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text: Become a Rock Hound during this four session course that will introduce you to the energies of crystals and how they can enrich your life! Week 1: choosing and programming crystals Week 2: pendulums and crystal affirmations Week 3: crystals and gridding Week 4: chakras, crystals and balance $ 125 including supplies Please check calendar for dates and availability. Classes are kept small for individualized attention.

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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about Disability Etiquette and other Special-Ed topics.
Don't pat someone with a disability on the head. They are people and not a pet. Treat them with respect and dignity.
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We spotted these bags over at the super rad and eccentric site Highsobette. Leave it to them to feature all the cool stuff.
In addition to the Hermès Kelly wicker/picnic bag (last picture), we are loving the edible versions of the same iconic Kelly bag.
There are more interpretations, so go on over to Highsnobette here to see the rest of the collection. Enjoy.. xo


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Get Hip To ZIIBRA!
There is a wonderful new way for artists and patrons collaborate in making art happen and the whole thing is launching this week, right here out of my hometown, Seattle, WA. It's called ZIIBRA and you can learn more about it - as well as how to get involved - by clicking on the pic below. I'm excited to watch this wonderful arts community grow!


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Theme: The gospel reveals the righteousness of God...
4. In Election (9-11)
A) Of Ancient Israel (9:1 - 11:10)
Though she is God's chosen people, Israel has not yet been spiritually saved as a nation, because she seeks to establish her own righteous by keeping the Law, rather than subject herself to the righteousness of God through faith in Christ (1-3). The Law was designed to make men see their inability to meet God's standards, and need for a sin-bearing substitute (Christ) to die in their place (4).
Apart from the Law, God's righteousness comes through faith in Christ. When men hear the gospel, and believe He died for their sins and rose from the dead, they will call upon Jesus as God, to save them from their sin (5-13). Since God saves men by the faith which comes from "hearing...the [preached] word of Christ" (14-17), missionaries must evangelize the lost. By temporarily hardening Israel against the gospel (18-21; cf. 9:14-18; 11:7), and choosing to save Gentiles (who did not even seek after God's righteousness), God is provoking Israel to jealousy, and showing that His righteousness comes by grace, through faith, apart from human merit (18-21).


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When you're a senior, finals are different. They feel so, I don't know, final.
The timing for Cinquo de Mayo couldn't be worse. Here it is, a holiday where people celebrate with nachos and Corona but everyone is stuck in the library. Not me I think studying instead of nachos and Corona is like vacuuming during the Super Bowl.
For the classes I have with finals, I fill up an entire notebook. For the classes I have with papers, the notebook has a bunch of half-drawn pictures, notes from the one class we had before I realized there was no final, and the date crossed out and changed each time I didn't end up taking notes.
It's not that seniors have fewer finals than everyone else, it's just that we don't care. By now, most seniors have jobs or have been accepted to grad school. And if they haven't, they're still smart enough to know that ten points on a calc final isn't going to make or break them.
If you finish finals early, keep your mouth shut. You may think it's cool, but there is nothing that other people hate more than the guy who finishes all of his work first. Walk up to anyone and say, "I don't have any finals and I kicked your baby brother in his stupid fat head." "What? You don't have any finals?"
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When you're a senior, finals are different. They feel so, I don't know, final.


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Scriptures, both the Old Testament and the New Testament are dotted with admonition, request and command to pray for others. The kings and prophets prayed for their people, Jesus pleaded with his Father for his disciples, and the apostles prayed for the flock entrusted to their care. Praying for others is not only charity but it is a mission entrusted to all the baptised. Perhaps this Work of Charity can be the easiest act we can do during this Year of Mercy.
Moses said, "If now I have found favour in Your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go along in our midst, even though the people are so obstinate, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us as Your own possession." (Exodus 34:9)
In his letter to the Christians of Philippi St. Paul wrote, When I pray for you, I pray with joy. And he continued, "Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others." (Philippians 2:3-4)
"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you…" Matthew 5:44. St. John, the Beloved apostle of the Lord dedicates a whole chapter in his gospel to the Prayer of Jesus for his disciples. Jesus' preaching is accompanied by his prayer for the hearers.
In Jesus' message and Church's practice prayer supersedes all the activities. We are asked to resort to prayer not only in difficult situations, but all the time. When praying for others we not only do charity to others but we also do favour for our self. Our attitude towards others is changed for the better and we our self are blessed by the prayers we offer for others.
The following Prayer of Blessing that we pray and make on others in the Franciscan tradition explains it all.
May God bless you with a restless discomfort about easy answers, half-truths, and superficial relationships, so that you may seek truth boldly and love deep within your heart.
May God bless you with holy anger at injustice, oppression, and exploitation of people, so that you may tirelessly work for justice, freedom, and peace among all people.
May God bless you with the gift of tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation, or the loss of all that they cherish, so that you may reach out your hand to comfort them and transform their pain into joy.
May God bless you with enough foolishness to believe that you really can make a difference in this world, so that you are able, with God's grace, to do what others claim cannot be done.
