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Poll: Who was Arsenal's Man Of The Match against West Brom?/
I dunno, is that a good result or a bad result?
From my point of view it was a good result for a couple of important reasons. Firstly, as I suggested, the team was lacking some regular first team regulars, notably midfield playmaker Cesc Fabregas. And secondly, Arsenal scored very early in the game meaning that the team relaxed too early, rather than going for the jugular.
A 1-0 defeat at the hands of the Gunners is not a disgrace for any newly promoted club, so many Baggies followers will be feeling OK about their re-introduction to the top flight.
But for all those West Brom fans who were promising us an open game where their team would play an Arsenal style of football, well I'm sorry guys but that might have been free flowing football in the Championship, but you're not in Kansas any more Toto and one threat on goal in 90 minutes doesn't persuade me that you are based on Arsenal.
In saying that, the Gunners themselves didn't exactly set the field on fire. Adebayor missed a bunch of chances, Theo Walcott was a passenger and Nicklas Bendtner did very little to impress.
But new boy Samir Nasri enamoured himself with the fans by grabbing a debut goal within four minutes of kick-off, while Johan Djourou looked solid as a centre back and Emmanuel Eboue looked accomplished as a central midfielder.
However, the vote for man of the match is entirely down to you Addicts, so please vote away. And if you feel the need to post a comment to try to persuade your fellow Gooners feel free. I'll post the results of the poll here on Tuesday.

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Forget about raisins for a Gingerbread Boy
When you lack a raisin...
The Gingerbread Boy lacked a raisin, you see,
and thus was not ready to bake.
Although he was not for the oven quite yet,
he looked like a fine hunk of cake.
The head was on top, both rounded and wide.
Two arms and two legs were there, too,
But the middle was missing a raisin stuck in
at the belt line. Oh, what to do?
Cook went to Chef, and Chef went berserk.
"For one raisin we stop all our baking?
There never has been such a stoppage before
since the start of this whole undertaking."
A helper was sent to the market right fast
to get a big raisin for using.
He spent a whole dollar for one piece of fruit.
(When you need fruit there's no time for choosing.)
Now, with raisin in hand, Cook got to work.
The raisin was stuck to the belt.
Into the oven went Gingerbread Boy.
It was hotter'n ever he'd felt.
The clock kept on ticking. At last he was done.
Gingerbread Boy was now tanned.
Cook mixed up icing to paint on his face.
"Make him handsome" is what they had planned.
Gingerbread Boy cooled off while at rest.
He was popped on a plate for the serving.
Onto the table, and kids gathered 'round,
with appetites huge and unnerving.
Off went a leg, and an arm followed soon.
Then the rest of him disappeared, too.
Finally all had been eaten, save only one thing -
left behind by that ravenous crew.
The raisin remained on the now empty plate,
a reminder to chefs and to cooks:
Forget about raisins for Gingerbread Boys.
A baked raisin's good only in books.
Cute poem, and so true that most children do not like raisins in their food. Also true that some people obsess about following a recipe to the letter.
I still don't like cooked raisins in anything and I always have to mess with recipes to make them to suit me even the first time I make them.
Voting you up and will share this with my followers!
Gravity has not been good to me Gus.
Don't worry Gus, I love the little fruits now. :)
Well, you certainly are well read, whether you're name is Gus or Harry! At any rate, you make me laugh! Easy with the Geritol! lol
Entertaining and fun, Gus, not to mention cute!! Lighthearted poems like this one are refreshing and very much welcomed! Just forget about the raisin . . . hee! Kathi :O)
That was a good one Gus! I really enjoyed reading it. When I was a kid I hated raisins too.
Ha ha - great work. Awesome as always!
Ha--I thought you did that--it is so dang cute--I need to work on adding captions...imagine what my dogs might say~
I really enjoyed that fun to read poem.
Adorable poem Gus--what a great picture~
looks like gingy has got his little ole self in some hot water..oh I mean cocoa.. His raisen is not showing..its shriveled though...
ROFL..... Well, I like to play with words sometimes, and try to confuse the heck out of 'some' people :)) It's another way of saying 'Cool', which you are, and so is your poem! Enjoyed it very much, take care, buddy!
And, yeah, I didn't mean the radio station, nor someone's last name.....
ko'wl and fun poem! :) I don't like baked raisins..... But love your poem! Voting up and awesome!
Lawdy, is there no LIMIT to your creative brain! Good job!
Gus - no worries about the comment on my hub :)
I make a gingerbread house evey Christmas. So much fun - especially when you munch on the building materials!!
When I do make those raisin bullets, I promise they will not be loaded into an assault rifle - that could do quite a number on the Pilsbury Dough Boy! (not funny? sure it is. go ahead and and chuckle)
I am loving the symbolism of the raisin. It reflects what happens so often in life. Making a big deal about one minute thing and then it donesn't even come in handy or is not used in the end. Sigh! What are we to do? Eat the gingerbread boy!
OUTSTANDING !!!! You are a wonderful writer, knowing how to tell a story and a fantastic poet able to display a fabulous sense of humor.
I admire your wide range of writing skills and am happy to be following.
P.S. - Now my stomach is grumbling. I'm off for some cookies and milk.
Voting up and sharing
Oh that poor neglected raisin. Would have tasted great before the microwave. Enjoyed this adventure.
My! It brings back memories , and of course I got to get some cookies right away. Good article.
What a great poem. Fun and engaging! Thank you for sharing!
Oh how I love gingerbread men! I enjoyed this very much... I read the comments and now I am going to have to put some raisins in the microwave. I want to see this! :)
Hmmm. let me think now the picture looks very familiar.....did you see it on my page?..thanks for the tip on raisins in the microwave..I won't be doing that...
LOL..too cute...I for one was never fond of raisins in my cookies....and would surely leave it on the plate


