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The science of understanding, diagnosing, stopping and curing illness and damage to the human physique and thoughts. Healy and Bigelow performed the exotica card for all it was worth, publishing numerous advertisements, pamphlets, and magazines constructed around the romantic Indian who was in good concord with the environment, never received an illness he could not treatment, and was the physical and non secular superior of the white man (Anderson 2000:sixty three).
Along with purifying the corn, their petition indicated that …the stated Corn so refined can also be an Glorious Medicine in Consumptions & different Distempers" (Armstrong and Armstrong 1991:159). Determine 6 – Small pamphlet advertising the merchandise of the Kickapoo Medicine firm. It went on to state that any variety of the above symptoms, which too lengthy uncared for, will certainly terminate in Bright's disease… (described by modern medicine as acute or continual nephritis). Travel medicine or emporiatrics deals with well being problems of worldwide vacationers or vacationers across highly different environments. It is clear that they, along with many different Iroquois, had been working for the Oregon Indian Medicine Firm. This means the medicine is just as effective as when it needed to be prescribed by a qualified prescriber.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Shares of the following companies made notable moves in Wednesday's U.S. stock market:
Accretive Health Inc.'s AH, -0.68% shares gained 54.4% after the provider of medical-billing services reported fourth-quarter profit that topped expectations.
Carter's Inc.'s CRI, -1.14% shares jumped more than 11% after the maker of children's apparel offered guidance for the current year that topped estimates.
Collective Brands Inc.'s PSS shares climbed 3.7% a day after the operator of the Payless ShoeSource chain reported less of a loss in the fourth quarter than Wall Street anticipated.
GenOn Energy Inc.'s GEN, +1.27% shares added almost 7% after the power producer said it would close about 13% of its generating capacity by May 2015.
Nektar Therapeutics NKTR, -3.03% shares gained more than 6% after the biotechnology company said it would sell its royalties on future sales of two medications to Royalty Pharma for $124 million.
Quad Graphics Inc.'s QUAD, +3.50% shares rose 14.5% after the printing company late Tuesday raised its quarterly dividend by a nickel to 25 cents.
Central European Distribution Corp.'s CEDC U.S.-listed shares fell 19.5% after the Polish vodka maker reported losses widened in the fourth quarter.
DreamWorks Animation SKG's DWA shares dropped more than 12% after the film studio late Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings beneath analysts' estimates.
First Solar Inc.'s FSLR, +0.93% shares slipped more than 11% a day after the maker of solar panels reported a quarterly loss and cut its 2012 sales projections. Read more on First Solar.
Ferro Corp.'s FOE, +8.74% shares shed almost 19% after the porcelain-enamel supplier reported a larger fourth-quarter loss than analysts' estimated.
Gentex Corp.'s GNTX, -1.33% shares slipped more than 14% a day after Bloomberg reported that U.S. regulators had postponed a decision that could mandate cars and light trucks come equipped with rear-view cameras, such as those made by Gentex. Wells Fargo analysts said the delay would cut Gentex's 2013 sales.
MetroPCS Communications Inc.'s PCS shares slid 6.5% after UBS downgraded the wireless carrier to neutral from buy.
SodaStream International Ltd.'s SODA, +0.35% shares declined 14.2% after the Israeli maker of branded flavors reported a drop in sales growth in the fourth quarter.
Staples Inc.'s SPLS shares declined 8.4% after the office-products supplier's 2012 outlook disappointed.
TeleTech Holdings Inc.'s TTEC, +1.32% shares declined 13.4% after the supplier of business-process outsourcing projected 2012 revenue that disappointed.
Universal Display Corp.'s PANL, +0.95% shares fell 9.6% after the developer of technologies used in flat-panel displays warned payments from a contract with Samsung Electronics might not come in a steady flow.

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It causes me to wonder, is it madness to laugh?
To laugh in the face of adversity, can surely be considered madness. A good kind of madness. To blow off the stress of a difficult situation, to stare adversity in the face and defiantly choose to laugh. Yes indeed, laughter is a good kind of madness.
Like insanity, laughter separates us from reality, if only for a brief moment. It pulls us out of real time, into our own explosion of joy
Nervous laughter is that strange phenomenon, that demonstrates how we unconsciously use laughter as a coping mechanism. When we're a bit on edge about something, we instinctively laugh. It's the body's wisdom to release stress in this way.
Yes Lucia, laugh. Laugh for it's all gone so terribly wrong for you. Laugh and get at least a moment's reprieve from the tragedy of it all.
For those of you who don't know Donizetti's famous opera Lucia de Lammermoor, the story goes: Lucia has been forced to marry a man she's never met by her evil brother Enrico, who convinces Lucia her beloved Edgardo has been unfaithful, at which point she murders her new husband and understandably goes mad. Pure opera drama.
For those of you who might be even mildly interested in opera, this current performance at Seattle Opera is not to be missed. It's a Lucia like you've never seen before. It's got all the drama, the beautiful music, the fantastic staging and rousing chorus, and most importantly extraordinary dramatic acting matching exquisite musical ability. It's a night at the opera you'll never forget.
And there's that laugh in the midst of it all.
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One of the most resonant clinical negligence cases in the UK was the error made by a nursing personnel of a Wiltshire hospital. A terrible mistake that was made has led to irreparable consequences for the patient. The nurse, Violetta Aylward, has mistakenly shut down lungs ventilation system of the patient. The accident took place in 2009 (but the details were revealed in 2012) and it was recorded by the CCTV camera installed in the room.
In 2002 a 37-year-old Jamie Merrett, fell into a heavy car accident, the result of which was paralysation of the body. He lived at home, connected to a life support system. He retained the clarity of mind, was able to speak, used wheelchair and operated various devices using voice recognition commands.
However, after a 21 minute of disconnection from the system, an irreparable blow was delivered to his brain. His sister, Curran Reynolds, says, 'now his life has changed. But, it is not the life he used to live. He was a smart man, you could have talked to him for hours, but now his mind has become primitive'. The tragic accident happened in January, 2009. Curran Reynolds did not wait till someone took responsibility – it all went complicated according to her and she decided to file a complaint. The agency, which is under contract with the public service health care provided nursing services for Mr. Reynolds, still supposedly investigating. Violetta Aylward, the nurse was suspended from work.
The case in Britain is not the first and, unfortunately, not the last, recollecting a fairly recently completed court settlement into the death in 2004 of 30-year-old Mayra Cabrera. She gave birth at the same hospital, where she worked as a nurse. The birth went well, but Cabrera put on a drip to normalise blood pressure. And the nurse injected her with a strong analgesic instead of saline, the drug, as it turned out, was 'similar in appearance'. The hospital paid the fine, has pledged to label products better and conduct annual certifications in obstetricians. The compensation rates vary from case to case, but in general, competent legal assistance is the key towards a successful issue resolution. You may want to get contacts of decent medical negligence solicitors an aspiring UK legal startup aggregating law services at one place. Remember that there is an option when you pay no legal fees if the claim is successful – learn more about it in the article on the no win no fee agreement.
How is it going in the US?
Interesting stats: according to newspaper Chicago Tribune, in the United States starting from 1995 to 2000, no less than 1720 patients died in hospitals, and about 10,000 of patients were seriously injured through the fault of the nurses – because of their inaction or wrong action. In accordance with the publication, the main causes behind the issues are that nurses and nursing personnel are either poorly trained or overworked, or are not currently under the influence of drugs. A relatively infrequent punishment of nursing personnel is another factor CT underlines – they are rarely fired and in the worst case scenario move to another states, where they work in the same profession.


