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CCPGM's Pharmacy Team collaborates with providers to ensure quality care and medication management of our patients.
Our clinical pharmacists and pharmacy technicians also:
- Educate providers about Medicaid medication policies.
- Act as resources for patient medication and general drug information.
- Assist with the selection of cost-effective drug alternatives.
- Counsel patients to help them manage their medications.
- Distribute pill boxes and medication record-keeping tools to patients.
Preferred Drug List (PDL)
The Preferred Drug List (PDL) lists medications covered by Medicaid. Certain medications may require a Prior Authorization before the prescription is filled.
Most preferred medications on the PDL are prescribed and dispensed without prior authorization. For questions about medications on the PDL, please contact your CCPGM pharmacist at 704.512.5555.
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Access to Patient Records – The Pharmacy Home Program
The Pharmacy Home Program utilizes a software program developed by Community Care of North Carolina (CCNC) to:
- Manage polypharmacy and other concerns when coordinating care for Medicaid patients.
- Give providers authorized access to patient records in one place.
How to Contact Our Pharmacy Team
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A behavioral family intervention to improve adherence and metabolic control in children with IDDM
Bonner, Melanie Jean
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The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a behavioral family intervention on adherence and metabolic control in insulin dependent diabetic children (IODM). Specifically, assumption of regimen responsibilities between the parent and child were manipulated to facilitate regimen adherence. The intervention delivered was a target-specific behavioral contract extended sequentially across four target behaviors (Le., blood glucose testing, insulin injections, diet, and exercise). Regimen components were targeted in a within subjects, multiple baseline design across behaviors to assess the relationship between adherence and metabolic control. Metabolic control was assessed with a measure of glycosylated hemoglobin (e.g., HbA1C.) Five IDDM children (3 female,2 male), who met study criteria (Le., nonadherence to blood glucose testing defined as oS. 2 tests daily and metabolic status outside the optimal range using standard laboratory reference values) were recruited from physician referrals and media announcements. Subjects were between the ages of 10 and 15 years (M = 12.6); four were Caucasian and one was African-American. Mean duration of diabetes upon entry into the study was 4.3 years. Results revealed that four subjects responded to the intervention and three of those four evidenced clinically significant improvements in metabolic control at mid - and/ or post-study. One subject demonstrated only moderate intervention effects and no improvement in metabolic control while another increased adherence, but decrements in metabolic control were noted. These results suggest that adherence may mediate the relationship between family variables and metabolic status. Two additional subjects demonstrating consistently good metabolic were employed to assess the validity of target behaviors. The results were related to various family and diabetes-specific psychosocial indices.
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This is our most elite interior package and it will leave no part of your interior untouched. We will shampoo all fabric and carpet along with deep cleaning all leather and other interior surfaces. This will be the closest thing to actually buying a new car. Your interior will sparkle, shine and smell fresh like the day you bought it. Rest assured all our cleaning products are safe and protect the integrity of your car all year long.


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A memorable re-interpretation of seating 60's style: Thonet's new wooden chair 860
Spacious, comfortable and aesthetically graphic: with the introduction of chair 860 Thonet presents a new piece of lounge furniture which adopts a recurring motif of the radii within triangles to distinguish its stylish wooden frame. The individual struts at each side angle towards each other as though reaching for a distant vanishing point, ensuring an immediately recognisable character to the design. The deeply comfortable seat and back cushions of the chair offer a soft and inviting contrast to the precise contours of the frame, creating a dynamic geometry. The gentle tilt of the seat and back rest is designed to facilitate a pleasingly restful seated posture.
For the concept of this new chair, designer Lydia Brodde found inspiration within the comprehensive Thonet archives. "I was especially fascinated with the designs from the 1960s and their clear, geometric forms. I wanted to translate these elements into a new timelessness," she explains.
A chair that is suitable for any environment, model 860 can be individualised according to personal tastes. The wooden frame is available with or without armrests. Furthermore, an additional footstool to match the chair guarantees maximum relaxation value. Customers can select from a wide range of high quality fabric and leather options for the upholstered elements, while the frame is available in oiled, lacquered or stained ash or in either oiled or lacquered walnut, or oak.
With its combination of warm wood, clean lines and high levels of comfort, chair 860 is ideal for the domestic living room; at the same time it proposes both practicality and a chic residential flair for public lounge and waiting areas. The design can be configured in groups to offer the perfect place for informal meetings. Chair 860, along with all the new products at the Milan furniture fair – chair 808, bentwood sofa 2002 and the seating programme ranges S 650 and S 830 – represents a significant extension to Thonet's product portfolio for lounge applications, and is the first wooden arm chair in this segment.
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Monterey Peninsula College has touched most families on the Monterey Peninsula.
If you asked a room full of people who among them had graduated or taken a class from MPC, you would find almost every hand go up.
MPC Alumni represent the leaders, business people, landowners, entrepreneurs, dental assistants, police and firemen, chefs, accountants…(we could go on and on) in this community.
Alumni of this college are an enthusiastic and influential group that enjoys getting together and reconnecting with each other and with the college. Their activities include the Alumni Lecture Series, the MPC Alumni Homecoming Reunion and Celebration Barbeque and the Lobo Hall of Fame.
The MPC Alumni Committee provides a variety of benefits and services that help alumni maintain connections to their educational institution and their colleagues.
The MPC Alumni Committee is committed to uniting alumni for the purpose of promoting the interests of MPC, its alumni, current and future students, and of serving the community at large.
In 2010, the MPC Alumni Committee established an Alumni Scholarship Fund, managed by the MPC Foundation. Each year, the Alumni Committee distributes $1500 scholarships to matriculating high school seniors and/or continuing students at MPC.
We welcome your involvement!
"I took my first class at MPC in the mid-1970's. I was applying to Art Center and to Brooks Institute and needed to submit a portfolio of photographs. The skills I learned from them were invaluable and resulted in my being accepted at both schools. For the last 35 years, I have enjoyed a rewarding life in photography, and the first brick in the foundation of my career was laid at MPC. In the years since, I have taken many other classes, including French, piano, film, golf, and the architecture of the Monterey Peninsula, all of which have enriched my life. Perhaps the best part of my MPC experience is the many friends that came from taking those classes, and they still form the core of my life in Monterey today."
– Jerry Fielder, Curator and Director | Estate of Yousuf Karsh
" The courses that we took certainly helped us in establishing our business. Also, the experiences we had at MPC with our instructors and coaches helped build our character and these are the things that carried us. Those experiences proved to be enormous assets in our lives."
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"To me, my crowning achievement at MPC did not come on the basketball court, but as a graduate of this great college. The education I received at MPC laid the groundwork for me to have a successful life involving a number of endeavors, to include being a counselor, educator and a political activist. I am proud to say I am an Alumnus of MPC. In fact, I am MPC."
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There is a big discrepancy between the dynamic range of a live performance and the dynamic range that can be reproduced by ordinary playback equipment. This is particularly the case with orchestral music, both 'big band' and classical. We can address this problem by artificially reducing the dynamic range of the signal, or, as it is picturesquely termed, 'compressing' the music. The device that does this job is called a dynamics processor, and it can be configured so that the compression characteristics are easily reproducible.
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Food pantries around Lincoln County are receiving plenty of donations, but sources say they won't turn up their noses at more. Despite a huge outpouring of donations this year, local food pantries are getting about double the amount of requests for food assistance compared to last year.
Some food pantry sources say that their supplies are holding up for now, but seek other assistance and will take all the help they can get.
"If everybody came (to the food pantry) every week, we'd run out," said Bob Hart from the United Methodist Church in New Harbor, where his wife, Donna, runs the food pantry. "All of our people need the help."
Hart said that the pantry gets a lot of help from grocery stores such as Shaw's in Wiscasset, Hannaford Supermarket and Yellowfront Grocery in Damariscotta. He said that the pantry gave out Thanksgiving food boxes to about 50 families this year, almost double the number of families compared to last year.
He said that they are fortunate to get help from the community. Hart said that the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts and the Bristol Consolidated School run food drives.
"We're pretty well stocked up now for the winter," he said. "It helps, because we're probably going to need it."
Hart said that a majority of town residents are elderly. These residents can run low on finances when facing rising energy costs and the need for expensive medication. He said that while the organization Community Housing Improvement Project (C.H.I.P. Inc.) has been helping those in need with energy costs, the pantry still accepts contributions to help with food.
The food pantry at the West Waldoboro Community Church needs baby food. Reverend Michael Murphy said that the pantry is well stocked, thanks to generous community contributions, but accepts other items in addition to food.
"We get people asking for baby food, something we don't have a lot of," he said.
Murphy said that the church food pantry helped out roughly 35 families around this time last year. This year, the numbers almost doubled to 65 families.
He said that the pantry is accepting mostly food, but people have also donated such items as toothpaste and towels.
"Our luck is holding up so far, but we may end up needing help," Murphy said.
The story is pretty much the same at the Boothbay Region Food Pantry located at the Congregational Church in Boothbay, which seeks assistance in the form of donations and volunteers.
Food Pantry Vice President Tom Wilson said that in Oct. 2007 the pantry served 117 people. In October this year, the pantry served 226 people and the number peaked to 234 people during Thanksgiving. The pantry in Boothbay serves the towns of Edgecomb, Boothbay, Boothbay Harbor and Southport.
"We make sure that there is a minimum amount of waste," Wilson said, referring to the fact that all of the people they give food to are in need. "It's going to get worse before it gets better, so we welcome the donations."
Wilson said that while the donations help, it takes a lot of effort to distribute the food. The food drives operated by Boothbay High School helped out a lot, he said, and the publicity the food bank received from a front page article in The Boothbay Register helped out a lot, too. Wilson said that the food bank welcomes donations in food, financial support and volunteer time.
To contribute to the Boothbay Region Food Pantry, the Congregational Church is located at the intersection of Townsend and Eastern Avenues in Boothbay Harbor and is open every Friday from 12:30-2:30 p.m. Monetary donations can be mailed to the Boothbay Region Food Pantry, P.O. Box 63, East Boothbay, 04544. For more information about this food pantry, contact Tom Wilson at 633-4757.
To make a donation to the United Methodist Church in New Harbor, contact Bob Hart at 677-3424. Hart said that people can also purchase items for the food bank at Yellowfront Grocery in Damariscotta.
People may also call Rev. Michael Murphy at 832-6902 to make a donation to the Waldoboro Food Pantry. Checks may also be made out to the Waldoboro Food Pantry, C/O Rev. Michael Murphy, 1027 Main St., Waldoboro, 04572.
Food Pantries Can Take All The Help Offered
Food pantries around Lincoln County are receiving plenty of donations, but sources say they won't turn up their noses at more. Despite a huge outpouring of donations this year, local food pantries are getting about double the amount of requests for food assistance compared to last year.


