanded to over fifty countries on six continents. DeVos looked after different issues at The Windquest Group which are working on alternative energy.
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Okay so i have done a review under the Great subject. Never mind my other review although the 6mg nic is just a little stronger tasting than some of thier juice; I will say though after i replaced my .2 coil i put in a .5 and OMG its tasty. will defintley try the 3mg. Evereyone that likes red sour patch should buy!
Overall great flavor but after taste not so much. it could be that its a 6mg; I think a lesser mg robably make it better though but other that awesome stuff.
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As the second item in our series I'm going to have a look at yet another classic. I've had the Pien & Polle (or Pien en Polle) onesies for quite a while and yes, they are still the ones I wrote somewhat excited about when I got them. I haven't gotten any additional ones of the same make in the meantime, which for numerous reasons perhaps I should one day, but more on the "Why?" in the relevant sections.
Colors and Patterns
Similar to the Kiwisto onesies in our previous review, these are manufactured by a small company catering to provide clothing for handicapped children and the like, so you would expect some limitations in the range of their portfolio. Funny enough, it is much broader than that of their German competitor, perhaps owing to the nature of this venture being a bit more personally motivated and focusing on clothing while at the same time not being as big a company yet. Who knows?!
In any case, you can choose from about ten solid colors at any given time. The usual standards are included such as white and black, but as is evident from the picture there are lots of other colors like marine blue, petrol/ aqua blue, apple green, dark green, red, hot pink/ fuchsia, purple, grey. From time to time, apparently depending on what supplies they have, there are also other colors popping up. I for instance clearly remember an olive green version being available for a time.
In addition to these uniform colors they have patterned onesies that are tailored to look like regular T-shirts with the lower section covered up by some overlapping material plus a number of different models like e.g. a girly one with shoelace shoulder strings, so there's plenty to choose from. At least for the T-Shirt onesies I would assume that the fit is quite similar to the ones we are talking about in this article, anyway. If you have your eye on some special combination of colors and cut pattern I'm even positive they would be willing to custom-manufacture it for you.
Size and Fit
This is one of the points that I may have to revisit some time in the future as hinted in the introductory paragraph. When I got my examples back then I was quite inexperienced in these matters and to play it safe I ordered them in size 188. As it turns out, I could have gone one size smaller (176) without any issues whatsoever because this particular diaper suit is rather "roomy" for lack of a better word. This means that it's in fact quite large, though you have to consider that I'm just 1.80 m in size, so the 188 (cm) size attribution might actually make some European Union clerk in Brussels happy for perfectly adhering to standard size.
An additional benefit of this is naturally that larger people, possibly up to 1.95 m height might be able to wear these products without any critical fit issues and if you're a real spindly, skinny type that range may extend even further. In the opposite direction these onesies can be ordered down to toddler sizes, so even if you are pocket-sized like my mom you should find something suitable.
The actual fit is, as illustrated by the images, overall very "square". Those onesies are very wide and allow for a large circumference. That's good if you are carrying around a slight (well, not so slight) tummy like I do and may also be advantageous to people sitting in wheel chairs, allowing for more freedom of movement. It could look a bit too lofty on the already mentioned slender people with too much loose cloth flapping around on the other hand. That is of course very much a matter of personal preference just like with T-shirts, so you have to see if it works for you or whether you prefer a tighter fit.
The bottom section is a lot flatter than on the Kiwisto onesies, meaning that the cloth in the back will wrap farther around your bum. This should prevent any accidental diaper exposure even in the most awkward situation (you should literally be able to bend over with your hands touching your toes and there still being enough textile coverage). The long back piece is also crucial to the way the flap goes through your legs. Since it's shorter than on the Kiwisto, you wouldn't be able to attach it otherwise. As a result in the intimate regions this feels more like a conventional boxer brief than a sunga/ speedo kind of underwear and it keeps you a bit warmer than perhaps some other products. Due to the very soft and fine cloth overall movement is not impaired, though.
Diaper Fixation
This is the second thing where from today's perspective I'd go with one size smaller. As it is, the large-ish size 188 I have combined with the supple 95 % cotton/ 5 % Lycra mix textile isn't a very resilient combination for the onesie holding those nappies up all by itself. By the time the diaper starts to really sink down the onesie alone won't save my bacon and I'm in trouble. That's luckily not exactly a big problem for me, since I'm always wearing my diapers in full dress, meaning with additional fixation/ protective pants, anyway, but if you're not that way you might have to rely on the strength of your diaper's own adhesive powers. I really strongly feel that for me a size 176 would work better here.
Actually closing up the product is a very unique experience since this is about the only product I know that uses those small plastic snaps like you typically would find them on bras and other lingerie mostly. I was very skeptical at first, but in a way it's ingenious. It's much stronger than you would suspect and since the buttons are punched onto a separate piece of strong textile ribbon you get a very effective and simple method of mating the two sides. You basically simply try to line up the regions and press and one way or the other one of the buttons will snap into place and the others follow suit.
Personally I don't care much for the buttons being hidden under the flap, especially since this has the downside of making it slightly curl up as you can see in the pictures further up, but it's an interesting approach, regardless. The white segments also add strength and the buttons do not puncture and damage the actual tissue like so often happens with metal buttons and their sharp claws. An additional advantage is that should this ever require maintenance like replacing a broken button it should be easier to remove the textile strips in their entirety and sew them back on (or their respective replacements) with relative ease. There's a lot going for this.
Materials and Manufacturing Quality
Pien & Polle use Oeko-Tex certified materials compliant with European standards, so in terms of possible contamination and toxicity this is as safe as it gets – there should be none (at all). A downside probably is that the colors don't look as vibrant as might be desirable – to my eyes at least. They always look a bit pale or muddy (most of them, anyway) and made color-correcting my photos even more difficult (notwithstanding the eternal tale of my inadequate photo equipment).
