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Where does PTI stand on the Musharraf treason case?
Former dictator Pervez Musharraf, who abrogated the constitution twice, has been facing treason charges in the courts. However, it seems that having been a military dictator he still enjoys support in several powerful quarters of the country. A few days before the special court listening to his treason case was due to announce its verdict, the Interior Ministry submitted a petition in the Islamabad High Court (IHC) to set aside a special court reserved judgment against Musharraf. The petition filed in the IHC maintains that the Federal Government had sacked the previous prosecution team on October 24th and that the Interior Ministry was not given time to ...Read Full Post
The only country 'sponsoring terrorism' is the United States of America
News is meant to be serious and, apparently, so are the legal proceedings attended by lawmakers. Unfortunately, in our country, parliamentary proceedings are exceedingly boring but funny; not because of the content but because of the kind of characters who inhabit our parliament. A great example is Shah Sahib's sadness at the murder of Junaid Jamshed which sparked a round of hilarious memes. What tickles my funny bone even more is when lawmakers abroad have long discussions about something absolutely absurd or condemning actions which their country is itself involved in. A recent example of this happened last week ...Read Full Post
Do we really want to find out if Trump is another Hitler?
On a page that is dedicated to sharing glimpses into people's lives, the unexpected took place on March 14, 2016, when 'Humans of New York' founder Brandon Stanton exposed his own sentiments in an open letter to Donald Trump. This letter took the internet by storm, receiving over two million likes and one million shares on Facebook. "An Open Letter to Donald Trump: Mr. Trump, I try my hardest not to be political. I've refused to interview several of your fellow candidates. I didn't want to risk any personal goodwill by appearing to take sides in a contentious election. I thought: 'Maybe the timing is not right.' ...Read Full Post
Dear Ziaul Haq, we are paying the price for your decisions today
Respected Sir, It has been almost 27 years since your death. The flesh and dismantled bones placed in your grave would have turned to dust by now. Many governments were formed since your death. Many dictators have ruled us after you. Your rival's daughter embraced shahadat (martyrdom) – as they say. A war even broke out in our neighbourhood. Can you guess who the predator was and who the target? That smile on your face will quickly disappear when I inform you that I am not talking about Saudi Arabia invading India. I am referring to America invading Afghanistan. Yes sir, the same Afghanistan that ...Read Full Post
Rallying behind Imran Khan
I believe we can all agree that Pakistan needs, above all else, strong state institutions and the rule of law. These are the only way in which a proper modern country can function. They are necessary to ensure the social stability necessary for a functioning democracy and a prosperous market economy. But when powerful individuals can sway the institutions of the state to serve themselves, when they can bend the rule of law and use the mechanisms of the state for private gain, then that can no longer be called a modern state. When there are individuals, business leaders or politicians ...Read Full Post
The resurgence of Lal masjid and honouring knowledge with ignorance
The Crusades were an example of a diminishing empire declaring war on an ever-expanding opponent using religion as a pretext, even though the motives were actually territorial and economical, and the actions of its soldiers more satanic than godly. The Muslim world was at its peak around this time, its libraries a source of light for the world, its share of scientific output unmatched, and its religious zealots confined to the fringe. Western writers have described one of the Crusader leaders' orders following the sacking of Jerusalem as 'kill every man, woman and child, but spare the dogs'. That same kind of ...Read Full Post
Advani's predicament: Has BJP become a one-man party?
The way the Bhartiya Janata Party's (BJP) old stager Lal Krishna Advani and other senior leaders have been left out in the cold, in the run-up to the 2014 general elections, and meted out with a shabby treatment by Narendra Modi and his obsequious, lackey followers, reminds me of the case of the cuckoo. For those who are not aware of what a cuckoo is, it's a medium sized, slender bird that lays its eggs in the nests of other birds. For instance, let's assume that a cuckoo has laid an egg in the nest of a hedge-sparrow. When the egg hatches, the sparrow feeds the ...Read Full Post
Remembering Jalib, remembering his fight against dictatorship
There was a man who audaciously used to say, "Mai nahi Manta" (I refuse to accept) He was neither a bourgeois nor a feudal and surely, he was not patronised by any 'third force' (Teesri Quwwat) that has a hand in every incident that takes place in Pakistan. He was an ideologue, charismatic and an eloquent poet. Moreover, he was best known for his revolutionary zeal. He struggled for the restoration of democracy and human rights. His enthralling poetry elucidated the notorious rule of dictators. However, his poesy still befits today's political setting. That man was none other than the great Habib Ahmed Jalib. Dastoor was ...Read Full Post
Egyptian verdict: They gave her 11 years in prison, she gave them a beautiful, victorious smile
As I scroll down my Twitter feed, a smile captivates me. The face had thousands of words, endless thoughts and most importantly tranquillity of soul. She isn't a celebrity or a popular activist rather a girl next door, who wouldn't be noticed in normal surroundings. Caged in an Egyptian courtroom with 20 others like her, she received an 11 years sentence for her crimes. The gravity of their offense lay in treading the forbidden path – 'challenging dictatorship' – a much greater sin than eating the apple. These young women, all in their teens and tweens, rounded up late last month were ...Read Full Post
Because as I see it, democracy has already won
"Bijli nahe hay, stability nahe hay, business nahe chal sakta, security nahe hay…Hum laaton ke bhoot, baaton se nahe maanain gay. Yahan democracy nahe chal sakti. We need a stronger force, a dictator to rule us." (There is no electricity or stability here, businesses cannot work, and there is lack of security…we can't be talked into working, we need to be beaten to do it. Democracy cannot work here. We need a stronger force, a dictator to rule us.) "But, we are new to the process. Har cheez main time lagta hay (everything takes time); maybe if we sacrifice today, our ...Read Full Post


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Their comeback is already proving to be one of the most popular pop reunions of all time.
