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Cena To Go Meal Prep Business Franchise Opportunity
Cena To Go Meal Prep Business mission is to make their customers' lives easier by providing sessions for our clients to assemble pre-prepped home meal replacements.
Entrées that are like going out, but at home!™ Cena To Go Meal Prep Business has taken the concept of Home Meal Preparation to a new level. Customers assemble their family-friendly gourmet meals at Cena To Go Meal Prep Business locations, from prepared ingredients, or the meals can be made for you. The food is healthy, nutritious, and is paired with a bottle of wine available at our on-site Wine Shops. The meals go from Cena To Go Meal Prep Business , to your freezer and then to your dinner table saving you time and money!
Cena To Go Meal Assembly Franchise was developed in 2003-2004 with unique characteristics. With seven profit centers, original recipes, Wine Shop and Mediterranean design make Cena To Go noticeably different. Their trademark, Only at Cena™ To Go, reflects their vision and mission: to be unique, and to offer the best food and service in the home meal replacement, make and take meal industry.
With proven system based on consistent methods designed to allow their franchisees to become independent business owners able to offer extraordinary customer service and consistent products while realizing significant income potential.
Cena To Go is looking for dedicated professionals who are organized, creative and outgoing. As a Cena meal assembly franchisee you can expect thorough support and training from the beginning of your process and throughout your ownership. If you are interested in a future with a company that yields high profitability, unparalleled support and rewarding outcomes, then a Cena To Go Meal Assembly Franchise is for you.
Cena To Go Meal Assembly Franchise Profit Centers.
Cena To Go Meal Assembly Franchise Opportunity is structured with seven distinct profit centers to help increase revenue. We believe in offering their franchisees a diversified approach to making the most out of their meal assembly business.
- Home Meal Preparation
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At some Cena To Go locations, their offer their clients the ability to enjoy a glass of fine wine while preparing meals. Their wines are paired with each month's entrées for customers to purchase and enjoy at home. Cena To Go prepares "To-Go" meals for clients to pickup at a time convenient for them. Cena offers Daily Fresh Sheet Entrées which can be purchased a la carte any day of the week for walk-in clients. Cena To Go also sells delicious frozen bakery items and signature coffee beans that can be enjoyed at home. Cena's Meal Assembly facility is designed so that it can be rented for parties, family events, or any variety of gatherings.


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Building on past Web 2.0 lists, Sampa's Marcelo Calbucci has released his latest Seattle Startup Index for the month of July.
Calbucci now has 157 companies on the list, noting that startups such as Versionate, Down2Night, Wishpot and Ripl saw big gains in popularity.
Zillow has secured the top spot for the second month in a row, posting an Alexa rank of 1,927. (It held an Alexa rank of 1,755 at the end of June.) iLike, the Seattle online music service which ranked number one in May, was just behind Zillow at 1,973. Others in the top ten: 43 Things, Newsvine, BuddyTV, Wetpaint, Blue Dot, Jobster, PayScale and Redfin.
Of the top 10, only two companies — Redfin and Wetpaint — saw gains in their Alexa ranking during the month.
Does that have any significance?
In the top 25, Redmond's Twango saw a huge surge — most likely due to its sale to Nokia — as did Avvo — whose controversial online attorney rating system continued to create buzz.
The list is compiled based on the company's ranking in Alexa, an Amazon.com property that tracks Internet usage from those who have installed its toolbar. It is a fun look at what companies are attracting attention, but as I have pointed out in the past it is far from the definitive source. (In fact, Calbucci writes in a post last month how people try to manipulate Alexa and he notes that there are an estimated two million users of Alexa and 598 million who don't use it.)
Anyway, here are the top 100 sites in the U.S. based on Alexa. Note that no Seattle startups come even close to breaking the top 100.
UPDATE: Taking the idea a step further, Justin Chan — a developer at Avvo — has written some code that compiles a daily update of the Alexa rankings for Seattle Web 2.0 companies.

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Spectrum Honored By Inc. 5000 For The 4th Consecutive Year
Inc. Magazine Unveils Its Fourth Annual Exclusive List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies—the Inc. 5000
Spectrum Industries, Inc. Ranks No. 4669 on the 2010 Inc. 5000 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 13%
NEW YORK, August 24, 2010 -- Inc. magazine today ranked Spectrum Industries NO. 4669 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America's independent-minded entrepreneurs. Music website Pandora, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Brooklyn Brewery, and Radio Flyer, maker of the iconic children's red wagon, are among the prominent brands featured on this year's list.
"The leaders of the companies on this year's Inc. 5000 have figured out how to grow their businesses during the longest recession since the Great Depression," said Inc. president Bob LaPointe. "The 2010 Inc. 5000 showcases a particularly hardy group of entrepreneurs."
Despite the fact that most of this year's measuring period of 2006-2009 took place during the latest recession, aggregate revenue among the companies on the list actually increased to $321.6 billion, up more than 50 percent from last year. The effects of the recession are seen, however, in the median three-year growth rate, which dropped to 96 percent from last year's 126 percent. This year's Inc. 5000 employ a record 1.4 million people, up from one million on last year's list. With unemployment remaining stubbornly high, policymakers and business leaders will do well to look to the Inc. 5000 companies for fresh ideas on achieving growth and creating jobs.
Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on www.inc.com/5000.
About Spectrum Industries, Inc.
Spectrum is a provider of innovative, quality instructional products and services that represent preferred solutions to customer needs. Founded in 1968 and headquartered in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, Spectrum Industries, Inc. has gained a strong reputation for producing quality products in an environmentally responsible manner. Spectrum is recognized as an INC. 5000 honoree, is a member of the FDM 300, is certified for ISO 9001:2008 and SCS Indoor Air Quality, and has been presented the prestigious GSA Evergreen award. Spectrum Industries, Inc. strongly values its close and long-standing relationships with customers throughout the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe. The innovative environment at Spectrum is driven by cooperative partnerships with our well-respected customers.
Media Contact: Greg Mazur, Spectrum Industries, Inc. 800-235-1262 email@example.com


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Hello Lovelies,
I hope you have all had a wonderful week, before I get cracking just a small apology as my blog has been lacking posts this week, I won't bore you with my medical condition and all that jazz but because of this hiccup in my health I haven't been well enough to write, so my blog may be slightly sparse over the next few weeks, but that's enough doom and gloom now to the highlights!
- First is flowers, they weren't sent to me but they always make me happy.
- The second pic is some homemade apple crumble enough to cheer anyone up.
- I got a postcard from my parents from their travels to Crete, I love receiving post.
- On Sunday I watched my brother and step-brother play badminton in the garden.
- Last of all a naughty ice cream during the English heatwave.
Hope everyone has a lovely week.


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Just random musings really. It seems that one minute you sit and wait until the next event with baited breath, each convention big and small offering you just that bit more of a different option than the last, until the last one of 2011 passes and you are all of a sudden in an expo limbo. Do you count down the time until the first one in 2012 using your rooted Android phone? Do you frantically search fleabay for the latest original piece from Romita Jr? Do you vainly post all over Facebook waiting for a mention from some famous artist somewhere to satisfy your cravings? Perhaps you simply settle down with family, move into the cellar and wait for the famous pagan festival to pass.
However you pass the time, be sure to keep popping by over the festive break for the latest and greatest news on the UK Comic Convention and Expo scene or simply send us some (nice!) abuse over Twitter.
Have a happy holiday period y'all!
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Self love activation
This Friday May 27 I invite you to another free event. A self love activation at 10am Central and 11am EST.
Have you ever heard anyone speak of being in love with everyone and everything? And they may have even looked like they were, but you were not sure it was ever really possible?
I am telling you, it is possible.
Even since I have been an energy worker, allowing more and more light in, experiencing the magic of healing my body and opening to more love, I still thought it might not be possible.
