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Benefits of Townhouse Living: Why You May Want to Consider a Townhouse For Your Next Home
Townhouses are gaining popularity in many areas throughout the U.S. – and for good reason! There are numerous benefits to townhouse living that make it a great option for homebuyers in a variety of demographics.
Unfortunately, many home shoppers dismiss the idea of townhouse living or overlook townhouses as they are exploring their options for a new home. In many cases, they don't recognize the potential benefits of living in a townhome and, as a result, miss out on the opportunity to take advantage of them.
Currently shopping for a new home? Here are a few of the many reasons you might want to keep townhomes in mind.
Advantages of Living in a Townhome
For homebuyers – especially those in locations where property is expensive – townhomes offer the opportunity to own a house at a lower price point than that of many stand-alone homes. For first time homebuyers and retirees in particular, townhouses are a great alternative to single family homes.
Nearby Neighbors
Want to make friends and acquaintances quickly and easily in your new location? If so, townhouse living is a great option. You'll have easily accessible neighbors on all sides, so getting to know everyone in your new neighborhood will be a breeze.
Feeling a little shy? Here are 5 great ways to meet your new neighbors.
Believe it or not, townhouses are designed with privacy in mind. You'll be able to come and go as you please, without your neighbors knowing your every move. Plus, with units side by side, you won't have any upstairs neighbors to bother you, or downstairs neighbors you'll feel like you need to tiptoe around.
Manageable Yard Maintenance
If you want to own a home but the thought of being responsible for raking and mowing your lawn, trimming hedges, landscaping, etc. is overwhelming, then townhouse living is a terrific option. Most townhomes have smaller plots of land, making outdoor maintenance easier and much less time consuming. It's the best of both worlds!
Less Space for Clutter
If you're looking to downsize or you're simply looking for a home that will inspire you to be more organized, a townhouse is a terrific option. Since they are typically smaller than single family homes, townhouses are ideal for those who like to keep things well organized and strategically stored.
Think you might be ready to move into a smaller place? Here are some helpful tips for downsizing.
Many people think that purchasing a townhouse will limit them in terms of home customization – and in some cases that is true. Many townhouse communities feature homeowners associations that dictate what you can and cannot do to your home. But not all townhouse neighborhoods are like that! At Heritage Custom Builders, we offer customized townhouse builds and have a variety of townhouse models available for you to choose from.
Check out our Custom Homes page and search for "townhome" to see the customizable townhouse options we have available. You can also learn more about the pros and cons of building a custom home here.
Keep Townhouses In Mind As You Shop For a New Home
While townhouses certainly aren't right for everyone, they are a great option for many home shoppers. Though many people dismiss the idea of townhouse living when shopping for a home, the truth is there are many reasons to keep townhomes in mind!
Interested in purchasing a townhouse in the greater Capital Region of Upstate New York? If so, we can help!
At Heritage Custom Builders, we specialize in building custom homes in a variety of sizes and styles – including townhomes – in Upstate NY. We feature a variety of home models, so you have lots of options when it comes to selecting the custom home that's right for you.
Learn more about the custom home building options we offer! Give us a call at 518-348-0931 or contact us online today to get the conversation started!


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Dinosaur coprolite from a very large dinosaur, which is attributed to Carcharodontosaurus saharicus, the ferocious predatory abelisaurid hunter of the North African Cretaceous. The slightly flattened coprolite has dense ridges running around the exterior surface of the petrified and thence fossilised dino dung. These specimens are quite important fossils for the identification purposes of the dinosaurs diet and the fauna in the region in that part of the Cretaceous period, the specimen is scientifically packed with information.
Coprolites can be viewed along side modern animal droppings, estimations can be drawn as to the size and from what type of animal produced the faces. In the nineteenth century palaeontologist William Buckland noted that ridges on fossilised ichthyosaur coprolites were similar to the ridges of modern sharks, these ridges in modern sharks are caused by the sharks intestinal tracked. This specimen is of a large size, has very good colour of coral pinks and tan brown over the cream ground, coupled with the very well defined form and appears to be a coprolite fully packed with information.
This specimen of fossilised dung was discovered in the Red beds of the Tegana formation, Kem kem, in the region adjacent the Moroccan and Algerian border. An incredibly arid region which over the last two decades has produced a partial Carcharodontosaurus skeleton. Scientists can determine diets of prehistoric animals, how their digestion worked and an indicator to the seasonal changes that occurred millions of years ago once seeds and plant matter is microscopically analysed.
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Crime infested property. Owners ONLY see GREEN as this is a Project Based Section 8. Owners need to fix this place up for their tenants.
These apartments are great i have a friend that has been staying ther for 2 years and she loves them.
This apartment community was built in 1973 and has 2 stories with 136 units.
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The BJJAT (Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Association of Thailand) team has gone over the budget several times and we can now commit to the following amounts for the black-belt & no-gi elite division winnings.
WINNER BLACK-BELT DIVISION (GI): $700 USD cash-prize
WINNER NO-GI ELITE DIVISION: $300 USD cash prize
Please note that we will continue to work towards increasing the prizes but it requires fundraising along with support from our sponsors. The BJJAT was formed to create opportunities for those looking to get involved in the growth of BJJ/Grappling in Thailand. All members are active volunteers and all profits are returned to the BJJAT to help fund the following event. We do this on our own time with no financial compensation. We are all competitors and have come together in hopes of raising the standards for tournaments and help elevate the level of competition in Southeast Asia.
Other prizes/promtions offered at our tournament:
*$100 USD gift card for BUDOVIDEOS.COM
(winner of absolute at each belt level, womens' division will be combined)
*First 100 registered competitors will receive free rashguard from FBT Sports
(redeemed when paying touranment fee/weigh-ins)
*Best medals in Southeast Asia
(yes, we present to you the heavy custom designed medals)
*Door-Prizes/Division winners:
-Zeal Fight Gear
-SEABJJ/BJJ-ASIA t-shirts
-Kuma Kimonos Fight Gear
Labels: BLOG NEWS, TOURNAMENT/COMP
4 comments:
- Ray Elbe said...
Too bad the Nogi division wasn't 500
Pajama prejudice ;)
*Any cash prize for the brown belt division?
- August 10, 2009 at 5:24 AM
- LUKE said...
We're definitely working on making things sweeter for all competitors. At this moment, this is what we can confirm to give and as we do more fundraisers we can hopefully expand things for brown-belts as well.
Ray, will you be competing in both gi and no-gi?
- August 10, 2009 at 10:04 PM
- Ray Elbe said...
I usually only do the Nogi, but was thinking I'd throw on the Gi for this event.
I made the deal with my class @ the white belt tournament that if they did the Gi...I'd do the Gi.
- August 10, 2009 at 10:17 PM
- LUKE said...
Would be great to have you compete in both categories. Especially since you've competed abroad in the gi and not just exclusively no-gi.
- August 10, 2009 at 11:12 PM
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We made it to 100!March 31, 2014Thank you to everyone who "donated" a Facebook post or Tweet for this Thunderclap project. We just reached the 100 mark, so our joint message will be sent at 10 a.m. Central time on Thursday, April 3.
But that's not all that's going to happen this week.
500 Cardboard Kids will be placed on random seats at the AT&T Center for the Wednesday, April 2 Spurs game. ChildSafe's Twitter and Facebook channels will be posting photos that night as the Cardboard Kids appear all over town.
ChildSafe will present at San Antonio City Council that morning at 10 a.m. -- just as our Thunderclap sounds! Then, ChildSafe will host a press conference at 11 a.m.
Now that you know who we are and what we are trying to do, please look for the Cardboard Kids -- all 5,846 of them -- as they appear around San Antonio this Thursday. Snap a pic and tag it #cardboardkidssa. OR send them to http://bit.ly/kidssa14 to find out more.
Thank you from me and from my friends at ChildSafe!
36 Supporters Away from the GoalMarch 26, 2014Today's photo depicts the NISD counselors who decorated Cardboard Kids recently as part of the effort. More than 80 organizations have been customizing the cardboard cutouts and getting them ready to appear April 3.
Thank you to all of you who have supported #cardboardkidssa so far.
As of this morning, we only need 36 more supporters to hit our target of 100. When that happens, the message will go out automatically on April 3 at 10 a.m. just as the ChildSafe team is meeting with City Council and as all 5,846 Cardboard Kids are appearing around town.
Each kid represents a victim of child abuse. As a community, we need to shed a big light on this problem, so we can tackle it as a community.
Our good friends at News 4 San Antonio just produced this PSA for us, which you can also share: http://youtu.be/aRqlghg9yyQ
Maybe today you can reach out to one more person to support our Thunderclap
10 down, 90 to go!March 21, 2014Thank you for being among the first to support our Thunderclap for #cardboardkidssa.
5,846 kids just like the one in this shopping cart represent cases of child abuse in our community LAST YEAR ALONE!
Cardboard Kids will be appearing all over San Antonio on April 3. Tell your friends to support our campaign by watching for these cardboard representatives all over town. When you see one, take a picture and tag it #cardboardkidssa.
Anyone else you can share this campaign with? Let's make a lotta Thunder!