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Hayy in Jeddah to open in spring 2019
Posted on 31st January 2018
According to *Tradearabia news report, Art Jameel, an organisation that supports heritage, education and the arts, has announced that its new 17,000-sq-m Hayy: Creative Hub in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, will open in the spring of 2019.
Construction on the major new cultural hub started last year.
The name Hayy is derived from the Arabic word for neighbourhood – referring to the community-oriented nature of the complex, and the ways in which the partner organisations, which include art galleries, digital entrepreneurs, comedy clubs, cafes and more, are working together to present the full diversity of the arts.
Art Jameel commissioned ibda design to draft Hayy: Creative Hub as a major destination for Jeddah's cultural community, bringing together a range of cultural experiences in one neighbourhood. The three-storey, dynamic, contemporary complex features open internal courtyards surrounded by shaded terraces and walkways. Shared facilities include spaces for 12 cultural organisations, plus exhibition halls, a theatre, events spaces and artists' studios.
Hayy: Creative Hub, developed and funded by Art Jameel, will act as an incubator for creatives and entrepreneurs; it will bring together and nurture Saudi Arabian artists, playwrights, photographers, filmmakers, entrepreneurs and others, along with the enthusiastic audiences that support them.
Programming will include world-class local and international exhibitions of modern and contemporary art; a digital hub for upcoming Saudi Arabian producers and directors; a professional theatre plus performance spaces; and a rolling programme of educational events for all ages.
Fady Mohammed Jameel, president of Art Jameel, said: "We are delighted to support our home, Saudi Arabia, and its fast-growing cultural scene through the development of Hayy: Creative Hub, which is set to become a base for Saudi Arabian talent, and help nurture a new generation of creatives, in addition to providing job opportunities and training. The concept has been honed over many years: the team at Art Jameel has worked not only with the brilliant architects ibda design, but also a range of community partners to develop the Hub as a truly innovative destination. Hayy: Creative Hub reflects Art Jameel and Community Jameel's commitment to supporting creativity and entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia and beyond, and we look forward to opening the Hub in spring 2019 with our partners in this community-wide initiative."
Art Jameel, which supports artists and creative communities, is also expected to open the Jameel Arts Centre, a contemporary arts institution in the UAE, in the coming year. Current initiatives include running heritage institutes and restoration programmes, plus a broad range of arts and educational initiatives for all ages. The organisation's programmes foster the role of the arts in building open, connected communities.
Art Jameel's model is collaborative: major institutional partners include the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Prince's School of Traditional Arts and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
*News source: http://tradearabia.com/news/CO...Back to all Construction News
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Bats and agricultureFear vandals, not vampires
A persecuted creature is good for crops
IN BRAM STOKER'S novel "Dracula", Lucy Westenra's vampire admirer takes the form of a bat that drinks her blood by night. Alas, Stoker did these reclusive creatures a disservice. There are indeed vampire bats, though they generally prefer cattle blood to that of people. But most of the world's 1,100 species of bats are benign—helpful, even—to humans and especially to farmers.
In Texas, a study is under way to quantify that help. Each spring, millions of free-tailed bats fly from Latin to Anglo America—specifically the south-western United States. This creates "probably the largest aggregation of mammals known anywhere", according to Thomas Kunz, an ecologist at Boston University and the study's leader. Exactly how large is unknown, but Dr Kunz proposes to find out by counting the migrating bats with an infra-red imaging device.
The reason is that every bat is worth money to Texas's farmers. Far from deflowering virgins—or even spreading rabies—free-tailed bats feast on masses of moths. Corn earworms (also known as cotton bollworms) are a particular scourge. Their larvae gobble up both crops with alacrity. No precise data are yet available for maize, but early results suggest that each bat near a cotton plantation saves about ten bolls (about two cents' worth) a night in mid-June. Over many nights and millions of bats this adds up to a lot of money.
Bats help farmers in other places, too. In Georgia, free-tailed bats provide their services to pecan growers. In Hawaii, hoary bats eat leaf-hoppers, which damage sugarcane. And in California, pallid bats and big brown bats consume large numbers of moths and beetles, to the advantage of the state's vineyard owners. Not surprisingly, farmers in all these places have started putting bat houses on their land, while in Texas bridgebuilders regularly add bat roosts, with properly sized crevices, to woo the creatures.
All of which makes it unfortunate that, at the other end of their migration route, bats are persecuted. Fear of vampires (which, to be fair, do spread rabies to the cattle they attack, and do also sometimes drink from people) leads to indiscriminate slaughter. In Mexico, for example, bat caves are routinely dynamited and their inhabitants poisoned. Perhaps this would stop if another of bats' benefits to mankind were more widely known. Not all bats are insectivores. Some feed at flowers, and thus act as pollinators. In particular, a Mexican plant called agave is often bat-pollinated. Agave is the principal ingredient of tequila. Without bats, then, Mexico's national drink would be harder to make—and that would, indeed, be a tragedy.


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Second launch this year for Ariane 5
An Ariane 5 launcher lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place two telecom satellites, Astra-5B and Amazonas-4A, into their planned transfer orbits.
Liftoff of flight VA216 occurred at 22:04 GMT (23:04 CET; 19:04 French Guiana). The target geostationary transfer orbit had a perigee altitude of 250 km, an apogee altitude of 35 736 km and an inclination of 3° to the equator.
Astra-5B, with a launch mass of 5755 kg and mounted on top of Ariane's Sylda dual payload adapter, was the first to be released 27 minutes into the mission.
Following a series of burns controlled by Ariane's onboard computer, the Sylda structure encasing the co-passenger, Amazonas-4A, was released and jettisoned. Amazonas-4A, with a launch mass of 2938 kg, was delivered into its own transfer orbit about 7 minutes and 30 seconds after Astra-5B.
Astra-5B, owned and operated by SES in Luxembourg, will be positioned at 31.5°E longitude in geostationary orbit to provide direct-to-home television broadcast, cable distribution and digital terrestrial television (DTTV) network services in Europe. It also hosts an L-band payload for Europe's EGNOS navigation system. The satellite has a design life of about 15 years.
Amazonas-4A, owned by Hispasat in Spain, will be positioned at 61°W longitude in geostationary orbit to provide a broad range of telecommunications services across South America, and has a design life of 15 years.
The payload mass for this launch was 9468 kg. The satellites totalled 8662 kg, with payload adapters and carrying structures making up the rest.
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I have always loved all things vintage- the older, crustier, odder the better! I was hitting yard sales with my mom back in elementary school. I had my first "collection" by age 8. Fast forward through college and a BFA in ceramics at ECU. Fast forward through several years after college working at a fine crafts gallery and working full time in my own clay studio in Raleigh, NC. Fast forward dipping my toes in the world of visual merchandising for 18 years (prop buying, store design, product merchandising, window display etc.) in San Diego, CA and then Seattle, WA. Fast forward to realizing I was becoming out of touch with the creative process and missed actually making something. Now STOP! This is where my America Jane Mercantile story begins.
I quit my great corporate visual merchandising career with a high end international retailer- shocking my employer and myself (and turning down a big promotion). I took 6 months off to find a creative outlet. One day I ran across some amazing vintage posters and a light bulb went off… make a product that everyone needs that also incorporates amazing images that contain social commentary of the past. So I started America Jane Mercantile in Seattle, WA April 2008 with a mission to create a company that combined my passion for nostalgia, style and the environment. We grew the business in the wholesale world to 200+ accounts and then had another realization… I missed seeing people interact with our products. And honestly, the merchandiser in me had control issues seeing my product displayed and positioned in ways I wasn't happy with. So we pulled out of wholesale and concentrated on Etsy and trunk shows. Then in 2010 with the arrival of our first born on the way, we closed up shop and headed back east to Richmond, VA to be closer to family for our son's arrival. Time flies, and in June 2013 I reopened the doors of America Jane Mercantile with a new focus on my love of all things vintage. We now include collectibles, oddities, and "junkque" with our collection of totes and linens at our vintage shows, warehouse sales, and flea markets.
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FT. LAUDERDALE: The Army is willing to shed a few more brigade combat teams to become the lighter, faster and more lethal force of the future, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno said today.
The Army is weighing a plan to add a third maneuver battalion to the Army's current force structure, Odierno told attendees today at the Association of the U.S. Army's annual symposium. By adding that third battalion, service leaders would subsequently drawdown the total number of brigade combat teams from 37 down to 32 to 33 BCTs total, the four-star general said. Initial service plans had the Army dropping down from the current 47 BCTs in the force to 37. Cutting an additional four to five teams and adding the third maneuver battalion, are one of many "forseeable possibilities" service leaders may adopt as they reform the Army's force structure for a post-Afghanistan world.
The benefits of these changes — if ultimately adopted — would be two-fold, according to Odierno. The additional maneuver battalion, plus the cadre of engineers that would come along with the unit, would give service commanders more flexibility and agility in its forces. The move would also cut down on a number of headquarter and staff elements inside the BCTs, making them less top-heavy and more manuverable. U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command is leading the BCT restructuring effort and is expected to weigh in on these proposed changes soon. The ability to move and respond quickly will be key, as the Army starts to move out over 50,000 troops from its ranks.
Army leaders are looking to move away from its traditional en-masse troop deployments, to shipping out smaller teams of soldiers more frequently, Odierno told reporters during a briefing shortly after today's speech. These smaller units will be tied closely to special operations forces already deployed around the world, and depend on partner nation forces to make up for their smaller numbers, the four-star general said. These Army units, along with their special operations counterparts, will take on larger roles in counterterrorism ops and countering weapons of mass destruction. Those missions, particularly in the counter-WMD realm, are where regular Army and SOF "have to work together on," Odierno said.
On increasing cooperation with U.S. allies, Odierno said service leaders plan to attach one BCT to the NATO Response Force. This deployment, which is the first time Army leaders have dedicated a BCT to that alliance-led force, will help compensate for the service's decision to pull two BCTs from Europe. The deployment also falls in line with the service's efforts to build up a slate of "regionally-aligned brigades" to each global combatant command, Odierno said.
These RABs will be primarily tasked with training and assisting foreign militaries. The first of these teams is set to arrive in Africa Command this fiscal year. It will be the first of several the Army hopes to create over the next few years. These brigades will be the first regular Army units designed to do partner nation engagements. These RABs, the deployment to NATO and the smaller number of overall BCTs represents the Army's new reality, according to Odierno. "I see this as a model for how we do things in the future," he said.


