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Frequently Asked Questions
Annual Giving - The Langley Fund
- What is The Langley Fund?
- Is annual giving unique to Langley?
- Why doesn't the school charge enough to cover operating costs?
- What is the difference between annual giving and a capital campaign?
- How do I make a gift of stock?
- May I make my gift(s) anonymously?
- Is it possible to make a gift in memory of someone or to honor a former teacher or coach?
- My company offers a matching gift program. Does Langley participate in corporate matching gift programs?
- Is my gift tax-deductible?
- What is Langley's EIN (Tax ID) Number?
What is The Langley Fund?
- The Langley Fund is the school's annual fund and most important source of revenue, aside from student tuition. It is a vital part of the annual operating budget, contributing to every part of the school's operation, including fine arts, athletics, technology, professional development, and financial aid.
Is annual giving unique to Langley?
Why doesn't the school charge enough to cover operating costs?
What is the difference between annual giving and a capital campaign?
- Capital campaigns are conducted periodically to provide significant funds for additions to endowment, construction, renovation, or extensive equipment purchases. Contributions are generally pledged over three to five years. Annual giving is designed to offset annual operating expenses; if the gift is pledged, it is payable – and spent – by the end of the academic year.
How do I make a gift of stock?
May I make my gift(s) anonymously?
Is it possible to make a gift in memory of someone or to honor a former teacher or coach?
My company offers a matching gift program. Does Langley participate in corporate matching gift programs?
Is my gift tax-deductible?
What is Langley's EIN (Tax ID) Number?
Can I make a gift for a specific purpose or to support the endowment?
- Certainly. If there is a specific project you would like to fund, please let us know. Generally, endowment funds may be established to support scholarship, faculty salaries and professional development, and specific academic, athletic, and co-curricular programs. The principal of endowed funds remains invested and untouched in perpetuity, generally with five percent of the invested amount being used each year in operations for the intended purpose, should the returns and valuation permit. Many donors choose to honor or memorialize a family member, friend, or faculty member through the naming of endowed funds. Click here to learn more.
Planned Giving
May I make a deferred or planned gift?
- Yes. Your support makes the difference in securing the future of The Langley School. Opportunities for planned giving include bequests, gifts of retirement assets or life insurance, charitable gift annuities, remainder trusts, and lead trusts. Click here to learn more.
Spring Auction
What is the spring auction and will I be asked to participate?
- The annual spring auction is a great community building activity and is one of the school's primary fundraising initiatives. All funds raised help to offset current-year operating expenses such as faculty and staff salaries, student financial aid, and academic and extracurricular programs. We hope that you will choose to participate in and support the fundraiser by sponsoring or attending the event, donating an item for the silent or live auctions, or serving as a volunteer. A special component of the evening, "Raise the Paddle," supports faculty excellence.
May I volunteer my time?
We celebrate and sincerely appreciate the generosity of those who support The Langley School. As you consider a gift in support of the school and its initiatives, please keep in mind that all gifts – regardless of size – make a difference. It is the collective effort that supports and sustains our community.
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Baby Brine Shrimp (Artemia Nauplii)
The supplied Baby Brine Shrimps (BBS) are nauplii of Artemia salina. They are one of the best foods for fry, juveniles and small fishes, used as a diet supplement by many avid fish keepers for their nutritional value!
The BBS closely duplicate the nutritional value of many of the small freshwater crustaceans found in the natural habitats of our fishes. They have the added advantage of being enriched by special micro foods containing extra vitamins and amino acids to condition most freshwater and marine tropical fish. Moreover, they are free from freshwater parasites and bacteria since they come from water with heavy salt concentrations.
Storage, or holding live BBS at cold temperatures, is a way of preserving the nutritional quality while maintaining a live food. Place the bags in the refrigerator. The BBS should remain alive for a few days for later feedings. Cold storage of live BB
Mysis Shrimps
Mysis shrimps are extremely high in nutritional value for all medium to larger fresh and saltwater aquarium fish. Mysis shrimp induce an energetic feeding response in even finicky aquarium fish. Mysis shrimp boast naturally higher fatty acid profiles and Omega-3's than enriched brine shrimp.
Mysids are small shrimp-like crustaceans with a heavy carapace covering their thorax and can grow to 1 cm in length. Adapted to life in estuaries, these tough, hardy crustaceans can withstand a wide range of salinity and temperatures. Mysidopsis species are omnivorous and cannibalistic, feeding on diatoms and small crustaceans such as copepods.
These crustaceans are commonly called possum shrimp because the females carry their developing young in a bulging pouch or marsupium formed by at the base of their legs. Females can carry broods of up 30 fry in their pouches, although 6 or 7 is the norma
Daphnia, popularly known as water fleas, are small crustaceans that live in fresh water such as ponds, lakes, and streams. They serve as an important source of aquatic food. Feeding live Daphnia results in a remarkable improvement in the appearance, health, and longevity of fish and other aquatic organisms. They mature in just a few days, so it does not take long to grow a stable culture.
If fish could write, Daphnia would be at the top of their grocery list. These irresistible, tasty little morsels don't cause indigestion or constipation and are non-fattening. These little water fleas, as they are sometimes called, love to propagate, and are most enticed to do so in alkaline water (above pH 7.0) that is between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit, with medium light intensity. Incredibly, they are quite content in a relatively small volume of water as long as there is enough food and oxygen to support them.
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"Being firstly from the tech side of fashion I have used a lot of different point of sale software packages and Vend is without a doubt the best on the market right now."
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Unlike traditional point of sale systems, touchscreen POS systems allow you and your employees to tap on a screen to complete purchases, enter customer data, or locate sales information.
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How can Vend's touchscreen POS software improve your business?
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These versatile high-rise tights were designed to fit like a second skin—perfect for yoga or the gym. Made with Full-On® Luxtreme fabric that offers great support and coverage with a cool, smooth feel.
Four-way stretch Full-On® Luxtreme fabric is sweat-wicking and offers great support and coverage with a cool, smooth feel
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Tumble dry low
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Designed For : Yoga, train
Lycra® : Added Lycra® fibre for stretch and shape retention
Comfortable waistband : Lies flat against your skin and won't dig in
Waistband storage : Pocket on the waistband holds your key or card
hugged sensation : Engineered to feel like a comfortable embrace throughout—it holds you close and moves with you
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New for 2016, all Diaphragms feature their brand new FIRESTORM Latex, making it easier to produce pitches, extend durability, and recreate better quality tones!
Rocky's Mountain Hunting Mini Master is a Single reed .004 latex. The Mini Master Single has a narrower frame for youth, women and men with a narrow roofed palate area. The tape is trimmed to fit more comfortably in your mouth. Single latex produces high pitched bull sounds and young cow/calf mews, chirps, etc.About Palate Plate Diaphragm calls:
Unlike other diaphragms, the Palate Plate call is placed forward in your mouth, right behind your upper teeth. This keeps you from gagging and also gives you more control on the latex. Just relax and use your tongue pressure for your note changes. Start off with less tongue pressure for lower notes. As you want higher notes, increase tongue pressure and air flow. The latex is stopped by the Palate Plate so you can't go any higher than the right note. On other diaphragms, if you apply too much pressure, or not enough, you lose the note you're wanting to achieve.
The Palate Plate makes the latex longer lasting and easier to blow. The tone of the call is also more realistic.


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The boys are taking a nap, which allows me to update you on my progress on Oregon. Haven't been doing much else, so there wasn't much to report on. But I made my goal, I finished the 9th repeat of the center pattern. Here is the proof:
I believe there are 4 more repeats to go. While it is very tempting to say I am going to try to finish those this coming week, I think think I will do that. I have guests coming this next weekend, and I should clean the house a bit more then my usual "hobby addicted" way. 😀 And my guests will stay for a week, so I think my goal for the next 2 weeks will be to finish the center. I will try to give an other update next weekend, but I can't promise as I won't have as much time while my guests are here.
I can hardly believe that I am getting to the end of the center. When I started it, when I was doing one repeat a week, because that was all I had time for, I thought it was going to take me for ever. And now it is almost done… As you might have been able to tell from the pictures, I have not used any stitch markers so far. I do plan on using some while picking up the border, and probably while knitting the border. hmm, I might have to make me some. That sounds like more markers then I have inactive right now. And I won't put this on hold until I get more stitch markers freed up, they are too easy to make.
Well, the boys are still asleep, DH is working on his wish list, I think I will take this opportunity to get some rare weekend knitting time! Until next time!