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Bad change to format. One of the only reasons I read Yahoo is so I can read the Blog Comments. Yahoo is run by PC fools.
I have had yahoo mail since 1996 and I would guess it may be time for a change as it is common knowledge that yahoo is run buy one minded liberal thinking.
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Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. IKE SKELTON (D, MO-4): Pakistan is important to the Middle East and our intentions there. Their cooperation, of course, is so very, very important. This legislation gives economic and democratic development assistance to that country.
Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): We can't allow al Qaeda or any other terrorist group that threatens our national security to operate with impunity in the tribal regions or any other part of Pakistan. Nor can we permit the Pakistani state and its nuclear arsenal to be taken over by the Taliban. To help prevent this nightmare scenario, we need to forge a true strategic partnership with Pakistan and its people, strengthen Pakistan's democrat government, and work to make Pakistan a source of stability in a volatile region.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN (R, FL-18): This bill focuses on past actions and failures attributed to the Pakistani Government, punishing the new leadership for the sins of its predecessors. While the authors of H.R. 1886 may have sought to empower our Pakistani partners to undertake the formidable task of fighting and winning against violent extremists, it does the opposite. We have gone down this road before. I recall during the Iraq debate, Members sought to prejudge the surge strategy before it could even be implemented. Let us hope that this will not be repeated with respect to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Proponent's argument to vote Yes:Rep. HOWARD BERMAN (D, CA-28): Integrating India into a global nonproliferation regime is a positive step. Before anyone gets too sanctimonious about India's nuclear weapons program, we should acknowledge that the five recognized nuclear weapons states have not done nearly enough to fulfill their commitments under the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, including making serious reductions in their own arsenals, nor in the case of the US in ratifying the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty.
Opponent's argument to vote No:Rep. BARBARA LEE (D, CA-9): In withholding my approval, I seek not to penalize the people of India but, rather, to affirm the principle of nuclear nonproliferation. Jettisoning adherence to the international nuclear nonproliferation framework that has served the world so well for more than 30 years, as approval of the agreement before us would do, is just simply unwise. It is also reckless.
Approval of this agreement undermines our efforts to dissuade countries like Iran and North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. By approving this agreement, all we are doing is creating incentives for other countries to withdraw from the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
OnTheIssues.org explanation: The US government has forbidden US citizens from traveling to Cuba since the 1960s. Try booking a trip from Mexico City to Havana on travelocity.com (or any travel website) and it says, "Due to a U.S. government travel restriction we are unable to book this reservation." You can, however, purchase that same ticket while in Mexico City, or anywhere else in the world. Sanford's bill attempts to undo this long-standing situation.
LEGISLATIVE OUTCOME: Referred to the House Committee on the Western Hemisphere; never called for a House vote.
A resolution recognizing the 15th anniversary of the founding of Seeds of Peace, an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, & peace in the Middle East, South Asia, and other regions of conflict.
The Arab American Institute has compiled a Scorecard to catalogue the voting record of the 112th Congress on issues of importance to the Arab American community. For the House, we included 15 items: two bills on the Arab Spring, five bills and one letter on Palestine, two bills on Lebanon, three bills and a letter regarding civil liberties, and two bills on immigration.
Excerpts from Letter from 73 Senators to Secretary of State Kerry We are deeply concerned by the decision of the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to seek membership in the International Criminal Court (ICC), because the Palestinian Authority is not a state and its express intent is to use this process to threaten Israel.
Pres. Abbas' effort contravene the spirit of earlier agreements between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and erodes the prospect for peace. Therefore, the US must make clear that joining the ICC is not a legitimate or viable path for Palestinians.
Israel is a major strategic partner of the US and is facing increasing pressure from those who seek to delegitimize its very existence. The only realistic and sustainable path to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.
Supporting argument: (Heritage Foundation, "U.S. Should Not Join the ICC," Aug. 18, 2009): The ICC prosecutor is exploring a request by the Palestinian National Authority to prosecute Israeli commanders for alleged war crimes committed during the recent actions in Gaza. Palestinian lawyers maintain that the Palestinian National Authority can request ICC jurisdiction as the de facto sovereign even though it is not an internationally recognized state. By countenancing Palestine's claims, the ICC prosecutor has enabled pressure to be applied to Israel over alleged war crimes, while ignoring Hamas's incitement of the military action and its commission of war crimes against Israeli civilians. Furthermore, by seemingly recognizing Palestine as a sovereign entity, the prosecutor's action has created a pathway for Palestinian statehood without first reaching a comprehensive peace deal with Israel. This determination is an inherently political issue beyond the ICC's authority.
Excerpts from Letter from 12 Senators to President Trump: Since the onset of South Sudan's civil war in 2013, at least 50,000 people have been killed and approximately 3 million have fled their homes. The African Union and the United Nations have documented numerous human rights abuses and warned of potential genocide. The assaults on civilians carried out during the course of the fighting in July 2016 between government and opposition forces shocked the conscience of the world, and served to demonstrate that the August 2015 peace agreement has failed. To date, the government has not held anyone accountable for the violence, nor for attacking a U.S. diplomatic convoy.
UN peacekeepers are protecting over 200,000 people who might otherwise be dead at UN bases in South Sudan. The UN Security Council approved an additional 4,000 peacekeepers in the wake of the July violence. Unfortunately, the government continues to obstruct the deployment of these troops.
In Sudan, it is critical that we ensure that Khartoum lives up to its agreement to adhere to its ceasefires, allow free and unfettered humanitarian access to all parts of Sudan and stop supporting rebel movements in South Sudan.
Supporting argument: (Heritage Foundation, 1/22/2014): The number of casualties and refugees in South Sudan is straining government and international humanitarian efforts. Pressure must be applied to both the government of South Sudan and the rebel faction to reconcile peacefully. The U.S. has a key role to play in the mediation efforts. South Sudan is one of the largest recipients of U.S. bilateral aid in sub-Saharan Africa, and the U.S. was instrumental in helping the young country gain independence and stand up its government. The U.S. should focus now on ending the conflict, political reconciliation, and humanitarian assistance.
Prohibits the President from regulating or prohibiting travel to or from Cuba by U.S. citizens or legal residents or any of the transactions ordinarily incident to such travel, except in time of war or armed hostilities between the United States and Cuba, or of imminent danger to the public health or the physical safety of U.S. travelers.
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Orthopedic conditions may be acute, such as sprains, strains or fractures; or chronic, such as tendonitis and arthritis, and can result in pain, immobility and other troubling symptoms that tend to worsen over time. The orthopedic care at Red Canyon Physical Therapy involves the diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and prevention of injuries and diseases affecting the bones, joints, muscles, ligaments, and tendons within the body. Clinic director and highly experienced physical therapist Brian Weisman has over 20 years of experience identifying and managing musculoskeletal disorders and is trained to provide care for each diagnosis. He aims to keep patients engaged throughout the therapy process with a responsive atmosphere and measurable progress.
Physical Therapist Brian Weisman of Red Canyon Physical Therapy is certified to offer several methods of manual orthopedic therapy that cater to different needs depending on what would be most beneficial for you.
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The structures within the musculoskeletal system, including the bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and other tissues, are highly susceptible to damage caused by trauma from accidents, injuries and other incidents, and may lead to serious and painful conditions. Red Canyon Physical Therapy provides comprehensive recovery care for most types of orthopedic conditions that cause pain, resulting in decreased strength and range of motion, and increased swelling.
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Manual therapy is defined by a broad group of methods that are injury-specific and hands-on, and are commonly helpful treatments for certain musculoskeletal conditions and joints that lack adequate mobility and range of motion. This clinical approach uses massage, manipulation, mobilization, and myofascial release techniques to lessen pain, increase motion, and develop function.
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Slither.io is a online game centering on the way you survive and move in the world filled with snakes. This is a surviving game like Agar.io, which has been very famous for months ago. Are you up to this? It will be better to experience a brand new multiplayer game that is very fun! Your mission is to control a little snake and help it grow up by absorbing all the glowing pellets dispersing around the map. The most important thing that you have to remember in Slither.io is that if you crash into or slightly touch other snakes, you will get blown up for sure, leading your game to a failure. This feature is kind of different from Agar.io game! Even if you are just a smaller snake, you can even kill other bigger ones if you lure them run into you, then "boom", their end will happen! Therefore, try to move your snake skillfully, don't make any crash and survive as long as possible! Your goal is to become the strongest and biggest snake in the leaderboard! Wish you luck!
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Use the mouse to control your snake and move it around.
Eat to grow longer! Don't run into other snakes! When longer, hold the mouse for a speed boost!
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Jon Waits will be performing a FREE solo show at WRC from 8-10pm!
Our final performance (for now) back where it all began! Join us for a great evening of live music, half-priced bottles of wine, and courtyard s'mores over the fire.
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In this post we are going to reveal another powerful breathing exercise called Kapalbhati Pranayama or Skull Shining Breathing techniques. This exercise mainly helps you lose weight and helps you in gaining balance of your body. It is very easy to do and within few minutes it will relax you r body. This is one of the best exercises to remove toxins produce in your body. Here is fun fact 80% of your body toxins are released when you exhale out and yoga is all about breathing . So let's explore the technique to perform this exercise.
Step 1. Sit in straight position with your spine in erect position . Place your hands on your knees and palms open to the sky.
Step 2. Tale a deep breath in . The more you can breathe in the better this exercise works for you.
Step 3. As you exhale out, pull your stomach and navel toward your spine. Try to pull as much as possible. In this exercise you just have to focus on breathing out. Let's suppose you have breathe in and while exhaling you don't have to exhale completely at once. You have to exhale in parts. Inhale once exhale in part. But while exhaling make sure that your stomach pull toward your spine every time you exhale. Inhalation should be slow but exhalation should be forceful. Generally, if it took you x time for inhaling , it will have to take you 2x or3x ore 4x for exhaling.
Step 4. Take 20 such breaths to complete one round of kapalbhati pranayama.
Step 5. After completing this round relax with your eyes closed and focus on your breathing.
Step 6. Do 4- 5 rounds daily.
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Host Name: Dispelling the Myths with Kaleah LaRoche & Anah Maa
Show Name: The Narcissistic Catalyst
Date / Length: 12/14/2010 1:00 PM - 1 hr 16 min
Length: 1 hr 16 min
Going through narcissistic abuse can be one of the most painful, crazy making and debilitating experiences in one's life. At the same time going through the experience of narcissistic abuse can be the catalyst for ones greatest awakening. In this episode Kaleah and Anah explore the common lessons, experiences and takeaways that can come from your dance with the narcissist. Find out the powerful things that can happen when we learn to focus within ourselves rather than focusing our energy and attention outward on the narcissist.
Also see: Kaleah LaRoche's "Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse! Understanding Narcissism, Naricissist Personality Disorder, NPD"
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English style is a never-ending beauty contest between the classic and the new. Miles Aldridge
A lot of pictures give the illusion that it was a private moment when in fact a whole team of people were involved. Richard Burbridge
My view on fashion photography is simple—it's just theatre! Alex Cayley
A good fashion photograph is based upon taste and style. It depends on what you place in front of the camera. If you place something that's lame in front of the lens you won't produce gold, the most you can expect is either brass or nickel. Walter Chin
(Stylish ceremony, an entire editorial by Walter Chin)
Fashion photography is a rather liberating genre for any photographer. In collaboration with models, stylists, make-up artists and hair stylists, its perpetrators explore, express, and reinterpret fantasy or reality...Freedom is all. For me fashion photography is subsumed within a fine-art context, so whilst it is veiled in commercial overtones, the underlying messages can be far more interesting and intriguing. A true art meets commerce adventure. Roger Deckker
To set up things together and wait for an emotion, wait for the unforeseeable. Sophie Delaporte
Only we the photographers can see into the picture, while others only see the surface. Greg Lotus
Photography is hope, a love gesture, a revelation. A pursuit of the soul, and a powerful engine of beauty, capable of stirring desire. My job behind the camera becomes observation from afar in the attempt to capture the human universe. Paolo Roversi
I would like to use a quote by Gianni Versace: 'Don't be into trends, don't make fashion own you, but decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress and the way you live.' Satoshi Saikusa
I am a photographer of people because people are all I care about. Francesco Scavullo
Shooting men's fashion for me is about capturing the essence of classical cinema. Steven Sebring
What I love about shooting fashion is that it's about story telling. Every day when you wake up you put on your 'costume' for the day—you decide which 'character' you are going to play. I think that the work I've done for 'L'Uomo' is some of my best because I've had the freedom to really tell a story with the images—something you always get the chance to do. Carter Smith
Elegance can be interpreted from an aesthetic or human point of view. In the end the human point of view which is measured through the treatment of people is the one that prevails. True elegance is seen in kindness, fairness, compassion and giving. Mario Testino
Fashion photography is a personal emotional perverted flirtation with classicism and modernity. Willy Vanderperre
In my opinion, true elegance for a man lies in his sense of humour and self-irony. Ellen von Unwerth
Humanity will always need entertainment, a sense of play to provoke the noble in life.
We all need something amusing as an escape from life's important, less colorful duties.
Fashion photography, for me, has always been this...Escapism and dreaming. It's not to say I have a difficult time with life and I am running away from reality, on the contrary, I love life but I love taking pictures too...It would seem that my imaginary world and thoughts have a stronger grip on me than the pull of the everyday...And as a photographer I can exist in and tour my imagination.
The mother of a friend of mine is a botanical illustrator and painter. She adores flowers. I was always asking her what kept her painting one thing so beautifully for over five decades, 'Love and passion,' was her answer...'When you love something with all your heart...And paint it...That painting will touch the soul and heart of the viewer, remember this Tim,' she said. 'Only photograph what you love.'
I never forgot that. Tim Walker


