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UPDATE: January 2014
For January only, Cara at Health, Home, Happy, is having a sale! She's put together a GAPS diet Starter Kit that combines her What Can I Eat Now? GAPS Intro e-book, 2 months of meal plans suitable for the full GAPS diet, the GAPS Freezer Guide so you can have meals ready to go, and a Paperbook Cookbook with 80 favorite recipes.
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Figure Out Your Real Food Sources
You'll need sources for:
- organic, pastured meat, bones, and fats – if there are farmers in your area, buying direct from them is a good way to go. If you need to buy from a butcher, make sure that the meat is not cut, stored, or handled with equipment that is shared with processed meats. Also make sure that the meat has not been sprayed with corn or injected with saline!
- organic vegetables – growing your own is the best, but for larger quantities or if you are not the gardening type, just make sure to buy certified organic. If you are going to buy from a farmer who is not certified but follows organic practices, make sure to ask questions to help you verify the claims.
- free-range, fresh, organic eggs – again, growing your own is the best! If that is not practical in your space, see if there are local farmers or neighbors who can provide you with your eggs. If all else fails, you can buy a major brand at the store.
- organic, pastured raw milk – you'll be using this to make dairy kefir and yogurt, so make sure you have the highest quality milk. The FDA is currently cracking down on raw milk, so it can be difficult to source. In our area, we source our raw milk through a cow-share. We own a percentage of a specific cow who provides our milk and pay for her upkeep. The milk she produces is delivered by the farmer to a local drop-site every week. You may be able to find a herd-share or cow-share, or even raise your own milk-goat or cow.
- water kefir grains – you may be able to get these from a friend. If not, you can order them from Cultures for Health
- dairy kefir grains – you may be able to get these from a friend. If not, you can order them from Cultures for Health
- nuts – nuts in the bulk bins or from most manufacturers are not gluten-free due to cross-contamination. You'll want to buy plain nuts and go through the process of rinsing, then soaking and dehydrating them. For guaranteed gluten-free nuts (which you should also soak and dehydrate), you may buy them from NutsOnLine.
- coconut oil – coconut oil is a saturated fat and and can be used as a moisturizer, salve for small cuts, and as a delicious ingredient in all sorts of recipes.
- raw, local honey – You need pure honey that has not been heated. It's best if it comes from your own area, too, because it will have been made from the same flowers that are spreading their pollen all around!
- fermented cod liver oil – We like this post from Kitchen Stewardship on the subject of fermented cod liver oil. You can buy it from Green Pasture's web site. Taking it from a spoon is the easiest way we've found. We take the Cinnamon Tingle flavor, but the new Emulsified Mint flavor is decent as well. Check out this video from Kelly the Kitchen Kop, where she gives her 5 year old a taste test. Super cute!
Get Your Kitchen Ready
If you weren't already cooking from scratch all the time, you're about to learn! Our Amazon store has the kitchen equipment we use most and recommend. In order to make the healing foods you need to eat on the GAPS diet, you'll need to learn and prepare for:
- making stock – get a big stainless steel stock pot and read up on how to make bone broth and stock from carcasses. We'll have a post on that soon!
- freezing foods – while it would be possible to do GAPS without a large chest freezer, I wouldn't want to. Freezing is the easiest way to preserve extra stock, bulk purchases of meat, and leftovers. You'll want freezer space and wide mouth, freezer safe jars.
- dehydrating foods – while you can make your own out of a fan and a screen, it's much more practical to buy a food dehydrater. We use the Nesco FD-75PR 700-Watt Food Dehydrator, but many folks swear by their Excalibur Food Dehydrators.
- slow cooker ("crockpot") cooking – Hamilton Beach is the only brand of slow cooker that currently claims to use lead-free glaze. Their 6 quart programmable slow cooker has a temperature probe and is big enough to fit a chicken. While not quite big enough to fit a chicken, the 3-in-1 Slow Cooker with 2-, 4-, and 6-Quart Crocks is like three cookers in one.
- fermenting food – Sandor Katz's book Wild Fermentation is a good place to start if you're new to fermentation. Mason jars and a dark place are all you really need, but a fermenting crock is useful for making larger batches of sauerkraut.
- pure water – you'll need a good water filter. Reverse osmosis is the best, but we're making do with an under the sink carbon filter. The best carbon filters I've seen so far are Berkey Stainless Steel filters. The Berkey doesn't have to be hooked up to your plumbing to work. Bottled water is not ideal! See the documentary Tapped for more information on that!
Talk to Your Doctor
On the GAPS diet you will not be eating any grains. However, testing for celiac disease requires that you be eating a diet heavy in gluten for at least 3 months. If there is any chance you have celiac disease and may someday need a diagnosis, get tested now, before starting the GAPS diet!
Detoxify Your Kitchen
First, you must eliminate all gluten and known allergens from your kitchen and home. Go through every product in the house, read the label, and get rid of anything you can't have. Next, get rid of contaminated utensils and appliances. Then it's time for the first of two deep cleans. Use new sponges and clean rags for each deep clean.
I've got a big post coming with step by step instructions. (the post is here.) Or, if you live in Portland, OR, you can skip all that work and hire us to liberate your kitchen for you!
Next, take all of the foods not allowed on your current GAPS Intro stage out of sight. We designated a kitchen cabinet for foods we would get on later stages. This cabinet was totally off limits! We also moved some foods out to shelves in our garage. The main idea is to eliminate temptation in your home, and to focus yourself on what you can eat. The foods you see should be things you can eat!
Get the Food Started
- stock up on stock – Make a big pot of stock. Actually, make many big pots of stock. Jar it up in wide mouth pint jars, put a bunch in the fridge, and freeze the rest. You will be eating soup for every meal at first, so you will definitely need more than you think! (Note: While pressure canning is not ideal or strictly GAPS legal, if you don't have the freezer space and don't have the time or space to continually have stock going, it beats not having any or buying some from the store.)
- get good veggies – Get lots of vegetables to add to your soup. Make sure they are on the approved foods list!
- start some kraut – Sauerkraut takes a few days, so you'll want to get it started right away. We have a day by day series on the simple process.
If you need a bit more guidance on getting all set up to start GAPS, check out these related posts:
- GAPS Resources
- Starting GAPS
- It's so Easy – GAPS Intro Stage 1
- It's so Easy – GAPS Intro Stage 2
- It's so Easy – GAPS Intro Stage 3
- It's so Easy – GAPS Intro Stage 4
- It's so Easy – GAPS Intro Stage 5
- It's so Easy – GAPS Intro Stage 6
- The GAPS Full Diet
This post is part of Kelly the Kitchen Kop's Real Food Wednesday and Simple Lives Thursday on GNOWFGLINS and Freaky Friday on Real Food Freaks, GAPS Legal Thursdays.


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Two days before Thanksgiving of that same month my 25 year old daughter had what was to be routine surgery to remove some cysts from her ovaries.
The doctors found she had stage 2 ovarian cancer.
They found two tumors, one the size of a tennis ball. She had to have a complete hysterectomy.
The doctors were confident that they had removed all the cancer, that is was LMP (Low Malignancy Potential) cancer and that it had not spread. We wouldn't know for sure until they got the test results which would take a couple of weeks.
My family was devastated.
I spent Thanksgiving with my daughter in the hospital and scared that I would be burying my little girl (she will always be my little girl) and my grandson who was 6 would be without his mother.
I could not play and could not think about much else so my drums sat again.
Finally the LMP was confirmed.
Fortunately she had one of the best doctors in the area.
Although it had appeared that they had removed all the cancer, the doctor had decided to err on the side of caution and had her go through chemotherapy.