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By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erin L. Boyce, USS Bataan (LHD 5) Public Affairs
EARLE, N.J. (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) successfully completed an ammunition on load Jan. 21 in Earle, N.J., bringing the ship one step closer to its scheduled deployment in 2011.
Bataan's Weapons Department, partnered with personnel from Naval Weapons Station Earle, took on nearly 1,000 pallets of ordnance during the four-day evolution.
"As an amphibious ready group, it is essential to have our ammunition on board in case we are called upon for any mission," said Chief Aviation Ordnanceman Troy King, one of Weapons Department's roving supervisors.
Sailors used a number of techniques to maneuver the ammunition from the pier to the ship.
"We used two cranes, diesel fork lifts, electric forklifts, pallet jacks and good old aviation ordnancemen muscle," said King. "We on loaded an assortment of ammunition including bombs, aircraft missiles, ship launched missiles, rockets, small arms ammunition, demolition materials and ship's defense ammunition."
The goal aboard Bataan was to be expeditious without compromising safety. The event was meticulously planned for months and when it came time for execution, safety remained at the forefront.
Hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance conditions were set throughout the ship. Every fork-lift driver had a spotter, and every elevator operator had a quality-assurance safety observer. Everyone involved in the on load was required to wear the proper personal protective equipment. The hangar bay was secured to nonessential personnel to keep the crew safe and to contribute to a more efficient ammunition on load.
"As always safety is a major part of any evolution we do," said King. "The priority is to bring all ammunition on board and send everyone home with all of their fingers and toes. We are counter productive to mission readiness if we damage equipment or injure personnel."
Multiple departments worked together to seamlessly accomplish the on load.
Machinist's mates worked the elevators, the fire controlmen helped with traffic control and rigging ammo and supply provided hot meals and extended the chow hours when necessary.
"Of course Weapons Department and our fire controlmen played a major role in the on load, but we couldn't have done it without the support of a lot of people," said King. "There are a lot of moving parts involved with preparing for and executing a major on load such as this one. I personally want to thank everyone that supported us and made it a successful and safe evolution."
The on load also gave Sailors the opportunity to receive some in-rate training that isn't available everyday.
"The fire controlmen received on the job training; the new Sailors now know how to properly secure hazardous ammunitions such as the closed in weapons system while transporting it and securing it for sea," said Fire Controlman 2nd Class Charlie Whorton, a flight deck communication rigger.
"We have a bunch of young Sailors. It's my first on load, and we learned a lot from the senior guys — our supervisors," said Aviation Ordnanceman 3rd Class Derek Curtsinger, a magazine assistance supervisor.
Sailors involved with the load, sometimes worked 15 hour shifts, but the hard work paid off, and Bataan wrapped up the on load a day early.
"They worked extremely hard," said King. We had to force some of them to go to bed, or they would have worked through the night. As the command master chief would say, 'they are all rock stars!'"
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One Ticket Claims Powerball Prize
Mother's Day is always a day of happiness or fond memories. For one fortunate soul I am pretty sure that Mother's Day 2016 will always have an even more important place in their memory. For one lucky ticket holder Mother's Day or the Saturday before will be remembered as the day they hit the Powerball jackpot.
It is estimated that last night's Powerball jackpot was worth $429 million by the time the ping pong balls dropped shortly before 10 PM local time. When the white balls and the one red power ball had settled down there was one winning ticket. That ticket according to lottery officials was sold in New Jersey.
The winning numbers were 5-25-26-44-66- PB 9
There were also a few other big winners in last night's drawing with $1 million winners in California, New York, Virginia, and Illinois. These tickets matched matched all five of the winning numbers but did not match the Powerball.
The next drawing for the nationwide lottery will be Wednesday at 9:59 PM local time and the estimated jackpot will be $40 million with an anticipated cash pay out of $26.2 million.


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My name is Dr. Yvette Gutierrez-Schieffer. I am an OB-GYN at ADC.
Every morning, for the past 20 years, I have gone to my office at ADC to work hard — making rounds, seeing patients, doing surgery, delivering babies and bringing new ADC patients into the world.
I love my job, my partners and ADC.
Why am I still here after 20 years?
The clinic's mantra — Let Our Family Take Care of Your Family — has never been truer for any Austin family than mine.
An ADC family
My family's history with ADC predates me. My father was a 20-year-old junior at the UT pharmacy school in 1961. He was far away from his family in Rio Grande City, TX.
He got really sick one day with nausea, fever and abdominal pain. He knew four doctors had an office on Seton Avenue not too far from his apartment. They were called The Austin Diagnostic Clinic and were within walking distance. So he walked in without an appointment and was seen by Dr. Renfert.
Dr. Renfert diagnosed him with appendicitis and sent him over to Seton Hospital right away. My father survived and went back to school, earned his pharmacy degree and has had his own pharmacy in Austin for over 40 years.
My first memories of ADC
My first memory of ADC was in late 1967. I was almost 5 — very shy and quiet. I was just starting to learn to speak English at an Austin Montessori Kindergarten. We only spoke Spanish at home. My mother's extended family had emigrated from Mexico in the mid 1950's. Her grandmother – my "Grande Califa" – was very sick.
I remember going to my grandmother's house late one night. The house was very dark and quiet. Everyone was whispering that they had called the doctor and he was coming to the house. I was watching and listening to everything.
Soon, a thin man in a suit and tie came in with his doctor bag — just like Marcus Welby, MD and "Doc" on Gunsmoke. His name was Terri Collier. He was a new, young doctor with ADC. All I know was that he was very important and that he had come to take care of my Grande.
That event made a big impression on me.
After that night, almost every adult in my family became Dr. Collier's patient — my grandparents, my parents, and the rest of the adults in the family. They all continued to see him until he retired. We all have continued to see ADC doctors since then — including my children, brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews.
Continuing the tradition
So I decided to be a doctor.
I graduated from UT, went to UT Southwestern, got married, and then decided to go into OB/GYN instead of a "less disgusting specialty like eyes" as my other grandmother suggested.
I was finishing residency in San Antonio and wanted to come back to Austin to practice. My mother asked Dr. Collier, "Do you know of any OB/GYNs looking for a partner?"
It just so happened that in 1993 ADC had just added an OB/GYN section. Wow! I could actually possibly work at ADC just like Dr. Collier. You don't know how excited I was when my mother told me the news. I sent in my application and the rest is history.
I started at an office by myself, sharing with a family practitioner. Anytime I had to be on call or perform a delivery, I had to cancel patients and drive to St. David's or Brackenridge Hospital.
But life was good. I was working in my hometown – at the place that had always taken care of my family. I walked around in awe the first few months.
Eventually we moved to our current main location and my practice grew. I have never had to worry about who to refer my patients to or if my patients will get good care.
I recently celebrated a half-century of my life. Reflecting on it, I realized that the shy, quiet, hardworking little girl had pretty much grown up with ADC.
Who knows how long I'll be here? Remember, my grandmother is going strong, and my Dad says he's never going to retire.
As you can see I have no choice. I will always be loyal to ADC, and because of that I want my ADC family to stay around and take care of other families like mine for another 60 years and beyond.