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Ibrahim Agha was grieved by mother's letter. He sent her word that he would help her. He went at once to Haidar Pasha and procured his permission to bring mother and her children to his house. Then he came for her and took her to his home. In his house mother found four Armenian girls. Their mothers were deported from Ourfa, but before they had left the city they had appealed to Ibrahim Agha to take their daughters under his protection, thinking to save them. He could not refuse, although he endangered his own life, and had to keep the girls hidden from his neighbors. A few older women also were in his house, hidden in his cellar. He had taken them in from the streets when soldiers were not looking.
For more than a month mother and the children were safe in her cousin's home. Then, one day, Haidar Pasha sent him word to come to the government building. He returned with heavy heart. Haidar Pasha had told him it would not be safe for him to keep his relatives in his house any longer; that many high military officials were in Ourfa, and if some of them should hear of refugee Armenians being thus protected all might be killed, and both he and Ibrahim Agha suffer.
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One year ago today I published a blog titled, "Today, I Win". Never would I have remembered this date, but Timehop gently reminded me today. I captioned my shared post with one simple sentence, "This is a special one". Little did I know at the time just how special this post would end up being
As I clicked the post to reread my thoughts I got slight butterflies. Sure, I remember the day, I can tell the story, but I didn't expect for each word to impact me so deeply. Reading about driving for the first time in years, I could taste the exact newfound independence from that day before I finished my description of it. That feeling has yet to be duplicated since that day, and never again will I feel that exact thing. It's the day I chose I was going to win.
Never in a million years would I have been able to guess just how empowering this statement has become. It's hard to fathom how much power can be held within three little words. No matter the battle you may be fighting, you'll need bravery, strength, drive, family and so much more. You won't make it through any battle without being humble or proud of yourself. Life requires you to have confidence in yourself, but you'll learn how important a good cry can be. This saying, "Today, I Win", encompasses each of those traits, but the list doesn't stop there.
I won't sit here and say that those are the first and last words I say to myself every day. However, every day I remind myself of it at least once because when times are tough, they are very tough. It's on those bad days I have to remember how good it feels to always win. When I spent nine months having to drag myself, and family, into the emergency room every week I questioned how I was winning. If I wasn't living, if I was barely scraping by, could that really be counted as "winning? It didn't feel like it. But I was. In my hours spent sitting in that waiting room I watched hearts break, emergency helicopters land, and people leaving empty. Even though I was there every week, I also left every week. And I left feeling better than when I came in, which is more than some others can say.
The beginning of this past April, my mom and I found our way to yet another new neurologist. We had been waiting for this date, this appointment and this doctor for close to fourteen months. None of those three things were anything new to us, nor was the anxious knot in our stomach and prayer for help. As he walked through the door we knew Dr. Cheesy was quirky and unique. Some of his very first words were this; "I've learned you can't just look at one thing. That doesn't work. Specialists will bounce people around and then they'll end up with me. I'm usually the last in line, so I can't just pass you on to anyone else." As The Cheese spent the next hour asking questions, examining and thinking, my mom and I both knew we had just won a big one.
In April and May, just a few months ago, the Today, I Win mindset wasn't any easy one for any of my family or friends to keep. As I was hooked up in ICU getting a feeding tube, there didn't seem to be any spot worse. As I laid mostly unconscious for days upon days, the amount of fight, bravery or resources didn't seem to matter. Through the many tears cried and the confidence in my doctors, there still didn't seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel. To my family and loved ones it didn't feel like Hadley was in there. I couldn't remember my birthday or walk without help. There were some very scary days. After 22 days, I walked out of that hospital with more answers and plans in place. Yet again, I had won. We had won.
Today, I Win has turned into something much greater than myself. It has turned into a mindset and support from so many others. I hope others use this motto to help them through. That's the beauty of this mindset, it can be made to fit all battles, because we all have them.
Now, today. Today I woke up. It hasn't been a great day for me, I've been struggling, but we're trying to be proactive in stopping what we know is coming. Today, I drove to the doctor. Today, I met with Dr. Cheesy just as I do every single Monday. We discussed my week, we discussed the current plan and anything else needing to be covered. Today, I had dinner with my family. Today, I am sitting down and posting my first real blog in 3 months. As I write this, I touch the charm on my neck that reads"TIW", just as a reminder that I am lucky to have so many people fighting to win this with me.
Today, I Win.
Today, We Win.


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Microsoft Group Policies - VMware View: Chapter 14
Microsoft Group Policies & VDI
In the early days of VDI, there was much talk of a virtual desktop being this ultra-rich environment that the user could customize with impunity. There was frequently talk of a virtual desktop being your own computer or laptop which you could access and customize anywhere with an internet connection. When I heard this, I smiled wryly, knowing that corporate standards often decree restrictions over what users can and cannot do. In the current economic climate, it's a sobering thought that repeated studies show that end users waste time and are unproductive during working hours if they are distracted by a computing environment that permits work avoidance behaviour. Personally, I find this a rather cheerless view of working life, and I think to some degree these studies have taken a rather Dickensian view of the world of work. Nonetheless, the facts and studies speak for themselves, and if it was my company…
So, it would be somewhat remiss of me not to acknowledge in some way the significance of desktop restrictions within a VDI environment, despite the fact that this isn't a VMware issue or VDI problem, per se. After all, it's not VMware who puts Pinball and Solitaire on the Start Menu. I'm assuming you're probably already familiar with removing access to the run command or access to the registry tools in Microsoft Active Directory Group Policies. Indeed, you may have gone so far as abandoning the use of GPOs in favour of some other desktop lockdown tool such as Scriptlogic or PowerFuse. After all, there are some limitations with GPOs that reduce your ability to configure unique per-user settings for each application. That said, Microsoft GPOs remain popular because they are included as part of Active Directory. With those caveats and assumptions in mind, in this short section I want to explain and demonstrate some little known or used GPO settings. If I am forced to use Microsoft Active Directory GPOs, my goal is to use as few settings as possible - this speeds up the login process and users therefore spend less time reading the "Applying your personal settings…" message during the login process.
However, policies encompass a much wider remit than simply restrictions of the end user's Windows environment. VMware View ships with its own policy system, which allows control of the user's experience from a virtual desktop perspective too.
In this part of the guide, I have opted to use Windows 2008 Active Directory, in previous releases I was still using Windows 2003 Group Policies. With this said, if you have yet to upgrade you should still find the policies are more or less the same. Additionally, although I primarily used Windows XP during the testing process, in this section I opted to use Windows 7 as the target system – I consider this version of Windows to be the most likely guest operating system to be used in modern VMware View deployments. If you want to have access to the latest policy settings for Windows 7, you will need to run Windows 7 as the management system. In my humble opinion, the setup for this is quite convoluted, but there really is no other option, I'm sad to say.
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It's been a while since i have published such a big album with, much less a wedding with so much fun! A marriage with several setbacks and anxiety, but with a lot of excitement to the mix … just like I like it! And what about the venue location… the […]Read More
Dani+ Robert
During my last week's break in Tenerife, I was given the opportunity to photograph two different couples in a real spanish ghost town. These are some photos from the first couple, that curiosly were the first couple whose wedding I photographed in 2014, using the same camera…a little Nikon D5200 […]Read More
Ania + Sam
This photoshoot happened 2 days before Ania & Sam's big day! It was the perfect start to an amazing wedding week for both of them, where Poland & Britain joined hands in Madeira Island. Pre-wedding sessions are very important because they allow shy couples to get acquainted with the camera and […]Read More
Marlene + Lino
In 2018 I had the honor and pleasure to photograph the wedding of Marlene and Lino, a couple that is already part of my extended heart family. A marriage with everything, everyone and in every way, full, overflowing with feelings and emotion. This wedding was fantastic in every way! Imagine […]Read More
Marta + Tiago
Quem diz que "de Espanha, nem bons ventos, nem bons casamentos", certamente não conhece a Marta, a minha primeira noiva espanholita, e o Tiago, um madeirense de gema das terras do Caniçal. Em conversa com estas 2 pessoas fabulosas, descobri que foi o destino que os juntou. A história de […]Read More
Yan + Justin
After having photographed a wedding with a Philippine bride early last year, after doing an engagement photoshoot with a couple of Taiwanase origins and after shooting a Polineasean couple from Hawai, Yan and Justin were not my first couple from the Far East, but they were my first clients from […]Read More
Nicoleta + Catalin
This photoshoot, held at the end of September, was one of the most difficult of the year. Not because of the couple, for sure. Nicoleta & Catalin, a newly wed couple from Romenia, hired me to take them on yet another of my adventures and they were certainly one of […]Read More
Cristiane + Felipe
I had the pleasure of starting 2019 with this super friendly couple from Brazil, living in the UK, on another of my routes in search of the best photographs, this time with Madeira Island's cliffs and ocean as a backdrop. The novelty here was the fact that I photographed their […]Read More
Photo published in Insider
Just got one of my photos published in INSIDER as part of a selection of he best weddings photos of 2018. This is actually the second time this year one of my photos is published in big media. Back in october another photo got published in the Huffington Post.Read More
Photo of the year at the MyWed Awards 2018
What an honour to have won photo of the year in one of the categories at the MyWed Awards 2018. I actually managed to win over photos from some of the best wedding photographers out there, like Igor Bulgak, Pete Farrell or Victor Marti. I am still in denial 🙂 […]Read More