The other things that slightly irks me as that despite containing Elasthane/ Lycra the cloth doesn't feel as smooth and tender as on some other products using a similar combination. It feels very much like a plain cotton product. Mind you, not wrong in any way, I just have a different expectation. The quality of the textile is otherwise very good. There's no knots or missed weave lines and I already mentioned its very smooth quality.
The sewing is very well-executed and the seams are mostly straight with the exception of the button strips. Since those are a placed in a tricky area that curves however, I find it forgiveable that they aren't as perfect as the rest. On my examples I've never seen a loose thread or even cut off yarn leftovers falling out, so someone is clearly taking care to provide the best possible quality. There's no twisting, either, though of course these elastic textiles are more forgiving. Still, somehow it always shows where something was made, does it not?
Pricing and Availability
Prices are very similar to Kiwisto starting also in the 17.95 Euros range and increasing with size to up and around 25 Euros with the long-sleeved variants adding another two or three Euros to that and the T-shirt onesies are even more costly. As far as my experiences go and as my occasional probing for products when I stop by their online store every now and then seems to indicate, product availability is very good. It appears they don't allow products to be out of stock for more than a few days and most of the time you should not even notice when something might not be instantanuously ready for delivery.
As far as I remember my package came with a FedEx courier (which is rather unusual in Germany, being that other services are more predominant and common) , but at the time I think that was the regional cooperation partner of the Dutch post. Things may be different today, but I'd have to look it up to be honest. In any case, shipment was as rapid as can be expected and it took about ten days for the parcel to arrive. That should be room enough even if you order stuff at the last minute, though other regions may take longer.
Since there's generally no free shipping (even inside Holland) you have to be aware of this extra cost and plan accordingly. For Germany that's an extra 12.50 Euros and I could only justify it to myself since I ordered all four onesies at once. I'm not sure if that applied back then, but these days four pieces is also the magic number where you are getting a "mass" discount. Despite that, for some parts of the world it may simply not be cost-efficient unless you include lots of other things to rationalize a 60 Euros surcharge on products worth 900 Euros or something like that.
I swear if I'm ever going to work out those size issues I'm gonna love them, but until then these Pien & Polle onesies I own kinda hang over me as a reminder of my early mistakes and I have to see to it to wear them out so I have an excuse to order new ones. They are not bad, their size just isn't right for me. That said, I'd still give them a huge thumbs up for the simple fact that you get good quality + a reasonably large selection of possible color combinations and everything is tailored in such a fashion that it might pass as regular clothing. These are real products to wear in "normal" life situations, not just while cuddling up in your bed or secretly under your sweater. It shows that some thought has been given to that and that the people behind the products enjoy their work and make an effort. The only real downside is that it could get a bit expensive depending on where you live. They are currently looking for regional resellers across the EU, so that may actually improve one day.


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LocationLondon, KY
325 County Farm Road
London, KY 40741
New 2018 Forest River RV Sandpiper 378FB
Sandpiper 378FB Comes With The Following Options Included:
BEIGE Decor
Sandpiper Signature Package:
9 Cu Ft Stainless Refer
Residential Stain Reisistant Carpet
Stainless Appliance Package
Slam lock baggage doors
Serta Memory Foam Mattress
Air Conditioner
30" OTR Microwave
Wire and Brace for 2nd AC (ducted)
Residential Pullout Kitchen Faucet
Soft Close Residential Drawers
10 Gal. G/E Water Heater W/DSI
Docking Station
16" Spare Tire Kit
High Gloss Color Matched Gelcoated Fiberglass Exterior
Aluminum Wheels w/7K Axles
40 " Flat Screen Television
Washer/Dryer Prep
Premium Sound Bar with Sony DVD Player
Water Filter System
EZ Breeze Power Fan in Bathroom(s)
Rustic Wood Beauflor Flooring™
Tri Fold Hide-A-Bed
Aerodynamic Two Tone Painted Front Cap
"One Touch" Dometic Electric Awning w/LED Light Strip
LED Interior Lighting Throughout
Premium Solid Surface Kitchen Countertops
Roller Shades Throughout
Wide Stance Hydraulic Landing Gear
20 CUFT Stainless Whirlpool French Door Residential Refer w/1,000 Watt Inverter & Battery Disconnect
King Bed
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As you enter this triple slide Sandpiper 378FB fifth wheel by Forest River you will find that the living area and kitchen are quite spacious, open, and inviting. Plus there is a front master bath with DUAL sinks, a half bath for your guests, an exterior kitchen with TV, and much more!
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As you step up the front stairs, you will enter into the walk-through bedroom. The bedroom has a slide out queen bed and nightstands on either side. Or if you prefer a bit more sleeping space you can choose an optional king. Across from the bed there is a dresser with drawers and a TV box above.
The front master bath is very large and spacious. Inside the bathroom there is a walk-in shower with seat, washer and dryer prep closet, toilet, and vanity with DUAL sinks. Along the front of the bathroom you will love the large wardrobe including shelving for all your clothing needs.
Storage shouldn't be a problem with all of the overhead cabinets throughout the fifth wheel as well as the large pass thru storage area outside. You can also enjoy the exterior kitchen which has a refrigerator, sink, drop down TV, and bumper mount swivel gas grill, plus more!
Love Our Sandpiper!!Like most: Thanks to you Mike Prewitt for such an awesome deal and for your great service! I also wanna thank Brian the guy who delivered it with such expertise. I didn't have to cut down any tree's and he was very patient. If anyone is looking for a trailer, or 5th wheel camper, BIG DADDY'S is the place! - Robert from Maumee, OH
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Interior Color: BEIGE
|41 ft 3 in
|Ext Width
|8 ft
|Ext Height
|13 ft 2 in
|Int Height
|7 ft
|Interior Color
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|15500 lbs
|Dry Weight
|12455 lbs
|Cargo Weight
|3045 lbs
|Fresh Water Capacity
|60 gals
|Grey Water Capacity
|134 gals
|Black Water Capacity
|104 gals
|Tire Size
|Furnace BTU
|35000 btu
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Posted on March 01 2017
Hi Planner Ladies, today Chinky and Celene will show you how they used Evelyn and Savannah Stickers Sets in their planners respectively.
