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Well, hello Monday afternoon. How the heck did we get back here so fast?!? I hit 'publish' on Friday's post and have been going nonstop since…including a little mountain climbing action on Saturday morning…
It was a tough one. All in a day's work. That was only part of the workout. I did a repeat of the wannabe Saturday long run that's nothing like a long run but mentally makes me feel an eency weency teency bit more prepared for what's coming in less than 12 days, and the fact that I am not going to be running until then. that kind of long run. my last non long run before Gansett.
So I climbed Kilimanjaro, because it looked rough and tough. I came out on the other side. unscathed. I survived. Here's what my whole workout looked like on Saturday…
Happy to report that I had ZERO shin pain. granted, I did not set foot on a treadmill, or even think about running for fear of my little shins getting upset. but, last weeks non long run cardio hop did bother my shinnikins just a tad. so it was reassuring that I had NO PAIN at all on Saturday doing those blasted cardio machines. and I'm pretty sure I am now labeled at the gym as the girl who escaped from the loony bin and does 2 and a 1/2 hours of cardio on a Saturday morning. what, 2 and a 1/2 hours of cardio doesn't sound like a rockin' good time to you? you're crazy. it's a rager. It actually wasn't that bad. I really could have used another 45 minutes to get in a few more "miles" and get some strength training in, but this silly thing called my family needed me to participate in Saturday's activities, such as birthday party pickups and child rearing.
This would be why my shin pain lingers, all in the name of being a mom….because I go straight from a workout to running around all over creation and chasing little people and not icing or stretching or rolling. there's just not time for the workout and the TLC to happen all at once. I put off the important stuff until that evening. this is better than nothing, but all I wanted to do was immediately throw some ice on those bad boys. not in the plan.
Happy day, the hubs and I ditched those kids for a night. what a treat. My preggo sister and her hubs dutifully took care of the kidlings so we could go down to the shore for the evening. We got a deal on a bed and breakfast. We literally get 24 hours from start to finish. that's about all anyone can handle of those little cherubs. and we kind of do start missing those little crazies. we hightailed it outta the house Saturday afternoon and headed down to the B&B. Hubs picked out a restaurant called Liv's Oyster Bar, and it was FANTASTIC. we are both big seafood lovers, so this was perfect. I really didn't pay much attention when I was packing, so it was a surprise to me what I was wearing. I put on whatever ended up in my bag. some sort of completely uninspiring sweater/wrap thing, but the shoes were cute.
I actually took some pics of the tasty food that was consumed, for your drooling pleasure. and the tasty drink that I consumed. if there is any sort of peartini on the drink list, it's mine. this was delish.
anything fried is a homerun in my book. I don't really care what's inside. pretty sure it was oysters. but who really knows.
shrimp cocktail is also a favorite. I think each shrimp only cost about $5. what a bargain.
Some fish and gnocchi (love that doughy, potato goodness), and scallop pasta. all of my favorite things in one meal. does life get better than that.
oh, it does. dessert. yum.
Because we really know how to party and wanted to cram in as much fun as possible on our night away, we were on our phones at dinner finding out when the next showing of 'Hunger Games' was. We wanted to make sure we got there in plenty of time to catch all of the trailers and to get the best seats in the house. we got there approximately 37 minutes early. in case you are wondering, that's plenty of time to get the best seats and not miss any trailers.
That's how you have a fancy fun evening out without any kids. done and back home by 1pm on Sunday.
Just in time for me to have some bonding time with Jillian. it's been awhile Jillian. I was taking Sunday as a rest day, and thought Ripped in 30 would be the perfect complement to a rest day. she kicked my booty. I did week 3 and half of week 4. hurt so good. I'm not a huge fan of the pump you up inspirational mumbo jumbo she shouts at you the whole time – but she said one thing at the end, that made me feel like, oh, Jillian, you are speaking right to me, aren't you? I get you now, Jillian.
I would like to share this little tidbit that spoke my running love language…
'When you think you don't have more, that's when you need to fight'
so true J girl, so true. and this is what I need to keep remembering. in everything. especially with this upcoming race. pretty darn sure I tell myself at the end that I don't have more. instead of stopping there and getting defeated – I've gotta find the fight. and that's exactly what my hubs tells me I'm lacking in the end (in the nicest, you are so fast and strong and capable and beautiful, kind of way). the fight. I'm going to find it. good stuff JM. that is why she makes the big bucks. and why I do not.
This is one little exercise that I was excited to see in Runner's World that I am going to incorporate into my next round of training. It's called a Float Workout. It helps you find the fight and keep it.
If someone passes me, I tend to lose it. and the gap grows between me and that person. and I can't get it back. this speedwork is designed to help you get that surge of energy to push it faster when you are already going race pace, to shorten that distance between you and whoever is trying to take your spot. yes, they are trying to take your spot. I am highly competitive. I don't want to let them take my spot anymore.
In the speedwork – your 'recovery' jog is not really a jog, it's just slightly slower than the speed interval. very interesting. It teaches your body to move the lactate out of your muscles, so that during the real deal, you aren't fatigued when you need to give it an extra push to get ahead or lessen the gap. here are a couple versions of this…
sounds kind of grueling in a fun and challenging way. can't wait.
go do it. have fun.
And here we are. today. still no running. still holding off until Wednesday. even though I feel really good. I think I am growing up. doing responsible things like making smart decisions about running so that I don't destroy my legs and any chance of continuing to do this thing I love. I have run 3 times in the past 2 weeks. crazy. and I'm ok.
I did hang out on the stairmaster this morning for 45 minutes (7 miles, it tells me) with my girls Carrie and Ali.
While my little A girl couldn't decide whether she wanted to go swimming or play soccer. when in doubt, don't make decisions. do both.
I must say, Ali looks pretty fantastic. and she just ran a marathon and that's what she says got her in great shape and got rid of 20 extra pounds! go her. I just love Carrie. I do. I actually bought that Self because I wanted to see what she had to say for herself. I've got country in my bones. can't help it. and the SHAPE came in the mail. they just can't quit me. they told me in many a piece of mail for months that they were cancelling my subscription if I didn't pay. and look, there it still came. they must know it's my birthday month and are being extra nice to me, because I celebrate all month. I'm so special.
My mom knows I celebrate all month too. and she brought me some fun little presents. she's actually a day late, because today is the second day of the month, but I will forgive her – because one of the little presents was in the form of a cute little Lululemon gift card. there's nothing better. I'm not kidding. not even chocolate. blasphemy, I know, but it's true.
What a long, fun filled, short weekend – so much to chat about. much more to come that needs to be chatted about. new sneaks. that chicken chili recipe that I need to share with you. more fun running workouts. how it's officially ok now to be tapering for a marathon, but the fact that I've been un-officially tapering for over a week stresses me out a bit, even though I know it was the best only thing to do. how sometimes decisions are made not because they want to be made but because they have to be made. and you hope that it all turns out ok in the end. that kind of stuff.
Now, I want to hear about YOU!
How were the races, friends?!?!
Any fun dining experiences?
Any fun workouts?
Any country music fans?