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Slow Down Your Life Through the Magic of First Moments
Heather and I were 25 when we got married. We honeymooned in Italy. It was the first time that either one of us had traveled overseas. From the sights and the smells, to the sounds and the textures, I remember almost every moment of the trip in vivid detail. I can still taste the fresh olives, gelato, and seafood. It was a trip full of first moments.
My last trip to Florida, on the other hand, is a bit of a blur. Some memories are clear, but I have a hard time distinguishing last year's spring break trip from past ones.
On the surface, this seems odd. After all, one trip was 17 years ago, while the other was 10 months ago. So what's the difference? Why does one experience leave such a lasting impression?
It's likely due to the same reason that time seems to slow down when you're young, and speed up as you get older. The novelty of an experience impacts how your brain perceives it.
David Eagleman is a neuroscientist and author who studies how our brains perceive time. In an article in the New Yorker, he explains that our brains process familiar information quickly. But when new information is introduced, it takes our brains longer to organize and synthesize the data, making the experience more memorable and time (appear to) slow down.
"This explains why we think that time speeds up when we grow older," Eagleman said. It's why childhood summers seems to go on forever, while old age slips by while we're dozing. The more familiar the world becomes, the less information your brain writes down, and the more quickly time seems to pass. "Time is this rubbery thing…it stretches out when you really turn your brain resources on, and when you say, 'Oh, I got this, everything is as expected,' it shrinks up," Eagleman said.
Time may fly when you're having fun, but the memories made from new and exciting experiences are so dense and vivid that they create the perception that time is actually slowing down.
The "Reminiscence Bump"
Numerous studies have been conducted in which older adults have been asked to recall their most vivid memories. Overwhelmingly, these memories relate to experiences that took place from ages 15 to 25. This phenomenon is called the "reminiscence bump."
This phenomenon is not new. 19th century British poet Robert Southey once wrote:
Live as long as you may, the first twenty years are the longest half of your life. They appear so while they are passing; they seem to have been so when we look back on them; and they take up more room in our memory than all the years that succeed them.
Why are our teens and twenties such defining decades? A 1988 study, which found that 93 percent of vivid life memories relate to unique or first-time events, may hold the key.
When you're young, everything is new and novel. You're engaging in "firsts" at a rapid pace: first kiss, first time driving, first day of high school and college, first job, first travel without your parents. The novelty of these "first moments" creates rich memories, and therefore the time periods of high school and college seem like they lasted forever.
Author Joshua Foer, in Moonwalking With Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, writes that adolescence and early adulthood is "the period that's the most varied and exciting; that's when you're hitchhiking across the country, going on lots of dates, having interesting encounters and learning about things for the first time."
"You're going to remember your trip hiking across Peru," Foer explained, "more than the year you spent sitting in your office doing the same job you'd been doing for the past five years."
Indeed, four years during your forties feels like it goes by in a flash. As you get older, it's easy to get into a rut of routine, and fall into predictable patterns. Get up, get the kids off to school, go to work, get home, eat dinner, get the kids to bed, hit the couch, go to bed. Rinse and repeat. When you look back, there's very little pattern interruption. There's nothing to "break the script." Life becomes a blur; a hamster wheel of repetition. The worst part: While repetitious days drag by, life speeds away.
This begs the question: What's the best way to break the monotony, slow down the perception of time, and create more meaningful memories?
Create More First Moments
David Eagleman referred to time as "a rubbery thing." While we can't stop the passage of time, we can mold our perception of it. We can interrupt the patterns of our lives by introducing more novelty and new experiences into them, and create more memories and meaning as a result.
The best way to accomplish this is to harness the magic of more first moments. There's no reason that the majority of our first moments need to take place during our teens and twenties. We can engage in firsts at every stage of our lives. First moments come in all sizes – from something as simple as cooking a new recipe for dinner or exploring a new hiking trail, to something more grand such as overseas travel or learning to play a new instrument.
The key is to not look at new, novel experiences as spontaneous occurrences that happen to you, but rather as things that you make happen.
While Heather and I didn't have a firm handle on what was driving our desire for change a few years ago, which ultimately led us to move to northern Michigan, it's clear in retrospect that it was the desire for more first moments. It was a recognition that life is short, and it can pass you by if you let it.
Sometimes you need to break the script to appreciate what's in front of you, to see what's possible, and to slow life down. {tweet that} This has certainly been true of our experience. From camping with our family in the Upper Peninsula, to backpacking through Pictured Rocks, to creating the Fairy Trails, to launching a new business, the last couple of years have been full of firsts for us. It's a period that has been fast-paced, but vividly clear. We'll never forget it.
First moments have the power to change us. After all, life is nothing more than a series of moments, so plan more that matter, both big and small, into your life.
Do something new every day. Look forward to something every day. Life is short, yes, but first moments make it feel much longer.


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Poinsettias for sale at Cal Poly's plant shop
The Poly Plant Shop at Cal Poly has launched its annual poinsettia sale with 2,800 plants in more than 30 varieties and colors. The sale is scheduled to continue through mid December.
The poinsettias are grown by students in the university's Poinsettia Agriculture Enterprise Project. This year's plants come in the traditional flower colors of red and white, plus more unusual hues of pink, orange, marble, maroon and speckled leaves. Plants sizes range from four-inch pots to 4-foot-tall plants, with prices from $5 to $55.
Plants are available at the Plant Shop Holiday Open House on Friday and at the Poinsettia Open House on Saturday and Dec. 14. The open house hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The shop is on Via Carta Road on campus and is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
Take the Highland Drive Entrance, turn left on Via Carta Road and go to the top of the hill. For information, call the Poly Plant Shop at 756-1106 or visit www.polyplantshop.com.


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Brian Martin has lived in the east side of Cincinnati for most of his life. For at least half of his life he has been involved in the construction industry.
With strong Christian do-unto-others values and a determination to provide homeowners an exceptional experience throughout the construction and remodeling process, Brian always exceeds expectations. Through clear communication and a willingness to go the extra mile, he strives to build long-term relationships in the community with customers, vendors, and neighbors.
A husband and father of two, Brian understands the anxiety that home remodeling can bring and strives to put homeowners at ease through the process.
With over 14 years of exterior building products experience and 9 additional years in home remodeling, Brian has a unique ability to listen first and then provide ideas and options that lead to a better overall experience for the homeowner and a happy outcome.
There are no tricks or gimmicks when dealing with Brian. He will give you the facts each and every time. He lives by every promise he makes.


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Robert Pattinson is set to take another bite out of daytime.
The Eclipse vampire will join Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show in an episode airing Wednesday, May 19, Gossip Cop can confirm. It will be taped the previous day.
It isn't the first "Ellen" engagement for Pattinson. The star appeared on the program back in November while promoting New Moon. That was the interview in which he described a woman in a public crowd getting naked to get his attention.


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MiNX infuses their performance with visual elements, sometimes campy and vaudevillian, and the costumes and stage-props they sometimes employ are simply cherries on top of the already compelling show. Their latest endeavor, Being MiNX, was written to be performed both Unplugged or backed by tracks produced by the dynamic duo, and either way, Raffi and Ischa's chemistry never disappoints, with or without multi-media presentation.
In fact, some fans rave about MiNX's stripped-down acoustic shows most of all, impressed by the raw talent and energy they bring to every performance. With over three hours of acoustic material and several more hours of electronic tracks, MiNX has been performing at a variety of venues, from coffee-shops, restaurants and bars to concert halls and festivals over the last five years.
Citing influences such as Norah Jones, David Bowie, Eurythmics, Sia, Nile Rodgers/Chic, Pharrell Williams and Prince, they are especially inspired by artists who don't hesitate to include meaningful lyrics over playful, upbeat tunes. Their music reflects a passion for experimentation and a playful disregard for the rules on how music should be made, performed, and shared.


