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Devon Still's 5-year-old daughter Leah Still is officially cancer-free! The NFL defensive tackle for the Houston Texans shared the happy news on social media on Monday.
Tweeting from the hospital he wrote, "She really beat cancer! Beyond thankful for all the support y'all showed us." Devon continued in another tweet, "It's crazy to sit here in the hospital know that after leah gets discharged tomorrow we are really done with this chapter in our lives."
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The joyous announcement comes almost a year and a half after Leah was first diagnosed with Stage-4 neuroblastoma back in 2014. Devon's daughter underwent her last treatment on Friday.
On Tuesday, on the sports social network site Sqor, Devon praised his little girl for never giving up during her fight against cancer. He wrote, "With Leah finishing her last treatment last night, I can really say my daughter BEAT CANCER! Words can't describe how proud I am of this girl. No matter how hard it got or how painful the treatments were (and it was pretty bad a lot of the times) she never gave up!"
The 26-year-old also took the opportunity to thank fans who supported his daughter's fight on social media, which he documented with the hashtag #LeahStrong. Devon wrote, "Every time we received bad news or felt like it was coming to a point were we couldn't fight anymore, I would go to the comments you all wrote cheering us on and it would make us fight so much harder."
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While the dad-of-one admitted that he wasn't very spiritual prior to this experience, he credits prayer and faith for helping him get through the ordeal. "Drop to your knees everyday and pray. I was never a big spiritual person but I always believed in God and knew who to turn to in the time of need," he said. "Keeping faith that God will see you through doesn't make the battle easier but it makes winning possible! It gives you back the hope that is stripped away from you every time you watch your kid endure the pain from the treatments and the bad news you often receive from the doctors."
At the end of the announcement, Devon attached a photo showing the length of time, which his daughter spent battling cancer. It read, "41 days of chemotherapy, 40 days of antibody therapy, 19 days of radiation, 7 hours surgery and 1 win!"
The football player recently signed a contract to "get back to doing" what he loves. He said, "I told myself from day one with Leah's diagnosis I would give her my all and sacrifice my career because if I lost her to cancer I could never get her back but if I lost football, given the right opportunity, I could get it back."
He added, "Thanks to the Texans for giving me that opportunity!"


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German Error Message began in 2004 as the solo bedroom recording project of Paul Kintzing. With a combination of delicate walls of sound, symbolic lyricism and diverse instrumentation, Kintzing creates songs that exist in a realm all their own.
From the beginning, he has consistently released material that one-ups the idea of what actually can be done in a makeshift recording space. As prolific as ever, late 2014 sees the release of a split EP with Lung Cycles (release date: 11/25/14 via Lily Tapes & Discs) and the new full-length Haunts (release date: 12/2/14 on Furious Hooves). Both are examples of how Kintzing has grown from a solitary, teenage singer-songwriter from northeast Louisiana to a studied musician/producer/adult living in Nashville. But no matter the age, Kintzing has relied on the power of observation to carry his message. It is the simple things that he sees that carry the most weight, and with each release, whatever he sees becomes more defined, more powerful, more beautiful.
–written by Matthew Sigur, journalist
Furhoof Discography:
German Error Message Haunts LP
1. What Do You Want
2. A Held Breath
3. Interlude III
4. A Lingering
5. Haunts
6. I Know The Shape
7. A New Sighing
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The Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project 2015–2020
Forty years after the original Kentucky Documentary Photographic Project (KDPP), it has been reincorporated by Ted Wathen and Bob Hower. The goal of KDPP II is to again photograph in each of Kentucky's 120 counties. We are not so much concerned with rephotographing what was recorded forty years ago as we are with recording what is happening now. Our concept is to look at Kentucky anew and to hire younger and more diverse photographers to work with us on the Project. The younger photographers will be tasked with keeping the Project alive and reactivating it forty years from now.
If our vision is realized, we will have been part of a photographic record of the State stretching from 1935 to 2055.
This is visual history: How we lived, How we worked, How we dressed, How we relate to each other. A picture is indeed worth a thousand words . . . if not more.


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Some issues with Samsung LED TVs include a failure to operate after a limited ownership period, broken units, and problems with the connections, according to reviews posted on ConsumerAffairs.com. Overall, the TVs by Samsung received just over three stars for over 700 votes on that site, as of January 2016.
One consumer claims that the TV stopped working after only 18 months, and there was no fault that could be found. Another stated that he had to have a repairman out to fix the unit two times, and on the third he decided to change brands and get a new unit. Both gave the TV a one-star rating.
Another user gave the TV only two stars, because it began having problems turning on after just one month of ownership. After a year, the TV failed to work, according to the user, so he had to purchase a new one when the company would not replace it.
A woman from Traverse, Michigan, reported that her Samsung TV started to break down after six months of use. A new TV was delivered, but it only worked for one day. She also claims the sound on the unit is not good, which means users may want to purchase an alternative sound bar.


