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This came from a horoscope from Omega Institute, but I think it really speaks well to identifying one's passion or Dharma (life's purpose):
In much the same way that homes of many earlier eras were designed to be oriented on the hearth or the kitchen, the way to organize your life is from the center outward. To do this, you'll first need to determine what the center is. I will give you a clue: It's where the heat is coming from. It's also related to the theme, activity, or mission you keep coming back to, even if you've made other plans. Said yet another way, it's where you reach for the sensation of home on our wild, unpredictable planet. This is a powerful spot in your consciousness. There's a chance that your commitment and passion may be veiled by layers of emotional material—denial, guilt, shame, or some form of uneasiness. None of those can stop you, and it would be helpful if you make peace with that and therefore take away some or all of the power that those feelings seem to have. You have a right to devote yourself to what matters, and I suggest being vigilant toward anyone who would try to deny you that, or who has done so in the past.
What is the theme, activity, or mission you keep coming back to, even if you've made other plans?
Where do you reach for the sensation of home on our wild, unpredictable planet? For me, that's downward dog on my yoga mat. But also the classroom.
I am humbled – because I honestly didn't think I would so admire the words of a Christian authority figure.
Favorite quotes:
Religion is in the guilt-producing control business.
Every church I know claims that we are the true church….
The idea that the truth of God can be bound in any human system by any human creed by any human book is almost beyond imagination for me…
…all of those [various major religions] are human systems which human beings have created to try to help us walk in the mystery of God.
John Shelby Spong, retired Episcopal bishop from Newark, N.J.
I asked a Twitter friend
and she was kind to reply with a blog post, one I am grateful for and wish to keep here so I can go back to it, because even though my mind understands the words, there are many things in here my heart still needs to understand.
The Chronicle of Higher Education published today an article about a course on Information and Contemplation taught by David Levy at UW. Interesting to see that Levy's previous work on effects of meditation on multitasking was actually funded by the National Science Foundation. Interesting to see that ACM CHI and Graphics Interface publish this kind of work.
My homework for the week is "letting go of struggle." I'm sad to admit that I often struggle with struggle and struggle with letting go of struggle! This article came in my inbox yesterday and it speaks to the theme of the week beautifully. Read the entire article by Sally Kempton or see my excerpts below. Highlights are mine.
A truly surrendered person may look passive, especially when something appears to need doing, and everyone around is shouting, "Get a move on, get it done, this is urgent!" Seen in perspective, however, what looks like inaction is often simply a recognition that now is not the time to act. Masters of surrender tend to be masters of flow, knowing intuitively how to move with the energies at play in a situation. You advance when the doors are open, when a stuck situation can be turned, moving along the subtle energetic seams that let you avoid obstructions and unnecessary confrontations.
Such skill involves an attunement to the energetic movement that is sometimes called universal or divine will, the Tao, flow, or, in Sanskrit, shakti. Shakti is the subtle force—we could also call it the cosmic intention—behind the natural world in all of its manifestations.
Surrender starts with a recognition that this greater life force moves as you. One of my teachers, Gurumayi Chidvilasananda, once said that to surrender is to become aware of God's energy within oneself, to recognize that energy, and to accept it. It's an egoless recognition—that is, it involves a shift in your sense of what "I" is—which is why the famous inquiry "Who am I?" or "What is the I?" can be a powerful catalyst for the process of surrender.
As a practice, surrender is a way of unclenching your psychic and physical muscles. It is an antidote to the frustration that shows up whenever you try to control the uncontrollable. There are any number of ways to practice surrender—from softening your belly, to consciously opening yourself to grace, turning over a situation to the universe or to God, or deliberately letting go of your attachment to an outcome.
When the attachment or the sense of being stuck is really strong, it often helps to pray for surrender. It doesn't matter who or what you pray to, it matters only that you are willing to ask. At the very least, the intention to surrender will allow you to release some of the invisible tension caused by fear and desire.
Most transformational moments—spiritual, creative, or personal—involve this sequence of intense effort, frustration, and then letting go. The effort, the slamming against walls, the intensity and the exhaustion, the fear of failure balanced against the recognition that it is not OK to fail—all these are part of the process by which a human being breaks out of the cocoon of human limitation and becomes willing on the deepest level to open to the infinite power that we all have in our core.
More on this from the Center for Teaching at Vanderbilt University.
"…the faculty of voluntarily bringing back a wandering attention,
over and over again, is the very root of judgment, character and will.
No one is compos sui if he has it not. An education which should
improve this faculty would be the education par excellence."
[William James, 1890]
compos sui = master of one's self
Like most of us, I've been enjoying watching the Olympics – but as I learned about the personal sacrifices kids like sweet Gabby Douglas had to endure, I thought to myself, "it's not worth it." I came across a couple of opinion columns on Huffington Post that spell out more eloquently than me what the problem may be, what the values underlying the Olympic sacrifice are and how they influence collective thought (aka culture & society). I am copying below the sentences that sum up the argument for me:
The pedestal … gold … success … grit and determination and resolve and tenacity — suck it up and grin and do it again and again because today's record will be broken tomorrow and Tuesday's excellence is Thursday's mediocrity and Saturday's failure. Redefine "success" as prestige and mint it into a medal, then market it throughout society and see it bloom.
Apparently not. It's all about "winning" — and since there can only be one champion, the vast majority collapses from a broken heart. And don't celebrate too long. Next year's gauntlet menaces for all the Little Leaguers and Big Leaguers and those far beyond the world of sports. Businesses can't just make a profit; they must quash the competition and reign as Number One. In Washington, the party that's lost its mind bare-knuckles with the party that's lost its vision — and insanity's apparent candidate shifts his views like a cold-calling salesman plying for customers. Win and only win. Don't present a coherent program and argue for it; just launch attacks that are obvious plays for votes and nothing more — because it's all about "me" and a pyrrhic November victory with no mandate to govern. Stand on the pedestal in January, then plow into the exhausting campaign for the next election. There's no break.
They're also unwitting icons of a nation in which relationships are swapped for medals and that transient moment on the pedestal. We do them no dishonor when we see that, nor do we help them by turning a blind eye to the price they paid for their brief triumph. We're all paying that price. Perhaps it's too high. – read the entire article by Charles Redfern
This other article discusses the unbelievable performance of 16-year old Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen, that may very well be the result of grueling training in "Olympic factories" where the life is hard and athletes train because they were chosen, not because they wanted to. The author compares that with the more easy-going attitude of Great Britain, who may be satisfied with bronze. She also analyzes what these Olympic values mean for culture, society, and business:
You might, in fact, think about the things we call "success." You might think that winning a medal if you'd taken drugs definitely didn't count as success, but that you weren't at all sure that winning a medal if you'd lived your life as a kind of prisoner did. You might think that annual economic growth of nearly 8 per cent sounded great, until you found out about the chemicals, and the nets. You might, in other words, think that sometimes the price of success was too high.
And if you were a citizen of a country that used to be a leading world power, and was now only the sixth biggest economy in the world, and which happened to be hosting the Olympics, you might be pleased. You might think that the opening ceremony, which was funny and charming and a little bit mad, told the world that we had a lot to be proud of, but that the most important thing about our country wasn't our pride. You might think about the young men who won a medal that hadn't been won for 100 years, and who practiced because they wanted to, and entered the Olympics because they wanted to. And you might well think that there were times when bronze was worth an awful lot more than gold. – read the entire article here.
I like these two articles because I believe it's important to stop and consider what values we learn to believe in as we worship the Olympics and admire Olympians. I hope the paragraphs I extracted here motivate you to read them and consider: What does it mean to succeed? What is the price that's worth paying for success? What does it mean for our society when there can only be one winner?
"Don't try to relax.
Don't try to quiet your mind.
Don't try to be comfortable.
Don't try to be peaceful.
Don't try to be in some condition that might please people.
Don't try to be spiritually advanced.
Don't try to be intelligent.
Don't try to control your energy.
Simply be in a state of not trying.
You can stay in this state for as much as you like and then if you have an inclination to do some action you can go ahead and perform that action with minimal effort and then return to the state of not trying. If words arise and you feel an inclination to speak, you can speak with minimal effort and return to the state of not trying."
The trick, then, is to not try to not try…
I'm traveling a lot these couple of weeks, and, even though I bought toesox to practice yoga during my trip, it isn't happening. Too little time, too many
people I want to spend it with. As my teacher writes, being fully in the moment with them rather than wishing I were practicing yoga is my yoga these days. I don't know if reading Yoga Journal on the plane counts?! 🙂
But what I do try to do wherever I am is to be present and mindful – and here is a wonderful article about integrating brief moments of mindfulness throughout the day. Excellent reminder.