Prayer and its result can be paradox. In praying for others we can only wish good things for them, lest they will not be heard. When we wish good things for others, God in his mercy gives us good things beyond measure. Indeed in praying for others we pray for ourselves! In desiring good things for others we offer ourselves not only good things to ourselves but bring down God's blessing on ourselves. Praying for others is the most practical way of bringing spirituality in action. When we pray for an individual we cannot wish bad for that person; knowingly and unknowingly we build spiritual rapport with that person and eventually we love the person.
Christ wants our prayer to go beyond selfish interests. When we begin our prayer, most often they are prayers of petition and intercession for the oneself praying. We ask, we ask and we ask God… for something or other. When we have failed to receive we get frustrated with our prayer and with God Himself. There is an inherent meaning in what Jesus said, "Where two or three are gathered in my name I am in their midst." Because when we pray as a community our prayers are not selfish; we go beyond ourselves and our personal needs. The fact that we have come together with others, it is already charity in action and when we begin our common prayer we are more likely pray for the interest of the community and others. Where charity reigns Christ reigns.
Basing on Jewish tradition we are also invited to pray for the dead. For the departed loved ones, the only thing we can meaningfully offer to them is prayer. Once again, this prayer we make for others also puts our life in right perspective. Prayer for the departed souls brings alive to our mind our imminent death, that we all need to face it.
While most of us would rather not admit it, there is one undeniable fact we all must face—sooner or later, we all will die. But until then we avoid not to think about it. But spiritual masters and Catholic practices of piety teaches that the thought of death and praying for good death will help us to live well. It will surely prepare us to meet our Creator better prepared. Perhaps, we have not been paying attention to this prayer when we pray the Hail Mary—"Pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death."
A thoughtful Christian spirituality helps us to understand death positively. We are invited to accept death with Christian resignation. Praying for the Dead is a cherished Christian tradition, especially in the Catholic Church. The only thing that we can do for the departed soul is to pray and recommend the soul to God's mercy. It is a way of preparing for our own death.
The following words of St. Paul explains best the charity we can do for others through our prayers for the living and the dead: "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone – for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness… We are exhorted to pray for others – including our country's leaders, our authorities at work and elsewhere, our church leaders, our co-workers, friends, and family. (1 Timothy 2:1-5)
(Article published in Munno Voice, newspaper in Uganda, February 2016)
Themes: Lent, Works of Mercy, Prayer)


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WINSTON-SALEM, NC – The Winston-Salem State Lady Rams indoor track & field team put on some strong showings in front of the home crowd at the Winston-Salem State Open at the JDL Fast Track, Sunday. The Lady Rams saw some great performances in all areas of the meet.
The WSSU efforts began in the field events when WSSU junior jumper Tajanel McNeil set the tone for the Lady Rams, winning the women's triple jump with a leap of 38'7.5" (11.7m). Sophomore Raven Covington also had a strong effort with a fifth place finish in the women's long jump with a 17'6.75" (5.35m) jump. Sophomore Raven Byrd also had a great effort in the women's high jump where she placed second with a 5'5.25" (1.61m) leap.
On the track, it was freshman Micalyne Zimmerman who paced the Lady Rams with a second place finish in the women's 1-Mile Run with a 5:42.75. Sophomore Danisha Wiggins was close behind with a 5:52.00 in the event to place fourth. Wiggins was also impressive in the women's 3,000m run where Wiggins placed fourth with an 11:43.62 while Zimmerman added a fifth place finish in the women's 800m run with a 2:23.70.
The Lady Rams relay teams were also impressive as the team's distance medley relay team placed second at the meet with a 12:58.73. The Lady Rams 4x400m relay team added a third place finish with a 4:01.80.
The Lady Rams will return to action next weekend when the team heads to Birmingham, Alabama to take part in the Emory Crossplex Invitational. For more information on Lady Rams Track & Field, contact the WSSU Office of Athletic Media Relations at (336) 750-2143 or log on to www.WSSURams.com.


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Filmograph Film Festivals are organized every year in Ahmedabad since 2011 by various civil society groups. Film being the powerful media chosen by Filmograph to portray some of the issues embroiled in theme based films.
Every year there are two major film festivals one is based on feature films while the second is based on documentary films. The main objective is to engage audience, the very people of city to interact, speak up and think over the burning issues that should disturb us, engage us to talk about and act upon in some way or the other way that we can do.
Filmograph is especially keen to engage youngsters to get involved in these festivals. Filmograph link audience with famous film personalities like actors, film directors and writers to discuss about the films, understand social issues covered in the film and special perceptions which are used for making such films. In all idea is also to bring diverse perceptions of audience on one stratum so proper sensitization can be occurred through debates.
In past three years there are 5 of such film festivals have been organized and over 3000 people have participated in these festivals. Main themes covered till now under Filmograph are communalism, migration, development and cast atrocities..