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A Feminist and Ecological Reader on Biotechnology
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Biotechnology is the single most powerful bundle of new technologies currently under development. It is also the most intrusive and determinative technology relating to nature generally and the human body specifically. This Reader brings together some of the most important work from feminists and environmentalists critical of the headlong rush into what is likely to prove a technological minefield. As such it will be essential reading for students, scholars and activists in social studies of science, women's studies, development and environmental studies.
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Deco Home - Wedding Inspiration
Shooting for a magazine and with an awesome stylist is so much fun! I had the pleasure to shoot for DECO HOME with Stylist Nicole Zweig and lots of beautiful things for a wedding inspiration. It was published in March and I am happy to see the result on 6 full pages.
Magazine: DECO HOME
Stylist: Nicole Zweig
Dress: Kaviar Gauche
Assistant: Melanie Höld
Dev+Scan: Carmencita Film Lab
Film Stock: Kodak Portra 400 + Portra 800


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Amid roadside bombs from insurgents, the U.S. military has rolled out a satellite-based network for the Iraqi police that uses VoIP phones and Microsoft servers more reminiscent of an office in Boise than in Baghdad.
The VSAT-based network features a combined 150 pounds of satellite antenna from Proactive Communications, switches from 3Com and Netgear, and Cisco VoIP phones that are loaded onto a truck with modems, computers, and APC uninterruptible power supplies. Once that's all neatly tucked into a special casing, it is then driven out to locations where Iraqi police establish a post.
"The Iraqis are making the decision about where the sites go, and by the end of December, we will have transitioned this to Iraqi control," says Lt. Col. Glen Botkin about what is known as the Iraqi Command and Control Network, or IC2 for short. "This is the only fully functioning Iraqi national command and control network."
Based in Baghdad, Botkin is director of the Civilian Police Assistance training team in the organization the Coalition Forces call the Multi-National Security Transition Command in Iraq.
The organization's goal is to develop the Iraqi police and army forces. Botkin's team, with a lot of assistance from contractors, has the role of establishing communications for the police force, as well as border entry and customs in the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior.
The VSAT network, with the VoIP phones, was the fastest way to get a network up and running after the toppling of Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, by Coalition forces almost three years ago. But there are plans to enlarge the IC2 Network once the fiber-optic lines Hussein hid in the ground are fully located.
"There is fiber in Iraq but we're not using it yet," says Botkin, noting that Hussein had fiber-optic cable buried throughout Iraq for his own purposes, but maps for it never surfaced after the major battles. "But we are finding this cable and bringing it together. The intent is to migrate it to this other transmission medium."
In the meantime, the VSAT network and service, which has cost more than US$50 million, is expected to be used by upwards of 200,000 Iraqi security personnel in various jobs. But setting up the network is dangerous work for the Iraqis, the Coalition forces and the contractors that take on assignments.
"Every day there's someone on the road with this," says Marc LeGare, COO at Proactive Communications. "Communication between our government and Iraq is something the insurgents don't want."
The situation is dangerous. LeGare says two employees have been killed in the course of setting up the network at about 160 sites.
The satellite service to the sites is provided by Loral. Because satellite links entail some latency, using VoIP phones on them can be tricky, says LeGare.
The Cisco documentation on use of VoIP phones on satellite links is "quite up front about the questionable capability on 500 milliseconds of latency," says LeGare. "We do see some latency with Cisco VoIP phones, but our engineers are mitigating it as they can, and we're operating on the far side of 500 milliseconds where most people wouldn't want to operate."
Bad weather in Baghdad and elsewhere in Iraq can also result in broken communications, he noted.
The IC2 network, which can get access to the Internet, is being segmented off for encrypted secure communications using the Blue Ridge Networks BorderGuard VPN appliances. Botkin says the "secure" links are for what would be roughly considered "classified" voice and data communications in military terms while the "non-secure" links are "unclassified."
Access via BorderGuard will be required to "pass more sensitive data with the Iraqi government," says Botkin. The IP-based IC2 Network is emerging as a rough equivalent to the Department of Defense NIPRnet ("Unclassified but Sensitive Internet Protocol Router Network") and SIPRnet ("Secret IP Router Network"), he added.
According to LeGare, the VoIP phones are assigned a four-digit number that will allow them to transmit to the satellite for call setup and back down to the destination on the private network. The Cisco Call Manager routing the encrypted calls are resident in the Ministry of the Interior headquarters in Iraq. The non-encrypted calls get switched through the U.S. and back to Iraq, at least for the present.
In some ways, the Iraqi network is like any other you'd find on Main Street, USA. Data can be sent to remote Exchange servers or viewed on Web servers on a LAN inside the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior in Baghdad. The U.S. government has required use of anti-virus (in this case, it's McAfee) and Internet content filters (here, Websense running on the Cisco PIX firewall).
But the almost-daily bombings on civilians and military, and endless stress in other ways, make building the network a dangerous undertaking.
"The friction is an everyday occurrence," LeGare notes. "And there are power outages, gas shortages, checkpoints when the military has to move into an area and movement is restricted. Your employees you depend on can't get out of an area."
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Boulder, Colorado, USA - Geoscientists from the southeastern United States and beyond will convene in Richmond, Virginia, on 30-31 March to discuss new science, expand on existing science, and explore the unique geologic features of the region. Topics include the tectonic history of the Blue Ridge and Piedmont, geology and the Civil War, karst geology and hazards, and coastal processes of the southeastern United States.
Field Guide: From the Blue Ridge to the Beach: Geological Field Excursions across Virginia. Field Trips include "Industrial Minerals and Mines in the Arvoinia Formation of the Chopawamsic Terrane, Buckingham County, Virginia"; "Fossil-Collecting from the Middle Miocene Carmel Church Quarry Marine Ecosystem"; and "Geology and the Petersburg Campaign in the American Civil War."
Selected Highlights of the Scientific Program
The scientific program is composed of oral and poster presentations organized into 4 symposia and 20 themed sessions covering an array of geoscience disciplines.
Karst Geology and Hazards in the Southeastern U.S.
Thursday, 30 March, 1 p.m. https:/
Session Highlight
Automated Mapping of Sinkholes in Karst Topography using Airborne LiDAR-Derived DEM. Contact: Jacob Alexander Gochenour, Department of Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison University, firstname.lastname@example.com
Beaches, Barriers, and Marshes of the Southeast Coast: Dynamic Systems in a Changing Climate
Thursday, 30 March, 1 p.m. https:/
Session Highlight
The Influence of Sea Level, Climate, Geology and Humans on South Florida Ecosystems. Contact: G. Lynn Wingard, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, firstname.lastname@example.com
Geology and the Civil War
Friday, 31 March, 1 p.m., https:/
Session Highlight
Geography, Geology, and the American Civil War. Contact: Francis,Galgano, Geography and the Environment, Villanova University, email@example.com
View the complete session schedule
Complete meeting information (including local contacts): http://www.
Eligibility for media registration is as follows:
- Working press representing bona fide, recognized news media with a press card, letter or business card from the publication.
- Freelance science writers, presenting a current membership card from NASW, ISWA, regional affiliates of NASW, ISWA, CSWA, ACS, ABSW, EUSJA, or evidence of work pertaining to science published in 2015 or 2016.
- PIOs of scientific societies, educational institutions, and government agencies.
Present media credentials to William Cox onsite at the GSA registration desk to obtain a badge for media access. Complimentary meeting registration covers attendance at all technical sessions and access to the exhibit hall. Journalists and PIOs must pay regular fees for paid luncheons and any short courses or field trips in which they participate. Representatives of the business side of news media, publishing houses, and for-profit corporations must register at the main registration desk and pay the appropriate fees.
For additional information and assistance, contact Christa Stratton, GSA Director of Communications, at the address above.
The Geological Society of America, founded in 1888, is a scientific society with more than 26,000 members from academia, government, and industry in more than 100 countries. Through its meetings, publications, and programs, GSA enhances the professional growth of its members and promotes the geosciences in the service of humankind. Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, GSA encourages cooperative research among earth, life, planetary, and social scientists, fosters public dialogue on geoscience issues, and supports all levels of earth science education.