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The Hair Removal Experience
What does an electrolysis experience feel like? In this article, we will review two types and how each of them physically feels. First of all, we want you to know that at Limoges Electrolysis NYC, we use state of the art machines, the Apilus XCell. This super modern technology helps to minimize pain. Older machines resulted in much more pain. We take pride in making the entire process of electrolysis as "smooth� and enjoyable for our clients as we possibly can. Having a very fine new sterile probe inserted into the natural opening of a hair follicle could seem intimidating, but the discomfort is generally quite mild. You will not physically feel the needle being inserted, especially since it is often smaller than the hair itself. The goal of electrolysis is to destroy the hair growth cells and the dermal papilla, and this is achieved by presenting the follicle with a hint of an electrical current. The specific form of killing the hair can either be from a chemical, from heat, or from a combination of both chemical and heat. Each of these are effective but they all feel slightly differently. The first method is thermolysis. Also known as short-wave electrolysis, this type of electrolysis feels a bit like a zap of heat. Each follicle is treated quickly and the overall process is faster. The sensation of heat will change depending on the intensity of the current and the duration of the current. Some people have compared thermolysis to a feeling of a brief pinch on a tiny area of skin. The second form of electrolysis is blend. This method merges both the galvanic current with the heat of thermolysis. The galvanic electrolysis process involves a chemical reaction to the hair follicle, resulting in lye. The feeling is a slightly different sensation than thermolysis. This process feels like a gradual building of heat within the follicle. Blend is very effective for stubborn and difficult hair because the current of the thermolysis heats the lye to expand in the follicle. As a result blend can better target residual hair cells in addition to the dermal papilla. It does take a bit more time because each hair is very thoroughly treated. The comfort level will also depend on the specific body part being treated. Treating a majority of body parts with electrolysis will result in mild to moderate discomfort. Places such as the upper lip and feet are some of the most painful due to a lot of nerves and thinner skin. Nonetheless, there are many options to lessen the pain. This could include taking an Advil before treatment, applying an ice compress after treatment. We also offer a topical numbing cream as well as Biofreeze, a cooling gel before or after
treatments for any client who is interested. Also, shortening the length of treatments in troublesome areas, such as working on it for only five to ten minutes, clients will feel more at ease. If pain is a concern, we will work with you to make you as comfortable as possible! Other factors that can affect pain level include: s24th Feb 2016tress, genetics, Immediately following treatment, mild redness and swelling is often present but will go away within hours. Book your free consultation and be stress free about your hair! Visit for electrolysis services in Manhattan NY also. Company Information TopElectrolysisNYC by Limoges Beauty 352 Seventh Ave, Suite 602 New York, NY 10001 Penn Station Trains 123,ACE 646-894-1830 http://topelectrolysisnyc.com/ http://limogesbeauty.com/
What does an electrolysis experience feel like? In this article, we will review two types and how each of them physically feels.
Published on May 16, 2018
What does an electrolysis experience feel like? In this article, we will review two types and how each of them physically feels.


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Srinagar: Union Minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday said there was a "massive" public opinion in favour of revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act but maintained that all the stakeholders should discuss the issue and take a
collective decision.
"If you see the people`s opinion across the country, there is a massive opinion that AFSPA should be revoked," Abdullah, who is also president of ruling National Conference in Jammu and Kashmir, told reporters on the sidelines of a function
Abdullah said he was hopeful that various stakeholders including the Army and government of Jammu and Kashmir will sit together to discuss the issue and take a decision on it.
"If peace has returned to the some areas of the state, this law should go from those areas. If peace has not returned, then it should be declared as such," he said.
The Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy said all opinions, including that of the Centre`s team of interlocutors, should be taken on board while taking a
decision on revocation of AFSPA.
Asked about the demand for rotation of Chief Minister from some leaders in Congress, a coalition partner in the state government, Abdullah said he would not comment on the issue.
"I do not want to create confrontations. We cannot move ahead by confrontationist approach."
The National Conference had said there were some politicians who prosper in chaos. "If there is no chaos, they cannot dip their fingers in honey bowls," the minister added.


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NPR radio: U.S. Canada — Elephant, Mouse and Bernie Sanders
This is a fun radio interview I did on The Takeaway, an NPR and WYNC radio show on March 10, 2016.
Todd and I chatted about the State Dinner and festivities that President Obama was staging for newly minted Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Washington.
It was the first such dinner in nearly 20 years and the last one Obama will likely stage.
Lots about the two countries and their relationship.


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After a gruelling 1-0 win against the mighty Thurrock before Christmas, the pre-game nerves were at a high. Arriving in the rain and snow and storm and tornado and earthquake, we put on our cagoules, braved the conditions and here's how it went:
I personally knew we'd won the game from about 3 minutes in when 2 of the opposition clashed heads (I can confirm both are alive and well). I just knew their heads weren't in it from that moment on (sorry I had to).
The first goal came very soon into the first half, which can only be described as a simple tap in from The Mighty Phoenix which, from the sideline, I perceived as an own goal. Did Babelicious Babs claim it as her own in the hope of receiving MoM? To be continued.
This week we welcomed Skillful Skinner to come and skin a few Thurrock scalps. Having quite literally creamed 5 players from one end of the pitch to the other (with a little help down the left from our favourite kind of STD), Skillful Skinner took a beautiful swing and smashed the ball into the backboard – 2-0 to the Wapping Worldies.
As we all know, our back line is incredibly strong - with Really-Raging Roche, Sass-Queen Sandy, Banter-bus Becky and Godlike Gandalf, no one was getting through to Vicious Vicky in goal. However, due to some questionable short corner decisions, leaving Babelicious Babs screaming Italian profanities and Raging Roche yelping "AARRR YEEEHH YOU HAVING A LAUGH HAR HAR HAR", our Busty Backline were faced with several challenging moments and a goal from the oppo slipped through, but we won't waste time talking about that.
Us Worldies swiftly made up for it and with a ridiculously fast run from the rascal that is Rudeone, the Ferocious Forwards managed to gain an attacking short. Now, not only have we not seen many goals from Her Royal Highness this season, we didn't hear much great chat come from her either (standard). Alas, she regained some kind of respect by swooping the now-much-brighter-shade-of pink ball into the goal. 3-1 to the Worldies.
(I must quickly add, we are still well within the first half of the game.)
With some quite incredible one-handed skills from new-recruit Party Pasc, All-Hail-Holtie was next to score after fighting her way down the right wing and leaving Thurrock behind. 4-1 to the Worldies.
The next goal came from the one and only isit-isit-wicked-Iz, who never fails to score a nice pink ball. Despite Bootylicious BJ making an exquisite run and screaming for the ball down the BAAAASSSSLINE, Iz took it upon herself to do the goalie and get the nice umpire's ball inserted into the target. 5-1 to the Worldies.
Ok now for the second half. In short, Move-Over-I'm-getting-married Marv got royally done by a Thurrock player and was left lying on the floor. Card for the oppo. Has-anyone-seen-Henny(?) Henny managed to make a sublime save from a defensive short, however completely and utterly ruined the heroic moment by running the ball half way up the pitch with mask still very much on. Oops!
To conclude, no goals were scored in the second half HOWEVER, we left with a 5 - 1 win to the Wapping Worldies.
"Does that mean you're still top of the table?" I hear you say. "Yes, yes we are, thank you for noticing you kind soul."
PS. This DoD vote was a blatant conspiracy and I miss Bella.
PPS. Babelicious Babs admitted to me in training on Monday night that she did infact claim an own goal as hers... Make of that what you will. I can also confirm she did not receive MoM, but Skillful Skinner and Rascal Rudeboy rightfully stole it from her.
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Adventures Of Omanakuttan – Upcoming Malayalam Movie
Adventures Of Omanakuttan
Adventures Of Omanakuttan is an Upcoming Malayalam Movie by Rohit VS. Aasif Ali is playing the Main character in this Movie. It will start filming next year. This is Rohit VS's debut film, he directed lot of Short Films.Decent Mukku – Oru Cliched Gramam is one of the Popular work from him. The story of this movie by the director and Sameer Abdul is writing the script. Cinematography Done is Akhil George and Music Composed by Arun Muraleedharan/Dawn Vincent. The makers behind this film are newcomers, director Rohit VS assisted with popular directors. Mylanchi Monchulla Veedu is the upcoming movie of Aasif Ali.