And now demand for tickets to see the Spice Girls perform live next year is so high that they are being re-sold online for more than £2000 a pop.
Tickets to the 2019 Spice World UK tour went on sale on Saturday at 10.30am.
And four additional dates at Manchester, London and Coventry were quickly announced to keep up with demand.
According to The Sun , tickets to the concerts, which will see Geri Horner, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton perform together for the first time in seven years, were being sold for up to £2083 each just minutes after officially going on sale.
Tickets on eBay were also being sold for as much as £9999-a-piece.
Fans vented their frustrations at the inflated prices, after missing out on bagging tickets themselves.
One wrote: "So sad to see #SpiceGirls tickets for sale at stupid prices on Viagogo. Why didn't they consider blocking secondary ticket touts like @edsheeran? Just means the real fans miss out..."
Another commented: "Yet again all the ticket touts have taken all the tickets and selling for ridiculously amounts of money! It would of been lovely to take my daughter to see the 5* Spice Girls! So sad this keeps happening!"
A third tweeted: "I refuse to pay ticket touts 5 times the price, it's dreadful to profit from die hard fans like this."
Andrew Parsons, managing director at Ticketmaster, called it the company's "busiest ever sale".
He explained: 'Demand for Spice Girls was off the chart. They have smashed through Ticketmaster UK's records becoming the busiest ever sale.
"There were millions of people on our site searching for tickets, with a queue at one point of well over 700,000.
"Hundreds of thousands of tickets were sold to happy fans across the country within minutes. Congratulations to the girls. From what we saw, they could have played nearly every night for a year."
The girls, who will not be joined by bandmate Victoria Beckham for the series of reunion gigs, confirmed the tour in a press release this week, announcing: "We are beyond excited to be reuniting next year for a stadium tour!
"Bringing girl power and our message of friendship and love back to the stage feels more relevant than ever. We hope everyone can join us for one big Spice Girls party!"
Mel B reckons her old pal Victoria Beckham snubbed the Spice Girls reunion because she called her a "bit of a bitch" during an interview.
The pair have been at loggerheads for years over Posh's refusal to return for any kind of music comeback and a pal said Scary Spice felt she had "lost her sense of humour about their friendship".
As Mel and bandmates Emma Bunton, Mel C and Geri Horner prepare for next year's long-awaited reunion tour, Victoria is still absent from the line-up.
And friends say Mel believes her attack on her during a US podcast about her and husband David was the "final straw".
Mel said in the 2016 chat with Allegedly: "She's just a little bit of a bitch to people.
"But she is down to earth with a great sense of humour."
She then added that the Beckhams were "King and Queenish" but also admitted that the entire group could be "bitches at some point".
The source, a business associate of Mel, said: "Mel thought the bitch comment was the end of the line after years of stresses and strained times between them."
They said Mel felt the outburst "led to tensions growing ever since and the divide widening".
The source added: "From that point Mel and Victoria really had nothing much to say to one another.
"Mel felt she was being frozen out because Victoria had a sense of humour failure but Victoria just saw her as a liability. And publicly it looked that way for two years with Mel continually talking about Spice reunions and then nothing happened.
"To us, Mel seemed to even antagonise Victoria too by claiming she was on board, knowing it would p*** her off.
"Sure, they posed up for that Instagram photo earlier this year, but that was just for show. Mel and Victoria's relationship is now non-existent."
This week, Mel again claimed Posh would appear at the Wembley shows, only for her to deny it.
The LA-based source added: "That was Mel cheekily poking the bear again."
A spokesman for Victoria said she had not heard the podcast.
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Frozen Summer Fun 2015 Disney's Hollywood Studios
Times May Vary so Check Times Guide!
- 2015 Olaf's Summer Cool Down Photos
- 2015 Frozen Royal Welcome Photos
- 2015 Week 1 Map
For the First Time in Forever Sing-along
AllEarsNet TV: 2014 Frozen Summer Fun Review
2014 Frozen Summer Fun Photo Gallery
2014 Park Opening Show
2014 Anna and Elsa Royal Welcome Parade
2014 Anna and Elsa Official Welcome to Disney's Hollywood Studios Show
2014: TIPS to Maximize your Frozen Premium Package
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Frozen Summer Fun LIVE is at the Disney's Hollywood Studios June 17, 2015, and continues daily through September 7. The summer-long special event features a full day of "Frozen" fun:
— Frozen Royal Welcome — Twice each day, (10:30am and 1:30pm) Anna, Elsa and Kristoff take part in a festive cavalcade throughout Hollywoodland, accompanied by the Royal Arendelle Flag Corps, skaters, skiers and ice cutters — along with the snowman Olaf. Parade goes down Hollywood Blvd and heads left to exit between Star Tours and the Backlot Express. There is no show at the stage during the welcome. The parade makes a couple stops along with way for song.