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From Ballycastle to Ballina the Western Way follows the coast, using quiet country roads. Killala is recognizable by its fine intact Round Tower, dating from early Christian times. The way then follows Bothar Na Sop the old road used by the invading French army in 1798. Ballina is a fine market town on the river Moy. Take care on all roads.
Near Ballycastle is the Céide Fields a complex of Neolithic farm sites with their stone walls and tombs. This is the world's largest archaeological site much of it hidden under the blanket bog. Here Irelands first farmers tilled their fields and raised livestock in peaceful conditions. Downpatrick head is worth a visit. There is a spectacular sea stack called Dún Briste, where the layers of sedimentary rock can be easily identified and nesting seabirds on narrow ledges occupy the wind free eastern side of the Dún.


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Bamboo Dwellings- Crafts And Architecture
Date: July 16, 2005 Organizer: Ganjam Mantapa, Banashankari, Bangalore
Lecture on Bamboo Dwellings- Crafts and Architecture by Ar. Neelam Manjunath at Ganjam Mantapa, Banashankari, Bangalore. The lecture covered the role of craft and craftsmen in the profession o Architecture with reference to traditional material Bamboo.


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Wow what can i say – welcome to our new look website and the start of another exciting year at Everybody Pilates.
I have so much to tell you all but thought it best to start from the beginning and create a small introduction to the studio.
The studio has now been open for over 5 years and began with just me (Amy) teaching. Over the past few years we have grown with our client base and now have an amazing group of teachers working at the studio. Over the next few weeks we will introduce everyone to you in our blogs but you can read a little more in the Team section of the website.
You – our clients are SO important to us. We love hearing about how much you love Pilates and will be featuring a few of you and your Pilates achievements soon. Your Pilates progression no matter how small or big makes us smile so make sure you tell us!
So what is 2015 going to hold for Everybody Pilates?
Well we have a new website first of all. We love our New Logo and you will have noticed us using it already in the studio. We are also introducing our online workouts – classes that you can subscribe to if you can't make it into the studio. This will take a few weeks before it goes live as there is some testing to do but to say we are super excited about this is an understatement.
I will be teaching more Masterclasses and Workshops in the studio over the next few months – this will include workshops for our clients – so if you have any ideas about what you would like to do then let me know. I am sure a clients Advanced Reformer workshop is on the cards soon.
Last but certainly not least Ed and i are working on developing Everybody Pilates Franchises this year. We want to share our success with other passionate people and spread the Pilates love a little further than Southsea. So if you have any ideas and thoughts about what it is you love about Everybody Pilates do let us know – our success so far has been having amazing clients that support us – you know what matters to your experience with Everybody Pilates.
So spread the Pilates love everyone and have an amazing 2015
Amy x


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Australians aren't spending enough time in the land of nod, raising fears that many people think sleeping has become a waste of time.
A survey of 1500 people aged 14 to 70 found the average Australian only sleeps for seven hours a night instead of the recommended eight.
And long, lazy weekend sleep-ins seem to be a thing of the past, with the average lie in only stretching to 45 minutes.
One third of the group did not feel refreshed when they woke up in the morning, with 19 per cent saying their sleepiness interfered with their daily activities.
The problem was particularly evident among 14- to 24-year-olds, nearly half of whom (44 per cent) woke up unrefreshed most days - more than double the number of sleepyheads aged over 65.
Nearly one quarter of people experienced fatigue or exhaustion as a result of their lack of sleep, 10 per cent suffered insomnia and 19 per cent had their dreams interrupted by their partner snoring.
The findings were based on a Roy Morgan survey commissioned by the recently formed Sleep Health Foundation, which is calling for the federal government to make sleep a national priority like exercise and a healthy diet.
The foundation's chair Dr David Hillman said it appeared many Australians believed sleep was a waste of time without realising the impact a lack of shut-eye can have on their health.
Not enough sleep makes people less productive at work, more prone to accidents and irritable, he said.
"The thing that concerns us is that people aren't making particularly good choices about how to prioritise sleep," said Dr Hillman, who heads the pulmonary physiology and sleep medicine department at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
"Lots of people think that sleep is a waste of time. But it's not wasted time, it's time well spent."
Dr Hillman said part of the problem was the amount of time people stayed up late using the internet, social media, electronic games and mobile phones.
As a result they were less refreshed in the morning, which often affected their emotions and their ability to work.
The foundation has backed calls by Dr Christine Bennett, the chair of the new Australian Preventive Health Agency who wants sleep made a national health issue.
Dr Hillman said having a government policy on sleep would stress the importance of making getting enough rest a priority in people's daily lives.
"It's a bit of a misconception that going very short of sleep is making you more productive," he said.
"You can catch up on it but in the mean time you haven't worked as well or done things as well as you really could have."