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Subdivided flats, or tong fong (劏房) in local parlance, are a disgrace to Hong Kong.
We call our city a global metropolis, and yet we allow those cramped and dilapidated units to be used as living quarters of some of our underprivileged citizens.
What has the government done so far to make the problem a little less acute and ignominious? Hasn't it said that housing is on top of its policy agenda?
The CY Leung administration has been keeping itself busy in this regard, but what it has done so far is to hide the problem, gloss it over and pretend that it can somehow be legitimized.
The first trick it has been using is to fabricate evidence that tong fong is the kind of sin that cannot be avoided in a free market.
Based on an official tong fong survey, it has been suggested that there is "genuine market demand" for these subdivided, smaller-than-shoebox cubicles.
The survey, conducted by the Census and Statistics Department from June to November last year, found that "51.9 percent chose to live in the units at the time of enumeration because of more affordable rents and 37.5 percent found it convenient to go to work or school".
"It seems that the survey is hinting that some tenants indeed 'choose' to live in tong fong and thus the hidden line is that it's not entirely a social problem nor a government failure to alleviate the housing shortage," says Chan Siu-ming, a member of Shadow Long Term Housing Strategy Steering Committee, a non-governmental organization, in a recent op-ed in the Hong Kong Economic Journal.
The survey report is trying to give people the impression that tong fong has its unique, "value for money" functionality in a free housing market, and such a notion, as obliquely endorsed and echoed by officials and pro-government commentators, has effectively become a convenient refuge of the authorities' detestable nonfeasance under the disguise of "positive non-interventionism".
As Chan puts it, tong fong tenants never had any genuine choice, and even if they had, they could only choose from tong fong, bedspace or sleeping on the streets.
"With such logic, can we presume that those street sleepers choose to sleep on the streets and dream next to people's footsteps because there is a 'market demand' as a result of a free economy?" he asks.
The report is a classic example of digression and non sequitur. Instead of admitting that the rent for an undivided unit is just unaffordable to grassroots tenants, it notes that "the rent of tong fong is affordable".
By the same token, it stresses that tong fong offers convenience to tenants in commuting to work or school while avoiding the fact that their household income is such that they need to cut transport expenses.
So, in view of the leading questionnaire used in the survey, respondents are forced to answer that tong fong has its own virtues, and, ergo, officials should not be blamed for their inaction.
The second trick deployed is to grossly understate the seriousness of the issue.
The official survey only found 86,400 tong fong housing 195,500 tenants across the territory.
Chan says the situation on the ground can only be far worse than what the government is willing to admit.
The survey's methodology is problematic in the first place: only private domestic or composite buildings aged 25 years and above were included while the government willfully ignores tong fong in rundown or derelict industrial estates that typically cluster in Kwun Tong, To Kwa Wan and Yuen Long.
Secretary for Development Paul Chan Mo-po noted in a reply to Legislative Council questions in June that the Buildings Department does not have statistics on the total number of tong fong built in industrial buildings.
"To conduct such survey, the department would need to enter around 1,900 such buildings in the territory for inspection, which would involve practical difficulties and substantial manpower and resources," he told the legislators.
However, the Society for Community Organization, a non-governmental and human rights advocacy group, estimated that there were no less than 20,000 tong fong tenants living in industrial buildings. That figure is on the conservative side as the unofficial survey was made in 2012.
Tong fong in village houses and in other unconventional forms are outside the visual field of government statisticians, too.
Many underprivileged Hongkongers have become remarkably "innovative" in the face of exorbitant rents: they now dwell in subdivided village houses, floating homes in a typhoon shelter or even mini flats renovated from an abandoned piggery in Yuen Long as reported by media last year.
How the government statisticians collect their data is also questionable. They determine if a residential unit has been subdivided by counting the number of door bells, mailboxes or water and electric meters, or they merely rely on information from neighbors or the estate's caretakers.
Also, when it comes to the size of tong fong, the government chooses to highlight the average living space per person, which is 60 square feet, rather than the more realistic median figure of 43.5 sq ft, in its report.
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Foodie Blockbuster Film Whets Home Buyers' Appetite at La Durantie
The recent release of the foodie blockbuster, The Hundred-Foot Journey starring Helen Mirren has uncovered the gastronomic delights of The Tarn region of south west France. Known for its rich cassoulet, foie gras, Lautrec pink garlic and premiere Gaillac wines, cinemagoers are being transported to this rural food heaven where the action revolves around a fictional Michelin-starred French chateau restaurant run by Madame Mallory (Helen Mirren). In reality the belle époque Chateau de la Durantie is being renovated into a country club and spa with its own restaurant, bar and wine label – and will form the centrepiece of 'La Durantie' development of 57 vernacular holiday homes on the estate.
Ten years ago 'culinary tourism' was viewed as a form of niche tourism, but today tourists and holiday home owners are increasingly attracted to a region by its local produce, restaurants and culinary delights. Erik Wolf, President and CEO of The World Food Travel Association, says; "within the last decade the definition of culinary tourism has evolved to include those people who travel almost exclusively to search for and enjoy prepared foods and drink."
In France, food is a religion and in every village and town around La Durantie, there are authentic country restaurants and lively town bistros serving delicious seasonal food all year-round. For more sophisticated dining, the nearest Michelin star restaurant is 15 minutes away with another in nearby world heritage site Albi. However, owners and guests won't need to leave the chateau's grounds to find the very best of local fare. La Durantie's Bistrot and Bar will be located within the chateau and will feature a large outdoor terrace overlooking the pool and gardens.
The menu will use fresh produce grown from La Durantie's very own vegetable garden and will feature traditional dishes with a modern twist, but always seasonal whether a wild boar casserole or cepe (mushroom) omelette; currently in season as depicted in the film. For dessert you cannot beat a homemade tarte tatin with beautifully caramelised apples – all will be accompanied by Durantie's pick of the finest local Gaillac and renowned French wines.
The luxury development of La Durantie overlooks undulating vineyards, and has recently launched its own wine label.There are several different cepages that are unique to the ancient wine region of Gaillac and La Durantie has selected a white Mauzac Sauvignon blend and red Cabernet Duras, allowing owners of the local French vernacular homes to make the idyllic notion of drinking their own Gaillac wine whilst sitting on the terrace of their holiday home a reality. Owners will receive an allocation of Durantie wines.
Phase one will consist of single and two storey, one to five bedroom detached homes together with two styles of apartments with either 2 or 3 bedrooms. In-keeping with the local villages, homes will be arranged in small clusters of approximately six homes with private spaces and landscaped internal courtyards and most homes will have an 'integrated' private pool.
The kitchens at the luxury properties promise to make cooking a true pleasure; each is spacious and very well appointed with the latest Bosch appliances. The design of the homes, with their strong emphasis on outdoor living, means residents can enjoy al fresco dining in their properties garden terrace, which offers attractive views along their private pool and lush landscaped gardens. Each of the homes also comes fitted with an outdoor barbeque.
House prices in the leaseback scheme offering a hassle-free buy-to-let opportunity with a 20% tax refund by La Durantie Management Company are as follows:
1 bedroom start at €335,400 (approx. £268,300) / 2 bedroom start at €333,250 (approx. £266,600) / 3 bedroom start at €491,920 (approx. £393,600) / 4 bedroom start at €648,440 (approx. £518,800) / 5 bedroom start at €782,600 (approx. £626,100. A limited number of 2 and 3 bedroom apartments are also available starting at €371,090 (approx. £297,000).*All prices are nett (after VAT refund) and a mandatory annual charge includes management charge and country club.
See: www.durantie.com
Editors Notes:
La Durantie
The chateau estate dates back to a large land holding by the Count of Toulouse during the 13th century and the architectural features today are influenced by the owner's travels to Italy in 1887 and love of the belle époque Palazzos. The chateau has seen several owners throughout its lifetime but significantly, the Schwarzkopf family, famed for perfumes and beauty products, bought the chateau in the 1980's and held parties whilst farming the 800 acre plot. In the interwar period the vineyard estate was run by nuns and their peaceful influence can still be sensed when entering the chateau gates today.
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Why Food Allergies Develop Late in Life and How to Manage Them
When people think about food allergies, they tend to think about children being allergic to nuts or cow's milk. However, Cincinnati elder care agencies see firsthand that food allergies are a real and growing concern among the elderly population.
Late-Onset Allergies
An estimated five to ten percent of seniors have food allergies. There are several factors contributing to the onset of food allergies in seniors. One is the alteration of the digestive tract that exposes a senior's body to undigested proteins from food. Another factor is dysregulation of the immune system due to aging, causing an inappropriate reaction to food proteins and leading to the development of a food allergy. A third factor is malnutrition. Many seniors eat diets lacking essential nutrients and rarely go outside, leading to deficiencies in vitamin D, zinc, and iron, which can further contribute to immune system dysregulation.
Common Foods That Elicit Allergic Reactions
Ninety percent of food allergies are due to cow's milk, eggs, peanuts, soy, shellfish, tree nuts, and wheat gluten. Celiac disease (allergy to wheat gluten) is a common type of late-onset allergy in the elderly, and it can lead to serious problems, including malnutrition.
The classic symptom of a severe food allergy is anaphylaxis, a medical emergency. However, anaphylaxis is rarely experienced by seniors. Other symptoms include nausea, vomiting, hives, wheezing, and coughing. Symptoms usually occur within minutes of exposure to the food. Symptoms of celiac disease include diarrhea and weight loss.
Experts urge seniors not to self-diagnose food allergies. In the general population, around 30 percent of individuals have self-diagnosed themselves with a food allergy, but testing reveals that only five percent actually have a food allergy. Individuals who mistakenly diagnose themselves may end up eating an inadequate diet and may overlook the actual cause of their symptoms.
The best treatment for food allergies is to simply avoid the offending food. Individuals who have experienced anaphylactic shock should keep an EpiPen nearby at all times and should inform part-time and live-in caregivers and friends about their condition and the existence and location of the EpiPen.
If your senior loved one could use help managing food allergies or other health concerns, turn to Home Care Assistance. Our experienced and friendly Cincinnati caregivers can grocery shop, prepare healthy meals that meet dietary restrictions, offer medication reminders, and assist with other daily activities. To learn more, call our office at 513.891.2273 today.


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August 31, 2019
For one day Fort Collins revolves around the bike
New Belgium Brewings' Tour de Fat is a large fundraiser of us. Each year this cycling spectacle crosses the United States, but Fort Collins is home base. Simultaneously raising awareness for cycling, the Tour de Fat also allows us to do good in our community year-round.
Tour de Fat is bike-friendly fun for the whole family. The parade, live music, sideshows, and non-profit groups combine to make a great outlet for cyclists. It blends environmental stewardship with flat-out joy. All this fun means a lot of volunteers to make sure the day goes off as wonderfully as it should.
Volunteering at the Tour de Fat is a blast. How many times can you volunteer while wearing a ridiculous costume and drinking great beer?
Each year we need around 200 volunteers; this year we need you.
Register Now for the Parade
Be on the look-out for the 2019 parade sign-up.
Proceeds of Tour de Fat will benefit the collective bicycling culture of Fort Collins, with proceeds going to our local non-profit advocacy groups: Bike Fort Collins, Fort Collins Bike Co-Op, Ciclismo Youth Foundation, and Overland Mountain Bike Club.