— For the First Time in Forever: A "Frozen" Sing-Along Celebration — This popular retelling of the film moves into the Hyperion Theater (formerly Superstar Television Theater). The Royal Historians of Arendelle perform with all-new in-theater effects and special appearances by Anna, Elsa and Kristoff. 9:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm.
— The animated short film "Frozen Fever", along with a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, will be shown at the ABC Sound Studio from June 17 – September 7, during Frozen Summer Fun. "Frozen Fever," which debuted in theaters with Disney's live-action "Cinderella," will run twice each hour beginning at 10 a.m. until 30 minutes before park closing. daily.
— MUST SEE — Olaf's Summer Cool Down — Several times each day, the Ambassador of Hollywoodland brings Olaf and some of his friends to the Event Stage. Olaf moves, talks, dances, eyes blink and he has a great time. 11:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm.
— "Coolest Summer Ever" Dance Party — Once the sun goes down, a dance party takes over the area around the Event Stage, with DJ Chill and Disney characters. Using a special event hashtag, you can share song requests and photos over social media, to be featured onscreen during the party. 5:45pm – 9:30pm
— "Frozen" Fireworks Spectacular — Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and Olaf appear on the Event Stage to kick off an awe-inspiring fireworks display set to the music of "Frozen" and, of course, a flurry of snow! 9:30pm
Taking full advantage of the overwhelming appeal of all things Frozen, Walt Disney World has created Frozen Summer Fun days at Disney's Hollywood Studios! Operating daily from July 5 – September 1st; there are numerous opportunities to enjoy your love of Frozen. The events and special Frozen Summer Fun is free for all guests.
As you enter the Studios be sure to pick up your own Take Along Olaf – he loves summer and wants to be part of your vacation. You can take photos of you and Olaf throughout the park and use on social media with #olafsummervacation
As the turnstiles open head down to the Sorcerer Stage for the brief Park Opening Show featuring Olaf! During Extra Magic Hours this show takes place once for resort guests and once for non-resort guests. Also, periodically during the day, a revised show is performed. VIDEO
Each day at park opening (even Extra Magic Hours) Oaken's Frozen Trading Post opens. This is the merchandise store for all things frozen. It is located in Sound Stage 1 (where Darth Mall was located during Star Wars weekends). There is a plethora of merchandise for sale including three Frozen Magic Bands, choose from Anna, Elsa or Olaf. Get an Annual Pass Discount at the Trading Post on many items. VIDEO
At park opening the Frozen Funland opens for all guests. It is located in Sound Stage 1 (where Darth Mall was located during Star Wars weekends). Inside you will be able to Build a Snowman (10 minutes in real snow!) , take advantage of special photo ops, enjoying Ice Skating ($10 for $30 minutes), and purchase special Frozen summer treats. Download the Aurasma free app before you go. This app allows you to enhance the photos you take by adding Sven, Olaf or Trolls to your photos. VIDEO
Aurasma App for Funland Photos: Download and open the free app. Post your phone/tablet at the image where you see the sign. Wait for the app to load and prompt you. Follow the app's instructions for some cool photos.
Ice Skating is $10 per person for 30 minutes and includes your skates. All adults sign a waiver and kids under 18 must have someone 18 or older with them to sign also. From park opening until 8pm skating is available first come first serve. There are benches to sit on to change shoes and watch. Be sure to catch the falling snow on the far left corner wall of the rink. A few times a day there is a short show by professional skaters.
Build a Snowman – there is real snow to play with. Each group of guests gets 10 minutes of fun in the snow. In between groups, the snow is raked out again. Sand Pails are provided.
At 11:00am each day, Anna, Elsa, Kristoff and the citizens of Arendelle parade down Hollywood Blvd. They arrive at the Sorcerer Hat Stage and are officially welcomed to Disney's Hollywood Studios. The Royal Welcome Finale is a Let It Go Frozen Sing along! PARADE VIDEO | WELCOME VIDEO
This fun, 20 minute show is held at the Premiere Theatre at 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm. You can head over to the theatre at 9am and get a free ticket for a specific show.
Available for the Frozen-Sing Along in September
Each evening fro 5:30 – 9:30pm a live band celebrates Frozen Summer Fun in front of the stage.
FROZEN FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR – Fireworks display to the music of Frozen!
Nightly September 5-28 then Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays only.
- Go see For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Singalong
- Build a Snowman in Wandering Oaken's Summer Funland
- Have fun taking photos with your Take Along Olaf!
PREMIUM PACKAGE Full details of the package are HERE.
What You Get – Reserved Standing area for: Anna and Elsa Royal Welcome and the Frozen Fireworks Spectacular; reserved seating at the For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration Show. Your show time is reserved when you first check-in for the package and get your credentials.
Light refreshments are provided for the Royal Welcome: Water, soft drinks, Mickey's Ice Cream Bar, Frozen Lemonade cup and frozen strawberry lemonade cup.
The fireworks celebration includes a dessert party with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
What you Don't Get – FastPass+ for anything. You wait like everyone else to get into Wandering Oaken's Frozen Funland and Trading Post.
Deb's SnapShot Review of the Premium Package: Yes! When you factor in the reserved viewing, the beverages and premium dessert party PLUS reserved seating for the great Frozen Sing-Along show I feel it's worth the price. The only downside is that the fireworks view is not the best. However it beat being in the middle of Hollywood Blvd with the masses! Folks I spoke with all felt it was worth the price.