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The Willie Wags Subscription Box Review + Coupon – Mar 2016
The Willie Wags is a women's lifestyle subscription box that supports and gives back to women owned small businesses
This box was sent to us at no cost to review. (Check out the review process post to learn more about how we review boxes.)
The Subscription Box: The Willie Wags
The Cost: $59.99 a month (discounts offered for 3 and 12-month pre-paid subscriptions) + shipping
COUPON: Save 10% off your first box with code MYSUBADDICTION10!
The Products: "The Willie Wags is a quirky and fun subscription service for professional women based on two core values: women supporting women and discovering those must have essentials that are hidden off the beaten path…or as we refer to it, The Willie Wags."
Ships to: US
Check out the Women's Lifestyle Subscription Box Directory for other great boxes to try and make sure to add The Willie Wags to your subscription list or wishlist!
I want to start off by saying I've never received a more beautifully wrapped subscription box. The attention to detail blew me away! Every single item was wrapped, or tied with twine and had its own card detailing product info, price and website/contact information for the creator.
Silver Cuff by The Bangle Bear – $15.00
This silver cuff bracelet is meant to hold a hair tie so that it doesn't leave an imprint on your wrist. What a great idea! I always have a hair tie on my wrist and it will look so much nicer on this bangle instead. The bangle is also very elegant with no hair tie of course. Each product card also has a Willie Wags lesson. The lesson for the bracelet was: Fashion and functionality do exist! So cute!
It was a little tricky getting the hair tie back on, but if you slide the bracelet up your arm till it doesn't move then slide the hair tie on that seems to make it much easier. This tip was taken directly from The Bangle Bear website.
Make It Happen by Lara Casey – $10.00 on Amazon (retail price $15.99)
Lara is an inspirational speaker and this book is meant to inspire women to choose their purpose, stop worrying about perfection and give courage to those starting a new venture. This gets great reviews on Amazon and I'm excited to read it! I think a motivational book is a great idea for a box which strives to empower women.
Limited Edition Numbered and Signed Artwork by Cynthia Bogart – $45.00
I'm obsessed! This is definitely my favorite item in the box. The reason I love subscription boxes is finding unique items I never would have found otherwise. This numbered, signed giclee print is so special and beautiful. I can't wait to frame it and hang it in my house. The title of this painting is "You Are Your Fiercest Warrior" – which perfectly matches the box's mission of empowerment.
I just wanted to show how the print was packed with the watercolor business card, artist information card and sticker. Beautiful!
Water Bottle Decal by LG Design – $6.00
This vinyl decal is meant to be attached to a water bottle to remind you to hit your daily water consumption goal and stay hydrated. I should give this a try because I don't even come close to drinking the recommended amount of water. I couldn't find this vinyl on LG Design's Etsy shop, but she has many others.
Undated Planner by Passion Planner – $29.99
At first I was surprised to see a planner in this box, but I quickly noticed that it is undated and then I was thrilled! This planner can be used any year or started any month. This is more than just a planner because it not only has weekly and monthly layouts. It also has reflection pages meant to clearly define your dreams and goals and turn them into a reality. Each week has personal to-do list and work to-do list sections, plus a spot to draw, journal or brainstorm. Love this planner!
Done Is Better Than Perfect & Don't Quit Your Daydream Pads – $13.00 (for both)
The Done Is Better than Perfect notepad will be great for my to-do lists and grocery lists. I especially like how the edges of each sheet of paper are gold. The Don't Quit Your Daydream is actually a little flip book with Post-its inside, very cute. These are designed by Parrot Design Studio in Maine.
Levant Corner Store Whoopie Pies – $6.00
You guys!!! Whoopie Pies!!! I don't know how this is even possible, but this is my first time ever eating a whoopie pie. And I don't think my life will ever be the same. These were unbelievable, fresh and delicious. One was a traditional whoopee pie with sugary white filling and the other was a thick peanut butter filling. Both were amazing and I was sort of sad that I opened them in front of my husband and kids and thus was forced to share. Evidently these whoopie pies have won people's choice for the last three years at the Maine Whoopie Pie Festival and I can see why. Whoopie Festivals are a thing? Who knew?!
Verdict: I feel like Willie Wags just threw down the gauntlet with this inaugural box! I see them competing right up there with all the other women's lifestyle boxes. The curation was on point. Every item felt unique and fun and knowing everything came from women owned small businesses made it even better. The value for this box was $130 which is more than double the cost of the box. I think that's amazing for small business and Etsy shop items.
What do you think of the first Willie Wags box? Which item was your favorite?


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Annual Rent Increase
Wishaw and District Housing Association has a responsibility to ensure that the rental income generated by its housing stock is sufficient to cover its costs and to build up surpluses for the future. Our rent setting policy states that when setting rents a full and realistic assessment of the relevant costs is required. This includes costs such as;
- Management Costs, Salaries, Overheads etc.
- Reactive, Voids and Cyclical Maintenance Costs
- Planned Component Replacement Costs
- Increased Bad Debts
- Loan Capital and Interest payments.
- Cash surpluses for future planned components
Every affected tenant and sharing owner will be invited to participate in a consultation exercise on the proposed increase for the coming year. Any comments on the proposals submitted as part of that exercise will be considered by Wishaw and District Housing Association's Board of Directors prior to a final decision being made.
Residents will be issued with a letter by the end of February detailing their individual charges which will be applied from 1st April.
Wishaw and District Housing Association will inform the Housing Benefit department of the increases and, if you pay your rent by Direct Debit, will automatically amend your payments. If however, you make your payment using your Allpay Card you will need to ensure that you alter your payments to cover your new rent charge.


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Tonight, Ross could only recount the previously reported outing of Deputy Secretary of State Randall Tobias and Harlan Ullman, a renowned military analyst and Washington Times columnist. Ross also said there were no members of Congress, Republican or Democrat, on Palfrey's list. In fact, he conceded the list was largely comprised of average joes. Here's Ross, tonight, in his own words:
But as usually is the case in Washington, much of it is dull. There were no members of Congress that we could find in these phone records, no White House officials.
Quite frankly, but for the few exceptions, most of the men on this list just aren't newsworthy, not even as customers of the D.C. Madam's escort service.
Gee, you think Ross and ABC News may have over-hyped this story a wee bit just to improve ratings during sweepstakes week?


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Why Us
The Epilepsy Foundation provides services to people living with epilepsy and their families,
and works to raise awareness of epilepsy in organisations and the broader community to reduce the stigma and create a more welcoming and inclusive society.
Our Services
We aim to provide relevant, supportive and practical services
that make a difference to the lives of people living with epilepsy, in a timely way along each individual's journey with epilepsy.
People may seek our services for a wide variety of reasons and their needs will vary depending on many factors: age and stage of life, individual needs (for example, needs regarding schooling, employment, driving or pregnancy), the unique problems or issues a person may be facing arising from the type of epilepsy they have (for example, if they are considering undergoing surgery), and their personal goals and aspirations for the future.
Our services are tailored to respond to each person's unique goals and aspirations. We spend time with people to learn about their life and family situation and gain an understanding of what they want to achieve, and then determine how best we can help.
Services include
- epilepsy counselling and practical support for individuals and their families or carers
- the provision of up-to-date information and resources on all aspects of living with epilepsy
- education and training about epilepsy – for schools, the medical and allied health profession and the wider community
- advocacy on behalf of groups and individuals with epilepsy
- social research and policy reform so that we can understand more about epilepsy and changing needs, and improve our services.


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The dragon bears black scales, more charred than naturally colored. Cracks between the scales glow a dull red, until the dragon rears its head and roars. Red embers become bright orange flames as the creature lights up from tail to maw.
Flame dragons are capricious creatures, fascinated by dark emotions and destructive passions. The dragons of eternal fire are proud and jealous, quick to anger, and utterly unforgiving.
They bring complete and total ruin to entire civilizations for trivial reasons, but their true motivation is the fun to be had.
These burning serpents treat rage, deceit, and despair as toys for their amusement. "May you be the fire's plaything" is a curse often used by the foolish.
Taunting Others. The hot-blooded creatures tease their victims like cats, seeing the world and all within it as their rightful prey. Young flame dragons are less subtle than their elders. Wyrmlings may force a woman to watch her family die or ruin a beautiful face for pleasure-direct and evil. As the dragon matures, this natural sadism develops into a desire for more complicated sport. Aging dragons of fire use politics, murder, and magic in elaborate schemes only their ilk can appreciate. Many create plots so intricate and layered that they lack a true resolution, creating only endless manipulation. A hero might foil an assassination only to see the king thus saved become a despot. She might defeat the vizier whispering lies in the ruler's ear only to discover he was a pawn in a vast conspiracy. Dark ambitions, poisoned daggers, and old vendettas build such momentum that one scheme begins each time another ends. Often, even killing the draconic mastermind cannot extinguish the fires it started.
Malevolent Purpose. The results of these schemes are secondary to the enjoyment they derive from pursuing a nebulous and everchanging goal. Some spend centuries torturing a family line for nothing more than trespassing on the dragon's land. Others plot eternal curses after twisting poorly chosen words into the most dire of insults. The vengeance itself is not as important as having an excuse to hate, plot, and ruin. Flame dragons relish such opportunities for revenge, seeing each as a delightful hobby. The disruption of a game kindles a true and terrible rage, and in these rare moments of defeat, their anger can be catastrophic. Entire cities burn.
Fond of Souvenirs. Flame dragons are as materialistic and territorial as other true dragons. Each pursues an individual obsession it fixates upon with mad devotion to fill its hoard.
Some corrupt innocence, others push nations to war, but they always collect a memento for each victory, whether petty or grand. One might collect scorched skulls, while another saves the melted treasures of toppled empires. When not out sowing discord, the ancient flame dragons enjoy contemplating their hoards. Every piece reminds them of their own majesty and genius.
Nothing is safe from a flame dragon's endless scheming and narcissism. They crave absolute attention and constant reassurance. Anyone who humiliates a flame dragon would be wiser to kill it. Its survival ensures the dragon's undivided attention for generations. It would be wiser still to make certain there is not a trace of involvement in a flame dragon's death.
All burning serpents see the murder of one of their kin as the gravest insult.
Tome of Beasts. Copyright 2016, Open Design; Authors Chris Harris, Dan Dillon, Rodrigo Garcia Carmona, and Wolfgang Baur.