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Here are the pictures of Garden View! Yes we're still calling her/him Garden View even though we were in Iraklion, Greece that day.
First the clinical one:
And one where Dr. Grrr was having a bit of fun:
Kevin made J and Dr. Grrr laugh when he said the sac was either a halo or a smoke ring! Oh that Kev!
BTW, Kevin loved the bit about Father's Day. I don't think he had realized GV would be around by then (I hadn't even) but now he's really psyched about it.


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Goa's history has witnessed the engagement of various inhabitants and cultures with the land in many complex ways. Owing to its location as one of the important port cities in the Indian Ocean network, and later due to the migration of its people to Africa, the Persian Gulf, Australia, the Americas and Europe, Goa has been a part of many worlds. In other words, the four hundred-odd years of Goa's history as a territory of Portugal have contributed in multiple ways to the emergence and development of its character. With the coming of the tourism-boom circa 1980s, this interaction of Goa with other cultures and peoples seems to have been given a violent shake.
To say that the tourism boom has created problems for the Goan society would be to state the obvious. But, rather than discuss the obvious economic and social ills that have plagued tourism, this column would like to take tourism in Goa as a point of departure for talking about the problem of a dearth of in-depth scholarship. I say so largely because the rapid changes that were brought about by tourism have not been studied in-depth. While there is a clamor to invest in the development of the tourism sector, one does not see similar demands being made in order to critically study the problems that came in the wake of tourism. So what the example of tourism enables us to see is the lack of any demand to seriously invest in intellectual activities despite there being an urgent need. There is a serious lack of a well structured agenda to invest in an intellectual corpus of Goans who will go to the root cause and explain the ills that are faced by the Goan society. In other words, we may know that we have a problem but we may not know why the problem occurred in the first place.
Investing in intellectual pursuits is not simply a matter of finding the financial resources, but also of allowing access to a diversity of people across the social and economic spectrum to indulge in research and writing. I say so because many commentators on Goa (Goan or otherwise) would point out that since Goan communities are established in various parts of the world, and many Goans have occupied and occupy valuable and influential positions in several institutions, Goa has benefitted greatly. But in reality what we see is that very little of this advantage has translated into an intellectual benefit for Goa. What one observes is that this intellectual benefit has and to a large extent is, confined within age old networks of class, caste, and family. The problem is that in Goa nobody likes to talk about this concentration of power and privilege into the hands of the few. The flip side of the issue is that despite many different peoples flocking to Goa – largely for holidays – Goa seems to have been unable to forge any meaningful cultural contacts. I do concede that in this two-way exchange, of Goans migrating out of Goa, and others travelling to Goa, a lot of foreign exchange has been earned. However, the question remains, to what systemic use has this money been put to?
Foreign exchange earned without any proper vision for the intellectual and cultural development of the people of Goa, would hardly amount to anything in a world that is rapidly changing. For instance, the recent drop of the ruble against the dollar had caused a lot of anxiety in Goa. As an important aside, the uncertainties of the international markets can also be seen in the manner in which the collapse in the demand for iron ore from Goa, along with the irregularities rife in that sector, could make and break several families in a matter of a few months. Thus, one can clearly see that there is an urgent need to start thinking about Goa and its place in a larger world in a different manner.
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A similar argument was made in 2013 by Constantino Xavier in one of his articles and it still seems relevant despite the two years that have lapsed since its publication. Xavier argues that Goa should essentially be a center to foster ties with other Portuguese-speaking countries in the world. Maintaining that Goa's culture would provide a more congenial home for many of the students and scholars hailing from the Lusophone world, Xavier suggests for an establishment of an institutional set-up or a center for research and other scholarly works. Although Xavier made his arguments in the field of developing policy research, one can easily see that the argument can and should be extended to other areas of research in the humanities as well.
The importance of this suggestion can be seen in the fact that nearly nothing has been done to understand the connection with the Arab world despite the large number of Goans migrating there. For a start, very few works are available to understand the history of this migration. We have very little scholarship to understand the place of Goan labour in a larger world. How would detailed histories of Goan labour and work (or employment) in the Gulf contribute to our understanding of Goanness and Goan society? Arguably, a lot, since it would enable us to see how thousands of Goans were interacting (and still interact) in a globalized labour market. As a society, are we solely happy to see our men and women migrating to foreign shores and sending back remittances? Or would we like to see Goa emerge as a space that can employ its own gainfully?
Moving away from the concerns of diaspora and migration, there is also very little literature available to understand the major political movements that Goa has witnessed. For instance, how and why did mining emerge as an industry mid-twentieth century Goa? What were the causes and effects of the changes in land reforms, language agitation, the Ramponnkar's movement, the Nylon 6,6 agitation, the agitations against megaprojects, and other issues? There are many Goan organizations across the world that are committed to the preservation of Goan identity and culture, but it must be pointed out that investing in a celebration of Goan culture and investing in a critical reflection of the same are largely two different things.
It must be mentioned that the project of exploring Goa's many worlds and indeed forging new relationships in contemporary times, cannot be divorced from an exploration of the history, politics, and conflicts within Goan society. Thus, a concerted vision of long-term investment in the intellectual development of Goa, would do Goa and the Goan identity much good.
(First published in O Heraldo, dt: 4 March, 2015)