The first one was contributed by Chinky. She was using Evelyn Stickers on Annie Plans Printables inserts.
Hey planner girls! It's Chinky again with another blog for you. Did you enjoy the gorgeous spread by my VBsister Celene? She's seriously so good and talented! Well anyway, I'm also back to share another plan with me with YOU, my beautiful friends. After all, it's always a #villabeautifful day to get planning, right?
I thought it would be nice to use one of the recent VB releases, Evelyn, this week. Can you believe another month has passed? It's already March on Wednesday! I love the elements of the Evelyn collection. I feel like it had the perfect mix of pink, mint and gold hues to it. They're actually my favorite color combination so of course I needed to match that with my gold Kikkik binder! So for this plan with me session, I will be using the following Shop Villabeautifful stickers.
- Evelyn Weekly Set Planner Stickers
- Evelyn Planner Headers Sticker Sheet
- Evelyn Functional Boxes Planner Stickers
- Evelyn Decorative Boxes Planner Stickers
- Evelyn Decorating Planner Sticker Sheet
- Evelyn Clear Tape Planner Sticker Sheet
- VB Cutie Shop Till You Drop
- VB Cutie Jetsetter
- VB Cutie Playful
Click on each link to see how gorgeous each sticker set/sheet is!
Let's be honest here. Planner girls tend to be hoarders. We buy so many gorgeous VB stickers and probably use them in one spread, maybe two max. I admit I used to be one of those hoarders. I actually have an entire box full of VB stickers but no matter how hard I try to be on a 'no or low spend', I just can't hide from the VB stickers cause every release gets better and better! So this year, I convinced myself to try to use as much as I could in each collection instead of keeping them hidden. So in this blog you will see how I can use up a collection for 2 full spreads but still have enough leftovers for another layout!
I always start by using the clear tape planner sticker as the border or divider for the days of the week. I am still obsessed with the VB clear tapes because it's so easy to match with my washi tapes since it's designed to be like washi strips anyway. It varies in sizes so you have options too. I added a doily to my week to add the overall golden vibe of this spread.
I like to layer my stickers so you will see that I will use my functional boxes planner stickers with the planner headers stickers then embellish with stickers from the decorating planner sticker sheet. Sometimes I would also layer the decorative sticker over the clear tape stickers and functional phrases from the decorating planner sticker sheet. I feel like it adds some sort of depth to the spread. I also like layering the planner headers over the page flags from the weekly set as you will see on the right side of the spread. The icons from the Weekly set helped highlighting when I needed to prepare packages and when I needed to do the grocery. Adding a few stamping helps bring the look together.
Here's the full spread. I love how it turned out!
But I didn't forget to add the VB Cuties for that extra dose of cuteness! My mom's coming home on Tuesday so the VB Cutie Jetsetter is the perfect sticker to mark that. I added the VB Cutie Playful and VB Cutie Shop Till You Drop too on the week too!
Moving on to the next spread…
I recently jumped in the TN planner bandwagon. I use a pocket sized Traveler's notebook and have printed out TN inserts from Annieplans printables. If you are familiar with those printables, you will notice that the VB stickers are perfect to use with the pocket sized daily grid spread.
Like in my personal sized planner, you will see a lot of layering with the stickers but this time, I got to use a lot more of the decorative box stickers and functional box stickers. The clear tape still helped by acting as some sort of divider for the tasks for the day.
Here are the pictures of the full week's daily spread:
The week turned out gorgeous! I always love how my weekly spread turns out whenever I use my VB stickers.
Anyway, here's what happened to the sticker sheets after all the planning. I used to get upset or slightly depressed when I use up a lot of stickers after decorating my spread. I would be sad when I see the bare sticker sheets! ..but then I realized, the sole purpose for buying all those stickers is for decorating anyway. So why don't I ACTUALLY use it? Lol. I'm so glad I'm over that phase!
Btw, shout out to my VB sister Kim who inspired to make use of the 'bleed' or borders of the actual stickers. As you can see, I cut through the sheets, specifically in the headers stickers and clear tape, to use in my spread. Hooray to maximizing your stickers!
That's about it! I hope you enjoyed reading through this plan with me. I also hope you are inspired to use more of your stickers in your weekly and/or daily planning.
Show us how you plan with your VB stickers and kits by tagging @shopvillabeautifful and the VB Design Team in your photos. Don't forget to use the hashtag #shopvillabeautifful too! Have a nice day and see you around! J
The next one is written by Celene
Hey VB planner girls! It's me, Celene. Today I'm doing a plan with me using one of VB's newest stickers, the beautifful Savannah. Savannah is a blooming garden of green, peach, pink, and soft red florals.
If you know me and follow me on IG (@celenewrites), you would know how I love and adore florals. So imagine what it is like for me when I saw Savannah: It was love at first sneak!
For this post, I will be using a pretty nude pink Foxy Fix – it's called the Sugar Mochi No. 3, which I know at heart, would be a delightful match with Savannah. Let's start!
I like using Annie Plans Printables for my Foxy Notebooks. For this blog, I had printed and cut an Annie Plans' A6 March 2017-Monday Start Month/Weekly/Daily Grid TN Insert. I decorated the first week of March with my VB Savannah stickers.
I mixed and matched the Savannah sticker sheets throughout the 7 days of the week. I used the Weekly Set, Functional Boxes, Headers, Decorative Boxes, Clear Tape & Decorating Planner sticker sheets all in pretty tandem. They are already made by Tiff to be oh-so-well-coordinated so that creative planning is made easy with VB stickers! Yay!
When mixing and matching, my imagination is the limit! Here are the decorated still shots of my inserts. I hope you'll like them!