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A recent study by the National Institutes of Health was reported in The New York Times today. The study found that those people who ate a low-carb diet and more fat actually lost weight and improved their HDL cholesterol levels and triglycerides. This caught my attention as it relates to my dietary experience and giving up gluten.
My cholesterol and triglycerides were high before I went gluten free. I remember my doctor being concerned about the elevated numbers and asking me what I had eaten the night before my lab tests. My dinner was a wonderful meal of whole wheat spaghetti, crusty Italian bread dipped in garlic olive oil, and a salad. Of course, I couldn't resist and had seconds. Doesn't everyone who eats this classic menu have seconds? My doctor told me never to eat that way again. His view was that the carbohydrate rich meal had put my cholesterol and triglycerides over the top.
I stopped eating gluten two years ago. Since then my cholesterol and triglycerides have decreased drastically. This New York Times article by Anahad O'Connor states, "In the end, people in the low-carbohydrate group saw markers of inflammation and triglycerides — a type of fat that circulates in the blood — plunge. Their HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, rose more sharply than it did for people in the low-fat group." The people who ate a low-carb diet and more fats improved their cholesterol and lowered their inflammation and triglycerides. This is good news!
My experience supports this study. Now that I live a gluten-free lifestyle, my cholesterol, triglycerides, and inflammation have also greatly improved. I believe that there is more to this. Studies prove that people who are sensitive (intolerant) to wheat have increased inflammation, higher cholesterol, and triglycerides. This is outlined clearly in Wheat Belly by William Davis, MD.
Let's look at the study from the perspective of wheat. If people are eating a low-carb diet and more fat, then they are clearly not eating as much wheat. For me, the equation was wheat = inflammation, high cholesterol, and triglycerides. I look forward to science putting this together.


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Oral History Session #1
Date:November 28, 2012
Place:Piscataway, New Jersey
Shaun Illingworth
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Shaun Illingworth
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Armonde Patullo was in 1923 in Bound Brook, New Jersey. In 1943, Mr. Patullo enlisted in the US Army and served as part of a special combat unit called the Blue Devils.


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3481 . What is deficit financing?
Spending in excess of revenue
3482 . Which snake is not poisonus?
3483 . Which State has no Panchayati Raj Institution at all?
3484 . Where is the Main hunting ground for blue whales located?
Arctic Ocean
3485 . Where did the INA trials took place?
Red Fort, Delhi
3486 . How are the magnetic field lines in the middle of a solenoid?
Parallel to the axis
3487 . The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty came into force in which year?
3488 . The United Nations declared 2010 as which International Year?
3489 . Which is called 'Herring Pond' ?
Atlantic Ocean
3490 . Who started the Bhoodan Movement?
Acharya Vinoba Bhave
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3491 . Which pigment is found in the blood of earthworm?
3492 . Which of appointment is not made by the President of India?
Speaker of the Lok Sabha
3493 . What is used in preparing match sticks?
Red phosphorus
3494 . Which is the home of "Alphonso" mango?
3495 . Of which sutra is the theam of the concept of Eight-fold path?
Dharma Chakara Pravartana Sutra
3496 . On which tax is the minimum effect of Direct Taxes?
3497 . Where were the first coffee forms established by English?
Chikmagalur district
3498 . In human body, which hormone regulates blood calcium and phosphate ?
Parathyroid hormone
3499 . Which State does not cultivate wheat?
Tamil Nadu
3500 . Who wrote the Kalpasutra ?
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3501 . Which rays can pass through 20 cm thickness of steel?
3502 . Which characteristic is common among parrot, platypus and kangaroo?
Functional post anal tail
3503 . In India, in which banking is the Public Sector is most dominant?
Commercial banking
3504 . Which does not have a unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) ?
3505 . Who was the British PM at the time of Revolt of 1857?
3506 . AIDS is caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), What is this?
Retro virus
3507 . By whom was the Cabinet Mission to India headed?
Lord Pethick Lawrence
3508 . Phosgene is obtained by the reaction of carbon monoxide and which gas?
3509 . Where are Diesel locomotives manufactured?
3510 . Who advocated the policy of abolishing princely states in free India?
Jawaharlal Nehru
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3511 . Which petroleum refinery product has the lowest boiling point?
3512 . SIMBEX is an annual joint maritime bilateral exercise conducted between which countreis?
India and Singapore
3513 . By whom were Species Plantarum and Systema Natural written?
3514 . What is the process that result in the breakdown of rocks and minerals in situ ?
3515 . Who were considered constitutionalist within the Indian National Congress?
Satyamurty and K. M. Munshi
3516 . Which is a human right as well as a fundamental right under the Constitution of India?
Right to Education
3517 . Old-written material, which cannot be read easily, how can be read?
By infrared rays
3518 . Which is the largest Public Sector Bank in India?
State Bank of India
3519 . Which sets indicated the Aeolian process?
Corrosion,attrition, deflation
3520 . Who was instrumental in bringing the Extremists and the Moderates together at Lucknow?
Annie Besant
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Parent Testimonials help you learn more about a child care center, and we sincerely appreciate the confidence our parents have in Cypresswood Montessori School.
~Soraya and Roland
~Jeanette Riggins, Attorney, Willingham, Fultz & Cougill
~ Atul Maheshwari, Neurologist
"We have been so pleased with our child's care and progress while at Cypresswood Montessori. The staff and facility are wonderful and perfect for growing babies, toddlers and young children. You have provided a warm, loving and inspiring environment, while fostering learning and growth. We truly appreciate you and your staff and the important role you have played in our son's first year."
– Jessica Ferdinand & Jean Bernard Duran
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By: Malcolm Taylor
July 5, 2015
Categories: News
The LSO have announced their 2017-18 season and it includes several high profile concerts with the London Symphony Chorus at the Barbican, including:
Berlioz: "The Damnation of Faust" conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (Sunday, 17th and Tuesday, 19th September 2017)
Bernstein: Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish") conducted by Marin Alsop (Sunday, 5th November 2017)
Liszt: "A Faust Symphony" conducted by Sir Antonio Pappano (Sunday, 26th November 2017)
A Choral Christmas conducted by Simon Halsey (Sunday, 2rd December 2017)
Bernstein: "Wonderful Town" (concert version) conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (Saturday, 16th and Thursday, 21st December 2017)
Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Milhaud et al: "Genesis – Suite" conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (Sunday, 13th January 2018)
Debussy: "Nocturnes" conducted by Francois-Xavier Roth (Thursday, 25th January 2018)
Mahler: Symphony No. 2 conducted by Semyon Bychkov (Sunday, 4th February 2018)
Beethoven: "Missa Solemnis" conducted by Michael Tilson-Thomas (Sunday, 20th May 2018)
David Lang: "public domain" (new vocal commission) conducted by Simon Halsey (Sunday, 1st July 2018)
Also listed are several "Singing Days":
Bernstein: "Chichester Psalms" – Saturday, 7th October 2017
Tippett: "A Child of Our Time – Saturday, 10th March 2018


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Posted: Thursday June 06, 2013 3:19 AM BT
Citizens' perceptions and attitudes towards taxation, tax enforcement and tax officials.
One of the reasons why people do not want to pay tax includes the poor services they receive from the government. According to findings people seem not to trust tax officials.
Tax authorities have a challenge to preserve their integrity—be more forthright with tax payers, clean up ranks of corrupt officials, and enforce taxes justly.


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Flicking through the photos I fell in love. They were not only beautiful but such a good price too. They sell brilliant designs of interchangeable bands and clips so you can make an array of different headbands from a collection of items which saves you money and time.
|How my items arrived.. So beautiful!
I ordered a couple of 'gift sets' and a separate bow clips to start my collection off (I'm definitely going to be ordering more!) and they arrived just as beautifully as the items are themselves! Each set came in their own pink and white stripped paper bag, with The Bow Boutique stickers and a small label describing what the item was. As well as this each items is sent in it's own drawstring clear bag which is such a cute touch. The labels are hand written which I think makes them much more personal and makes me feel like they cared about my order.
|Gorgeous Packaging
|Handwritten Labels
|Summer Gift Set
|Interchangeable Gift Set
I was not asked to do this blog, I have written this on my own accord as I believe that they are definitely worth checking out! Their website: http://the-bow-boutique.co.uk/products Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bow-Boutique/140267709502227
|Indiana approves :)