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New Year's Eve at CBG
2015 is approaching.
How will you spend New Years Eve?
If you've seen First Night Raleigh once, you've seen it 100 times, and this year it's time to do something else. Join us in Cameron Village for a New Years Eve you won't soon forget. We will have our regular menu available alongside some really awesome specials. We will also have live music from 10pm until 1am, and a FREE champagne toast as we watch the ball drop!
Andouille Sausage, Bacon, Red Peppers, Prince Edwards Island Mussels Steamed in a White Street Hoptimist IPA Broth – 12
Tequila Tuna Tartare
Avocado, Pico de Gallo, Soy and Tequila Tuna Tartare with Avocado Crema – 13
Beef and Portobello Mushroom Ravioli
Shredded Steak and Portobello Mushrooms in a Homemade Ravioli served in a Champagne Demi – 21
Grilled Mahi over Parsnip Gnocchi
Caramelized Onions, Bacon, and Sauteed Rainbow Chard in a Lemon-Vodka Cream topped with Fried Parsnips – 26
**Live Music provided by Canady Thomas and Allyn Love from 10pm – 1am**
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We're open on New Year's Day too! Our brunch menu alongside our regular menu and a few brunch features will be available from 11am to 3pm. Get the details HERE.


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Simon Cowell and Fox television are gambling on pop icon Britney Spears and teen singer Demi Lovato to revive "The X Factor", but for many media watchers it could be a case of "Oops!..." did they do it again?
Spears, 30, and former Disney Channel star Lovato, 19, are expected to bring in bigger, and more importantly younger, audiences when the singing contest returns for its second season on U.S. television in September after a weaker-than-expected debut in 2011.
But whether viewers will tune in is less certain, and the huge check Fox and the producers wrote - Spears is reported to be getting $15 million for one season - may not pay off, pop culture and TV experts say.
"It's a short term gain for 'X Factor'. There will be a huge amount of PR and when the show premieres there will be huge ratings," said Lyndsey Parker, managing editor of Yahoo! Music. "But I think it could be a disaster. I think Britney could make Nicole Scherzinger look like a genius," Parker said.
Spears, who became a teen sensation with hit records such as "Oops! ... I Did It Again," suffered a career and personal meltdown in 2007 but later rebounded. Now, at age 30, the "Womanizer" mom of two is mostly shielded from the media and rarely gives live interviews.
Andy Dehnart, editor of RealityBlurred.com, said many viewers will likely tune in just to "see her crash and burn."
"It's not clear she is really a TV personality and somebody who can give the show what it needs, which is really insightful, concise, witty critiques of these singers," Dehnart said.
"I really don't think it's going to work, but I am hopeful that Britney will surprise us," he added.
"X-Factor" came into its first season last year with high expectations but failed to reach them. With former "American Idol" judge Paula Abdul and ex-Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger on the panel of mentors/judges, Cowell had boasted his new show would oust "Idol" as the most-watched show on U.S. television.
His claim rang hollow when "X Factor" drew only about half the "Idol" audience over its first season, and critics slammed it for being noisy, stale and over-produced.
Spears and Lovato were hired to fill the slots left by Abdul and Scherzinger, who were fired in January with Steve Jones, a British presenter who was seen as wooden and flustered.
Cowell said the new panel "will be dynamic and will work really well with the changes we are making to the show," but he did not spell out what those changes will be.
Hitfix.com music blogger Melinda Newman questioned whether Spears will sizzle on live television the way she does on her highly-produced records and in her well-choreographed concerts.
Spears may flail on a TV show in which the best moments happen when judges speak off the cuff and often deliver harsh news to aspiring singers who don't make the grade, experts said.
"You are saying to someone, 'you may succeed but your dream of succeeding through us ends here.' That is emotional pressure and that is hard to do," said Newman.
"The public has not seen Britney in an environment where we would know if she is able to withstand that level of pressure and have to think very quickly on her feet," she added.
Lovato, 19, the former star of Disney Channel's "Sonny With a Chance", is seen as a draw for Latino viewers because of her Mexican, Irish and Italian descent. She also will be the youngest judge on a U.S. TV talent show, and that is key because broadcast TV networks try to lure younger audiences whom advertisers covet for their spending power.
But TVLine.com writer Michael Slezak said Lovato's resume was "as light as beaten egg whites" and questioned whether the teen was ready for the spotlight of a high-profile of a TV show after her 2010 stint in rehab for eating disorders and cutting.
Also raising eyebrows has been Spears' reported $15 million salary - more than five times what Abdul was earning - especially since Cowell has yet to find a capable host to replace Jones.
"If that $15 million is an accurate figure, it makes no sense," said Dehnart. "To give that to someone who is unproven on a show is really a disaster (and) seems absurd to me."
Despite some misgivings, Newman felt Spears would be good for the show because Cowell needed a top celebrity who is going to bring viewers. "He needs someone on the level of Christina Aguilera or Jennifer Lopez," she said, referring to the judges on rivals "The Voice" and "American Idol," respectively.
Still, Newman said "X Factor" needed more than celebrities to keep audiences coming back two nights a week for four months.
"The inherent problem with any of these shows it that you are only as good as your contestants. That is catching lightning in a bottle and getting a Susan Boyle," said Newman.
"If you watch the show, you are watching because you are invested in these acts."
Reporting By Jill Serjeant; Editing by Bob Tourtellotte and Christine Kearney