For the cover of my TN inserts, I used here a pastel green cardstock from the Pink Paislee Oh My Heart collection. On the front cover, I placed a VB box sticker in the middle and the pretty 'love always' decorative floral sticker on top. I layered some washi tapes with the Savannah page flag stickers, added some floral ephemeras with the same color tones as Savannah and tadah!
I attached a lengthwise cut of the cardstock on the left inside of the front cover. I meant to use this as a pocket to hold stickers and what nots. I decorated it with fussy cut florals from the Savannah box sticker sheet, a gold glitter slim washi tape and 2 page flag stickers.
Then I laminated the covers side by side (front cover on the right and back cover on the left, both facing up) making sure to leave a space in between. This space should be as thick as my insert's spine so the cover hugs tightly when folded. After laminating, I used a crafting knife to cut along the edge of the front pocket I created. I used light pressure while cutting so I won't damage the paper beneath it – because remember, it's the front cover!
To cap it off I also made some cute dangle clips from the small pretty floral prints in the Savannah decorative sticker sheet. I attached the stickers on a cardstock, fussy cut each one of them and laminated. I punched small holes on the top of each laminated sticker. I started fussy cutting along the sides of the laminated plastic, considering now the hole I punched on top. I attached gold jumprings on each hole and inserted the sticker charm on a gold paperclip. I added mini green, gold and blush sequins to for a little bit of sparkle.
Hope you liked what I prepared for you and I've inspired you to get your crafty on using your VB stickers! Until next time!
xoxo - Celene


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Columbus Day is always fraught with the pain of remembering that encounters between Europeans and the native peoples of this hemisphere have included profound injustices. In 2017, confronting these tensions is as important as ever.
A sermon for the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring
The Rev. Evan Keely, Interim Minister
Over the years I have grown increasingly concerned by the apprehension that a great deal of public life is driven by fantasy. It's not that I ever believed that every policy decision, every law and every organization has been motivated primarily by shrewd and rational thinking; it would be naïve to fail to recognize that we're all fallible beings and that any human enterprise is likely to be prompted as much (if not more) by passion or fear or unconscious impulses as by reason. But I fear I have had a habit — perhaps a commonplace one — of too easily assuming that people's actions tend to make sense. Sometimes we make sense, but it's dangerous for us to ignore, disregard or minimize our capacity for self-deception and denial. We do not always even know ourselves fully; what else are we likely to do but deceive ourselves from time to time? And when we deceive ourselves, any explanation we may offer for our behavior or our choices is likely to be essentially dishonest. I think that an inescapable truth of human life is that we do a great many things that we do because they somehow satisfy a sense of fantasy.
Once again we find ourselves face to face with another incomprehensibly ghastly gun massacre here in these United States. The familiarity of the rituals of public grief does not seem to make the experience any less agonizing. I really have no words of comfort. What I would add to our reflections on this horror is a question: how much of our national conversation about guns is driven by fantasies? One fantasy is the so-called "good guy with a gun" scenario. It would be incorrect to state that no person bearing a firearm ever prevented a crime — there are documented instances of such events. Whether or not the quantity of such occurrences justifies the availability of deadly weapons is another matter. Many observers have pointed out that even if any in the crowd in Las Vegas had been armed (and perhaps some were), of course they were still defenseless against a shooter firing from a nearby tall building. We could cite numerous other instances of the ineffectuality of being armed, though I doubt they would be especially helpful in promoting meaningful change. We have all the data we need on this issue; what we don't have is a way of converting people's hearts, and I fear that we don't have that because we don't want to talk about how much people cherish their fantasies. There are opponents of gun control who fear that restrictions on firearms will leave the citizenry defenseless in the face of government oppression, which would of course justify the purchase of fighter jets and tanks and nukes by civilians, an argument that no one makes. It's a fantasy: a tyrannical government will fail in its efforts to oppress, thanks to the vigilant and death-defying might of armed civilians. These are fantasies not only of autonomy but of heroism, of defeating bullies, of vanquishing evil and taking a stand, even under life-threatening circumstances, for noble and cherished ideals. But they are still fantasies. I am not going to critique anybody's fantasies from the pulpit of a church; individuals' private thoughts are just that — private. But I think the conversation would be a lot more honest if we could somehow find a way of acknowledging the role of fantasy in this and in so many other aspects of public life.
And fantasy does play a significant role in public life. An event this weekend is, among other things, an annual nod to fantasy: Christopher Columbus and the national holiday that bears his name, when we are invited to fantasize about Columbus as an intrepid adventurer who dared to challenge the prevailing ignorance of his society and to boldly go where no European had gone before. Of course, the Vikings settled in Newfoundland half a millennium before Columbus; by the end of the fifteenth century, everyone knew the earth was round — indeed, Columbus persuaded the Spanish crown to finance his voyages based on his miscalculation about the circumference of the globe, which Columbus believed to be about half the size it actually is. But an even more outrageous and dangerous fantasy paints Columbus as a hero and not as the genocidal invader that he was. The government of Ferdinand and Isabella was not seeking to explore the earth for the sake of advancing human knowledge; they were pursuing riches and land and power. Columbus and the conquistadors that came after him were the willing agents of that remorseless imperialism, and other European powers then hastened beyond their corner of the world in fierce competition with one another, with terrible consequences for the peoples of every other continent on the earth. The idea of the Age of Exploration as a time of heroic journeys undertaken with indefatigable derring-do by courageous pioneers is a fantasy. It is not completely without reality, as is the case with most fantasies, but like many fantasies, it ignores complex and painful realities.