Her mother and I supported her as much as possible taking her to and from her treatments.
I would leave work early to pick her up after a treatment, not only to help her out but because it was the only time I would get to see her and talk to her.
She did very well with the treatments. She lost her hair but did not experience too many other side effects.
To this day she is cancer free and I pray every day she stays that way and that my only grandson will always have his mother.
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Sarah Zack wrote -
Last year, I (Sarah) traveled to Tanzania and spent two months volunteering at Nkoaranga Orphanage. I am headed back for three weeks in June, with a Five Star team of super hero volunteers. They are, in no particular order: Mary Beth Zack, Claire Weider, and Bette Nunez. Read on to find out a bit about the orphanage and the projects we're working to support through fundraising.
The Orphanage: Nkoaranga Orphanage houses up to 30 children and works to provide the love, care, and education that each child needs to grow and develop into strong and capable individuals. Nkoaranga is run by a head mama, Mama Pendo, and is staffed by local women to provide 24 hour care. The orphanage educates children at their own preschool until they reach the age of 5. When they turn six they begin school at a local boarding school. The children must be boarded and stay at school until school vacations when they get to go home to extended family, or come back to the orphanage until break ends.
Children's Village: It's been recognized by staff and volunteers that starting boarding school at at 5 can be stressful and traumatic, and it's difficult for the staff to check-up on the children's wellbeing once they're at school. Land has been purchased and plans for the construction of a children's village are in the beginning stages of development. The children's village will essentially be a village for children without families, and will provide each child a home with three or four other children, and a hired mama. Children will go to school during the day but come home at night. They will receive valuable life skills by living in a family structured home, and will receive the love and support any child needs.
Project Riziki: Project Riziki aims to ensure the orphanage has the financial back-up to continue providing 1-1 care to premature babies, medical bills, staff overtime, and transport costs for premature and sick babies. In just three days, towards the end of April 2014, the orpahange tragically lost two baby girls to illness. One of the girls, Hope, was brought to the orphanage at just one day old and weighed no more than 5 pounds. She arrived during my stay at Nkoaranga and the volunteers immediately fell in love with her. Project Riziki will help cover Hope's medical costs and ensure that the children of Nkoaranga receive the best medical care they can.
Your donation will help support the children's village and Project Riziki, and will ensure that the watoto of Nkoaranga can grow to be educated, healthy, and happy little beasties!
Follow us each on Facebook for photos and updates while we're there! Asante sana!
The Team: $3,405 TOTAL RAISED SO FARJOIN THE TEAM
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Swinging in the Shadows (Part Two)
Stream Now - for Students, Educators & Librarians
Mavericks of the City by the Bay produced innovative art and spirited poetry---unique to the West Coast
In Northern California, new art and poetry was seen and heard in the coffee houses and bars in San Francisco's North Beach. Occasionally, these avant-garde individuals opened cooperative galleries and staged their own events. Living and working in warehouses, storefronts or in old Victorians throughout the city, these spaces became another setting to show work, share ideas, socialize and produce art.
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Climate Focus Team
Cornell is committed to measuring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions related to campus operations...
The Climate Focus Team is one of the 10 President's Sustainable Campus Committee Focus Teams.
- Support the annual Climate Action Plan progress reports and greenhouse gas inventory updates required by our Climate Leadership Commitment and reported in the Second Nature Reporting System.
- Consult with working groups analyzing Cornell's greenhouse gas inventory scope and protocol.
- Support university efforts to diversify the energy portfolio with renewable sources.
Climate Team Leaders
Steve Beyers, Manager of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Division of Infrastructure, Properties, and Planning email@example.com
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I just wanted to take this post to wish my Mom a
I can't thank you enough for all the many things you've done for all of your kids! We love you, and appreciate the many sacrifices you've made for us. I can't tell you how sad I am that I can't be there with you right now to tell you this, and share in your day! Please KNOW that I would be there if I could, and that I am thinking about you!
Me (and Bella of course)
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So I bought a membership to the zoo, and in order to justify the cost to Andy get the
most bang for my buck I am a frequent visitor. Bella loves seeing all the animals, though she does have her favorites (Rhinos–Go figure) Anyway, here are a few pics taken from our recent Animal Excursions!
We love th SD Zoo, if you are ever in town, you should definitely make a point of dropping by. It is well worth the time and expense involved.
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O.K. Andy and I are sort of excited…Recently I've been working with Bella on Rhymes. There is an episode of her FAVORITE show Ni Hao Kai Lan where the little Koala Tolee learns to rhyme, and she really likes to do that, so yesterday, we worked on Rhymes, and she pulled out this gem…ENJOY!
OK…so maybe we got a little ahead of ourselves there. But even though it's not an EXACT rhyme, at least we know she's headed in the right direction, even if her steering is veering a little to the left.
Have a fun rhyme to share?
Leave it in a comment!
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This is a little segment I like to call:
Rules to Dress by for Toddlers
If you have any fashion questions for Me
email my mommy at email@example.com
or leave it in the comments.
I will try to answer everyone!!–Bella
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I just wanted to share a few pics of Our Easter Celebration. Andy, Bella and I joined my best friend Jaime, and her family for Easter services and a mini-Egg Hunt followed by Easter Supper. We had a good time, and the kids loved meeting the Easter Bunny and searching for Easter Eggs.
After church we headed home and had an egg hunt just for the girls!
All in all it was a fun day….I can't wait till next year, when they both really "Get" it!!
How was your Easter?
Did you do anything fun?
Leave a Comment telling me about it!
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I'm trying to teach Bella about Spring, so we've been working on growing her Garden…She is so cute about it, she wears her little flip-flops outside, and makes sure to water them everyday. Here are some pics chronicling the process.
How do you Celebrate Spring?
Share your ideas in the comments!
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• Adults: $5.00
Reading Railroad Heritage Museum
The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum, located in Hamburg, PA, is owned and operated by the Reading Company Technical & Historical Society, is dedicated to preserving the history and heritage of the Reading Railroad. The Museum tells the story of the Reading Railroad, one of the world's largest corporations, made famous by the game of MONOPOLY. Currently in the initial stages of development, the Museum features vintage railroad cars and locomotives, photographs, documents and artifacts from the Reading Railroad.
• Adults: $5.00
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For Pete's Sake
Lakers guard Steve Nash writes letter to fans
Guard Steve Nash posted an letter to Lakers fans on his Facebook page late last night.
A segment of the Lakers faithful was displeased with Nash after he posted a video of himself swinging a golf club on his Instagram account. That's because Nash is out for the season with a back injury and he's reportedly due to make nearly $10 million.
Here are some highlights from Nash's letter:
"I have a ton of miles on my back. Three buldging (sic) disks (a tear in one), stenosis of the nerve route and spondylolisthesis. I suffer from sciatica and after games I often can't sit in the car on the drive home, which has made for some interesting rides. ...
"I understand why some fans are disappointed. I haven't been able to play a lot of games or at the level we all wanted. Unfortunately that's a part of pro sports that happens every year on every team. I wish desperately it was different. I want to play more than anything in the world. I've lost an incredible amount of sleep over this disappointment. ...
"This may be hard for people to understand unless you've played NBA basketball, but there is an incredible difference between this game and swinging a golf club, hiking, even hitting a tennis ball or playing basketball at the park. Fortunately those other activities aren't debilitating, but playing an NBA game usually puts me out a couple of weeks."
You can find the entire letter here.