Things are continually being tweaked. Sometimes there is only one line for the Oaken's Funland and Trading Post and sometimes there are two. Be sure to check the line situation when you arrive at Oaken's.
There are FastPass+ only for Frozen Sing-Along in September
Download the free Aurasma App for Funland Photos BEFORE you go! It takes a few minutes to set up your account and get things ready for the Funland.
There are NO Meet and Greets with Frozen Characters and there are no walk around characters in the park, either. There are backdrops for photos, some of which use the Aurasma App and include Frozen characters.
Special Frozen Magic Bands ($19.95) are only available at the Hollywood Studios are: Oaken's Trading Post (Olaf, Anna or Elsa), Stage 1 Company Store (Anna or Elsa), the Darkroom (Anna or Elsa), or the Legends of Hollywood (Anna or Elsa). In order to purchase a special Magic Band you MUST link it to your them park admission, memory maker card or another MagicBand.
If you try to use your Take-Along Olaf as a fan, the stick will soon fall off 🙂
It is summer in Orlando and that means rainy season; be sure to bring ponchos!
If the weather is really bad, the Premium Package dessert party MAY be moved indoors. On July 5th it was moved to the Disney Junior building.


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September 2nd; 7-8:30pm
For Caregivers
First Baptist Church
800 Thompson Street
Ashland, VA 23005
Please call Bob Junod, 804-752-2219, for more information
September 8th; 10-11:30am
For Caregivers
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
11220 Nuckols Road
Glen Allen, VA 23059
Please call Jessica Samet, 804-967-2580, for more information
September 9th; 2-3:30pm
For Caregivers
New Highland Baptist Church
9200 New Ashcake Road
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
Please call Reverend Bob Fleming, 804-550-9601, for more information
September 9th; 7-8:30pm
For Adult Children
Bon Air Methodist Church
1645 Buford Road; Room 207
North Chesterfield, VA 23235
Please call Lynda Gormus, 804-320-0619, or Erin Davidson, 804-514-2142, for more information
September 10th; 9:30-11am
For Caregivers
Hanover Adult Day Center
7231 Stonewall Parkway
Mechanicsville, VA 23111
Please call Vivian Bagby, 804-321-1649, or Barbara Allen, 804-782-1942, for more information
September 10th; 10-11:30am
For Caregivers
New Life United Methodist Church
900 Old Hundred Road
Midlothian, VA 23114
Please call Bob Schaefer, 804-310-7991, or Leigh Hilldrup, 804-839-0236, for more information
September 16th; 10-11:30am
For Caregivers
Lakewood Manor
1900 Lauderdale Drive
Henrico, VA 23238
Please call Mary Ann Johnson, 804-967-2582, or Frank Schwall, 804-521-9274, for more information
September 16th; 2-3:30pm
For Caregivers
Bon Air Methodist Church
1645 Buford Road
Family Life Center; Blanchette Brown Room
North Chesterfield, VA 23235
Please call Nancy Lentz, 804-967-2586, for more information
September 16th; 7-8:30pm
For Caregivers
Brandermill Woods
14311 Brandermill Woods Trail
Midlothian, VA 23112
Please call Merle Kahn, 804-967-2575, for more information
September 18th; 7-8:30pm
For Caregivers
Lucy Corr Village
6800 Lucy Corr Court
Chesterfield, VA 23832
Please call Blanche Castelow, 804-748-5585, or Edith Byrnes, 804-271-4441, for more information
September 25th; 1:30-3pm
Early Stage- For Caregivers and for Persons with Dementia
Call the Chapter Office for Information, 804-967-2580
September 25th; 6:30-8pm
For Caregivers
New Bridge Baptist Church
5701 Elko Road
Sandston, VA 23150
September 27th; 12-1:30pm
For Caregivers
First Union Baptist Church
3510 Dill Road
Richmond, VA 23222
Please call Jacki Page, 804-321-2573, for more information
Younger-Onset Group
Support Group for individuals who were diagnosed with a dementia disease under the age of 65. Support Groups are offered at the same time for their caregivers, teenage children, and younger children. For information on this group, please contact the Chapter Office at 804-967-2580.
For more information about our support groups, please visit http://www.alz.org/grva/in_my_community_support.asp


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Greatest Asset
It is nearing the end of my sickness certificate, so I brace myself for going back to work. I practice walking to the train station and am in a right state the first time I make it to the entrance at the top of a small hill. I lean against a wall, completely out of breath, and realise this will take some time. I do this slowly a few times a week and eventually manage to get there without looking like I am about to have a heart attack. The time soon comes for me to contact human resources at work and I arrange a meeting. I have had near radio silence from work, apart from keeping in touch with a few friends there. I meet with human resources and they are keen on my return to work.
An appointment is made with the occupational health doctor to prepare the way back to work. He checks how I am feeling and makes me answer questions like: Do you feel depressed? Can you cope? I want to say "I'm going back to work after a year out, I don't feel like skipping through the fucking tulips," but just feed him normal answers. After going through the results, he says "You're in surprisingly good shape, given what you've been through." An odd fact came from the medical as I grew an inch in height during the cancer treatment.