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University shows TV architect amazing spaces at Springfield
The University of Wolverhampton hosted a visit by celebrity architect, George Clarke – showing him amazing spaces at the Springfield redevelopment project.
George Clarke is an architect, creative director of George Clarke + Partners, and a founder of TV production company Amazing Productions. He is the presenter of several successful series for television, including Channel 4's Restoration Man and The Great British Property Scandal and George Clarke's Amazing Spaces.
Acclaimed architect and Honorary Graduate, George Clarke, visited the £100 million Springfield regeneration project taking a tour of the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills Hub (ECMS) and the West Midlands Construction University Technical College (WMCUTC) at the site before hosting an evening reception in the University's Chancellor's Hall.
Business leaders from across the region including representatives from the Chartered Institute of Building, Dunton Environmental, Harrison Clark Rickebys Law, the Institute of Demolition Engineers, Shaylor Group, Rider Levett Bucknall and Pennycuick Collins attended the evening reception to hear George's perspective on skills in construction and inspiring the next generation of industry leaders.
George said: "The Springfield redevelopment is a big site with lots of difficult buildings on there that all need careful restoration – it's a long term project but it's already taking shape with the WMCUTC already open and the ECMS almost completed.
"Inspiring the next generation means everything to me. You need to be inspired to want to do something, whether it's someone inspiring you like my Grandad did, or just being passionate about what you love to do. Everything that is happening here is fantastic. Springfield gives young people a foundation to do something brilliant starting from a very young age and it's a real inspiration to see the pathways that are being created.
"Seeing kids being as passionate about architecture and built environment as I am is a dream. They were brilliant, getting a buzz from the day and they were really proud of their work."
Johanna Stant, WMCUTC student, showed George her work including an electric 'vertical variation' cello that she had designed when she was exploring space saving ideas. She said: "I wrote to George when I was in Year 11 asking him if I could do some work experience with him so it's really exciting to actually meet him. He has been a real inspiration to me and I'm hoping to study architecture in more detail in the future."
Nazira Karodia, Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University, said: "It was wonderful that George took the time to visit us to catch up on the progress made in the first phase of this ambitious project whilst at the same time highlighting that there are opportunities for developers, investors and partners to work with us on phase two of the project.
"Construction is a vital growth sector for the Black Country with the global construction industry forecast to grow by more than 70% over the next ten years. The new super campus will be well placed to take advantage of this rising international demand with strengths in architecture, engineering and sustainable construction – all designed to address the national skills shortage of engineers and construction workers."
The site of the former Springfield brewery has been transformed into Europe's largest specialist construction and built environment campus, bringing together businesses and the education sector to maximise impact on the economy.
Since its purchase in 2014, the derelict site has been rejuvenated into a centre of excellence for construction and the built environment, delivering an unbeatable skills pathway for construction education and training from the age of 14 to senior professionals.
As the home of the West Midlands Construction University Technical College, the University's School of Architecture and Built Environment, and the Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills, it's central to our vision of enhancing the student experience and supporting business growth.
The £100 million development is acting as the catalyst for economic and social regeneration, tailored to creating jobs and delivering the technical and professional experts required by the industry.
For more information please contact the Media Relations Office on 01902 32 2736 or 01902 518647.
Date Issued: 17th October 2017
For more information please contact the Media Relations Office on 01902 32 2736 or 01902 518647.

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As one stage of an actor's world ends, the next begins. This post was written right after episode 9 was filmed, but we couldn't share it until after episode 9 aired. So here's a little background for you — this was written in Mid to late May.
This last week has been pretty eventful. In true Bex form, things have not gone exactly as planned. Let's see…
- Thursday Bex got a call from Director Jonathan Demme (of "Silence of the Lambs" fame) who was disappointed to learn that Bex would not be in the episode he was filming for The Killing (ep 9). (Here's how it works: a "series regular" role means that the contract guarantees a minimum number of episodes – generally 7; beyond those it is discretionary.)
- Friday night, Bex went to her last night of filming episode 8 — call was at 10 p.m., and they wrapped at 4:00 a.m. There was a beautiful bouquet of flowers in her dressing room from Veena. A fitting close to an extraordinary adventure. Or was it?
- Tuesday, Bex went to set for the read through for the next episode. Apparently, Demme wants her in it, and there are discussions happening.
- Wednesday, Bex spends the day on set because it's just better than being anywhere else!
- Thursday and Friday? I guess we're all going to have to wait to see what kind of magic wand Demme has! Looks like it was quite a wand — Bex was fitted for "dead" contact lenses, and spent 2 hours in that trunk. In the end, they only used two scenes, but Demme did an amazing job, and it was a perfect closing experience for Bex on the set of The Killing.
Suffice it to say, life is not dull for Bex these days. May 20 is the cast and crew screening and party, and Bex will head back to LA for her graduation by May 23!
This chapter's almost over, folk! The auditions are just beginning.
The work of acting happens between gigs — auditions, self-tapes, interviews — while the play happens when they're on the job. At least, that's what it seems to be like for Bex. When she's working — on set — she's having the time of her life. Now that things are settling down and we're starting to think about what's next, it's starting to feel a little like work, again.
But not too much!
As Bex's agent says, it seems to be "Bex Season" in audition-land. She's already taped one audition for a pilot, and another 2 are in the works. Bex is trying to get her head back in the "comedic space," jumping right back into audition work as if it were yesterday.
NOTE: Special Late Edition:
- Thursday and Friday — Bex is in Episode 9! Don't ask — Demme magic happens.
- Thursday — Interviews begin with a reporter from the Atlanta Journal/Constitution.
- Thursday — network wants to tape some 1 minute promo videos, so it looks like Bex is going back to LA for her graduation, and then returning to Vancouver for a little more fun (without the) sun!
That is all for now!