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Maurice Sendak once said that the subject of all his work was the "extraordinary heroism of children in the face of . . . a mostly indifferent adult world." Nowhere is this theme more lavishly treated than in Outside Over There (1981), the third — after Where the Wild Things Are (1963) and In the Night Kitchen (1970) — in a trilogy of fantasy quests. Like naughty Max and hungry Mickey, the hero of Outside Over There is a furious and resolute child. Her name is Ida, and she's been left in charge of baby sister while Mama sits in the arbor, distracted by a lifetime, or perhaps only a moment, of melancholy; Papa is "away at sea." When Ida turns to noodle on her wonder-horn, a thin brass curl whose bell points backward, a crew of hooded goblins tumbles through the window. They abscond with the baby and leave behind a changeling made of ice. Ida's rescue mission is a success — the goblins are unmasked as babies themselves, and dissolve into a stream as she blows a shimmying melody. The girls return home to find that Papa has sent a letter:
I'll be home one day,
and my brave, bright little Ida
must watch the baby and her Mama
for her Papa, who loves her always.
Max and Mickey's labors are rewarded with a warm bed, but young Ida's meed is more work. Outside Over There offers heavy consolations: acknowledging resentment and disappointment, accepting responsibility, caring for others. The illustrations, a dusty hurricane of paintings recalling Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge, are lambent and hallucinatory. Fabrics billow, perspectives shift, and the baby emerges from an eggshell. In a lonely subterranean grotto sits Charles Lindbergh Jr. At one point, the sisters glide by Sendak's idol Mozart holed up in a cottage, playing the fortepiano.
Outside Over There bewitched Jonathan Cott, a culture journalist who profiled Sendak for Rolling Stone in the 1970s and collaborated with him on a book about Victorian children's literature. In THERE'S A MYSTERY THERE: THE PRIMAL VISION OF MAURICE SENDAK (Doubleday, $30), Cott parses Ida's journey with the help of four equally obsessed "companion guides": Richard M. Gottlieb, a Freudian analyst; Margaret Klenck, a Jungian analyst; Jane Doonan, an art historian; and the playwright Tony Kushner, who was a friend of Sendak's. Each dialogue, written up at length, is given a chapter; Cott's interviews with Sendak are also included. The conversations would have read more briskly as transcripts, and one grows a bit weary of Cott, who is ever the prepared and eager student. But the book is an inventive, intelligent pleasure, a collaborative close reading that is serious and loving. I wish there were more criticism like it.
The analysts talk Winnicott and dreams, the art historian invokes Leonardo, and Kushner admires Sendak's "deliberate so-called errors of syntax, the way language flows over its own mistakes, and flows because of its mistakes": he calls it "immigrant speech."
The ice thing only dripped and stared,
And Ida mad knew goblins had been there.
Sendak, who spent years in analysis and enjoyed the game of interpreting his art, would have appreciated Cott's choice of interlocutors. Still, his most penetrating critics have always been children, who respond to his books with their bodies as well as their minds. Where the Wild Things Are has inspired their most fervent admiration. Cott relates the story of a severely autistic boy who, on careful examination of the three spreads depicting Max's island rumpus, uttered his first words. Another boy sent Sendak a drawing of a wild thing, to which Sendak reciprocated with a drawing of his own. "Then I got a letter back from his mother, and she said: 'Jim loved your card so much he ate it.' "
Ingestion and expulsion is our most primitive drama, and Sendak rendered it with a surreal and comic literalism. One strip, collected in Fantasy Sketches (1970), begins with a wailing baby swallowing a stork and ends with him eating his mother. Of course grown-ups are disturbed by such appalling tantrums, which are routine in Sendak; some have also been disturbed by how his characters look. As a young artist, he had a hard time getting published — editors found them too ugly. "They're all a kind of caricature of me," he said later. "They look as if they'd been hit on the head." The bodies are short and squat, resembling his Eastern European family. (He attributed the grotesque attributes of the wild things to the moles and teeth and nose hairs of his aunts and uncles, who were "the real monsters of my childhood.") Max and Mickey have simple cartoonish faces with dark slashing eyebrows and mouths that flatten and gape. They are the merry ancestors of the baby goblins — fat dumplings with broad noses and wrinkled brows. But Ida and her sister have large, pale eyes, eyebrows that arc like half-moons, and blushing cheeks. They are rosy-lipped and haunted, their skin lit from within, as if by grace.
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Pink is the New Black: The Latest Color Craze Among Millennials
Millennial Pink—it's the color trend that keeps on giving. Whether it's Food and Drink, Lifestyle and Fashion, or Home Decor, you're bound to find this popular hue everywhere you look.
Of course, there's a lot of debate over what Millennial Pink actually is. The Cut describes Millennial Pink as an "ironic pink, pink without the sugary prettiness … a non-color that doesn't commit, whose semi-ugliness is proof of its sophistication" while BuzzFeed argues that Millennial Pink is more of a feeling than a specific shade. Whichever camp you land in, you can be sure that this trending color isn't going anywhere anytime soon.
So why did Millennial Pink suddenly peak in popularity? After all, it's not as though pink is a new color trend in and of itself. As it turns out, there are be a number of different answers to that question.
The initial rise of Millennial Pink is somewhat difficult to track. Wes Anderson's 2014 hit, "The Grand Budapest Hotel," was an early indicator of the coming popularity of this pastel hue, featuring shades of pink throughout the entirety of the film. Even pop artist, Drake, jumped on board with bubblegum pink cover art for his 2015 single, "Hotline Bling."
However, by far the most commonly attributed factor to the Millennial Pink trend is Pantone's 2016 Color of the Year: Rose Quartz. This dusky pink hue launched what has widely come to represent what many consider to be the quintessential Millennial Pink. Suddenly, it was as if the entire world had been doused in pastels. It was popping up everywhere from couture fashion runway shows to controversial Thinx period underwear ads.
Typically, pink content spikes in February, right before Valentine's Day. However, on Muse, pink has been steadily climbing the trend lines over the past few years. Earlier this month, pink hit its highest point as a trending topic, even with the February holiday taken into consideration. We've even seen Millennial Pink popping up across a variety of content hubs, with Fashion and Lifestyle, Home Decor, and Food and Drink leading the charge.
Search the hashtag "Millennial Pink" on Instagram, and you'll come up with a slew of artfully shot pictures, candidly posed against a pastel pink wall. Whether it's something as simple as a series of blush-toned accessories or as committed as an entirely pink outfit combination, one thing's for sure—this pastel hue is taking the fashion world by storm.
Millennial Pink has been especially prevalent with our Interior Design and Home Decor bloggers. Since some consumers aren't ready to fully commit to an entirely pink palette, throw pillows, furniture, or an accent wall are all being used to introduce a pop of pastel into every room in the home.
Pink recipes have been doing well in Food and Drink, too. In a recent sponsored content campaign for 7Up and Walmart, Ahalogy Partner, Pretty My Party, capitalized on the Millennial Pink trend in conjunction with the warmer summer months to create a pastel pink lemonade recipe that drove over 2 million impressions and 25 thousand clicks to the site.
Here at Ahalogy, everything we do is driven by data. After seeing the sudden popularity of Millennial Pink in the Home Decor sector, we worked to highlight more content that featured the hue for a popular paint brand. Compared to similar content, the Millennial Pink-themed social media posts brought in 96% higher engagement rates during the month of July. In fact, a Millennial Pink post even brought in five times more engagement than the next top performing post, securing its spot as the number one post for the brand that month.
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New Indication for Perjeta
December 20, 2017 – The U.S. FDA has approved a new indication for Perjeta® (pertuzumab), manufactured by Genentech, as an adjuvant treatment in combination with Genentech's Herceptin® (trastuzumab) and chemotherapy for patients who have HER2-positive early breast cancer with a high risk of recurrence. Treatment should occur after surgical removal of tumors.