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From rape whistle's, to peeing your pants, to "teaching men not to rape you", the Left is on full Fool Parade braying their ridiculous self-defense tips to ladies facing rape and/or murder. Their rank stupidity has forced me to weigh in with glee giving you girls the low down on how to take down some dipstick should they try to hurt you.
This is part one of a four part series in which I'll cover …
1. Why girls, in this FUBAR day, must know martial arts.
2. How girls can heighten their ability to assess threats.
4. Street fighting, win at all costs, tips.
5. Starter guns for girls that want to double tap the center mass of any jackass who means to harm them.
Here's is my interview with Jiu Jitsu expert Pedro Valente, of the world renown Valente Brothers Jiu-Jitsu in Miami, Florida.
Trending: Man Shoots Buck Only to Find It Has Two Heads – But Not In The Way You Think!
Pedro Valente is the head professor at Valente Brothers Jiu-Jitsu in Miami, Florida. Seeing that he is an expert in kicking butt and training others to mangle the mendicant, I asked him to add his two cents to this chapter. Below is our exchange regarding training girls to fight Valente/Gracie Jiu Jitsu style.
How does Jui-Jitsu help women?
The techniques of Jiu-Jitsu are not based on strength and athleticism, but rather on an understanding of the human anatomy and the laws of physics and their application with the objective of offsetting the power of an attacker.
Jiu-Jitsu is referred to as the triumph of human intelligence over brute strength. Since women in general are physically weaker than men, they can make special use of these techniques in order to level the playing field in a critical situation. When properly trained in the art of defending against any imaginable physical attack, a woman feels confident that she can survive an act of aggression by a stronger and more powerful man.
At what age should a girl start her training?
The younger, the better. Jiu-Jitsu is a great tool to increase the confidence and self-esteem of any child. At a young age, girls are frequently picked on by bullies, and these situations often create psychological trauma that can last a lifetime. Girls who are trained in Valente/Gracie Jiu-Jitsu have the poise to confront bullies and not be intimidated by them. The sooner they start, the easier it is for them to develop the reflexes and the automatic reactions that will enable them to apply the techniques naturally when they grow older. Jiu-Jitsu is a natural art, and since kids are not physically strong, the learning process is faster and simpler when they are younger. My sister started learning Jiu-Jitsu when she was two years old.
How long before you can train a normal and healthy girl to defend herself?
The longer a girl trains, the more prepared she is going to be to face an attacker. Since women usually give up a significant physical handicap to men, they need to master each technique in order to use it effectively. However, after completing a fifty-lesson course, any woman will have the elements to defend herself against any man in any situation. After that it's a matter of continual practice with the objective of maximizing her odds of surviving an assault.
Can a small girl really defend herself against a big guy?
Yes, because the moves taught in Jiu-Jitsu are not dependent upon physical strength. Therefore, a girl will learn, through the techniques of Jiu-Jitsu, how to neutralize a…