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Listing of all hotels in Ganderkesee, Germany. Click on the name or picture of a hotel for more information about that Ganderkesee hotel. There's also a Ganderkesee hotel search form to request a listing of all hotels in Ganderkesee with rooms available on your dates of travel.
Compare prices for the best hotel deals in Ganderkesee:
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Throw Back Thursday: Happy Day
Last night, I had one of my stress dreams. I have those about three or four times a week. When I recounted the dream to Spencer, he pointed out to me that this whopper had every single element that my stress dreams are usually comprised of, wrapped up all in one lovely dream. I won't list all the elements, because then you'd know my "kryptonite" but I can at least mention the elevator aspect. Often, elevator rides are in my stress dreams, elevators that won't let me off, or go too high or too fast, or only open half way between scary dark floors. (I once saw a horror flick when I was home alone sick from school. The lady tried to crawl out of the stuck elevator and when she was dangling over the edge, struggling to get up onto the floor, the elevator suddenly came to life and cut in her half. I've been scarred ever since. Clearly.)
So in light of the uber stress dream, I'm go to go easy on myself today. I found a picture to share for TBT that makes me smile. Look at the joy these kids are having, just being out in the beautiful spring day. I like that. It relaxes me and brings a smile to me just to look at it. I hope it does the same for you.
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Part 12 out of 12
love of you was near to madness. He was ready to give up everything for
it--everything! And he was right! Love like yours is the pearl of pearls,
and he who wins it is a prince of princes!"
* * * * *
Later the same day, when the Prime Minister was sitting alone in his
room, a member of his cabinet brought him an evening paper containing an
article which was making a deep impression in London. It was understood
to be written by a journalist of Jewish extraction:
"This prediction has been for eighteen hundred years the expression of an
historical truth. That the whole Jewish nation, and not Pilate or the
rabble of Jerusalem, killed Jesus is a fact which every Jew has been made
to feel down to the present day. But let the Christian nation that is
without sin toward the Founder of Christianity first cast a stone at the
Jews. If it is true, as Jesus himself said, that he who offers a cup of
cold water to the least of his little ones offers it to him, then it is
also true that he who inflicts torture and death on his followers
crucifies him afresh. The unhappy man who has been miserably murdered in
the slums of Westminster was a follower of Jesus if ever there lived one,
and whosoever the actual persons may be who are guilty of his death, the
true culprit is the Christian nation which has inflicted mockeries and
insults on everybody who has dared to stand alone under the ensign of
"Let us not be led away by sneers. This man, whatever his errors, his
weaknesses, his self-delusions, and his many human failings, was a
Christian. He was the prophet of woman in relation to humanity as hardly
any one since Jesus has ever been. And he is hounded out of life. Thus,
after nineteen centuries, Christianity presents the same characteristics
of frightful tyranny which disfigured the old Jewish law. 'We have a law,
and by our law he ought to die.' Such is the sentence still pronounced on
reformers in a country where civil and religious laws are confounded. God
grant the other half of that doom may not also come true--'His blood be
on us and on our children!'"
There was a crowd of people of all sorts outside the tenement house when
Glory returned to Brown's Square, and even the stairs were thronged with
them. "The nurse!" they whispered as Glory appeared, and they made a way
for her. Aggie was on the landing, wiping her eyes and answering the
questions of strangers, being half afraid of the notoriety her poor room
was achieving and half proud of it.
"The laidy 'as came, Miss Gloria, and she sent me to tell you to wyte
'ere for 'er a minute."
Then putting her head in at the open doer she beckoned and Mrs. Callender
came out.
"Hush! He's coming to. The poor laddie! He's been calling for ye, and
calling and calling. But he thinks ye're in heaven together, seemingly,
so ye must no say anything to shock him. Come your ways in now, and tak'
care, lassie."
John was still wandering, and the light of another world was in his eyes,
but he was smiling, and he appeared to see.
"Where is she?" he said in the toneless voice of one who talks in his
"She's here now. Look! She's close beside ye."
Glory advanced a step and stood beside the bed, struggling with herself
not to fall upon his breast. He looked at her with a smile, but without
any surprise, and said:
"I knew that you would come to meet me, Glory! How happy you look! We
shall both be happy now."
Then his eyes wandered about the poor, ill-furnished apartment, and he
"How beautiful it is here! And how lightsome the air is! Look! The golden
gates! And the seven golden candlesticks! And the sea of glass like unto
crystal! And all the innumerable company of the angels!"
Aggie, who had returned to the room, was crying audibly.
"Are you crying. Glory? Foolish child to cry! But I know--I understand!
Put your dear hand in mine, my child, and we will go together to God's
throne and say: 'Father, you must forgive us two. We were but man and
woman, and we could not help but love each other, though it was a fault,
and for one of us it was a sin.' And God will forgive us, because he made
us so, and because God is the God of love."
Glory could bear no more. "John!" she whispered.
He raised himself on his elbow and held his head aslant, like one who
listens to a sound that comes from a distance.
"That's Glory's voice."
"It _is_ Glory, dearest."'
The serenity in his face gave way to a look of bewilderment.
"But Glory is dead."
"No, dear, she is alive, and she will never leave you again."
"What place is this?"
"This is Aggie's room."
"Don't you remember Aggie? One of the poor girls you fought and worked
"Is it your spirit, Glory?"
"It is myself, dearest, my very, very self."
Then a great joy came into his eyes, his breast heaved, his breath came
quick, and without a word more he stretched out his arms.
* * * * *
"It is Glory! She is alive! My God! O my God!"
* * * * *
"Do you forgive me, Glory?"
"Forgive? There is nothing to forgive you for--except loving me too
"My darling! My darling!"
* * * * *
"I thought I was in heaven, Glory, but I am like poor Buckingham--only
half way to it yet. Have I been unconscious?"
Glory nodded her head.
"Since last night."
"Ah, I remember everything now. I was knocked down in the streets, wasn't
I? The men did it--Pincher, Hawking, and the rest."
"They shall be punished, John," said Glory in a quivering voice. "As sure
as heaven's above us and there's law in the land----"
"Aye, aye, laddie" (from somewhere by the door), "mak' yersel' sure o'
that. There'll be never a man o' them but he'll hang for it same as a
polecat on a barn gate."
But John shook his head. "Poor fellows! They didn't understand. When they
come to see what they've done---- 'Lord, Lord! lay not this sin to their
* * * * *
She had wiped away the tears that sprung to her eyes and was sitting by
his side and smiling. Her white teeth were showing, her red lips were
twitching, and her face was full of sunshine. He was holding her hand and
gazing at her constantly as if he could not allow himself to lose sight
of her for a moment.
"But I'm half sorry, for all that, Glory," he said.
"That we are not both in the other world, for there you were my bride, I
remember, and all our pains were over."
Then her sweet face coloured up to the forehead, and she leaned over the
bed and whispered, "Ask me to be your bride in this one, dearest."
"I can't! I daren't!"
"Are you thinking of the vows?"
"No!" emphatically. "But--I am a dying man--I know that quite well. And
what right have I----"
She gave a little gay toss of her golden head. "Pooh! Nobody was ever
married because he had a _right_ to be exactly."
"But there is your own profession--your great career."
She shook her head gravely. "That's all over now."
"Eh?" reaching up on his elbow.
"When you had gone and nearly everybody was deserting your work, I
thought I should like to take up a part of it."
"And did you?"
She nodded.
"Blessed be God! Oh, God is very good!" and he lay back and panted.
She laughed nervously. "Well, are you determined to make me ashamed? Am I
to throw myself at your head, sir? Or perhaps you are going to refuse me,
after all."
"But why should I burden all the years of your life with the name of a
fallen man? I am dying in disgrace, Glory."
"No, but in honour--great, great honour! These few bad days will be
forgotten soon, dearest--quite, quite forgotten. And in the future time
people will come to me and say--girls, dearest, brave, brave girls, who
are fighting the battle of life like men--they will come and say: 'And
did you know him? Did you really, really know him?' And I will smile
triumphantly and answer them 'Yes, for he loved me, and he is mine and I
am his forever and forever!'"
"It would be beautiful! We could not come together in this world; but to
be united for all eternity on the threshold of the next----"
"There! Say no more about it, for it's all arranged anyhow. The Father
has been persuaded to read the service, and the Prime Minister is to
bring the Archbishop's license, and it's to be to-day--this
evening--and--and I'm not the first woman who has settled everything
Then she began to laugh, and he laughed with her, and they laughed
together in spite of his weakness and pain. At the next moment she was
gone like a gleam of sunshine before a cloud, and Mrs. Callender had come
back to the bedside, tying up the strings of her old-fashioned bonnet.
"She's gold, laddie, that's what yon Glory is--just gold!"
"Aye, tried in the fire and tested," he replied, and then the back of his
head began to throb fiercely.
Glory had fled out of the room to cry, and Mrs. Callender joined her on
the landing. "I maun awa', lassie. I'd like fine to stop wi' ye, but I
can't. It minds me of the time my Alec left me, and that's forty lang
years the day, but he seems to have been with me ever syne."
* * * * *
"Where's Glory?"
"She's coming, Father," said Aggie, and at the sound of her name Glory
wiped her eyes and returned.
"And was it by my being lost that you came here to Westminster and found
"Yes, and myself as well."
"And I thought my life had been wasted! When one thinks of God's designs
one feels humble--humble as the grass at one's feet----But are you sure
you will never regret?"
"Nor look back?"
She tossed her head again. "Call me Mrs. Lot at once, and have done with
"It's wonderful! What a glorious work is before you, Glory! You'll take
it up where I have left it, and carry it on and on. You are nobler than I
am, and stronger, far stronger, and purer and braver. And haven't I said
all along that what the world wants now is a great woman? I had the pith
of it all, though I saw the true light--but I was not worthy. I had
sinned and fallen, and didn't know my own heart, and was not fit to enter
into the promised land. It is something, nevertheless, that I see it a
long way off. And if I have been taken up to Sinai and heard the thunders
of the everlasting law----"
"Hush, dear! Somebody is coming."
It was the great surgeon whom the Prime Minister had sent for. He
examined the injuries carefully and gave certain instructions. "Mind you
do this, Sister," and that, and the other. But Glory could see that he
had no hope. To relieve the pain in the head he wanted to administer
morphia, but John refused to have it.
"I am going into the presence of the King," he said. "Let me have all my
wits about me."
While the doctor was there the police sergeant returned with a magistrate
and the reporter. "Sorry to intrude, but hearing your patient was now
conscious----" and then he prepared to take John's deposition.
The reporter opened his notebook, the police magistrate stood at the foot
of the bed, the doctor at one side of it and Glory at the other side,
holding John's hand and quivering.
"Do you know who struck you, sir?"
There was silence for a moment, and then came "Yes."
"Who was it?"
There was another pause, and then, "Don't ask me."
"But your own evidence will be most valuable; and, indeed, down to the
present we have no other. Who is it, sir?"
"I can't tell you."
"But why?"
There was no answer.
"Why not give me the name of the scoundrel who took---- I mean attempted
to take your life?"
Then in a voice that was hardly audible, with his head thrown back and
his eyes on the ceiling, John said, "Father, forgive them, for they know
not what they do!"
It was useless to go further. Glory saw the four men to the door.
"You must keep him quiet," said the doctor. "Not that anything can save
him, but he is a man of stubborn will."
And the police magistrate said, "It may be all very fine to forgive your
enemies, but everybody has his duty to society, as well as to himself."
"Yes, yes," said Glory, "the world has no room for greater hearts than
its own."
The police magistrate looked at her in bewilderment. "Just so," he said,
and disappeared.
* * * * *
"Where is she now, my girl?"
"She's 'ere, Father."
"Hush!" said Glory, coming back to the room. "The doctor says you are not
to talk so much."
"Then let me look at you, Glory. Sit here--here--and if I should seem to
be suffering you must not mind that, because I am really very happy."
Just then an organ-man in the street began to play. Glory thought the
music might disturb John, and she was going to send Aggie to stop it. But
his face brightened and he said: "Sing for me, Glory. Let me hear your
The organ was playing a "coon song," and she sang the words of it. They
were simple words, childish words, almost babyish, but full of tenderness
and love. The little black boy could think of nothing but his Loo-loo. In
the night when he was sleeping he awoke and he was weeping, for he was
always, always dreaming of his Loo-loo, his Loo-loo!
When the song was finished they took hands and talked in whispers, though
they were alone in the room now, and nobody could hear them. His white
face was very bright, and her moist eyes were full of merriment. They
grew foolish in their tenderness and played with each other like little
children. There were recollections of their early life in the little
island home, memories of years concentrated into an hour--humorous
stories and touches of mimicry. "'O Lord, open thou our lips----Where are
you, Neilus?' 'Aw, here I am, your riverence, and my tongue shall shew
forth thy praise.'"
All at once John's face saddened and he said, "It's a pity, though!"
"A pity!"
"I suppose the man who carries the flag always gets 'potted,'as they say.
But somebody must carry it."
Glory felt her tears gathering.
"It's a pity that I have to go before you, Glory."
She shook her head to keep the tears from flowing, and then answered
gaily: "Oh, that's only as it should be. I want a little while to think
it all out, you know, and then--then I'll pass over to you, just as we
fall asleep at night and pass from day to day."
* * * * *
And then he lay back with a sigh and said, "Well, I have had a happy end,
at all events."
The day had been fine, with a rather fierce sun shining until late in the
afternoon, and long white clouds lying motionless in a deep blue sky,
like celestial sand-banks in a celestial sea. But the tender and tempered
splendour of the evening had come at length, with the sun gone over the
housetops to the northwest, and its solemn afterglow spreading round,
like the wings of angels sweeping down. London was unusually quiet after
the roar and turmoil of the day. The great city lay like a tired ocean.
And like an ocean it seemed to sleep, full of its living as well as its
In a little square which stands on the fringe of the slums of
Westminster, and has a well-worn church in the middle, and tenement
houses, institutions, and workshops around its sides, a strange crowd had
gathered. It consisted for the greater part of persons who are generally
thought to be beyond the sympathies of life--the "priestesses of
society," who are the lowest among women. But they stood there for hours
in silence, or walked about with dazed looks, glancing up at the window
of a room on the second story which glittered with the rays of the dying
day. Their friend and champion was near to his death in that room, and
they were waiting for the last news of him.
The Prime Minister had kept his promise. Walking across from Downing
Street his face had been clouded, as if he was thinking out the riddles
of the inscrutable Power which stood to him for God. But when he came to
the square, and looked round at the people, his eyes brightened and he
went on with resignation and even content. The women made way for him
with whispered explanations of who he was, and he walked through them to
the room upstairs.
The room was nearly full already, for the Father Superior had come,
bringing lay brother Andrew along with him, and Aggie was sitting in a
corner, and Mrs. Pincher was moving about, and there was also a stranger
present. And though the little place was so mean and poor, it was full of
soft radiance from the sky, and people walked about in it with a glow
upon their faces.
Glory was by the bedside, standing erect and saying nothing. Her eyes
were glistening with unshed tears, and sometimes her mouth was twitching.
John Storm was conscious and very quiet. Holding Glory's hand as if he
could not part with it, he was looking around with the expression of the
soldier who has done the fearful, perhaps the foolish and foolhardy thing
and scaled the walls of the enemy. He is lying with the enemy's shot in
his breast now, and with death in his eyes, but he is smiling proudly for
all that, because he knows that the army is coming on. The Superior had
brought from the Brotherhood the picture of the head of Christ in its
crown of thorns to hang on the wall at the end of the bed, and the light
from the window made flickering gleams on the glass, and they were
reflected on to his face.
Hardly anybody spoke. As soon as the Prime Minister arrived he took a
paper from his pocket and gave it to the stranger, who glanced at it and
bowed. Then they all gathered about the bed, and the Superior opened a
book which he had carried in his hands, and in solemn accents began to
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered together in the sight of God----"
Brother Andrew, who was kneeling at the foot of the bed, whined like a
dog, and some women on the landing, who were peering in at the open door,
whispered among themselves: "It's the Holy Communion! Hush!"
John's power did not fail him. He made his responses in a clear voice,
although his last strength was thrilling along the thread of life. And
Glory, when her turn came, was brave, too. There was just a touch of the
old hoarseness in her glorious voice, a slight quivering of the lids of
her glistening eyes, and then she went on to the end without faltering.
"--_take thee, JOHN_--
"--take thee, JOHN--
"--_to my wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward_--
"....to have and to hold from this day forward--
"--_for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in
"....in sickness and in health--
"--_to love, cherish, and obey, till death us do part_--
"....till death us do part----
* * * * *
_It will be seen that in writing this book I have sometimes used the
diaries, letters, memoirs, sermons, and speeches of recognisable persons,
living and dead. Also, it will be seen that I have frequently employed
fact for the purposes of fiction. In doing so, I think I am true to the
principles of art, and I know I am following the precedent of great
writers. But being conscious of the grievous: danger of giving personal
offence, I would wish to say that I have not intended to paint anybody's
portrait, or to describe the life of any known Society or to indicate the
management of any particular Institution. To do any of these things would
be to wrong the theory of fiction as I understand it, which is not to
offer mock history or a substitute for fact, but to present a thought in
the form of a story, with as much realism as the requirements of idealism
will permit. In presenting the thought which is the motive of "The
Christian" my desire has been to depict, however imperfectly, the types
of mind and character, of creed and culture, of social effort and
religious purpose which I think I see in the life of England and America
at the close of the nineteenth century. For such a task my own
observation and reflection could not be enough, and so I am conscious
that in many passages of this book I have often been merely as the mould
through which the metal has passed from the fires kept burning round
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Graphic cigarette warnings don't put out fire
Soon after Health Canada launched one more set of grisly warning labels on cigarette packages, a research of 1,505 adult smokers funded by a Health Canada demonstrated that the agency's previous test with warning labels was a reason Canadian population to stop smoking around non-smoking people, but may have done little in encouraging them to stop smoking habit for good.
Q: Now Canada has been placing full-colour warning labels on cigarette packages for twelve years. Does not everyone already recognize that smoking is bad?
A: In accordance with the research, only 3 percent of Canadian smoking population still adhered to believe that smoking was absolutely fine. The rest openly declared that smoking is a cause of heart attacks, emphysema and cancer in general.
Q: So, why do people continue smoking?
A: While 10 percent of smokers affirm to have absolutely switched off the warning messages, one-third of smokers said that every day they read sentences such as "tobacco smokes hurts everyone" and "a single stroke can leave you helpless." A half of all smoking people surveyed reported that the labels had become their reliable source for health information on cigarette smoking. The bigger the image, smokers said, the more likely they were to remember it.
Q: Are smokers stopping smoking?
A: Stopping smoking is of course one of the aims of such advertisements. Every diseased organ is an obvious message including a toll-free quitline number and incentive phrases such as "you can quit and breathe easier!" While 40 percent of smoking people reported that they believed in messages, only one-third said being able to stop smoking once for all. However, the greater part of smokers said the advertisements had encouraged them to give up smoking and not to smoke in places where it could affect non-smokers.
Q: Canada was the first to introduce graphic cigarette warning labels. Is anybody else doing it?
A: New Zealand, Australia, Singapore and some U.S. states have followed Canada. These countries moved from simple text-based warning messages to full-fledged graphics. The worldwide success of the campaign may be part of the reason why Canada moved to a new level with new messages that consist of 75 percent of the cigarette package. The first round had grisly pictures of diseased lungs and blackened teeth, the new images demonstrate a truly terrible slide show of results of smoking including a toilet bowl tinged with blood, a tongue ruined by oral cancer and a woman ravaged by the late stages of lung cancer.
Q: Anyway, who is smoking these days?
A: The rate of Canadian smokers is really being decreased. In 2001, 22 percent of Canadians were smokers. 9 years later, the level was dropped to 17 percent. Youth smoking rate has declined sharply to 12% from 22%.