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ASUS to Bring Low Cost Laptops in India on January 21st
The market of low cost laptops will further heat up as ASUS is getting ready to bring their new Eeebook on January 21st in India. There are already some big makers offering low-end models of similar type but ASUS has a little long history of bringing these kinds of models for their customers. Company is showing the teaser from some time. However recently they formally announced about this model.
The weight of this laptop is less than 1Kg. and it will be lighter than the other laptops of similar size. Makers had shown this laptop in IFA 2014 and now it will be available for sale. This laptop will be based on Windows 8.1 operating system and you can use 32GB eMMC storage and 2GB RAM in this model.
This laptop will have a quad-core Z3735 1.33GHz processor, VGA web camera, as well as additional card storage facility. It will have a battery life of 10 hours and the price tag is $199 only. The dimensions of the laptop are 11.3"*7.6"*0.7". ASUS has brought this model for those who are not very heavy users. Those people who love keeping their music and films on their laptop can utilize additional storage facility as operating system is already taking a lot of space.
It has two USB 2.0 ports, microSDXC card slot and microHDMI port also. Connectivity section is good enough under this range as you can enjoy the facility of latest Wi-Fi system and Bluetooth features. The model is good if you are using it for yourself only. Some other makers are also providing low-cost models. Therefore it may not be that much easy for ASUS to capture the market. You can also get free 100GB Microsoft OneDrive cloud storage for two years.


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The Pivotal Moments Are The Quiet Ones
When surveying the last forty years of Northern Irish political and social development, there's a series of big ticket items that we point to that serve as markers of progress. The Good Friday Agreement and subsequent referendum; the IRA announcing a cessation of violence in 2005; the St. Andrew's Agreement getting the institutions back on track; Starbucks opening on Ann Street; Stewarts and Crazy Prices becoming Tesco. These provide points at which we traditionally look back and say 'something changed' or 'we moved forward'. Executives were formed and policies were implemented, with the day to day management of government becoming the theatre of battle, our squat pens resting snug as a gun.
But in Northern Ireland, the pivotal moments are the quiet ones, whispers in the noise. Quiet, not through timidity or lack of ambition, but simplicity. Quiet, but perhaps the loudest declarations of intent in our recent history. Quiet, but with ferocious grace.
In 1987, the IRA bombed a Remembrance Sunday service at the Enniskillen cenotaph, killing 11 people including Marie Wilson, a 20-year-old nurse, who died in her father Gordon's arms as they were buried under the rubble. Gordon Wilson, grieving and filled with anguish, then committed what I've oft considered a superhuman act, far beyond what many of us could muster in grief. He said:
"But I bear no ill will. I bear no grudge. Dirty sort of talk is not going to bring her back to life. She was a great wee lassie. She loved her profession. She was a pet. She's dead. She's in heaven and we shall meet again. I will pray for these men tonight and every night."
This singular act of forgiveness was, and still is, shattering. Wilson felt called by his faith to lay forgiveness upon those who had just taken his daughter, and pleaded that no retaliation be carried out in her name. This was not the done thing at the height of the Troubles, and his statement resonated. Irish historian Jonathan Bardon recounted that "no words in more than twenty-five years of violence in Northern Ireland had such a powerful, emotional impact." Wilson's declaration begging mercy for those who took his child flies in the face of even our most rational reactions.
Twenty years later, on 8th January 2007, David Ervine suffered a two heart attacks and a stroke after attending a Glentoran match at the Oval in East Belfast. Ervine had been convicted of possession of bomb making equipment and sentenced to 11 years, released after six in 1980. He then trod a different path, that of a progressive Unionist with democratic principles, and strived to de-escalate Loyalist paramilitary activity in East Belfast and seek a peaceful solution to the Troubles.
At his funeral, his brother Brian said:
"He had the guts and the courage to climb out of the traditional trenches, meet the enemy in no-man's land and play ball with him."
The enemy in question was Gerry Adams, and Gerry Adams was sitting in the pews.
Brian Ervine acknowledged that Adams' presence was testament to what his brother was striving to achieve and unthinkable a just few years previously. Then, in a deeply loyalist area of East Belfast, a quiet, gentle, yet thunderous moment: spontaneous applause from groups of loyalists. Adams, and Alex Maskey, attending was brave: safety couldn't be totally assured, but they went to pay their respects to their colleague from no-man's land.
Ten years later, today, Martin McGuinness, the former IRA commander and deputy First Minister for Northern Ireland, died aged 66. McGuinness' legacy and the reaction to his death is better articulated in Nathan Stewart's article here, but I'd like to focus on one set of tributes that floored me.
I've never been a Paisley fan, largely inherited from being a near neighbour on Cyprus Avenue, the best protected and strictest no ball games street in Belfast. Saying that, an interview today with Eileen Paisley, Ian's widow, on Martin McGuinness was one of the most incredible interviews in Northern Ireland I've ever heard. I encourage you to listen to the whole six minutes before reading on.
Martin McGuinness and Ian Paisley represent the polar opposite of the spectrum of Northern Ireland political and social life. They were the extreme. Entering power sharing together was a leap of faith for both men, let alone their movements. Eileen Paisley's interview strips the momentousness of this away to focus on the personal journey of two men, diametrically opposed.
Paisley's faith-based answers, like Wilson's, may rankle some, especially since politics is so often synonymous with religion in the province. But if we accept that this is a language that Paisley is comfortable communicating in, that it is a language of love for her, we find a ferocious grace for an enemy turned friend.
The statement, first uttered by her son Ian Jr in an earlier interview, that it is how you finish in life that is important rather than how you started, is preceded by the analogy of the apostle Paul, someone else who started life in violence and ended preaching peace. In Paisley's eyes, the journey from violence to peace is one well-trod, and her belief in forgiveness through Christ is paramount to how she views a former adversary. This articulation is vital in communicating to large swathes of the professing Protestant community that they have a duty to view McGuinness with mercy. Regardless whether you see McGuinness either needing or deserving mercy, for a lot of people, this is important. This is a Paisley, and she is mourning an adversary turned friend because personal connection matters. From the 1970s through to the mid-2000s, no one would have expected this. No one would have expected, given all of the history and the tragedy of Northern Ireland, that the Paisleys and McGuinnesses would grieve one another.
Language and intention is important. Finding a way to bridge divide through the quiet, the small, the normal, can be much more powerful than the theatrical gestures of politics. I'd contend that Northern Ireland's political progress can be best measured in the manner by which our political leaders conduct their politics and treat each other as people. It shouldn't take death or illness for politicians to acknowledge publicly that friendships and respect across communities have often been one of the strongest forces for change in the country.