Last wednesday I had the opportunity to increase my vibration exponentially. Maybe it was the perfect time for me, maybe it was contact with the perfect person. It could have been the stars aligning, but I started a vibrational upgrade that was immeasurably intense for 4 days. I had never experienced anything like it.
I woke up Monday morning knowing I was different. I had pure LOVE oozing from every part of my being.
And I want to share that love with you.
Join me from your computer or you phone.
Time: May 27, 2016 10:00 AM (GMT-5:00) Central Time (US and Canada)
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If you would like a recording of this event, please subscribe in either the box below or the bar at the top of the page and I will send it out to you.
Thank you for joining me in love to bring the community and the world with us. I really believe every one of us gets to affect every one we touch with this love.
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Hello Sheri!
I can not attend the Love Activation event "live" 🙁 Could you please send me the "replay?"
As I mentioned in the group, I unfortunately couldn't attend live due to the time change. Could you please send me the replay? Would really appreciate it. THANK you for bringing this important work into the world! – Anne


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I see that the radical Islamists were out in force in Luton today protesting against the Royal Anglican Regiment.
You can watch it here
They would have really have been screwed if the "Poachers" had turned gamekeepers. Notice the fixed bayonets.
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The Relationship Between Graphic Design And Branding
2017 October 18
No brand identity can be created without the visual elements surrounding it. From the creation of the single most important identification for the company, the logo, to various color layouts and marketing collateral, graphic design is the skill used to create this identity. The creation of this identity takes into account years of practice and a thorough knowledge of what goes into creating visual design for a new brand. Not only do the aspects of the design have to be completely different from every other brands out there, this by itself requires detailed knowledge of both local and international brands. Unless you are an expert in the field, it is highly recommended that you approach a professional design company to create your identity for you.
The visual design that is created are the basic essentials of corporate image development. Included in this category are not just the logo, but even the color scheme that go on collateral like letterheads and business cards. Usually taken from the logo, once decided upon, this color scheme remains as a constant visual identity, branded into the public image of the business. The designs reflected in this manner are not chosen at random. Each logo takes into consideration the personal philosophy of the brand it seeks to represent. A construction company may see rustic elements or even the use of construction material design in their logo.
An entrepreneur starting a new restaurant themed around seafood could see a sea creature incorporated into their logo aesthetic. The color schemes selected to represent a brand similarly employ the use of the colors in the logo to create eye-catching designs. The selection of colors can take into account various factors, such as the theme of the project, the mood or setting the project illuminates, whether the business owner has any color preferences or any colors they consider lucky among others. At the end of the day, without graphic design, the creation of a brand identity would be limited to textual and verbal communication, taking away that all-important visual identity from the marketing campaign.
Graphic Design And Identity Development
Graphic design is primarily used in creating visual cues for marketing campaigns. The basic idea is to create an aesthetic that helps the customer to immediately identify what the brand is. Successful branding campaigns from big corporations serve as existing testaments of that. The logo for either Coca-Cola or Pepsi are immediately recognizable, even if the name of the brand is not mentioned. Graphic design in marketing and branding are primarily used in four areas outside of the logo.
Printed Collateral: Including brochures, catalogs, business cards, pamphlets, letterheads, stationery, Calendars, diaries – anything and everything that creates an internal brand identity. The logo appears in all of these and the designs tend to be centered around the theme of the business.
Website: Any modern business venture must have a website. An important part of creating an online presence, the website needs to look good, engage customers and be responsive on multiple platforms. The design created need to take into account not just the content, but the coding and programming requirements as well.
Digital Marketing: These include the designs on social media platforms. What you mainly require are a logo and a banner, but constant updates on important current events can further help to get your brand noticed.
Direct Marketing: A form of advertising that is not dead yet, a good design incorporates elements that induce the customer to call to action. From banners to point of purchase collaterals, these designs need not just a good hand with graphic design, but a strong understanding of what makes a customer respond.
At the end of the day, the most important piece of brand identity is your Logo. It goes on all your company products and is the key identification for the company. Without graphic design, corporate branding would be a colorless world of numbers and figures. But with design, each brand gets a personalized identity that makes them stand out and catch attention.
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Minimum requirements:
- Graduated from Aviation School
- Holding License: ICAO ATPL Instrument
- Holding Type Rating: MD 80/82/83
- Total flight time min: 5000 hours
- Total In Command min: 1.000 hours
- Total on type min: 500 hours
- Good computer literate
- Good understanding spoken & written English
- Thorough knowledge of DGCA CASR
- Maximum age: 50 years old
- Non Smoker
- Manage relationship & diversity
- Ability to work alone and in a team
- Passed medical health test
- No color blind
- Willing to have RON schedule in Papua area (East of Indonesia)
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Greetings guys! Hope everyone had a great weekend! I decided to wash my hair today instead of yesterday like I promised. I missed a workout on Friday so I needed to make it up this morning, which bumped Wash Day … Continue reading
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Wash Day and now I am WL-Bound!
It seems like yesterday (actually it was in the spring), that I declared myself MBL-bound after reaching BSL. I now feel quite comfortable claiming MBL length, so I am changing my status to WL-Bound! Yep … barring any setback, I am par to reach it in late spring/early summer, which is on par with the goals I set almost 2 years ago at the beginning of my HHJ.
Well, it has been a while since I have posted a Wash Day post, but I thought that I would today! For the past two weeks, I have been pre-pooing my hair overnight. I use the same mix of cheapie conditioner, coconut oil and a ceramide oil (hemp or safflower). After I apply the mix, I apply my plastic conditioning cap and wrap it up in a dry turban to protect my bedding. It saves me an hour and with the length of time that it takes me to dry now, any minute I can shave off is welcomed.
I received a sample of Pantene Age Defy shampoo and hair masque. To see how they performed, I just washed with the Pantene Age Defy shampoo (it has sulfates) and did my in-shower conditioning treatment with the hair masque and my Alterna Winter Rx oil. Meh … it definitely was nothing to write home about. I definitely will not be buying it. The best thing about them was the smell. While applying my deep conditioning (KeraPro this week), I noticed that my ends felt a bit bumpy, so I added my MegaSilk to the lower 3rd of my hair. I wrapped my hair in a wet turban topped of my a conditioning cap and sat under the dryer for 45 minutes. Afterwards, I was feeling tired, so I took a nap with my stuff on! So my deep conditioning session this week was about 2.5 hours. I then rinsed out, applied Roux Porosity Control for 2 minutes, then began to roll.
My leave-ins this week were as normal: Alterna Caviar Photo Age Defense, Alterna Caviar Texture Cream, Carol's Daughter Monoi Anti-Breakage Repair Spray and Carol's Daughter Monoi Sacred Strengthening Serum. This week, I wanted a bit more curl so I decided to use the gray and purple rollers instead of gray and black! UGH!!! It took me longer to roll and honestly, it was weird using them all over my head again. It took me just under 2 hours to dry and even then, there were a few places of dampness that I zapped with the blow dryer. Overall, when I took my rollers out, I couldn't tell if my hair was damp or just very soft (not good in my book). That brings me to my next observation: I need to assess the mixture of water I use to set my hair.
I use a combination of water, glycerin and essential oils but last week I added some Roux 619 and a few drops of my Alterna Caviar White Truffle Elixir. On top of the leave-ins, I think that was wayyyyyyyyyyy too many products to have in my hair, which may be contributing to my hair drying so slow and it ultimately feeling a bit too soft and lank for my liking. Also, at the first sign of water, my hair just puffs up. My hair (relaxed or natural) has an almost cottony feel and I can only imagine the reversion nightmare I would have if I were to go natural. I think I need to eliminate the glycerin, since it can attract moisture to the hair, which is not what I need in Oregon's damp fall and winter. Next week, I am just going to use some very diluted Lotta Body and water. That may make my hair dry a bit faster and make the curls have a bit more staying power.