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Twenty-eight percent of Americans have less than $1,000 saved up for retirement, while 57 percent have less than $25,000, according to the Employee Benefit Research Institute's 2015 Retirement Confidence Survey. Only 24 percent have more than $100,000 saved, which is a sobering figure in light of Bureau of Labor Statistics data indicating that the average annual expenditure for households with persons over 65 was $42,557 in 2013. The EBRI's survey also found a correlation between participation in a retirement plan and confidence about one's financial future, with 28 percent of those participating in a plan feeling very confident about their outlook as compared to only 12 percent for those not taking part in a plan. If you want to feel confident about your financial future, your best strategy is to start building a solid retirement plan today.
Identify Your Retirement Goals
Start by listing your most important retirement goals on paper. One way to brainstorm your goals is to ask yourself a list of questions, such as:
- When would you like to retire?
- Where would you like to live, and in what kind of home?
- What would you like to spend your time doing?
- Will you be working part-time or running a home business?
- Will you travel?
- What will you spend your free time doing, and how many hours a week?
Come up with a list of five goals described as specifically as possible.
Create a Retirement Budget
The more clearly you can define your goals, the more precisely you can estimate your projected expenses and develop a realistic retirement budget. Estimating this accurately requires taking into account expenses such as mortgage payments, taxes and health care. Vanguard provides a retirement expense worksheet to help you add up the cost of these and other variables.
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Nkoua Ngavouka Maryse Dadina
January 2012/March 2015 Elettra Sincrotrone Radiation/University of Trieste, Trieste, ITALY
Ph.D in Nanotechnology and Nanosciences
Title: "Conformational Properties of Variable Density DNA
Supervisors: Dr. Loredana Casalis, Dr. Pietro Parisse and Prof.
Giacinto Scoles
August 2010/August 2011 The Abdus Salam, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP),
Trieste, ITALY
Diploma in Condensed Matter Physics
August 2008/August 2009 University Marien Ngouabi, Faculty of Sciences, Brazzaville, CONGO
"Maîtrise" in Physics
May 2016 (On going) Departments of Physics- University Marien Ngouabi,
Brazzaville, CONGO.
Giving module in General Experimental Physics, Biophysics and Condensed
Matter Physics.
Institut National de Recherche en Sciences Exactes et
Naturelles (IRSEN)/Laboratoire de Physique Nucléaire et Appliquée,
Brazzaville, CONGO.
Researcher associate
➢ Involve as a technical researcher to protect the Congolese public and
his environment against the harmful effects of ionizing radiation.
➢ Involve in the algae culture and extraction (In Congo river) for
Nkoua Ngavouka Maryse Dadina, PhD
07/09/1986,Brazzaville C -O NGO
Brazzaville, Congo
Biomass project to produce solid, liquid and gaz combustible.
➢ Working with UV-vis for absorption spectra for typical plant species in
the extraction analysis.
➢ Working on the establishement of a well equiped radiochemical
laboratory by submitting project to get funding for materials
Elettra Sincrotrone Radiation/ NanoInnovationLab, Trieste, ITALY
Post-Doctoral Fellow (INSTM/ICTP Project in Italian Laboratories)
Reconstruction of membrane protein assemblies into supported lipid
bilayers using Atomic Force Microscopy and Fluorescence Microscope.
January 2012/March
Elettra Sincrotrone Radiation/ NanoInnovationLab, Trieste, ITALY
PhD student
Worked on performing and developing a device at the nanoscale for the
early detection of biomarkers. I used AFM based nanografting to produce
DNA nanoarrays with variable molecular density capable of rapid and
accurate detection of DNA/miRNA targets (miRNA reported to be differently
expressed in patients having different level of heart failure), through the
measurement , via AFM, of the different nanomechanical response of ssDNA
and DNA/miRNA hybridized nanopatches.
October 2013 Austrian Small Angle X-ray Scattering beamline, Trieste, ITALY
Assistant Technician Student
Practically applied the technical knowledge from my degree to a live
exploration project. Project based on the design of a two set-up flow for
time dependent analysis of gold nanoparticles modified with DNA.
Attended courses on general training of employees for the prevention
and safety in work place environment. Set up, adjusted, maintained and
cleaned laboratory equipment daily.
Atomic Force Microscopy, Fluorescence Microscope, Scanning Electron
Microscope, Optical Microscope, UV-Visible Spectrophotometer, Small
Angle X-Ray Scattering, Radiameter, Ionization chamber.
G. Doni, M. D. Nkoua Ngavouka, A. Barducci, P. Parisse, A. De Vita,G.
Scoles, L. Casalis, G. M. Pavan. "Structural and energetics basis for
hybridization limits in high-density DNA monolayers". Nanoscale 2013,
5, 9988-9993.
M. D. Nkoua Ngavouka, A. Bosco, L. Casalis, P. Parisse.
"Determination of average distance in variable density ssDNA
nanobrushes in the presence of different cations species".
Macromolecules 2014.
M. D. Nkoua Ngavouka, P. Capaldo, E. Ambrosetti , L. Casalis, G.
Scoles, P. Parisse. "Mismatch detection in DNA monolayers by Atomic
Force Microscopy and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy".
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• French (Mother tongue)
• English (Fluent)
• Italian (Fluent)
Communication Skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, effective reporting, meeting, analytical
and motivational skills.
• Excellent oral and written comminication skills gained through my
experience as teaching assistant.
• Great ability to manage multiple projects and priotize based on
Organisational / managerial skills
• Reporter of the Training on Physical Protection and Security Management
of Radioactive Sources, held in Brazzaville, 26-30 September 2016.
• Alongside my own research, I have co-supervised the laboratory project of
three undergraduate student, both in the day-to-day running of the
project and its overall planning, which has yielded valuable data.
• Speaker in the "Donne Africa" association (Italy) to promote and motivate
African women in science.
Computer skills
• Applications: Microsoft Office packages (Word, Excel, etc)
• Operating systems: UNIX, LINUX, Windows 7, Windows XP and iOS.
• Programming languages: Fortran and Matlab
• Software modelling: Autodesk Inventor Pro (basique), VMD, NAMD, Adobe
Photoshop, IGOR pro and XEI.
• Regional Training Course on Determination of Po-210 in Environemental
Samples by Alpha-Particle Spectrometry, Rabat-Morocco (April 24-28,
• Regional Training Course on Best Practices in Proficiency Tests for
Measurement of Radionuclides in Environemental Samples, Addis
Ababa-Ethiopia (March 6-8, 2017).
• 4th African Conference on Quality Management in Nuclear Industry and
research Laboratories, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (9-10 March, 2017).
• Winter School on Quantitative systems on life sciences, Trieste-Italy
(December 5-17, 2016).
• Training on Physical Protection and Security Management of Radioactive
Sources, Brazzaville-Congo (September 26-30, 2016).
• 58th Annual American Biophysical Society Meeting. San Francisco-USA
(February 15-19, 2014).
• 9th European Biophysics Congress. Lisbon – Portugal (July 13-17, 2013).
• Synchrotron and Free Electron Laser based Methods and their
Multidisciplinary Applications. Trieste – Italy (March 19-30, 2012).
Awards and Fellowships
• Interuniversitario Nazionale per la Scienza e Tecnologia dei
Materiali(NSTM) Project in Italian Laboratories (January – June 2015)
• Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) scholarship (July-
August 2015).
• Under European Research Council (ERC) Grant (January 2012-December
• Training and Research in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) scholarship
(September 2011- December 2011).
• UNESCO/ ICTP/IAEA scholarship (August 2010- August 2011).
• IUPAP Travel Grant for Women in Physics to ASESMA (July 2010)
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The North Star Shadow Gift Box SVG files set is the second shadow box that is primarily made for the holidays (the In the Woods Shadow Gift Box was the first). This box was intentionally designed so it could be used for whomever you see fit on your list — from the kiddos all the way to the grandparents. I love the North Star as a reminder of what is truly important during the holidays — family and friends. Fill your box with candy, cookies, cool trinkets, gifts cards or all of the above.
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Children and Youth
Jesus said to them, "Let the little children come to me; do not stop them; for it is to such as these that the Kingdom of God belongs." Mark 10:14
Main Street United Methodist Church strives to engage children and youth in activities and programs that will nurture their growth spiritually, physically, mentally and socially. Children and Youth are involved in a variety of ministries, each with the specific goal of helping children to grow in their understanding of what it means to be children of God. From Sunday School to Youth Group to Summer activities, Main Street is where children are loved and valued.
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Main Street offers Sunday School for all ages. You can be assured that your child will be well cared for in an age-appropriate setting as he or she learns about Jesus in one of our Sunday School classes.
Nursery Supervisor: Danika Miller
Children and Youth Ministry Director: Melanie Giek
The nursery and all children's classes are on the ground floor of the church. The Youth meet in the Sanctuary first, and then go to their meeting spot on the second floor.
Nursery 9:00-11:30 Infant-Age 3
Pre-K - 1st Grade 10:15-11:15 Ages 4-7
Elementary 10:15-11:15 Ages 8-11
Youth 10:30-11:15 Ages 12-18
Children's Sunday School takes a Bible story and presents the lesson in a unique way each Sunday, using a story, art, science, cooking, music, mission and/or games. Youth Sunday School presents scripture and relates it to a current event or topic through a meaningful discussion. Each week is different – you don't want to miss it!
UMYF - United Methodist Youth Fellowship
Youth in grades 3 - 12 are welcome to participate in our Sunday afternoon youth ministries. We meet each week from 4-6 pm, offering a variety of activities that challenge them to explore how their faith connects with their everyday lives. Our Youth Program builds a sense of community that helps to foster friendships and encourages spiritual development. Whether participating in Sunday School, UMYF, a Missions Ministry or a Weekend Event, youth at Main Street deepen their faith through hands-on experiences, prayer and worship.