From 5th to 7th December Rangmandal is organizing Filmograph Fest. The other details are given below:
5th to 7th December
Pritamnagar Akhada,
opp. Sadhana School,
5th December 2014 - Friday - 4:30 pm to 9:30 pm
1. A talk by Anand Patwardhan
2. Uthan de Vela (A Time to Rise) : Film on immigrant workers' fight to unionize
3. Pita, Putra aur Dharmyuddh (Father, Son and Holy War) : Film on men, religion and violence
6th December 2014 - Saturday - 9:30 am to 9:00 pm
* (morning session) 9.30 am to 12.30 noon :
1. Jang Aur Aman (War and Peace) : Film on war-mongering, nuclear tests & jingoist nationalism
* (afternoon session ) 1.30 to 9 pm :
1. Ram Ke Naam (In the Name of God) : Film that exposes political communal agenda
2. Jai Bhim Comrade : Film on untouchability and Dalit movement & struggle for equality
3. Zameer Ke Bandi (Prisoners of Concience) : Film on traumatic political period - Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi
7th December 2014 - Sunday - 9:30 am to 5:00 pm
* (morning session) 9.30 am to 12.30 noon :
- Screening of 5 short films :
1. Ribbons for Peace,
2. We are Not Your Monkeys,
3. Occupation : Millworker,
4. mages You didn't See,
5. Children of Mandala
* (afternoon session ) 1.30 to 5 pm :
1. Hamara Shahar (Bombay our City) : Story of the daily battle for survival of the 4 million slum dwellers of Bombay
2. Kranti Ki Tarange (Waves of Revolution) : Emergency in 1974-75, Jayprakash Narain - JP's Bihar Kranti
3. Fishing in The Sea of Greed : Traditional fishing is under threat from industrial fishing
4. Narmada Diary : non-violent protests movement that has become symbol of a global struggle against unjust development.
5. Un Mitran di Yaad Pyari (in Memory of Friends) : The violence and terror in Punjab, India – a land torn apart by religious fundamentalists and a repressive government.
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11 Documentaries & 5 Short Films, in 3 days (5 sessions)...
Anand Patwardhan is one of the most distinguished and certaily the most controversial documentry filmmakers who has worked on a variety of subjects like corruption, city slums, the caste system, and on injustice faced by women for nearly three decades. Do not miss chance to interact with Very eminent & renowned documentary film maker Anand Patwardhan..... with screening of all his films....
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The Rock Academy is excited to welcome students from different countries to study at our college-preparatory school. We are proud of our diverse student body and desire to share the gospel of Jesus Christ to students from different areas of the world.
Our Program:
We are approved to issue I-20s for potential students to obtain an F1 visa. We currently accept international students from 3rd-12th grade and work with selected partner agencies for recruitment. Since we are an academic institution first and foremost, The Rock Academy relies on these specific agencies for homestay and guardian placement. Under very limited circumstances, we will allow students to apply without the assistance of an agency only if the student can prove that he/she will be living with an immediate family member for the entire duration of their study.
We do require a certain level of English proficiency that is determined from your provided Toefl test score and the subsequent Skype interview during the admission process.
Application Requirements:
In order to obtain an application, please contact Donna De La Torre for a list of our approved agencies that will assist during the admission process.
Needed for Admission:
- TOEFL Test Score: Score of 60 for incoming 9th – 10th graders; Score of 75 for incoming 11th – 12th graders
- Official Transcript in English
- Math Recommendation (a picture of current math book/work is recommended)
- International Student Questionnaire
- Affidavit of Support
- Passport Copy
- Bank Statement in English and must match Affidavit of Support
- Immunization Records (In English)
- $375 application fee
Needed Post-Admission:
- Skype Interview with Principal
Once a completed application has been received, Administration will determine whether the student is accepted.
2020 – 2021 International Tuition and Fees:
All tuition & fees must be paid in full prior to the first day of classes
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Grades K – 6
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Grades 7 – 8
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Control: The Story Of A Rude Escort
Tony was a man who lived a busy lifestyle and enjoyed renting out escorts so that he could relax in the company of a beautiful woman and enjoy his time when he was not working. On one occasion he decided to invest in an escort that would turn out to be a negative experience for him. He answered the door when the escort arrived and they had a drink together. She seemed perfectly nice but over time things became worse.
She was dressed in latex and wore a dress that was made out of black rubber from top to bottom. This included suspenders and stockings as well as a bra, gloves and knickers. She looked extremely sexual and he became aroused straight away, but he sensed that she had other plans in mind.
As they finished their drinks and began to get intimate, he realized that she was becoming ruder and more negative towards him, and she was beginning to develop a sense of role-play that he did not like. Her focus was on domination and she wanted to dominate him and control him. Things became even worse as she became more aggressive towards him and he ended up feeling like she was controlling him fully during the sexual act. He did not enjoy this and wanted to stop it, but felt strangely compelled at the same time.
As the experience continued she became more and more negative towards him and called him a male slut. He disliked her more and more as she continued. This was a strange experience for Tony, and was not one that he had ever had before. She kept pushing him with her insults until he could no longer contain himself. She gasped in surprise as he threw her over the back of the chair, her ass exposed in the air. He quickly slathered on lube, spread her ass cheeks and plunged into her ass as she screamed. He fucked her ass hard, all the while holding her wiggling body so she could not break free. After he came, she just laughed and asked, "Isn't angry sex fun?" Not really, he thought to himself.
He decided to be more careful in the future when choosing the escort that he wanted to spend his time with and when the session was over, he decided that he never wanted to meet this escort again.
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The Hope Center partners with community organizations
that serve individuals and families
in need on the Palouse.
Hope Center voucher grants are awarded in the form of $10.00 Hope Center Thrift Store vouchers. Each voucher bears the name of the organization that it was awarded to, and an expiration date. The awarded organization writes on the voucher the intended use. i.e. woman's clothing, baby clothing, bedding, household items, etc. and distributes them to those in need.