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They still face the sting of unwelcoming neighbors and the stigma from bad-apple operators in their own ranks, but overwhelming evidence suggests that these may be the best times yet for recovery residences in the continuum of services for addictions.
In developments ranging from Ohio legislators' commitment of cash to Florida home operators' rush to embrace standards of quality, sober home operators are changing the language of treatment and recovery. They also are transitioning in many communities from ugly stepchild to bona fide partner with treatment facilities.
To some, the present and future success of recovery residences comes down to simple math. Research strongly suggests that 30 days in treatment does not a recovery make, but public and private payment systems are not positioned to finance extended stays in intensive treatment services. Enter the recovery residence that serves as a bridge between highly supervised treatment and a full return to community living.
"Recovery homes partly have grown out of the fact of limited treatment capacity," says Lori Criss, associate director of the Ohio Council of Behavioral Health and Family Service Providers, which despite not representing sober homes directly was closely involved in advocating passage of landmark legislation for Ohio sober homes last year. "People need a safe place to extend their recovery."
Substantial growth
Given that it has been only five years since a small but committed group of sober home leaders formed a national organization for the cause (NARR, the National Alliance for Recovery Residences), the movement is demonstrating significant maturity in its relationships with primary treatment and with policy-makers.
"There is a very active effort on the part of treatment centers to collaborate with us," says Beth Sanders (the former Beth Fisher), NARR's president emeritus and the executive director of Hope Homes Recovery Services with operations in three Southeast states. "The progressive treatment centers out there are starting with recovery planning from day one."
In Ohio, treatment organizations under the auspices of the Ohio Council were instrumental in the effort to encourage more housing options for individuals with substance use disorders. Criss says this occurred as part of a three-pronged initiative that also examined employment services and recovery coaching. Research from a state legislative committee identified recovery housing as an important component of what was working in communities to combat addiction, and momentum built for the legislation that was adopted last year.
Under the law, every county in Ohio must have recovery housing as part of its continuum of support for addictions, Criss says. Legislators committed an initial $10 million in funding to assist in the effort, with half devoted to home construction/remodeling and the rest for operations.
Now the state has an organization representing recovery residences, called Ohio Recovery Housing; it has become a NARR affiliate. NARR president Jason Howell, executive director of the Texas-based recovery support and awareness organization SoberHood, says NARR now has 18 state affiliates whose members encompass a total of about 2,500 homes across the country (that of course represents a small fraction of the number of operations calling themselves recovery residences or sober homes, in this largely unregulated sector of the field).
Most of the homes in NARR affiliate chapters operate at the less-intensive Levels 1 and 2 of the four-level classification system that NARR has promulgated to assist providers in matching the level of support to resident need (see descriptions at end of article).
In some ways, the shortage areas for high-quality sober homes mirror the most deficient areas in primary treatment. Howell, who established the first recovery residence for the gay and lesbian population, says other groups that remain underserved in sober living options include women with children, the physically handicapped, and Spanish-speaking populations. Sanders adds that recovery residences remain few and far between in rural communities.
Another prominent trend finds the average age of sober home residents dropping dramatically, believed to be fueled largely by the widespread opioid crisis. Sanders says that in 1996, the average age of Hope Homes residents was 32; last year it was 24. But the programs still serve a wide age range, with Sanders saying the oldest Hope Homes resident ever housed was 84. For all persons served, "We offer the benefit of time," she says.
Recovering individuals have been choosing to live together in an effort to stay sober ever since the early days of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) members meeting in church basements and building group support. But when the influence of third-party payers began to dominate the treatment field, the emphasis in research and funding gravitated to developing a medical model of support. John Lehman, president of the Florida Association of Recovery Residences (FARR) and a leading advocate of operational standards for recovery homes, believes insurers could serve as a key driver for development of a vibrant recovery residence community nationally.
"Third-party payers are now caring about outcomes," says Lehman. "They had tools to cap risk before, but with the Affordable Care Act and parity, they don't have that anymore." Now they will have to encourage strategies that work, but in a cost-effective way.
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Gustave Tiger : Gourgandine Simaitha6.1.15
Gustave Tiger are an art punk band from Budapest. Their sound is made up of relentless rhythm, dreamy layers of vocal harmonies, infused in electric guitar noise with the touch of psychedelia – and never abandoning pop sensibility when it comes to songwriting.
Gourgandine Simaitha is the brand new video (directed and edited by Rusek) and is also the third single off their first LP titled At The Idyll's End, which is available now on iTunes, Spotify and more.
The band's first LP most certainly delivers and packs a punk vibe, with some excellent arty punk lo-fi sounds, and whats even better, is that it's also available to stream freely on Bandcamp and Soundcloud.
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Humphreys // Family // Webster, NY
I don't really know what I've done to deserve this family's loyalty... but man oh man. I actually don't even know how many times they've come to me for photos in the last 3 years (I want to say 7??) I love working with the Humphreys and can't wait for the next time!!! Those kiddos are seriously getting very big very fast.