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This week, Rob and Cory are joined by Flash and they discuss the Baltimore mayoral debate, break down the preisdential election with Bernie and the violent Trump Rallies, and finally gush lovingly over the Captain America trailer!
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Actors Workout Studio
The Actors Workout Studio is the place for Los Angeles acting classes, with talented, professional students like actors Rene Russo, Sammy Williams, Michael Masini and Dagney Kerr.
I shy away from conventional acting classes. But once in a while you meet someone who inspires you. Fran does!
I have studied with Fran for over 7 years. Though I have studied with several other studios in that time, I have always returned to Fran as I have found his approach to be the most effective. Fran teaches a simple yet powerful method that brings preparation to life in auditions and on set.
What Fran teaches is invaluable. Every time I book a job, I thank him because without his teachings, I don't think I would be booking at all.
Fran Montano inspires. He knows exactly what buttons to push to take his actors to their next level. I'm a better and more confident actor today because of what I've learned from him.
Fran is awesome! I learned how to live fully in the imaginary circumstances of the script and treat the story as an improvisation. I booked more than ever the past two years applying many of the principals learned through Fran.
Fran's method of teaching dramatic improvisation through the Meisner technique is so good that I credit him with teaching me how to write, as well as making me a stronger actor.
Fran's insight to acting is astounding. He's great at guiding actors into exploring their deepest and richest choices...
I love The Actors Workout Studio. Both Fran and Irene are intuitive, supportive and deeply care about the growth and success of each student. The intimate environment and individual attention are unique. The work is personal, challenging and fun for any level of actor.
Fran is completely in tune with what's going on for the actor and where he thinks the "learning" can take place. His use of his class time is extremely personal and he devotes his time and honest energy to you completely.
Shortly after I began taking Fran's classes, I started booking or getting callbacks on pretty much all of my auditions
If you want to get coddled and have your ego inflated - because you paid tuition - then this is NOT the studio for you. Fran Montano is direct, challenging and pushes you to be your best self. If your goal is to improve and expand your range as a performer, then come in and get ready to work with a real teacher, not a cheerleader.
Fran has a way of speaking to the heart through the head. He takes his time with the person we have become, challenging the actor we seek to be. This has been a priceless experience that happened much later than it should have!
Fran's classes are revealing of our most precious instruments: our bodies and the behaviors associated within our inner selves.
Fran is one of the most unique instructors working in Los Angeles. He possesses the experience, passion and emotional insight to coach an actor to their full potential. But Fran is more than just an acting coach. He provides key insight to the human condition that serves the actor not only as a professional, but as a person. He cares deeply for his students and their over-all condition, in addition to their work on-stage or in front of the camera. Fran's class will not only give you a better understanding of acting, but it will also give you a better life.
Fran Montano changed my life. I have worked in the entertainment industry for nearly 15 years, but it wasn't until I met Fran that I learned how to really connect. His insight and compassion taught me new ways to express myself and tell stories. I owe him for getting me out of the corner.
It was an amazing experience: a journey towards yourself. Fran was able to create an atmosphere where you felt comfortable with yourself and your feelings. You were comfortable with being "naked" in front of the audience. Fran focuses on everyone in the class and you have a feeling that he is only working with you. With this personal approach, you grow fast, you reveal yourself and you trust yourself, which is very important for an actor. At Fran's classes I've learned to be myself in any situation. I can speak to my feelings and live in the now – in the moment. The class allowed me to find who I am and what I can do with it. I was a student from Siberia.
My experience with Fran has been exceptional! He is an outstanding teacher dedicated to helping his actors find a way to tap into their full potential. He is committed to helping you get out of your head, out of your way and telling the truth in the moment. The techniques and exercises he prepares for class are always meaningful, useful and positive. He is one of the few teachers that I am aware of that films his students' performances in class to further help us improve our performances. That in itself is such a great tool that allows us to continue to better ourselves as actors. I would highly recommend Fran Montano to any actor that is seeking an outstanding learning experience.
As a dedicated student of scene study for 3 or 4 years, I was still not booking as often as I knew I should. I tried a different approach with Fran's version of the Meisner Technique and I learned to stop "acting" and just live truthfully, moment-to-moment within a scene. I soon booked a lead on a television series.
Fran finds what's in an actor's way and breaks through it. A must for any serious actor.
"We are in the business of transforming actors' lives, one at a time. This involves each actor getting individualized coaching, where we work to break through their specific issues, by taking them "through" their blocks to the next level. That is why we keep our classes small and focus oneach actor's individuality, talent, and uniqueness. Here, they discover what makes them different than the rest, hence their "Vein of Gold". Weare proud that this is what makes the Actors Workout Studio different and more distinct than many schools around town."
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Ashley and her husband are such an inspiring couple. Their love for each other is palpable and touching. It was such an honor to have met her, and to be a part of the most important day of her life. Congratulations on one year of happy marriage, Ashley. We know there will be many more years to come!
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While any hearing loss diagnosis can be challenging, working with the audiologists and physicians at Virginia ENT will make finding a viable solution easy and effective
Because there are different types of hearing loss, hearing aids might not always be the best solution. That's why a full diagnostic hearing evaluation is critical in identifying and properly diagnosing your specific condition. In the event that your hearing loss requires hearing aids, one of our audiologists can assist you in finding the right device for your specific needs.
What is a Hearing Aid?
A hearing aid is a computer chip that processes sound to make it louder. In the past, hearing aids functioned linearly, meaning they amplified all sounds equally. Thanks to the widespread use of digital sound processing, today's hearing aids can be fine tuned across the entire frequency range. Therefore the hearing aids can be programmed to correct the specific deficit in each ear. Audiologists then have the ability to match patients with the correct type of hearing aids considering their lifestyle, hearing loss, and price point.
There is a range of how sophisticated the different kinds of hearing aids are. Some are more adaptive (i.e. they adjust themselves for you based on the sound environment) and others are more manual (i.e. are more basic and give you more control over what sounds are louder than others). The audiologists of Virginia ENT are best able to determine the right option based on each individual patient's needs.
Finding The Right Hearing Aid
At Virginia ENT, helping our patients find solutions to their hearing problems is a big part of what we do. And because getting a hearing aid is a very individualized process, the service and support you receive will help make the transition much easier.
Hearing aids at their core are pieces of equipment that help you hear better but we focus on the evaluation process and ensuring you feel comfortable while wearing them. Our goal is to connect with each patient and foster a relationship so we can have an open dialog about expectations and options while being part of the planning process for what to do moving forward.
We begin with an evaluation of your hearing, which includes a full diagnostic evaluation where each ear is tested independently. Beyond just your hearing, we asses your middle ear and your auditory system as a whole to determine if there's anything else that may be contributing to your hearing loss. You will meet with an audiologist, a professional who is trained to be able to identify your hearing issues and discuss your hearing problems, lifestyle, goals, and what a tailored fitting for hearing aids will include.
Beyond The Hearing Aid Fitting
Since Virginia ENT is a medical practice, getting fitted for hearing aids is one piece of an all-encompassing service. Our interactions with you don't end when you have the equipment and walk out of the door. That's just the beginning.
Our audiologists understand all of the complex feelings and questions that you may have associated with hearing loss. We also understand that everyone's experience will be unique: No two people will be affected in the same way, face the same challenges, or will have to make the same decisions on how to manage their hearing loss.
We want to not only fit you with the right hearing aids but also educate you on the different hearing aid options prior to choosing and ensure long-term success with your selection.


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- Quality fitness and aerobics accessories at wholesale prices
- We also custom-equip gyms to clients' specifications.
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I teach all of the high school English/Language Arts classes & college composition. I am also in charge of the district website.
HS- St. John High School; St. John, KS: 1994
BA in Elementary Education w/ 5-9 Math & Language Arts - Bethany College: 1997
Endorsement in 6-12 English/Language Arts: 2010
MS in Education & Library Media- Fort Hays State University: 2010
My husband Clint & I have four daughters: Cali, Hunter, Madie, & Reese. We live in Coldwater with our dog and cat. We keep busy following the girls in all activities, and our family especially enjoys sports, hunting, and being outdoors.
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Raised in McBride, British Columbia, Robin went to high school in Vernon. Happily achieving balance between work and home life, she loves living and working in Prince George. In her spare time, Robin enjoys camping, hiking and outdoor winter activities, and is looking to improve her golf game. Robin has been a Director of Prince George Crime Stoppers since April 2005.
Robin's area of practice is family law, which has allowed her to travel throughout the interior of British Columbia. Robin places great importance on working hard and helping people through difficult times.