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What is Golfer's Elbow?
Medial epicondylitis — also known as Golfer's Elbow — is a common injury to individuals engaged in activities that apply stress to the forearm. Medial epicondylitis is similar to lateral epicondylitis (tennis elbow) however it occurs on the inside of the elbow rather than the outside. Anyone who is engaged in activities where there is repetitive gripping can develop this ailment.
Symptoms: Characterized by pain and tenderness on the inner side of the elbow where the tendons of the forearm muscles attach to the bony bump on the inside of the elbow (medial epicondyle). Sometimes the pain extends along the inner side of the forearm and to the wrist. It's not limited to golfers. Individuals who repeatedly use their wrists or clench their fingers also can develop golfer's elbow. Golfer's elbow is similar to tennis elbow, however, tennis elbow occurs on the outside of the elbow.
Characteristics of Golfer's elbow include pain and tenderness, elbow stiffness (making a fist may cause pain), weakness in your hands or wrists, numbness or tingling that may radiate into one or more fingers. The pain can come on suddenly or gradually and may worsen with gripping activities.
What Causes Golfer's Elbow: Excess or repetitive stress to the muscles and tendons in the upper forearm and elbow. It's often caused by the gripping or swinging of golf clubs incorrectly or too forcefully, racket sports – especially using excessive topspin or a racket that's too small or heavy; throwing sports, due to improper pitching or throwing technique or weight training.
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WHEN: Holy Thursday, April 2 — Good Friday, April 3, 2015
WHAT: As we enter into Holy Week to commemorate the Last Supper, arrest, torture, trial and crucifixion of Jesus, please join in a time of prayer, reflection, community building and acts of nonviolent resistance focusing on the theme: "PUT AWAY THE SWORD" (Matthew: 26:52).
WHERE: St. Stephen and the Incarnation Church (Auditorium), 1525 Newton St. NW, Washington, DC 20010 (corner of 16th St. and Newton)
For more info contact: Jonah House, firstname.lastname@example.com.
and Dorothy Day Catholic Worker, www.DCcatholicworker.wordpress.com.
phone#: Jonah House: 410-233-6238, Dorothy Day House: 202-882-9649.


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This post is sponsored by ALDI, but as always, all thoughts and opinions are my own! Click here to find an ALDI near you to grab the products mentioned in this blog post.
What do you do when you move to an area and you don't know anyone yet? It's simple: throw a dinner party celebrating everyone's favorite grocery store + feed them yummy food + give them an opportunity to win a $250 gift card to ALDI. Oh, and don't worry, that gift card opportunity extends to you all, too!
If you all have been following my Instagram, you'll know that I recently hosted a dinner party to show off the selection of foods at our local ALDI. My goal was to keep the menu simple and serve up some of the unique things that I could find at ALDI on a budget. Fortunately for me, their selection is huge and their prices are low, and shopping for the party was fun, quick and easy!
I knew that I wanted to keep the foods pretty hands-off because for this introvert, entertaining takes a lot of energy. Most of the foods were served cold and consisted of lots of meat and cheese. (And I do mean a lot!)
A variety of hummus with crackers:
The night before, we marinated zucchini with balsamic vinegar and smoked shrimp and tomatoes to make skewers, along with fresh mozzarella and bacon.
And because I wanted a star dish to show off, we spent some time coming up with these bad boys! Panko crusted meatballs packed with veggies and fried, served over arugula and crostini, then drizzled with Dijon sauce. Okay, that was a mouthful (pun intended), so I'll do a follow-up post with the full instructions on how to make these guys, so stay tuned for that next week!
Of course to balance out all of that, we had to include a few lighter options, and probably the most popular thing was Happy Farms Preferred Brie, drizzled with maple syrup and baked until it just began to get gooey. I was so impressed with the selection of fresh organic produce at ALDI. They carry all of the essentials that our family loves and I couldn't get over how ripe and sweet the strawberries and pears were. And did I mention Happy Farms Preferred honey goat cheese? Mmmm.
If you're looking to make a quick and easy appetizer for your next dinner party, I highly recommend this favorite Brie En Croute that we can't get enough of!
- 1 sheet frozen Puff Pastry
- Happy Farms Preferred Brie
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- 1/4 cup walnuts
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Defrost 1 sheet of puff pastry for approximately 15 to 20 minutes and unfold.
- Gently roll pastry with a rolling pin flatten and elongate.
- Center the wheel of Brie on top of the pastry sheet. Bring all four corners of the sheet together and fold.
- Drizzle with maple syrup and sprinkle with walnuts.
- Place bundle on parchment paper on a cookie sheet and bake for 20 to 25 minutes until pastry is golden brown.
Because nothing says desert like coffee and chocolate:
ALDI was such a source of inspiration for us in putting together this simple, affordable and delicious dinner party and I can't wait to do it again! If you're interested in throwing your own ALDI party, use this store locator to find one near you! And to sweeten the deal, they have generously offered to give one lucky reader a $250 gift card so you can go on your own shopping trip!
Comment below about your own great ALDI experience for a chance to win a $250 Gift Card to ALDI!


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Earlier this year, I had all of my old print photographs professionally scanned (I used scanmyphotos.com and it was around $150 per box of 2,250 pics). Next, I uploaded all of my digital scans to my Flickr pro account and to iPhoto (so far, I have decided not to upgrade to Aperture) on my laptop so that I have the files backed up in multiple locations in addition to having them on DVD. As far as these processes were concerned, the process was easy as pie. (Mmmmmm, pie.)
I am now comfortable with knowing that if my house burns to the ground, decades of photographic memories will not be lost.
However, I am a bit frustrated about the next step in my photo organizing process and I'm looking for some advice. I wish to enter all of the text that I have written on the back of the photographs into the corresponding image's Notes/Description field. And, I wish to categorize the sets of images into meaningful groups. Doing these two steps, however, seems to be Herculean.
Does anyone out in the Unclutterer readership have a suggestion for how to speed up this process?
- What is the fastest way to enter data from the back of a photograph into a Notes/Description field? Should I enlist the help of a friend? Hire a neighborhood kid to do it? Streamline the process in some way?
- What is the most meaningful way to categorize groups of photographs? Is date order always the best method? What other systems do people use that have proven to be worthwhile?
Let me say, "thank you," ahead of time, because this has been a bit of a nightmare for me. I look at the box of photographs that have been scanned and feel overwhelmed by the next step in the process.


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Bush to data: "La la la la la, I can't hear you"
Let's quit the debate about whether greenhouse gases are caused by mankind or by natural causes; let's just focus on technologies that deal with the issueGlobal climate change is caused by human activities. There's no debate about it. There hasn't been for years.
And it matters. If it's happening because of natural processes, maybe we should just ride it out. But if it's our fault, it's our responsibility, and it's time to take action.
Past time. When Kyoto was negotiated in 1997, it would have required the developed world to cut its emissions levels to several percentage points below their 1990 levels. In 1998, when the US signed the treaty, we were 11% over our 1990 level, and 18% over our target level. At that point, we had 12 years to effect that reduction.
Now, we are 24% above the target level, and would have only 4 years to reduce emissions. The time we've wasted on political squabbles is time when atmospheric carbon dioxide has risen 3%, an increase which would take decades to drop.
In looking at the government's emissions inventory of carbon production by source, we find that electrical generation accounts for a third of our greenhouse gas emissions, and has risen 27% in that time. Transportation accounts for 27.6% of emissions, and has increased 29% since 1990. Industrial and agricultural production are constant or declining over the same time frame.
Digging into that data, we find that passenger vehicles emitted 2.6% more carbon in 2004 than in 1990, but "light-duty trucks," including SUVs, emitted 67% more. Why would this happen? Because SUV sales took off, and while cars are governed by the CAFE fuel economy standards, while the light duty trucks aren't. And while the President chose to praise his energy bill, that bill didn't raise fuel economy standards, nor did it include any mechanism for raising fuel economy. That alone would do tremendous amounts to limit growth in emissions, or even to cut those emissions.
New nuclear plants are a fine idea, but will take years to bring online, and won't necessarily do a lot to make things better.
Electrical generation has increased 24% since 1993, while vehicle miles traveled has only risen by 7.3% since 1991, and the number of vehicles have only gone up by 4.1%. Controlling electrical demand and improving electrical efficiency will help control the growth in carbon release, but won't help us cut production. Controlling vehicle production, we'll be able to actually reduce demand in the short term.
It's nice to see Gregg Easterbrook, Michael Shermer and George Bush coming around on climate change, but it'd be nicer to see them actually pushing for action.