And so, tentatively, I begin my first day back in a phased return to work. It is just over a year after my cancer diagnosis. At first, two days a week in the office and a day working from home, all on reduced hours. This soon builds up to working full-time hours – three days a week in the office and two at home.
As this process begins, the kids have another appointment with Mr Hogan. After checking Lucy and Jack's ears, he turns to me.
"So, how are you?"
"I'm feeling better than I was. And I've gone back to work."
"Okay, what are they starting you on? A meeting first and then build you up to half a day a week?"
"Umm, not quite." I explain my work schedule.
"That's far too much. I'm really surprised at your work's occupational health. Your return should be at a less accelerated rate. Once you make it to half day a week, eventually a full day should be attempted and, very gradually, you could try two full days. It ought to take you weeks to build up to even a full day in the office. I'm not convinced they've got your best interests at heart here. You have been hit really hard and it should be a long process to get you back into work."
"Well, that's just not on the table for me."
"You should be aware that most people do not go back to their jobs at all after cancer but," he pauses for a moment, "your greatest asset is resilience."


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Warm-up Before Playing Guitar to Avoid PainWednesday, December 29, 2010
Guitar Playing Can Be a Pain in the... Hand!
Beginning guitarists have their share of obstacles to their growth. There's the raw fact that at first, the sounds they make never sounds as good as what they heard on the radio. There's the sudden demand for time that this new
toy makes upon them. (This is a bittersweet demand, of course... it hurts so good.)
But one of the most certain obstacles is the plain old hand pain that comes from exercising muscles that have been relatively undisturbed until now. (It's all fun and games until somebody buys a guitar and starts trying to hold down the right strings so they don't buzz.)
If you've sat with your guitar for any extended time, you might also have noticed that your back hurts (and your shoulders, and your deltoids, and maybe your hips...). This is somewhat unavoidable since we usually sit asymmetrically in our seat, twisting to see music or lesson videos, or whatnot. This, along with the fact that we wrap ourselves forward over our guitar to see the fretboard (at least at first), creates muscle stresses and imbalances that twist us and our vertebrae in painful ways.
Guitar posture can be helped by warming up and stretching before you take your guitar on your lap. And I mean full-body warm-ups, not just hand stretches, which we'll get to in a moment.
Here is a quick sketch of my most helpful "guitar player stretches":
1) Upper/lower back--Sit in your seat, and slowly fold yourself forward between your knees until your knuckles curl onto the floor. Just hold yourself there for about 20 seconds. In case you didn't know it, most stretches don't really "take" until they're held for at least 20 seconds. (see upper right image)
2) Shoulders--First, just stretch your hands as high as they'll go and hold them for 20 secs. if you can. Next, do a repeat, but gently reach over with one hand to the opposite elbow and pull it toward the back side of your head. Let the forearm of the arm you're grabbing just relax down behind your head while you're tugging. Hold for about 20 secs. then switch arms. (see lower right image)
3) Wrists--First put your right fingertips into your left palm and let your left hand gently tug them back toward your shoulder. Hold for a few seconds, then place your left palm on the back of your right hand and VERY gently push your right hand downward, bending at the wrist in the opposite direction as just before. Hold for a few seconds, then repeat this with the opposite hand/wrist.
4) Fingers--Put your fingertips against their counterparts on the opposite hand in front of you like an evil scientist who is about to monologue about taking over the world. Skip the monologue and just do some gentle "finger pushups" with both hands pushing against one another. Now close a tight fist and open again repeating 4 or 5 times.
You should be fairly limbered up for a good rehearsal now.
As you begin to play, start slowly and simply. Save the speedier, more demanding exercises until your fingers are re-oriented to the frets and strings.
It may feel like you're "busting your groove" to do so, but it's a great idea to take a 2 minute standing break after every 20 mins. or so of playing/exercising.
I suggest gently shaking your hands and arms during the breaks. If you're practicing while reading music, it's also a good idea to place the heal of your palms against your eyes and gently press for a few seconds, then look at different distances around the room just before returning to your sessions.
It's not a bad idea to take a longer break after 45 mins. if you're going to be practicing/playing for more than an hour. You may even find it good to repeat some of your stretches during this break. Walk around. You'll need it.
One of the most difficult habits to form is sitting "relaxed" while you practice or play. It's just such an after-thought... most of us are thinking, "can we just play already?"
But training yourself to get your body aligned and relaxed EVERY time you play is going to be a well-rewarded habit! You'll be able to last longer and enjoy playing more. First, let's learn how to sit!
Choose a chair that fits well, and allows you to put your feet on the floor without pressure behind the knees. Align yourself so both seat bones are equally positioned under you (not favoring one "cheek" or the other). Then allow your shoulders to "feel heavier" and press downward only slightly and let your head sit a little taller than your normal slouch.
Now for the guitar. You will find it difficult not to twist slightly at the torso when you start to position your guitar. The left knee is the best place to rest the guitar and so many guitarists arrange some sort of stool or prop for that leg to get the guitar in the proper positon for playing while still at rest on the thigh. Footstools (maybe even the specialized "guitar footstools") can do the trick, especially for practice.
Bring the guitar close to the body (especially the left hand) and you'll keep your center of gravity inside your body, preventing excess shoulder and back strain.
It's probably no surprise that most of the tension you'll experience builds up while you're practicing or playing. This is because your mind is on playing, not maintaining good posture and relaxed form.