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2016-17 News
Moore, Barrett, Erby Win Big at BOB AwardsMay 10, 2017Seniors Khory Moore, Tiffany Barrett, and Justin Erby claimed the three major awards Wednesday night at the first annual BOB Awards.
Athletics Inducts Sixth Class into Chi Alpha SigmaMay 09, 2017The Virginia Wesleyan College athletic department inducted 35 members into its sixth class of the Chi Alpha Sigma National Honor Society on Tuesday evening.
Meet the Team: Part 1 (Brittany and Kathryn)September 20, 2016Each week the cheerleading squad will introduce you to two of its newest members. This week is Brittany Zeigler and Kathryn Winebrenner.
Cheerleading Announces New Forms for Prospective Team Members/Bob InterestAugust 17, 2016The Virginia Wesleyan College cheerleading team has announced six new online forms that should make it easier for prospective team members to express interest while also allowing groups to request Bob Marlin or team members for community service appearances.


text: The US role in Iraq Christopher Hill, the US ambassador to Iraq, on the country's future after the vote. 10 Apr 2010 08:56 GMT | Politics, US & Canada, Iraq, United States Christopher Hill, the US ambassador to Iraq, explains why he believes the country's recent elections are a "game changer" and that Iraq's best days are ahead of it.Hill describes Iraqi politics as a dangerous minefield which must be navigated with courage and wisdom.While reluctant to admit that US influence in Iraq will decline when American troops begin to leave the country, he says he is counting on Iraq's history of nationalism to stem the rising tide of Iranian influence inside the country. Inside Iraq talks to the top US diplomat in Baghdad about the future of the country after the March elections and asks how the US role in Iraq will look once US troops have withdrawn. This episode of Inside Iraq airs from Friday, April 10, 2010 at the following times GMT: Friday: 1730, 2230; Saturday: 0300, 0830; Sunday: 0600, 1230; Monday: 0130.Source: Al Jazeera


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So sad to see the massive flooding taking place in Thailand. Bangkok, a city of ten million people and lots of cats, has just begun to flood and may be completely underwater by weeks end.
This Oct 9, 2011 picture is from Ayutthaya province which is north of Bangkok. Ayutthaya is still flooded.


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The heroin epidemic has spread to the suburbs, and a nightmare is playing out daily in hospital emergency rooms across the U.S.
Two days in a row, I straightened the sheets so they would look perhaps not quite as dead as they were.
My own child about the same age at the time sat in a room on the cancer ward of Sloan Kettering hospital in New York being treated for leukemia. I had been by his side for nearly five months at that point, spending nearly every night in a chair next to his bed. Since he was stable and between the lulls of chemotherapy, I was finally able to get back to Indianapolis in order to work a few shifts in our emergency department. I needed to still make a living.
Two days in a row, my first two days back, I sat in the "quiet room" of our upscale suburban hospital, where we take families in order to tell them the worst news of their life.
Two days in a row, I knelt down, took the hand of a woman my wife's age, one that was soft and manicured and looked as if it had never held a cigarette or dug a hole in the dirt, and said to her, "Your child has died of a heroin overdose."
Two days in a row, I stared into the frozen half-opened eyes of the cold bodies that could just have easily been lounging in the family room of my own house, playing Madden NFL or Monopoly while sipping a tucked away beer and surfing Snapchat. Cold, dead, lying on the cots in front of me, they stared back and I fought with every ounce of my being not to jump into my car or hop a plane and immediately rush back to New York to be with my own son.
You see, heroin is now a middle-class disease, which sadly means one thing: People are finally taking notice.
Sure, you understand what I am saying. If I ask you to close your eyes and picture a heroin addict, chances are you see a wasting male, staggering in a fog, hair matted with dust, perhaps trying to panhandle a buck then copping a seat on a piece of cardboard behind an alley dumpster while tying a shoelace around his arm.
If I ask you to close your eyes and picture a heroin addict, you might see a burned out prostitute, makeup all askew, lipstick streaks to her chin, leaning into the window of an old sedan.
If I asked you to picture a heroin addict, you might see a couple fringed punk rockers or modern day Deadhead wannabes lying on some piss-covered mattress in a crack house, rubber bands, lit candles and spoons strewn on the floor.
What you would not see is the face of some real estate agent on a Re/Max or Century 21 sign, searching through your medicine cabinet during an open house hoping to find a bottle of Vicodin or oxycodone all the while ensuring you that your home is in good hands.
What you would not see is a member of the debate team, the Spanish club, the varsity singers, the third violin, or the second baseman popping an oxy left over from grandma's hip replacement and washing it down with a Blue Ribbon. What you would not see is the Junior League housewife, or the winner of the country club's men's division who became dependent on one of a dozen opiate narcotics prescribed for his wisdom teeth, ACL or lumbar fusion.
This is what my partners and I see in the daily flow of patients into our ER. Those dead, the near misses, those that breathe and beat but no longer think or respond to those who love them, the ones that will perhaps go on to give a liver or kidney to someone else now that they are no longer using them. It never used to be like this. We used to see one overdose a month perhaps. Not one a day.
Now, it's a heartbreaking loop: the cast-down eyes of a mother of three, too embarrassed to look up. She stole a prescription pad, or was found passed out in the bathroom next to the copier machine; I can't remember which. Pain, anger, humiliation or even ambivalence are common in these cases. Some patients truly want help, while the majority just want out of the ER. Others come swearing, spitting, puking and pissed off that the narcan antidote administered to them just ruined their $20 high.
"Doc, write my Percocet or I'm buying it on the street and my death will be on your hands."
"How about I get you some help."
"I got things to do, give me my f–king papers, let me out of here, I need to get to work and I need a cab voucher."
Yes, this is what we see daily. It's pretty much what every ER doc now sees.
I hate to tell you, but heroin is now in the Hamptons, in the tree-lined cul-de-sacs of Highland Park, in boarding schools and SAT study groups of the "top-rated high school in all of the midwest." It's in all the places you've moved to in order to escape those places you moved from.
Overnight, heroin went from being a "crime" of the wretched poor, minority class our "enlightened" minds envision to a "disease" of the suburban elite. Funny how things like that happen. Baltimore has about 650,000 residents and nearly 50,000 heroin addicts. They have been fighting this battle for years. They are now looking at the rest of America and frustratingly saying to themselves: "Where in the hell have you been?"
Last year, overdoses on prescription opiates killed more than 15,000 people. Heroin overdoses killed another 13,000. That is one dead every 20 minutes. Last year alone, more than 2 million Americans abused or were dependent on opiate pain medications and every day more than 1,000 people will be treated in ERs for abusing prescription opiates. Nearly three out of four heroin users report abusing prescription pain medications prior to graduating to heroin. How many of us have these in our medicine cabinets? I bet for most of you the answer is: "Yes, but I only have a few leftover from when I had surgery."
Dr. Timothy Kelly, a noted addiction expert in our city, told me: "It only takes a few pills to start the addiction. What's more is how cheap heroin has become, often cheaper than a few cigarettes depending on the purity." It made me think. Maybe it's time then to start treating our pain pills more like firearms, keeping them out of reach and disposing of them when no longer needed.
Why are we more worried about gluten than heroin, processed corn syrup than oxycodone, peanuts than hydrocodone? Perhaps it's because we are afraid to cross that abyss and admit that heroin is now something that children of the middle and upper class should be warned about. Our state of mind in regards to heroin has largely been, "I am as worried about heroin as I am my son or daughter will be eaten by a lion in my front yard."
"This is the Hamptons, this is Highland Park, this is the best school district in the midwest with the highest SAT scores."
As an ER doc, let me be the one to tell you … the lion is in your yard.
Dr. Louis M. Profeta is an emergency physician practicing in Indianapolis. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book, The Patient in Room Nine Says He's God.
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Mat checked in from Woodward West then hit us with a new edit combining motorcyle skills to jumping over bowls…check it below. Had to show off the NEW pc pedal with 9 removable metal pins coming in black or silver. Posted three events coming up, if your in those areas hit them up and support some good shit in bmx. Coloradical London airing a smooth park. Deco. on a race jersey, peep it. Mat Coplon foots a rail, stomp it son. Chad at Dew tour, some of those pics are incredible, just saying… Party in the parking lot video is the best, thanks Gentry, if you don't know you should know. 21.5″ sneak peek, those playas are coming real soon…stay tuned. -Chad D
Wow! What a crazy long trip! From Texas to havasu to Vegas to Woodward west back to havasu to Sante Fe and finally… Back in texas. Long hours, tons of riding, and a whole mess pile of good times. I picked up my dogs in AZ, life is pretty good. School shows start up soon, there is a sweet dirt contest in lake havasu city AZ on Oct. 27th, interbike, Texas toast, trails. Damn things just get busier the more you think about it. Get busy livin or get busy eating big macs, that's what I always say. Big shout out to Deco. Thanks for all things good. Thanks to clay @ Pusher, ProfileRacing, everyone out at West, Trey Sam and Taylor for shredding the entire time, buy some deco, and fuck gas prices. -Mat Olson
Also, check his new edit below. Sorry for slacking on this Mat, such a good edit…watch it a hundred times.
Mat Olson round and round DecoBMX from DecoBMX on Vimeo.
The NEW Deco. PC pedal with 9 metal pins will be available soon. Keep checking back. Here is a pic to get you excited.
Go to this.
And this.
7 years old and blasting…London in Coloradical.
Mat Olson red rider…look out Woodward West.
Momma Mims needs help…if your in this area, come by and support some cool shit Joey is doing for his momma. Even the newspaper is getting involved. Do good things and people will notice.
Hemingway race jersey showing Deco. and Mr. B's some love…ya yar.
Matt Coplon stompin that rail. Step on its face.
Party In The Parkin Lot Official Music Video – Chris Gentry ft. Raine
Dewd Tour Ocean city pics from Chad's iPhone.
Ocean City Dew Tour was pretty amazing, how can it not be. On the beach, bmx, boardwalk, and good times judging. Even Crandall was sighted, that was a shocker, FBM at Dew Tour. When it comes to bmx nothing is shocking. Like Kris Bennett's mole face. Double riding with Daryl Nau on beach cruisers. Jack Daniels huge back tattoo. Chillin with P rod. San gria and the sink in our hotel getting ready for the night. Fireball was cool the first night then they sucked it up, I will still drink that sass though. Trey Jones orange tan. Chad won the Dew cup which isn't even a cup, and its fucking 50 lbs so your screwed shipping it back or flying with it cause it will blow out your back. "I heart black guys shorts" or "I pooped today" shorts. The boardwalk is diabetes waiting to happen with fried oreo's or fried corn on the cob, funnel cakes, candy factories every ten feet, greasy pizza, sugar flavored everything, candy coated everything, and fat waiting to put you to sleep. The board walk was incredible people watching, butt cracks showing, crack showing, bikini babes and the shitty tattoo war. The 2 mile walk each way was worth every minute of it. Even the contest was incredible. Just wish they did more than one or two events a year, they use to have 6 at one time. Bmx recession? Check the pics below for some laughs and some crys. My crotch was blown out before I landed then Freimuth topped it off and sliced it in half…sorry about those pics. -Chad D
Here is a sneak peek of the 21.5″ tt new Self Titled frames in Black or Silver…be here soon.
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Well, I am now retired. Yesterday, I played a casual round of golf, unmolested by loud, drunk foursomes and fivesomes which dominate on weekends. Very nice. Today, my wife and I drove over to Luling for some barbecue at the City Market. Wonderful. I have the next two weeks scheduled already. Saturday, I took the initial course to become a USGA Rules Official for amateur golf in the region.....I am very excited about that. Will start volunteering at tournaments in February. Busy and wonderful times!
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After several days of triple-digit temperatures, the double-digit wave continues today and through the weekend for the north valley.
The National Weather Service predicts a high of 86 degrees today, but it will be warming after that.
Highs in the low 90s are forecast through early next week.
The days will be sunny and nights clear.