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Not much happens in my friend Evelyn Ensbury's world that she doesn't note, jot, type and photograph. Her closets shelves display binder after binder chalked-full of photographs, letters, cards, clippings, and love. She has worked tirelessly to make sure she has collected and cataloged not only her life and history but has also created individualized binders for all her family members – including great-grandchildren.
Born in Cook, Nebraska, on June 22, 1913, when Woodrow Wilson was President, Evelyn was the oldest of six children, three girls, and three boys. For the first 100 years of her life, she believed that her birthday was June 23, but one day while filling a prescription, it came to light that it might actually be June 22. After sending off for a certified copy of her birth certificate, she was surprised to learn that she was indeed born on June 22, 1913. It may be hard to imagine how it didn't come up earlier, but it seems that there just wasn't a lot of need to produce birth certificates during the previous century. Her Mother broke her leg just prior to giving birth to Evelyn, so the record-keeping may have had occasion to slip.
Her formative years were spent in Omaha, Nebraska, but in 1927, her Father packed up the whole family and headed to California. The journey would take them almost three months as roads were rough and they experienced many breakdowns and flat tires. The California destination was triggered by her mother's asthma and the doctor had suggested they try living in a dryer climate.
Evelyn moves to California
Her father saw an advertisement that said, "Come to Rio Linda, raise chickens and get rich!" So they tried to make a go of it, but the ground was too hard to grow anything. Her Father had driven a street car in Nebraska, and in California became a streetcar driver for PG&E.
Her mother passed away when Evelyn was 22 leaving several young children to care for. Even though she had already met the man she was going to marry, Evelyn spent the next four years caring for her younger siblings. With so many mouths to feed, Evelyn did what she could to supplement the family's income with a variety of jobs including babysitting and ironing. Her mother had been a housekeeper for a local doctor, and after the death of her mother, she took over that responsibility as well.
She married Bill Ensbury, the love of her life on Oct. 15, 1939, and was married 52 years until Bill passed away in 1991. They had one son, Richard who lives in Northern California.
Bill was a forest ranger. They lived in Sterling City while young Richard was in elementary school, but when he graduated from the 8th grade, they moved to Chico. Evelyn was a housewife when they lived in Sterling City, but after they moved to Chico, she went to work capping toothpaste tubes to earn enough money to buy a Television Set. She also worked at Grants Department Store. After Chico, they moved north to Yreka, where she worked for the Welfare Department.
Evelyn has always been involved in church. While in Sterling City, they became acquainted with a pastor and his wife Bernard and Doris Johnson who were planning to go to Brazil as missionaries. Evelyn spent the next several decades creating hundreds of beautiful placemats out of recycled Christmas cards each year to send to the Johnson's to brighten up their holidays.
Evelyn has shown that same industrious spirit in everything she turns her attention to. The history she has kept and preserved will continue to bless family and friends for countless generations to come.
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Leon Botstein opened The Orchestra Now with "Four Sea Interludes" from Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes. These evocative mood pieces produced radiant, seascape vistas. The audience rode the swells, being transported to another magical world that defied explanation. Music caressed and bewitched our ears. We were transported to the Land of Lotus Eaters and had no desire to return home.
Harold Farberman appeared to conduct the Adagio from Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 10. The magic was in the music, yet it was also clear that it was the magi conductor who coaxed a memorable performance from these graduate students. There was an inexplicable subtlety to the performance, a unified layering and finesse. Violinists Amos C. Fayette and Drew Youmans from Stanfordville stood out. A haunting English (thus melding in with the concert's avowedly British themes) shepherd's tune develops into two contrasting themes that offer intricate mellow conflict.
To help me understand what Farberman had done, I briefly spoke to clarinetist Micah Candiotti-Pacheco. During intermission tōn graduate students are encouraged to mix with the audience. Micah expressed his great admiration for Farberman; Micha declared that Farberman possessed incisive nuance and that he had learned many things from Farberman that he did not know about music. He said with a chuckle that Farberman was intensely rhythmic, but that "you could not put a metronome to his music."
Micah's ambition is to play in a major orchestra. What he likes about the tōn program is its open ambiance. He has an audition with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra next week and he is free to go, while many conservatory programs would not give him that freedom. Micah explained that his father was an amateur pianist who loved music, who encouraged his clarinet lessons at nine. When young, his father usually woke him and his siblings up every morning by playing the piano. His father may not have gotten this idea from Montaigne, but it is clearly a concept that produces an intense love of music and a great generous soul.
I must confess I am not a fan of Walton's Cello Concerto which sounds to me more like diligent work than divine inspiration. The Concerto proposes to dramatize the arc of life from ticking cradle to silent entombment. Oscillating harmonies in the first movement raise some suspense. The second movement achieves a balance between cello and orchestra that blossoms in dialogue and concludes with gently mocking cello humor, yet the third movement offers little more than ranting cello raging about disintegration and death as the orchestra proposes futile, token objection. The winding sheet of a fugue envelops the mournful cello, declaring death of the fugue itself, a subject which might work better as essay than musical lesson. John Belk sawed away with fierce intensity, especially in the climatic third movement, where both the upper and lower registers of cello virtuosity attempt to portray the orchestra as irrelevant conformity, which is really a specious argument. T.S. Eliot's formula of beginning with a bang and ending with dramatic whimper appeared to me like an old shoe lost in a dim corner of a warehouse. There are more exciting cello concertos in the British repertoire. Perhaps something like Havergal Brian's cello concerto would be more venturesome.
Edward Elgar's Enigma Variations is a peculiar masterpiece. Listening to recordings remains interesting, but a live performance (as music goers know) is something entirely else. Here Leon Botstein delivered the shimmering intensity that the piece invites with its adroit orchestration. I particularly enjoyed the modest and melodic horns that Botstein tamed and molded into the texture of the whole cloth. There was a nice small clarinet moment. Elgar's marvel invites repeated listening for its enigmatic portraits of people depicted in mischievous epyllion format. Here is rarefied insular genius evoking wit, character, and genial pleasure. What a pleasant way to conclude a concert!