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Today, nearly half a century after the local authorities had to relocate two hundred west London families because of the newly built Westway elevated motorway, what makes this part of the city so appealing is the presence of what's probably the best leading/top roping wall in the English capital. However, let's dive "under the Westway" as the guys from Blur would say, and discover Westway sports and fitness centre, home of one of the biggest climbing venues in the city.
It is 12 o'clock on Saturday and I'm approaching the complex – situated just a few minutes away from Latimer Road tube station. I'm walking through a quiet neighborhood, crossed by exemplary suburban streets with tidy lines of brick and mortar houses. Suddenly I spot a familiar sight – the concrete outdoor walls over a gravel-coated yard: an amazing mix between art and practicality, known to me from the masterclass videos I obsessively watched as a kid. This little sentimental detail arouses great excitement and triggers the delayed adrenaline blast set inside my cranium…
"Oh please get to the point already," says the voice of reason.
"Hold on it will come," I respond.
"People don't have time for introspective mumbo-jumbo crap like this… let's go climbing!"
"Alright, alright…"
I quickly register, followed by an accurate belaying test by Jonny – the duty manager. Instructors here are famous for their high level and I have to admit that I have not seen busier professionals in any other London wall. Legend has it they provide some of the UK`s most renowned coaching and children`s programs.
Entering the actual climbing space, I feel confusion caused by something I would define as "visual chaos". The center, with its three hundred fifty routes over more than a hundred climbing lines, is quite big but there is a lot of information in form of signs, charts, floor marks, advertisements etc. The wall panels on the other hand really vary in colors and shapes so the density of piebald holds and footsteps makes it hard to follow some of the routes at first. Especially on the competition wall with its faded orange grips on yellow or the opposite. Anyway, after the first thirty minutes, it all starts to make sense and one realizes how all this visual puzzle is actually a result of great commercial climbing experience. Moreover, the whole chaotic environment creates a cozy and charming oldschoolish vibe.
Even though the wall is divided into sections according to the level of the customers, the climbing lines being too close to each other could be another issue, especially on a busy Saturday morning. On the weekends there is a queue for the best routes; sometimes they are crossing not only with each other but with some of the warm up climbs as well. However, this is a minor problem and a common thing for all the well-developed climbing gyms with full capacity. What's most important here is the quality of the routes. Westaway's routesetting actually makes it worth the wait.
During my time at the gym, I'm given the opportunity to check the work of at least seven or eight different routesetters. Most of the moves are fantastic. The angles of the wall really vary, allowing a cool flight of the imagination. Most of the leading climbing hold brands are present too and not only on the hard and intricate lines but the amusing top rope climbs as well.
While I rest, I walk around the sectors and another intriguing feature I should mention pops up. The hidden system and endurance training rooms. A small door, like a secret portal to another dimension of merciless self-development, is leading to box-like installments for strength and power activities. Excellent ones too – to be honest! Apart from that, Westway has the full range of toys you might need to become a climbing monster: bars, rings, yoga mats, weights, balls, campus and fingerboards… you name it, they have it!
Here comes the bouldering afternoon. Even though this climbing discipline isn't widespread around Westway, what they have is tidy and organized. At the back of the centre, facing the big competition overhangs, one can find a compact but varied bouldering sector that offers mainly slabs and slight overhangs, covered with medium difficulty problems plus some V7-V8 here and there. Hidden at the back of the present bouldering area, there is another one, only more overhung – the so-called "fridge". I personally enjoyed this secluded sector because of its longer and more intricate routes. Having said that, I must admit that the bouldering grades here feel a bit overrated (maybe as a part of the good customer service). I'm not always flashing V8's, but when I do, I'm bouldering at Westway.
Leaving the center with burning hands I`ve already built an impression of a developed brand with a large community behind its back that only cements its reputation. After all, these people there have been defying gravity since '94. Climbing at Westway feels almost like visiting an old, well-established sports crag with all its local charm and colourful details. A place with rich atmosphere and great social value.
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Faroe Researcher Connects Whale Consumption To Parkinson's DiseaseAugust 5, 2015
Beached Whales Likely An Indicator Of Neurological Disease Upstream
Sick animals tell us a lot. Whales have too much intellectual, social and navigational capacity to run aground en masse unless extremely sick and disoriented. As mammals high on the food chain and downstream from billions of people, their health is a good indictor of environmental health and human health. They're sick. They're screaming for help.
Unfortunately, whales and dolphins have been dying and washing up on beaches around the world for years. The causes are multiple. Some deaths are blamed on sonar and other weapons. Some collide with ships and boats. Others die due to toxic exposure. These beached whales and dolphins are canaries in coal mines. Their bodies are like giant sponges that can reveal the health of the ocean and the planet. They can tell us about the health of our watersheds and the safety of food and water.
For example, sick and dead whales might be able to shed light on the Alzheimer's disease epidemic that is exploding exponentially around the globe. If the prion pathogen associated with Alzheimer's and many related neurodegenerative diseases is present in whales and dolphins, it's further confirmation of the scope of these killer proteins. Unfortunately, that critical test is not taking place on the whales and dolphins now (or results are being suppressed).
As with humans and other mammals, whales and dolphins are vulnerable to prion disease, which includes Alzheimer's disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Parkinson's disease. At least one dolphin has been found with prion disease, but testing is severely lacking. Since dietary factors are clearly linked to neurological disease, studying the correlation between diet and disease can help illuminate the prion problem. We might be able to learn more about the health of whales by studying the people who eat them.
Whale meat appears to be contributing to high rates of neurological disease in Nordic and Baltic nations. Pioneering research found that Parkinson's patients on the Faroe Islands have consumed about six times more whale meat and blubber than their neighbors who don't have the disease.
Maria Skaalum Petersen is working to shed light on the connection between sick seas, sick whales and the people who consume them. Petersen is a researcher in the Department of Occupational and Public Health in the Faroe Islands health service. One of her projects has included a comparison of the prevalence of Parkinson's disease (part of the TSE spectrum) in the Nordic countries.
She found that Parkinson's disease is twice as prevalent on the Faroe Islands as in Norway and other Nordic countries. A traditional diet on the Faroe Islands typically includes pilot whale meat.
Predators, including some whales, are high on the food chain. Predators that consume predators are consuming the toxic build-up from every animal ever consumed. Therefore, predators (and the people who consume them) often serve as an excellent indicator of the health of an entire ecosystem, including prion contamination.
Not all whales are created equal, though. The whale meat sold in Norway and Iceland is mostly from minke whales, a species that has a diet much lower in the food chain. This means they do not accumulate as many contaminants or prions as pilot whales. This means that the risks associated with whale meat is slightly less for the people in Norway. Norway still has a fairly high rate of neurological disease.
"The Faroe Islanders eat pilot whales, while Norwegians eat baleen whales. Pilot whales have teeth and primarily eat fish and squid, which puts them higher on the food chain," Petersen says.
Baleen whales feed by filtering zooplankton and krill into their mouths as they swim. In essence, they are vegetarians. Eating lower on the food chain lowers their prion exposure, but it doesn't make them immune to the prion problem.
This study indicates that there is prion accumulation in whales–some more than others. It indicates that prions are in our oceans and onward upstream. It indicates that prions are in our food and water supplies and reckless sewage management is contributing to the problem. It reminds us of the hazards associated with wastewater reuse, sewage sludge disposal and biosolids in our communities and watersheds.
What can we learn from the Faroe Islands and whale meat? Prions are building up in the environment and in mammals now.This is a battle of pathway management. Time to manage the contamination is running out. Sewage mismanagement, including agricultural and industrial waste, is contributing to the problem.
If whales could talk, they would tell us to get our sh*t together and put it in a much safer place. Presently, we are recycling sewage sludge, biosolids and reclaimed water throughout our watersheds. We are contaminating food and water supplies. We are pissing in the pool. We're being fed lies and prions. Save the world. Save the whales. Save yourself.
Source: http://garychandler.com/neurological-disease-in-whales/