Another element to these dangerous fantasies about Columbus promotes the idea, not often spoken aloud yet undoubtedly embraced by some, that he and other Europeans who made those voyages were somehow the rightful heirs and claimants to this hemisphere. We see this in public policy debates in this country today, and we cannot escape the role that fantasy plays in some of the most conspicuous elements of the national conversation. Donald Trump's wall of stupidity that he says he wants to build on the US-Mexico border is one of the more outrageous and preposterous fantasies in memory — but aside from its sheer ludicrousness, the fantasy is also grounded in this notion of who somehow deserves to live here and who doesn't. Not a lot of people want to talk about how this animosity towards Mexicans and peoples from Central America is, in no small part, a hatred of First Nations peoples, the latest chapter in a long, disgraceful and cruel story of the Americas. I do not know percentages, but it is a fact that huge numbers of persons who live south of the Rio Grande have a Native American heritage. Our racist president and his racist "base" are not embracing this truly idiotic notion that a wall costing tens of billions of dollars (I suspect a more accurate figure would be hundreds of billions) because these are well-thought-out solutions to difficult issues. Aside from the obviously fantastical notion that Mexico might ever be persuaded to pay for the monstrosity, there is perhaps also a fantasy that genuinely frightening and dangerous people, such as MS-13 gang members, in their efforts to get into the United States, would simply shrug their shoulders in defeat if they were to encounter a wall at the border. (The fact that a fantasy is absurd doesn't mean that no one fantasizes about it.) Of course, a more rational analysis would at least ask intelligent questions about border security and would approach the very complex issue of immigration with nuance and humanity and the recognition that human beings migrate, and that building walls and enacting punitive laws do not represent constructive solutions — not that they are intended to, of course. The purpose of the wall, or of the kinds of brutal measures enacted by the likes of Sherriff Joe Arpaio is not to make any of us safer or to make life in this country better. The purpose of those cruel and stupid measures is to cater to a world of fantasy. Since I don't share in those fantasies, I can't say for certain what they are. It appears that they include fantasies that people of European origin are somehow more deserving of being here than anyone else. Columbus Day, it seems to me, is (among many other things) an annual celebration of this fantasy. I, for one, choose not to regard that fantasy with a celebratory spirit.
Every problem that humanity has ever solved has begun with a voyage of the imagination. The question for us is what kinds of moral and spiritual voyages we might set out upon in an effort to make our world more livable. Not all fantasizing is harmful, and the line between idle fantasy and ingenious creativity is probably fuzzier than any of us would like it to be. If people engage in flights of fancy about power and domination, we ought to consider what it would take to discourage inane fantasies like that and to instead cherish and promote genuine imagination. Every movement for constructive change began when someone or some group dared to imagine that things could be different. Problems are solved when we find a way to make insipid fantasies less compelling than voyages of discovery that are grounded both in a sense of adventurous challenge of the status quo and a willingness to recognize and address real obstacles instead of trying to fantasize them out of existence. It's an idle fantasy to imagine that racism and violence will someday just disappear on their own. It is the work of holy imagination to dare to envision a world in which racism will yield to unity and respect, and to envision an America in which gun massacres are a thing of the past. None of us has decisively answered the question as to how we create such a world. The first and most important step is for us to find the courage and the determination to make the voyages of the soul that dare to imagine what can be.


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The part-time porn star whose sexting affair took down former New York congressman Anthony Weiner has struck again, this time ensnaring a state lawmaker from Indiana.
State Rep. Justin Moed, a Democrat representing downtown Indianapolis, the state's largest city and its capital, posted graphic sexual texts to Leathers on Twitter using the handle "Bitch Boy" and sent her gifts including a "Fetish Fantasy Series Pink Leash & Collar."
Moed apologized on Tuesday in a statement to the Indianapolis Daily Star.
"I am truly sorry I have hurt the ones I love most with my poor judgment. I am committed to rebuilding trust with my family and my community. This is a private matter and I ask for it to be treated as such. I apologize to my constituents and to everyone I have let down," Moed said.
Leathers confirmed to FOX411 that Rep. Moed is indeed the one who has been sexting her. "Yet it's true," she said.
We spoke earlier to John Schorg, Director of Media Relations for the Indiana House Democratic Caucus, who after receiving a screengrab of the exchange above, said he had no comment.
A source close to Leathers says the sexting relationship between Leathers and "Bitch Boy" began on Feb. 4, when he responded to a Twitter post from her the previous day asking for "new, legitimate #findom slave. Must actually be willing to spend money or you are useless to me."
The two began to correspond, the source said, and "Bitch Boy" began to send her gifts. The gifts ranged from a $54.98 pair of Steve Madden women's pumps, in pewter, to a "sex bomb bath bomb" -- a brand of bubble bath -- lingerie and money, which he wired via PayPal.
The source provided FOX411 with copies of two gift receipts that show Moed's name. The source also included a number of private direct messages between "Bitch Boy" and Leathers.
The Twitter profile picture of "Bitch Boy," which previously showed the naked backside of a man, was removed after the New York Post ran a story last week that detailed the relationship, but did not name Moed. Leathers' Twitter page clearly identifies her by name and photo. Texts between "Bitch Boy" and Leathers indicated he knew of her involvement in the Weiner scandal.
Leathers never actually met or even spoke to Moed on the phone, and the communication between the two was done entirely through texting, the source said. But there was intense and graphic communication between the two.
"This guy is into some really freaky stuff," Leathers said in the Page Six report. "He wanted to be forced to wear a French maid outfit and clean my house while I degraded him. He wanted to be tied up and left in a closet to watch me have sex with my boyfriend."
A graduate of Butler University, Moed was first elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 2012, and was re-elected 2014.
According to his campaign website, Moed worked his way up from a doorkeeper at the Indiana Statehouse, eventually becoming a senior policy analyst.
Moed is recently engaged, according to his website, which shows a picture of Moed and his fiancée. Both Moed and his fiancee took down their personal Facebook posts on Tuesday.
Moed also took down his "Bitch Boy" Twitter account.
WATCH: Four4Four: Details of Sydney Leathers' S&M sexts with Hoosier Dem REVEALED
Fox News.com Reporter and FOX411 host Diana Falzone covers celebrity news and interviews some of today's top celebrities and newsmakers. You can follow her on Twitter @dianafalzone.