I combed my hair out, applied some serum and took a look at it. Meh. It looks OK! If my hair didn't feel so soft and limp (despite me using smaller rollers), I would have just picked the curls apart and had some big hair! Instead, I wrapped it up for the evening and the proceeded to watch "John Adams" (one of my favorite mini-series)! I have also noticed something else about my hair that proceeds my HHJ days … I never liked my roller sets the day I got them done. I always felt a good sleeping on the curls did my hair wonders! Day 2 and 3 hair is way better than Day 1 when it comes to roller sets, IMHO. I think it's because the oil has had time to spread and make hair a bit shinier! I don't know!!
Anyhoo, I didn't take pictures of the curls, but here is the final product. Slowly but surely trying to creep towards waist length! Look at the puffiness! I will come back and post some pictures when I take it down tomorrow! 🙂
Wash Day!!
Greetings. I can barely muster to include my normal exclamation point. This has been some week! I started this new workout routine called Focus T25 with Shaun T and I am sore from head to toe! I could barely get out of bed yesterday morning as well as today! I had a horrible headache yesterday, probably a reaction to my body feeling like it had tetanus … it was just all locked up and stiff! I wanted to wash my hair yesterday once Nathan and I returned from the mall, but I was just to achy and tired so I figured I would do it on Sunday.
Physical wise, my week has been pretty tough. Hair wise, it has been pretty good! I am living for the Carol's Daughter Minoi Oil Sacred Strengthening Serum! I have noticed a significant decrease in broken hairs over this week. Most days, I had no breakage at all! I was able to wear my hair out on Monday and in a loose ponytail on Tuesday, but by Wednesday, it was bun time due to the workouts! I also used my Kenra Platinum Dry Shampoo one day to remove excess oil and sweat until I was able to wash again.
So here's how Wash Day went this week:
Pre-Poo: Coconut oil, manuka honey, cheapie conditioner, hemp seed oil
Shampoo: Alterna Life Solutions Clarifying, GVP Tea Tree, Alterna Caviar Volume
In-Shower Conditioner: Redken All-Soft (I used the last of my liter that I have had for two years!!) and Ion Extreme Moisture Cream
Deep Conditioner: KeraPro Restorative Treatment for Dry to Very Dry Hair for 1 hour with heat, final rinse with Roux for 90 seconds
Leave-Ins: Alterna Caviar Photo Age Defense, Alterna Texture, Roux 619 Extreme Moisture, Carol's Daughter Minoi Oil Sacred Strengthening Serum
I rolled majority of my hair using the black rollers. I took me about 40 minutes to roll. I am trying to cut my time under the dryer as much as possible! Also, I am playing around with a new recipe when I set my hair. Instead of using just water to wet my hair before each roll, I'm using water, a few drops of essential oil (choice doesn't matter) and a few squeezes of vegetable glycerine, all mixed in my spray bottle! So far, it is good!!!
I was not fortunate this week to be dry in an hour and 15 minutes. It took me a little over 90 minutes under the dryer!! Ughhhhhhh!!!!! If there is one thing I do miss about having shorter hair, it is not having to sit under the dryer for so long. #longhairproblems
The thing about the black rollers is that they leave my curls a bit flacid, if you will. I don't get the really cute spirally curls like I do when I set on purple and gray rollers. The hair has an almost flat-ironed look. I didn't take any pictures today, but I promise I will next week! I combed my hair into a wrap, applied a few drops of Minoi Oil and sat under the dryer for about 10 minutes, then combed out for the final evaluation. I noticed that I have had a lot of shedding this Wash Day, which is alright, considering I lost barely any hair at all during the week. I may do a black tea rinse next week and see if that helps!
All-in-all, it was a good Wash Day (it was kinda long, though) and I was pleased with the results. I admired my hair a bit, then rolled it back up in a modified roller set to refresh the curls. The one thing I don't like with the black rollers is that my curls are easily combed away due to the lack of curl, so I find it very helpful to re-roll my hair dry to get back that volume and bend at the ends.
Here's the amount of hair that I lost …
I rarely post things about my personal life, as I am a pretty private individual (you won't find me on too many social media sites), but I just thought I would share a few things that I am "living for" at the moment …
1. Eastbound and Down Season 4 returns to HBO TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!
2. Boardwalk Empire
3. Carol's Daughter Minoi Oil Sacred Strengthening Serum
4. Shaun T's Focus T25 workout (despite it being extremely hard)
5. South Park is back!!!!
6. Big Bang Theory is back too!!!
7. I found my Alterna Caviar Texture Cream!!
Well, it's about 7pm and I need to get ready for the workweek before Boardwalk Empire and Eastbound and Down comes on!!! Until next time, friends! 🙂
Ah, my main dude, Kenny "F'in" Powers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another Wash Day!!
Happy Saturday everyone! Today I had to wash my hair (again!). By the time I finish an Insanity workout, I am just dripping in sweat! Tomorrow is my day off, so I thought I would have some fresh hair to … Continue reading
Happy 2013 (and a Wash Day)!!!
Ahh … so it's finally 2013! I am looking forward to this year, as I think that it has great things in store for me, as I hope it does for all of my 10 readers! (HAHAHAHA!)
I decided to use this day off (ugh, can I get about 10 more of these?) to wash my hair, as it has been since its been about 10 days since it's been washed! I started off with a pre-poo of a hot oil treatment on the scalp and cheapie conditioner, honey and veggie glycerine on the length of my hair. I left it on for about an hour and then washed. Since I had my hair flat ironed and used a silicone product, I did a light clarifying session with my Alberto V-05 Strawberries and Cream shampoo, followed by my Alterna Caviar moisture shampoo. I put on the Alterna Winter Rx Thermal Oil for about 3 minutes, rinsed, then followed up with Caviar conditioner.
I deep conditioned with my Silk Elements MegaSilk for about an hour. Instead of getting under the dryer, I sat on the couch with my turban and my phone, talking with a friend. I switched up my final rinse routine, as recommended by The Science of Black Hair. Instead of leaning over the tub where my hair is flipped up, I got back in the shower so that my hair stayed downward so that cuticles could close. I did my Roux for 2 minutes, then rinsed with cold water. I must say, it was annoying hopping back in the shower, but I guess I will have to do it!
Today I wanted big, fluffy hair, so I decided to air dry. I applied my normal leave-ins and went ahead a sealed the moisture in with Vitamin E oil. Now peep this … my hair, for the most part (sans the ends) are medium to low porosity so it takes forever to airdry. After about an hour of little results, I sat in front of our heater and let it blow on it. I was not worried, as I had thermal protectant on! In about 10 minutes, I was dry! I took out my blow dryer with the diffuser attachment, blow dried on cool to seal the cuticle. I followed with a bit of Alterna White Truffle Elixir and kukui nut oil and I was done!
The heater!
So what will I do with this hair? I plan on bunning it, wearing it in a ponytail … whatever my heart's content. After looking at my flat hair for the past week (I hate how flat ironing your hair leaves it like that!), I am just eager to see a bit of volume!
I love the end result! I did FaceTime with my friend's family and her mom was like "I can see we both are having a bad hair day!" Ah, maddam, you are mistaken, for I am having a fabulous hair day! Some people have to hair all neat and tidy, pressed out with a curl on the end … not me! No sir! I am loving the volume, the density, the length!!!! Nathan liked it and said I looked like Serena Williams when she had her big hair going on (see below!)
I am debating on using this method until my next relaxer late February. I know I will rollerset when Nathan's dad comes into town next week, but I may have to hang on to this for a while!!
Here's t0 continued growth and health this 2013!!!!!