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You might have read the fascinating and somewhat surprising research, published recently, into millennials and their shopping habits. It showed that, despite being the generation we accept to be the most digitally connected, they still prefer the in-store experience to shopping online.
While the good old-fashioned virtues of in store shopping were uncovered as some of the reasons why high street shops still hold an attraction for young people – being able to buy 'there and then', and having the option to 'try before you buy', for example – perhaps we are doing retail designers a disservice by not acknowledging the lead role they have taken in raising the bar for in-store customer experience.
We have seen this develop in many ways over the current decade, and the following areas in particular have redrawn the 'offline vs online' battle lines:
NFC technology – near field communication - has opened the door to new ways to engage and stimulate customers. Innovations such as smart posters allow calls to action to be 'actioned' on the spot with the swipe of a smart phone; be it an instant entry into a competition, the download of an information pack, or an automatic Facebook 'like'. Smart phones, as we all know, are the millennial's tool of choice, and by placing NFC at the forefront of in-store design, retailers are communicating with this audience on a familiar wavelength. The facts back up the trend - over 75 per cent of consumer s who responded to a Strategy Analytics study indicated an interest in viewing additional product information via NFC.
Retail designers have also done a good job of improving consistency when it comes to cross channel branding. We now expect to see the style, tone and messaging that we remember from a website, Facebook page or television ad replicated in-store, otherwise a key component of cross channel campaigning is lost. Whereas, in the past, websites and other out of store platforms may have taken their design lead from stores, the roles have now reversed. Just take Apple stores for instance – much of the space delineation and layouts at the outlets is influenced by the computers themselves.
Snap-happy stores – from generously sized shop windows that provide the opportunity to create lively and attention grabbing displays to the 'ringside seating' which many restaurants now incorporate to give diners a close up view of chefs at work, many retail design facets are now being moulded towards giving consumers photo opportunities. The benefits are clear – a photo uploaded to Facebook or Instagram and shared with hundreds of friends is perhaps the most powerful form of organic PR, and designers are now charged with the task of creating spaces which allow a customer visit to become an aesthetically memorable event in itself.
So will 2017 be the year in which offline fights back? As we battle through the crowds to join the January sales rush, it might be worth remembering that the high street offers an experiential element that simply cannot be provided on the net.
Dan Whittington is Managing Director at Fernwood Interiors.


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While in Value Village in Owen Sound recently, I saw and picked up ODYSSEY by The Torchmen Quartet. It was released circa 2000/1 on Tradition Records. On this CD the group's roster is as follows: Mir and Jim Callahan, Mike Moran, Stan Oster, Michael Helwig, and Jon Hisey. Mir traveled with the group doing sign language for the hearing impaired. ODYSSEY was produced by group members Mike Moran and Jon Hisey. Musicians used include: Gary Prim, Bob Doidge, and Terry McMillan.
'No One But Jesus Knows' starts things off. It is a slow doo-wop number that praises Jesus: "When I'm burdened down with care/When my load is hard to bear/How He takes away my burden/No one but Jesus knows/All discouraged, so sad and blue/I go to Jesus, He'll see me through/How He thrills my broken spirit/No one but Jesus knows". Group member Jon Hisey wrote 'He's Been There Done That'. It is a country tune that testifies of Christ: "He's been there, done that/Nothing He can't see you through/He's been there, done that/He's waiting now for you/He's been there, done that/Cast your every care upon Him/He'll see you through, I know it's true/Cause I've been there, done that".
The classic hymn 'I'd Rather Have Jesus' is performed traditionally. It speaks of Christ's limitless value: "I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold/I'd rather be His than have riches untold/I'd rather have Jesus than houses or lands/I'd rather be led by His nail scarred hands/Than to be the king of a vast domain/Or be held in sin's dread sway/I'd rather have Jesus than anything/This world affords today". 'The Day He Wore My Crown' is a moving ballad: "He gave me love only He could give, I gave Him cause to cry/And though He taught me how to live, I taught Him how to die/I'm the one to blame, I caused all the pain/He gave Himself that day He wore my crown/He could have called to His heavenly Father/And said 'Take me away, please take me away'/He could have said 'I'm not guilty, and I'm not gonna stay, I'm not gonna pay'".
Next up are two back to back Richard Ash compositions. 'I've Been There' includes this chorus of testimony: "I've been to Calvary's hill where an old rugged cross still stands/And I found what this whole world was missing in two nail scarred hands/He forgave what I'd done/And He gave me a joy beyond compare/And a river of grace still flows from Calvary/I know cause I've been there". 'City in the Sky' is a short, upbeat Southern Gospel song anticipating eternity: "I'm bound for a heavenly home/It's a city in the sky/I can hardly wait till I reach that gate/See the glory that awaits inside/When I get to the beautiful City, I'll lay my heavy burden down/In the City in the sky, by and by/I'll be living on holy ground".
'Written in Red' is a beautiful, sentimental ballad penned by Gordon Jensen: "Down through the ages God wrote His love/With the same hands that suffered and bled/Giving all that He had to give/A message so easily read/I love you, I love you/That's what Calvary said/I love you, I love you/I love you written in red". 'I'm Gonna Rise' is a spunky country tune: "Darwin's gonna wonder if something's amiss/When he tries to figure out how I evolved to this/And Newton's gonna question his laws of gravity/When he takes a look around and finds it don't apply to me.../Well, now you can have Huxley, Herman, Hess, and Socrates/You can have all the human knowledge of the world's philosophies/You know that I've found a higher law that's workin' in me/For He works in the spirit and He set my mind free".
'Faith Unlocks the Door' goes way back and begins with these familiar words: "Prayer is the key to Heaven but faith unlocks the door/Words are so easily spoken/Prayer without faith is like a boat without an oar/Have faith when you speak to the Master/That's all He'll ask you for/Yes, prayer is the key to Heaven/But faith unlocks the door". 'Going Home' is an emotional ballad written by Bill and Gloria Gaither: "Now the twilight, oh it's fading/The day soon it shall end/Lord I get homesick the farther I go/Oh, but the Father, He has led me/Each step of the way/And now I'm going home/Going home, I'm going home/There is nothing to hold me here/I've caught a glimpse of that heavenly Land/Praise God, I am going home!"
'Follow Me' is the easy listening song of one sincerely desiring to help others: "Searching for peace and answers/I longed to tell them where they're found/Follow me and I'll take you to my Father/And on the way, we'll stop by at a rugged cross/Follow me and I'll lead you to contentment/Follow me and I'll take you where/You'll never be alone". 'I Love You Canada' is of course patriotic: "I see your beauty/Every morning when the sun comes shining through/I've seen countless sights like northern lights/You're an old friend tried and true/And in years from now/I'll remember how I was proud to take a stand/I love you Canada/My home and native land!"
ODYSSEY, it turns out, is one of my favourite Torchmen albums. The vocals are simply great! The lyrics point directly to Jesus Christ and the hope that we have in this life and the next because of what He accomplished at Calvary. For the most part this is a mellow, reverent, meditative album. It is one you will not tire of. I'm rating ODYSSEY 100%. For more info visit: www.torchqt.com.