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The Physiology of Performance – Part 1: Understanding the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
An unfortunate setback in the science of human performance is the large emphasis currently placed on muscle physiology as a means of maximizing performance. While obviously the muscles play a critical role in athleticism, the muscular system is completely at the whim of the nervous system; the junction of these two is known categorically as the Neuromuscular System.
In an ongoing effort to inform our athletes, parents, coaches, and general audience, we will be regularly detailing some specific segment of the Nervous System or the aforementioned Neuromuscular System. These are the areas of human performance which should be of primary interested to clinicians and academics rather than the simplistic if-A-than-B relationship of the muscular system as it works when viewed in isolation.
The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis (HPA Axis)
A critical element to training progress is the management, application, and adaptation to stress. Many will correctly point out that the improvements associated with practice and/or exercise come not in the training bouts themselves, but in the subsequent rest and tissue regeneration/ restoration. As a coach tries to monitor training loads and competition frequency to optimize the stress response, the HPA Axis performs this function internally.
The HPA Axis refers to the interaction of 3 fundamental structures. The Hypothalamus–a part of the limbic system which up/down regulates various hormone levels to maintain homeostasis (the drive to maintain stable internal states) in the body. Also it is comprised of the Pituitary Gland, which may be the most widely-known of the 3 parts; the pituitary is responsible for a wide array of physiochemical reactions like water retention, sexual development, and importantly for the HPA Axis, stress responses. Lastly, the Adrenal Glands function as the response to deviations in stress levels. Among others, the adrenals generate both of the stress hormones adrenaline and cortisol.
To bring these three structures together, think of it like this: the Hypothalamus wants to maintain a cohesive and stable environment among all internal systems. The pituitary manages stress and interacts with the hypothalamus to mitigate deviations to equilibrium. The adrenals generate the chemical messages (hormones) necessary for the stress response to occur and bring about homeostasis.
The HPA Axis and Performance
As alluded to, performance enhancement comes in the form of an adaptation to a stressor. In the case of an athlete, that stressor would be a rigorous training bout. With this in mind and a better understanding of the HPA Axis, it should now be a bit more obvious how managing and overcoming training stressors relates to a neuroendocrine system that deals directly with stress.
Through various methods, we can optimize the function of the HPA Axis to better deal with training stressors.
The role that the pituitary gland plays changes drastically in scale throughout adolescence, during puberty, and into the late teenage years. To maximize an athletes long-term potential, a great deal of care should be placed around ensuring an optimal stress load throughout this time.
On one hand, a young athlete may be under-stressed, as in the case of a single-sport and otherwise sedentary individual. This particular athlete's long-term ability to generate stress hormones would blunted. In contrast to this, an athlete of the same age who competes year-round in the same sport, in addition to various other roles and obligations may be overstressed. A sign that over-stress is occuring is athlete burnout. The long-term biochemical response to prolonged periods of stress in adolescence can be a lifelong hypersensitivity to stress. This minimizes the total training load an athlete can undergo, lessening potential athletic adaptations, and increasing the overall likelihood of mood-related illnesses (like depression or anxiety).
The solution to this is an intermediate stress load to maximize stress tolerance and sensitivity. This can be done by ensuring a young athlete is engaged in multiple types of sports, only specializing in a singular sport with age.
As athletes develop they are still susceptible to changes in the HPA Axis. Recreational drugs and alcohol can impede the ability of the adrenals to produce adrenaline under normal stress environments like sport-specific training. This, in theory, seems to indicate a higher training load would be needed to achieve similar results.
Regardless of an athletes age, this stress response is a reason why lifestyle stress should be minimized during periods of high-stress in training. This is why it is common for elite athletes to minimize contact with boyfriends/girlfriends during the training leading up to a big event. Similarly, chronic sleep deprivation limits the downregulation of the stress hormone cortisol, leading to chronically elevated cortisol (stress) levels.
By simultaneously minimizing various stressors system-wide and effectively delivering a training response to overcome, an athlete's short and long-term performance can be drastically enhanced. The scope of the HPA Axis goes far beyond athlete development. The HPA Axis also plays crucial roles in immune system function, emotional stability, and even in the activation of various genes.


text: STYLE These Are The Coolest Things Emmy Rossum and Anna Kendrick Saw at Fashion Week 2:46 PM PST 2/9/2014 by Merle Ginsberg FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Stephen Lovekin/ Getty Images Entertainment GANGS ALL HERE: From left, Jamie Chung, Anna Kendrick, Emmy Rossum, model Julie Henderson, Cat Deeley and Louise Roe at Monie Lhuillier. At the Monique Lhuillier and Lela Rose shows on Sunday, Pret-a-Reporter again asked the front row one burning question: "What's the coolest thing you saw at fashion week today?" This is what the bold-facers said. "Prabal Gurung's absolutely beautiful show. So incredibly executed -- the clothes and the show. The clothes were so beautiful, I missed the streaker! That's what I call a good distraction -- when clothes are better than nudity." Joanna Coles, Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief, at Lela Rose "Monique's fall collection, which I got a preview of backstage. She's gone in a more tough direction, and I'm loving her new cherry blossom print on black. I ordered that for myself. She's also reinvented sheer. It looks so modern mixed with fringe and other fabrics." -- Emmy Rossum at Monique Lhuillier STORY: Front Row Report, Alexander Wang: Angel Haze Refuses To Wear Skirts "Wow. It's hard to say what the coolest thing has been -- it's all so cool. It's a feast for the eyes, and it's like Halloween -- an overwhelming amount of candy, but here it's eye candy." -- Anna Kendrick "The coolest thing I've seen is my hotel room, because I just landed." -- Brad Goreski STORY: Rambling Reporter at NYFW: Prabal Dons His Streaker's Crown; Pharrell Talks Russian Police "The coolest thing I've seen is my shower -- I just got off the plane. Rozae Nicols and Liz Goldwyn were on my flight, and now I'm at Monique Lhuillier, so it's like L.A. old home week." -- Decades Two owner and Bravo personality Christos Garkinos. "The coolest thing I've seen is the models putting on my fall collection and our third show collection under our own name. I really think we've gotten the shoe look down now and it's an advantage to build the shows that go with certain lengths and fabrics of evening wear." -- Monique Lhuillier Follow the @pretareporter crew on Instagram and Twitter. While you're at it, like us on Facebook too. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Merle Ginsberg email@example.com Merle20


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Lazy weekends breakfasts are one of my favorite things, pottering around the kitchen before putting everything on a tray and heading back to bed if it is wintry or out in to the garden in the summer. Sipping coffee in comfortable silence while reading the papers or chatting about nothing and everything these breakfast are the antidote to all the weekday mornings spent rushing out the door first thing in the morning. Add some mimosas and friends and you have brunch and while I do love to go out for brunch sometimes it is nice to have people over and this baked egg dish is easy to adapt from two people to however many you want, all you need are the required number of eggs and ramikins. I served mine with smoked salmon on the side but you could serve smoked mackerel, sausage or some nicely crisped parma ham instead.
As gluten free bread is often best toasted I decided to go a bit over the top and make some very rich toast soldiers to go with the baked eggs. These parmesan encrusted toasts only have one small clove of garlic in then which isn't too much for a breakfast but if I was just cooking for me I would have upped the garlic!
When baking the eggs it is important to keep checking them from the 6 minute mark if you want runny yolks as they could start to set very quickly depending on your oven.
Toast Soldiers
Four slices of gluten free bread. I used the Goodness Grain bread as it is delicious.
2 tablespoons of butter at room temperature
1 small clove of garlic
1 teaspoon of finely chopped fresh parsley
Parmesan to grate
Preheat the oven to Gas4/ 180/ 350f
- butter a baking sheet
- in a bowl mix together the butter, garlic and parsley
- thickly butter the four slices of bread and then cut in to soldiers
- place the soldiers on the baking sheet and grate over the parmesan, be as heavy handed as you like!
- place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the soldiers are crisp and golden
Baked Eggs
2 large free range eggs
olive oil
100 grams of fresh baby spinach, thoroughly washed
1/8 tsp nutmeg, freshly grated if you have it
3 tablespoons of cream
salt and pepper
- butter 2 ramekin dishes
- heat a dash of oil and a knob of butter in a pan and add the spinach
- allow the spinach to cook for a few minutes over a medium heat until it has wilted down
- tip the spinach in to a colander and press lightly with a spoon to press out andy excess liquid
- place the spinach in a bowl with 2 tablespoons of cream, nutmeg, salt and pepper and mix to combine
- split the spinach mix between the two ramekins and carefully break one egg into each of the ramekins, use the third tablespoon of cream to cover both eggs
- grate over some parmesan, again use your best cheese judgement, you will know how much you like.
- Place the ramekins in the oven on the shelf below the baking toasts. If you put the eggs in about 6 minutes before the toasts are due to be done they should both be ready at the same time.
- Check the eggs after 6 minutes to see how close they are to being set, if you want a runny yolk shake the ramekin to see if the white is set band the yolk still wobbly. If you want a fully set egg leave the eggs in for at least 12 minutes.
Place the ramekins on a plate and stack some of the toasts on the side, serve with smoked salmon or a side of your choosing. Stick a soldier in the runny yolk and enjoy!