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News from MRHS Parent/Community Groups
The February PTSA Meeting scheduled for 2/14 has been rescheduled for Thursday, Feb. 16. All are invited to attend . . . we meet at 7p.m. in Student Services.
Additionally, for the remainder of this year PTSA will meet on the second Thursday of each month instead of the second Tuesday. Please note date changes for the remaining will be
March 9 – April 20 – May 11 – and June 8.
PTSA sponsored MRHS School Directory was distributed last week, one per family, to the youngest or only MRHS student in the family. If you have not yet seen your family's copy, please check with your child; it may very well be in his or her backpack!
It's never too late to join the MRHS PTSA! Easy online payment!
2017 PTA Reflections – Congratulations to Samantha Ichniowski who received Award of Merit (3rdPlace) in Music Composition. For a complete list of PTACHC Winners for Reflections 2016-17, click here.
Attention Parents/Guardians – and not just those of upper classmen
AfterProm is not scheduled until April 29th, but various jobs need to be done NOW to once again provide a fun, safe, chemical-free, party for our Juniors & Seniors following Prom.
We are in need of volunteers for a number of different positions, including, but not limited to:
"COLLEGE BOOTH" -- Always a favorite activity because each student gets a free item of their choice from a wide variety of items donated from colleges across the U.S. Multiple volunteers are needed to email pre-written letters to a list of colleges. This can be done at home on your own time, but needs to be completed before end of February. One volunteer is also needed to update a spreadsheet as donations are received.
FOOD -- Committee members are needed to plan & purchase food (and supplies).
PUBLICITY -- Volunteers are needed to create & distribute publicity for AfterProm.
MISC., OTHER -- There is a wide range of volunteer opportunities prior to and during the AfterProm event. If you are not sure what you can help with, but would like to be kept abreast of any AfterProm volunteer opportunities, please let us know!!
Thanks in advance for your help in continuing to provide a fun, safe, After Prom opportunity for our students this year. It takes many, many hands to make this event a success. Any amount of time you can provide is greatly appreciated! We are very thankful for those who have already volunteered their time and look forward to hearing from more of our community!
Please reach out to Karen Chase via MRHS PTSA @ email@example.com should you have any questions or you are able to volunteer.
NEWS from MUSIC FOUNDATION
Mustang Flea Market -- First donation drop off is this Saturday, 2/11!
Gently used items can be dropped off at the storage units in the parking lot next to the cafeteria this Saturday, Feb. 11, 9am-12pm. Future collection days will be Saturday 2/18 from 9am-Noon and Friday, 2/24 from 4-8pm. Read more . . .
Save the Date . . . Saturday, March 25 for the MRHS Music Department's 2nd Annual Mattress Fundraiser. We hope this "save the date" memo acts as a reminder that if you are in need of a mattress, please mark your calendar and visit this mobile showroom. Save up to 50% off retail, over 20 sets on display and a team of experts on hand to answer any questions, all while supporting the MRHS Music Program!
SUMMER CAMPS – Registration begins 2/13
Boosters-sponsored summer camps with by MRHS Athletic Coaches and Fine Arts Teachers take place each summer. We offer a complete selection of Sports and Music/Fine Arts Camps to choose from for students in 1st-12th grades. NEW THIS YEAR . . . Let's Get Cooking Culinary Camp and Multi-Sport Camp! MRHS offers the ideal atmosphere for an exceptional summer camp experience with exposure to MRHS facilities and excellent staff. Most camps run for 5 days with weekly sessions beginning June 9th, ending the week of July 31st. For more information including the camp descriptions and schedules, CLICK HERE.
Mustang Madness – March 11
The Boosters Annual Fundraiser!
Location: Players Bar & Grill (in the Waverly Shopping Center)
Time: 7-11 PM
Come join other parents/guardians for a night of fun and fundraising. There will be dinner, raffles, prizes, a silent auction and music featuring The Dixon Ulmer Band. Donations for the silent auction will be accepted until March 1. If you have game tickets, restaurant gift cards, services or items that you are willing to donate, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
To purchase your tickets CLICK HERE
$50 from January 26-March 9, and then $60 at the door
Community Notices & Events
The following events are neither sponsored nor endorsed by Marriotts Ridge HS nor the Howard County Public School System.
TEDx Talk hosted by Reservoir High School. The theme for this talk is the domino effect—how one small thing can make a big difference. The talk will feature eight speakers (4 adults and 4 students), who will discuss topics ranging from leadership, parenting, the environment, video games and menstrual cycles, and art. The event will be held on February 11 at Reservoir High school from 2-7pm. The tickets are $5 and can be bought through the link below or at the door the day of the event. Hope to see you there— it should be an awesome and thought-provoking event! https://goo.gl/d14G9X
The Centennial High School's Girl Up organization would like to welcome you and your students to the Howard County Girl Up Leadership Summit of 2017.
On Saturday, February 18th, we will be hosting an leadership summit to increase awareness and action for women's and young girls' rights all across the globe. From 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Miller Branch Library (the Avalon meeting room), there will be numerous guest speakers from around the community, leadership workshops, and empowerment activities with prizes. Girls and boys from middle and high schools all around Howard County are invited to participate in this event.
Registration is free, so please come out to support our club and adolescent girls everywhere! Though there is no admission fee, we ask that you make a donation of $5 to the Girl Up campaign. Every penny counts towards helping one disadvantaged girl achieve her dreams! Registration is encouraged through the following link, where the link to the donation website can be found as well: bit.ly/hcgirlsleadreg.
2017 River Hill Yard Sale You, your family, or your club can be a vendor for the 2017 River Hill Yard Sale! Get easy money by selling things you already own; the only cost to you is a space fee. To reserve a spot, fill out this form. The yard sale will be held Saturday, April 22 from 8am to 1pm, so sign up now and tell your friends to come find some great buys. Registration is $20 for early bird (now until February 6th), and $30 after that date. Questions? Email email@example.com


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Northwestern Public Health Review Archives
Below you'll find past issues of NPHR. For more information about or to provide feedback on this publication, please contact us.