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One of the perks of having friends like mine is I get to know about the ~*~coolest~*~ gigs and of course, attend them. I was very fortunate to catch for the second time the Banahaw Tugtugan (it's the festival's third year) in Bangkong Kahoy Valley in Dolores, Quezon.
Last year's was certainly a feat to beat (haha) with a ton of unforgettable things that happened and I can definitely say it was one of the best nights I've ever had. PURE FUN.
Aside from enjoying the music, being with nature (first time pitching a tent! well, I was taught how to pitch a tent haha) and the company of friends, Banahaw Tugtugan is a concert for a cause. It's for the benefit of the Bangkong Kahoy Youth Educational and Environmental Fund.
Here's a bunch of photos during the event (all taken by friends; credits at the bottom) because my phone's battery was running low when we got there, I was too lazy to plug it somewhere far from our tent, and then it got stolen/I somehow lost it the next morning. I know. Sad.
|A hornbill taking interest at our tent. Haha!
|Them fun people :)
Photos before and after the cut by LJ Pasion, Muffet Sta. Maria, Ria Alarcon and Denvie Balidoy.
|Staple food: SPAM!!!
|We saw 2 rufous hornbills (locally called kalaw) flying freely around the camp site
|Mountain stories and ukelele music
|The moon!
|Lambanog-fueled bodies dancing to Talahib's tunes (LOL at everything after this!) Too many cute photos I cannot share! Hahaha.
Of course, I had a grand time, as usual. Though I lost my phone during this trip (I've accepted and moved on from it. But I'm in dire need of a new phone because I need Google Maps constantly), it didn't make the event any less enjoyable on my end. The crown has been passed down (LOL), which made everything even more epic than it already is.
If you've never been to music festivals, an out of town event is the best way to go for your first time! See you next year? :)
For more information about Banahaw Tugtugan, please visit their Facebook page.


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Alpha: Another Road to Rome?
Source: Roger Oakland, Tuesday May 3rd 2016
The Alpha program, founded by Nicky Gumbel, a former Oxford educated barrister-turned-Anglican priest has become very popular in North America. A brochure published for the Alpha Texas Conference in Austin, Texas, scheduled for January 8th and 9th, 1998 detailed the goals and objectives of the course. It stated:
The Alpha Course is a ten-week practical introduction to the Christian faith. It is designed primarily for non-church goers and those who have recently become Christians. Alpha is a flexible and practical model that can work for a group of any size. Churches and Christian organizations of every background and denomination are discovering it to be a simple and effective way of presenting the gospel of Jesus Christ in a non-threatening manner for people of all walks of life.
Charisma, December 1999, also contained an article that provided additional information about the Alpha program and how it is being promoted and marketed. The article, written by journalist Clive Price titled "Alpha Course Supporters Urge British To Party With God On New Year's Eve" was introduced the following way:
Lying on a bed of nails? That does not sound like the most orthodox way of spearheading a $1.6 million evangelistic media campaign for the closing days of the twentieth century. But as British pastor Sandy Miller puts it, the aim of the Alpha Project's millennium initiative is to help people "get the point" of the year 2000.
Although Nicky Gumbel's Alpha course was founded at Holy Trinity Brompton in 1991, the effectiveness of the course was not realized until a few years later after the "Toronto Blessing" was transported to England from Canada in May of 1994. It was then that Church leaders of Holy Trinity Brompton received a dose of the "blessing" through Eli Mumford who had just returned from Toronto.
On May 24, 1994, Elli Mumford met with several leaders of Holy Trinity Brompton. As Mumford prayed at this meeting, the "transferable blessing" from the Toronto Airport Vineyard was manifest. Sandy Millar, the highly regarded vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton, decided that Elli would preach the following Sunday morning. After giving her testimony about her 'Toronto experience,' Elli asked the congregation to stand while she prayed the Lord would bless and give them all He had. Immediately people began to laugh hysterically, weep, shake, jerk, bark and roar.
Alpha Endorsers
A brochure called "Alpha: A Model for Dynamic Growth in the Local Church" advertised twenty-two major conferences that were to be held throughout North America for the year 2000. In this same brochure a number of high profile Christian leaders endorsed Alpha, each one making positive statements.
For example, The Most Reverend and Right Honorable George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, England stated: "Alpha is superb and a great blessing to many. I commend it wholeheartedly." Jack Hayford, president of King's Seminary said, "I see Alpha as a strategic tool, sensitively crafted to address today's secularized seekers with satisfying answers to their spiritual hunger. And Cardinal William H. Keeler, Catholic Archbishop of Baltimore stated: "We are hearing wonderful testimony of the good news touching and even transforming the lives of individuals who attended Alpha courses."
Other sources indicate the Alpha course has an ecumenical flavor. A front-page headline of Alpha News stated "Roman Catholic Bishops Applaud Alpha as Course Spreads Through Church." According to this article, an increasing number of Roman Catholic leaders are enthusiastically endorsing the Alpha Course.
In May of 1997, about 450 attended London's Westminster Cathedral Hall where the first Roman Catholic Alpha conference took place. Sandy Miller and Nicky Gumbel led the conference. A message of encouragement was received from Cardinal Hume, the Archbishop of Westminster.
Bishop Ambrose Griffiths, Roman Catholic bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, introduced the conference. The Bishop stated that the Alpha Course was a "powerful evangelistic tool which reaches out precisely to those whom we need." "We should have the humility to learn from other Christians and I am delighted that we are doing this today," he said.
Alpha: Another Road to Rome
While visiting in the United Kingdom recently, I was handed an article taken from the religious section of the London Daily Times. The title of the article immediately caught my attention: "An Unholy Alliance? How Roman Catholics and Evangelical Protestants are Coming Together." Prominently centered beneath the headline was a photo of Father Raniero Cantalmessa, "Preacher to the Papal Household" and next to him was Rev. Nicky Gumble, the founder of the Alpha Bible Study course.
A paragraph beneath the photograph caught my attention. This is what I read:
Alpha, the basic evangelization course, has been key to promoting Catholic - Evangelical dialogue. In Catholic parishes it is followed up with materials developed by Father Ranerio Cantalamessa, who is Preacher to the Papal Household, and a welcome guest at Alpha's birthplace, the evangelical church Holy Trinity Brompton."
According to this article, Rev. Gumble and Cantalamessa have formed a ministry partnership associated with the Alpha program. "There is an obvious holiness about Ranerio that radiates through him," Gumble stated in the article.
While the article mentioned that Alpha has significantly promoted evangelization and dialogue between Catholics and Evangelicals, a question crossed my mind. Who actually is being evangelized? Is it possible that the Roman Catholic Church would attempt to use the Protestant-based Alpha program as a clever ecumenical bridge to unsuspecting "separated brethren" who they claim have strayed away from the mother of all churches that is based in Rome?
As I read further, my suspicion that there may be a hidden agenda was confirmed. "Many Catholic students are also involved in the Christian Union and go to prayer groups in the Evangelical Churches. One of the fruits of Vatican II has been a new awareness of Scripture and this is a real area of cross-fertilization," I read.
This spiritual "cross-fertilization" that has occurred as the result of Alpha and other ecumenical programs has led Catholics and Evangelicals to openly discuss the theology that separates them. The article continued: "There has been quite a lot of dialogue about Mary and the infallibility of the Pope and also the sacraments," says John Noble, one of the Charismatic leaders to have "discovered Mary" through contact with Catholics. Or how about this statement made by David Mathews, senior pastor of the New Harvest Community Church: "Within the Evangelical community there is a growing understanding of the saints."
So where will this lead in the future? Will the Alpha evangelization program that is embraced by Rome bring people to a true understanding of the simple gospel? The facts seem to indicate there may be some confusion. A Christianity that focuses on Mary, the saints, or the sacraments and not on Jesus, is a foreign to the Bible.