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Australia's AWE, PPP, NZOG To Drill 2nd Oil Well Off NZ Coast
Australia's AWE Limited, Pan Pacific Petroleum and New Zealand Oil and Gas Ltd will drill a $ 40 million oil exploration well off the coast of New Zealand after they were unable to case a first well drilled at the site, NZ Oil and Gas said on Tuesday.
NZ Oil and Gas said in a statement that the new well would take up to 48 days to drill at the Oi prospect, in 120 meters of water about 40 kilometres offshore from the Taranaki region on New Zealand's North Island.
The joint venture would seal and abandon the first well, which was drilled to around 1,500 metres, the company said, adding that the new well would be drilled to a target depth of 3,881 metres.
AWE has given a pre-drill, un-risked best estimate prospective resource of 11 million barrels of recoverable oil. NZ Oil and Gas said it considered that the well had a 17 percent geological chance of success, and a 16 percent chance of commercial development .
Pan Pacific Petroleum holds a 50 percent share of the joint venture. AWE has a 31.25 percent stake, with NZ Oil and Gas holding the remaining share through a subsidiary.
In the event of a commercial discovery at the Oi prospect, Pan Pacific Petroleum said, the field may connect to and use spare capacity at the nearby Tui oil field, another joint venture project operated by the three companies.
New Zealand's Taranaki region is an oil and gas producing basin, where companies including Royal Dutch Shell, Austria's OMV and New Zealand's Todd Energy also have joint ventures to operate a handful of offshore fields.
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Right now, he enjoys the simple act of swinging at the playground.
I don't worry about these unknown perils that Cam will face, but I do try to understand where the world is today when it comes to kids and teens. When I was growing up MTV was NOT how it is now...the raciest thing shown was The Real World and I am talking Real World San Francisco -- where everyone stayed pretty much fully clothed the entire time. And now, if I happen to catch a Real World episode it leads me to believe that the "real world" is full of drunken nymphomaniacs with preposterous names. I walk by clothing stores meant for teens (uh, abercrombie) and when I am finished choking from the cologne literally being pumped through vents into the mall, I marvel at how tiny the clothing is...and not because it is meant to fit little bodies, but because things are just extra tiny these days -- short and tight. When I was in high school I went to this same store and bought a henley and a pair of jeans (size 2, which in today's cut would be a size 6) and these were the "must have" items. At my high school we could not wear tank tops and if we were wearing shorts, the length had to be as long as where our finger tips hit when holding our arms down at our sides. I don't know what school dress code is today, but I don't think that many of the items in the juniors department would meet the standard. Remember Eastland shoes and the crazy coil laces thing we used to do? Well, at work the other day a few of us were joking about Eastlands and a co-worker had NO idea what we were talking about...she is 23. What is the world coming to?
**I just re-read what I had written and now I feel incredibly old.
Anyway, as a mother, I just wonder what I will fight about with Cameron in the future and I hope it isn't too scandalous or dangerous. I hope that I can give him the tools to be successful and make good choices. Because the world today is different -- polygamy is out in the open, being a glee club may be considered the hot thing to do, and a young singer from Canada has captivated the world with his hair. Stars like Elizabeth Taylor (rest in peace) and Michael Jackson are gone now -- and I'm just not sure if there are worthy replacements out there.


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Anterior knee pain, or pain localized to the front of the knee, is a common knee complaint. Anterior knee pain presents a challenge in diagnosis and treatment for the orthopedic physician. Anterior knee pain can be caused by several pathologic conditions including tendonitis, cartilage damage or wear and patellar (kneecap) malalignment or instability. A careful history and physical examination along with diagnostic testing are important factors in determining the correct diagnosis and treatment for anterior knee pain.
History should try to differentiate between knee complaints related to pain versus instability. Patients typically report pain over the front of the knee; pain may occur at rest or in association with activities such as stair climbing, squatting or kneeling. Onset of pain may occur acutely following traumatic injury or may present as a result of a change in routine or activity level such as embarking on a new or different exercise program. Physical examination focuses on limb alignment, the presence of tenderness over tendons and ligaments surrounding the patella, assessment of muscular tightness and imbalance and evaluation of patellar tracking. Plain radiographs (X-rays) are useful to determine presence of arthritic changes in the patellofemoral joint and assess presence of patellar tilt or extremity malalignment. On occasion additional diagnostic testing such as MRI or CT scans may be helpful in assessing articular cartilage or patellofemoral alignment.
The mainstay of treatment for anterior knee pain is nonsurgical. Studies have shown that a period of rest, quadriceps strengthening exercises, stretching and anti-inflammatory medication have been highly successful in producing relief. Bracing has been used with success in patients with symptomatic patellar instability. Surgery is usually not necessary for most patients with anterior knee pain. For some patients with cartilage damage of the patella, arthroscopy can be helpful. Patients with lateral tilt of the patella and subluxation who fail extensive nonsurgical treatment may benefit from realignment procedures. Cartilage restoration procedures for the patellofemoral joint have been met with mixed results. Isolated replacement of the patellofemoral joint for severe cartilage degeneration is infrequently performed. In order to accurately diagnose and treat the causes of anterior knee pain, an evaluation by an orthopedic surgeon is recommended.
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Photo Flash: Molly Ringwald, Regina King, et al. at WICKED's LA Opening!
Back by "Popular" demand, Broadway's biggest blockbuster, WICKED returned to its Los Angeles home, the Pantages Theatre, for a strictly-limited engagement this holiday season running through January 29, 2012. When it first played the Pantages in 2005, it broke box office records and sold out in record time. WICKED returned two years later to begin an extended engagement that would go on to run two years, becoming one of the longest-running Broadway musicals in L.A. history. Check out phots fromt he starry opening below!
Tickets for WICKED may be purchased online at www.BroadwayLA.org or by phone at 1-800-982-ARTS(2787). Tickets may also be purchased in person at the Pantages Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets. The Pantages Theatre is located at 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, just east of Vine Street, and the box office opens daily at 10am.
Leading the Los Angeles Company are Katie Rose Clarke as Glinda and Mamie Parris as Elphaba with Liz McCartney as Madame Morrible and Mark Jacoby as The Wizard. Also featured are Stefanie Brown as Nessarose, Justin Brill as Boq, Kyle Dean Massey as Fiyero, Paul Slade Smith as Dr. Dillamond and Mariand Torres as the Standby for Elphaba.
The company of WICKED also includes native Los Angeles residents Lauren Boyd, Napoleon W. Gladney, Brenda Hamilton, Alli McGinnis and Kevin McMahon. Rounding out the company are Megan Campanile, Antonette Cohen, Rick Desloge, Melanie Field, Luis Augusto Figueroa, Timothy A. Fitz-Gerald, Renee Lawless-Orsini, Philip Dean Lightstone, Marissa Lupp, Michael Mahany, Sterling Masters, Christopher Russo, Adea Michelle Sessoms, Carla Stickler, Brandon Tyler, Shanna VanDerwerker, Nicky Venditti and Mikey Winslow.
Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, WICKED, winner of 35 major awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.
Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One - born with emerald-green skin - is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. WICKED tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.
Called "a cultural phenomenon" by Variety, WICKED continues to thrill audiences around the world. There are currently seven productions of WICKED worldwide: New York; London; Japan; Holland; Australian/Asian Tour; and two concurrent North American Tours.
With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin, Academy Award-winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman ("My So Called Life," "Once And Again" and "thirtysomething"), WICKED, the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by two-time Tony Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who's Tommy, How To Succeed...).
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How to Dehydrate Cherry Tomatoes
Step by step instructions on how to dehydrate cherry tomatoes!
In my fun week of acting like a mad scientist in the kitchen (hello dried cantaloupe chips!), throwing vegetables and fruits in the food dehydrator asking the question "How will this taste dried" I had to try tomatoes. With the amount of tomatoes we were harvesting and by the amount of sauces I already have made, I was dying to do something else with them. How about dehydrated tomatoes to snack on?