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Winter 2017
Inside this Issue
The Consequences of Untreated Trauma: Syrian Refugee Children in Lebanon
A Path to Mental and Physical Health Care for Syrian Refugees in the United States?
The Public Health Crisis in Greece
Education as a Path to Long-Term Health in Refugee and Displaced Populations
Summer 2016
Inside this Issue
Design as a Tool for Public Health Innovation
Design and Health in Historical Perspective: American City Parks in the Late 19th Century
Transport Policy and Well-being: Curing a New Pathology of the Urban Traveler
Review: A City is not a Tree, by Christopher Alexander
Innovations in Auto-Racing Safety to Reduce Head/Neck Injuries: A Public Health Perspective
Spring 2016
Inside this Issue
- Letter from the Editor
- Understanding Loneliness: A Private Public Health Struggle
- Interview with Dr. Linda Teplin
- All The Missing Souls
- The Synergy of Public Health and International Criminal Law
- Shell-Obio: Partnering for Health
- Interview with Cristal Thomas
- The Role of Biomedical Visualization
- Interview: The Future of the Program for Public Health at NU
Inside this Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Can Public Health be Improved with Energy Access?
- Water, Typhoid Rates, and the Columbian Exposition in Chicago
- A Call for Help from the Landmine Victims in Colombia
- From Death Sentence to Cure
- Book Review: "The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry"
- Milestones in Public Health: Developing an MPH Program at Northwestern University An Interview with Dr. Jeremiah Stamler
- The Founding of Northwestern University's Program in Public Health
- Healthcare Access for Lesbian and Bisexual Women in Cape Town, South Africa
- Cover Artist's Statement
Inside this Issue
- Letter from the Editors
- Jails as Insane Asylums
- The Affordable Care Act and Public Health
- Milestones in Public Health: Public Safety Trends
- Keep Your Eyes On The Road Ahead
- Sleep as a Public Health Issue
- The Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission
- Northwestern's Project RISHI: Health interventions in Charnia
- Social Networks and Text Messaging in Public Health
- Responsible Conduct of Research Involving Human Subjects
- New Rationale for Treatment as Prevention
- Alumni Spotlight: Discovering what it means to work in "public health"
- About the Cover
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- Letter from the Editors
- Inside the Framingham Heart Study
- Interview with Dr. Jeremiah Stamler
- The Science of Public Health
- A Look Inside the Illinois Department of Public Health
- The Urgent Need to Amend the Illinois State SMART Act
- HIV/AIDS at Northwestern
- Epidemiology of Pneumonia Study in Chicago
- Combating Vertical HIV Transmission in Ethiopia
- World Health Organization Model List
- Reflections of a Pioneering Student
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CHASKA, Minn. — Lee Westwood, playing in his 10th Ryder Cup, is the most experienced player on the European team, but he has proven to be its weakest link thus far.
Westwood, 43, all but handed the Americans a crucial point in four-balls Saturday afternoon missing two short putts, including a costly two-footer on the final hole.
Westwood, who was partnered with Masters champion Danny Willett, needed to sink a 2-footer for birdie on the 18th hole to halve their match with J.B. Holmes and Ryan Moore. But Westwood, who had also missed a short putt on the 17th to lose that hole, missed the gimmie putt to hand the Americans a 1-up victory.
His collapse handed the Americans a crucial point and what turned out to be a 9 ½ to 6 ¹/₂ lead heading into Sunday. Give Holmes and Moore, two captain's picks by Davis Love III, credit for hanging in. They were 1-down heading to the 14th hole where Holmes made the sixth of his seven birdies to square the match. It stayed square until the 17th where Westwood's putter failed him when he tried to convert a par from 5-feet to halve the hole.
It looked like the Englishman would make up for it on the 18th where a perfect drive found the fairway and his approach landed two feet from the hole. Neither Holmes nor Moore was close, but they managed to record pars. Willett missed an 15-footer for birdie, leaving it up to Westwood, who simply missed over the right edge.
Westwood elected to sit out Friday's four-ball and Saturday's foursomes to work on his game. It looked like he had found some magic making a 30-foot putt and a 20-footer earlier in the round.
Then it all deserted him.
"It's a shame," Willett said. "I think we both hit pretty good putts down the stretch. Obviously, the last two, they are pretty tricky where the flag is and it's just a shame two great golf shots in there and couldn't capitalize."
Westwood did not comment and will have to regain his focus and confidence for singles where his career record is 3-6. "The job at hand is to try and win all 12 matches tomorrow," Willett said. "Looking at the score line, no one is at 14 ½. So there's a long way to go."


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Each Tuesday at a Farmers Market just across the street from where I live, yes I just said across the street, how could that not be exciting right ?!?! There is a vendor that brings the most amazing watermelon and cantaloupe to sell ( along with some other amazing fruits and veggies). This last Tuesday I got 2 cantaloupe from him. Got home and got to thinking, besides just eating these yummy delicious fruit, what else could I do with them? I have been craving ice cream lately, but it's been so hot the past few weeks that dairy cream just didn't sound good. So off to research Sorbets!
Now let me tell you, I was excited as all get out when I found out that it's really really simple to make! Yippee for me!!!
Now the tricky part, most actually all the recipes called for lemon juice in the recipes, citrus like the tomatoe family are not good for me! So my experiment begins!
I cut my fruit up
Put these sweet yummy chunks of sweetness into the fridge. While my cantaloupe was chillin I created a simple syrup. Boiled together sugar and water. Once the syrup came to a boil I turned it off and let it cool.
Once cooled I pulled out me food processor, the cantaloupe chunks and the simply syrup.
I have a smaller food processor, so this is done in small batches, you can do how it works for you. If you don't have a food processor, a blender works great too.