Keep Calm and go to Clearance Rack
Today has been a great day for hair products! Nathan and I went to Best Buy for some Blu Rays and of course with me being so close to Ulta, I could not not go in. I am at the bottom of my Alterna White Truffle Elixir, so I needed to break down and buy some more from the store and not the watered-down mess I bought from Amazon (read about it here: https://hairthereeverywhere.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/is-this-an-orphan-blog-nah-i-am-back/).
I could not find the Alterna products as they had moved, but I did stumble upon the Alterna Winter RX Thermal Oil (http://www.folica.com/hair-care/hair-treatments/alterna-winter-rx-thermal-treatment-oil). They had this stuff last winter, so I am not sure if it is the product that did not sell, but it was priced at an unbelievable $4.99, so regardless of how old it was, I was buying it.
I found the new location of Alterna products and looked up and down the shelving for the White Truffle Elixir; it was nowhere to be found. I panicked a bit and thought:
I knew Ulta liked to mark things down and since all of a sudden, the White Truffle Elixirs were gone (there are always plenty when I shop at any other time), there had to be a few on the clearance rack across the store. Sure enough, my wishes came true. There were 3 White Truffle Elixirs: one with its nozzle on correctly and the other two with either a missing nozzle or one slighty detached. At first I picked up 2. Then I remembered how I am still kicking myself for not buying the extra Alterna Life Scalp Therapy shampoo last year, so I scooped up all three of them. They were marked down to $13.99, 50% off their original price. I was stoked. Now I do not have to worry about buying any of this stuff for the next year or so, as each bottle lasts me about 4 months.
I did ask the cashier if Alterna was discontinuing this stuff and she said they may just be changing the bottle or packaging (as they have with the shampoo and conditioner recently). I hope so, because I love this product … but I have a year to figure an alternative out!
Nathan needed to run to Game Stop, which is right beside Sally's. I promised myself I would not go in, but at the last-minute, I thought about trying KeraPro. I have seen people rave about it on blogs and it was all of $5 on sale (normally it's like $11). They had one left. I asked the girl about it and she said that it flies off the shelf. Hmm … I guess white people are up on the KeraPro game, too, I thought.
And finally, my Alterna Photo Defense and Alterna Texture has come in from Amazon, so I am set for a while. I will buy some Alterna shampoo and conditioner in early 2013.
Well, I am off to do my hair today. It is Saturday and I want Sunday to rest and relax. Nathan is sleeping so it is a great time to do some hair!
Ta ta for now!
Post Relaxer Update!
Well, I got my relaxer last Tuesday, but since I have been on the go since I arrived in NC … I have not even had a chance to take a pic nor post about it. I leave tomorrow morning, so I thought that I would burn the midnight oil (literally, its after midnight here) and write about it.
As I noted last post, I washed my hair Sunday and got a relaxer Tuesday … that was a bad idea. My head burned so bad, I had Kim wash the relaxer out early! It's not so much a bad thing, as my hair was processed enough anyways … but now I have some scabs. Ah, the joy of relaxing hair.
Before putting the relaxer on, I covered my processed hair with cheapie conditioner to prevent double processing. After the relaxer, Kim washed with neutralizing shampoo, followed up by my Alterna Caviar shampoo. I deep conditioned for 15 minutes with Alterna Caviar conditioner and Alterna 10 Hair Masque followed by a final cold rinse with Roux Porosity Control. The leave-ins were my typical leave-ins. Kim blow dried and flat ironed my hair and it looked amazing!!!!!! I was so impressed! I can tell a radical length change from my relaxer in May to the one in August.
Well, my joy was short lived. I am not sure if my hair was not dry enough or the NC humidity was too strong, but by the next day, my hair was a swollen mess. I had to go to my friend Scott's house in Morrisville to co-wash and blow dry it so that I could get it flat ironed at the Walmart salon! I had some important outings and I had to look fly. I apologized to my hair for the heat overload, but made sure that it had plenty of heat protectant on it. This style has lasted all week. I wonder if it is because I used the cool shot on the blow dryer to "set" the style.
I made it past the 7 in the longest layers … which was my goal for this relaxer cycle. I will post pics when I get home tomorrow evening! I am really proud of my hair. I have gotten a lot of compliments on its health and how long it is getting!!! I am closing in on BSB. That shoulder blade is getting close to being covered!! I think that I will be BSB by October. I don't think that I will be BSL by my next relaxer in late November … but if I can get 1.5 inches, then I will be darn close!
Here's to healthy hair growth and length retention!
Sorry for the picture without the length check shirt on. I will take one soon!
Wash Day (and an end to the Heat Break!)
Well, I could not take it any longer. I had not seen my hair straight for a month (I like my hair straight) and I wanted to make sure that the dusting that I gave myself did not jack my hair up. I should have had my hair straightened before I dusted, but hey … no harm, no foul, right?
I made an appointment at Ulta on Saturday for Sarah to flat iron my hair. That morning, I pre-pooed with a hot oil treatment under the dryer for about 40 minutes. I applied the oils to the scalp as well as to the length of my hair. I did not apply any conditioner.
I then proceeded to wash with a sulfate shampoo because I saw where the Alterna Overnight Repair contains dimethicone (that is a water insoluable silicone which can eventually damage your hair if you do not clarify enough or use sulfate shampoos), followed up by the usual Alterna moisturizing shampoo and conditioner. I deep conditioned with the Alterna 10 Hair Masque, Alterna Caviar conditioner and a tsp of Roux Porosity Control for about 45 minutes, followed by a final rinse of Roux and cold water.
I then proceeded to detangle and apply my normal leave-ins for a blow out. I blow dried my hair on cool and low (sigh, I have gotten lazy … I didn't enjoy this at all!). I must say I was sooooooooo impressed with how thick it was!!!!! See??
I applied a little bit of grapeseed oil (for its thermal protectant properties), tied it back and headed to Ulta.
The flat ironing process was as usual! Hair turned out very nice! Sarah commented on how healthy it looked and what a decent job I did on dusting my ends! I have not been complemented for the health of my hair for as long as I can remember (if ever), so it was great to have my hard work validated!
Well, it has grown! Progress is continuing to be made! I am between the 6.5 and the 7 on my shirt … whoop whoop! I am also glad that I have a baseline in which to work towards my relaxer goals next month. I am still wanting the longest point to be at the 7 (or a little past is fine), but I am still going to be working on growing out the front and side layers with the JBCO challenge! I have a month … I think I can get a .5 inch of growth in!
So after enjoying wearing my hair down this weekend … tomorrow it is back up in the protective styles. Also, no more heat until the relaxer in 4 weeks!!!
I ♥ Alterna!!
As everyone knows, I love my Alterna products. I have been using them off and on for the past five years and consistently for the past three years. Two of my [black] stylists highly recommended these products. I remember at first being like "Those are products for white people!" to which Tammy replied, "They are for ALL people!"
These products are amazing and I cannot say enough about them and how they have helped the health of my hair. I know some people can grow long hair with cheapie products, but I have to have these products. They cost a lot, but to me, healthy hair is definitely worth it. I recommend them to people who are experiencing any type of hair malady. You can get travel sizes for a decent price online or try the Caviar Experience Kit for about $30 at Ulta or Sephora. I buy most of my Alterna products online or at Ulta (as you can use their handy coupons on them and save yourself some money!)
Here are the products that I use from left to right: Alterna Life Solutions Scalp Therapy shampoo, Alterna Life Solutions Clarifying Shampoo, Alterna Caviar Shampoo, Alterna Caviar Moisturizing conditioner, Alterna Caviar Overnight Repair, Alterna 10 Hair Masque (in front), Alterna Caviar Texture cream (in back), Alterna Perfect Blowout Creme, Alterna Caviar Photo Denfense, Alterna White Truffle Elixir Hair Repair, Alterna Caviar Working Hair Spray, Alterna Caviar Anti-Aging Polishing Serum
NOTE: I buy these products with my own money and am in no way compensated by Alterna (though I which I was … free products would be great!) 😮
Product Haul
Today was the first time i have bought new hair products in a good while (so proud of myself!!) Now that I have a routine and products that I like, it's easy to go a few months without buying stuff!