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MineClone 2 is a survival sandbox game. Survive, gather, hunt, build, explore, and do much more.
This goal of this project is to create a free clone of Minecraft.
- Download version 0.55.1 (for Minetest 5.0.0) (ca. 24 MiB)
- Download version 0.48.1 (for Minetest 0.4.16 and 0.4.17) (ca. 24 MiB)
- Download version 0.21.0 (for Minetest 0.4.15) (ca. 21 MiB)
- More information in the README file
- Overall license: LGPLv2.1
- Mod/data licenses: (to be written, but everything is compatible with free software)
- Join the official IRC chatroom: ircs://irc.freenode.net:6697/#mineclone2 (Webchat)
- MineClone2-enabled mods
- Texture packs: REFI, Unofficial Official Textures, MTG4MCL2
Development infos:
- Status: ALPHA VERSION!. It's fully playable, but many features are missing and there are lots of bugs
- Git repository: https://git.minetest.land/Wuzzy/MineClone2.git
- Report bugs here: https://git.minetest.land/Wuzzy/MineClone2/issues
More screenshots: MineClone 2 Gallery
Current core gameplay of MineClone 2:
- Open-ended gameplay without goals
- Survive: Gather resources in the day, survive hunger and hordes of monsters in the dark
- Mine for ores and other treasures.
- Build what you want, one block at a time. There are hundreds of decorative blocks and objects
- Craft better tools, items or blocks to progress
- Explore the various biomes of the Overworld, or build a portal to the Nether
- Farming: Till the ground and grow your own crops
- Animals: Many different animals roam the world and interact with it. Feed, breed or slaughter them (you monster!)
- Build a railway system and have fun with minecarts
- Build complex machines and automate some processes with redstone circuits
- In Creative Mode you can build almost anything without limits
Bonus features
MineClone 2 has the following major differences from Minecraft 1.12:
- Natively moddable thanks to Minetest's powerful Lua API
- Built-in Help with entries about all the items
- Height limit increased to ca. +30900
- More stairs, slabs and fences
- River water (in valleys mapgen only)
- Main goal: To create a fun sandbox game which happens to be very similar to Minecraft
- The reference point is Minecraft, PC Edition, version 1.11 (features from later versions are optional but not taboo)
- Gameplay will be attempted to be cloned as close as is reasonably possible with Minetest
- Minor gameplay changes (such as new blocks) are allowed, but nothing which completely turns the game on its head
- Fully moddable
- Imitating the GUI, look and feel is a side goal, but I may take great liberties here
- Perfect clone
- Cloning the mapgen precisely
- Those weird end-credits
- Compability with Minecraft
- Perfect representation of Minecraft's server commands
- Cloning obscure non-gameplay features (e.g. text-to-speech)
- Cloning arbitrary technical restrictions
More information (and a "getting started guide") in the README file.
Thanks for the absolutely insane people who spend days after days in writing pages for the Minecraft Wiki with absurd attention to detail. I can basically use the wiki as my software requirements. ;-) I am thankful, but I still call you insane because you probably could save a lot of work by using some form of automation, but it seems most of the wiki is hand-written (just like Minetest Community Wiki).
It breaks my heart to see the entire wiki is under CC BY-SA-NC. Are community contributers aware that they basically surrender their copyright to Mojang AB when they post anything here?
TODO: Name all mod authors and put links into this list.
Mods (oh gosh, this list is outdated, I get tired of updating this list every release. Sorry …):
- mcl_autogroup
- mcl_init
- mcl_sounds
- beds
- mcl_books
- bucket
- mcl_commands
- mcl_craftguide
- craftingpack
- mcl_core
- doors
- drippingwater
- mcl_dye
- mcl_farming
- mcl_fire
- mcl_fishing
- mcl_flowers
- gemalde
- mcl_colorblocks
- hbarmor
- hbhunger
- mcl_heads
- hudbars
- mcl_item_entity
- itemframes
- mcl_boats
- mcl_cake
- mcl_clock
- mcl_cocoas
- mcl_compass
- mcl_death
- mcl_end
- mcl_ender_pearl
- mcl_fences
- mcl_flowers
- mcl_flowerpots
- mcl_hoppers
- mcl_jukebox
- mcl_minecarts
- mcl_mobitems
- mcl_nether
- mcl_player
- mcl_potions
- mcl_throwing
- mcl_temp_helper_recipes
- mcstair
- minetest-3d_armor (modpack)
- mobs (Mobs Redo)
- mobs_mc
- playerplus
- random_struct
- mcl_mapgen_core
- redstone (modpack, fork of Mesecons)
- signs
- mcl_sprint
- stairs
- mcl_tnt
- mcl_torches
- walkover
- mcl_walls
- mcl_wool
- xpanes
- weather_pack
- lightning
- flowlib
- mcl_ocean
- mcl_maps
Don't trust the mod names! Many mods (but not all) have been modified beyond recognition from the original, compability is NOT guaranteed.
Mods starting with "mcl_" are mods specifically made/modified for MineClone 2.
Textures: Based on Pixel Perfection by XSSheep and contributors. See [url=https://git.minetest.land/Wuzzy/MineClone2]README.md for details.
Glazed terracotta textures from Faithful Vanilla by Vattic, xMrVizzy and many others. The glazed terracotta textures are subject to replacement.
Sounds from Minetest Game (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Music from Big Freaking Dig (GPLv3)
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ABC Cubes: Teddy's Playground (Windows)
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DescriptionABC Cubes: Teddy's Playground is a toys-come-alive themed puzzle game featuring "Same Game" mechanics.
You play as teddy bear Teddy, and your objective is to clean up every room in your owners' house, since they're coming back from vacation and you've been playing a lot and having made everything a mess.
Two game modes exist:
In Adventure Mode you must clear all cubes in the play area. Do this by clicking on two or more adjacent like-lettered cubes and plan your moves so that like-cubes stack near each other. If you can't clear all cubes and have no more moves left, restart and try again. If you clear the play area, you're scored depending on how many moves you made, the time you spent playing and the number of combos you performed. And of course, it's on to the next level. There are also solid plain cubes which cannot be matched and the only way to clear them is to take care of all the cubes beneath and have them touch the bottom of the play area. Power-ups that can help you clear cubes faster exist as well, and each level of the game presents a different kind of power-up, through the introduction of several friends of Teddy's who decide to help out.
In Arcade mode, you also get to use all of the power-ups available in Adventure mode. However, gameplay now employs classic match-3 mechanics, making you swap cubes to clear them from the play area. The objective here is to make your computer opponent fall flat on the floor, releasing its balloons one after the other. You release an opponent's balloon each time the combo meter fills up. Conversely, a timer goes down at the same time, releasing your balloons throughout, and causing your downfall too if you're not fast enough.
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AllAboutVision.com was launched in January 2000 to provide consumers a comprehensive, up-to-date resource about all aspects of eye health and vision correction. In 2016, the site was purchased by Essilor, a large manufacturer of optical products. My goal in the redesign was to make AllAboutVision.com (AAV) fully responsive, clean up the navigation, redesign the logo, and incorporate Essilor's business model by using different methods of driving users to its products.
Logo Redesign
Not only was the original logo aesthetically tired, but the design was not compatible with the new direction of the website. Redesigning the logo was crucial to give the site a fresh, inviting feel. I decided to keep the stacked type and update it with a more mordern typeface. In doing so, I was able to give the logo a fresh look but still preserve some of the flavor of the original logo to maintain its connection with existing users.
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Site Redesign
The site also needed to be redesigned to make it fully responsive across all viewing platforms. Having a mobile-friendly website is a critical part of AAV's online presence. Over 60% of AAV's traffic is on mobile.
The architecture of the site had a deep hierarchy, and a major issue was that the navigation did not allow users to easily and intuitively locate deeper content. By doing a card sort we were able to simplify the navigation into more concise categories which was then implemented using mega menus.
With the help of revamped landing pages, it was easier to guide users to the information they sought and also educate them about Essilor's products.
User Engagement
Since AllAboutVision.com provides unbiased information about eye care and eyewear, we couldn't risk the site's credibility by plastering the site with Essilor's banners. We also couldn't risk losing other advertisers.
The solution was to create a "consumer journey" that would lead users to take action on the information they were presented. Simplifying the content and adding more white space made content pages much easier to scan. Much of the information previously provided was overwhelming and rarely consumed. By shortening the encyclopedia-like articles and lowering the cognitive load we are able to hold the user's attention for longer and thus guide them through the steps of evaluating and purchasing frames, lenses, sunglasses, etc. A contextual doctor/retailer locator was then placed in an optimal area of the article. Users could then search for doctors/retailers that sold Essilor's products. The conversion rate for this approach was far higher than banner ads. Also, doctors and retailers would pay a fee to be listed in the directory which created another revenue stream for the site.


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The Council of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) announced the winners of C$1.3 million of grants under the CEC's North American Partnership for Environmental Community Action (NAPECA) program. The intent is to support efforts at the grassroots level, focus on the theme of sustainable communities or urban initiatives, and produce tangible results for local communities. There were over 500 proposals submitted.
"Congratulations to all NAPECA grant recipients" said CEC Executive Director César Rafael Chávez. "These are vital grass-roots projects that reflect the commitment of Canada, Mexico and the United States to support proposals from small, nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations across North America that are working closely with communities to improve their local environment."
The Edmonton and Area Land Trust (EALT) is delighted to announce it was awarded $21,160 USD for their Protecting Pollinators through Community Collaboration project. In this project, EALT and community partners will raise awareness of the importance of pollinators, such as solitary bees, as well as why native plants and habitat conservation are so vital. The project will be carried out as a replicable pilot program, in Edmonton, and in surrounding communities.
"We are very pleased to receive this funding from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation", says EALT Chairman, Glen Thoman. "This affirms the Edmonton and Area Land Trust's position as a community oriented organization with broad reaching impacts, and highlights the urgent need for pollinator education and conservation in North America and around the world."
Find out more about the NAPECA program and details on how Protecting Pollinators through Community Collaboration will improve our shared environment here. An interactive map is available at this website so visitors will be able know what each of the rest of the grantees' projects is doing and where they're working.