The new indication is based on the results of a clinical study involving 4,804 patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer who underwent surgical removal of their tumors. The use of Perjeta in conjunction with Herceptin and chemotherapy reduced the risk of invasive recurrence of the breast cancer or death of the patient by 18% compared to Herceptin and chemotherapy alone.
Perjeta is available in 420mg/14mL single-dose vials. Recommended dosing is based on indication. The drug is also approved, in combination with Herceptin and docetaxel, for the treatment of metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer in patients who have not received prior anti-HER2 therapy or chemotherapy for metastatic disease. The FDA has also granted full approval for Perjeta to be used as a neoadjuvant treatment of HER2-positive, locally advanced, inflammatory, or early stage breast cancer (either >2cm in diameter or node positive) as part of a complete treatment regimen for early breast cancer.
Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of a recalled product may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting Program either online, by U.S. mail or by fax.
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Actual drug patent expiration dates and availability of new medications are subject to change due to patent litigation, settlement agreements, additional patents, exclusivities, and final FDA approval. Distribution and availability of new medications at pharmacies may not occur immediately following FDA approval. Patients are advised to speak with their healthcare professional or pharmacist regarding appropriateness as well as actual availability.
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Microsoft innovation guru Amit Mital has joined Symantec in a bid to accelerate innovation in the product division.
Mital will report directly to Symantec CEO Steve Bennett.
Mital joins Symantec after 20 years with Microsoft, most recently as the corporate vice president for the company's startup business Group, where he was responsible for managing strategic product development along with identifying and executing new innovation opportunities.
Mital holds 43 patents and is an innovator in several technologies that align with Symantec's business including machine learning, big data, and high scale web and cloud services.
Symantec chief executive Steve Bennett said Mital was a leader with proven abilities to innovate, develop and execute new products.
"We're on track executing roadmaps to leverage Symantec's technology to solve our customer's most important problems and Amit's expertise will help us move faster and more effectively in this stage of our transformation. We are thrilled to add such a talented executive to our leadership ranks," he said.
Mital said he was excited to be joining Symantec at such a crucial juncture in the company's history.
"I'm looking forward to working alongside Steve and our more than 20,000 employees worldwide to develop and deliver innovative point solutions and integrated offerings that will drive the industry - and Symantec - forward."
Steve Trilling, Symantec's current CTO, will be moving to an operational senior leadership role in the company.
Mital holds a M.S. in Engineering from the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth College.


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Three delicious, restaurant style meals are served daily in separate kosher and non-kosher dining areas, as well as our kosher deli that is open to residents, guests, and the general public.
Whether your appetite calls for beef brisket or homemade cakes or pies, we are here to please the palate. Residents join in for a weekly happy hour held in the non-kosher dining room.
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Laura Kemshall and I are now using our Through Our Hands Facebook page as a hub for inspirational images, videos, links, and much more, to help keep you in touch with some of the beautiful work that's out there.
It's certainly one to bookmark and you don't need a Facebook account to view the page, anyone can drop by. Here's the link you'll need:
It would be great to have some new visitors to the page and we'd love it if you visited and liked the page.


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The 2018 Newbury Triathlon is based at Northcroft Leisure Centre in the heart of Newbury. Centred around the75 yard outdoor heated swimming pool, there is plenty of space for spectators to watch both the swim and transition antics. The 300yd Swim/22km Bike/5km Run is ideal for first-timers!
This is a popular event for up to 450 competitors each of whom will receive a FREE quality running t-shirt.
Senior : BTF member £31 Non BTF member £36
Junior (Age 16,17 or 18 on the date of the event): BTF member £31 Non BTF member £36.
Northcroft Leisure Centre is located just west of Newbury Town Centre and is signposted (brown sign) from the Robin Hood roundabout on the main route (A339) through Newbury. Postcode for Sat Navs is RG14 1RS
Is on the right (grassed area) as you approach the Leisure Centre but may fill up. There will be a £1 per car parking fee which will be donated to a local charity
Takes place in the main Leisure Centre sports hall from 7.15am.
If you are a BTF member you will need to show your BTF licence at registration or you will be charged £5 for a day licence, non members may be asked to show another form of photo ID
During registration you will receive:
2 race numbers (TO BE VISIBLE ON YOUR BACK WHILST CYCLING, FRONT WHILST RUNNING)
2 "sticky" race numbers, one for your bike (for security in/out of transition) and one to be clearly visible on the front of your helmet (to assist the marshals and our roving photographer to capture those action shots that will be available after the event)
Chip timer and belt (attaches round your ankle)
Please arrive AT LEAST 30 minutes before your start time to allow time to register as it can get very busy.
Racking opens from 7.30am, only competitors will be allowed into the transition area, please keep your belongings in transition to a minimum. Please retain your race number; you will need it to collect your bike from transition after the race.
Please ensure that you are at the Swim start, which is located at the shallow end of the pool, AT LEAST 10 minutes prior to your official start time (which will be published on the web site www.teamkennet.com during August in advance of the race day).
The swim course is (only) four lengths of one of the few remaining outdoor (heated) 75 yard lido pools, enjoy!
A short tour of some of the villages and countryside to the North West of Newbury. Click here to view the route.
must be worn. Please note your cycle helmet must be fastened on your head before you take hold of your bike and must remain fastened until after you have racked your bike.
An off road run along well maintained paths, a canal tow path and the boundary of the Newbury Cricket and Hockey Club. Click here to view the route.
There will be an Aid Station for water as you leave transition for the run route. Competitors are advised to carry their own gels or food if required.
Toilets and refreshments are available in the Leisure Centre.
Prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd placed Male and Female Open, Male and Female Novice (fewer than 3 events), Male and Female Vet (40+) and Super Vet (50+) and 1st placed Male and Female Junior (18 and under), Male and Female Senior Vet (60+) and 1st Team of three. Teams need to be nominated before the start. All prizes will be awarded shortly after the event finishes at approximately 1.00pm. If you have won an award please try to attend the award ceremony or nominate a team mate to collect your award.
To qualify for a refund you will need to contact email@example.com. The event refund policy is:
Notification of more than 8 weeks – 50% of entry fee
Notification of 2 to 8 weeks – 20% of entry fee
Notification of less than 2 weeks – No return
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This past summer we were given some outdoor furniture. The rocking chair didn't have any cushions. I figured I could get on Pinterest and find some DIY approach to these cushions. I found several posts but they were all above my ability so I decided to wing it. The further along I went the more pleased I was with my progress. I was actually doing it. Then it came time to sew up the finishing seam. My mother is a wonderful seamstress and I knew if she was doing this project she would make sure the seam was straight and the fabric lined up. For a little while I kept doing it how I knew she would do it. Then I had a realization. The way my mother did it wasn't important to me. That seam was on the back of the cushion. Nobody would ever see it. So why was I spending unnecessary effort and time doing something that wasn't important to me? I was doing it because that's what I thought would make the project a success to my mother.
How often do we let somebody else define what our successes are or should be? When I was making that cushion, my mother wasn't looking over my shoulder telling me I was inadequate. I was projecting that on myself. Choose to be in control of you, don't give that power to someone who isn't even looking for it.
Your success doesn't happen to you. It happens because of you. -Grant Cardone
Once I realized that my view of the cushion was all that mattered, I stopped using my mom's constraints. I finished the cushion the way I thought made sense. As it turns out, I am still really proud of that cushion.