I placed 2 cups of chunked cantaloupe into the food processor, poured about 1/4 cup of simple syrup over the cantaloupe. I put the lid on the processor ( important step here!) then blended away!! Once blended I took the top odd and added a splash of vodka, just a splash. Now my vodka is pinnacle whipped so it has a vanilla taster to it, you can go plain or not use the vodka and go with the lemon juice instead.
This is how it looks once blended, yes I took a spoon full out to sample. 😊 very much pleased with the results!
I poured this onto a container and proceeded to do the steps over again until I used up the cantaloupe.
Once my container was full, or I had used up the cantaloupe I had set aside for the sorbet, I put the lid on and placed in the freezer. Now with the vodka in this recipe it won't freeze completely, but it does freeze! When your ready, or the sorbet is ready just pull out of the freezer and scoop yourself up a bowl.
I also did the same recipe with watermelon. When I did the simple syrup I added mint leaves to the mixture before it started to boil, once the simple syrup cooled I removed the mint leaves.
Here is a photo of what my watermelon sorbet looks like
Now for the recipe
7-8 cups cut up cantaloupe or any melon
For the simple syrup it's
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
4 mint leaves (optional)
Vodka to splash into the mixture.
Now when you are done. You don't really taste the alcohol, there isn't much in the mix maybe 4 tablespoons at the most
Purée all together, put in the freezer to set up, once ready enjoy!!!!
Hope you enjoy this yummy recipe, I know I have already!
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Animal Care and Use Committee (ACUC)
(August 28, 2013) - Implemented today was a new "routine" in the eRASQ database software to automatically issue reminder notices to renew one's eRASQ on an annual basis. This is consistent with the expectation of regulatory agencies to help inform and ensure occupational safety when working with animals. The code is new so there might be a glitch or two. Please let the ACUC (Bruce W. Kennedy) know. Incidentally, there are over 800 participants in the program!
(February 27, 2013) - The AVMA has released the 2013 edition of the euthanasia guidelines.
About ACUC
Federal regulations require the use of an ACUC at any institution that uses animals as per the USDA definition or has vertebrate species research supported by the PHS. The tasks of an ACUC include reviewing all protocols involving the use of animals by an employee of that institution as part of his/her official duties. The meaning of "use of animals" is not limited to usage on campus, but also includes field studies. A unique feature of this institution, compared to other CSUs, is that we are accredited by the Association for the Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care, International (AAALAC) and have been since 1997. This is the highest standard of accreditation that can be achieved by an institution using laboratory animals. The NIH, in its current policies, accepts AAALAC accreditation as the best means of demonstrating conformance with NIH requirements for animal care and use. The ACUC is responsible for helping to maintain the high standards that AAALAC demands of its accredited institutions.
Other information:
For detailed information regarding how to submit your protocol, the requirements necessary in order to get your protocol approved (such as training and safety questionnaires), please click below. By clicking on the link, you will get directed to the ACUC page titled "What We Use" which has all the information and steps necessary to complete the protocol process.
Link: http://www.cpp.edu/~research/acuc/about/what-we-use.shtml


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As mentioned in SL, I'm stepping back from being in-world. I'm not really needed and, if the group is going to survive at all, it needs some breathing room. I may talk to some of the officers in the group to see where they're at, and, if they're up for the task, to start working on shaping things up. At this moment, I can't. It's been observed that I can't motivate anyone, and I'm just too frustrated to continue to sit there and wait in world for a small chance that anyone will listen to me or do anything at this point. So, stepping back makes the most sense. And, depending on how things look, I may or may not disband the group by the end of this month or May. But it's going to take some convincing that it's worthwhile to continue anything. I have to know that people are interested in making the Project work - and not just for me, but for themselves as well. And that means for people in the Project to actually DO something. Not because I told them to, but because they WANT to do it. They need to communicate with one another, not just have me give notices to try to get them to talk and be active, they have to actually work TOGETHER and BE active by taking the initiative. I can't do that for them. And my nudging gets totally ignored. Thus, time to step back and let them either on their own stand or else disband.
What will I do? Well, I'm thinking it's time to focus on writing and editing. Get away from trying to organize persons and work about organizing words again. I already wasted so much time trying to push certain elements in world that I never got back to focusing on editing up one story I had thought of publishing, and maybe could have had it in the process if I had been working on the manuscript, rather than get myself in RP and group organization drama. On the other hand, all wasn't completely wasted, as some of the RP could be re-worked and edited into something. Maybe. But, for now, I just need to start doing. After all, if I'm asking others to start doing something, then so should I. Much like I read in a recent article about the late Pope John Paul II. It was noted that people sensed his authenticity and as someone who could demand something of others by the fact that he also demanded something of himself as well. And I think it certainly a form of arete to have that certain authenticity. An excellence that may never be achieved, but well worth the effort to strive for. Which is thus why I'm not going to fret over the future of the Project. It will work itself out one way or the other, and in neither way do I have full control of it, nor do ask for such. But what I can put discipline to is refocusing myself on writing.
One point of focus is on making a short fiction. There's a short story contest I saw in Writer's Journal in this past March/April (Vol. 32, No. 2) installment. The entry fee is US $15.00 for a 5000 word or less fiction. The top prizes are US $500 for first, $200 for second, and $100 for third. Each would be published in the July/Aug edition of the journal. I'm thinking of maybe drawing off the recent steampunk RP story and putting together a basic overview of some ideas I had for it. At least that way, maybe it won't go to waste. Other than that, I have an old lycan story I'd like to revise and work into a novel maybe. The Custos Noctis had a decent story I could revise as well. We'll see what happens. Hell, maybe I'll return to the Latin story I was working on that is on my old LiveJournal account. Skies the limit. Just have to consider what to focus on. And maybe if I get something produced, story entry, manuscript, or otherwise, I'll feel like I've actually accomplished something finally.
Anyways, that's my acta for now. Until next time.
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Moving On - Refresh In Writing
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