text: I scrolled down and read how everyone loves El Cholo in LA yet I'm in the Valley and dont want to drive over there. I've gone as for as driving to Sun Valley area to that spot, Gourmet Tamales which wins each year at various festivals and I wasn't impressed at all. Seems like I have to drive to Mexico for good Mexican food since apart from the small taco stands I haven't found anything that spectacular. I've been to Casa Vega, Tony's Mexican Grill, and others, no luck. My favorite right now is in Chatsworth on Topanga Cyn Blvd. near next to a Denny's it has an orange awning and is a small what you might call dive spot yet the food is amazing they have an A rating and always packed.


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Kym Denny, Retroscreen CEO, speaking at Future of Healthcare Investor Forum, LondonJanuary 23, 2015 1:47 pm
London Stock Exchange, Paternoster Square, London, 29 January 2015
The importance of the healthcare sector will be highlighted to UK investors in London on the 29 January at an event in which Kym Denny, CEO of Retroscreen Virology, will present the Retroscreen human challenge model success story, along with other leading and pioneering organisations in the bio-pharma research space.
With keynote presentations from Kit Malthouse, Deputy Mayor of London for Business and Enterprise, and from George Freeman MP, Minister for Life Sciences, the event held in partnership with the BioIndustry Association (BIA) and One Nucleus, will highlight the significant investment opportunities available to generalist and specialist public market investors as well as venture capital representatives, within the UK healthcare sectors.
This invitation-only, free to attend, one day conference will showcase leading public and private UK life sciences companies through a series of short presentations.
Investors will also have the opportunity to book 1 to 1 meetings with presenting companies at the venue. A panel session will also take place on the Healthcare Investment Landscape, featuring leading figures from the healthcare corporate, advisory and investment community.
Kym Denny will outline the success of the "hVIVO" model of research into human disease to help accelerate drug, vaccine and diagnostic developments for unmet medical needs.
To find out more about this event, visit http://www.lseg.com/events/future-healthcare-investor-forum .
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Make A Wish charity walk for Sardinia and Corsica
Make-A-Wish Ireland is organising a fundraising walking challenge to the Islands of Sardinia and Corsica.
This unique challenge is a fantastic way to raise money to help grant wishes to brave children aged between 3 – 17 years battling life-threatening threatening illnesses such as cancer, Leukaemia and Cystic Fibrosis.
This year, Make-A-Wish is hoping to grant 182 magical wishes, and their fundraising walking challenge will ensure they increase funding to help reach their target of wishes in 2016.
Participants will also be part of an unforgettable experience, as the well planned and organised walk is one of the most scenic routes around Europe.
Susan O'Dwyer, Chief Executive Officer, Make-A-Wish said:
'We are looking for walkers of all capabilities to join us and Walk for Wishes. The total amount to be raised by each participant for the walk is a minimum of €3,500, which includes all cost aspects of the trip.'
Places are limited so if you are interested in joining Make-A-Wish, contact Make-A-Wish Fundraising Officer Mary Quille at firstname.lastname@example.com or call the office on 01 205 2012.