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Charter Contact Number: Which Number to Call?
Because you are one of the many valued customers of Charter, part of the agreement, and as mandated by Consumer Protection Law, that you signed up for is access to quick and reliable charter help regarding your account. A subscriber, you have the responsibility to always keep the Charter contact number handy and easily accessible in case you need to report a service interruption in your area, or if you need clarifications about your charter billing. You will also need to contact the charter help number if there are new products or services you are interested in and to upgrade your existing subscription, or if you are moving to a new home and want to take your subscription along.
It can not be denied that there are times when trying to reach someone at the Charter contact number takes some waiting, but you can make the process of contacting Charter more convenient by knowing the right department to call about issues or requests. This could save you a lot of time if you are calling the Charter telephone number during peak hours, or in the middle of a widespread outage and many other subscribers are also calling. This page provides you with the best Charter phone number to contact for immediate help with their cable service issues. Instead of going through the automated system of the charter communication phone number and waiting to be routed to the right person, your wait time could be significantly shorter if you know how to directly reach different departments or if you have alternative Charter support numbers.
Charter Contact Numbers
The general Charter contact number for residential subscribers is 888 438 2427. Calling this number will allow you to reach the different support departments provided by Charter, so this is the number you want to have available all the time in case you need help with billing, or problems with your service. Click here to get your Charter Services concerns resolved quickly. On the other hand, if you are a new customer or just about to subscribe to Charter, the first number you need to call about Charter's services and availability in your location is 877 906 9121, the specific assistance line for new service.
For business or corporate accounts, Charter provides a dedicated technical and customer support number which is 800 314 7195. This department can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and they are trained specifically to handle the support needs of business customers. What residential subscribers call about can be quite different from those of business subscribers, so the right procedures are necessary to address them.
It would also be helpful to know what the alternative Charter phone numbers are especially if the main support numbers are busy or congested. For instance, an alternative phone number for their customer service department is 800 581 0081. Another direct customer assistance number for Charter is 866 472 2200. You can directly get in touch with a representative through these numbers, so they can help with your queries or concerns.
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ESET appoints new Middle East GM
Pradeesh VS to take charge of regional growth
Cyber security firm ESET today announced it has appointed Pradeesh VS as its new general manager for the Middle East.
Pradeesh, who has over nine years' experience in the Middle East IT industry, will be tasked with growing ESET's share of the enterprise security solutions space and leading the company's regional expansion, both through new recruitments, and the enhancement of its channel community.
Pradeesh replaces Aji Joseph who had been serving as consultant to ESET for transitional purposes.
"Aji's support and personal commitment to the ESET family has ensured that we have remained on track with our ambitious business strategies in the region," said Neo Neophytou, managing director, ESET Middle East.
"Having worked as a sales manager at ESET for almost five years, Pradeesh is perfectly suited to the responsibilities of this vital role. He is extremely dynamic and with his extensive understanding of our business, he will drive new channel relationships and identify new and exciting areas wherein ESET's market-leading solutions can be deployed."
ESET is currently on an expansion drive in the Middle East, which the company said will involve recruitment and the opening of a new regional headquarters in Dubai.
Prior to his appointment as general manager, Pradeesh held the position of regional sales manager, NetGenie, Middle East at Cyberoam.
"This is an exciting time for ESET as IT security is now a key concern for business in the Middle East," said Pradeesh.
"I am honored to be at the forefront of this global security leader's operations in the region and look forward to taking its business to new heights."


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Welcome to Miss Chloe Lukasiak, the official website for 14-year-old dancer and actress, Chloe Lukasiak. We are here to bring you the latest news, updates, photos and more on this extraordinary girl. We hope you enjoy exploring the site and please contact us if you have any questions, comments or concerns.
What Chloe Lukasiak was Obsessed with this Fall (12/3/15): .....
Inside Dance Magaazine (11/23/15): Chloe is the cover star of the November/December i.....
Chloe will be on The Doctors this Wednesday, October 15th. Click here for your local listings.
Last night, Chloe attended Knott's Scary Farm's black carpet event! Chloe posed on the black carpet with her boyfriend Ricky Garcia and some creepy friends as well. I've added a few HQ photos to the gallery, and will add more as they appear! This is Chloe's first appearance post-surgery, and we are SO proud of her! We love you Chloe!!
Hey everyone. We apologize for the lack of updates. Let's get all caught up, shall we?
Last week Chloe had the chance to attend Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards! Chloe had the chance to walk the red carpet, pose for pictures, and do a few interviews. She then got to watch the show as well! We think she looked GORGEOUS. Also, Chloe uploaded a video to her YouTube channel of her getting ready for the show. Check everything out below!!


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Here is the album's front cover, side profile, and thickness:
Here is the first page: It's me as a baby! With my name and birth date, there is also journaling in the small book.
Here is the next page: It's me, my mother and father and grandmother…miss her so much!
They are original photos from 1969....The opposite page is a waterfall card….it has photos and journaling too!
The next page is my father and I…we were so close when I was a little girl. He was a key strength in life….miss him too!
The next page I made an envelope using my cricut…I added velcro for the closure and I card with all my children's photos in it too. I made another mini book that has journaling and photo of my dh and I inside.
Here is it open for a sneak peek.
The last page, I haven't put any photos in it yet….also need to add ribbon to the tags..
Otherwise it's done!
Here is the view of the back.
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Feinstein freezes out north state in water bill talks
Sen. Dianne Feinstein and House Republicans have been secretly negotiating drought relief legislation that could severely alter California water policy. She should know better.
Any legislation on the topic of water would have far-reaching implications, and ought to receive a full public airing before a congressional vote.
California's senior senator is negotiating with Central Valley representatives and agencies that rely on water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, and is shutting out House members who represent the Delta and Northern California.
The fear among environmentalists and Northern California congressional members, including Feinstein's fellow Democrats, is that the legislation would override environmental protections so more water could be pumped south to Central Valley farmers and Southern California residents.
They worry that a bill could be pushed through Congress without committee hearings, possibly this week or the week after Thanksgiving. That is no way to make policy, especially when the varied interests of Californians are at stake.
Michael Doyle of the McClatchy Washington Bureau and Mark Grossi of The Fresno Bee reported that only a few congressmen and staff members have seen the documents stamped "confidential draft language, do not distribute." California's Republican House members received a briefing last week.
Feinstein issued a statement through her press secretary saying that "the plan has always been to seek broad input."
"We expect to have draft legislation ready for public comment soon, at which time public input will be sought," she said.
That sort of top-down manner of legislating might work on national security matters, but will make it difficult for Feinstein to generate trust from the individuals who are not at the table but have a legitimate stake in California's water future.
Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, said in an interview that the opaque process is "wrong. It's not the way to do this." He cited concerns that the legislation could damage the Delta and the fishing industry, and water down the Endangered Species Act.
While Garamendi and other Northern California congressional members are frozen out of the talks, Tom Birmingham, the general manager of Westlands Water District, which depends on water pumped from Northern California, has a seat at the negotiating table.
Westlands clearly has an interest in any legislation. Westlands farmers received no Delta water allocations this year. But Northern Californians have an interest as well, including environmentalists and members of the fishing industry.
There is a fundamental imbalance if interest groups and Republicans have a seat at the table but the congressional member who represents the Delta is left out.
If Sen. Feinstein won't embrace an open debate on such critical issues, Sen. Barbara Boxer, who will remain chairwoman of the Environment and Public Works Committee through the lame duck session, ought to stand up and object.