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- If someone or something makes you unhappy, cut that person or thing out of your life as soon as you can. Don't waste time getting sucked into toxic relationships. It isn't worth it!
- Get exercise daily. You'll be less stressed and you'll feel better about yourself.
- Drink water–– lots and lots of it! It helps your skin tremendously. I stopped drinking Diet Coke a little over a month ago and started drinking only water instead... it helped clear up my acne so much!
- Always carry at least $20 in cash. Admittedly, I need to work on this, but it's so helpful to have. Some restaurants only accept cash, and it's good to have in case you forget your debit/credit card!
- Your mother knows you the best. Listen to her when she's giving you advice, because she's probably right.
- Have manners. Hold doors open for people that have their hands full. Send thank you notes. Thank your parents when they take you out to dinner. Be respectful towards your peers.
- Being on time is important. Always wear a watch.
- It is 100% okay to make mistakes. Mistakes will teach you valuable life lessons, and the learning they provide will also help prepare you for the future.
- If you can afford to travel, then travel. Whether it's with your family, high school, college, or friends, just go somewhere. Learn from your travels and soak up the culture. Take thousands of photos.
- Focus on the positives, and don't dwell on the negatives. You're lucky to be young, free, and alive. Don't let small, insignificant problems get you down!
- Great friendships are the best. If you've found great BFFs, don't let them slip away. Cherish them and keep them close. Real friends will always stick around, even when life gets tough.
- Always put your best friends before your boyfriend. No, I haven't had an actual boyfriend yet, but I've seen girls ruin great friendships over a guy. It's not worth it!
- Find a passion that excites you. For me, it was blogging. I started blogging a little over a year ago and I've had so much fun along the way! If you're good at something, it doesn't hurt to give it a shot!
- It's perfectly okay to have an occasional lazy day filled with Netflix binge watching. Just make sure all of your schoolwork is completed first!
- Always have a hair tie with you! It sounds dumb, but sometimes you just have to put your hair in a ponytail.
- Go out of your way to remember people's names, birthdays, and other small details about them. It shows that you care!
- Take schoolwork seriously. Set goals for yourself and strive to achieve them. When you accomplish them, you'll feel so much better about yourself.
- It's okay to drink and go to parties when you're a teenager in college, but be safe! Never, ever get in a car with a drunk driver and never drive drunk. If you're walking around at night, always have a friend with you. Use common sense.
- If you want the extra Oreo, then eat the extra Oreo. Life is too short.
- It's okay to ask for help! You don't have to struggle alone... Whether it's on a school project or a personal problem, there's almost always someone who would be glad to assist you. If you're falling behind in Biology, go to your professor's office hours. Meet new friends in study groups. If you just need someone to talk to about life, go to a counselor!
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- AnonymousMarch 27, 2015 at 4:50 PM
Ahh Happy Birthday! I am loving this post, everything you said is seriously so important! MY favorites are the one about eating another oreo, and the one about staying positive. Staying positive through all situations is hard, but it's definitely something that takes practice.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! Following a passion from a young age certainly helps a lot, in my case it even made career choosing easier. It's really important to start working on something you'd need for your future self.ReplyDelete
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Aww, happy *slightly belated* birthday, Isabella! So many of these are too true, from Mom knowing you best to having cash and a hairtie on hand! Hope your day turned out wonderfully!ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 22, 2015 at 7:13 PM
Love this list! Thank you for writing this, I can definitely relate to many of these life tips, especially listening to your mother, being on time, not letting a guy come before a true friend, and cutting out toxic relationships. Love you're style as well!ReplyDelete
Yeah it's quite good that you learned it quite early in your life. Many people don't realize what a monster drunk driving can be and how their lives can be completely ruined. While working with Los Angeles DUI attorney I saw so many teenagers involved that I thought what's happening to all of them!ReplyDelete


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Join Bobby Hawke and Liz Plascencia discuss the latest episode of Once Upon a Time!
(S06E11) Emma and Regina are trapped in a wish. Can they get out, in a dish? Robin's alive and Hook is fat, can August save them in no time flat? Robin Hood's life is no epic tale, Regina brings him back on an epic scale! Gideon has grown, and to his mercy Emma's been thrown. One epic wish has already been granted leaving our heroes all empty handed. Gideon and Emma fight to see who' the best, but will they find out who's "Tougher than the Rest".