Timeline: Grants will be awarded bi-annually.
- Application deadline: December 15 and June 15
- Notification of awards by December 31 and June 30


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Irvine Inspired
Speakers at the Sports Park preview event included (from left to right) Irvine Planning Commission Chairman Anthony Kuo, CEO and Chairman of FivePoint Emile Haddad, and OC Supervisor Todd Spitzer.
"Today, I can smell progress, I can see progress and I can hear progress."
The 53-acre first phase includes a soccer stadium with a capacity for 5,000 spectators.
Still to come, a baseball stadium with four dedicated baseball fields and four batting cages.
Plans include a softball complex with a stadium, five fields and four batting cages.
As phase one of the new Sports Park is nearing completion, FivePoint is helping fulfill the promise of the Orange County Great Park
By Kedric Francis | October 16, 2016
The grass is growing in green and thick on the new soccer fields at the Orange County Great Park, the sand is raked and nearly ready for beach volleyball matches, and a majority of the tennis courts have already been painted electric blue, matching the color scheme used in U.S. Open tournaments.
Construction of the first phase of the 175-acre City of Irvine Sports Park, at the Great Park, is being managed by FivePoint and is nearing completion.
Members of the media, city and county officials, and FivePoint executives gathered in a historic hangar at the former Marine Corps Air Station El Toro base to learn about progress at the Great Park.
Long-time Irvine Councilmember Christina Shea told the audience she was "excited and proud" to see the "hard work" of so many individuals finally delivering this much-needed and sought after public amenity that will be enjoyed by Irvine residents for generations to come.
Executives for the developer say that the 53-acre first phase, which includes a soccer stadium with capacity for 5,000 spectators, 25 tennis courts including a championship center court, six natural sod soccer fields, five beach volleyball courts and a 1-acre playground, will be finished in the first quarter of 2017. It will then be turned over to the City of Irvine to open, own and operate, while FivePoint continues to build additional phases of the sweeping sports complex.
When the entire 175-acre Sports Park reaches the finish line (estimated completion of the full complex is Spring 2018), the Sports Park will be nearly 2 1/2 times the size of Disneyland. Still to come is a baseball complex (with four dedicated baseball fields and 3 multi-purpose fields) and softball complex (with five fields), each of which will include a championship stadium and four batting cages each. Another six synthetic soccer fields will be built as well as "flex fields" totaling 12 acres that can be used for rugby, cricket and lacrosse, and four basketball courts. It promises to be one of the most extensive sports and recreation complexes in the Southwestern United States, anticipated to host youth sports, city recreation programs and lessons, adult leagues, and collegiate competitions.
FivePoint has committed nearly $250 million to develop the 688 acres of the Great Park, including the Sports Park.
"We made a commitment to the City of Irvine to enhance the lives of residents here and throughout Orange County by developing unrivaled sports, recreational and other amenities," said Emile Haddad, chairman and CEO of FivePoint. "I'm proud to share that we are on schedule in delivering the first phase of this major, multi-sport complex. We elected to invest almost $60 million more than the Irvine City Council required when they chose us as their Great Park partner in November 2013 because we want to enrich this community for generations to come with the highest quality facilities."
Much of the progress at the Great Park has been unseen, as FivePoint invested $30 million in infrastructure, including the removal of runways and the construction of electrical, drainage and sewer systems to the vast acreage of the Sports Park, but now the first phase's amenities are obvious to visitors. Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer took the long view of the park's progress when he spoke at the Sports Park preview gathering.
"I've been in this for more than two decades," Spitzer said. "When I was elected in 1996, the county's plan was for this to be an international airport. I was elected overwhelmingly because voters asked me to go to the Orange County supervisors and stop this from being an airport. For a long time, I was a minority. We eventually put this to the voters, and we prevailed."
But for the vision of Orange County voters and the work of many since, there would be an international airport in the heart of Irvine. Hundreds of flights would take off toward the mountains each day, and parking lots would be filled with thousands of cars. Terminals, shipping and fueling facilities would crowd the former base.
Instead, there is open space. There are parks, homes, schools, and sporting fields, and the city is planning additional amenities at the Great Park. To leave the past behind and progress towards development of the great community asset that was promised, the city of Irvine chose FivePoint as its partner in the construction of the Orange County Great Park.
"Today, I can smell progress, I can see progress, and I can hear progress," Supervisor Spitzer said of the construction at the Sports Park that was ongoing as he spoke. "I would give FivePoint, any day of the week, the ability to develop this property because they are excellent stewards of what's happened out here."
Delivered as promised is a new FivePoint slogan revealed at the Great Park gathering.
"It's a reminder for everyone that works for the company," Haddad said. "Whether it is a promise made by us, or when we take on the responsibility of delivering a promise made by someone else, we will not rest until that promise is delivered."
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Juiced! Best Buys in Juicers & Juice Extractors
Experts tell us that no scientific evidence exists to prove manufacturers' claims that extracted juices are better for you than is eating whole fruits and vegetables. Meanwhile, the latest centrifugal juice extractors spin faster than ever before, and the latest masticating juice extractors spin slower than ever before.