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The Selection of Essential Medicines - WHO Policy Perspectives on Medicines, No. 004, June 2002
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Essential medicines are those that satisfy the priority health care needs of the population. They are selected with due regard to public health relevance, evidence on efficacy and safety, and comparative cost-effectiveness. Essential medicines are intended to be available within the context of functioning health systems at all times in adequate amounts, in the appropriate dosage forms, with assured quality and adequate information, and at a price the individual and the community can afford. The implementation of the concept of essential medicines is intended to be flexible and adaptable to many different situations; exactly which medicines are regarded as essential remains a national responsibility. After immunization for common childhood illnesses, appropriate use of essential medicines is one of the most cost-effective components of modern health care. The selection of essential medicines is one of the core principles of a national drug policy because it helps to set priorities for all aspects of the pharmaceutical system. This is a global concept which can be applied in any country, in private and public sectors and at different levels of the health care system.
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Photography Classes in Souris ND
Are you looking to learn about photography in Souris ND? No matter if you are a hobbyist, professional, or beginner, the best way to improve your photography abilities is through hands-on classes with skilled instructors.
North Dakota offers numerous recognized and accredited photography schools. Subjects taught in photography classes include portrait capture, exposure and composition, lighting, posing and unposing, and other photography fundamentals. Maturing into an accomplished photographer can pave the road to a prosperous professional career or lifelong hobby.
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Tween Week: Fish Unleashed
Scientists do far more than observe and report. In the field, in labs, and across the world they collect data and specimens to tell the story of the earth an its people. Tween Camp: Fish Unleashed, gave young people aged 11 to 13 the opportunity to meet a Field Museum fish scientist, explore the upcoming Specimens exhibition, and go behind-the-scenes and see The Field Museum's fishes collection. Using the Scratch programming language and the Specimensexhibition as inspiration, tweens created their own digital interactive story. Youth dove deeply into scientific discovery during this one week summer camp for tweens at The Field Museum!
HS Digital Learning Internship
The Digital Learning Residency is an ongoing summer program that dives deeply into the science and digital learning of The Field Museum. In this 5 week paid summer residency, high school students gain scientific research experience and work together to communicate the research of The Field Museum out to the general public via an interactive digital media installation. Students work hand-in-hand with Field Museum scientists and digital learning specialists.
ASM: H20 Games
High school students across Chicago spent ten weeks at The Field Museum learning about freshwater ecosystems. Working with Caleb McMahan, Collections Manager of Fishes, other Field Museum scientists, and a variety of other water and game design professionals, teens worked together to design and create scientifically accurate board games that teach on topics from invasive species to fish migration. This program was made possible by a partnership with After School Matters.


text: Faster Copies, New dSLR Support, High-Capacity Hard DriveLAS VEGAS, Nev. -- Jan. 2 -- Digital Foci has announced it is introducing the new Picture Porter 35 at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Booth #31846 (LVCC, South Hall).Picture Porter 35 (model PPR-350) is a new high-capacity portable photo manager with a 3.5-inch color screen for easy viewing; built-in hard drive with capacity starting at 160-GB; and a multi-format memory card reader. The next-generation of the Picture Porter family, Picture Porter 35 provides super fast copy speeds of 1-GB of data in about 2 minutes. Picture Porter 35 lets you instantly and securely save and view digital photos and video on its hard drive wherever you go. 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Pressure on Twitter's board is mounting. In the three
months since the company started searching for a new chief executive officer, the stock has slipped 22% and several product executives have left.
A leading internal candidate, according to people close to the board, is interim leader and co-founder Jack Dorsey — who's already CEO at a company on the verge of an initial public offering. Twitter's search firm, Spencer Stuart, has also been reaching out to potential leaders, including former Cisco Systems executive Padmasree Warrior and CBS Interactive's Jim Lanzone.
Twitter's board meets on Thursday and plans to discuss the results from the search so far, said the people, who asked not to be named because the process is private. Investors are getting impatient for directors to make a decision, or at least give a detailed update on the process, said Colin Sebastian, an analyst at Robert W Baird & Co. "The company, its employees and certainly its shareholders are in a little bit of limbo," Sebastian said. "That qualifies it as an urgent matter of business."
CEO searches take time, and even with the urgency, the board needs to be careful not to make a decision that's too rushed — as was the case when Hewlett-Packard chose Leo Apotheker in 2010 in the wake of Mark Hurd's departure, said Jo-Ellen Pozner, who teaches corporate governance and organizational misconduct at the University of California, Berkeley. Apotheker lasted a year and is mostly known for a disastrous acquisition and a series of reduced sales forecasts.
Even so, the San Francisco-based social-media company doesn't have the luxury of a long, drawn-out process. Twitter's board didn't have a succession plan in place when former chief executive Dick Costolo departed, even though it wasn't a surprise exit. That means they're doing the search with the public knowing it's happening, opening themselves up to scrutiny about their every move, Pozner said.
"The board needs to take some action and communicate it to shareholders," she said. "There's a huge amount of uncertainty, which creates a really uncomfortable feeling for shareholders and internal stakeholders."
Jim Prosser, a spokesman for Twitter, declined to comment. Some who were contacted don't think they were seriously considered as candidates, given Dorsey's position, said the people. Adam Bain, Twitter's revenue chief, is also an internal candidate, though he's unsure whether taking the job might jeopardize his relationship with Dorsey, people familiar with the matter have said.
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Amarillo Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals will take part in the PetSmart Charities National Adoption Weekend beginning Friday.
Adoptable pets will be available at PetSmart, 2800 Soncy Road., from 4 to 7 p.m. and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The SPCA, 11901 S. Coulter St., also will be open for adoption from noon to 5 p.m. Friday and 1 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The overall goal of this adoption event is to place 17,229, dogs, cats and small animals from local shelters across North America into loving new homes.
For information, call 806-622-0555.
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Google's engineer Pierre Far has been very active in the past year being an advocate for Google and for 'Good SEO'. He has been speaking on many different conferences, he has been active on Google+ and he has been doing a lot of Webmaster Central "Office Hours" hangouts.
In these hangouts Pierre (or another Googler) discusses a specific topic. He explains what Google is doing and he answers question. A very informative way of connecting to the search industry. If you ever have the chance on joining one of the hangouts I would suggest you do, it can be informative.
Last week Pierre Far had a Webmastercentral Hangout about a topic which has been on the agenda for many lately: multinational and multilingual sites. You can watch the hangout below.