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I don't think anyone would argue that we all have too much 'stuff'. We're bombarded with advertising that tells us we need more or need better 'stuff' than we already have. Eventually, we might even be convinced we need a bigger house to have a place to keep all the 'stuff' we've accumulated. I'm as bad as anyone about hanging on to my 'stuff' too long. I tend to get sentimental over the silliest things and can attach emotion to just about anything tied to a memory.
Recently, my family and I began the process of trying to declutter our house in preparation of placing it on the market. What started as a week or so blocked off to accomplish this chore became several months with still not enough progress to suit me! Sure, it's easy enough to go through the clothes and send to Goodwill, but when it comes to my gadgets, what if I NEED that do-flitchit again? Why get rid of it only to buy it again later? Of course I can't get rid of my roller skates. I'm sure I'll go skating again one of these years. Same thing with my aerobic step. And the bucket of seashells? Those were a souvenir of my oldest's first trip to the beach. I can't get rid of those!
So you see my point. We all probably have a few things we can stand to clean out. If you need some motivation to start or some help with knowing what to do with your stuff once you clean it out, these classes might be worth your while.
The Woodford County Extension Service will offer "Get It Together" at 10 a.m. Monday, February 2 at the Agriculture Resource Building, 184 Beasley Road. The class will offer tips and ideas for decluttering your home. Call (859) 873-4601 to reserve a seat.
The Woodford County Library will offer "Selling on Ebay" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, February 14 at the library, 115 North Main Street. Learn from a certified Ebay specialist how to sell your clutter and make money on Ebay! Registration is required. Call (859) 873-5191.
The best part? Both classes are free! Now you have no excuses. Happy cleaning!
The Midway Woman's Club welcomed Versailles antiques expert Dr. Ron Wells to its January meeting. Patterned after the popular roadshow events and television series, Wells provided history for and appraised two items for each person in attendance. Items ranged from a nineteenth century lavalier, or necklace, appraised at $95 to $125 to a 1900s Tiffany and Company silver hot water pot valued on its own at $1,000 to $1,200 dollars. Should the owner be able to locate the remaining pieces of the set, the value jumps to between $5,000 and $10,000. Of course, a few members were disappointed to find their trinkets basically worthless other than their sentimental value. Club President Debra Shockley said she keeps hoping to find the piece that will fund her retirement. "Maybe next year," she said.
Woodford Cheerleaders Claim Title
The Woodford County High School cheerleaders competed in the Sixth Annual Battle of the Bluegrass cheerleading competition at Tates Creek High School in Lexington Saturday, January 10. The team won the Grand Champion award earning the highest score among all school divisions at the competition. Pictured front row from left: Whitley Sutherland, Megan Grimes, Taylor Pennie and Amber Siegelman. Second row: Shanna Keegan, Emily Woodrum, Kyla Parrett, Madison Joest and Lizzie Rose. Third row: Scarlett Shelby, Haley Freeman, Kelsey Kerns, Molly Major, Miyee Carney, Michaela Pierceall and Assistant Coach Amanda Brewer. Back row: Kaitlin Prather, Leslie Gritton, Ashley Toles, Deryan Miller, Kaitlyn Ratterman, Hannah Garcia, Gina Evans and Head Coach Jason Jeffries.


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a conversation with... shape collective
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing my good friends over at the shape collective on my radio show, Aloof Future. Having met Austin Graff and Riel Bessai, two of the four core members, during my senior year of high-school, I've been eagerly following all of their creative initiatives ever since we all moved to Montreal from Ottawa back in 2012. The fact that we've luckily managed to stay friends throughout our entire undergraduate career has definitely made it all the more easy to stay up-to-date with each other – although Facebook stalking admittedly comes in pretty handy. Regardless, it's safe to say that this interview has pretty much been a very long time in the making, as I'm always excited to find out more about what my friends are doing, and showcase their artistic efforts in any way possible.
In fact, I first found out about Montreal's shape collective back in October when they organized a stellar launch event, held in the intimacy of their own apartment slash loft-I-wish-I-lived-in. On my way to the event, I was quite uncertain about what to expect, as I had only got wind about the collective in fleeting conversations with mutual friends a few days before the launch. One step through their front door, however, I was greeted by the sounds of obscure house music blasting on massive speakers and the sight of custom artwork painted onto their walls – an unexpected surprise, to say the least. After a few minutes spent exploring the space, it finally started to come together in my mind: shape is a collective dedicated to curating immersive experiences that aim to get both your mind and your body a movin'. Be it through the physical pulsations of a classic four-on-the-floor beat blaring on the dance floor or the mind-bending intrigue of performance art coming to life right in front of your eyes, shape is a platform for showcasing the creative works of local artists in the visual arts and music scenes of this marvelous metropolis we call home.
As it had been quite a while since I last welcomed guests onto the radio show, it felt so good to finally be able to laugh at jokes that weren't mine again.
Peep the interview below:
Rochelle Jordan - Day Ones
The Code - 9.46
T-Pain - I'm Sprung
PARTYNEXTDOOR - Thirsty
Drake - Madonna
The Code feat. KasFLow - Between The Lines
Fonda Rae - Over Like A Fat Rat
Groove Junkies feat. Solara - Paradise Groove
Chaos in the CBD feat. Archie Pelago - Common Unity
If you want to check out shape online, do peep their Facebook page and Instagram, and make sure to check them out on SoundCloud! As part of their shapesessions, they've already curated a selection of nine mixes from different DJs around Montreal and even around the world. If you're lucky, you may or may not find a mix signé Aloof Hipster.
Finally, if you're interested in attending one of their events, well shit: you're in luck! On Saturday, February 19th, shape will be presenting Profile, a show based around the portrait, during which "each artist will showcase a selection of work that best defines their artistic approach to portraiture." For more information, check out the event page. I'll see you there!
Here are a few of my favourite quotes pulled from the interview:
On what shape is:
The whole idea was to create these events that stray away from the typical party. We really want to create more of an experience through the use of installation art featuring local artists and our friends, and create a vibe surrounding each party that is unique to that experience.
On the importance of showcasing the creative works of local artists:
I feel like it's impossible to get your foot in the door. In our own small way, it's just really good to find people we respect musically, and to be able to push their music in the way that I want to push my own music. There's always a struggle to get your sound out there, and it's something you work super hard on, but nobody's listening to it.
On the synergies between visual arts and music:
You go to a gallery, but you never take in visual art – or at least for me – in the same way you can just go, close your eyes and explore sounds. So it's really to try to bring the two together to allow the art to be complemented by the sonic experience in a way that just brings everything together into an artistic experience on the whole. So it's not just looking at something or seeing something, but experiencing something.
On bringing people into their own home:
Bringing people into our own home is an important thing to us, in terms of creating a space where it's not just like you're coming to an event and there's music and there's art. We're really trying to come across to people genuinely. We're not an events company, we're a collective.
On millenials being an "experiential" generation:
I think experiences, now and in the future, will be more important than material things. [...] We're still striving for this genuine, new experience that we ourselves are looking for. We're trying to create something that we have not experienced.
On living in Montreal:
This is such a creative city! There's so few places where you could go, pay so little in rent, and have an audience that is ready to engage with art in a way that isn't tainted by a more commercial, invisible hand. [...] It's an incubator for collaboration and community. We're striving for these amazing experiences, and there's the niche here for that.
On shape's 2k16 "Phase 2":
We're at a bit of a crossroads right now with shape. We're trying to branch out into what we call our "Phase 2." We're trying to get out of mainly our own space, to create bigger and better spaces that are more a visceral and intense environment.
You can find shape on Facebook, SoundCloud, and Instagram.
Media content courtesy of shape and Santiago Bessai.