So the best advice I can give is to just make a conscious effort to monitor your level of stress and strain and make mid-session adjustments. Let go of the neck from time to time and shake out your left hand. Press your shoulders downward into your chest from time to time to pull the tension out of your neck and shoulders. Lengthen the spine and re-align your seating position whenever it comes to mind... and make it come to mind often.
It's just a matter of building habits and that will take a while if you're just starting out. And as in anything... don't forget to breathe! All the tension tends to flow to the hands because that's the most active part of you when you play guitar.
Guitar playing shouldn't be a pain in the hands or any other part of you.
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Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10 - 3pm
Tukwila Community Center
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Tukwila, WA 98168
The Annual Backyard Wildlife Festival teaches people of all ages to create a place for wildlife at home, school, business and other places in the community. Visitors can learn how to certify their garden or community as a Wildlife Habitat through using native plants, shrubs and other resources that support wildlife. Music, entertainment, and educational speakers together with amazing vendors help to shape this event into a one-day regional attraction. The significance of this unique event lies in the message it sends: individuals can make a positive difference in the quality of the environment; volunteerism and community pride are enhanced when people participate in backyard and community wildlife projects.
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Plant/Artisan/Craft Vendors: Handmade items, native plants, plant starts, food items that are take aways. Example: arts/crafts, clothing, plants or packaged food.
Food Vendors: Products to be consumed during the event. Food vendors will pay 8% of sales at the end of the day, or $50 flat rate in advance. Example: food trucks.
Nonprofit Exhibitors: 501c3 nonprofits/educational booths, no selling of products, free booth for the day please select the correct size of booth.
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Fast way to a fine
Motorists will not be pleased to discover they are being targeted again ... this time with even more speed cameras.
A bid for #4.4 million to pay for an increase in road cameras in the region has been submitted to the Government.
And if the scheme goes ahead it should prove a nice little earner, at the expense of the speeding motorists. More than #31 million was generated from speeding fines in 2001 and more cameras will undoubtedly mean more money.
Not surprisingly motoring groups have slammed the move.
There is no doubt speeding is a problem in the North East but are more cameras the answer? Those in favour point to dramatic reductions in deaths and serious injuries where cameras have been installed, which is something to be welcomed. But as long as the scheme continues to make more money from motorists, the doubters will have their say.
The answer however is simple: Don't speed and you won't get fined.
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War charge
Our boys on the front line will be desperate for news and gifts from home and every package will be a great morale booster.
But families who are bearing the brunt of the costs feel they are being penalised with steep charges from Royal Mail.
While we appreciate Royal Mail must charge for its services, in times of war perhaps postal bosses should rethink their charging policy for families of servicemen.


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iarchitects He has completed the project of a private residence situated at the foot of the Julian Alps, the hills of Udine.
The surgery has revolutionized the home space, from architecture of the early '70 and complex geometry, to a new home on two levels, which captures natural light and talks to the hillside which overlooks.
The first between the desires of the new owners was to be able to live the house in its breadth of 300 square meters, exceeding the strict separation of the two levels which presented the original building.
iarchitects chose well to remove part of the ceiling between floors to create a double-height entrance and turn it into the centerpiece of the house distribution.
The relationship with the outside along with the natural light, were the themes through which iarchitects It developed the project: "The inspiration was to undermine an introverted geometry, to create instead a place open, airy, from where you can contemplate the nature around, and make it a new and vivid design element" - Explains Francesco D'Asero, partner of the firm.
To boost the brightness of the interior spaces, in addition to its enlarged existing windows, iarchitects spoke on the casing hexagonal geometry, with the addition of a volume that houses the dining room and living room, plus a covered terrace on the first floor: a new body, designed with a carrier system in steel and sliding windows, to emphasize the relationship continues with the external space, with the pool and the large park surrounding the house.
The choice of interior finishes remains coherent choice of architects: the alternation of white walls, light oak floors, which becomes the porch ceiling - and the railings made of transparent glass, define spaces furnished with accessories in neutral colors, further highlight the clear tones of the entire interior design.
The non-linear structure of the building also allows you to articulate circles on the two levels: the ground floor is the living area, plus a special area dedicated to the wine cellar and wine tasting, a room for guests - and separate it from top floor dedicated to the sleeping area, with three bedrooms with bathroom.


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Top Alcohol Powered '57 Chevy To Hit The Streets In Drag Week
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If you so happen to be a fan of drag racing, there are many ways to put your vehicle to the test. However, there are very few as strenuous as Drag Week in terms of taking a car that's designed for the track and using it as an all-around vehicle to travel thousands of miles in between beating on it at tracks along the way. In this way, we get to see what cars can stand up to the challenge of taking the abuse on the track as well as racking up some major mileage in between. This might help to settle the debate of what exactly is a "street car" and what isn't as you're forced to turn whatever you're racing into a sort of daily driver for the week.
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Every year, at Drag Week, we see a couple of new competitors rise to the surface that might not have rather previously been exposed to the community as they're spread on the internet. When these competitors do come out and get their time in the spotlight, they can be a lot of fun to watch as unique builds rise to the top to grab our attention and show off something new that we might not previously seen before. In turn, because they are competing at Drag Week, there's a good chance that these vehicles are all around competitors as well, making unique builds all that much more impressive in their well-roundedness.