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Happy Holidays from Humphrey, the Humping Dog - the unofficial "Official" Mascot of Hoosier Beer Geek. Don't drink his pale ale if he offers a sip!!
17 December 2006
Humphrey Holidays!!
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That is brilliant and hilarious. Is he a hand puppet? Either way, he's a perfect addition to your crew.ReplyDelete
No, he's a strap-on. Literally. He straps on to one's leg, or in this case, a beer tap, and has his way with you. One can't help but feel a little dirty and used after watching Humphrey do his thing, but, oddly enough, one can't get enough of it, either.ReplyDelete
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How to improve the credibility of your website
Elements of Credibility is an important ranking factor. The more credible a website is, the better it will rank on Google. How do search engines measure the credibility of a website and what can you do to improve the credibility of your own site?
A) Proven elements of credibility that influence the credibility of your website
There are several elements that search engines have been using for a long time to determine the credibility of a website:
- Backlinks: the links that point to your website greatly contribute to the trustworthiness of your site. If your website has mainly automatically created low quality links then this won't have a positive effect on your rankings. Links from reputable websites will have a positive effect on the credibility of your own site. You're better off having one link from a website with a Google Page Rank of 5, than 20 links from sites with a Page Rank of 1. Always check the Page Rank of site before requesting a backlink.
- Links to other websites: if your website contains a lot of links to irrelevant websites then this can have a negative influence on the credibility of your site. If your website mainly offers affiliate links or if many of the links to other websites are broken then this might also have a negative influence. We've found if you have LOT of links to low quality websites it can bring down YOUR Page Rank, as well we've found the likely hood of you have a link to a 404 Error Page (page down) is more likely.
- Error-free pages: search engines won't find your website trustworthy if it contains a lot of errors. Your web pages shouldn't contain broken links or missing images. A lot of spelling mistakes can also be a sign of a low quality website. Be sure to PROOFREAD your pages, and if you're using WordPress get the Broken Link Checker Plugin.
- Many website visitors: Google has many ways to track the number of visitors that a website gets (Chrome, Analytics, etc.). A website that gets many visitors seems more trustworthy than a website with only a few visitors. – I call this "The Cart Before The Horse" effect; Get more visitors and Google will rank you higher. Really?
- Good web page navigation: a clear website navigation that makes it easy to find pages is an indicator of a good website. If people find what they're looking for on your web pages, search engines will give these pages a boost. In addition, a good website structure helps search engines to index all of your pages. Along with having a sitemap.xml for the GoogleBot, you should also have a SiteMap for your website on the front end like this one: SiteMap – Built using a simple sitemap builder plugin for WordPress.
B) New elements that can influence the credibility of your website
In addition to the proven elements above, there are some new elements that influence the credibility of your site.
- The number of social mentions: the more often your web pages are mentioned on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ and other social media websites, the more credible your website can be.Of course, only real mentions from real people will have a positive influence. Fake likes and mentions might have a negative influence.
- Verified authorship: web pages with a verified author that has a good reputation can get better rankings on Google. At this time, the effect of a verified authorship on the rankings of your website seems to be low.
A credible website is important if you want to have a successful online business. In addition to higher rankings on Google and other search engines, people tend to buy much more on credible websites.


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In 2003-2004 I was involved in a mammoth task to explain to people – fishers, conservationists, tourism operators, the community – the benefits of increasing protection to the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park through rezoning. This involved years of consultations, public meetings and 'roadshows', but in terms of achieving it's outcome, it was a huge success. One of the biggest indicators of success was the understanding of the need for change in the community, leading to action by community groups, individuals and local businesses along the Queensland coast to do their bit to protect the Reef.
These actions included the set up of Reef Guardian Schools and businesses, Marine Advisory Groups and Community Access Points based at local bait and tackle shops. The general opinion was that no matter what industry you came from, the Great Barrier Reef was too important to lose.
In many places, it was community members – farmers, fishers, operators, conservationists and local leaders – who were driving change, recognising that harm to the Great Barrier Reef is not just an environmental issue, but that there is an economic imperative to protect one of Queensland's most valuable assets.
The community is still driving this change, even in the face of complex science and resource and economic issues. So why is it so hard to engage people to support the world's biggest environmental, economic and livelihood challenge – climate change? Continue reading


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Animas Automotive provides top-notch auto repair and maintenance. We help with repairs and service from oil changes to complete engine overhauls and much more.
We have the experts and the equipment to service your VW, Audi, Volvo, BMW, Mercedes, Saab and LandRover vehicle, just like the dealerships. But, with the touch of a smaller, more personal shop.
We are the only ASE Blue Seal of Excellence in the Durango area. This means we have a very qualified automotive service staff.
Since 1996 we have been providing top-notch automotive services for cars, light duty trucks, SUVs, fleet vehicles up to 1 ton, RVs and motorhomes.
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Our customers love our shop because of our staff. We are very accommodating and work hard to make auto repair and maintenance more convenient for you. Our complimentary shuttle service, comfortable waiting area, easy online scheduling, are just a few ways we make automotive service easier on you. Plus, you'll always find our staff friendly and very helpful — that's how we consistently achieve our better than 95% Customer Satisfaction Ratings from independent third parties.
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Animas Automotive is Durango, Colorado's only ASE Blue Seal of Excellence auto repair shop! This means we are very well qualified to perform auto repair and maintenance services for your vehicles. Our service technicians are ASE Master or ASE Certified.
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Most people know that we service all the big domestic brands like GM, Ford, Jeep and Chrysler. However, you may not know that we are also EXPERTS in many import vehicles too. This includes Range Rover / LandRover, Saab, VW, Subaru, Audi, Volvo, Mercedes Benz and BMW. We have the equipment, the trained and qualified staff and most importantly, the experience.
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CBS and Viacom are moving closer to a merger after three years of talks. The two legacy media companies are still working out details, specifically the stock exchange ratio, but talks are reportedly in their final stages. If finalized, the deal would reunite media mogul Sumner Redstone's empire.
The merger would reverse a move made in 2006 that separated Viacom's cable networks division from CBS's TV business.
Taco Bell's parent company, Yum Brands, announced on Monday that David Gibbs will be its next chief executive. Gibbs will be replacing Greg Creed who is retiring after roughly four years on the job. Yum Brands says Gibbs will serve as a part-time advisor, and will remain on the board of directors.
Verizon has agreed to sell Tumblr to Automattic, the parent company of WordPress. The telecom giant was reportedly shopping Tumblr since the beginning of this year. Automattic is buying Tumblr for an undisclosed sum, and will take on about 200 staffers. Verizon bought Tumblr through the company's acquisition of Yahoo in 2017.