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Red Zone
Halftime observations: Chiefs 14, Dolphins 3
It's halftime at Sun Life Stadium, and the Chiefs lead the Dolphins 14-3. Here are some quick observations.
▪ Keep an eye on ILBs James-Michael Johnson and Josh Mauga today. If they don't play as well as they did vs. Denver vs. the run, it's gonna be a long day. The Dolphins already have 64 yards on 10 carries for a robust 6.4 yards per carry.
▪ I expect the Chiefs to add some reinforcements to the offensive line via next year's draft. They've already given up three sacks, which is why Chiefs coach Andy Reid turned to the running game in the second quarter. Hey, speaking of that...
▪ Good job by Reid going to the ground. The Chiefs were able to create some movement up front and move the ball that way. Knile Davis is running hard and playing with the same enthusiasm he did last week, which he showcased on his 21-yard touchdown run.
▪ The Chiefs' ground game allowed them to pass when they really needed to. Facing a third-and-2 at the Dolphins' 20-yard line, Reid ran a play that called for Travis Kelce to run a drag route across the middle. The Chiefs caught the Dolphins at an inopportune time because defensive end Olivier Vernon was the man tasked with running with him. Vernon is a good player but he's not equipped for that. Twenty yards later, the Chiefs had a touchdown.
▪ Last thing on the offensive playcalling. There's an obvious emphasis on being balanced this week. The Chiefs have ran and passed an equal amount of times in "11" personnel (four each), "12" personnel (seven each) and "13" personnel (one each).
▪ For those of you clamoring for Dee Ford, he was out there in the second quarter with Tamba Hali and Justin Houston on third-and-17, an obvious passing situation. Ford got the pass breakup.
▪ Joe McKnight's 26-yard catch and run was an example of why the Chiefs are keeping so many running backs on the roster. With Jamaal Charles nicked up, McKnight gives them some big-play ability on offense, particularly as a receiver.
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Did you know that you can grow figs in Ireland? Crazy but true.
I used to stalk the fig tree that clung to the Ballymaloe Cookery School walls, counting the days til I could stuff my mouth with soft, fresh figs straight off the branches.
I waited for those figs to ripen. And I waited some more. And as the calendar ticked down to the end of the program, I realized my dreams of rolling in Irish figs wasn't gonna happen.
Shortly thereafter, I hightailed down to Nice in the south of France, eager to find out whether the Cours Salaya fruit market is as awesome as I'd heard. It was. And there were figs. Oh, there were figs.
I ate figs like they were going out of style. Figs for breakfast with a croissant, figs for lunch with balsamic vinegar. Figs plain, out of a bag, perched on a hostel bench next to a gaggle of hungover Canadian boys.
And finally, figs made it all the way to dinner, as a part of this very civilized and crunchy salad of green beans, walnuts and goat cheese.
So while we still have figs in season, stock up and make this salad for dinner, paired with simply grilled chicken or maybe some lamb rubbed with a Middle Eastern-inspired spice mix.
Green Beans with Figs, Walnuts and Goat Cheese
Yield: Serves 4-6
Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 15 min Total Time: 25 min
1 small shallot, minced
2 Tbs sherry vinegar
1 tsp honey
3 Tbs olive oil
salt and freshly ground pepper
1 lb / 0.5 kg green beans, trimmed
6-8 figs (about 6 oz / 175 g), trimmed and quartered
3 oz / 85 g walnuts
2 oz / 60 g fresh goat cheese, torn into small chunks
Whisk the shallots with the sherry vinegar, then add honey and olive oil with a pinch of salt. Set aside.
Toast the walnuts in a 375 F / 290 C oven for about 5 minutes, til lightly golden. Or, you can toast on the stovetop in a dry skillet over medium-high heat, shaking every few minutes.
Meanwhile, fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil. Add a large pinch of salt and the green beans. Cook for 2-3 minutes, til beans are bright green and still a bit crisp. Drain and rinse with cold water til beans are just slightly warm.
Toss beans with half the dressing, then add figs, goat cheese and walnuts. Drizzle remaining dressing over the top and serve at room temperature.


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Last Wednesday I cruised out to Woodinville to work on some food photography and event photography for Novelty Hill Januik Winery. I'm immensely proud when I'm trusted to create imagery for top tier clients. Given that NHJ has won the Best of the 425 for the last few years, I'd venture to say they are undoubtedly at the top of their game! After the shoot we found a table under a shady umbrella and enjoyed good company and some damn good wines.
Thanks for checking these out. I appreciate your interest and hope you like what you see!


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After a fit of starts and stops, I finally managed to read this book in its entirety on Friday. We didn't have the greatest of starts, this book, and I. The first few chapters was painstakingly slow, but the story picked up as soon Elli escaped from the Temple of the Rock. After that, it was smooth sailing. I can never deny Sarah Fine's talent in the world she lets us see. It doesn't matter where she takes us. More often, it's a world entirely her own. The stories tend to be dark, with characters well-suited and perfectly conceptualized. I will never doubt this woman again.
Somewhere along the way, the Priests that govern the queen's people got greedy. They wanted powers beyond anyone's imagination and control of the kingdom forever. Three hundred years before the world of Impostor Queen, a prophecy that the strongest Queen will be born. A Queen who will rule and protect a kingdom where fire and ice wielders will have the free will to live however they want. When the stars aligned and this powerful queen was born, the priests did whatever they could to find this child. They had so much hope for her. They trusted her to protect them from the invading Soturis. And to provide for them when the winter months was long and cold. It is to their utter disappointment when Saadella was unable to wield any magic. When she found out that was to be put to death, she escaped with the help of her handmaiden.
Near-death, bleeding, and delirious, she was rescued by a mine dweller suspected to be a part of a group of thieves. Here, she will find out more about herself. She will find the truth about the prophecy. And most of all, she will find love. Love for an ice wielder who hates his power; and love for people who only ever wanted to be free.
For non-fantasy readers such as I, Sarah Fine has this incredible ability to simplify her world and her stories. Sometimes, the prophecies are written in such a way that will put Bill Shakespeare's writing to shame. I mean, seriously. I'd hate to have to read and re-read that part of the book just to get a better understanding of what I was up against. But Sarah's writing is so concise and clear that I don't burst a vein reading them.
I must admit that I had a tough time with Elli's powers and her role in the prophecy at first. I was disappointed with it, in fact. I thought it was anti-climactic. She was supposed to be powerful, but she hardly exerted any of it. She's able to siphon powers, but she's not able to wield them. She's more like a Teflon. Fire and ice do nothing to her. I mean, she can wield power, but she would need a conductor first. If anything, I thought the Suurin was more powerful than her. Regardless, I thought she was still a great character. She went through the motions of denial and acceptance once she found out what she can do.
The romance. Oh, the romance. For a moment there, I thought Sarah Fine was going to ruin it all by introducing a love triangle arch. I'm so happy she didn't. Though, I'm a little afraid of what's to come. Let's just say,"you will regret this love", is not sitting so well with me. Ominous much?