If you follow along down in the video below, you'll be able to watch as this '57 Chevy, powered by top alcohol is ready to take that journey and make its presence felt around the community as it shows off its wares. We can't wait to see this thing really get down and dirty as Drag Week concludes later on this week.


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- Poetry (Gold): Achieve 'Master' rating for all missions.
- Destroyer (Silver): Kill 5,000 enemies.
- Gunjack! (Silver): Complete Mission 20 with a 3-star rating.
- When The Stars Align (Silver): Earn 50 stars.
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That men may know that you, whose name alone is the LORD, are the most high over all the earth.
para que sepan que sólo tú, que te llamas el SEÑOR, eres el Altísimo sobre toda la tierra.
This is my prayer also and I long to be a messenger who helps people know. As I sit in stress and hard times, I know that God is at work. His will be done and may Maggie and I be instruments in His wonderful plan.


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Dorgan no longer Tesco chairman but will stay on as adviser
FORMER IDA boss Sean Dorgan will continue to act as an adviser to Tesco Ireland after the country's biggest retailer was forced to eliminate the non-executive chairman role held by him following a change to corporate governance rules.
Mr Dorgan (60), who left the IDA in 2007, was appointed chairman of Tesco's Irish arm in early 2008. He also took up a number of other board positions, becoming chairman at Ulster Bank, a non-executive director at insurance firm FBD and a non-executive director at software firm Fineos.
It is not clear precisely what corporate-governance rule change might have prompted Tesco Ireland to eliminate its non-executive chairman role, but it is understood Mr Dorgan will continue to be chairman of Tesco Ireland's pension trustees vehicle and will effectively have much the same role at the retailer as an adviser as he did as non-executive chairman.
A Tesco spokesman said the retailer was "delighted" that Mr Dorgan was staying.
In April, Mr Dorgan addressed a corporate governance conference on issues surrounding the appointment process and characteristics of effective board members.
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Pick you service is arranged at your hotel lobby, then escort you to start the Shanghai city Night tour to experience the incandescent beauty of Shanghai, with a comfortable, air-conditioned minivan.
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The tour begin by boarding a boat to setting sail on the Huangpu River, along the way you can enjoy the beautiful scenery on both sides including such sights as the Yangpu Bridge, the Nanpu Bridge, and the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. In addition, the varied western architecture on the west bank of the Huangpu River and the towering modern buildings on the east bank present a spectacular contrast, increasing the beauty and magnificence of the river.
After disembark the boat and commence a relaxed stroll around The Bund's beautiful waterfront, This area is in the eastern part of Huangpu District centers on a section of Zhongshan Road ,which runs along the western bank of the Huangpu River, facing the high, modern skyscrapers of Pudong,Traditionally, the Bund begins at Yan'an Road in the south and ends at Waibaidu Bridge in the north, The Shanghai Bund on which you can embrace the best cityscape, feast on the rich architectural fashions ( Gothic, Baroque, Rome, Renaissance, Classic and Mixed Eastern and Western style, etc.) and know why Shanghai is glorified as "Paris of the East".
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It's like in that Disney*Pixar movie Inside Out, if my feelings were personified, they surely enjoy fucking up my life; Joy makes me laugh for no reason at all, even in the middle of a street; Sadness makes me wake up with tears streaming down my face; Anger makes me blow a fuse about trivial things; Fear makes me be afraid of going out of my own apartment; and Disgust makes me feel ill when I eat something that's not chocolate.
I had a dream where I was being treated in a mental ward that was much like the Kuortti mansion, which is actually a holiday resort. There was an anorexic girl who was forced to eat chicken eggs, both boiled and fried.
There was also this dark- skinned boy, he looked like a teenager even if he was as old as me, I fell in love with him. We had the same secret, we could turn into giant birds like Howl from the Studio Ghibli movie Howl's moving castle. The boy I loved turned into a huge black bird, and I was a huge green bird. We flew together by a lakeshore and tried to stop a shopping center being constructed right slap bang on the beach.
The fight wore us out, and the boy told me to leave him lying on the forest floor; I picked him up on my arms and carried him back to the mansion.
I also had a dream where me and the boy who had grown into a handsome man, we were engaged and went to an aquarium together. When I saw the dolphins, I started crying because they were innocent creatures in capture, and I almost woke up weeping.
I actually woke up, went to the bathroom to take a whizz and then went back to bed.
I woke up again when my alarm clock rang to remind me that me and Suavecita were supposed to meet in Horror Shop at eleven o'clock in the morning, when I am usually sleeping. I wrung myself up from the bed, took my morning medicine and dressed up.
I used my smart phone to log in to the online bank service. Yep, I had received money.
I went to the bank to withdraw the money, and then visited S- Market to buy a bar of Marabou Japp chocolate, a bar of Fazer whole- nut chocolate for Pärkele, and a couple of iced espressos.
I went to the library to drink the espressos and write into my diary, then I took the bus 39 to Konala. It was a short journey, but walking there would have taken a long time.
Suavecita was waiting for me, talking with Pärkele; we both had bought him chocolate, but he had to decline because he was on a liquid diet for health reasons.
We talked about things and stuff, laughed a lot, and I had to use the bathroom because I had a horrid need to poop. It's always the same when I drink coffee to an empty stomach.