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smart approach! :D
did you just copy a movie poster?
I used a famous reference photo (http://www.realbollywood.com/news/up_images/11127887.jpg) but re-drew it to look like these famous skateboards from the 80's:
When my board was printed it had 'Hepburn" where you see '"Lee" on this one, and was printed in red. It was a tribute to Sean Cliver's art, and some of the most popular boards from the late 80's (there was a series of them), this one was a Jason lee.
By no means is this high-art. It was just me trying to copy the style of a huge influence of mine (Cliver), and follow an art-director's guidance for a commissioned series of skateboards. So…it is what it is.


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Well, yes, I totally forgot it was Wednesday. I do have a black and white photo to share with you. . .
This is one of Little Bit this past Labor Day weekend. Aunt S. is holding her while she sleeps through all the madness going on around her.
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Our designers tackled a project to recognize the donors who made the dream of a new, consolidated service center a reality for client Share – as well as show how far their reach extends to help those suffering from hunger and homelessness in the greater Vancouver area.
We created several unique marketing displays, as well as sponsored the kids play area – not only was it an honor, it was a total blast! We involved our whole team to play a part in this special moment in the community.
View more images from this project and learn more about the spaces we helped create at Share's Fromhold Service Center in Vancouver, WA.


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'BIM: the small practice perspective' - a one day course
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GQ Style Tips for Men: "Just Don't"
An amusing ad campaign for GQ Brasil titled "GQ Teaching Style To Men" pokes fun at some iconic looks that should never be replicated: Snoop's pigtails, MC Hammer's parachute pants, and Hulk Hogan's golden 'stache.
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Holiday Food Box Needs
It's that time of the year again at The Quinn House when we make room in our freezers for the hundreds of turkeys and hams given out to needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas. As you all can imagine, we need more hams and turkeys this year than last year as the number of people out of work and needy families continue to climb.
Won't you make room in your shopping cart on that day you visit Publix, Kroger, Ingles, etc. and put one in for The Quinn House? You can print out the needs list here. This would be a blessing to the many people in Gwinnett County. Let's help them enjoy the holidays as much as the rest of us do. Gift Cards for $15-$25 from any grocery store would also help us to cover families who come to us late and also limits the amount of freezer space we need,which in turn helps lower our power bill. We are able to receive turkeys, hams, gift cards now at our office at 120 South Perry Street in downtown Lawrenceville. Thank you so much and God Bless You All!