Consumption of fruits and vegetables in the United States declined by 7 percent during the past 5 years, according to a 2015 study by Produce for Better Health Foundation, which is a public-health organization. Today, only about 1 in 10 Americans eats the federal dietary recommended daily servings of 1-1/2–2 cups of fruit and 2–3 cups of vegetables, according to a 2015 report by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We're concerned about Americans' poor fruit-and-vegetable diet, considering that 10 nutrition and dietetics experts tell us that consumption of fruits and vegetables helps to control cholesterol and decreases a person's risk of diabetes, heart disease and obesity.
These trends are marketing gold for manufacturers of juice extractors, which often cite the statistics to promote their products. We found 25 manufacturers and online juicing proponents that claim that extracted juice is a fast and easy way to boost your immune system, remove toxins from your body, reduce your risk of cancer, aid digestion and generally help you to feel healthier.
However, experts tell us that no scientific evidence exists to prove that extracted juices are as healthy as are the juices that you get from eating whole fruits and vegetables. In fact, experts tell us that extracted juices are less healthful than are whole fruits and vegetables, because juice extractors remove nutritious fiber.
"Most of the claims that are out there don't have any science behind them," says Kristen Gradney, who is the director of nutrition and metabolic services at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center and a spokesperson for Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, which is an organization of nutrition professionals. "Juicing is not going to be a cure-all, but what I find is that people get excited about juicing, and then they start to consume more fruits and vegetables than they ever did before."
Although extracted juice includes most of the minerals, nutrients and vitamins that are found in whole fruits and vegetables, whole fruits and vegetables also contain insoluble fiber, which typically is lost during juicing. Juicing advocates and manufacturers say juicing is an easier way for your body to process nutrients, because your digestive system doesn't have to expend energy to break down insoluble fiber. That isn't true. Furthermore, experts tell us that insoluble fiber helps to regulate your bowel system, lowers cholesterol and aids immune function.
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Experts say extracted fruit juice also is packed with excessive amounts of fructose.
"If you're juicing vegetables, you can go to town and drink as much as you want," Gradney says, "but you can easily drink too much fruit juice."
Most juice extractors include at least a 20-ounce container, and we found that manufacturers constantly are tweaking their products to extract more juice than ever before. However, Gradney and other nutritionists recommend that you drink no more than 4 ounces, which is a single serving, of fruit juice at a time. Four ounces of fruit juice can raise your blood sugar by at least 15 points, Gradney says. A 15-point spike can pose a serious problem if you have diabetes or other problems with processing sugar, she says.
THE LATEST CLAIMS. Manufacturers tweak their products in different ways to produce more juice, depending on the type of juice extractor.
Centrifugal juice extractors, which use centrifugal force to shred and then pull juice from the pulp, now spin as fast as 22,000 revolutions per minute (rpm), compared with a maximum of 13,000 rpm before. Almost all models (starting at $70) now have a maximum speed of at least 12,500 rpm. You'd have had to pay at least $200 to get a centrifugal juice extractor that was that fast in 2011.


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Gym Sports
To view the weekly Recreation schedule, hover over the Sports & Clubs menu item above, then click on the Recreation column heading.
View Gym sports details & policies below.
Drop-in Rec
The new GGAC Walking/Jogging Track is open during Drop-in Recreation scheduled times only. Rec basketball and volleyball are open sports available to all and which are great fun to play with all other members in groups which help you interact with newer people.
Individuals with a Base Membership have access to all Drop-in Recreation Activities (Students have paid their Athletics Base Membership within their Academic Fees). Non-Members can view Daily Access Fee details on the Membership page.
A selection of equipment is available for loan to Members during recreational times. Please see Client Services for availability, pricing and fees for lost equipment. All rental equipment must be returned 30 minutes prior to the building closure. Equipment lending is NOT available to Daily Access Pass users. Equipment lending to Members allows us to better track equipment and reduce the increasing amount of Lost/Missing equipment annually.
New GGAC Walking/Jogging Track
The new GGAC Walking/Jogging Track is now open during scheduled times only. Only clean, indoor shoes are permitted on the track, spiked shoes not permitted. Please follow posted daily directional and lane signage. For running and sprinting options, refer to the Rec Track times in the Field House.
Balls are available for use. Lost or damaged balls are charged at replacement cost (approximately $35).
Nets, lines and volleyballs are available for use. Lost or broken equipment is charged at replacement cost.
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- Individuals must be 12 years or older to participate in NRG Classes and 16 years or older to use the Fitness Centre.
- Persons 15 years of age* and under participating in Drop-in Recreational activities must be accompanied by a paying parent or guardian at all times.
- Athletic clothing appropriate to the activity must be worn.
- Clean athletic footwear with non-marking soles must be worn on all surfaces.
- Programming space is to be shared appropriately with all participants.
- Food or glass bottles are not permitted in the gymnasiums or program rooms.
- Inappropriate behavior such as swearing, physical or verbal abuse will not be tolerated and may result in loss of building access privileges and/or immediate removal from facility.
- All programming ends 30 minutes prior to the building closing. All equipment must be returned at this time.
- Change rooms will be inspected by a Client Services Representative upon building closure.
Failure to follow these guidelines may result in removal from facility and/or loss of access privileges.