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Roberta Bondar get darker with 'Caustic'
Photo by Andrew Carver
The dense, murky rock of Ottawa's Roberta Bondar has gone even darker on their new record Caustic, reaching for the avant garde while retaining a grunge feel that would make them fit between the Cranberries and Smashing Pumkins on some '90s radio show.
Caustic was recorded mostly live off the floor in one day in December in St. Alban's, one of the oldest churches in Ottawa. You can hear church organ throughout the record, adding another layer of dissonance to the harshest moments of Caustic.
It's a different approach from their last two EPs, which were tracked separately in different living spaces and after-hours in a cafe they all worked at.
"Live off the floor creates more of a performance piece," says singer / guitarist Lidija Rozitis. "The room itself plays a very important role in creating a tone for the album. The acoustics in that church were amazing and we all felt really comfortable even though we only had one day."
As they worked through the Caustic material at St. Alban's they could feel their late-night post-punk bouncing off the church's walls around them, setting the tone for the record and providing lots of low end. Lidija says you can especially hear the impact the space had on the slow-burning title track.
"A room can influence sound of the final product. Every show you perform is slightly different depending on the acoustics of the room, and who's in the room, the reception of the audience," she says.
While the band has some shared tastes in music, there are sounds flying in from all over, from the heavy to the meditative. Lidija says one of the things she loves about writing with Roberta Bondar is that each member sees the song from a different viewpoint.
"We all like to do things that are weird," she says. "We're not trying to emulate a certain sound, but trying to think about how to make new sounds."
The band won't be playing many shows for the rest of the year after POP Montreal and the Ottawa Implosion Weekend in October, and they'll likely be thinking about tweaking their name too. Last week the band received a letter from representatives of Dr. Roberta Bondar, the Canadian scientist / astronaut the band is referencing, asking them to clarify they are not affiliated with the doctor.
When we speak it's two days after the CBC, National Post and Ottawa Citizen have reported on the request from Dr. Bondar, which they found out about from a post on Lidija's Facebook profile.
"At no point has anyone talked about the music at all. Especially with The National Post it was like we were just dumb kids trying to get more hits on our YouTube video," says Lidija, adding there was never any conflict between the two parties.
For a band that sells their music on cassettes, she says it's pretty obvious they're not trying to profit off the doctor's name. It's just a tongue-in-cheek reference by an independent group.
"As a band I wouldn't want to measure my success by being on the front page of a shitty conservative national newspaper because they realized a band has the same name as a relatively well-known Canadian icon," says Lidija.
Roberta Bondar play O Patro Vys September 19 at 10 p.m.


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ACDelco's Heavy Duty AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) Batteries are the perfect fit for your heavy cycle applications. Spill-proof Absorbed Glass Mat design protects against acid leakage and allows for flexible placement of the battery. ACDelco Heavy Duty AGM Batteries have a very high tolerance for repeated deep cycles, withstanding the ill effects of multiple discharges. ACDelco offers both stud and dual terminal products to meet all your application needs.
ACDelco Professional Heavy Duty AGM Batteries have a 24 month limited warranty period.
• Discharged batteries that can be recharged and returned to service.
• Cost of recharging or for use of rental batteries or vehicles.
• Labor cost for battery removal and installation.
• Batteries damaged due to charging system failure, negligence, accident, improper installation, or freezing.
• Loss of time, inconvenience, loss of vehicle use, or other incidental consequential damages.
• New batteries should be given a full charge before use.
• For best battery life, batteries should not be discharged below 80% of their rated capacity. Proper battery sizing will avoid excessive battery discharge.
• Recharge battery at every opportunity, bring back to full charge at earliest opportunity.
• Inactivity can be extremely harmful to all lead acid batteries. ACDelco recommends the following for seasonal use:
• Completely charge the battery before storing.
• Remove all electrical connections, including series/parallel connectors.
• Store in a cool (not below freezing) place.
• When not in use, boost every two months.
• Check the battery as part of regular vehicle maintenance.
• Keep battery terminals clean and free of corrosion.
• To remove corrosion from terminals use a terminal brush.
• Check the alternator and make sure that it is not charging too high or low. If the alternator is not charging properly it will cause the battery to not charge correctly and cause deterioration.
• Avoid exposing the battery to extreme heat whenever possible.
• Turn off other electrical accessories (stereos, internal lights, etc.) as soon as they are no longer required to save electrical energy.
• A battery not in use tends to run down and create sulfate deposits. After your battery has been filled and charged, it is essential that you keep it adequately charged either by running the vehicle, or by using an independent battery charger.
Fully charged ACDelco Batteries (OCV is >12.5) should be stored in an upright position at temperatures between 32°F and 70°F. When a battery is stored, a very slow chemical reaction takes place between the plate materials and the electrolyte, causing a slow discharge. This reaction, called a self-discharge, occurs more rapidly at higher temperatures. Therefore, it is not recommended to store next to a furnace or other heat source. If an ACDelco Battery is completely discharged, the electrolyte will freeze when stored below 30°F. To prevent electrolyte freezing and battery damage, do not store ACDelco Batteries below 30°F if their OCV is less than 12.5 volts. Check battery every 2 months and maintain a voltage of 12.4 volts or higher.
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Ascendigo Autism Services Dedicates Mosaic Bench as First Installation on Rio Grande ArtWay
Dedication Ceremony Set for Wednesday, Oct. 4
CARBONDALE, COLORADO -- The first art installation on the Rio Grande ArtWay will be celebrated with a special dedication ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at 11:00 a.m. A collaborative art project between Ascendigo Autism Services and Scavenger Industries, the mosaic bench was created by multiple members of the community during this summer's Carbondale Mountain Fair. The dedication ceremony will take place adjacent to the corner of 8th Street and the Rio Grande Trail in Carbondale.
"We are incredibly grateful to the Carbondale community for embracing our program and making our participants with autism feel valued and at home here," said Peter Bell, Ascendigo's President and CEO. "Creating and contributing the bench to the ArtWay was our way of saying thank you and giving something back to the community."
The bench will be dedicated to the memory of Alex DeMeo, the brother of a client participating in Ascendigo's year-round adult program. A replica of the ArtWay bench with memorial plaques will be placed at the nearby Ascendigo office on Industry Place. The dedication ceremony will include speakers and refreshments.
The Rio Grande ArtWay is a collaborative creative placemaking effort of the Carbondale Creative District and RFTA. It encompasses a one mile stretch of the Rio Grande Trail as it runs through Carbondale. The gateways are Snowmass Drive and Main Street, behind the Carbondale Clay Center, and Hwy 133 and the trail, across from the Carbondale RFTA Park & Ride.
Creative Placemaking is an evolving field of practice that intentionally leverages the power of the arts, culture and creativity to serve a community's interest while driving a broader agenda for change, growth and transformation in a way that also builds character and quality of place. "The Rio Grande ArtWay will give voice to underserved communities, while creating a linear park that will connect Carbondale through creativity", said CCD committee member, Amy Kimberly.


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PVC pipes, enamel paint, misters, garden hose, 2x4 lumber, nylon rope, zip-ties, brass hydrant reducer, fire hydrant
This project was a temporary art installation for the NYC Department of Transportation's Summer Streets. Summer Streets is an annual event in which seven miles of New York City's streets are transformed into pedestrian and bicycle only streets on three consecutive Saturdays in August. Installed near Foley Square in Lower Manhattan, CoolStop is a prototype for a sprinkler that provides a safe, efficient, and fun alternative to cool off by a hydrant. Constructed out of PVC pipes, the piece resembles a large splash surrounding a hydrant. Each of these PVC pipes has several misters that use a minimal amount of water from the hydrant to release a mist creating a refreshing micro-climate, which provides a much needed respite from the summer heat.