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Richmond Lanzro Sanders was a lanky, high-school
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Q: Where do three restaurateurs who all work at the hip Lola and share a birthday go to celebrate?
"It was awesome," reported one of the birthday boys yesterday, when I stopped in for brunch at Lola -- the readers' choice for Best Brunch, and our pick for Best Mostly Mexican Brunch. For their joint March 22 birthday, they left the happening Highland restaurant in favor of dinner at the venerable (and cheesy) White Fence Farm, complete with petting zoo and gift shop. But then there's the Farm's most important asset, a fried chicken dinner served family-style for $13.75 and, he reported, "it's great fried chicken."
And Lola knows about its chicken: The brunch menu is slated to change next week, and included on the new entree list is Chicken & Waffle, with "chorizo gravy, blue corn waffle, guajillo chili-cherry syrup." Sounds like it could give the Corner Office a run for next year's Best Chicken and Waffles.
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First time dads are getting older. Whatever the reasons, whether it is grounded in selfishness - the need for long uninterrupted skiing holidays in Europe - or consciously deciding to wait until they feel ready to devote themselves to childcare, the fact remains, one in 10 new fathers are now aged 40 or over.
Many people may question the capability of older men to be active fathers. And some medical experts claim there is a possibility the children of older dads could be at greater risk of developing fatal illnesses.
But these are not views shared by mature dads.
Matt Ritson is 46 and has a six-year-old son, Nathan. "It wasn't deliberate to wait this long before I had a child, but at the same time I specifically felt I had a social responsibility to only bring a family into the world when I had the time and the proper opportunity to do it.
"Strangely enough, it happened when I was 40."
Strange in the sense that he became a father at exactly the same age as his dad was when Matt was born.
"It's really the only way I knew, becoming a father when mature and settled," he adds.
"I was never really conscious about my father being much older than me until I was 16 or 17. We were best mates, my father and I."
Matt, who lives with his wife Ann and Nathan in Hartford Bridge, Northumberland, believes becoming a father is the best thing that has ever happened to him.
A self-employed graphic designer, he is lucky to be able to spend lots of time with Nathan and his best friend, Matthew Donnachie, also six, who is Ann's daughter Angie's son.
Together, they enjoy a range of activities.
"What gives me the most pleasure is to have time to talk to Nathan. We spend a lot of time just talking. We also go for walks together and Matthew often comes along.
"Nathan is quite artistic, he likes to watch me drawing and also likes to do a bit of drawing himself. We do ordinary things together as well, like watching videos."
Although only young, Nathan has been to more parts of the world than most adults.
"Ann and I travel a lot and wherever we go, Nathan comes too. We've been around the world together. We spent last Christmas in Switzerland, we've been to Bermuda and we've just got back from Reykjavik," Matt says.
"When I was younger, I wouldn't have had the time or the money to indulge Nathan and take him to the places I can today. Children deserve more than just being born and then left to get on with it.
"I wanted the time to be right - and the financial structures to be in place."
Matt dislikes being called an `older' dad, however. He enjoys skiing, scuba diving and extreme sports. "People do comment on the fact that I'm much older than my son. They say I'm probably too old and tired to kick a ball around with my kid.
"Honestly, I'm 46 not 86. Nathan doesn't have a problem with my age. The only thing he smartly comments on is my hair loss from time to time!"
The proud father believes it is important to keep in shape for your child's sake, however, whatever your age.
"Because you're older you have to keep fit. You don't want your kid to think you're too old to play football with him like younger dads do with their sons. I don't feel middle aged. When I'm 60, I'll say I'm middle aged."
Like Matt, John Smith, a Sunderland University lecturer, had his first child when he was 40. His daughter, Natasha, is now an 18-year-old Sunderland college student and is looking forward to going to university next year.
"There's something a bit strange about having a child when you're 40," John says. "I had a much more mature view of fatherhood than I would have had when I was in my twenties."
John, now 58, admits to having been hesitant about having children so late in life, but says everything soon turned from anxiety to delight.
"When my partner was pregnant, it felt fantastic. Quite emotional in fact. Having our daughter changed our lives radically. It blocked any career move out of town. My partner and I are both university lecturers and because of that a career move means a geographical move.
"But it didn't really matter, I wanted a child much more than a career."
John, who lives with his family in the Barnes area of Sunderland, said there is a lot of pressure on young men nowadays to have a career and huge demands on time, which go beyond sitting at a desk.
It is only later in life you have the chance to ease off and be ready for childcare. This also applies to women he added. John says life is much more stable now than when he was younger.
"What is also positive about having a child late in life is that you're more even tempered, I can take the ups and downs a lot easier now than I would have in my early days.
Society today is structured in a way that puts much focus on health and beauty. Young and fresh is the ideal, a fact acknowledged by children as well as adults, according to Dr Penny Johnson, a psychologist at the University of Sunderland.
"Children feel a need for their parents to be young and beautiful, and sometimes react negatively to their parents getting older."
John was quite surprised when he discovered this was a view shared by his daughter when she was in primary school. "I found out she had been shaving 10 years off our age, making us 35, because she wasn't too happy with the fact that we were the same age as many of the other children's grand parents."
John wouldn't have another child now. "I wouldn't have the energy for it."
He believes it must be hard for men having children much later than in their forties.
"I remember the energy I had in my 20's. I often felt very tired when my daughter was growing up. Not so much when she was a baby, but when she was a young, lively child."
He recalls writing his first book at home with a young Natasha sat in a chair next to him. "I managed to share duties with my partner and care for our child while at the same time authoring a book. It wasn't a problem then, but I couldn't do it now."
Is 40 too old, then, to handle a newly born? Tony Blair seems to handle his son Leo well. And at 58, actor Michael Douglas and his current wife Catherine Zeta Jones, 33, have a two-year-old son, Dylan, with another child on the way.
He has been quoted as saying: "My midlife crisis lies behind me and being a father again is fantastic. I eat more healthy food, I exercise, I get more rest. I still want to be fit for my kids for a long time."
And Matt and John seem to get much more joy than pain from their children too.
As the saying goes: a young man's burden, an old man's darling.