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The Merciless II | Waiting on Wednesday [#10]
Hey guys!
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights highly anticipated upcoming releases.
So here's what I'm waiting on this week!
The Merciless II: The Exorcism of Sofia Flores
Author: Danielle Vega
Series: The Merciless #2
Genre: YA, Horror
Publisher: Razorbill
Publication Date: July 5th, 2016
Sofia is still processing the horrific truth of what happened when she and three friends performed an exorcism that spiraled horribly out of control. Ever since that night, Sofia has been haunted by bloody and demonic visions. Her therapist says they're all in her head, but to Sofia they feel chillingly real. She just wants to get out of town, start fresh someplace else . . . until her mother dies suddenly, and Sofia gets her wish.
Sofia is sent to St. Mary's, a creepy Catholic boarding school in Mississippi. There, seemingly everyone is doing penance for something, most of all the mysterious Jude, for whom Sofia can't help feeling an unshakeable attraction. But when Sofia and Jude confide in each other about their pasts, something flips in him. He becomes convinced that Sofia is possessed by the devil. . . . Is an exorcism the only way to save her eternal soul?
Readers won't be able to look away from this terrifying read full of twists and turns that will leave them wondering, Is there evil in all of us?
Why I'm Waiting
Horror: check! Exorcisms: check! Danielle Vega: check!
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When Should I Take the SAT?
The SAT is offered seven times per year: August, October, November, December, March, May, and June (see specific test dates here).
Although you have considerable freedom regarding when to take the SAT, being strategic could help you achieve your best score, not to mention save you some money. The decision of "when" depends mostly on two things: your academic situation and your preparedness.
Here are some considerations to help you optimize fitting the SAT into your high school timeline.
Your Academic Situation
Your Schedule
Factor in whether you're planning to take AP exams, which are offered in the first couple weeks of May. Will you want to study for and take the SAT during that period (maybe because you'll be in full-force testing mode)? Or do you think APs will detract too much from your SAT study time and stamina?
The SAT has been designed to test topics you have learned in school, so you may be more prepared at the end of junior year than you are sophomore year. The more time you spend reading, writing, and doing math in school, the more prepared you will be to demonstrate your knowledge and skills on the SAT.
Your College-Related Aspirations
- Depending on the colleges you are applying to and the majors you are interested in, you may need to take SAT Subject Tests. These are offered on all the same dates as the SAT (except no subject tests in March), so planning accordingly will ensure you don't run out of test dates. Also, not all subject tests are offered on each date, so check the College Board website for more details.
- If you are applying Early Decision or Early Action (typically requiring a November 1st deadline), you will want to make sure to have your highest SAT score ready to submit by November. To meet Regular Decision deadlines, December is the last accepted test date for almost all colleges and universities.
Your Preparedness
Some words on test preparation
You each have your own initial levels of motivation, knowledge, learning speed, and test-taking prowess. Some people score high right away, while others continue to improve over a couple years. Try not to compare your progress to others', but rather compare yourself to your past self, remembering that every bit of self-improvement is a victory.
The SAT's length, timing, question type, and format take most people some time to get used to. But once you're familiar with the test, the good news is that it can only vary so much from one version to another, so you will absolutely benefit from careful preparation. You have control over your score--the more work you put into preparing, the higher your score will be--hence the reason to start prepping early.
So when should you take the test?
The general recommendation is to take it only when you are academically and mentally ready. When you think your practice test score has peaked, register for the test. Taking it before this point costs money and will not help your college application.
After you take the test for the first time, you have the opportunity to study more and then take the test again. (Fun fact: The College Board reports that 67% of students improve the second time.) A third time could be good too (some days we just feel more focused and/or get test questions we find easier).
Finally, for your reference, the most popular times to take the SAT are at the end of junior year and again at the beginning of senior year.
Given how important the SAT is for college admissions, and given that you have the power to increase your score, why not start planning and preparing now? You'll be grateful you did on that fine day you find out your amazing score!
Kiley A. teaches SAT/ACT Writing and leads College Application Workshops at Elite Prep Rowland Heights. As the Elite Community Scholars Coordinator, he also works to spread this college preparation guidance to low-income, first-generation students who may not otherwise have access to such support. Above all, he wants his students to know the far-reaching power of their own self-assurance.


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Our market has been celebrating the food, farms and families of the Alfred area since 2012. We offer cooking and gardening demonstrations, as well as booths from local clubs and organizations that focus on helping people have healthy futures. Come for the fresh food – stay for the fun!
When is the market open? July 9 – October 29, Sundays 11am-3pm.
Where is the market located? Alfred Village Bandstand at the corner of Main Street and Saxon Drive
Does the market accept EBT SNAP Benefits? We accept FMNP and WIC checks as well as SNAP/EBT.
What do the vendors sell? We tailor our vendors to sell a wide variety of items. These include: fresh vegetables, artisan goods, fresh fruit, pastries, cut flowers, eggs, bread, honey, maple syrup, beef, pork, and poultry.
Do you have special events? July 9th – Opening Day and Market Sprouts, Activities for kids; August 27th – Tomato Festival; September 17th– Harry Potter Day; October 29th – Harvest market, Closing Day of Market.
What makes your market special? Our market is special because it is a grower's only market, which means that all our vendors have to produce 100% of the product that they sell, and the vendors working at the table must work at the farm/studio/kitchen. We also are ultra-local — all of our farms and producers are limited to a 30 mile radius (as the crow flies) from the farmers market location.
For more information about the Alfred Farmers Market, please visit their website at: https://alfredfarmersmarket.com/about/
Check out what is being picked this week*:
Beets, Cabbage, Potatoes, Onions, Lettuce, and Peas
*Availability will vary by market, due to differences in growing zones.
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Regional Studies
Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Tokio Formation, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Stratigraphy of the Upper Cretaceous Tokio Formation, Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Based on a thesis submitted to the graduate faculty of the Louisiana State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in geology, June, 1962.
By Stephen Hahn Ogier
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Mathematics Market, Grades K-12: Teaching Methods, Textbooks/Materials Used and Needed, and Market Size
Mathematics Market, K-12: 2008 is Education Market Research's latest study of the estimated $1.95 billion U.S. market for Mathematics instructional materials. The Mathematics instructional materials segment experienced a robust 25.8% spending increase from 2005 to 2008, averaging 8.6% year-over-year growth.
This report provides an objective look at this highly competitive and diversified market segment based on the results of a detailed survey that was mailed in spring 2008 to 18,000 math curriculum supervisors, classroom teachers, Math teachers and Math department chairs. The results were analyzed by job title, grade level and geographic region to pinpoint the most profitable strategies for product developers and marketers of Mathematics instructional materials to consider pursuing as they prepare for upcoming adoptions.
Based on the exclusive survey data contained in this report, currently adopted Math programs have been in place longest in the West, Northeast and Midwest regions of the country. This suggests that new Math adoptions are most likely to occur in those three regions within the next year or two.
Mathematics Market, K-12: 2008 identifies what educators are currently using in terms of core and supplemental programs, what they like and dislike about those programs, and what features would influence them to buy a new program.
If you need to know how much educators are spending on various categories of Mathematics instructional materials and what they are most likely to buy in the near future, you can't afford to be without Mathematics Market, K-12: 2008.