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Have you ever had a Thanksgiving holiday in the past where you realized that you were missing six different ingredients, two family members and the bottles of wine you planned on drinking? Executing the perfect Thanksgiving can be a bit of a stressful experience, especially if you haven't done any preparation beforehand.
Transitioning From Halloween To Thanksgiving With Bengtson's
That's why Bengtson's Pumpkin Farm is going to go over some useful Thanksgiving prep tips to help make sure that you're ready for the holiday-fueled chaos of family members, great food, wonderful memories, and giving thanks, of course. Our Homer Glen pumpkin patch may have closed for the season back in late October, but fear not! We've already been planning some new and exciting things for next year that we don't want you to miss out on! Learn more about Illinois' best Halloween pumpkin festival and pumpkin farm by visiting here.
Tip: Review Your Recipes
When you're working with a specific recipe, relying on your memory is no good. To make sure that you have your planned recipes down to a T, drag them out and review the ingredients list. Also, familiarize yourself with the prep and cook time of the recipes in order to manage your time efficiently when it comes to cooking everything. Make this Thanksgiving the year that you don't have to make a last-minute trip to the grocery store. Speaking of the grocery store…
Tip: Make Out Your Grocery List
Before you go out and start shopping for the ingredients you need, check your cupboards and pantries to see what you do have on hand. Double-check all of your spices and make sure that the freshness date on your baking powder checks out. After you've crossed out and organized the necessary items that you already have on hand, consider what's left and take advantage of those grocery store specials leading up to Thanksgiving week.
Tip: Clean And Calibrate The Oven Beforehand
We can't stress "beforehand" enough. How devastating would it be if your oven malfunctioned somehow or did something strange right when you and your family need it the most? A clean oven also cooks food more evenly and more efficiently. If you don't have a self-cleaning cycle on your oven, just make sure that the cleaning chemicals have plenty of time to disappear from the air. Don't wait until the day of Thanksgiving to clean your oven and you should be just fine.
Tip: Prep Your Fridge
Your fridge is going to be working at full capacity, especially if you're having multiple family members coming in and staying with you. That means you'll need extra room in your fridge to store Thanksgiving food. So, if your fridge is full of last summer's pickle juice experiments and condiments from seven years ago, this is the time to clean out your fridge. Though you might have some strange, sentimental attachment to some of these old items in the fridge, it's better to make room for all that Thanksgiving food – the good stuff.
Side tip: If you like to cook large meals, scale down until after the holiday by freezing what you don't plan on using right away.
Tip: Plan Out Your Tablescape
What is your ideal table set up for Thanksgiving? Some people like a very simple, modest spread while others prefer an extravagant, dazzling display of carefully placed candles, centerpieces, and more. If you're going to use good china and crystalware, that's great, but be sure to get everything out, ready and clean in time. Planning on gathering table decorating advice and input from family members? Do it. If we really eat with our eyes first, then setting up the dinner table just right is almost as important as properly cooking your food. Give your table some thought before you start preparing your delicious Thanksgiving meal.
Pumpkins Go Great With Thanksgiving!
While pumpkins are usually used for Jack-O-Lanterns, tiny pumpkins are great for Thanksgiving decorations. Our pumpkin farm might be closed for the season at this point, but we still encourage you to put on the best Thanksgiving ever! Stay up-to-date with what's going on at Bengtson's Pumpkin Fest in Homer Glen through our blog and other informational resources.


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IBM Announces Kubernetes-based IBM Cloud private platform
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We're excited to announce the release of IBM Cloud private, a new way to deliver and run your elastic workloads in your own trusted data centers.
At IBM, we're focused on delivering cognitive solutions across cloud environments. Many of our enterprise clients are changing rapidly due to an ever-increasing digital marketplace, which is driven by rapid improvements to how businesses engage their customers with innovative technology.
We recently announced support for running Kubernetes on the IBM Cloud, and today we are making it easier to run Kubernetes in your own data center, particularly if you use either VMWare vSphere or OpenStack clouds within it.
Through discussions with our extensive set of enterprise clients, we identified three primary workloads that they are moving into elastic runtimes like Kubernetes.
Clients often categorize their workloads into three styles:
- Workloads that follow traditional architectural patterns and are still under active development or maintenance but need greater elasticity or better cost efficiencies.
- Workloads that are core to the business but require minimal extra development investment.
- New workloads that are developed to support the digital transformation of the enterprise and drive greater customer engagement through cognitive solutions or improved user interfaces.
IBM Cloud private makes it easy to stand up an elastic runtime that is based on Kubernetes to address each of these workload styles. You can:
- Deliver packaged workloads for traditional middleware. IBM Cloud private initially supports IBM Db2, IBM MQ, Redis, and several other open source packages that are available from the community. These exciting new packages are only the first of many to come. Get involved with our community on GitHub.
- Support API connectivity from 12-factor apps to managed API endpoints within your existing datacenter. With API Connect, you can manage your API from existing apps and expose it securely within your cluster.
- Support your development and delivery of modern 12-factor apps with Microservice Builder.
The first release of IBM Cloud private is built on established capabilities, by the re-branding of IBM Spectrum Conductor for Containers to serve as the foundation of our private cloud platform. We will continue to offer a free version for evaluation under the name IBM Cloud private-ce (community edition).
Today's release offers an improved experience for enterprises who want to run and manage their own elastic runtimes within their datacenters. We make it easy to get started with IBM Cloud private-ce, so within a few minutes, you can transform a collection of hosts into a running Kubernetes cluster.


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As the official blog for the 2014 White Sands International Film Festival, this page was created to provide quick links to each post dedicated solely to the events of the festival scheduled to take place from September 3, 2014 to September 7, 2014. (Visit the official WSIFF page at http://www.wsiff.com.)
Several pages ranging from film spotlights, reviews of film submissions, interviews and more will post before, during and after the festival. Visit here and visit often for continual updates and links for the exciting event! (Click each link in gold in order to read the post.)
White Sands International Film Festival Posts
General posts:
- Welcome to Festival Week (September 1, 2014)
- Trailer Spotlight (September 2, 2014)
Film Submission reviews:
[Disclaimer– reviews are solely and independently my own opinion and do not reflect the opinions of the WSIFF board, judges, participants and viewers (or anyone else for that matter).]
Reviews are scored on a 5-star system celebrating the following:
- Original story/Presentation
- Acting/Authentic Characters
- Cinematography/Audio/Special Effects
- Look & Feel/Storytelling
- Entertainment/Unpredictability
Workshops and Seminars:
Opening Night Feature Film: "The Odd Way Home"
"Odd Way Home" was chosen as the opening night film for 2014 WSIFF. It was directed by Rajeev Nirmalakhandan, a professor at NMSU's Creative Media Institute who co-wrote it with Jason Ronstadt. The film stars Rumer Willis, Chris Marquette, Brandan Sexton III, Veronica Cartwright and Bruce Altman.
Click any title below for its respective review once it becomes available:
- 5 Ways 2 Die [short]
- Aviva's Winter [short]
- Blind [short]
- Box of Sound [documentary]
- Brooklyn Unemployed [feature]
- Buffalo [short]
- Butterfly Fluttering [short]
- Dandelion Dreams [short]
- Dogonauts: Enemy Line [short]
- Dollar Night [short]
- Downton by Lamplight [documentary/short]
- Extending the Play [documentary]
- Fantasy, The [short]
- Franky and the Ant [short]
- Gasp [feature]
- I M Possible [short]
- Kosmikophobia [short]
- Lies I Told My Little Sister [feature]
- Molly [short]
- Moses on the Mesa [short]
- No Love Lost [short]
- Odd Way Home, The [feature]
- One Armed Man [short]
- Undercover [short]
- …Coming soon: More reviews…
Thanks for reading! Happy watching.
–Terrence Faulkner, a.k.a. "TheFocusedFilmographer"
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Newbie or Developer …. Attend WordPress WordCamp!
If you are a WordPress Developer, as a WordCamp attendee (or presenter) you are participating in (and therefore contributing to) the WordPress community. If you are new to WordPress and still trying to figure it out, you will learn in layers. Web Design knowledge and skills don't come systematically to most learning WordPress. Many people are experimenting with the platform while building their own sites. This kind of learning tends to be erratic, solitary, and at times both rewarding: "Ha! That's how you do it!" and frustrating: "Seriously? A Fatal Error!"
I just got home from another fabulous Vancouver WordCamp. By attending this annual event as well as the monthly WordPress Meetups, I keep my finger on what's new in the WordPress world of web design & development. I can also get answers to my burning questions as well as share my successes and my not-so-shiny moments.
Talking, sharing and networking with others feeds your progress along the WordPress Continuum.  Even if the topic seems way over your head today, another day you are very likely to pull that vague understanding from the back of your brain to help you decide on a theme, plugin or method.  Or maybe you will just be reassured that you are actually on the right path to solving a problem.
Word Camp is all of these things for me.  This year again, the presenters were great! I particularly enjoyed Mandi Wise's Presentation on Content-First Content Management. Find out about the WordCamp in your area, take a deep breath, and SIGN UP!


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Congrats to Grange member Stephanie Pederson for putting together a great booth for the Fair!
The Grange Booth at the 2014 Douglas County Fair took home Second Place this year, coming in behind Riverdale Grange, a booth which also took home First Place in the Oregon State Fair.
The booth displayed daily life in Lookinglass, with miniature buildings of Lookingglass Grange, the local store and also the Lookingglass Fire Department.
The fruits and vegetables were offerings of what we produce here in the Lookingglass Valley: melons, beans, sunflowers, apples and peaches. We also had a variety of canned goods from Lookingglass Bakery and Meals To-Go, a small business operation out of the Grange Kitchen, that sells it's wares at the Friday Farmer's Market.
The painting, which also added to the backdrop of our little town. was also done by a Lookingglass Native. Any suggestions or improvements welcome, we want to bring home First Place next year!