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Pupils at a Mansfield Woodhouse school are climbing high after getting £10,000 of new play equipment.
Children at Northfield Primary and Nursery School, on Cox's Lane, have been enjoying a brand new climbing wall and outdoor gym equipment.
The new gear was purchased after the school got a £10,000 grant from the Big Lottery Fun in February.
In June last year, Northfield School Pupil Parliament representatives asked their fellow pupils what improvements they would like to see.
The majority voted to improve the playgrounds, so parliament representatives came up with the idea of outdoor gym equipment and a climbing wall. After putting together a bid for funding, the students were successful.
A spokesman for the Big Lottery Fun said: "Our Commitment to our Children here at Northfield Primary & Nursery School is to work hard to develop children mentally, spiritually and physically in preparation for the experiences, opportunities and responsibilities of life.
"One of our aims at the school is to promote a healthy lifestyle through self-discipline and self-worth together with respect for others and the environment.
"Our project 'Fit for Life' is an initiative to encourage our children to recognise the benefits of regular exercise and healthy living. The children will be able to use the equipment before, during and after school and it will also be utilised during school holiday clubs and activities."


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I have recently purchased the Sony Optiarc AD-7240S optical disk drive. It is an internal drive, but I want to make it external, without paying for an external enclosure as they're too expensive. I already have a SATA Data to USB converter, but now I need a SATA Power cable/adapter. What am I looking for? Will I need something like:
"SATA Power to Mains Adapter"?
"SATA Power to USB Adapter"?
What exactly do I need?
What voltage will the drive require to function?
Thanks in advance for any help.
SATA power connectors provide three different voltages (3.3, 5, and 12v). USB will not provide enough amperage for a 3.5" drive, so you would need to power it from a power brick or an old computer power supply. I don't think I've ever seen a power brick for SATA, but I've seen a couple for Molex like this:
An adapter may be able to convert the connector to SATA if your drive doesn't have dual connectors. Many manufacturers don't actually use the 3.3v lines in their drives anyway, but you may want to check if your particular drive does or not.
If you want an external, return the internal drive & exchange it for one. Otherwise, buy a 5.25" external case to mount your internal drive. If you do it your way, it's not gonna be very portable because of all the cables, adapters & power supply you'll have to carry around with you.
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Chow Tai Fook, a decades-old Chinese jewelry retailer with 1,400 stores, has hired seven banks to underwrite its forthcoming IPO in Hong Kong,it was reported late Monday. The main underwriters are to be Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs Group, HSBC Holdings and JPMorgan Chase. Chow Tai Fook has also engaged Citigroup, Credit Suisse Group and UBS to underwrite the offer.
The mainland chain, founded by Chow Chi Yuen in 1929 in Guangzhou and now controlled by his billionaire son-in-law Cheng Yu-Tung, plans massive expansion, mostly on the mainland, and currently competes head-to-head with other domestic jewelers and foreign firms such as Tiffany.
Reuters reported that the exploding luxury market in China, the world's second-largest economy, has experienced double-digit growth over the past several years. Customers are eager to buy not only jewelry, but such Western luxury staples as goods from Hermés International and LVMH Hennessy Louis Vuitton. Alan Chan, Chow Tai Fook's global branding director, was quoted as saying at the Reuters Global Luxury Summit on Monday in Hong Kong, "We aim to open 200 stores every year, with 90% of them in China."
A source who was not authorized to talk about the IPO was quoted as saying that the company could raise $3 billion from the move, scheduled for the first quarter of 2012. Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has said that China could account for 20% of the global luxury market by 2015. The company projected spending to almost triple to $27 billion, from 2009's total of approximately $10 billion.


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HSR Training Entitlements
Under the OHS Act 2004 (Section 67) all elected HSRs and Deputy HSRs are entitled to undertake WorkSafe Victoria approved OHS training for HSRs and choose their training provider in consultation with their employer. The Australian Workers' Union (AWU) is approved to deliver the HSR Initial OHS Training Course.
Under Section 67 of the Victorian OHS Act 2004 an employer, if requested, must allow and elected HSR and elected Deputy HSR to attend a WorkSafe approved HSR Initial OHS Training Course on paid time, pay the cost of the course and any other associated costs. Section 67 also allows HSRs to choose the approved training course they attend in consultation with their employer
Under Section 67 an employer if requested must allow and elected HSR and Deputy HSR to undertake a one-day Refresher training course at least once in each year that they hold office after completing the HSR Initial OHS Training course.
As HSR training is part of normal work-related activity, you are entitled to receive your normal/expected earnings during course attendance. This includes pay entitlements relating to shift work, regular overtime, higher duties, allowances or penalty rates that would have applied had you been at work.
If the course is being conducted outside your normal working hours e.g. you normally work two days a week and are attending an initial training course run on five consecutive days; you have a rostered day off during the course, or you have a shift that does not overlap or overlaps only marginally with the courses' hours, you must be paid as if you had been at work for the relevant time.
If this means that you have worked hours in excess of your normal weekly hours, those must be compensated in the same way as other additional hours.
Your employer must pay course fees and any other expenses associated with attendance at a HSR training course, including travel to and from the approved course (where it is greater than travel to your normal workplace) and accommodation, meals and incidental expenses where an approved course is remote from your workplace.


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08 February 2015
The came from... Newcastle, Bathurst, Canberra, the Blue Mountains from the Harbour, from the Northern Beaches and everywhere in between to spend their day at the Pub!
Now from the front right around the 'U' shape table setting we have...
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Busy, busy, busy... very busy hands.
There was Cake today, thanks to Irene... very Yum!
Appliqueing... 1
Binding... 4 (Jan was binding but the photo I took was too blurry)
Cake... 2
Crocheting... 2
Hanging... 1
Hexing... 9
Knitting... 2
Pieing... 1
Sewing... 2
Stitching... 6
Hexing is the Winner
Second is Stitching
Binding Third.
Actually Sewing is the winner with 24 Sewers... does this beg the question...
... is Crocheting loosing it's popularity?
Oh boy am I in trouble now :-)
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Show and Tell of the Bonnie K Hunter 'Grand Illusions' Mystery Quilt.
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text: I went to the beach today to grill out for a review I will be posting shortly. Yes...the beach. I do live in central Florida, but let me tell you..it is freezing! Okay, maybe not freezing. It is definitely too cold to grill at the beach though. The only reason I went today is because I have had the product for about 3 weeks and the weather has not improved. I didn't want the company to have to wait any longer for a review. Needless to say, my husband, my dog and myself all feel like crap now. We were shivering at the beach for 2 hours. So, I have been sneezing and I am off to bed early (I work nights). Sorry for the lack of posts today. Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow (especially since tomorrow is my 13 hour work day).


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Happy Friday Ya'll. Time to queue up the Netflix Watch Instantly and/or hop on FearNet.com.
MST3K: Horrors of Spider Island
Bad movies are always best to watch with friends. But if you have no friends, MST3K will do the trick. In this movie, stupid stripper/dancer chicks are stranded on an island with their manager Gary. Once Gary is bitten by a spider, he, dun dun dun…starts to turn into one! Awful movie, but awfully funny to watch.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space
Clowns are scary in general but when they are aliens with special ray guns and the ability to turn you into popcorn (ps I hate popcorn) they are comically scary. The killer clowns terrorize a small town and it's up to some ice cream peddlers, a dude and his chick and his chick's ex-boyfriend/cop to stop them.
This is one of my childhood faves.