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Tokyo Shinjuku Gyoen
During late March and early April, Shinjuku Gyoen is one of the most popular spots in all of Tokyo to see cherry blossoms. It's also wonderfully scenic in the fall, when the trees turn to red and gold. It's located close to Shinjuku station, and comprises three different gardens, with sprawling lawns and several walking paths.
The park itself was originally the residence of a feudal lord during the Edo period (1603-1867). It was later transformed into a botanical garden, before becoming the private property of the Imperial Family between the turn of the century and the outbreak of World War II. Despite the fact that it was almost obliterated during the war, it was later rebuilt as a public park, reopening in its current form in 1949.
Shinjuku Gyoen: A combination of three different gardens
The oldest garden in Shinjuku Gyoen is a traditional landscape garden, with a number of large ponds. These have picturesque bridges and islands, and are surrounded by manicured bushes, trees and shrubs. This garden contains a number of pavilions, including the Kyu Goryotei, or "Taiwan Pavilion", built to commemorate the Showa Emperor's wedding day. Temporary pavilions are also erected for the first half of November, to house the floral displays of the garden's annual chrysanthemum exhibit.
The two other gardens that make up Shinjuku Gyoen are French and English in style. The English landscape garden has numerous cherry trees, surrounded by wide, open spaces of lawn. You will also find a tropical greenhouse, an art gallery, an information office and a restaurant elsewhere in Shinjuku Gyoen.
Cherry blossom viewing
Cherry blossom viewing (known in Japanese as "Hanami") takes place between late March and early April, and is a national pastime in Japan. Shinjuku Gyoen is a well-known spot for this, with hundreds of cherry trees in more than a dozen varieties. You can picnic on the lawns of the English garden, which is surrounded by about 400 blossoming trees. The park also has many trees that bloom slightly earlier or later than the main season, and is still worth a visit outside of peak period.
If you visit Tokyo during the fall season, and particularly after mid-November, the changing foliage of the maple trees is a wonderfully striking sight. These trees are concentrated around the Japanese garden, as well as at Momijiyama, or "Maple Mountain", which is on the east side of the park.
Getting to Shinjuku Gyoen
You can enter the park via any of its three gates.
For the Shinjuku and Okido Gates, travel to Shinjukugyoenmae Station on the Marunouchi Subway Line. The gates are about five minutes from the station on foot. Alternatively, for the Shinjuku Gate, you can simply travel to JR Shinjuku Station and head east for about ten minutes from its "New South Exit".
For the Sendagaya Gate, travel to JR Sendagaya station on the Chuo/Sobu line. It's also about five minutes from the station on foot.
Opening Hours/Admission Fees
The park is open between 9:00 and 16:30, with last admission at 16:00. Entry is 200 yen. During cherry blossom season and the Chrysanthemum Exhibition, the park is open seven days a week. In the off-season, it closes on Mondays (or the following day, if Monday is a public holiday). The park is completely closed between December 29 and January 3.
The whole Shinjuku district has a variety of accommodation options to suit all budgets. There are excellent, luxury hotels near the skyscrapers to the west of the station, and you will also find cheaper options to the east of the station and towards the Kabukicho (red light) district.


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This is not a political statement. If I have time, I will write more legal/political analysis of the recent executive order on travel/refugee ban, but this is not that. I wrote this Sunday night when my heart was feeling so heavy.
"Why I'm Crying"
I'm thinking about those who had a plane ticket for today,
finally to depart for the promise land.
Not yet. Maybe later. Maybe not.
I'm thinking about those who received the stamp of approval last week
that they would be settling here in the United States.
I'm thinking about their smiles,
the hugs they shared in celebration at the good news—
but now tears.
Hold on, I care. He cares
I'm thinking about the ones who have never heard the love of Jesus
being turned away by a "Christian nation."
My heart beats for you.
My heart bleeds for you.
I want it to.
If only they could know, the Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed.
And He himself was once a refugee too.
"The Lord is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble." – Psalm 9:9
"Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others." – Philippians 2:4
Edit: I realize I didn't explicitly acknowledge many of the specific factors that make life in a refugee camp (and life in a war zone) so hard. Yes, I'm moved thinking about the hunger and cold and other dire circumstances refugees face—more than anything. That's why it must be all-the-more difficult and tragic for refugees who have been approved for resettlement to now hear that such hope is delayed, in some cases indefinitely.


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Remember, remember, the fifth of November, with gunpowder, treason, and plot. We see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. And today, in honor of the holiday celebrated in a once great nation, I offer you myriad links hinting that, absent brave action, we may find ourselves going down before the Leftist and Islamist gunpowder, treason, and plot that we've both cultivated and invited into our comfortable first world nations.
The way in which government embrace of climate change perverts science
It's long, but you won't regret a minute of the time you spend reading Matt Ridley's accessible, fact-rich, cogent analysis of the way science has become corrupt in its pursuit of government money directed at climate change:


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Victoria Government Gazette No. S315 Thursday 13 October 2016 Transfer of Land Act 1958 "By this notice, the Registrar of Titles declares the following class of paper certificates of title to be void and of no effect on and from 22 October 2016 under section 27BAA of the Transfer of Land Act 1958: All paper certificates […]
Long form article on Adverse Possession
The test for acquiring title by adverse possession has not changed in many years. However, the application of that test is complex, taking into account a variety of situations that may affect a claim such as knowledge of the possessor and concurrent rights over the land. Adverse possession is the possession of land by someone […]
Trolling through The Argus – 1879
In the case of Jones v. M the plaintiff sued for obstruction to a right-of way at West Melbourne. The plaintiff relied upon a certificate of title, which showed his title to the right-of-way, and the Court held that under the act passed last Session this gave him an indefeasible title to have the right-of-way […]
1870 – Tenant at will of land
An important decision was given in the Equity Court yesterday (sic), by Mr. Justice Molesworth, in Robertson v. Keith, affecting the value of certificates of title under the Transfer of Land Statute, which have been generally supposed to be unimpeachable, except by claims under adverse possession for 15 years. In April, 1865, one James Western […]
By 1877 Victoria had been well and truly surveyed
The counties of Victoria are names of the divisions used in Victoria, Australia, for land administration purposes. Victoria is divided into 37 counties, which were gazetted in stages between 1849 and 1871 as Victoria was progressively opened up to British settlement. Victoria's counties have no administrative or political function. They exist purely as cadastral units: used […]
the Greatest Adverse Possession claim in the history of Melbourne
A very early hand drawn map of Port Phillip c 1830s by William Thomas, Protector showing European and Aboriginal names including his record for the Aboriginal name for Port Phillip, more commonly known as Nerm or Neerim
Melbourne Town Port Phillip 1841
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Onions, cauliflowers, cabbages, and potatoes
McKinnon in the early days 1850 to 1900 was market gardens. Joe Lees inherited his father's land (c 1874) and was quite successful racing his horses, using the bush track behind the Hotel on the corner of East Boundary and Centre Roads for training. A family member remembers him and friends lighting cigars with pound notes […]
Sir Thomas Bent lives on
The King is dead, long live the King! Sir Thomas Bent late of Bay Street Brighton formerly of Hampton Street, St Andrews Street and Dendy Street (or Road) in the Borough of Brighton Parish of Moorabin County of Bourke, Colony of Victoria Member of Parliament, Mayor of Brighton, Gentleman, Land Speculator died 1909. Still today, […]
Govt hitting the brakes on foreign buyers
Has the Victorian State Government just touched the brakes or slammed on the brakes bringing demand from overseas buyers of local property to a screeching halt? As from 1 July 2016, any new contracts for sale of a new residential property (e.g a brand new apartment), the foreign purchaser will be up for a 7% […]
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Florida Mesothelioma Lawyers
Even though there are no natural asbestos deposits in Florida, the state has the second highest asbestos-related death rate in the country. That's because the state's flourishing businesses, from shipbuilding to nuclear power plants, have readily utilized this deadly material.
Mostly surrounded by water, Florida is the natural place to establish shipbuilding companies and naval bases. To support those industries and the growing population, construction companies, power plants and metal-works facilities emerged. But with no natural asbestos, the asbestos needed was imported. It has since been used in a variety of products from machinery insulation to protective clothing.
In addition, asbestos was also widely used in the NASA space program, located in the coastal city of Cape Canaveral. It was used as soldering bases and within the space shuttles tiles to resist intense heat, particularly during launches and landings. It was also widely used in the construction of homes and public buildings, as well as factories and repair shops. About 3,000 people in Florida died from exposure between the 1970s and 2001.
Asbestos is so dangerous because when it breaks it releases tiny fibers that people unknowingly inhale or ingest. These fibers scar the lining of the lungs, heart and abdomen, mutating cells and causing mesothelioma. Perhaps the most dangerous aspect is that mesothelioma mirrors less-serious conditions so many people ignore the symptoms, allowing it to progress.
Early Occupational Risks
Because emerging industries and new homes needed asbestos for insulation, Florida was home to five asbestos processing plants. There, workers not only created insulation but made adhesives, paper, ceiling tiles and brake pads using asbestos. These plants were located in Jacksonville, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, St. Petersburg and Tampa. Between 1948 and 1993, truckers brought more than 110,000 tons of asbestos from Montana mines to these facilities, with a majority going to the Tampa area. In addition, asbestos was widely used in sugar refineries in Belle Glade and Clewiston.
Florida's Shipyards and Power Plants
Florida's geography makes it ideal for shipping industries. As a result, cities like Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami became major ports starting in the 1800s that featured piers, terminals and shipyards. In fact, Jacksonville is home to Florida Steel Corporation's steel mill as well as Naval Station Mayport, home of the third largest naval fleet concentration in the United States. In Tampa and Miami, shipbuilding, boatbuilding and repair companies are commonplace along the waterways.
The state also has a number of power plants, both nuclear and electric, which are necessary to supply Florida's growing population. Many of these facilities have widely used asbestos, sometimes without notifying their workers.
Unfortunately, this widespread use means that workers as well as residents are in danger of exposure. Older homes and buildings contain asbestos. The state is predisposed to hurricanes and tornadoes which make asbestos exposure an even more viable threat. To reduce this risk, the state oversees the removal of the material from buildings and its proper disposal in designated landfills.
Top cities at risk
Although asbestos was used throughout the state, the coastal regions and South Florida carry the highest risk of continued exposure. Tampa has 100 known asbestos sites, mainly due to the concentration of shipbuilding companies and asbestos-processing plants. However, Cape Canaveral holds significant risk, too. In fact, 87 deaths have occurred there due to asbestos exposure. In South Florida, there have been 300 asbestos-related deaths alone. This area includes Fort Lauderdale and Pompano Beach, which housed asbestos-utilizing construction companies and power plants.
Medical criteria for mesothelioma
Given that Florida has so many cases of asbestos exposure, the state tightened the medical criteria necessary to file a mesothelioma case. Following the 2005 passing of the Asbestos and Silica Compensation Fairness Act, claimants must meet certain criteria to file a claim.
Mesothelioma lawsuits in Florida
Patients with debilitating mesothelioma or another asbestos-related condition should start the process of a lawsuit quickly. The law permits patients to sue for contracting two conditions. For example, if a patient should develop asbestos and secure a settlement and then develop mesothelioma 30 years later, the responsible party can be sued again.
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Alexandria, VA (June 23, 2011)-The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)-the voice of the global business travel industry-kicked off the ninth annual Legislative Summit on Tuesday with a packed agenda featuring speakers from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the U.S. Congress.
The Tuesday morning session opened with GBTA's Executive Director and COO Michael W. McCormick providing attendees with an overview of GBTA's Business Travel Index and the current economic outlook. McCormick explained to a packed audience how investing in business travel is good for economic growth and encouraged attendees to ask Congress to support key business travel initiatives, including passing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization and Reform Act of 2011, implementing a trusted traveler program, and ending discriminatory state taxes levied on rental car consumers.
Paul Leyh, TSA's Transportation Sector Network Management (TSNM) General Manager for Commercial Aviation, discussed issues TSA is addressing such as checkpoint photography, pat-downs and overall security for passengers. "The further we move away from 9/11, the easier it is to believe the threats against the U.S. have lessened but TSA is being as vigilant as ever. The threats are still real, severe and sophisticated and we are looking for new and better ways to keep the public safe while getting them through security as quickly as possible."
Attendees also heard from Brian Rothery, director of Government and Public Affairs, Enterprise Holdings, Inc. who discussed the negative effects discriminatory rental car taxes have on consumers. Rothery encouraged attendees to tell their Representatives to sign on as an original co-sponsor to "End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2011 (EDSTAR)." The bill, soon to be introduced, proclaims that excise taxes on car rental consumers are unwarranted and would enforce a permanent halt on any new taxes.
In the afternoon, GBTA members headed to Capitol Hill to hear from Nelson Peacock, Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislative Affairs, DHS and Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO). Assistant Secretary Peacock discussed the department's legislative priorities, including border protection, cyberspace safety and continuing the balance of security and travel. Senator Bennet discussed the difficulties facing Congress on budget and deficit issues but congratulated the crowd on taking the time to come to Washington, D.C. to have their voices heard.
The evening concluded with POLITICO Chief White House Correspondent Mike Allen delivering the dinner keynote. Allen entertained the crowd with political stories from various past presidential campaigns and predictions for the 2012 elections as well as the current political landscape.
The Wednesday morning session began with Rep. Steve Cohen (D-TN), co-sponsor of the EDSTAR bill, warning attendees of the growing crisis of discriminatory taxes on rental cars. He stated that these taxes are harmful on many levels, especially to low income households and pledged to continue working on getting the EDSTAR bill enacted.
Over 100 GBTA members headed to Capitol Hill to meet with members of Congress. These industry advocates serving as the voice of the business travel industry delivered the message "Business Travel is vital to the Nation's economy." Attendees connected the dots on how enactment of smarter air passenger screening, ending discriminatory taxes on rental car consumers, and passage of the FAA Reauthorization Act are important to business travel and thus important to the Nation's economy and job growth.