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CX-20 Fishing Drone With Bait Release System
The CX-20 Fishing Drone is the customized advanced fishing drone used to haul and deliver a baited long fishing line up to 300 meters out to the sea.
Once dropping the bait it uses the GPS Location Autopilot system and returns to the same location that it originally took off. So you don't have to worry about having an experience of landing your drone smoothly. This has been taken care of!
CX-20 Fishing Drone is the dream of fishermen! Here it is why:
- No more throwing the fishing line with your hands!
- Increased chance of catching a big fish!
- Next generation, exciting and new way of fishing!
- Extremely easy to use!
- Drop your bait wherever you want!
Attractive and highly integrated design
A compact and highly integrated design means that it is easier for you to transport it. In fact, it comes with the special case that prevents any damage while transporting from one place to another. The streamlined design brilliantly reflects the aesthetics of its industrial design and the fantastic visual effects allows you to become the focus of the crowd.
Ready to fly and operate
The hardware mounting including the bait release system as well as software tuning are all done prior to delivery. The CX-20 Fishing Drone is ready to fly and use for fishing the moment you unpack it, you just need to attach propellers, charge the LiPo and install the transmitter batteries before use.
Remote control unit.
CX-20 Fishing Drone contains a remote controller. The 2.4 GHz ISM frequency makes the effective control distance up to 300 meters (can be impacted by the specific flight environment). The frequency hopping anti-interference design allows multiple remote controllers to work at the same time, and provides a reliable remote communications link.
Stable, yet agile performance, easy to fly
CX-20 Fishing Drone has an integrated flight dynamics system, the MX GPS multi-rotor autopilot system, as well as the dedicated remote controller and receiver. Flight parameters and functions have been setup before delivery, so you can fly your CX-20 Fishing Drone the moment you receive it. The proven stability of the MX autopilot system allows you to easily achieve great flight performance.
Two flight control modes, including position hold
With the built-in MX autopilot system plus a GPS module, the CX-20 Fishing Drone has GPS Attitude and Attitude Control Mode. Pilots can switch between the two modes to achieve a particular flight experience.
Intelligent orientation control (IOC)
CX-20 Fishing Drone also has the Intelligent Orientation Control (IOC) function of the MX autopilot system. Usually, the forward direction of a flying multi-rotor is the same as the nose direction. By using Intelligent Orientation Control (IOC), wherever the nose points, the forward direction has nothing to do with nose direction: In course lock flying, the forward direction is the same as a recorded nose direction. In home lock flying, the forward direction is the same as the direction from home point to the multi-rotor.
Failsafe & auto go home/landing
CX-20 Fishing Drone also has the failsafe function of the MX autopilot system. This means when the communication between the Mx Controller and the transmitter is disconnected, the outputs of all command sticks from controller will go to the center position. If the GPS signal is good enough, the system will automatically trigger Return To Home and will land safely.
Low voltage protection
CX-20 Fishing Drone also has two levels of low voltage protection, a function of the MX autopilot system. It prevents your multi-rotor from crashing or other harmful consequences caused by low battery voltage. In the first level of protection, the LED indicator blinks and makes a sound of Bi-Bi-Bi to warn you. In the second level protection the system will trigger the CX-20 Fishing Drone to land automatically.
Maximum flight speed 10m/s
The maximum horizontal flight speed of the Auto-Pathfinder can reach 10m/s and the maximum vertical speed is 6 m/s. The perfect combination of speed and stability allows you to experience the glamour of CX-20 Fishing Drone.
High intensity led lights, to aid orientation during flight
Under each arm of the drone there are some high intensity LED indicators which are used to help you to see the orientation during flight.
HD Camera
If you don't want to fish for some time you can easily remove the fishing bait release system and mount the 12MP HD camera instead which comes with the package. CX-20 Fishing Drone has an external removable camera mount for you to mount your own light and handy cameras (GoPro for example) too or other video shooting electronic equipment. It is very convenient for you to record your flight.
Up to 15 minutes of flight time per battery.
CX-20 Fishing Drone includes 2 pieces of 3S LiPo battery (with the capacity of 2700mAh, weight only 180g each) and a balance charger. With the all-in-one design and light airframe, the flying time could last 10 to 15 minutes per each battery which will give you a more extensive flight experience. And there is always a spare battery to buy from our website, should you wish to keep couple of charged batteries in your drone case for the extended fishing time!


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Halos, auras, flashes of light, pins and needles running down your arms, the sudden scent of sulfur—many symptoms of a migraine have vaguely mystical qualities, and experts remain puzzled by the debilitating headaches' cause. Researchers at Harvard University, however, have come at least one step closer to figuring out why women are twice as likely to suffer from chronic migraines as men. The brain of a female migraineur looks so unlike the brain of a male migraineur, asserts Harvard scientist Nasim Maleki, that we should think of migraines in men and women as "different diseases altogether."
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Watch how to make this recipe.
Clean the mussels off the scallops and reserve in the refrigerator on ice until needed.
Combine all of the ingredients to make the marinade and add the scallops 15 minutes before serving. Keep the scallops in the marinade in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
To serve, fill a glass bowl with crushed ice. Place the shells on top of the ice and fill with the scallops and dressing. Garnish with seaweed and lime wedges. Just before serving, sprinkle some sea salt over the scallops.
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Recipe courtesy of Daniel Orr, Gastavino's, NY
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Elders & Staff
Christ is the Head of this church.
We lead under His authority and for His glory alone.
Tom Clemmons, Senior Pastor/Preaching Elder
Pastor Tom was called by Monument Hill Church to be the pastor in September of 2011. He has been married to Melissa for over 27 years, and they have three sons and a daughter-in-law (and now the most beautiful granddaughter in the world)! Tom regularly preaches expository sermons focused on how to live the Christian life today, and is seriously joyful about making much of the supremacy of God! Most importantly, Christ is His Treasure and Pastor Tom would love for you to come worship with us soon.
Pastor Tom has served churches and ministries in South Carolina, Maryland, Texas, Kentucky, and Colorado. He earned a Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. He is also a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has served as a North American Missionary through the Southern Baptist Convention and has served the Lord overseas as well.
His life verses are John 17:3-4, "And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do." (ESV)
Gary Long, Assistant Pastor/Elder
Gary Long was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and became a "Texan" when he was a young boy. Barbara Davis was born in San Angelo, Texas. Gary and Barbara met as teenagers when they served as summer staffers at Glorieta Baptist Conference Center in New Mexico. They have been married for a very LONG time, and have one son and two daughters along with ten grandchildren.
Gary is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University with a degree concentration in Biblical studies and religion emphasis. He did his graduate degree at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary with a concentration in religious education.
He has served in various church staff positions for well over 40 years in Oklahoma, Texas, Georgia, and Virginia. Gary has a very strong Biblical belief that when one falls in love with Jesus, that that individual will love God's people, too. "One will want to be yoked with a local congregation of believers and become a strong disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ and express personal faith, join in worship and love for others."
The call upon Gary's life is serve Jesus, the Lord's church, and to witness to a world that desperately needs the Good News! His first day as our Assistant Pastor was January 1, 2017. Welcome Pastor Gary!
Rich Long, Lay Elder
Rich was born into the world in 1954, and born again into the kingdom of God on Easter Sunday 1977. He became an elder in 1994 at Anchorage Grace Church in Alaska. He became an Elder at MHC in May 2015. He serves as the Elder liaison to the Missions Team and leads our Small Group ministry. He married Susan Cantwell in 1978, and they have four adult children and an increasing family of grandchildren. Rich graduated from the Air Force Academy in 1976, served in the Air Force and Air Force Reserves for twenty three years, and flew for Northwest and Delta airlines for over thirty years.
Guy Varland, Lay Elder
Guy has been attending MHC since November of 2013 and was elected as an Elder May 2015. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife Rhonda and they have two grown sons Tyler and Brandon. Guy enjoys teaching Adult Sunday School, participating in MHC men's ministry studies & small groups and worshiping God with the MHC Worship Team. He serves as the Elder liaison to the Worship Team and the Finance Council.
Matt Althouse, Lay Elder
Matt has attended MHC since June 2013, serving as a deacon for just over a year and was elected as an Elder May of 2017. He was born-again at the age of 33 into the Kingdom of God; Oct of 1992, by the power of the Holy Spirit and by the patient hand of his wife Margaret. Matt met Margaret in their first US Air Force assignment and were married about a year later in December of 1984. They have four adult children and a growing number of grandchildren, all of whom live locally. Matt is retired from the Air Force and currently supports an Air Force satellite program as a contractor.
Kara Giroux, Worship Leader
Kara became our Worship Leader in January of 2016. She and her husband, Kevin, came to us from a church in Washington state, where she led music for several years. Kevin plays for our Worship Team as well. They are blessed with four children.
Justin Ridgway, Youth Minister
Justin grew up in Colorado Springs and then moved to Spokane, Washington to attended Moody Bible Institute. While at Moody, he met his better half, Lou-Anne, and they got married in the summer of 2015. During his last two years of school, he completed a pastoral internship at Indian Trail Church that heavily shaped his convictions about God's design for the church and ministering in a gospel-centered way. Justin and Lou-Anne both graduated from Moody in 2017 and moved to Colorado shortly after. They are excited to be part of Monument Hill Church, and they're passionate about pointing youth to Christ in His Word.


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Birds and the Bees - Drawing
Birds and the Bees - Drawing
This original graphite drawing was created on 250 gsm acid-free Stonehenge paper. Mounted on an acid-free foam board with a black archival mat, this easily fits into a standard 11 x 14 frame.
Mutations are needed if we are going to survive. Over times, things change. They don't necessarily become stronger.... or weaker. They just change. The problem is that most people can't handle that change. They don't like it. They don't like when they are confronted with it. More times than not, they will fight it and claim that it is going to hurt them. In reality, mosts times, the one who has changed just wants to be accepted.
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Justin Bieber & Sam Smith Attend Saint Laurent Show in Los Angeles
Sam Smith and Justin Bieber strike a pose at the Saint Laurent at the Palladium event on Wednesday evening (February 10) in Los Angeles.
The 21-year-old "Sorry" singer showed off a few of his skateboard moves at the venue before making his way inside.
Zoe Kravitz made it a family affair, attending the event with her boyfriend Twin Shadow and her parents Lenny Kravitz and Lisa Bonet.
In the midst of the star-studded event, Justin snapped a selfie with legendary musician Joan Jett and shared it on his Instagram!
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