Donkey Punch
I didn't see the trailer for this before I watched so at first I thought it was one of this British comedy type horror movies. Oh boy was I wrong.
A group of young folk party on a yacht, then they encounter a little accident (here's a hint, it has to do with a donkey punch) panic turns to fight for survival.
I found some things in this movie a little bit ridiculous but I thought it was pretty good overall.
Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus
Speaking of ridiculous…. the title speaks for itself. Really. If you're in the mood for a bad Sci-fi movie, dude, this is it. Not only does it have a mega shark AND a giant octopus but it has 80's teen sensation Debbie Gibson. Win-win…win!
My non-horror pick that my non-horror follows will enjoy. Again, I throw out my love for anthology movies. Directors Joon-ho-Bong, Michel Gondry and Leos Carax each tell a tale that set around the city of Tokyo. Out of the three, I'm more familiar with Gondry's work and I adore a lot of things that he does, including music videos. I find the trio of shorts are equally great and somewhat touching in their own ways. As much I'm directing this selection to my friends that aren't into the gruesome things, I still think everyone will enjoy this film.
Saw II: Director's Cut
If you're looking to go back and see all the saw movies before the 7th comes out, here's your chance to catch up on # 2. If you haven't seen the first one, it's best to do that before watching any of the series.
Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
There are many Ed Gein inspired movies but hey this one has Kane Hodder, Priscilla Barnes and Michael Berryman so it's got a cool cast. Eh?
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AACS Reinstitutes Facial Fellowship Programs
The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery (AACS) recently announced the reestablishment of their Facial Fellowship Programs which is connected to the recent reinstitution of ABFCS (The American Board of Facial Cosmetic Surgery). What is the goal of such programs? To support qualified fellow candidates for their examinations for the facial cosmetic surgery board.
So from now on AACS is ready to accept applications so as to educate candidates by means of thorough training in two different fields: Facial Cosmetic Surgery and General Cosmetic Surgery. In order for a Fellowship Program Director to apply he/she must be Diplomate of the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery as well as a current Fellow-level AACS member. More information on the prerequisites for both programs can be found here and here. More information regarding the applications can be acquired by contacting with Margaret Bengston at firstname.lastname@example.com.
This is great news for both surgeons and possible patients, because such programs will supply physicians with useful training/experience in order to improve their potential in carrying out such procedures, which will clearly improve both the quality/efficiency and safety of the treatment.
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ACTU presents Chamber Music Sunday
Arts for the Community at Thomas University (ACTU) presents a chamber music concert for soprano, flute, cello, harpsichord and piano as part of the Sundays at Four season on Sunday, Oct.11, at 4 p.m. at Trinity Anglican Church, located at 325 W. Jackson Street. The concert will feature soprano Rebecca Fadell, flutist Karl Barton, cellist Boyan Bonev and pianist Mimi Noda.
Rebecca Fadell is a mezzo-soprano born and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has performed with the University of Minnesota Opera Theatre, the Minnesota Opera and the Florida State Opera. She is currently a resident of Thomasville, music Worship Leader at Trinity Anglican Church and a faculty member at Thomas University.
Boyan Bonev is a native of Bulgaria. He holds Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Florida State University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the National Music Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria. Bonev taught cello and double bass at Albany State University and Darton College. He is currently a resident of Tallahassee and is an active chamber and orchestral musician throughout the region.
Mimi Noda attended Kunitachi College of Music in Tokyo and earned a bachelor's degree in piano solo performance. At the University of Georgia's School of Music, she graduated with a master's degree in piano performance, chamber music and accompanying. Noda completed a doctorate degree from Florida State University. She is currently professor of piano at Albany State University.
"I am so excited to have the opportunity to perform with these other wonderful musicians, and the music we will be performing represents some of my favorite works," stated Dr. Karl Barton, series coordinator. "I encourage everyone to come and experience the concert with the excellent acoustics in the sanctuary."
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Adelberg Wins His 2nd Australian FMX Championship Title
Story by Holtzy, Photos by Pauly Doyle & Stretch
Rob Adelberg the 21yr old FMX superstar from Benalla in Victoria took out his second Narrogin Rev Heads Australian FMX Championship win on the weekend against top quality opposition.
Adelberg qualified for the final in third place behind West Oz's Josh Sheehan and Bundaberg's Clinton Moore but had the smoothest and gnarliest run of the final to claim the $5300 winners cheque.
All three riders had one big trick- Adelberg's Double Indy Flip, Sheehans Ruler Flip and Moore's 360 Nac – plus a bunch of other tech stuff so it came down to who had the smoothest run and the best back up tricks.
The Rev Heads course was upgraded since last year and is now clearly the best FMX competition course in Australia with a 75ft ramp/ 45ft dirt rhythm section, another 75ft ramp, a 65ft ramp, wall ride and dirt transfer there was lots of room for variety.
Adelberg was the first of the big names on course for the final and he put the pressure on his main opposition straight up with a near flawless run and one lucky escape that might in the end have won him the title.
He was the only rider in the final to flip both jumps on the rhythm section back to back. The second of those flips over the 45ft dirt hit saw his hand come off accidently turning a straight flip into a one hand under flip which he landed clean albeit with his heart beating twice as fast as normal.
Clinton Moore had been riding smooth all weekend and blowing people away with his 360 Nac's but unfortunately he came up short on a couple of jumps in the final and that was enough to drop him to third place.
Josh Sheehan qualified for the final in first place and also put down a near flawless run. It could easily have won him the title but in the end the judges gave it to Adelberg by less than a bees dick. The only way to separate those two in my eyes was that while Sheeny flipped the 45ft dirt hit he didn't do it as part of the Rhythm section which was much harder to do. (Sheehan had managed to flip it as part of the Rhythm section in both heats but couldn't quite nail it in the final). After two thirds in his last two Rev Heads events Sheeny must be wondering when that win will come.
The event was an event of two halves with the Backflippers duking it out for the title and the non flippers competing for the unofficial title of highest place non flipper.
The Gold Coast's Joe Sheppard had some huge whip combos in amongst a tech run to take fourth overall and highest place non flipper followed by HGMtv presenter Steve Sommerfeld and Joel Brown.
In The 50's Paul McKeon made the journey over from Melbourne to go upside down and take the win, a big trophy and $1100 home with him
Once again the Rev Heads crew nailed the best FMX event in Australia. With the best course, the biggest prizemoney and (Finally) no wind it was a real pleasure to watch and be part of. Well done to Brad Chitty and all the Rev heads crew. Look forward to being back there next year.
Pic Above: Adelberg gets upside down and twisted up. Pic Below: Sheehan doesn't have a bad Indy Flip to go with his ruler flips. Pics by Pauly Doyle
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I'm quackers about you! Gorilla who dotes on a duckling
This huge gorilla and tiny duckling became unlikely friends after the bird escaped into the ape's zoo enclosure.
Visitors to the Bronx Zoo in New York were stunned when the baby duck suddenly appeared inches from the massive primate.
Fearing the 90kg western lowland gorilla might react badly to the feathered visitor, onlookers held their breath to see what would happen.
Nice to meet you: The huge gorilla happily sits next to the escaped duckling at Bronx Zoo, New York
Stick around, little buddy: Visitors to the zoo were stunned when the baby duck suddenly appeared inches from the primate
But rather than attacking or teasing the duckling, the four-and-a-half foot gorilla became fascinated with the bird and inspected its new friend with a nearby stick.
The 15-year-old female ape, called Fran, happily let it waddle about before the duckling was removed by zookeepers.
Although gorillas are frequently portrayed as aggressive, dangerous killers, they are shy, peaceful vegetarians.