Today I went to Sally's an got some Roux 619 vials. Thank heavens it was buy one get one free! That stuff is pricey! I probably will go back May 31st and get some more, just to stock up. They come in a pack of three vials, but I combine all of them in a spray bottle. It makes the product stretch a bit further.
I also got a 2 minute Aphogee keratin treatment packet. Uh, that stuff has gone up in price, as well as well as the hard protein treatment. Each packet lasts me about 2 applications, so I will buy another one in a month or so.
The big purchase of today was a new Alterna Caviar product. I had a coupon at Ulta for 20% of one item, so I had to be wise. It was between the truffle elixir, which I use to M&S my hair or the Photo Age Defense. I talked to Sarah, my new stylist, and she recommended me try it. Read about it here!
I am excited to try it! Hopefully it will help me maintain my ends, which is the biggest goal I have. I am all about retaining length this summer!!
I will write a review about it when I use it next wash day.


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Harold is missing, last resting place unknown. He is an important member of the Dirty Jacket Gang and the Allaso Ranch Jr. cast.
If you have any knowledge of his whereabouts please call his gang at (#). Picture attached – The purple one in the middle is Harold.
Please, help restore this sweet but clumsy puppet to his gang… they miss him.
Has Harold been lost? Kidnapped? Or worse yet…been sold, recycled and made into a quilt? Can the Dirty Jacket Gang make it without him? Does this signal an outbreak of crime towards all things little?
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Division on the Way
This sermon, given by Geoff Pound at ABC on 14 August 2016, is the sixth in a series entitled, 'People of the Way'. Check out the introduction to this series and Study 6 for personal and group study that accompanies this sermon.
Reading: Luke 12:49-56
12:49 "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!
12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
12:52 From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three;
12:53 they will be divided: father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
12:54 He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'It is going to rain'; and so it happens.
12:55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens.
12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
When John Philip Newell was Warden of the Iona Community in Scotland, his family had a dog, named Joe. Being a border collie, Joe lived to round up.
Once a week, those living on the island participated in Pilgrimage Day. On such a day, pilgrims walked the seven-mile route around the island praying for peace and wholeness.
Joe lived for Pilgrimage Day. More than that, on Pilgrimage Day Joe went berserk with ecstasy. Because on Pilgrimage Day Joe got to round up over 100 people, all day long.
This instinct for unity and togetherness is especially bred into the border collie. Joe was ecstatic because he was living according to his deepest instinct.
In the afternoon when the Iona pilgrims approached the ruins of a hermit hut, Joe would concentrate on his work. Like all border collies he'd inch closer and closer to the ground as he brought people together around the ancient ruins.
The pilgrims would gather in a large circle around the hermit hut where they moved into silence for half an hour. During this time Joe would also enter into such a deep silence, he'd lie down and go to sleep. He went to sleep because his work was done. He'd joined them together in the circle.[1]
We are diverse people who come from the One God, and deep within us is this holy yearning for oneness. It's often hidden. When we are living according to our deepest instincts, especially the yearning for unity and harmony, we too are happy and at peace.
Against this Scriptural backdrop of unity, today we hear Christ's jarring words:
12:49 "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!
12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
With all the conflict in our world, the last thing we need is a Biblical text that encourages division.
We have a great church here at Ashburton Baptist. This is the last place we want to experience conflict.
Don't let these words get out. For centuries they've been used to justify religious violence, intolerance, holy war and jihad.
We prefer a Jesus who is all about love. We crave a Mills and Boon theology because it makes us warm inside.
But it's difficult to soften Christ's statements.
It's impossible to homogenize Jesus' claims.
We can't muzzle the messenger.
Because the Gospels tell of One who was a disturber of our peace, One who told people that if they followed him truly, they too would suffer and go the way of the cross.
Let's examine these 'I came' statements more closely:
12:49 "I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
Who is this pyromaniac?
Fire cleanses. Fire purifies. Fire burns up our extra baggage. Jesus often railed against religiosity and now he's keen to chop the kindling and ignite the blaze.
A man watching a boxing match knew nothing about the sport. His friend tried to explain the rules. As the boxers climbed into the ring, one of them crosses himself. The novice asks, "What does that mean?" The expert said, "It doesn't mean a thing if he can't box."
Today we're called to do some examination. How much of what we do and believe and say in the name of Christianity doesn't mean a thing? It's clutter. It's fuel for the fire and Christ would rather it be burnt in the blaze?
12:50 I have a baptism with which to be baptized, and what stress I am under until it is completed!
But wasn't Jesus baptized in the Jordan by John at the start of his ministry? Is this a second dunking? As baptism dramatizes a going down, a going under and a rising, so Jesus is reminding people of his imminent death, his burial and resurrection.
What a thing to so live your life that you're constantly hearing death threats! Wouldn't that churn us up! It certainly did for Jesus for he says, "And what stress I am under."
I've often thought that stress is a modern day condition, but here is Jesus, stressed out to the max. Stressed out by the opposition he encountered. Stressed out by the prospect that someone was going to snuff out his life and terminate his ministry.
When we are stressed by a terminal illness, a loss of job, a deep loneliness or depression—what reassurance to know that Christ has been there and has endured.
What stress I am under until it is completed. That phrase, it is completed is the same word Jesus cried out on the cross: tetelestai in Aramaic. 'It is finished'.
It's a commercial term. If in Palestine you've been paying off a car or some furniture on time payment, when you make your very last payment, the vendor writes the word, tetelestai meaning 'Paid in Full'.
It was on the cross that Jesus could sense the satisfaction that everything he'd set out to do was finished. Tetelestai. Complete. Paid in full.
12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division!
How does this square with our Christmas carols? How do we reconcile this statement with Zechariah's prophecy that the one to be born would "guide our feet into the way of peace" (Luke 1:79) and the chorus of the angels, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace among those whom he favours?" (Luke 2:14)
In such a provocative manner Jesus says he's come to bring division not peace.
In 1997 Apple created one of their most persuasive and compelling ads. It showed pictures of iconic twentieth century personalities such as Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King Jnr., Maria Callas, Mohatma Gandhi and others.
As these pictures roll you hear the tribute:
"Here's to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently…"[2]
The final slide has the logo and the invitation: 'Think Different'.
If we not only buy the product but follow in the footsteps of these people who knew derision, despair and division, we too will have to be prepared for trouble, and being labeled 'crazy'.
The life of Jesus was turbulent and tough because he rocked the boat.
He challenged the status quo. He confronted hypocrisy and injustice.
And our lives will be the same if we truly follow him.
This calling is so divisive, it may even sever us from our loved ones:
12:52 From now on five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three;
12:53 they will be divided: father against son and son against father…[3]
Then to ram home his point he refers to every family combination possible—mother against daughter, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law…
He brings it near. He brings it home.
The division when we really obey the 10 Commandments.
The pain when we truly live the Sermon on the Mount.
The cost when we follow closely the counter-cultural Christ.
In this week of the Australian census, I wonder how Jesus would have answered, if he'd been able to get onto the website.[4] What would he have thought about the way people answered the questions, especially relating to religious adherence?
For the very first time 'No Religion' was listed at the top of the options and many were concerned that this ordering would increase the number of Aussies identifying with no religious affiliation.[5]
But what Jesus might have found so puzzling is the number of people who call themselves Christian who rarely have anything to do with His church; the number who identify with Jesus only because they were baptized decades ago; the people who tick the faith box because they resonate with Christian values; the people who only start talking about Australia as 'a Christian country' when they hear about plans to build a mosque in their suburb.
Christ's words about a baptism indicates that he was calling people to dive in deep, to be totally immersed in his mission, to being thoroughly committed to following him. And this will have dire consequences.