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Symmetropia is a short film that starts weird, gets weirder, and then leaves you sitting there thinking, "What the hell just happened?"
It begins with what looks like a man being given the most intense immersion therapy for an irrational fear (symmetry) ever. He's blindfolded and driven to a forest where all the trees look the same, so that he is surrounded by symmetry. Also he is listening to tape of palindromes being read out loud.
All of that is ridiculous. But then it gets so much more bizarre.
Zachary Davis wrote and directed this and he clearly has a very strange mind.
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We are in a slightly warmer area than the rest of the southern Idaho. I think our lower elevation and the lake effect pushes the thermostat upward just enough to cause us to get cold rain when everyone else gets snow. It certainly isn't warm though--it makes me laugh when I hear this referred to as the "banana belt" of Idaho. Who the heck can grow bananas here?? 😜 But it IS warm enough by a few degrees to not accumulate much of that fun white stuff when Boise, Mountain Home and Twin Falls are all getting it.
Reagan and Leif knew this could possibly be our best snow storm of the year so they got out to enjoy it! Most of the hills around here end in a ditch, lake, or a barbed wire fence. So Reagan provided the speed for the sled.


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There probably ARE people who blog less often than I do out there, right? I mean, even excepting all those people who do not actually have blogs. Once again, I am here to promise to do better. And now I will tell you all about how busy I have been and will continue to be and thereby lay the foundation for future infrequent blog posting.
I don't even remember where I left off. I will go check. *Consults previous post* Oh, right. Baltimore Book Festival! It was great. Had a lovely time reading Library Lion and an excerpt from The Dragon of Trelian, and signed some books and chatted with lovely authors and illustrators and bookstore people. And I bought a shirt from these nice folks. Then I spent a couple of days with my nice friends Bridey and Joe and little Evie, and went to Evie's third birthday party at a FARM with a PETTING ZOO and there were CHICKENS and BABY GOATS and OTHER FUN ANIMALS. I gave Evie books for her birthday, of course.
Last weekend I went back to Baltimore for the New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association conference, which was awesome. I went two years ago when Library Lion received the 2007 NAIBA Children's Picture Book Award and once again I had a great time. Booksellers are really nice, fun people. And they love books. And there were other nice publishing types and authors and illustrators there as well, and I got to talk to people about the novel and hear about other authors' books and generally just had a wonderful time. Plus I scored so many free books that I had to send a box home from the hotel. Yay!
In other news, I am continuing to work on the sequel to The Dragon of Trelian, the first draft of which will be finished by the end of the year. And I'm still working on my critical thesis for my MFA, which will also be finished by the end of the year, but hopefully sooner—say, by my next packet deadline, which is November 10. ALSO working on a new YA novel for school, which started out great and fun and exciting but has been less great lately...still trying to figure out what the deal is with this story.
What else...on October 17 I will be at the Mandell School Book Fair, and on October 24 I will be reading Library Lion to help celebrate the opening of Brooklyn's new Greenlight Bookstore, and on October 31 I will be reading from The Dragon of Trelian while dressed as a princess at the New York Public Library Shop at the NYPL main branch. And on November 7, I will be at the FABULOUS Rochester Children's Book Festival in Rochester, NY, which is my favorite event to go to every year. This time I'll be doing a joint presentation with Rebecca Stead in addition to signing books and talking with kids and parents and teachers and other authors and anyone else who comes out that day! If you are in the area you should definitely come. This is the 13th year of the festival, and it just keeps getting better and better.
And then on December 12, I'll be reading and signing books at the Elmira Barnes & Noble in Elmira, NY.
And because I apparently did not already have enough on my plate, I am in the ensemble of the Village Light Opera Group's fall production of Starship Pinafore. You should all come see it, because it will be AWESOME and a lot of fun. If you know me personally, you can email me directly for tickets. Otherwise, you can get them online here. Performance dates are:
Friday, November 13 at 8pm
Saturday, November 14 at 8pm
Friday, November 20 at 8pm
Saturday, November 21 at 2pm
Sunday, November 22 at 2pm
And, as always, I have been playing lots of Facebook Scrabble and reading lots of books. (If you are curious about what I'm reading, you can always check out my reading list on Goodreads.)
And I suppose that is enough for this update. I should get back to work!


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'The power of Luxembourg is that it can ask questions'
As keynote speaker for the Luxembourg Circular Economy Hotspot 2017, architect and leader in sustainable development William McDonough explained why implementing circular economy business models in Luxembourg is necessary.
The four speakers at the BGL BNP Paribas conference held as part of the Luxembourg Circular Economy Hotspot 2017 all had one clear message: the shift toward a circular economy is not something that should happen, but something that must happen.
Architect and leader in sustainable development William McDonough, keynote speaker at the conference, stressed the importance of cooperation between different sectors for any circular economy models to be successful.
"Something very special is going on in [Luxembourg]," McDonough told the conference, emphasizing that co-creation in the country was very potent and that the country was at a size where "things can be done."
The circular economy event taking place from June 20 to June 22 is a "follow-up" from an event by non-profit organisation Circle Economy that took place in the Netherlands in 2016.
The three-day event aims to showcase Luxembourg's circularity during debates, meetings and conferences with experts in the field of sustainable development, business leaders and government officials.
Luxembourg as a potent agent for change
"Luxembourg is a real hotspot at the moment," is how Francine Closener, secretary of state for the economy, started her remarks, referring to the canicular temperatures the Grand-Duchy is experiencing at the moment and the central role Luxembourg hopes to play in the field of circularity.
For McDonough, Luxembourg has the potential to be an agent for change in that domain. Asked by the Luxemburger Wort what the country's biggest advantages and disadvantages in terms of being a leader in that field were, he replied they were the same thing.
"I think it's the same thing, I think it's the scale... the scale matters that's why I think the issue of Luxembourg is that its biggest weakness will be its size, it's not that big. It's greatest strength, will be its size, it's not that big. So that's always a good thing. When your weakness and your strength are one thing. You can find a place to think," McDonough said.
To explain this thought he gave the example that thanks to Luxembourg's small size and spirit of co-creation and cooperation, changes could more easily be implemented:
"You can say 'we believe packaging should be like this' and you actually don't look ridiculous because you are actually close enough to it to say that's what you want," McDonough said.
The weakness of the country then appears in terms of scale. To be a world leader in the circularity field, things implemented in Luxembourg need to be able to be reciprocated elsewhere in the world on a much larger scale, which could prove difficult considering the country's unique position.
Yet McDonough still believes it can make a difference:
"The issue of how to get that done to scale is a bigger question, it has to go out in the world but it can come from somewhere that's willing to take a claim on their own local needs and ask a question for the global community. So I think that's the power of Luxembourg is that it can ask questions. It might be curious, but a country asking a question, is a country asking a question. That's a big deal."
An imperative, not an option
Co-creation and cooperation were some of the main themes addressed during the conference, during which it was pointed out that for circularity to be implemented in a successful way, different sectors needed to work together.
The different speakers all mentioned a willingness to work with other sectors and to do so quickly.
Carlo Thill, the chairman of the BGL BNP Paribas management board, said that clearly the path the world economy was following at the time was not going in the right direction and that rethinking how to do business was an imperative as the current model was reaching its limits.
He added that there was no "one size fits all" model in terms of circular economy, and that BGL BNP Paribas would continue to be an active player in the transition to a circular economy.
"Not acting is not an option anymore," Thill said.
Closener put the same emphasis on the urgency of action, saying it had become clear that our current model of consumption, production and waste could not go on. She added that circularity was nothing new and that our current linear consumption model had only emerged a few decades ago. She acknowledged that one of the biggest problems in terms of implementing a new path for the economy was that people do not want to admit that things have to change. She called the transition a "long journey worth every effort."
Nicolas Buck, chairman of the Federation Des Industriels Luxembourgeois (FEDIL), concurred, saying that businesses in Luxembourg fully supported transitions to circular business model, but that sometimes some employees and shareholders, were harder to convince.
However, he said the businesses were dedicated.
"We believe the big wave really is a big wave and we want to be part of a solution."
(Barbara Tasch, firstname.lastname@example.com, +325 49 93 732)
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