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Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has mocked US officials as "first-class idiots" with an "irrational" approach to Iran that will result in an "unprecedented" defeat for the Americans.
His scathing put-down came in the wake of the embarrassing mess the US got itself into with Turkey this week over whether it is or is not withdrawing from Syria.
"Some U.S. officials pretend that they are mad. Of course I don't agree with that, but they are first-class idiots," he said in a speech given in Tehran on January 9, according to his official Twitter feed.
While Khamenei's choice insults might be seen as mild compared to some of the language one Donald J. Trump has come up with, they reflect the heightened tensions between Tehran and Washington as the US essentially goes about trying to reduce Iran's economy to rubble in pursuit of Middle East policy concessions from the Iranians.
US official taunted
In his remarks to a group from Iran's religious capital of Qom, 79-year-old cleric Khamenei also taunted an unnamed US official who predicted that Iran would witness regime change by the end of 2018.
"A while ago, a U.S. politician had said, among a gathering of terrorists and thugs, that he hopes to celebrate this Christmas in Tehran," Khamenei said, according to his Twitter feed. "Christmas was a few days ago. This is how U.S. calculations work."
Members of the Trump administration that have called for regime change and predicted it would occur soon include White House national security advisor John Bolton, a foreign policy hawk who often directs aggressive statements at Tehran.
Bolton, sent packing from Turkey this week by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who took exception to his public demands made in Israel that Ankara guarantee protection for Kurdish forces who have fought with the US against Islamic State in Syria, often speaks at gatherings of the exiled People's Mujahedeen of Iran (MEK) opposition group.
"Before 2019 we here will celebrate in Tehran," Bolton told a MEK meeting in Paris in July 2017.
The move by Bolton and other Trump officials to ally themselves with the MEK has drawn gasps of astonishment in Iran. Considered a terrorist movement by Tehran's leaders, the MEK is seen by many Iran observers as a fringe, cult-like group which lost out when the spoils were shared after the 1979 Islamic Revolution. It went on to take Iraq's side in the Iran-Iraq war and went into exile in Albania. It has no apparent support of any significance inside Iran.
All-caps lost in Persian
Trump's use of all-caps in tweeted threats aimed at Iran causes some levity among Iranians, with wags pointing out that Persian does not allow for all-caps writing so the only way that a typical Trump tweet could be properly relayed to Iranians would be through someone shouting out parts of it.
During his address to the visitors from Qom, Khamenei acknowledged that the US sanctions "do put pressure on the country and the people".
But he added: "The Americans happily say that these sanctions are unprecedented in history. Yes, they're unprecedented. And the defeat that the Americans will face will be unprecedented, God willing."
In 2017, Khamenei responded to Trump calling Iran a "terrorist" nation by saying his comments were "idiotic". He added: "The body of this man, Trump, will turn to ashes and become the food of the worms and ants, while the Islamic Republic continues to stand."


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Mount Olive, N.C. - The University of Mount Olive fell to Lees-McRae College 1-0 in Conference Carolinas men's soccer Saturday afternoon in Banner Elk, N.C.
Match Information
Score: Lees-McRae 1, Mount Olive 0
Records: Mount Olive (0-7-1, 0-4-0); Lees-McRae (3-7-0, 3-3-0)
Location: Banner Elk, N.C. (Tate Field)
How It Happened
First Half
- Lees-McRae got on the boards first in the 30th minute as Pol Vassart scored for the Bobcats.
- Mount Olive did outshoot the Bobcats 10-to-6 in the first half.
Second Half
- The Trojans offense was held at bay by Lees-McRae as Mount Olive was allowed only five shots compaired to the Bobcats 12.
Key Stats
- Nikolai Iotov led the team with three shots, two on goal.
Up Next
Mount Olive will remain on the road as the Trojans will travel to Misenheimer, N.C. to take on the defending National Champion Pfeiffer University Wednesday, October 5 at 7:30 p.m.


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Joe Girardi didn't seem to like the question.
Before Monday's season opener, a reporter asked Girardi about Masahiro Tanaka's comments from two days earlier about pitching with slightly less velocity this season.
"Let's just wait and see what happens," Girardi said dismissively. "There's so much talk about it, but until guys get out there . . . [I'm] just going to watch and see what happens."
What happened wasn't pretty.
After two scoreless innings, Tanaka allowed five runs in the third in a 6-1 loss to the Blue Jays in front of a Yankee Stadium sellout crowd of 48,469 that might be taking the traditional axiom that follows an Opening Day loss -- "Still 161 to go . . . " -- as more threat than solace.
"It's one game," Girardi said afterward. "I won't make too much out of it."
The Yankees, featuring a roster filled with questions entering the season, didn't do much to alleviate their fans' concerns. They had only three hits and saw third baseman Chase Headley commit a key error during the Blue Jays' big third inning.
Tanaka allowed five runs, (four earned), all in the third, and five hits.
The righthander, who missed 2 1/2 months last season while rehabbing a slight tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow, entered the afternoon on a pitch count of about 90 but was gone after four innings and 82 pitches, 50 of them strikes.
Tanaka, who pitching coach Larry Rothschild said is "still building arm strength" after being brought along slowly during spring training, struck out six and walked two.
"I was in bad counts, and obviously that's going to give the advantage to the batters," Tanaka said through his interpreter. He insisted, as did Girardi and Rothschild, that he is physically fine.
Blue Jays righthander Drew Hutchison was as sharp as Tanaka was erratic, allowing one run, three hits and two walks in six innings.
One of the hits was a line-drive single to right-center in the fifth by Alex Rodriguez, who heard loud cheers all afternoon, aside from some spotty booing during pregame introductions. A-Rod, suspended for the entire 2014 season for his Biogenesis involvement, went 1-for-2 with a walk. "I'm just grateful for the reception I got," he said. "I love our fans."
Hutchison did not allow a hit until Brian McCann's two-out single in the fourth. That put runners on first and third, but Headley grounded out.
Brett Gardner led off the sixth with a home run to make it 5-1, but Blue Jays rookie Devon Travis' solo shot off lefthander Chasen Shreve in the seventh made it 6-1.
The critical inning was the third. Kevin Pillar pulled a single down the third-base line past a diving Headley and Tanaka went to 3-and-0 to the No. 9 hitter, Travis, before walking him on five pitches. Reyes then laid down a bunt that a charging Headley fielded cleanly but threw wide of first. The ball skipped into foul ground for an error that sent Pillar home and Reyes to second.
"I just made a poor throw," Headley said.
On Tanaka's next pitch, former Yankees catcher Russell Martin lined a 93-mph fastball to right for a two-run single that made it 3-0.
After Bautista flied to left, Tanaka fell behind Encarnacion 2-and-1 before throwing a flat, belt-high fastball. It woundup deep in the seats in leftfield for a two-run homer that made it 5-0 and sucked any remaining excitement from the day right out of the stadium.
Derek Jeter's replacement, Didi Gregorius, had a couple of nice throws but committed a bad baserunning gaffe to end the eighth. With two outs, Gregorius on second, Carlos Beltran on first and Mark Teixeira at the plate, Gregorius was unsuccessful in his ill-advised attempt to steal third. "It was a bad mistake by me," said Gregorius, who went 0-for-2. "It won't ever happen again."
Still, of course, it is just one of 162 . . .
"This team does have a good feel to it," A-Rod said. "I've played on a lot of great teams and this feels like a team that has a lot of potential."
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The benefits of honey and cinnamon have been purported by many to be nigh onto a miracle drug.
Claims have been made that a mixture of cinnamon and honey will cure maladies as trivial as bad breath and as serious as cancer.
So is there any truth to these claims about the health benefits of cinnamon with honey?
Let's see what we can find out.
Though there seems to be a recent renewal of interest in the uses of honey combined with cinnamon, the concept has been around for centuries.
Ayurdeva is a holistic approach to medicine that originated in India more than 5000 years ago. Practitioners of Ayurdeva have prescribed the use of honey with cinnamon, both together and separately, for many centuries.
Similarly, traditional Chinese medicine has long recommended the use of honey with cinnamon, together and also separately.
And the ancient Egyptians used both cinnamon and honey as ingredients in their embalming methods (no, it's not claimed to have raised the dead!).
The ancients were on to something in their use of cinnamon for medicinal purposes.
In fact, modern science is providing a growing body of evidence that indicates that the health benefits of cinnamon are real and substantial.
For example, recent studies have shown that cinnamon can help to control blood sugar levels in diabetics. Research is ongoing, but it appears that regular cinnamon consumption may one day be routinely recommended for diabetics.
Research has also shown that cinnamon may help to increase the brain's cognitive functioning, and may have potential for reducing cognitive decline in the elderly.
Some studies have indicated that cinnamon may help to reduce cholesterol levels (though other studies have been inconclusive).
Cinnamon may also help to reduce inflammation, and provide anti-clotting and anti-microbial benefits.
There's plenty of evidence that cinnamon is good for you. Likewise, there are a number of health benefits offered by honey.
(And there's LOTS of proof of that! I've devoted an entire section of this website to honey health benefits, so if you wish, click over to read more about the health benefits of honey).
OK, we've established that both honey and cinnamon offer some potential benefits to your health.
But what about when they are combined? Do the cinnamon benefits combine with the health benefits of honey to create a super-healthy miracle food?
There's quite a substantial list of illnesses and maladies that are supposedly cured or improved by using a mixture of honey with cinnamon:
Is a cinnamon and honey mixture a miracle cure for such a multitude of ailments?
I'm afraid I don't have a definitive answer. I've not seen any indisputable evidence one way or the other.
But what's the old saying?
If something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is too good to be true.
I would guess that that wise old saying applies to the claimed benefits of honey and cinnamon.
Certainly it seems that the claimed benefits of a cinnamon and honey combo seem a bit over the top – even ludicrous.
I'm highly skeptical that it can cure cancer, reverse heart disease, reverse hair loss (I've pretty much proven that one doesn't work myself!), or even cure the common cold.
There is scientific evidence that both cinnamon and honey separately do have some truly beneficial medicinal properties.
So it doesn't seem unreasonable that a combination of the two may indeed have some unique curative effects – at least to some degree.
But regardless of how effective honey and cinnamon may be in treating illnesses, I can't think of any medicine that would go down with more delight.
Just try it.
Fix yourself a nice hot piece of toast spread with a mixture of honey and cinnamon.
I bet it will make you feel better, even if it doesn't actually make you better!