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Hello – I'm Kathryn, the writer behind Becoming you
I blog to connect with the world and remind myself of who I am aside from someone's mom.
About Kathryn Rossiter
Kathryn Rossiter is a South African lifestyle blogger and mom of 2 who writes daily over at Becoming you. Her site offers daily information, inspiration and encouragement for women and it is her place on the web to express her dual passions for writing and photography.
About Me
I am a 30-something mom of 2 (a "pigeon pair") and I work from home as a freelance writer and editor (social media content primarily, but other content too) during the mornings (and many evenings!)
I shuttle kids around, manage homework, police playdates and cheer from the sidelines at sports matches most afternoons.
I blog in between!
My blog covers a diverse range of topics and offers daily information, inspiration and encouragement for women. I love to share inspiring things that interest me – travel, style, family, decor, photography and beauty!
My blog is my happy place and was started as a creative outlet for me when I was in the midst of early motherhood. Through my blog I combine my passions for writing, photography, travel and family and I LOVE IT!
My stand out travel experiences include exploring the Cinque Terre of Italy solo, cruising on a Klotok through the jungle of Borneo, sunset scootering around the island of Kithnos in Greece, meandering through the back streets of Stone Town in Zanzibar, zipping through the most extreme zipline in the world, walking with cheetah in the Karoo and generally living the good life in Cape Town where I indulge in my love for good food and wine, every weekend!
About My Family
We're a family of four living in Cape Town's Southern Suburbs… I do blog about our lives but don't feature my husband or kids too much as I need to respect their privacy too. Just because I have chosen to write a blog doesn't mean they want their private lives all over the internet, so I have to take that into account. Pictures like this one are few and far between because of that very reason.
I don't see myself as a traditional "mommy blogger" sharing our life stories, rather as a "mom who blogs" My kids happen to be a rather large part of my life so they do feature occasionally but they certainly aren't the stars of the show!
My husband prefers me not to talk about him BUT he is very much a part of this blog – helping me behind the scenes in many ways (babysitting so I can attend events, being a sounding board for changes, problems and email replies, encouraging me to keep going when it gets tough etc etc) We have been married since 2002 and met on a blind date waaaaay back in the year 2000! He is the GM of a large coffee chain in South Africa which means we get free coffee – except I don't drink coffee. I know, what a waste!!!
My son is 12 and in a great government school (no home-schooling round these parts please!!) He loves his friends, sport, Xbox, swimming and having a laugh.
My daughter is 8 and loves reading, playing with her friends and her toys, gymnastics, dancing, swimming and "mommy dates".
I love exposing my kids to the exciting world around them, be it via camping, cross-country road-trips or living it up in 5-star luxury.
About Becoming you (the short version)
Becoming you is a South African lifestyle blog that covers a diverse range of topics and offers daily information, inspiration and encouragement for women. It is written by Kathryn Rossiter, a mother of 2, who has a passion for writing and photography as well as encouraging women to become more of themselves!
About Becoming you (the long version)
The name, Becoming you, is a play on the word becoming (adjective): attractive, lovely, pretty, handsome, fetching; stylish, elegant, chic, fashionable, tasteful. Another definition is "the process of coming to be something"
This blog is all of these things but also about becoming you…… and, of course, the journey of becoming me! As a busy mom I often felt that I was disconnected with the outside world and by reading blogs I was able to reconnect a bit with the real me and remind myself of the things I love and what brings me joy.
Find out more about what I blog about by watching this short video…
My aim for this blog is that it would help you to live your life to the full. That it would remind you about who you were and it would help you to grow into who are are meant to be… Becoming you!
Contact Me
Please contact me on kathryn (at) becomingyou.co.za or visit the Contact Page
If you want to stay up to date with what is happening here you might like to follow me on social media or you can subscribe via RSS feed or via email (see box in the right hand margin) to ensure you don't miss any of the daily posts.
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More About Me
I am a Capetonian, book lover, chocoholic, francophile, magazine addict, prettiness magpie, amateur photographer, jewellery junkie, sometime gardener, wannabe world traveller (on hold for now), terrible saver, terrific spender, reluctant chef, creative crafter, art film watcher, impatient driver, childrens book collector, list maker who is saved by grace.
My name is spelt with a K and a Y but it's NOT Kathy
I married someone I met on a blind date! I was 21 and freaked out a fair number of people in the process.
One of the hardest things I have been through is secondary infertility, which I struggled with for almost 18 months. Some dark days those, which I am glad are now behind me. I now have 2 of the cutest kids on the planet!!
I try to be the best mom I can be and I am grateful for the time I get to spend with them at home but it's the hardest job I've ever had – 24 hours shifts with no time off or sick days.
I could do with more patience…
I'm an ESFJ
I have a great part-time job as a Media Liaison which involves writing – guides, newsletters and website content as well as social media.
I love magazines and blogging is a natural extention of that – It would be amazing to find a way to pay the bills through blogging! Slowly, slowly…
I have a gym membership but am not at all into exercise – I go once a week to keep my membership active but sometimes that means popping in to swipe my card, have a sauna or a smoothie and check my mail…. Don't judge me 😉
Dancing to cheesy music is my exercise of choice!
I don't like cooking – there I said it – most moms esp mom bloggers are assumed to be amazing cooks. My husband does most of the cooking in our house – I am seriously blessed!
I don't drink coffee or fizzy drinks or eat crisps – all New Years Resolutions I made and kept! I make up for that by drinking lots of Milo, wine and Appletizer and eating everything else…. I am not know for my willpower when it comes to baked goods, pizza or chocolate!
Time with my girlfriends makes me happy. I need my monthly bookclub to preserve my sanity!
I am definitely more a Summer person but I find it easier to dress in Winter. I think most moms do – might have something to do with being able to hide certain "bits" under a few layers??
I will always choose to go to an art house movie above any other.
This year my goals are to continue to simplify life, to grow my blog, to seek out and speak truth in everything – my life and others, and to loose those last 5 kgs!!
The hobby I most want to improve is my photography and I would love to upgrade my camera to a new Canon 1000D
I will order Eggs Benedict if it is on the menu… best breakfast ever!
I lived overseas for 2 years when I was a newly wed and we traveled a fair bit in Europe but I have seriously itchy feet to go traveling again and it upsets me that traveling from the tip of Africa is so expensive and far from everywhere else in the world. I need to do more traveling…
I made the most definitive decision of my life at age 8 when I chose to follow Christ.
I celebrate my birthday in July…. 😉
Each New Year's Eve I choose a word for the coming year (as opposed to a resolution)…
In 2012 my word was Simplify
In 2013 it was Acceptance (of myself and others and circumstances!)
For 2014 my word was Faith (stepping out in faith and growing my own faith).
My word for 2015 was Finance. Not as deep as previous years but a necessary one this was the year I moved to blogging full time and needed to get some money in, and then learn how to keep it (aka save!)
For 2017 my word was Focus!
In 2018 my word was Flow (go with the flow, flow with life, flow in my gifts etc etc. Read more here)
In 2019 my word is DEPTH (I want to go deeper not wider – in my faith, relationships, interests. This might mean it's time to focus on fewer but go deeper!)
Sometimes I have the opportunity to attend events and review various products. I am either paid in cash, product or free tickets in return for writing about them. Regardless of that, you can be absolutely sure that the opinions and experiences expressed on my blog are my own. I love being able to talk about places and things that I like and recommending them to my friends in real life and Becoming you is an extension of that – if you are a reader then I consider you a friend! I have and will continue to promote things that I paid for myself (and I will also choose to NOT write about products or places that I was sent or invited to that I did not enjoy).
For more information on my stats, advertising and promotional post rates please contact me for a Media Kit on kathryn (at) becomingyou.co.za You can get an idea of which brands I have previously worked with on the Advertising page. I am also available for interviews and media appearances. (See Media Mentions).
Please note that the writing, content and photos in this website are copyright of Kathryn Rossiter of Becoming you. Please do not copy it and pass it off as your own – that is known as stealing! If you share (and please do) please provide credit to the original source.
Feel free to leave a comment or send an email to say "hi". I do love knowing who my loyal readers are and enjoy sharing the positive feedback I receive.
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With balmy temperatures followed by windy tempests I have come down with a lovely angina. The joys of Autumn in France; they love a good extreme climate here in Reims. Around this time of year we can lose or gain ten degrees in the space of a week.
Not so good for the immune system! So instead of a nice relaxing weekend eating good food and drinking luscious red wine I spent the weekend asleep on various belle-famille's couches. After drinking no wine due to antibiotics and tasting not very much due to a very blocked nose! C'est la vie…
However I did get the chance earlier in the week to photograph the last vestiges of Autumn before she is clutched from my grasp by the cold hands of Winter.
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data cloud(1) A collection of words that are displayed in a font size or different color (or both) that represent their value in relation to each other. For example, a data cloud of countries would show China in the largest font because it has the largest population.
(2) Data storage. A data cloud implies some type of storage system or storage network without getting into details. It may also refer to a network attached storage (NAS) device. See SAN and NAS. See also cloud.