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History shows that the biggest risk is not being in the market when it drops, but being out when it rises which can often be referred to as a risky investor behavior especially when such an investor has no clear cut investment strategy. Investing for retirement usually means placing at least a portion of your money in the stock market. The reason is that, over long periods of time, it is highly probable that the returns from stocks will exceed the returns from most other asset classes, such as bonds and money market funds. In addition, stocks provide a hedge against the erosion of principal caused by influence and taxes.
Bear Market
The extra gain expected from stocks is not without extra risk. There have been several periods when the market fell 20% or more in a short time and other periods when stocks is not outperform bonds or money market funds for a long time. When a deep bear market rolls around, it is often a brutal test of an investor's nerves. Bear markets can be painful emotionally and financially.
Individual investors have no control over the direction of the market. The only decision is to be in or out. When you are in and the stocks fall, you lose money. When you are out and stock rally, you miss an opportunity. But losing money is only one of the issues. Bear markets can cause anxiety, frustration, sleepless night, a feeling of hopelessness, and all kinds of uncomfortable side effects.
Due to all the bad stuff a bear market can cause, wouldn't it be wise to find a market expert who will magically get you out of bad markets and into good ones? That is a nice dream, but it is not reality. Market timing does not work. No one can predict the direction of the stock market with enough accuracy to make any money – and if they could, why should they sell their alchemy services to you?
Instead of trying to predict bear markets, investors should simply be prepared for them. Successful investing hinges on the development of a diversified portfolio using an appropriate mix of low cost mutual funds. This portfolio should include U.S. stock funds foreign stock funds, bond funds, and real estate funds. A diversified portfolio significantly reduces the impact of a bear market on your portfolio, saving you money and makings you feel better as well. This chapter provides a brief overview of diversification techniques.
Bear markets should only be a minor nuisance in your life and should have no effect on your retirement savings plan or your ability to sleep at night. They occur as a normal part of the economic cycle in every free-market economy and are a natural part of economic growth. If you live to be in your 80s or order, there is a good chance you will be involved in at least two lengthy bear markets during your life and many more short-term market corrections.
Bear Markets Occur More Often Than We Think
When the stock market falls a lot, the mass media tends to talk about the decline like it is the end of the capitalistic system in America. Nearly every newspaper in the country prints a picture of some humbled trader on the floor of the stock exchange, hands holding his head, in complete, utter shock. The caption below the picture reads "Sell, Sell, Sell!" or "Market Breaks Support" or "Panic on Wall Street".
(I think it is funny to note that most newspaper editors cannot tell the difference between a trade on the floor of the stock exchange and a trader in that commodity pits in Chicago. When they pick a file photo of a "depressed stock trader" for the newspaper, many times it is actually a picture of a commodities trader who has had a bad trading pork bellies.)
News about movement in the market is so editorialized that, depending on which news show you watch or which newspaper you read, the reasons given for the market decline could be vastly different. A Los Angels newspaper may report the market is down due to higher interest rates while a Chicago paper reports the market is down due to profit taking and Boston paper reports the market is down due to poor earnings. Who is right? Who is wrong? Who knows?
The fact is that the market is down because there were more sellers than buyers, at least on that day. One day in July 2001, the wall street journal actually reported, "with many traders on vacation, the market barely budged. " it is amazing what passes for news.
A market decline of 10% to 20% is known as a correction. Since Wall Street is paid to be bullish on stocks, the word "correction" is a nice replacement for the words "lost money". When Wall Street firms say the market is "in a correction", it is supposed to make you feel better about losing money because it implies the market is setting up for bigger gains in the future. Correction occur on average every two years and generally coincide with some potentially harmful economic or global event, like Russia defaulting on its debts in 1998.
A bear market is a correction of 20% or more. It is widely believed that bear markets coincide with economic recessions. This means lower sales at retail stores and higher unemployment. And sometimes it does not. It did not in 1987, but it did in 2000. Economic data is always behind actual economic conditions, so we never know if the market is telling the truth. A standing joke on wall street is that the stock market forecast eight out of the last three recessions.
The following tables provide some interesting stock market data on negative years, market corrections, and bear markets in the U.S. the lesson to learn from this data is that bad market conditions occur more frequently than we think.


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I love that I can share my love of Harry Potter with my mom, but she's never read the books, and sometimes, she gets things so, so wrong. Like the other day, when she said that Luna Lovegood should be a Hufflepuff. I'm sorry, mom, but no; the sorting hat was definitely right about Luna, although I can see how someone who has only seen the movies might think otherwise. So today, I'm going to talk about Luna and why I'm convinced she really is a Ravenclaw.
First of all, Rowena Ravenclaw has been described as "wise", valued "wit and learning", and preferred students with "a ready mind". I'll admit that doesn't sound much like Luna at first glance. She's eccentric, weird, and prone to believing all sorts of nonsensical things. But what most defines Luna is her wide-open mind and unstoppable hunger to know things.
She believes all kinds of nonsense, but she's often right when everyone else is wrong. She's one of the few who believes Harry when he says that Voldemort has returned, and she also believes that Sirius Black is innocent, although she's under the impression that he's secretly musical sensation Stubby Boardman. She's right not to believe the lies the Daily Prophet prints, and her father's magazine, while wrong about the existence of nargles and crumple-horned snorkacks, provides a voice of truth in contrast to the Prophet's polished lies. In the final book, her father introduces Harry, Ron, and Hermione to the Deathly Hallows, which Luna presumably also believes in. The Deathly Hallows prove critical to the plot and enable Harry to defeat Voldemort. And, finally, she is the only one who realizes Helena Ravenclaw's ghost might be able to help them find the lost diadem. If no one alive has seen it, they need to talk to someone who is dead, but although there are ghosts at Hogwarts, it still takes a creative mind to come to that conclusion.
You might say that a stopped clock is right twice a day. But I would also say that it's through exploring every possibility that one finds the right answer. In the creative process, that's called brainstorming. In the world of Harry Potter, it's called reading The Quibbler.
Luna wants to know everything. She's not a stereotypical nerd, but she's curious about everything from magical creatures to divination to her father's conspiracy theories, and she seems to soak in new knowledge (or misinformation) like a sponge. She has a sharp mind in the sense that – at least in the books – she is not just the weird girl who believes in nargles for no reason. She seems to thoroughly understand the creatures and ideas she believes in. She's wrong, for example, about the rotfang conspiracy, which claims that the aurors are planning to take over the Ministry of Magic using dark magic and … gum disease? But she understands the theory well enough to talk about it endlessly at Slughorn's Christmas party, and she's definitely right that there's corruption in the Ministry.
She's also smart enough to know when she's being lied to. I think the only reason she believes all that nonsense is because her father and the other people who write for The Quibbler honestly believe it; the moment the Ministry starts spreading its propaganda, she figures it out and cheerfully ignores it.
Another thing I want to mention is that – while we don't see her in class, since she's a year younger than Harry – she seems concerned with the quality of her education. Along with joining Dumbledore's Army, which started out as a way of learning what Umbridge refused to teach them, she is also the one of the few positive characters to ever criticize Hagrid. She claims he "isn't a very good teacher", while the main trio also realize this but stand by him resolutely because he's their friend. Being more interested in whether a teacher teaches well than whether he's likable seems like a Ravenclaw sort of attitude, and one that, to be perfectly honest, I can see myself taking if I were in Hagrid's class.
After leaving Hogwarts, Luna goes on to become a magizoologist. In order to have a real career in that field, she would presumably have to come to terms with the fact that most of her fantasy creatures just don't exist (although I like to think she eventually discovers one or two of them, because like I said before, she is wrong so often that people don't notice how often she's also right).
Basically, what I'm trying to say is that Luna's whole world is made up of thoughts and ideas, some of them right some of them laughably mistaken. And while she does process things a little differently, she's much more intelligent and perceptive than other people give her credit for. Ravenclaws don't have to be studious and logical; in fact, according to Pottermore, many are individual and even eccentric, although Luna takes that to an extreme. What defines Ravenclaw most, I think, is their love of knowledge and sharp minds, and while that looks different in Luna than in someone like Hermione, it's still very much there.