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Wednesday, January 20, 2016
Star Wars Rebels: Rebels Recon #2.11: Inside "A Princess on Lothal"
In this installment of Rebels Recon, StarWars.com investigates the Star Wars Rebels episode "A Princess on Lothal," featuring none other than Princess Leia Organa.
StarWars.com's Andi Gutierrez talks with the show's creators about bringing Leia into animated form. "It was a huge challenge," executive producer Dave Filoni says. Making her younger was "the single most difficult thing," he adds, noting that she is not the hardened leader here that we see in A New Hope. She's still a bit inexperienced and developing as a political leader. "She hasn't seen the real consequences of action yet," Filoni says.
When it came to casting Leia, Filoni thought of the Princess' voice in Star Tours. "Leia in Star Tours is just amazing. The voice is amazing," he says. That voice belongs to Julie Dolan, who had to create a performance that would be in-character yet different from Carrie Fisher's A New Hope performance. "I think she did a wonderful job," Filoni says.
Finally, @tannerman asks, "So has the "B" in "B-wing fighter" always stood for "blade" - or is this a new canon thing?" Only Pablo Hidalgo has the answer…
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Bachelor of International Studies
The strengths of RMIT's Bachelor of International Studies, or BaIS, lie in its global orientation, professional focus, academic rigour, and the tight-knit and vibrant community the revolves around the degree.
Those who enrol in the BaIS seek to make a difference in the world – whether in the non-government, government, or corporate sectors – and do so knowing that an understanding of the globalised nature of the world is crucial.
The BaIS is therefore made up several courses of foundational knowledge in International Studies, four compulsory units of foreign language learning, several courses on professional practice, and a mandatory internship. These components impart key skills and competencies – from language skills to workplace experience – that we know are important in globally-engaged workplaces.
An outstanding feature of the degree is the sense of community amongst those involved in the BaIS. Revolving around the energetic work of the student-led International Studies Association, events occur frequently, including major functions, regular drinks, and occasional gatherings. Each year level has its own social networking space which provides platforms for mutual advice and organisation.
If you have an interest for international affairs and cultural diversity, this program will prepare you for a highly versatile and imaginative future.
For more information on the Bachelor of International Studies at RMIT, click here.
The Internship Component
The internship component of the BaIS enables students to acquire valuable workplace experience and to get a sense of whether the sector they envisioned themselves in is right for them. It also helps to foster important networking connections and has led to ongoing employment with the organisation.
Here is a small array of the places where are graduates undertook their internships.
The BAIS is taught in the heart of vibrant Melbourne. With classes taking place in buildings in close proximity to Melbourne Central Station, the State Library and bustling Lygon Street, the heartbeat of Melbourne, and the sounds of dinging trams and well-made coffee, are close at hand.


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I have just had a remarkable weekend in Barre, MA at the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies at the Contemplative Development Mapping Project weekend. The density of people who were simultaneously deep, accomplished meditation practitioners and also serious scholars with sharp scientific minds was remarkable, perhaps unheard of, and certainly was like no other gathering I have been to in my life.
What was even more amazing was the wide variety of traditions represented, including Christian Mystics, Greek Orthodox, Dzogchen, Sufism, Zen, Theravada, and people with other influences sharing practices, terminologies, maps, stories, and their rich fund of knowledge in general in a way that you almost never see with that degree of openness, ease and honesty.
It gives me hope for this world, as that fusion of abilities, talents, and interests promises to do things such as being the meditative technologies that have been so helpful to me and my friends into the world of colleges, high schools, the corporate world, medicine, and the like in ways that are unprecedented and hopefully do it as safely and sanely as possible. When the stages of insight are taught in high-school biology classes as just another accepted part of human development and physiology, we will really have gotten somewhere.
Beyond that, the conversations I got to have with some truly remarkable, thoughtful, deep meditators were of the rarest variety, and it is hard to explain how much fun that was. More and longer gatherings like this need to occur.


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The IRS has around 84,000 employees, and only 35 percent of them are men. If you work for the IRS, chances are you don't tell anybody where you work. People don't like IRS agents, even though, the agency has been trying to play nice the last few years. They have made it a little easier to pay back taxes, and they have been somewhat sympathetic toward people that have experienced financial issues.
But all that doesn't matter to people that feel they are paying too much in taxes or believe the government is out to get them. In 2010, an irate taxpayer flew a plane into an IRS office in Austin, Texas. The man killed one IRS employee, and he left a note that said, "Take my pound of flesh and sleep well."
The work conditions and the satisfaction level of employees in IRS offices around the country have reached an all-time low. Congress cut $1.2 billion out of the IRS budget for 2015, and the internal cost cuts necessary to stay within that budget is impacting all IRS employees. The agency lost 11 percent of its employees last year, and there will be 46,000 fewer audits done this year. That sounds like good news for some taxpayers and even estates like the one belonging to Michael Jackson, but it's lost revenue for the government.


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Based on the results of the 2015 holiday season, Toys 'R' Us Inc. landed on shoppers' "nice" list.
The retail chain, No. 40 in the Internet Retailer 2015 Top 500 Guide, reported same-store sales gained 3.7% for the five-week period of Nov. 29-Jan. 2, compared to the comparable period in 2014. That period starts the Sunday after Thanksgiving and includes Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving.
For the nine-week period of Nov. 1 through -Jan. 2 Toys 'R' Us reported same-store sales gains of 2.0% over the same time in 2014. This is the first time in four years that Toys 'R' Us has generated year-over-year sales gains during the holidays.
Toys 'R' Us did not break out online sales figures in its holiday statement, however it cited e-commerce as a growth driver throughout the holiday shopping season. Online sales gains during the 2015 holiday shopping season may have been helped by the fact that the retail chain lowered its free shipping threshold for online orders in September to a minimum order of $19 from $49.
"We successfully maintained a strong in-stock position on the hottest toys while offering customers competitive prices and an extensive merchandise assortment, both in stores and online," CEO Dave Brandon said.
This holiday shopping season was the first since Toys 'R' Us announced in July that it would bring its e-commerce operations in-house. The retailer plans by mid-summer to be operating internally to have all its e-commerce sites, which include ToysRUs.com, BabiesRUs.com and FAO.com.
Top500Guide.com data shows that Toys 'R' Us has grown its online sales steadily over the past five years, going from $782 million in online sales in 2010 to an Internet Retailer-estimated $1.2 billion in 2014, an average annual growth rate of 8.94%.
The retailer's holiday gain came after declines the past three Christmas seasons, which added to doubts about the viability of the retailer in an industry rapidly shifting to online sales. Bain Capital Partners, KKR & Co. and Vornado Realty Trust acquired the chain a decade ago in a $6.6 billion deal and have struggled to take it public again.
The holiday season was the first under Brandon, who became CEO in July. Brandon ran Domino's Pizza Inc., another Bain-owned company, for 11 years and guided it through an initial public offering in 2004. Since joining Toys 'R' Us, he has been revamping the management ranks, including eliminating the position of president of U.S. stores.
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December 13, 2016
Dreaming of More Naps
I mean, cats do nap all the time!
Cats might be lazy, but I never ever nap!
Okay, sometimes I nap.
Yeah, yeah, I nap a lot.
Okay, a ton.
Okay, okay, I woke up from a nap to write this and will nap shortly after writing this.
So maybe we are like cats.
Chris out! (Zzz...)
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Napping is something we can ALL come together on!ReplyDelete
We just saw the post about Katie...from yesterday. She was a beautiful girl...ReplyDelete
Oh do I wish I was snuggling there with Phineas....love those flannel sheets
Hugs madi your bfff
We like the idea of more napsReplyDelete
Lily & Edward
Even the humans love to nap!ReplyDelete
Elliot and Cricket x
Golden MEOW!!! Naps are pawsome. Golden Woofs, SUGARReplyDelete
Just like us too!!ReplyDelete
Your Pals,
Murphy & Stanley
Ghostwriter says sleeping is her favorite sport! So sleep on!ReplyDelete
Well.....we don't really think naps mean lazy. Just sayin'.ReplyDelete
I nap a lot - I'm either full ON or full OFF.ReplyDelete
Hari omReplyDelete
Quite like cats... and humans! Hugs and wags YAM-aunty xxx
WE have to agree, naps do not meant that some cat is lazy. Just a fun thing to do, to take a nap.ReplyDelete
Napping is one of our favorite past times too!ReplyDelete
Dory, Jakey, Arty & Bilbo
Napping is always good (in between playing and eating) Cats and dogs can agree on that one BOL Nose licks and love from Moth xxReplyDelete
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Interesting Research on Developers – Things You Probably Never Knew
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