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When you consider great women throughout history and your own life, while their accomplishments may vary, they all have one thing in common: A definite sense of style. While ropes of pearls or ballet flats do not make the woman, they do provide the foundation for greatness.
We all play a number of roles throughout the day. The soccer coaching corporate attorney will need a different wardrobe than the salsa dancing HR manager or the backpacking image consultant. Your style is a reflection of all of your interests and occupations.
This workshop is designed to help you express who you are through your style.
In my Personal Style Workshop you'll learn:
- How to expand your color palette
- The best silhouettes for your body type
- How to create your signature style
This workshop is interactive and collaborative, making it perfect for women's groups and organizations. It can be presented as one long session or broken up into a lunch-and-learn series. Please contact me for more information and to discuss your group's specific needs.


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[SPOILERS for Stranger Things season 2 follow.]
Because it's Netflix, it already seems like Stranger Things 2 has come and gone even though the new season's only been available for a the better part of a weekend. That's a big downside to the streaming giant's all-at-once delivery model, as it makes discussing the ins and outs of any new season particularly challenging since not all viewers are on the same schedule. It also means that even though it has been roughly seventy-two hours since things got strange all over again in Hawkins, Indiana, the discussion for many has already turned to the new season's ending and what it means for Stranger Things season 3.
Whereas season 1 ended with an emotional mixed bag of Eleven's sacrificial victory over the Demogorgon and Will Byers' not-so-safe return from the Upside Down, the conclusion to season 2 feels much more like an all-around win (for almost everyone)… until things turn appropriately dark and ominous all over again. The result is a solid conclusion to the second installment and an assurance that things will get strange again.
Related: Stranger Things: 15 Burning Questions We Have After Season 2
Speaking about the conclusion to season 2, co-creators Ross and Matt Duffer discussed the temptation of ending things with the good vibes and John Hughes-inspired emotions of the Hawkins Middle School Snowball Dance, but this being Stranger Things, there's always some thing lurking around the corner – or in a pocket dimension – just waiting for its moment to strike. And though Eleven's impressive display of her powers successfully closed the gateway connecting Hawkins to the Upside Down, the Mind Flayer's curiosity and desire to return to the sleepy little town is apparently stronger than ever. The Duffer brothers had this to say:
"Yeah, we don't end it on a totally happy note, do we? [Laughs] There were discussions about that, but then we went, 'Nah, we have to hint at what's to come.' The hope we wanted people to get out of it is that this thing [is still out there]. They've shut the door on the Mind Flayer, but not only is it still there in the Upside Down, it's very much aware of the kids, and particularly Eleven. It had not encountered her and her powers until that final episode. Now, it knows that she's out there. We wanted to end on a little bit of an ominous note on that level."
The decision to end on that what is ostensibly a warning as opposed to a mystery also works with what the brothers have planned for the next season.
"Last year, we had a lot of little cliffhangers at the end of the season. We didn't want to do that again. We didn't want to box ourselves in for season three. We wanted to be able to start season three on a very clean slate. It felt totally unnecessary, when we had the Snow Ball. Once we had the Snow Ball, we didn't know [if we wanted to do] anything else as an ending."
The Duffers have said repeatedly they don't want to get trapped doing the same thing every season, and not having to resolve a series of cliffhangers from the previous installment is the first step in getting them to a place where they can do that. Knowing the Mind Flayer is still out there keeps things appropriately strange, and having the being loom large over the festering flipside of Hawkins Middle School makes the thought of another season of Stranger Things as tantalizing as the creators likely intended.
Next: Stranger Things: [SPOILER] Was Meant To Die Earlier
Stranger Things 2 is available in its entirety on Netflix.


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Alicen Grey is an award winning writer, highly-acclaimed author and international spoken word performer. In 2014, Alicen released Wolves and Other Nightmares, a collection of poetry about healing from a cultic relationship. Wolves has since been endorsed by some of the most prominent voices in cult awareness, including the International Cultic Studies Association and SurvivorShip. Her poetry and prose confront both extremes of the human experience: from the internal struggles of surviving abuse and coping with trauma, to the broader sociopolitical issues of the world beyond the self. A passionate artist and activist, she strives to inspire her audience toward change and healing. More of Alicen's work can be found at her blog, www.alicengrey.com.
1. What are the issues you focus on?
My primary concern is male supremacy. I believe that it's the root cause of virtually all the violence in the world. I also educate people about psychological abuse, as I am a survivor of a one-on-one cult. It's especially important for activists to understand how psychological abuse works, because cults prey on highly intelligent, driven and deeply empathetic people — and activists tend to fit that description.
2. What got you into activism?
I took a bioethics course when I was 16, in which we covered the issue of animal rights. That lead to me going vegan at 17. So at the beginning of my activist life, I thought factory farming was the most pressing issue in the world and promoted veganism relentlessly. Then, in college I took my first Women and Gender Studies class, which catalyzed my feminism. But for some reason, women's rights weren't as important to me as animal rights were.
Recently, I began questioning the living hell out of my feminist ideas, because my "feminism" was full of inconsistencies. For instance, I couldn't reconcile my support of "sex work" with the fact that I was watching women get beaten, strangled and fucked to the point of crying in mainstream porn. And I knew I was lying to myself about shaving my body hair, dressing in restrictive clothing and wearing makeup "as a personal choice."