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Structural Steel Through Shot Blasting Machine - Chinaprice: 32800.00 Dollar US$
Structural steel shot blasting/cleaning machine is mainly applied to the structural material, H steel, profiled steel, T steel, U steel, welded steel structure, cylindrical pipes and automotive parts, motorcycle parts, etc., and it's commonly used for the large parts surface removal of sand, rust, oxide and various residue, hardening and finishing the workpiece surface.
It will impose strong blasting on original steel and castings surface, remove its rust layer, welding slag and scale, and thus obtain uniform metallic luster, in order to improve the quality of painting and anti-corrosion of steel. At anti-corrosion treatment works, Surface cleaning requirements of rolled steel product (steel sheet, rolled sections, steel pipe and a simple steel structure)are strict, there will be no rust and dirt. Mechanical descaling by shot blasting machine, has been recognized in production and has been widely used. Device combination system makes the cleaning process reliable, economical and ensures workpiece cleanliness requirements. Shot blasting machine system has high degree of automation, with a user-specified loading and unloading unit, fully automatic controlled by PLC. The entire system can be used as a standalone device or integrated into the entire production line of rust removal, anti-corrosion and heat treatment.
Item Unit QT10 QT12 QT15 QT20 QT30 QT40
Cleaning Width mm 1000 1200 1500 2000 3000 4000
Room Inlet Size mm 1000*
400 1200*
400 1500*
400 2000*
400 3000*
800 4000*
Workpiece Length mm 1200~
12000 1200~
12000 1200~
12000 1200~
12000 2400~
12000 4500~
Roller Conveying Speed m/min 0.5~4 0.5~4 0.5~4 0.5~4 0.5~4 2~8
Steel Plate Thickness mm 3~60 4~60 4~60 4~60 4~110 4.5~100
Profile Steel Specification -- -- [≤20<
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Shot Blast Volume kg/min 4*250 4*250 4*250 6*250 6*480 8*480
First Load Volume kg 4000 4000 4000 4500 8000 11000
Paintbrush (Scraper)
Height Adjustment mm nil 200 350 450 850 900
Ventilation Volume m3/h 12000 17560 19000 19550 28050 38000
Total Power
(free of dust removal) kw 78 80 115 160 260 360
This equipment design is reasonable and give full consideration of the large steel processing capacity requirements. Using more than one high power blasting impeller to make sure the cleaning effect, and symmetrically placed them on the machine, so as to exclude negative factors of "the away side of separator storage cage from the hoist has less projectiles ", to complementary shot effect, resulting in uniform cleaning effect .
The entire workpiece conveyor system speed can be controlled by changing frequency converter, which can make sure the synchronous operation while each unit operate independently. Shot blasting room roller is equipped with special wear-resistant material shields to prevent projectiles hit outside, and the feeding and sending roller has quick conveying and conveying backward functions.
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For Day 5 the November Notes song is "UnBreakable Smile" by Tori Kelly. I'm combining the prompt with Sarah of MindLoveMisery's Menagerie Saturday Mix Prompt on using words that are opposing forces. The opposing words this week are "broad and narrow" and "funny and serious." Alouette poems have a meter of 5, 5, 7, 5, 5,7, and the rhyme scheme matches accordingly with an a, a, b, c , c , b pattern.
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"UnBreakable Smile" by Tori Kelly
Happiness it lives,
My hope still revives.
You'll never be the person —
Breaking me; I'm fine,
I am not defined —
By you; life has just begun.
You'll never break me,
I'm full of thoughts pleased,
My UnBreakable —
Smile's never shaken.
I've broad happiness, it's free.
You'll never narrow —
My hardy marrow.
I've great peacefulness,
You'll not be hurting —
Me; I'm free to be,
Even in pain, I've gladness.
My smile is one that —
Won't ever flatten.
Possibility gives hope,
No funny stuff I've —
Ignored your decline,
No more mind games, you're a joke.
Take this serious,
I'm delirious —
Beaming my UnBreakable —
Smile; one from my heart.
It won't soon depart,
I'm my best, unshakeable.
Happiness is —
A life without his,
Words that hurt, I'm shatterproof;
I've strength blooming fast —
I'm a real class act;
Healing from your aloofness.
UnBreakable me,
Unshakeable me.
Your gone so my smile's brilliant,
The shadows are long —
Past; life's long moved on,
Now I'm stronger resilient.
I'm blessed to be me,
Having learnt to slowly,
Stand up for yourself don't let —
No one control you,
Ask God to love you.
True love is without regrets.
©Mandibelle16. (2017) All Rights Reserved .


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If you made it to this years Garlic Festival in Perth you might have caught owner and found of Mrs. McGarrigle's Miss Janet Campbell cooking up a garlic inspired menu!
With so much great feed back, we wanted to share the recipes with you!
Here's what Janet had to say!
I had fun last weekend doing a cooking demo at the Perth Garlic Festival. I had recently harvested my garlic at home so had lots of fresh tasty garlic to play with! And mustard (of course!)
Fennel, Celery & Apple Slaw w Mustard Vinaigrette
-2 heads fennel, very thinly sliced
-4 stalks celery, thinly sliced
-2 apples, thinly sliced
-2tbsp finely chopped fresh dill or parsley
-3 tbsp lemon infused olive oil
-Sea salt, pepper
Finely slice all ingredients and combine.
Classic Wholegrain Mustard Vinaigrette
-2 tbsp McGarrigle's Classic Wholegrain Mustard
-3 tbsp white wine vinegar or fresh lemon juice
-2 tbsp fresh chopped mint and/or parsley
-1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
Combine mustard and vinegar or lemon juice. Whisk in olive oil then add fresh herbs. Dress slaw with vinaigrette.
Marinated Flank Steak
-2 lbs flank steak
-2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
-2 tsp Joe Beef rub
-2 tbsp McGarrigles Red Wine & Garlic Mustard
-1/3 cup soya sauce
-1/4 cup honey
-3 tbsp red wine vinegar
-1/3 cup olive oil
Combine all ingredients and marinate overnight. Heat bbq to high and sear steaks 3-4 minutes per side. Turn off bbq and leave steaks 4-5 minutes longer. Remove to a plate and let rest 10 minutes, then cut diagonally across the grain and serve over fennel slaw.
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Typhoon Utor Reorganizes, Aims for China Next
After pummeling the Philippines, Typhoon Utor is swirling over warm waters that will probably help sustain it as it tracks toward an expected landfall in southeast China.
The storm is blamed for at least two deaths on the northern Philippine island of Luzon, and 44 fishermen are reported missing. Eighty percent of the infrastructure in the town of Casiguran near where the typhoon came ashore is reported to be destroyed.
Utor weakened as it passed over mountainous terrain on Luzon. But as the animation of satellite images above suggests, the storm seems to be reorganizing after emerging over the South China Sea. It may strengthen first and then weaken again before making its second landfall, this time as a Category 2 storm south of Hong Kong:
This region has already been hit in recent weeks by two previous typhoons, Mangkhut and Jebi, which brought over a foot of rain from southern China to Vietnam. Typhoon Utor could add insult to injury, with the potential for severe flooding.


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The New Year brings gyms and workout classes filled to the brim with people who have set a new year's resolution to get in shape. As a workout fiend myself, I love going to workout classes that are fun, but also tough and little painful. The fun keeps me engaged, but it's the discomfort in the process that makes me stronger.
When debriefing a recent strategic planning project with our client, the CEO joked that the strategic planning process had been "mostly fun, and a little painful." Our consulting team had brought up some tough questions that were uncomfortable for the organization's leadership to confront, but ultimately important to figure out as the organization looks to the future. And the leadership's efforts to think through those challenges will make the organization stronger.
The parallelism struck me. The point of strategic planning is to make an organization stronger in the long-term. It's fun to think about the future, especially the opportunities. But, it can also be uncomfortable to face challenges and threats to the current way of doing business. For me, it's fun to be active, but I'm not getting stronger if I'm not challenging myself. As workout instructors are always encouraging their classes, it's the tough moments when we most want to quit that we are making the most progress towards our goals. And, upon finishing a workout, I always feel accomplished and glad I did work through the hardest parts. Our work can be like that of the instructors, and my hope is that every organization feels that sense of accomplishment and progress through strategic planning.