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Jemima and the 'Girls' on Jimmy Kimmel yesterday
Jemima and her friends and co-stars from Girls were at the Jimmy Kimmel show yesterday, April 5, 2017. They did a sketch based on the Golden Girls and you can view it below or in our video archive.
And Lena posted a film with her and Jemima "making out", haha. View it on her instagram!
The Daily Mail (UK) posted an article on it:
It's only been five years since we were first introduced to the girls from Girls, but in that time, they appear to have aged… a LOT.
After recently wrapping filming on their hit HBO series, the girls cast – Lena Dunham, Jemima Kirke, Allison Williams and Zosia Mamet – reunited one more time for a skit on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday night.
Taking on the iconic Golden Girls, the Girls cast were transformed into old ladies for the hilarious spoof.
But some things never change, with Lena still flashing her boobs for the camera, despite getting on in age.
A teaser trailer for the skit showed the 30-year-old actress – complete with a curly white-grey wig on her head – peeking out from behind a shower curtain.
She then pulls the curtain even further back to reveal her breasts, which have been pixelated, a huge cheeky grin on her face.
Another part of the trailer shows Lena, Jemima and Allison pushing Zosia – as innocent and naive Shoshana – into a cupboard before laughing hysterically.
The teaser opens with Zosia, 29, wearing a fluffy pink wig and oversize glasses, standing in a kitchen, a tea towel over one shoulder and a yellow plaid apron tied around her waist.
She appears to be yelling at someone off camera, before biting down on her fist in frustration.
It then cuts to Jemima, 31, who is wearing a long grey wig, glasses and an orange hippie style blouse.
She's relaxing at the dining room table, reading a newspaper, when her dentures fall out.
Meanwhile, Allison, 28 – donning a short blonde wig and dressed in a black leather skirt, beige silk blouse with ruffles and a black cardigan with embellishment – is seen standing in front of the fridge.
She's sneakily cramming chicken fillets down her bra.
A teaser photo was also posted to the Jimmy Kimmel Live Instagram page showing the 49-year-old TV host standing with the Girls cast and their co-star, Andrew Rannells, 38.
He's wearing a highway patrol officer shirt, aviator sunglasses, gloves – and no pants.
'THIS IS HAPPENING TONIGHT!' was the caption.
Meanwhile, Lena shared a teaser of her own, posting a video of herself kissing Jemima while both dressed as old ladies.
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Total Solar Eclipse and the Origin of Life
Omkar Phatak
Oct 29, 2018
A total solar eclipse is an extremely improbable event. Its occurrence is made possible by such a serendipitous combination of circumstances, that it really makes you wonder if it is connected with the occurrence of life itself on Earth! Let us explore this analogy further.
A total solar eclipse is one of the rarest of rare events, ever witnessed on Earth and also in the universe.
One may say that such an eclipse is all 'shadowy' business. It occurs when the Moon is placed exactly between the Sun and the Earth. If you happen to be in the Moon's shadow which falls on Earth, you see the Moon completely covering the solar disk and then moving away.
Not only is it one of the most beautiful sights you could ever see, it's also a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Let us see why it's such a rare experience and what are the circumstances which make it possible.
We will see how the distances between the Sun, Moon and Earth, their orbital plane angles and their sizes, are just so rightly proportioned that they conspire to make a solar eclipse possible! Then we will go further and explore if the occurrence of this rare phenomenon on Earth; the only planet with life, is more than just a coincidence.
How is a Total Solar Eclipse Made Possible?
The total solar eclipse occurs on a new Moon, when Sun, Moon and Earth are so exactly aligned, that the dense part of Moon's shadow, that is the cone of the umbra touches the earth.
It passes over, caressing the surface of the Earth at a speed of more than 1700 km/hr. The penumbra is the less denser part of the shadow that falls on the Earth.
If you are standing in the penumbra part of the shadow, what you will see is a 'partial' solar eclipse. That is, you will see the Moon covering only a part of the Sun. The 'total' in total solar eclipse indicates that the whole surface of the Sun is exactly covered by the Moon.
The Sun is so huge in its extent that the Moon is smaller than a pygmy in its comparison. It's very likely that the Moon's angular size could not have matched the Sun's size. Still, the whole of Sun is covered by the Moon during a total solar eclipse. That's because their angular sizes at that particular moment match exactly.
Now consider these facts. The diameter of the Sun is roughly 400 times the diameter of the Moon and the distance between the Earth and the Sun is approximately 400 times the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
This proportionality of distance contributes to the matching of the angular sizes of the Sun and the Moon. The distance is so well synchronized, that when the Moon is close to its perigee (the point at which the Moon gets closest to the Earth), the total solar eclipse occurs.
At least two solar eclipses occur every year with a maximum of five. It is estimated that 40% of the time, they are total solar eclipses.
Thus, the distance between the Earth and the Moon plays a vital role in making a solar eclipse possible. If the Moon is not near perigee and the distance is not right, the tip of the umbra shadow cone will not touch the Earth.
In such a case, people on the Earth positioned right opposite the tip of the umbra will see an annular solar eclipse. That is, the Moon will cover the Sun concentrically from inside but a thin border ring of the Sun will still be visible.
The Moon's plane of orbit is tilted with respect to the plane of the Sun's equator (called the 'ecliptic'), at an angle of 5.145 degrees. In addition to this, Moon has an elliptic orbit and the Sun's gravity affects the Moon's orbit.
In spite of all the reasons for misalignment, sometimes, the trio of Earth, Moon and Sun do align themselves in a line to make a 'Total Solar Eclipse' possible. Then, if you consider all these facts in totality, you can understand how unlikely it is that such an event may occur.
One wonders, whether such a beautiful phenomenon like an eclipse, also occurs on other planets like Mars. What would a total solar eclipse caused by a Martian Moon look like? Is it even possible there? Only scientists can tell us.
What Makes Life on Earth Possible?
Well, if you start listing the reasons that make life on Earth possible, the list will be endless.
Let us think about the effect of the Moon's proximity and the distance from the Sun, on the possibility of life on the Earth.
The Moon causes sea tides. The tides play a vital role in the regulation of life cycles, setting the rhythm of life for several sea life forms. The strength of the tidal forces is influenced by the distance of the Moon from Earth. Therefore, as the first life forms emerged in the sea, the Moon's role in subtly influencing evolution of life is unquestionable.
Second thing to be noted is the distance of Earth from the Sun. If our planet would have been closer to the Sun like Mercury or Venus, the high temperature would not have sustained life and would have made it almost impossible.
If the planet would have been too far from the Sun, the lower temperatures would not have made life possible. The point to be noted is that the current distance is just right for sustaining life.
The Earth and the Moon share a geological history and the current hypothesis about their origin, says that a massive object collided with the hot and molten proto-earth, to create the Moon.
The Earth-Sun distance is such that the Earth's atmosphere is protected from the solar wind, blowing at high velocity. It consists of high energy particles, that could have made a stable atmosphere on the Earth impossible, if Earth would have been too close!
The odds were very largely propped against emergence of life on Earth. If you really consider all the factors, you will realize that emergence of life on Earth is nothing less than a miracle.
Thus, the alignment of the Earth-Moon-Sun system has played a vital role in the formation of life on Earth, just like it makes a beautiful event like total solar eclipse possible.
The similarity between the circumstances and reasons contributing towards the two events should be taken note of. There is something special about the combination of factors that lead to making life on Earth possible and an eclipse too. When such extremely rare events occur at the same place, one wonders whether serendipity is at work!
A Hint to Find Extra Terrestrial Life!
The fact that two such extremely rare events occur at the same place makes one wonder about a connection between the two. If serendipity works here, why couldn't it work elsewhere?
Why can't we consider the conditions which make an eclipse possible, as indirect indicators of existence of extraterrestrial life? We should look for extra solar planetary systems with distances and sizes matching our own solar system.
Planets which have a similar alignment like the Earth-Moon-Sun system should be searched. This might be an important clue to start looking for life beyond the Earth, on other planets or other extra-solar planets!
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by Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan
Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful and the heir to a vast family fortune.
She was also deeply in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to fulfil her social ambitions and marry an English Duke.
Leaving her life in America, she came to England as the Duchess of Marlborough in 1895 and took up residence in her new home - Blenheim Palace. The 9th Duchess gives unique first-hand insight into life at the very pinnacle of English society in the Edwardian era.
An unsnobbish, but often amused observer of the intricate hierarchy both upstairs and downstairs at Blenheim Palace, she is also a revealing witness to the glittering balls, huge weekend parties and major state occasions she attended or hosted.
Here are her encounters with every important figure of the day - from Queen Victoria, Edward V11 and Queen Alexandra to Tsar Nicholas, Prince Metternich and the young Winston Churchill. This intimate, richly enjoyable memoir is a wonderfully revealing portrait of a golden age.
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I didn't participate in the official ceremony last Friday -- instead, I went to the Village Deli, had lunch with Alex oniugnip, and watched approximately four million people go by the window in fancy robes and graduation outfits as we sat there in our boring regular-person clothes -- but I too am now the proud recipient of an M.S.-on-the-way-to-Ph.D. graduate degree, pending actually getting the thing in the mail and assuming I correctly filled out the attendant paperwork. A lot of people who are going for a Ph.D. don't bother with getting one of these, but for me, it's actually a pretty significant milestone; before this, I didn't have any "of Science" degrees, so this one means something. It also marks the point at which I'm essentially done taking classes1 at IU; after this, it's just research for the next few years.
Updating my CV to add the new degree set off a chain of other little updates. I removed some dumb things that didn't really need to be there, added some others that did, and un-retconned my former job title at BFW from "Software Developer", which is what my CV said for a long time, to "Associate Project Manager", which was in fact my official job title. I had changed the title in the first place because software development was, in fact, what I did at BFW, even though it wasn't necessarily what I was hired to do, and because I thought that "Associate Project Manager" would make it appear as though I couldn't actually write code. It's funny how writing a compiler tends to make you a lot less worried about whether folks will think you can't write code. In fact, now, if anything, I'm worried about whether folks will think I can't deal with people, and I'm pretty okay with putting the word "manager" back on my CV if it helps correct that misunderstanding.
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Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Published at 18:30 GMT 19:30 UK
Tyson 'mentally fit to box' again
Tyson: Seeking a return to the ring
A long-awaited psychiatric report into Mike Tyson's mental health says that the former world heavyweight champion is "fit to box again."
However, the study also reveals Tyson has been suffering from depression and recommends that he undergo psychotherapy.
The report, which was made public on Tuesday, followed a psychological evaluation which Tyson was ordered to undergo as part of his application to the Nevada state Athletic Commission to regain his boxing licence.
Tyson had earlier lost a legal battle to prevent the report being released before his appearance before the commission next Monday.
The report reveals much about the boxer's state of mind at the time when he bit off a chunk of Evander Holyfield's ear in a world title fight in June 1997 - the incident which cost Tyson his licence .
The report also portrays him as lacking in self-esteem and depressed to the point that he has been taking anti-depressant drugs in the months following the Holyfield fight.
"I have no self-esteem, but the biggest ego in the world," Tyson told the psychiatrists.
The document reveals Tyson felt embarrassed and humiliated by having to undergo the psychological tests and was concerned that people would think he was "psycho."
Tyson 'remorseful'
However, it concludes the former heavyweight boxing champion is "fit to box again."
It says Tyson is deeply remorseful for biting Holyfield and is highly motivated not to repeat any such behaviour in the ring.
"We believe that the risk of such a re-offence is low," the report said.
The report recommends that Tyson undergo psychotherapy and that his problems with depression and self-esteem can be treated without any further medication.
Tyson's lawyer, Jim Jimmerson, earlier described the report as positive and said it showed that Tyson was mentally and physically able to fight.
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The 'glitter' ribbon is actually non-shedding cross cut metallic ribbon. It will not shed or lose its sparkle.