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Globe Newspaper Group » Featured » Council approves money, 'Half-Steppers' ready to run in New Orleans
Council approves money, 'Half-Steppers' ready to run in New Orleans
By: Robert Rogers, Richmond Confidential
After a lengthy debate Tuesday, the City Council voted to come up with $17,000 out of the current year's budget to send a squad of Richmond kids to a national track meet in New Orleans next week.
Richmond is sending a track team to the competition, but it almost didn't happen.
Coaches for the team, called the "Richmond Half-Steppers," appealed to an initially skeptical council for the money, pleading that the young athletes would be devastated if they were unable to compete in the meet. "We just don't have enough funds to make this trip," said track coach Johnny Holmes.
Holmes and another coach, Eric Avery, said they had about $7,000 on hand after paying an $810 entrance fee, all monies that they raised throughout the year. While they were able to raise several thousands from private donors, the coaches said they were hurt by rising airfare prices as the departure date drew nearer.
If not for an immediate donation from the council, Avery and Holmes said 18 local kids who had worked all year would not be able to make the trip. "Each day I check the airlines and the prices are going up," Avery said. "I need $17,000."
The track club was started in 1967 when a group of girls at Kennedy High School asked and Holmes, then a student-supervisor, to organize a girls' track team. Holmes agreed to coach the girls but said he would not tolerate any "half-stepping."
Today's team is composed of 10 boys and eight girls, ages 5 to 16, all of whom come from poor or working-class families in Richmond.
The event is the Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympic Games at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans, scheduled to run from July 30 to Aug. 6. Billed as the nation's largest multi-sport youth athletics event, nearly 20,000 athletes from across the U.S. will compete.
Councilmembers and Mayor Gayle McLaughlin questioned Avery's request for $17,000 to send the team to the competition, noting that the Richmond contingent would include 10 adults – four coaches and six chaperones — in addition to the 18 youth athletes. "The city barely made its budget," said Councilwoman Jovanka Beckles, whom Avery had thanked earlier for having made a private donation to the team. "I don't think we need to send that many adults, if it's really about the kids."
Avery responded that it was important to send 10 adults to ensure the children's safety. "Coach Eric is about being safe," Avery said.
The council's interest in the Half-Steppers began with a report delivered by coaches at the July 19 meeting in which the young athletes were extolled for their determination and the team appealed to the public for donations to attend the Junior Olympics event. After that presentation, Councilman Nat Bates moved to propose an agenda item on a future meeting to explore funding options for the team.
But Finance Department officials wrote in staff report that the city's budget had little wiggle room. "The financial impact related to this item should not exceed $13,500. This is an unbudgeted expense and will have a negative impact on the budget," the report read.
Tuesday's was laden with proposals to approve financing for a slew of other pieces of city business, including a $2 million project for road repair and tens of thousands in contracts for various consultants.
After several residents scolded the council for funding other initiatives, but not the track team, Councilman Tom Butt interjected. "This has gone on far too long," Butt said before ticking off three separate agenda items and proposing to cut thousands from each – equaling the $17,000 the track team requested.
McLaughlin objected that Butt was proposing to cut money from contracts that had already been entered. City Manager Bill Lindsay stepped in. "Let's delegate to staff to find a source," Lindsay said.
Butt called that approach "irresponsible."
"This is a zero sum game," Butt said. "Some other program will be hurt" if the council approved $17,000 for the half-steppers without identifying corresponding cuts, Butt said.
McLaughlin motioned to vote on giving the Half-Steppers the full $17,000 they requested, with a directive that Lindsay's staff find places in the budget to make corresponding cuts, and Councilman Jeff Ritterman urged the coaches to work with the city to hold fundraisers after the team returns to recoup some of the money.
Councilman Jim Rogers said the city had generally followed a precedent of granting no more than $10,000 for such event-related requests. "I will not be voting for this motion," Rogers said, adding that he would have approved a request for $10,000.
Beckles also expressed concern, saying the council must adhere to its budget and cautioning that such a move might invite more requests. "Anybody else who's coming [for a request for funds], I will have to vote no," Beckles said.
The measure passed 5-1-1, with Butt voting against and Rogers abstaining.
After the vote, coach Holmes smiled broadly. "We can make it now, we can go and showcase our kids," Holmes said. "I have a feeling of relief."
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Because we all want to Twerk It Like Miley, have a Booty like J.Lo and Run the World like like Beyoncé.
Perfect for: Showing off your ((305)) moves.
Don't skip these tracks:
Boombox — Laura Marano
Twerk It Like Miley — Brandon Beal, Christopher, Darwin
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Below are details of the men who served in various military capacities prior to the 19th century. See the references below the list for sources of the information. If your Wing ancestor should be on this list but isn't yet, please email me and I will add them.
Those with ancestors serving in the 14th Foot Regiment up until 1845 will find that regiment's Historical Records book of interest.
WWI ~ WWII ~ 20th century ~ 19th century ~ Pre 19th Century ~ Wing War Memorial
FAULKNER Benjamin, Royal Bucks Militia 1799 [Eureka RBM]
FLETCHER Joseph, Royal Bucks Militia 1799 [Eureka RBM]
HART George, Royal Horse Guards, 1796, discharged age 33 after 8 years of service [WO 121/26/306]
HORSFALL George Percival [MB]
SEAR Joseph, Royal Bucks Militia 1799 [Eureka RBM]
- Eureka RBM – Royal Bucks Militia discharges 1799 & 1807, able to be ordered through the Eureka Partnership stand at Genfair. This book includes lists of men discharged from the Militia in 1799 and 1807, some destined for the Army, some destined for home.
- MB – I'll figure this abbreviation out and get back to you!
- WO – War Office records, at The National Archives in Kew and other places.
Anything without a reference is as supplied by their family members.


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A new anti-ACA talking point emerges
Just when it seemed we've heard every possible far-right complaint about the Affordable Care Act, Republicans uncover a new area of concern. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has taken the lead in pushing his party's new talking point, including writing an op-ed for Fox News on the subject this week.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius is in Tampa today, Monday, January 13, for an ObamaCare outreach event, and she owes Floridians an answer. Why should taxpayers have to bail out health insurance companies in the increasingly likely event that ObamaCare leaves them with financial losses?The answer should be simple. Whatever larger differences we have about ObamaCare, we should completely eliminate any chance of a taxpayer-funded bailout for health insurers.
Rubio's piece for Fox News went on to say that the "authority for this bailout was buried deep inside ObamaCare." That's an amusing way of saying, "The relevant provision has been sitting there in the law for nearly four years, but since I never bothered to do real policy analysis while whining, I'm just learning about this now."
It's not just Rubio, by the way. Dick Morris devoted his latest column to attacking the "bailout" for the insurance industry, too. Charles Krauthammer devoted a column to this two weeks ago, saying Republicans should crash the economy on purpose unless Democrats agree to "stop the bailout" of private health insurers.
What in the world are these people talking about? I'm glad you asked.
Jon Chait recently noted:
In recent weeks, it has begun to dawn on some conservatives that the actuarial death spiral they confidently predicted for years – in which the young and healthy shun the exchanges, leading to sicker and costlier patients and rising prices, in turn driving out the remaining healthy customers – may not actually transpire. It won't for several reasons, one of them being a set of protections embedded in the law itself called "risk corridors and reinsurance," which compensate insurance companies that wind up with a sicker customer base in the first three years of the law's operation, thus preventing a death spiral.
Right. The risk of a so-called "death spiral" is pretty much over anyway, but architects of the Affordable Care Act saw this as a possibility. To prepare for the contingency, officials established some temporary measures to bolster the system in case insurers were stuck with a disproportionate older, sick consumer base.
Sy Mukherjee explained the broader policy picture very well:
They're not "bailouts" at all. In fact, they're mostly temporary measures and consumer protections that were crafted as important backstops for the health law's potentially rickety first three years, and they already exist for other government programs (including the Republican-proposed Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit). And if Rubio succeeds in repealing them, insurance companies won't be the only ones that suffer – potentially millions of Americans could see their monthly insurance premiums skyrocket.Insurance companies were sort of shooting in the dark when they set premiums for Obamacare's first year. They had to approximate how many people would enroll, how old the customers would be, how sick they would be, how much insurers would have to pay out in claims – but the whole enterprise was, ultimately, a series of educated guesses. […]Enter reinsurance, risk-adjustment, and risk corridors – a trio of financial shock absorbers sometimes referred to collectively as "The Three Rs." Two out of the three Rs – reinsurance and risk corridors – are temporary programs, while risk-adjustment is a permanent Obamacare provision that will stabilize insurance pools from year-to-year.
The shock absorbers are set to phase out over the next few years, as uncertainties fade away.
So why would Republican lawmakers and Republican pundits be so eager to destroy these provisions? Because without them, Republicans hope to put the U.S. health care system at risk, jeopardizing insurers and subjecting consumers to vastly higher premiums.
Wouldn't that do considerable harm? Of course it would – that's the point. Many GOP policymakers still hope to crash the system, on purpose, so they can then say, "See? Obamacare doesn't work."
There's no chance Democrats would invite such chaos, but the notion of a "bailout" is nevertheless poised to become a popular issue on Fox News and in Republican fundraising appeals. Expect an all-caps email from your wacky uncle any minute now.