In the meantime we know the temptation to tone down our faith, to turn Christ the tiger into a placid pussy cat,[6] to keep the peace with our family and friends rather than keeping the faith.
Isn't it fascinating how obsessed we are with weather? How much we talk about it when we greet each other and how much time is devoted to weather reports and forecasts on every news bulletin.
Our interest isn't just to decide whether to take our coat or brolly but farmers, gardeners and outside workers depend on the weather every day.
Even before the advent of TV with trained meteorologists we've all become forecasters. We look at the evening sky and say: "Red at night shepherd's delight." Or: "red in the morning sailors take warning." Or: "Hark I hear an asses bray, we shall have some rain today." Or: "When halo rings moon or sun, rain's approaching on the run." Or: "Rain before seven, fine by eleven."
Some of these weather sayings have a scientific basis and others don't but Jesus wins his crowd over by picking up on the Palestinian conditions:
12:54 He also said to the crowds, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, 'It is going to rain'; and so it happens.
12:55 And when you see the south wind blowing, you say, 'There will be scorching heat'; and it happens.
We're all weather forecasters but when he has them eating out of his hand he says:
12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you not know how to interpret the present time?
They couldn't see that when Christ spoke up against oppression he was setting off fireworks. When he challenged cruelty it seemed like a bolt of lightning in the atmosphere. When he thundered against hypocrisy and injustice he raised a storm.
So for us today, the challenge of these tough words of Christ is to allow the God who is a consuming fire (Deut. 4:24) to purify our lives.
We're being challenged to speak out and be prophetic. To look up, scan the sky and know that those following Christ will always face strong head winds.
Last Sunday we gathered around this communion table. We celebrated our unity with one loaf. One cup. To highlight our oneness we drank together.
Today we've heard some other words. Perhaps the best commentary on today's Scripture is not one loaf and one cup but broken bread and poured out wine.[7]
Lord Jesus Christ, forgive us when we try and mould you into our image.
When we misunderstand your character and we fail to forecast the storms we'll encounter when we truly follow you.
You are love. You are the Prince of Peace, yet You are also fire and wind.
Your love has a toughness. You're the enemy of apathy and your truth has high demands.
So help us to follow, to endure the pain, to withstand the division, to cope with the stress and interpret the times.
For this we need your love and your grace, your truth and your courage.
Teach us good Lord to serve you as you deserve.
To give and not to count the cost.
To fight and not to heed the wounds, to toil and not to seek for rest.
To labour and not to ask for any reward, save that of knowing that we do your will.
[1] John Philip Newell, "Our Holy Yearning for Oneness," St Stephen's Episcopal Church, 2 December 2012. YouTube.
[2] Rob Siltanen, Quotable Quote, Goodreads. There's a 30 second version and a longer version. It continues: "They're not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can't do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do."
[3] This verse continues: mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law."
[4] 'Australians vent frustration online after ABS, Census websites crash overnight,' News.com.au, 10 August 2016.
[5] Lucy Battersby, 'Census Change: Is Australia Losing its Religion? SMH, 28 August 2016.
[6] 'Christ the Tiger' is an expression in T S Eliot's poem, Gerontion and this theme is elaborated in Thomas Howard, Christ the Tiger, Wipf & Stock Pub, 2004.
[7] This thought is inspired by Bill Loader's statement, "Perhaps the best commentary on today's passage is, indeed, the breaking of bread." Pentecost 13.


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Canada and the United States announce air cargo security improvements Français
May 31, 2012, 13:07 ET
OTTAWA, May 31, 2012 /CNW/ - Today, Canada and the United States announced that both governments have agreed to the mutual recognition of, and cooperation on, air cargo security in both countries. The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Mr. James D. Nealon, Deputy Chief of Mission at the United States Embassy on behalf of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole, made the announcement.
Under the new mutual recognition initiative, cargo shipped on passenger aircraft will now be screened only once for transportation security reasons, at the point of origin and will not need to be rescreened prior to upload on an aircraft in the other country. This will reduce delays and economic costs caused by both countries screening the same cargo twice.
"With our vast geography, Canada's economy relies on the safe and efficient movement of goods by air. Mutual recognition of air cargo security programs will improve efficiency and cut costs for businesses and consumers on both sides of the border," said Minister Lebel.
"The mutual recognition of air cargo security programs is just one of the first initiatives in the Beyond the Border Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Action Plan announced by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama," added Deputy Chief of Mission, Nealon. "Through this program, we will be able to move goods between U.S. and Canada faster, more efficiently, and most securely."
In Canada, almost half of all air cargo is shipped on passenger planes, which is the most effective shipping method, considering Canada's size and unique geography. Last year, approximately 100 billion dollars of goods were imported and exported by air.
The Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness Action Plan, published in December 2011, establishes initiatives to improve the ability to manage security risks in both countries, while reducing the burden on business. The action plan focuses on four areas: addressing threats early; facilitating trade, economic growth and jobs; integrating cross border law enforcement; and strengthening critical infrastructure and cyber security.
Additional information on Canada's Air Cargo Security Program can be found in the attached backgrounder.
Canada and the United States have long shared the largest bilateral trade relationship in the world. In 2010, $27 billion of goods were imported and exported by air between Canada and the United States.
In Canada, just under half of all air cargo is shipped on passenger planes. This is the most effective shipping method for high value or perishable cargo, considering Canada's unique geography and size of industry.
On February 4, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and President Barack Obama issued a Declaration on a Shared Vision for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness establishing a new long-term partnership that will accelerate the legitimate flows of goods and people between both countries.
On December 7, 2011, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and U.S. President Barack Obama announced the Action Plan on Perimeter Security and Economic Competiveness. The Action Plan was designed to speed up legitimate trade and travel, improve security in North America, and align regulatory approaches between the two countries.
Achievement of mutual recognition of air cargo security programs is the first step toward fulfilling the integrated cargo security objectives of the Action Plan.
Mutual Recognition Process
To achieve mutual recognition, Canada and the U.S. worked collaboratively to ensure commensurate security controls exist within their air cargo security programs. Each country formally reviewed the other's national security program including: program design, regulations, oversight and compliance, audit and site validation visits. As a result of this process, Canada and the U.S. achieved mutual recognition of their respective national air cargo security programs effective March 31st, 2012.
Smarter Screening
Under the new mutual recognition initiative, cargo shipped on passenger aircraft will now be screened only once for transportation security reasons, at the point of origin and will not need to be rescreened prior to upload on an aircraft in the other country. For example, a shipment of Canadian computer games purchased by a U.S. company would have had to comply with the rules of both air cargo programs and be re-screened resulting in extra paperwork and additional screening cost for the shipper. Today, that same shipment doesn't have to be screened once it gets to the U.S. before being loaded on passenger aircraft meaning fewer security delays. With the two countries mutually recognizing each other's air cargo security programs, the efficiency of screening is improved and the burden on the industry is reduced.
Secure Screening
The screening processes used for passengers and luggage are considerably different to those used to secure cargo shipments. There is a large variation in the physical size and configuration of cargo, the nature of wrapping and crating used, and material contents differ widely. For example, the technology used to screen a suitcase does not work for a large pallet of machine parts.
To accommodate these differences, air cargo in Canada is screened using several methods including physical inspection, canine check, explosive trace detection or x-ray scanning. The details of these requirements and how they are applied are confidential, for security reasons.
Not Just Air Cargo
Air cargo is just the start. Canada and the U.S. are working together to strengthen co-ordination, co-operation and timely decision-making at the border for cargo shipped by sea or land with a view to increasing two-way trade, and reducing travel and commercial disruptions. When the Action Plan is fully implemented, the principle of "screened once, accepted twice" is intended to apply to all modes of shipping cargo.