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The bridesmaid dresses should compliments the brides' gown. So after the bride decide the color and style of wedding dress, then you could choose match bridesmaid dresses.
What style of bridesmaid dress to wear? Why you do not browse on internet? Choose one or two of your bridesmaids out shopping and see what styles they like. Take the other bridesmaids out to make the final selections. This approach shortens the time spent looking for the perfect right bridesmaid dress.
How to shop perfect bridesmaid dresses?
1. Your bridesmaids professionally measured and fitted. It's best to avoid having to deal with incorrect dress sizes, which involves either having to wait sometimes weeks for new ones to come in, or paying for alterations.
Time to order
It's best to order all your bridesmaid dresses at the same time. Fabric dye-lots can vary and if you order the dresses at different times, the dresses may be from different dye-lots and may not all have the exact same colour intensity.
You should get the dresses 2-3 weeks ahead of your wedding! If the dress have any problem, you have time to fix. So make sure you will get the dress on time with dress shop or manufacturers.
Browse beautiful bridesmaid dresses and latest style on our website.


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The Kaiser Difference
Why Choose Us?
- We are arborists, not just men with chainsaws.
- Our credentials include ISA Certified Arborists, RI Licensed Arborists, and Degrees in Forestry.
- We have an A+ Better Business Bureau rating, and have won Angie's List Super Service Award for the past 4 years!
- In business for over 40 years (since 1974).
- We are a family owned, 2nd generation, local company.
- All of our crews are covered with Worker's Compensation insurance, which protects them and our clients.
- Our technicians are experienced, knowledgeable and friendly.
- We have a friendly, office staff, who notifies you when we'll be on your property.
- We are a tree service, not a lawn care company. Let the landscapers cut the grass, let us care for your trees and shrubs.
- We are an environmentally conscious company.
- We use organic fertilizers, non-toxic dormant oils, and non-toxic pesticides.
We take great care to minimize our impact on our client's properties.


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PBS does it again, possibly even outdoing its now-classic (classic in my mind, that is…) "Garden of Your Mind" video with a new "remixed B-side" video of Mr. Rogers autotuned…and it's fantastic once again:
[via YouTube and my sister]
Because my opinions are better than yours
PBS does it again, possibly even outdoing its now-classic (classic in my mind, that is…) "Garden of Your Mind" video with a new "remixed B-side" video of Mr. Rogers autotuned…and it's fantastic once again:
[via YouTube and my sister]
So the above
album free mixtape is exactly why I get so excited about where hip-hop is going right now; add 20-year-old Chicago-MC Chance the Rapper to the constantly-growing list of hip-hop artists under 25 that have begun to consistently put out great, original stuff on a consistent basis (see: Kdot, A$AP Rocky, Joey Bada$$, etc.), and the result is an influx of great talent that makes the future of hip-hop that much more exciting.
That being said, there's no reason Chance can't blow up just like the rest of those previously mentioned; fine, this is a little different, but there's no denying that it's just outrageously awesome…and bumps. (Plus when someone says "Lean all on the square/That's a fuckin' rhombus" you listen):
"Smoke Again" (feat. Ab-Soul)
And that's just one song on the tape…
Here's another one for good measure:
"So Good (Good Ass Intro)"
And, finally, one that dropped a few months ago but is still hot:
And if you haven't yet then download his new tape "Acid Rap" by clicking right here, and do it this very second – you will thank me later.
[via YouTube]
The video to the title track off of Harlem-bred A$AP Rocky's debut album "LONG.LIVE.A$AP:"
He also performed on national TV for the first time last week on the David Letterman Show; watch said epic performance below:
In what could simply be the most "Blogbdon" thing to ever grace the interwebs, below DMX sings "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"…and it's absolutely glorious:
[via (sorry can't remember now…so I'll just link it to) Devour]
Just an unreal time lapse video:
[via Gizmodo]
Kanye speaks on his new collaborative album "Cruel Summer" for the first time…with no mentions of Kim, Kris or Taylor:
[via YouTube]
This remix/autotune/supercut/whatever of Mister Rogers, called "Garden of Your Mind," is simply amazing:
[via Kottke]
Dude busts out some Rube Goldberg shit…and it's awesome:
[via YouTube]
Some of my videos from the MSG-stop of the "Watch the Throne" tour on November 8, 2011, featuring two of the best in the game:
"The Throne" performs their "encore" of "Ni**as in Paris"…for the first of three times in a row. Place goes nuts…
Kanye does his verse from "Get Em High" followed by the intro to "Lucifer" and then Jay going in just over the piano. Just sick.
[via Me]
No intro needed…this is essential viewing:


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The "veranda" made it much more enjoyable to bet the ponies. I did pretty well and won 3 out of 7 exactas-which basically means I broke a little better than even money for the day. FUN!
The Mom's Closet had so many donations that there were some pretty good bargains to be had. Someone told me that one of my horse quilts last bid was 280.00 at the silent auction, but the auction was still going. I had 3 people want me to take orders for the quilt, but, I am not in the business of quilt making, so I'm telling people the only chance you will get to buy one of these quilts will be at the Winning Purse Luncheon, next year. The Dakota quilt was in a 20.00 a ticket raffle, along with 5 other items. I was across the room, so I didn't get to see in what order is was chosen. I understand from the girls collecting the money at the check out desk that both quilts went to people that were very excited to get them.
I got a Coach bag, regularly 450 bucks for 220! I'm not really a Coach bag kind of person, but, you get caught up in the bidding atmosphere. In my quilting club, Northeast Quilting Friends, I'm kind of known for a certain green color that I like and use a lot in my quilts. Don't you know, there was a purse made of that color that went for a lot less than my Coach bag, but, silent auctions are what they are and they end at a certain time and unless your name is the last one on the line, you don't get it.
There were all kinds of silent auction items you could win, jewelry, purses, and gift baskets. The big money went in the live auction. Pat Day gave 2 guided tours of the back side of the track to people that went back and forth with the bidding and it settled well over one thousand dollars. Pat said he would do two tours for that money if they agreed and they did.
The food was excellent this year, a luncheon and hotdogs and sausages toward the end of the day. YUM!!
Mark your calendars now for the Wednesday before the Derby and buy a ticket to the Winning Purse Luncheon. They've already sold 8 tables for next year, and the Trophy Room isn't that big, so don't dilly dally about this event. Call the Mom's Closet for more information.


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Use beautiful Quartz Crystal in grids for protection of an area or for specific programs. Clear Quartz works with all the chakras. Clear Quartz is also known as the "Stone of Power" and amplifies any energy or intention.