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Getting it Right for Every Child (GIRFEC) is a Scottish Government-led approach that aims to;
The well-being of all children and young people will be considered. This includes ensuring each person is:
Every child and young person will have a Named Person. The Named Person will be one point of contact that children and families can go to for advice and support if they need it. Access to a Named Person is an entitlement for children and young people from 0 – 18 years, or beyond if still in school and is expected to be available nationally from 31 August 2016.
The Named Person will be available to listen, advise and help a child or young person and their family, provide direct support or help them access other services.
For children 0-5 years, this will be the Health Visitor. Once the child starts school this will be the Head Teacher of the school or someone else nominated by the Head Teacher.
Most children and young people will have their needs met by family and friends, and the universal services of health and education.
Public bodies must provide the Named Person service and a Named Person has a duty to respond to a worry about a child or young person's wellbeing, but there is no requirement for families to take up the offer of help. The existing responsibility of the police or social services to act in cases where a child is at risk of significant harm remains unchanged.
When two or more agencies are working together to support a child /young person, a Lead Professional will co-ordinate that support.
Following consultation, a final draft of the statutory guidance was recently published. This will be subject to further minor revision and the final guidance in due to published in Spring 2016.
The draft guidance supports the GIRFEC provisions in the Children and Young People (Scotland) Act and is a result of joint working between the Scottish Government and a range of organisations across children's and adult services. The new law and draft guidance formalise what is already happening in many areas to ensure a consistent approach to how services support children's and young people's wellbeing wherever they live. It ensures services operate effectively and that all children should have the same opportunities to have help and support available to them when they need it.
Find out more at www.gov.scot/girfec


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Much like the countless Star Wars' action figures, The People vs. George Lucas is a total novelty product, but one which is hard for any fan to resist.
A crowd funded passion project, director Alexandre O. Philippe has rounded up a herd of boisterous fan boys to wax lyrical about their love of the Star Wars saga and how creator George Lucas has subsequently betrayed them. With special-edition versions of the original films, unnecessary restorations, a suffocatingly vast merchandising industry, plot changes, prequels, sequels, animated series and the worst Christmas TV special of all time, these Jedi's have a lot to complain about.
If you're a fan of the films, then you'll be well aware of these indictments against Lucas: that it was arrogant and presumptuous of him to tinker with films that are burned in the brains of people who saw them as wide-eyed children. Even though he may be Dr Frankenstein, the monster has become a significant cultural artefact owned and cherished by many.
Partly esoteric and childish, some of this documentary is amusingly enlightening – with Philippe creating a montage from fan-made films that recreate the epic space opera and expand on the corruption of the series; with everything from costumed live actors to Legos to stop-motion animated cell phones with character faces on their screens.
Adding some necessary meat on the bone, the fans are joined by critics and academics looking at the cultural discourse surrounding the bout between director and fan. Blatant with their outcry, the documentary is at risk of taking itselves too seriously, but luckily enough the contributors see the funny side to the debacle. There's also consideration of the Indiana Jones series after the highly disappointing 2008 sequel Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, eternalised by an infamous South Park episode where, to the the boys devastation, they catch Lucas and directing chum Steven Spielberg raping Indy.
this week's news The most interesting argument has to do with Lucas' apparently constant urge to retrospectively tinker with and otherwise attempt to improve his own creation. An inexplicable act of self-harm and cultural vandalism which, depending upon your point of view, is either a sign of insecurity or a breathtakingly cynical corporate ploy to extract more coins for the well. This raises the humorous, if a little repetitive documentary's central struggle of cultural ownership. To whom do these films really belong: the creator, who sacrilegiously branded them as "only movies"; or the lightsaber swirling nerds who regard the original three masterpieces as life affirming phenomena? With the recent news that that Lucas is setting up the re-release of Episodes II & III in gimmicky and wholly unnecessary 3-D, it's certain the Empire hasn't fallen, and the real-life, beardy Darth Vader doesn't mind pissing off his storm troopers.
Made by the fans, for the fans, The People vs. George Lucas is not for the uninitiated. On the other hand, who is uninitiated when it comes to these preposterously lauded films? This is comprehensive and heavy handed documentary which, like the LucasFilm pantheon, shares a universality to
Best of all, there's a good, ten-minute long Jar Jar Binks bashing session which is, of course, totally justified.
IMDb it.
The People vs. George Lucas is available for rental online and purchase in iTunes. May the force be with you.


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Apartment with three rooms in Girona. Accommodation arranged with every comfort, air conditioning, heating, elevator and small courtyard. Parquet floors and modern style furniture, practical and sunny ideal for families seeking welfare during their stay.
Apartment in Old Town of Girona, close to the Monastery of St. Daniel. Bellaire street is a street with nice views of St. Peter's Square and the current Archaeological Museum of Girona, where you can access to the oldest part of the old town: the Arab Baths, the Juries square and the Valley of San Daniel and the area within the walls like the cathedral, the Basilica of Sant Feliu. Further you will find the access is the newest part of the city and the iconic La Rambla llibertat.
Walk or bike?
The location of this apartment is ideal for access routes and cycling trails in the area, request for more information!
Come driving? Ask for parking space with the apartment, subject to availability.
Apartment registered in Tourist Catalonia (RTC) with the number: 010 837-HUTG
Additional information about the accommodation:
In order to guarantee your comfort and maintenance of the facilities, the reservation of this apartment entails the payment of a deposit. This deposit will be returned once the apartment is checked.
Supplement for cleaning and laundry: The apartment is delivered with bed linen and towels and cleaning is carried out by the company. For this reason we add a supplement for cleaning and laundry at the price of the apartment reservation.
©Girorooms Girona 2019. All rights reserved - Legal note


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Carmen Reece is a British singer, songwriter and musician based in Los Angeles, California. An accomplished pianist and flautist from childhood, Reece penned her first song aged 11 and has since worked and written for world-renowned artists such as Ariana Grande, Fifth Harmony, Destiny's Child, Kanye West, Ciara, Jason Derulo, Nathan Sykes, Craig David and Bastille, among others.
In 2014, Reece signed her first publishing deal to Universal Music LA under Donna Caseine, and is currently working alongside Grammy award-winning producers: Stereotypes, Alex Da Kid, Harmony Samuels, Kanye West, Rodney Jerkins, Fraser T Smith, Red One, Danja and Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds, to name a few.
Reece's passion for all genres of music, from classical, rock, soul, to pop, paved the seamless journey from head flautist for the UK's National Children's Orchestra aged 11, to writing and performing some of todays most popular mainstream urban pop records that dominate the charts.
Reece cites R&B and pop music as her biggest musical influences.
"You grow a little bit stronger.. when nobody's coming."
Ariana Grande | You Don't Know Me | Too Close
Fifth Harmony | I'm in Love with a Monster | Hotel Transylvania 2
Kanye West - YE | Ghost Town
Ariana Grande | Right There | Always is Never Enough | Piano
Ciara | Dose
K. Michelle Feat. Jason Derulo | Make The Bed
Craig David | I Know You Feat. Bastille
Samantha Jade Feat. City Girls | Bounce
Tamar Braxton | Blind
Ciara | Dose
Destiny Rogers | LockDown | TomBoy
Michelle Williams | Say Yes | Believe in Me
Sabina Ddumba | Not Too Young
Ariana Grande feat. Big Sean | Right There
Tamar Braxton | Blind
Jordan Smith | Love Her Better | Box | Lonely Eyes | Beauty Lies
Craig David Feat. Bastille | I Know You
Wiley Feat. Sinead Harnett | Crash
Nathan Sykes | Money | I Can't Be Mad | Famous | Over and Over Again | Over And Over Again Feat. Ariana Grande
K Michelle | Woman Of My Word
Nathan Sykes feat. Ariana Grande | Over and Over Again
Stanaj | Bad Woman
Michelle Williams | Believe in Me
Jessica Mauboy | Can I Get A Moment
Michelle Williams feat. Beyonce & Kelly Rowland | Say Yes
Zendaya | Fireflies
Jasmine Villegas feat. Kendrick Lemar | That's Me Right There | Me Without You
Samantha Jade | Shake That feat. Pitbull | Always
Teyana Taylor | Put Your Love On
Jessica Mauboy | Can I Get a Moment | Day Before I Met You