About Canada's Air Cargo Security Program
In May 2010, the Government of Canada announced the investment of $95.7 million over five years to strengthen and enhance the air cargo security program in Canada. This investment continues to facilitate Canada's air cargo security program to align with those of our key trading partners, respond to emerging threats and adapt to the unique air cargo environment in Canada.
May 2012
For further information:
Geneviève Sicard
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Denis Lebel
Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities
Media Relations
Transport Canada, Ottawa
Steve Pike
U.S. Embassy
613-688-5317 / 613-219-0949
Jennifer Young
Media Assistant
U.S. Embassy
613-688-5315 / 613-797-7832
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Director / Head coach - Nigel Matthews
After graduating from University I was appointed Head coach at Storrington LTC (April 2007). Initiallly with just myself coaching, gradually the programme grew. Today I work with a passionate team of coaches, across a number of clubs, as demand for our service continues to grow. I now direct the tennis across 7 clubs, and numerous schools within West Sussex.
- LTA Level 5 Master Club coach (Feb 2018)
- BA (Hons.) Coach Education and Sports Development 1st class degree from Uni. of Bath,
- Former GB National ranking 53,
- Sussex Coach of the year 2015,
- Former Oxfordshire county champ (U12/14/16/18/men's)
Programmes manager / coach - Caroline Matthews
Caroline joined the team to form Matthews Tennis Coaching in 2008, Caroline has the important job of managing the junior programmes across MTC, and also coaches at West Chiltington, Storrington, Christ's Hospital school and Farlington girls school.
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- Sussex Ladies County Captain 2010-15, former U18 Sussex county Champion
- University of Bath 1st team member, former rating 3.1
Head of Mini tennis - Emily Quin
Emily joined the team in 2014 from RAF Halton, a University friend, Emily is a popular coach and fantastic asset to the team working with Mini's, juniors and adults at Storrington, Slinfold and Billingshurst tennis clubs.
- LTA Level 4 senior club coach
- 6 years coaching at Halton Tennis Centre in Bucks (Internaitonal HPC)
- Played over 15 years for Buckinghamshire County team
- University of Bath 1st team member for 4 years, former 3.1 rating
Club coach - Julia Searle
Julia is an experienced coach who recently joined the team (2017) after moving to the area from London where she was Head coach at Wigmore tennis club. Julia is based at Steyning tennis club.
- LTA Level 4 senior club coach
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- Julia grew up in North London representing Middlesex in every age group from u14 through to seniors,
- She was ranked in the top 20 juniors nationally and went on to represent Arkansas State University in NCAA Div. 1
Club coach - Lewis Hall
Lewis is the newest member of the coaching team (Aug 2018), joining MTC from his role as Head coach at Wickwoods Country club, where he had spent the past 7 years coaching. Lewis has great experience for someone still so young, and has primarily been working with adults to improve their play. Lewis is looking forward to the next part of his career helping us develop the mini and junior sections, allowing us to provide more performance coaching in the future. He'll be working at a number of venues including Storrington, Steyning, and Billingshurst, so he looks forward to meeting everyone soon.
- LTA Level 4 senior club coach
- Former No.3 ranked player in Sussex, current rating 3.2.
- Assistant coach to U12 Sussex County team 2018 National finalists.
- County finalist in numerous age groups in singles and doubles.
Club coach - Richard Harrison
Rich moved to the area in 2016, from Halisham tennis club where he was Head coach. Rich is based at Storrington and Slinfold tennis clubs. A fantastically experienced development coach, who quickly builds strong rapport with pupils, specialising in tots tennis and Cardio tennis as well as junior and adult coaching.
- LTA Level 3 club coach
- Rich has vast experience coaching in Perth - Western Australia, St. Bedes school, Amherst tennis club, Austria, Soto tennis academy Spain, and DL Eastbourne.
- A talented lefty, Rich has been a Sussex County Champ U10 / U12 & U14, in 1997 he won a National doubles title, and was a member of the British National squad.
Club coach - Kevin Suckling
Kevin only took up tennis 5 or 6 years ago, in that time he has moved from a beginner learning the basics to L3 coach in an amazingly short period of time. Kevin has run a number of LTA tennis4kids couses over the past 2 years with great success. He also excels at teaching adults and introducing new adults into the game, running rusty rackets and improver adult groups at Billingshurst tennis club.
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Club coach - James Bailey
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Club coach - Rebecca Farrow
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I'm experiencing a very very strange phenomenon recently that I can't explain. No one else can explain it either so I'm keen to hear your thoughts. I feel like I'm walking down the halls of ex-boyfriends past. Some of them surprising and some of them completely unwanted. What the fuck is going on, universe?
Week before last while I was on the Tindering bandwagon, I came across a guy I used to date when I first moved back to Brisvegas. Whilst I write a lot about the tinder dates gone bad, I don't tend to write about the good ones. Mostly because there's really only been two potentials. Just before my birthday I went on probably one of the most amazing dates I ever have before. He was handsome, successful and absolutely hilarious. It sure had been a long time since I'd shared that kind of connection with anyone before. So what did I do? I ruined it. The night never ended and as the weeks rolled on by he became really withdrawn. I cancelled birthday plans I had to be with my friends because he wanted to see me. When he turned up with not so much as a bottle of wine and didn't stay the night, I knew, and kicked myself for not seeing the signs. Not wanting to flog a dead horse I said thanks this has been great but I'd like someone to value the time and effort I put in. He apologized for being busy/absent and didn't protest. I never spoke to him again and I felt somewhat ashamed for giving so much of my self so soon, in more respects than one. Insta-stalking the following week after calling it quits, he had a girlfriend. So he was either dating us both at the same time and didn't pick me, or he moved on immediately. Either way it stung.
Fast forward a year and a half and there he is back on Tinder. A big blue box around his picture (that's a super like, as in he's super liked my profile). I internally laughed and swiped left (no thank you) and went on my merry way. The next day he contacted me on Instagram. Now, I'm going to slightly paraphrase the conversation minus the small chat/how are the you/job/kids blah blah. "So when are you going to invite me around to your house for a home cooked meal. Don't think I haven't forgotten what 'skills' you have." While I was pretty much more offended by that than anything else that's ever been said to me before, I couldn't help but feel responsible because of the way it all started, which was my fault. I politely replied about not wanting to be a rebound, as he was literally a week out of his last relationship. He apologized again for the brazen inference. We left it. He contacted me again yesterday for which he won't get a reply. I have enough friends, thanks.
Also yesterday, I got a facebook message from an old flame. Again, another one that stung when he ended it, mostly because we had been friends for about 15 years before hand and that was the hardest part of it to loose. Again, what felt like 5 minutes after it ended, he was in another relationship. You'll know if you've read any of my previous blogs, I'm the female equivalent of good luck chuck. The one before the one if you know what I mean. And another one who's recently become single. This isn't just a coincidence. This is like the 4th or 5th time this has happened in the last year. On top of that, I frequently find that old work colleagues or school friends that are freshly out of relationships contact me as well. "Hey, let's go out for a drink?" While that's surely not as bad as the ghosts of ex boyfriends past, it makes me wonder about what I'm projecting out into the universe. I went so far as to google this phenomenon as there's nothing on it at all. I'm destined to live like Bill Murray in Groundhog day until I learn this valuable life lesson… Which is?


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Forget the concept of anti-hero. One of the characters in this book of short stories is pieced together from fish parts (with a dash of DNA from a sleeping Martian god). And another character controls the power of Heaven and Hell. These guys aren't anti-heroes…they're freakin' anti-human.
Of the two, the Extraterrestrial Neo-Organism (dubbed ENO by acronym-lovin' humans who listen to ambient music) is the most interesting and compelling character. A super soldier created by Martians, he comes to Earth (in a story titled "Enslaver of Worlds") and rejects his prime directive. ENO may be synthesized from genetic material found in thirteen kinds of fish, but he's a sensitive and self-reflective aqua-man who doesn't want to be a tool for Mars' manifest destiny. In other words, he doesn't want to enslave anything. "I'll make my own purpose," he tells his creator just moments before killing him.