This questioning process inspired me to check out the work of radical feminists – you know, the scary kind of feminists that we're all discouraged from engaging with. And damn, these radical women pull no punches! I've never read ideas as compelling, as raw, as honest, as the works of radical feminists like Mary Daly, Andrea Dworkin, Sheila Jeffreys… And since immersing myself in this ideology, my entire being, and all my beliefs and behaviors, have been challenged.
I now realize that self-interested feminism (i.e., "How do I feel about wearing make-up? As what gender do I identify? How do I feel about watching porn?") ignores the structural and institutional forces that coerce and subjugate females as a sex class. So I want nothing to do with this type of self-serving betrayal of femalekind that masquerades itself as "progressive" and "feminist."
3. What are your beliefs and who inspired them?
Political stances aside, my philosophy on activism is a spiritual one. I'm obsessed with this Hindu concept, that the Universe is an eternal dance of Creation, Preservation and Destruction (represented by the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).
I tend to think of people as embodiments of each phase of the cosmic dance. Some people are more Creative: they enjoy increase, growth, and expansion; they build on what already exists. Some people are Preservational: they're the go-with-the-flow, do-your-duty types; they maintain what already exists. And then there are people like us: Destroyers. We are the ones who dive deep into the psyche of the world, find the shadows lurking there, call them by name, look them in the eye, take their hand, and help them up into the light of Destruction's fire. We are the ones who analyze the most uncomfortable realities: male supremacy, ecocide, class warfare, racism, imperialism… Radical activists are, in essence, Destruction in human form.
4. Who are some of your favorite radical artists?
Oh, Mary Daly for sure. Once you think she's gone far enough in her analysis, she goes even further. Reading her work is excruciating, because she exposes so much of patriarchy's grotesqueness and minces no words in the process – but it's also comforting, because she had so much optimism that one day, women will wake up and come together to create a biophilic (life-loving) future, as the antithesis to the current necrophilic (death-loving) patriarchal schema.
5. Please Define Radical Feminism
Radical feminism is about exposing, understanding and challenging male supremacy. The ultimate goal is to liberate women from patriarchy, not to equalize us with males. There is an important distinction that needs to be made here. Male power does not come out of nowhere. It is an institutional force, manufactured through an intricate self-feeding web of domination/subjugation-based relations, and maintained with weapons such as war, poverty, and what Andrea Dworkin called "sexual terrorism." Women should not want equality to this degree of violence. We should want liberation from it.
In contrast, liberal feminism (the mainstream, popular, commercialized version of "feminism") is grossly male-inclusive. Liberal feminists generally lack activism experience or an understanding of feminism's deep history. So they don't recognize male-inclusivity as a form of co-opting or infiltration. I unashamedly say I'm suspicious of male "feminists." I want to know the motives of males who demand access to female-only safe spaces. I want to know how the hell my oppressor dares to say he understands my pain.
Additionally, most liberal feminists can't even provide you with a cohesive definition of "gender" or directly answer the question "What is a woman?" It begs the question, why do they even bother calling themselves fem-inists, if fem-ales are not the focal point of their movement?
6. What are your views on gender?
Females are oppressed, and gender is the method by which they are oppressed. Femininity is the ritualized subjugation of female-bodied persons, and it is imposed on us from birth and all throughout life through a process called socialization. I dare you to find one "feminine" thing in our culture that does not invoke weakness, pain or submission. High heels make women immobile and cause discomfort. Makeup is often intended to make women look younger. Female clothing is often restrictive, dysfunctional and makes us appear sexually available at all times. And regarding behavior, girls are taught all throughout life to be quiet, be small, be stupid, and be polite. We are taught to constantly monitor, modify and mute ourselves.
What's scarier, is that these things are seen as sexy. The more immobile and weak and in-pain you are, the sexier you are considered, by patriarchy's sick standards. Female submission is sexualized, or, made desirable — which explains why so many feminists, myself included, are afraid to put our lipstick down.
Masculinity, on the other hand, is the ritualized empowerment of male-bodies persons. Males are encouraged from birth onwards to be physically strong, to be comfortable, to be loud, to take up space, to be confident, to put their own needs first, to eat as much as they want… the list goes on and on. Masculinity is the reward for being born male.
All of this is to say, that I am a gender abolitionist, and therefore very skeptical of the assertion that sex can be "trans"ed (or crossed). I am especially skeptical of the assertion that someone socialized as male can internally identify with femalehood. Male-socialized behaviors are not simply cancelled out by a superficial transition. No amount of performing femininity can make male-socialized violence, entitlement and aggression go away.
Everyone has the right to refuse to conform to their sex roles, but males do not have the right to tell females what it means to be female — especially since males are members of the oppressor class in this male-supremacist system. Males have always exercised their power to define femalehood however they want, with no regard for the female perspective on femalehood. The memetic slogan, "trans women are women," is just another manifestation of that. Males defining females is really nothing new. In fact, it's the foundation of patriarchy. Thus, the antithesis to male supremacy is for females to define ourselves.
When I explain my views on gender, a common knee-jerk response is to call me a TERF. Let's be honest: "TERF" is the new "commie." Often times, calling someone transphobic is a censorship tactic, designed to halt discourse, to smear reputations, to make people afraid to criticize queer theory, and nothing more. So I am not afraid to be called a TERF. My feminism prioritizes females. That's what feminism is supposed to do.