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It was kind of like the Breakfast Club, except that it happened at about dinner time, and instead of the jock, the nerd, the uptown girl, the misfit, and the rebel…it was the nerd, the nerd, the nerd, the nerd, the nerd, and the nerd.
It was the Coders of the West internship program. Anne (owner of Sheridan Programmers Guild) and I (subordinate/henchman) were fortunate to have the chance to work with the State of Wyoming, Gannett Peak Technical Services of Cheyenne (GTPS), Sheridan College (SC), and Sheridan High School (SHS) to allow high school and college students in Sheridan County to have access to this hands-on software development opportunity. I count myself fortunate to have worked with each of our interns. I can also, confidently, express thanks on their behalf that they had the experience.
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Andiamo is a cosy Italian with a neighbourhood feel to it. The restaurant is open-plan, but some tables are hidden by trellis-like panels, offering a more intimate dining experience. Appetisers include bruschetta al pomodoro (slices of toasted bread with oven roasted tomatoes, ricotta cheese and basil), thinly sliced beef carpaccio or soup. It is particularly difficult to choose from the extensive range of pasta and pizza, and to further complicated matters, you are faced with paninis, salads and a selection of secondis.
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It's summer, and sensors are proliferating faster than weeds. Smart phones and tablets have built-in sensors such as accelerometers and magnetometers. Some mobile devices incorporate GPS receivers to provide even more sensor information to applications.
Dealing with raw data from these sensors can be a nightmare given their wide range of capabilities and performance levels. It's one reason why operating systems like iOS, Android, and Windows provide a standard interface for many sensors.
Unfortunately, sensor technology is progressing faster than the software can keep up. Technology demonstrations at trade shows seem impressive, but they typically bypass the operating systems by using a device driver. Applications need to be written specifically to take advantage of new features.
Sensors Going Digital
Handling a single sensor can be a challenge all by itself since sensors usually are analog devices. Digital versions of these analog sensors normally incorporate a microcontroller. The digital interface is easier to utilize, and there are significant advantages to adding intelligence to a sensor.
The first benefit is the ability to provide data in digital form. The second is the ability to scale the results or provide them in more than one format. For example, the data may be the raw results from an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) or a digital value that may be scaled. Future devices then can provide results consistent with older chips. Third, a micro can compensate for issues such as calibration and drift. Finally, sensors use power, and a micro can handle power management.
Micros Make MEMS Manageable
Adding a micro to the mix brings up a host of other possibilities including sensor fusion. A single micro can easily handle multiple sensors. Interfacing is simplified because there's a single digital device to work with and it's possible to provide sensor fusion at the subsystem level.
Sensor fusion allows sensors to work together, possibly improving calibration and handling drift. It's also possible to generate virtual sensors that provide data that's more usable to an application but sourced from information generated by multiple sensors. And, it's possible to simulate a sensor like a gyro using an accelerometer, albeit with less accuracy.
Sensor fusion can be done on the host. Companies like Sensor Platforms provide software to handle sensor fusion (see "FreeMotion Provides Sensor Fusion For Smart Phone").The software can run on the host or on a microcontroller servicing the sensors. It also offers advanced sensor management, power management, and virtual peripherals.
Sensor Platforms can drive standard operating systems with sensor data. The company also offers its own application programming interface (API), which is more robust.
Freescale's Windows 8 Xtrinsic Sensor is designed to plug into a tablet as a development tool (Fig. 1). The small USB dongle has a ColdFire micro that provides sensor fusion and delivers data in a fashion that is compatible with the forthcoming Windows 8 (Fig. 2).
The device is a 12-axis sensor that includes a 3D accelerometer, 3D magnetometer, and 3D gyro, plus an ambient light sensor and a barometer/thermometer. Most systems employ the magnetometer to provide a compass heading, but Freescale utilizes the other sensors as well to improve the compass results instead of using raw data from a single sensor.
Windows 8 defines a standard USB interface and queues for data provided by sensors (Fig. 3). Applications then can deal with sensors that are already defined and using data within the specified range and format in a standard fashion.
Sensors and their capabilities will continue to grow. Hopefully sensor fusion won't grow into confusion.