Agent Robert Death doesn't have time for any navel-gazing nonsense. He's a former CIA agent who spends his time racing against the clock defending the planet from "threats beyond reason." In this case, he's on a mission to contain a zombie-like outbreak in North Carolina. He has powers of Biblical proportions, but (for some reason) he still needs help on the battlefield. At his side is a technopath, a shifter, a woman who can make a man ejaculate just by touching him (all women have that power, don't they?), and a guy with Metamorpho-like abilities. "The Zombie Farm" captures a tiny bit of hellfire in a bottle, but Agent Death is nothing but a Vertigo comics wannabe with an artless surname.
[Anti-Heroes / By David Dunwoody and Eric S. Brown / First Printing: November 2010 / ISBN 9781453773741]


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If you follow the news or watch any real amount of TV, or listen to talk radio you know that there have been controversy after controversy with Resident Obama. This guy has had more scandals than Nixon and Jim and Tammy Faye Baker combined!
Well here's a another little chunk of political candy for all you looking for the next screw up coming from the Administration.
The U.S. government in the final months leading up to the 2012 presidential election released "faked" unemployment data, according to a bombshell report from the New York Post.
People were already questioning the data within minutes of the initial release.
Unbelievable jobs numbers," Welch said in an Oct. 5 tweet, "these Chicago guys will do anything…can't debate so change numbers."
He was quickly attacked by cable news pundits and branded by one group as an "unemployment-rate truther."
Chicago guys… I remember when people had pride in being from Chicago and it was well deserved pride. Now, if you're from there and proud of the city, I look at you like you're high. I can see having pride in your city, but having politicians that make Al Capone look like an angel… that's another thing altogether.
Hussein is no longer Obama's middle name; Scandal is. Here's a list of a couple dozen scandals within the Regime:
1. IRS targets Obama's enemies: The IRS targeted conservative and pro-Israel groups prior to the 2012 election. Questions are being raised about why this occurred, who ordered it, whether there was any White House involvement and whether there was an initial effort to hide who knew about the targeting and when.
2. Benghazi: This is actually three scandals in one:
- The failure of administration to protect the Benghazi mission.
- The changes made to the talking points in order to suggest the attack was motivated by an anti-Muslim video
- The refusal of the White House to say what President Obama did the night of the attack
3. Watching the AP: The Justice Department performed a massive cull of Associated Press reporters' phone records as part of a leak investigation.
4. Rosengate: The Justice Department suggested that Fox News reporter James Rosen is a criminal for reporting about classified information and subsequently monitored his phones and emails.
5. Potential Holder perjury I: Attorney General Eric Holder told Congress he had never been associated with "potential prosecution" of a journalist for perjury when in fact he signed the affidavit that termed Rosen a potential criminal.
6. The ATF "Fast and Furious" scheme: Allowed weapons from the U.S. to "walk" across the border into the hands of Mexican drug dealers. The ATF lost track of hundreds of firearms, many of which were used in crimes, including the December 2010 killing of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.
7. Potential Holder Perjury II: Holder told Congress in May 2011 that he had just recently heard about the Fast and Furious gun walking scheme when there is evidence he may have known much earlier.
8. Sebelius demands payment: HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius solicited donations from companies HHS might regulate. The money would be used to help her sign up uninsured Americans for ObamaCare.
9. The Pigford scandal: An Agriculture Department effort that started as an attempt to compensate black farmers who had been discriminated against by the agency but evolved into a gravy train delivering several billion dollars in cash to thousands of additional minority and female farmers who probably didn't face discrimination.
10. GSA gone wild: The General Services Administration in 2010 held an $823,000 training conference in Las Vegas, featuring a clown and a mind readers. Resulted in the resignation of the GSA administrator.
11. Veterans Affairs in Disney World: The agency wasted more than $6 million on two conferences in Orlando. An assistant secretary was fired.
12. Sebelius violates the Hatch Act: A U.S. special counsel determined that Sebelius violated the Hatch Act when she made "extemporaneous partisan remarks" during a speech in her official capacity last year. During the remarks, Sebelius called for the election of the Democratic candidate for governor of North Carolina.
13. Solyndra: Republicans charged the Obama administration funded and promoted its poster boy for green energy despite warning signs the company was headed for bankruptcy. The administration also allegedly pressed Solyndra to delay layoff announcements until after the 2010 midterm elections.
14. AKA Lisa Jackson: Former EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson used the name "Richard Windsor" when corresponding by email with other government officials, drawing charges she was trying to evade scrutiny.
15. The New Black Panthers: The Justice Department was accused of using a racial double standard in failing to pursue a voter intimidation case against Black Panthers who appeared to be menacing voters at a polling place in 2008 in Philadelphia.
16. Waging war all by myself: Obama may have violated the Constitution and both the letter and the spirit of the War Powers Resolution by attacking Libya without Congressional approval.
17. Biden bullies the press: Vice President Biden's office has repeatedly interfered with coverage, including forcing a reporter to wait in a closet, making a reporter delete photos, and editing pool reports.
18. AKPD not A-OK: The administration paid millions to the former firm of then-White House adviser David Axelrod, AKPD Message and Media, to promote passage of Obamacare. Some questioned whether the firm was hired to help pay Axelrod $2 million AKPD owed him.
19. Sestak, we'll take care of you: Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel used Bill Clinton as an intermediary to probe whether former Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) would accept a prominent, unpaid White House advisory position in exchange for dropping out of the 2010 primary against former Sen. Arlen Specter (D-Pa.).
20. I'll pass my own laws: Obama has repeatedly been accused of making end runs around Congress by deciding which laws to enforce, including the decision not to deport illegal immigrants who may have been allowed to stay in the United States had Congress passed the "Dream Act."
21. The hacking of Sharyl Attkisson's computer: It's not clear who hacked the CBS reporter's computer as she investigated the Benghazi scandal, but the Obama administration and its allies had both the motive and the means to do it.
22. An American Political Prisoner: The sudden decision to arrest Nakoula Basseley Nakoula on unrelated charges after protests in the Arab world over his anti-Muslim video is an extraordinarily suspicious coincidence. "We're going to go out and we're going to prosecute the person that made that video," Hillary Clinton allegedly told the father of one of the ex-SEALs killed in Banghazi.
23. Get rid of inconvenient IGs: Corporation for National and Community Service Inspector General Gerald Walpin was fired in 2009 as he fought wasteful spending and investigated a friend of Obama's, Sacramento Mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson. The White House says Walpin was incompetent.
24. Influence peddling: An investigation is underway of Alejandro Mayorkas, director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who has been nominated by Obama for the number two post at the Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas may have used his position to unfairly obtain U.S. visas for foreign investors in company run by Hillary Clinton's brother, Anthony Rodman
If you have any doubts about Mr. Koffler's credibility, he is a veteran White House reporter.
Anyway, my point here is the Obama Regime is willing to do anything to stay in power. I fear it may be only a matter of time before political opponents are assaulted and start disappearing.


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Kerch bridge likely to collapse this winter, Russian activist warns
The future of the Kerch bridge that Russia is building to the occupied Crimea is close to a catastrophe, experts and activists claim saying two of its sections have already sagged considerably, Russian human rights activist Elena Vasilieva writes in Facebook Oct. 23.
Russian engineers seem unaware that there is a crust fracture there and there is no bottom – only silt. How the bridge supports are fixed is anyone's guess, Vasilieva says.
Besides, the construction has not been cleared with Ukraine.
As soon as the bridge is built, Ukraine will file a suit with the Hague Court pressing for the bridge disassembly.
The bridge is 19-km long.
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