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Radio personality Rush Limbaugh hosts his own late-night television show; Roger Ailes, the Republican campaign consultant (see 1968, January 25, 1988, and September 21 - October 4, 1988), is his executive producer. On this show, Limbaugh gives his response to African-American filmmaker Spike Lee's recommendation that African-American children be allowed to skip school to watch his biographical docudrama Malcolm X: "Spike, if you're going to do that, let's complete the education experience. You should tell them that they should loot the theater and then blow it up on their way out." [Media Matters, 10/27/2009] Ailes will go on to found Fox News (see October 7, 1996).
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Human emissions of the potentially harmful trace metal vanadium into Earth's atmosphere have spiked sharply since the start of the 21st century due in large part to industry's growing use of heavy oils, tar sands, bitumen and petroleum coke for energy, a new Duke University study finds.
"Human emissions of vanadium to the atmosphere now exceed those from all natural sources combined -- by a factor of 1.7," said William H. Schlesinger, James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biogeochemistry at Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment, who led the study.
"Less than two decades ago, the ratio of human to natural emissions was 0.59 to 1, or less than half the current level," Schlesinger said. "Our analysis suggests that much of this rapid rise can be traced to the increased use of unconventional heavy-petroleum fuels."
Vanadium is a trace metal found in many earth materials, including petroleum and coal. It is emitted as particulate matter when these materials are burned, and can also be released as accidental, or "fugitive," emissions during mining, extraction and processing.
Natural sources of vanadium emissions include volcanic eruptions and the weathering of rocks.
The health risks of exposure to airborne vanadium particles are not as well documented as those for other metallic airborne contaminants such as mercury or lead, but growing evidence suggests breathing vanadium-rich aerosols can impair respiratory functions and exacerbate conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Continue reading at Duke University.
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Welcome to the luxurious side of car hire. Grand Express Luxury Car Rental LLC is more than a limousine & chauffeur service, its an experience that spoils you for choice, be it the range of luxury vehicles, chauffeurs that speak your language or the in-car facilities.
Embark on a journey full of delights. Leave a lasting impression wherever you go. Arrive in style, in ultimate luxury.
At Grand Express Luxury Car Rental LLC, we endeavor to provide an outstanding customer care experience and quality to both corporates and individuals. With the expertise and experience of the management team, the stress has always been on developing and providing excellent services at reasonable costs. Rest assured, every detail is taken care of, for each journey.
We recognize that our chauffeurs are the public face of our company, that's why we select only the best - well- presented and polite, they understand that your comfort and safety are of paramount Importance.


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Fatherhood: How RGI Shaped RGII Who Shaped RGIII
My son, be attentive to my wisdom; incline your ear to my understanding, (Proverbs 5:1 ESV) The most interesting aspect of the most interesting man in college football? That his name symbolizes two generations of healthy fatherhood. Tom Friend's upcoming … Continue reading


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Yes! Adderall is indeed very helpful for treatment in traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivors. It forms an important part of the TBT pharmacotherapy. Adderall is the brand formulation of a mixture of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine salts. Amphetamines are widely used in the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Adderall is a central nervous system stimulant. It stimulates the chemical in our brains, nerve endings thus providing better attention and control over the body. Amphetamine drugs like adderall are prescribed to traumatic brain injury patients as many symptoms that the patients show are similar to ADHD. Adderall is believed to stimulate the frontal lobe of the brain increasing their ability to control the inappropriate and impulsive behaviour as well as enhancing the patient's decision-making abilities.
What is Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and what is function of adderall in it?
Traumatic Brain Injury is defined as an injury of the brain caused by external forces. The percentage of TBIs is rapidly increasing throughout North America and motor accidents are believed to be the main cause. The injury causes permanent or temporary memory impairments, behavioural changes and several neuropsychological impairments. It has been cited as the main cause of mortality and morbidity in the young adults. Pharmacotherapy is widely used in the treatment of TBI survivors. The lack of consciousness (LOC) is one of the main impairment caused by this head injury. Other neuropsychiatric disorders include attention deficit, depression, anxiety, impulsive and inappropriate behaviour. This is why the neuro specialists prescribe psychostimulants like adderall to treat these impairments.
How Adderall is helpful in the treatment of TBI?
Psychostimulants like Adderall are mostly used in treating the Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) a disease having similar symptoms to that of traumatic brain injury in terms of executive functioning and aberration of neurotransmitters. While in the acute phase of TBI, when the patients are given adderall dosage they showed better attention and control than others. It also aids in improving the memory impairments and lack of consciousness. In the chronic stage of brain injury Adderall dosage helps in the improvement of mood, alertness and work performance. It also improves the fluency and selective attention in the patients.
Studies have suggested that the impact of adderall on chronic attention to be more ambiguous which implies the improvement of processing speed and attention to tasks in long term. It is also effective in the treatment of seizures, agitation and convulsions. In spite of accumulation of the controlled medical trials, no consensus on using the stimulants in the treatment of impairment of motor activities due to TBI has been acquired.
Different research works produce different results. One study has suggested that there is no solid proof to support the prolonged usage of Adderall in treating the traumatic brain injury impairments while another research had been conducted on ten different TBI patients which vowed in favour of using adderall in the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, neurocognitive deficits, memory impairments, attention deficit and blurred speech induced by traumatic brain injury.


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Here's great news for all consumers working hard to protect their PII and Social Security Number (sarcasm). A new study indicates that given the current numbering policies of the Social Security Administration it's possible for hackers to guess the digists of your SSN. Now, there's a comforting th0ught (sarcasm)!
Actually, I suppose that if we're concerned about this… we should really acknowledge that it would really be easier for hackers to simply send your computer a virus or key stroke logger, thus capturing your SSN without having to resort to brute force attacks (no matter how much easier the SSA has made it for them with current numbering schemes).
Pick your poison!


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Car shipping is a transport service that can give you a piece of mind. Think about it for a second…transporting a car from one state to another can be a real hassle. You wouldn't want to put unnecessary miles, wear and tear on your precious vehicle. However, you wouldn't want just anybody to be responsible with shipping your car safely.
Dozens of Car Shipping Companies
Car shipping companies can be found all over the Internet. One search engine result can net you hundreds of shipping companies to choose from. However, the real puzzle is finding a car shipping company you can trust and rely upon. So how do you locate a trustworthy shipping company you ask?
Choosing a Car Shipping Company You Trust
A reliable car shipping company must be able to deliver on their first promise. In other words, the shipping company must follow what they said will happen throughout your auto transport. It all starts with a free quote. You want a company that will make you feel like they are honest and professional. Beware, not all shipping companies are what they say they are.
A car shipping company you can trust must keep you informed throughout the auto transport process. There are many car shipping companies who only contact you before and after delivery. This leaves you wondering if your car is safe. However, a reputable car shipping company will provide several updates to ease your concern. It also helps if they give you the car transport truck driver's phone number. Other ways to checking for trustworthiness in a shipping company are:
- Ask if car shipping company offer insurance?
- Ask how responsible are the truck drivers?
- Research what other people are saying about the shipping company?
- Check the BBB for their business rating
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Next time you need car shipping services to ship your vehicle anywhere in the country, call us 855-422-4141. You can also send us an email. We offer free quotes on any vehicle. Contact us today for the cheapest auto transport rates in the industry!


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Artificial Intelligence Marketing in 2018: In-depth Guide
While launching appliedAI.com we interviewed corporate leaders and all sizes of AI vendors, searched news articles, patents, venture capital financing and more to identify established and emerging AI use cases. We have identified about a dozen fundamental artificial intelligence use cases in marketing. We focused on core marketing activities such as optimizing pricing and placement, optimizing advertising/marketing, personalizing recommendations, collecting and leveraging customer feedback. We are always improving our structure and would love to hear your any comments and suggestions.