Little and large: The curious beast plays with the duckling, using a small stick
The little bird confidently hops into the gorilla enclosure and makes new friends
Photographer Tom Warren, 51, captured the intimate scenes and said: 'I went to the zoo and quickly became aware of a commotion in the gorilla exhibit, as many of the school children were yelling "ducky, ducky!"
'We all watched with amazement as the little duckling wandered around the exhibit, while the gorillas either backed away from it or inspected it with curiosity.
'Then I spotted the duckling on the log next to a seemingly, amused gorilla.
New best friends: The 15-year-old female ape, called Fran, happily let the duckling waddle about before it was removed by zookeepers
'The duckling did not seem the least bit intimidated and for good reason, as Africa's gentle giants eat mostly fruits and plants.
'How fortunate I was to witness a wonderful moment between two unlikely friends.
'I held my breath and was able to fire off a few frames, knowing that the moment that I was witnessing was a very special one.'
Mr Warren, from New York, added: 'I was relieved when I got home and that the scene was in focus despite the fact that the photograph was taken through a thick piece of plexiglass.'
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Ecclesiastes 4 Tree of Life Version (TLV)
Futility of Human Labor
4 Again I looked and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun, and behold,
I saw the tears of the oppressed,
4 Then I saw that all toil and all skill that is done come from man's envy of his neighbor; this too is fleeting and striving after the wind.
5 The fool folds his hands together
7 Again I saw something futile under the sun:
Two Are Better Than One
9 Two are better than one,
13 Better is a poor but wise youth than an old and foolish king who no longer knows how to take warning. 14 For he came out of prison to become king—though he was born poor in his kingdom. 15 I considered all the living that walk under the sun as well as the next youth who stands in his place. 16 There is no end to all the people—to all who were before him. Also those who will come later will not rejoice in him. Surely this too is meaningless and striving after the wind.
Watch Your Words Before God
17 Watch your feet when you go to the House of God. Draw near to listen, rather than to offer the sacrifice of fools, for they do not know that they are doing wrong.
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Virgin founder shares his best quotes on ideas
In 1969, Richard Branson came up with an idea to start a small record company called Virgin. Forty-five years later and his simple idea exists as one of the biggest companies in the world. If you're looking for business inspiration, take a look at Branson's favourite quotes on ideas.


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Eastern Plains
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The Eastern Plains of Colorado refers to a region of the U.S. state of Colorado east of the Rocky Mountains and east of the population centers of the Front Range.
The Eastern Plains are part of the High Plains, which are the westernmost portion of the Great Plains. The region is characterized by mostly rolling plains, divided by the South Platte River and Arkansas River valleys. There are also several deciduous forests, canyons, buttes, and a few large natural lakes and rivers throughout the region. The Eastern Plains rise from approximately 3,400 feet at the eastern border of Colorado with Kansas, where the Arkansas River leaves the state, to 7,500 feet east of the Denver Basin.[1]
Most of the Eastern Plains region lies within Colorado's 4th congressional district.
The Eastern Plains have a semi-arid climate and receive little rainfall.[2] Much of the area relies on irrigation to survive. Summers are typically hot and dry, often bringing thunderstorms, which are often severe, to the area, with some occasionally forming landspouts and tornadoes. Eastern Colorado winters are cold and dry, with significant snowfalls and icy conditions. Temperatures can sometimes fall to -40 to -30 degrees Fahrenheit in extreme cold waves, although this is rare.[3]
Native AmericansEdit
Eastern Colorado was once home to many Native American tribes. The Plains Indians that lived in the region included the Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Pawnee, and Sioux.[4] The Ute people formally ruled all over central and western Colorado, and onto the eastern plains as well. The Comanche once ruled all over southeastern Colorado, and the Jicarilla Apache ruled in southeastern Colorado as well.[5]
In 1541, the Spanish came to the area now known as the south eastern portion of Colorado, in search of gold after hearing rumors in Mexico city. Not having found any gold, the Spanish largely left the area untouched. During the late 17th and 18th century Spain and France claimed southeastern Colorado. However, nobody settled the land. In 1803 the United States gained possession of the land east of Rocky Mountains with the Louisiana Purchase.
Zebulon M. Pike was sent by the federal government to lay out the boundary lines of territory in 1806. This expedition investigated the area now known as Colorado Springs. The prominent mountain in the area was named Pike's Peak after Pike, the leading commander of the exploration. There were multiple expeditions sent to lay out and explore the territory throughout the early 1800s. This created multiple trading posts with fur trades attracting many backcountry adventurers. There was still no permanent settlement created until after the conclusion of the Mexican War in 1848. San Luis was founded on the Culebra River in 1851. Spanish-speaking settlers who had moved north from New Mexico founded it. San Luis was shortly followed by settlements of San Pedro, San Acacio and Guadalupe.[6]
The Eastern Colorado plains are among the most sparsely populated areas in the continental United States. Some of the region, with the exception of comparatively urban areas like Sterling, is experiencing depopulation, which in some areas began with the influenza pandemic of 1918 and agricultural price collapses after World War I.[7] The Dust Bowl devastated the region and further accelerated this outmigration. Kiowa County demonstrates the population decline and its associated effects.
Both the Pawnee National Grasslands and Comanche National Grasslands are located in the Eastern Plains. They are composed of marginal farmlands that were withdrawn from agriculture and consolidated under federal control beginning in the Dust Bowl.[8]
Eastern Colorado is largely farmland, with many small farming communities. The major cash crops are corn, wheat, hay, oats, and soybeans.[9] There is also significant livestock farming, dairy and poultry farming, including chicken for meat and eggs, and turkey farming. Most of the towns in the region have grain elevators and prominent water towers.[9] Also, over 90% of the farms in Eastern Colorado are family farms.[10]
In Eastern Colorado most small towns have their own schools and sports teams, but in some parts where depopulation has been the worst, a single school is shared among surrounding towns. There are also a number of schools serving students in grades K–12 run by religious groups or public school districts. Eastern Colorado is one of the few remaining places in the United States with still operating one-room school houses.[11]
The most prominent religion in Eastern Colorado is Christianity, with Roman Catholicism the largest denomination.[citation needed]
Eastern Colorado roads span the gamut from paved roads to gravel roads to dirt roads. The unpaved roads are typically county or local roads that do not receive enough traffic to be paved. Some of the major paved roads include:
- Interstate 76
- Interstate 70
- U.S. Highway 6
- U.S. Highway 24
- U.S. Highway 36
- U.S. Highway 40
- U.S. Highway 50
- U.S. Highway 160
- U.S. Highway 287
- U.S. Highway 350
- U.S. Highway 385
- State Highway 10
- State Highway 11
- State Highway 36
- State Highway 59
- State Highway 71
- State Highway 86
- State Highway 94
- State Highway 96
See alsoEdit
- ^ "Eastern Plains". Colorado State University. Archived from the original on July 11, 2007. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- ^ "Colorado Climate Summaries". dri.edu. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Colorado Climate Center - Climate of Colorado". colostate.edu. Archived from the original on July 3, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Colorado Native Americans, History & Genealogy". ancestry.com. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Colorado Indian Tribes - Access Genealogy". accessgenealogy.com. July 9, 2011. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "History". howstuffworks.com. February 27, 2008. Archived from the original on February 11, 2014. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
- ^ "Pawnee National Grassland History". U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. March 24, 2004. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
- ^ "Chronological History of National Grasslands" (PDF). U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Retrieved December 5, 2007.
- ^ a b "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 15, 2009. Retrieved November 9, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ Family farms
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 9, 2010. Retrieved November 9, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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