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The 1st quarter Texas GIS Community meeting of 2017 was held on Tuesday, January 10th, 2017.
Texas has received grant funding from the USGS 3D Elevation Program (3DEP) to fund 2017 Lidar projects in Texas.
The Texas Imagery Service recieved an upgrade and is currently serving over 150 public agenies. A revised contract with Google will guarantee imagery updates in alignment with the public facing Google Maps application.
A statewide parcel study is currently in production to understand the availability of digital parcel data at the county appraisal district level and to collect at the state-agency level. The study is expected to be complete by the end of May 2017.
The Geographic Information Officer report was delivered to the governor, leiutenant governor, and Speaker of the House on December 1, 2016. Please use it as a discussion document with leadership and share your comments and suggestons with us.
We are watching for bills filed during this session to see how they might apply to the community. Currently there is a bill regarding UAV regulation (H.B638/S.B. 395) and a few bills that will directly affect the needs study for parcel data (S.B. 2, S.B. 200, H.B. 997, SJR 31, etc.).
If you hear of any bills filled during the session we should track, please let us know.
Imagery products from the 2016 NAIP acquisition are expected to be available in Spring 2017.
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The statewide parcel study has completed a survey of all 253 appraisal districts. Of the 253 districts, 152 (83.3%) reported having a digital parcel dataset for their district. The study itself will contain the following:
Many representatives of government agencies and city governments from across the state were in attendance and shared updates on key projects and initiatives their organizations are working on. We'd love to see you or your organization at the next meeting.
GLO - Internal stuff. Updating servers, migrating data, etc. Process documentation for efficiency. New release of oil spill tool kit online – major update this time. Offshore structures inventory project. – derelict structures to remove. Mine sites project through DIR Contracts, elevation and orthoimagery.
Geologic Atlas of Texas, storefront for hard copy maps. BEG owns their own lidar sensor used for detailed elevation mapping. Want to get their hard copy maps digitized and shared.
Mostly internal work. Doing work on Zika due to Brownsville detection. More ArcGIS Online presence for making data accessible to the public.
Open data site. Now is just a few divisions from TxDOT, not all. Txdot.gov/opendata Statewide planning map is simple interface and can interact with their published data. TxDOT Project Tracker – can look up all planned construction projects mapped.
TNRIS – Application development. Interactive Data Catalog. Lidar data available online in the next month. Water Plan interactive application work. Working to improve interactive flood application.
Maintaining GIS enterprise. Biowatch viewer of airborne pollutants that could be released per an emergency response. Login only for people that need it. Moving older legacy viewers into the cloud – ArcGIS Online because they are faster, more efficient for updates.
Groundwater planning assessment. Have data to share with the public. Want to become more interactive with public for groundwater data.
Surface Water Rights. Tracks ownership of water rights. Big supporter of parcel data. Personal endeavor: Working on organizing GIS Workgroup for Nonprofits.
UAS GIS applications. Goal to integrate into schools for dual credit – 12 ISDs so far. Developed UAS Program through NSF grant. Trying to get word out on GIS. Dean is part of South Texas COG and promoter of GIS.


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I've avoided endorsing particular candidates on social media, and I will continue to do so. I grew up in a context where who we voted for was our own business. Truth is, as I've commented elsewhere, I wrestle with whether I can vote for either of the presidential candidates in good conscience.
What I did want to engage is the idea from Monday night's Republican convention of making America safe again. There is an element of truth underlying this advocacy. It is a legitimate role of government to provide for public safety which means protecting its constituents from harm from both external and internal enemies.
What is troubling in part is that we are tempted to trade liberty for safety. Fear for our safety can be used to suspend various civil liberties. The proposal of religious tests is one of these. While the fear is of a particular type of Islam, once the door is open to this, such tests might be applied to a particular type of Christian, Jew, or even atheist. Likewise, the loosening of restraints on illegal search and seizure (notably in both traffic stops and electronic surveillance) is also troubling. It also seems that we need to find a way for gun enthusiasts and those concerned about the incredible proliferation of guns to come together to address gun violence without abridging the Second Amendment. The civil liberties we enjoy in the Bill of Rights are a rare and wonderful thing. Trading these away for safety in the end make us less safe from tyranny, the exercise of naked power.
Building walls and closing doors to immigrants may not actually make us safer unless we also close our borders to the flow of ideas. "Self-radicalization" shows us the folly of thinking that if we just keep certain people out, we can be safe. A vigilant compassion is much harder to achieve, yet it seems that on balance we are enriched by welcoming those seeking a better life in this country, as they create rather than take jobs, and contribute everything from beautiful music to technological and medical breakthroughs that save and enhance lives.
The truth is, life has never been safe in a fallen world. Our lives are set about with a host of dangers from childhood to our last breath. Any responsible person certainly does what they can to mitigate those dangers, and this ought to move us not only to self-protection but concern for the most vulnerable. But a life lived in constant fear, a life that chooses only the "safe" is not much of a life. Almost always, our heroes are those who have risked safety in some form, not recklessly, but with thought and courage for greater ends.
Ultimately, I think what Jesus said makes a lot of sense: "Whoever tries to keep their life will lose it, and whoever loses their life will preserve it" (Luke 17:33 NIV). Only when we have something for which we can lose our lives are we "safe." Any other form of "safety" is illusory or temporary at best.


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"Technology is eating the world" as the famous motto says in the Silicon Valley. It turns out that it is also eating the market research and consulting world. In the last few years, this industry has experienced phenomenal growth and change in terms of how researches are conducted. In the past, paper and pencil ruled and the research process was long and laborious for both the supplier and the client.Read More »
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Lightfinder is a Young Adult fantasy novel about Aisling, a young Cree woman who sets out into the wilderness with her Kokum (grandmother), Aunty and two young men she barely knows.
They have to find and rescue her runaway younger brother, Eric. Along the way she learns that the legends of her people might be real and that she has a growing power of her own. The story follows the paths of Aisling and Eric, siblings unwittingly thrust into a millennia-old struggle for the future of life on earth. It deals with growing up, love and loss, and the choices life puts in our path. Love and confusion are in store, as are loss and pain. Things are not always what they seem and danger surrounds them at every turn. Will Raven's mysterious purposes prevail? With darkness closing in how will they find the light to guide them? Will Aisling find Eric in time?
Set in the Alberta landscape with references to real-world challenges faced by youth today, Lightfinder has proven to be a hit with young adults and adults alike. Lightfinder spent over 60 days in Amazon's Top 100 Sci-Fi and Fantasy novels in 2014.
- Winner of the 2015 Burt Award for First Nations, MĂ©tis and Inuit Literature!
"With an artist's eye and a storyteller's soaring imagination, Aaron Paquette has written a page-turner. I found myself rooting hard for Aisling, Eric and their beloved Kokum. This book is a hugely engaging cautionary tale: the stakes are high if we keep giving in to our appetites. But there is great light in Lightfinder. Congratulations, Aaron, on this strong debut." - Shelagh Rogers
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The Atlanta Falcons season came to an abrubt end Saturday night in Atlanta. The Packers and Aaron Rodgers proved to be too much for the number one seeded Falcons to handle in the Georgia Dome in front of the loudest audience the Falcons have witnessed in years. While Saturday nights uninspired performance and disappointing result may have left Atlantans with a bitter 'what could've been' taste in their mouths, there is hope following another great season and as head coach Mike Smith said, "The Sky has not fallen."
For the third straight season, the Falcons ended the regular season with a winning record. That means every year that Mike Smith and star quarterback Matt Ryan have been in Atlanta, they've won more than they've lost. This is big news, as its never happened previously in franchise history. A playoff win has eluded the team, but there's no doubt the Falcons are flying in the right direction and have the right people leading them.
For the first time, the NFC South champion Atlanta Falcons have the most players playing the game's most sought-after event, the NFL Pro Bowl. This year in Hawaii, the following Falcons will be leading the NFC team and Mike Smith will be coaching:
Atlanta Falcons Pro-Bowling in Hawaii:
- Matt Ryan
- Michael Turner
- Roddy White
- Tony Gonzalez
- Eric Weems
- Ovie Mughelli
- John Abraham
This talented list is full of high class veterans (Gonzalez, Abraham) as well as young budding stars (Ryan, Weems). Although some talent on the roster may be lost due to retirements and/or league trades, the Falcons seem to have plenty of talent to compete in the League for years to come.
More optimism resides even higher up the Falcon's ladder -- Owner Arthur Blank and General Manager Thomas Dimitroff. These two leaders have proven to be dedicated to winning at all costs and fans can fully trust the decisions they make for the organization - on and off the field.
As a Falcon fan, it was difficult to watch the lousy performance Saturday night. It was even more difficult to accept that game as the final perfomance in an otherwise beautiful season. However, I have no doubt that lessons will be learned, changes made, and the Falcons will be back and hungrier than ever in September.


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slip on mud slick
just past the head
point of the path
land fairly un-
balanced on leaf
dust ground up
under feet bare
ground beneath
that rarely seen
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theless teeming
mud carpet made
architectonic with
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close will trespass
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shapes approach
the forest's front door?
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way down into river.
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Daniel Barnum studies film, literature, and translation at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania, where he served as editorial assistant at West Branch last spring. He has received fellowships from the Stadler Center for Poetry and the Colgate Writers' Conference. His work appears in or is forthcoming from Ninth Letter, The Maynard, Lullwater Review, The Matador Review, and The White Elephant.