7. What do you think of including versus excluding trans women in radical feminism?
Trans males have the right to organize and create safe spaces for themselves. And if some feminist spaces welcome trans males with open arms, that's great. However, trans males are not entitled to all feminist spaces. So I defend the concept and application of female-only spaces. Sometimes black feminists want to organize with other black feminists. Likewise, sometimes females just want to be around other females. That's not bigotry. That's a boundary. Women have the right to set boundaries. And when trans males shame and guilt us for doing so, that's indicative of their unexamined male-pattern entitlement, which is misogynistic and unacceptable.
Also, it's rather remarkable, how much energy is expended by "transfeminists" on hunting down and punishing radical feminists for our gender-critical views. I wish they would spend as much time de-platforming, doxxing and censoring misogynistic men, as they do to radical women. I wish they'd ask themselves why they think transmisogyny is a worse offense than misogyny. I wish they'd stop using abusive behavior and intimidation tactics to silence women who disagree with them. Only then might I consider them feminists.
8. To clarify for those who found your last statement controversial, you don't wish trans people any harm, believe they shouldn't be allowed to do what they want with their body without harming another, or have any rights stripped?
Well obviously, no, I don't want trans people to be harmed in any way, by anyone. But, I can't help but wonder: What made you ask? Why is it that, when I say, "gender is a caste system," people hear death threats? Why, when I say "only females have the right to define femalehood," do people react with rage? Radical feminists are often accused of violence. Some transactivists go as far as to say we "have blood on our hands." Again, this is a censorship tactic.
Accusing radical groups of violence is the easiest way to demonize them, and make everyone turn against them. That is the sole function of the label "TERF." The harsh reality is that virtually all transphobic hate crimes are committed by males. Not radical feminists, not gender abolitionist women — males. Males who have never even heard of radical feminism!
So I want everyone who's fallen for this anti-radfem fear-mongering to think long and hard about the implications of this censorship campaign. When we silence the women who call out male violence, rather than confront the actual males committing the violence, we fail to make the world safer for trans people. We fail them miserably. Protecting trans people from transphobic hate crimes can only happen once we stop blaming females for inciting male violence, and start Naming the Agent instead.
9. What do you think of the earth as our mother and ecocide as the ultimate in mass misogyny?
I don't know that ecocide is the ultimate in mass misogyny. Ranking misogyny seems kind of impossible, because all manifestations of male supremacy feed into each other, whether we're talking about a man raping a girl, or a man penetrating a mountain to extract its coal, or a man violating a cell with foreign genetic information to create a frankenspecimen. All these acts of boundary-breaking, death-loving and female-hating feed into each other, inform each other, fuel each other. So I can't say there's an ultimate misogyny. Just misogyny, that takes different forms, and that are awful in different ways.
10. Where do you think male pattern violence began? Is it genetic in males or was hierarchy first and it's just a metamorphosis? Are males of any culture innately patriarchal or is it part of a dialectic materialism of our most predominant and destructive cultures alone?
Oh man, that's a tough one. I still don't know how I feel about that. There are too many factors to consider, to single out one cause: testosterone, religious indoctrination, murder culture, rape culture, the portrayal of females and males in media…. Who can say which of these is the origin?
While I won't commit myself to any particular theory or explanation, I will say this: we all have to stop being so afraid of this question. The first step in radical feminism is recognizing there's a problem: violence against women. The second step is acknowledging that violence against women is mostly caused by males. The third step is asking, how did males get to be this way? This is the scary part where lots of people stop and say, "I don't want to know." But we have to be brave enough to entertain these propositions. Maybe it's hormonal. Maybe the Y chromosome is kinda shady. Or maybe it's purely environmental.
Regardless, we can't address a problem without knowing how the problem started. This is the real work of radical feminism – being able to look at your boyfriend or brother or father or uncle when they commit misogyny, and ask, "Why?" It's okay not to come to a definitive answer, but we owe it to ourselves to at least ask. Yes, it's terrifying. But it's necessary.
11. What advice would you give young writers, activists, and revolutionaries to confront the oppression in themselves?
As feminists – particularly as new radical feminists – we must constantly check ourselves for internalized misogyny. This gross thing has been happening, where mainstream "feminists" promote "causes" like porn, BDSM culture, glorifying sex work, reclaiming slurs like slut and bitch, etc.… and men are going, "Sign me the fuck up!" because it gives them permission to continue doing the oppressive shit they've always been doing – and claim to be
revolutionary while doing it! I can't tell you how many times I've had to deal with dudebros who
defend their porn habit with the "stop sex shaming" argument, or with the "my feminist friend said it was okay" argument. It's really no different from when a white person uses the n-word because their token black friend gave them permission to do so.
Men who hate women LOVE watching porn, they LOVE having an excuse to hit women during sex, they LOVE using misogynistic slurs, and most of all, they LOVE when women also love these things. Basically, men who hate women LOVE mainstream feminism – because it's not feminism.
So if you're trying to figure out whether your "causes" are informed by feminism or by internalized misogyny, ask yourself: "Would a man who hates women be on board with this cause?" If the answer is yes, it's probably harmful to women and girls, and you should probably stop promoting it.