I still remember how orgastic I felt when I was a kid and had to take a dump; this time I almost moaned "Oh sweet Lord, yes!"
Suavecita drove us to Myyrmäki on her car, we went to my home and brought along some of her old clothes and shoes and stuff that we could give away to our friends on our birthday bash on Saturday.
We looked at some of my baby photos on Facebook, and then I had to poop again. Suavecita wondered if I had diarrhea.
I brushed my teeth because I had not done it in the morning.
Then we went to Myyrmanni, Suavecita treated both of us to a lunch buffet in a Chinese restaurant named Kulta Leopardi. I ate two portions of sushi with plenty of soya sauce, and then I was already full but at least I didn't feel like pooping again.
We hung around for a while, visited Citymarket where I bought another artefact; My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic water cutie named Lily Blossom.
I also bought two diaries from a stationery shop. Then me and Suavecita went to the train station, we were on our way to Helsinki. I sat on a bench and Suavecita sat on my lap, and we shared a hearty laugh.
Once in the train, we saw a passenger with a black dog that looked very much like a terrier. We sat on the same booth or whatevs they are called, and the dog sniffed and kissed us. The owner told us the dog's name is Jimi, and he is part Rottweiler.
Once in Helsinki, we visited BodyShop where I bought a tube of seaweed- infused face cleaner and a wooden comb. Then we took the tram number 3 to Viiskulma, and went to one of our favorite shops named Garageland which is a 50's memorabilia shop.
Suavecita bought a pair of Dickies, and I bought two canvas patches.
We visited a candy shop named Roobertin Herkku, Suavecita bought some salmiakki. I am not a big fan of any other candy than chocolate, but I enjoy pilfering candy from my friends.
We went to a design clothing shop named Urban Ears. Suavecita bought me three pairs of socks as a birthday present. Then we went to a thrift shop on Iso- Roobertinkatu, and I bought a black cotton nightie with a picture of Wagner the pig lying on a sofa with "Elämä on ihanaa!" (life is wonderful) on it.
I was feeling tired and hungry, so I told Suavecita I am going home. She wanted to shop a bit longer, so once in the Eliel Square, we hugged each other and went our own ways.
I took the bus 421 to Raappavuori, and went to visit my parents' home. There was plenty of mail, newspapers and bills and flyers and Xmas cards, I put them into their rightful places and drank two cups of coffee and then went out.
I still had money left, so once in Myyrmäki I visited Citymarket to buy a new wall calendar for the next year. It was made after the Finnish book/movie Mielensäpahoittaja, which is about a grumpy old man who has to move to Helsinki from the countryside. Buying the calendar raises an amount of money for charitable purposes, for mentally ill people.
I went home in high spirits, put the stuffs in their rightful places, treated myself to some chocolate, washed laundry, and marked January's important dates on my new calendar.


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The Department of Inorganic Technology (within the Faculty of Chemical Technology) has a long-standing tradition in the education of young specialists for the production of inorganic substances. Besides teaching, research activity is a significant part of its activities.
It consists of four branches, all of which have their origin in history. They deal with i) technical electrochemistry, ii) photocatalyze, iii) catalytic and membrane processes or iv) heterogeneous non-catalyzed reactions. However, present topics of research are much wider and more extensive. New technological processes are studied, together with their impact on the environment and economic issues. The combination of theoretical lessons and modern research produces graduates with a high level of education. This level is rising all the time as a result of cooperation with many domestic and international universities, research institutes and industrial partners.
The history of the department goes back to the beginning of Prague Polytechnic (the predecessor of ICT, established in 1806). Technical chemistry (particularly inorganic technology) was first offered as an individual study program in the academic year 1863/64. In 1920 Prague Polytechnic was rebuilt and the Czech Technical University was established, incorporating the Faculty of Chemical-Technological Engineering. The Faculty was transformed into an independent university (the Institute of Chemical Technology) in 1952. The branch of inorganic technology was developed primarily by Professor Jaroslav Milbauer (1880-1959) and Professor Albert Regner (1905-1970).
Our department participates in education within the Master's program Erasmus Mundus Master in Membrane Engineering (EM³E) and doctoral program Erasmus Mundus Doctorate in Membrane Engineering (EUDIME). The main aim of these projects is, in collaboration with other members of the consortium, to improve knowledge in the field of membrane materials and processes.
The entrance of the Czech Republic into the EU has produced many new educational opportunities. One of these is the chance to gain a double diploma certificate. The Department of Inorganic Technology offers this possibility to students of the master's degree programme Chemistry and Chemical Technology, who are studying in the field of study Basic and Special Inorganic Technologies. This is as a result of an agreement between ICT and both Universitat Rovira I Virgili Tarragona (Spain) and INPL Nancy (France).
On the basis of the Agreement signed between the above-mentioned universities, students follow the first year at their entrance university, and the second year at the partner university of their choice. Study leads to a double diploma certificate. In accordance with current Czech law, on completion of their studies abroad Czech students must also pass their state exams at ICT.
The advantages of this opportunity, when compared with the ERASMUS programme for example, is that it offers students the possibility of studying abroad for one complete academic year, and of obtaining two diploma certificates within the standard length of their studies.
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Would you want a get away on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina's Coral Reef?
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Hilton Head Island, or simply Hilton Head, for short, is a resort town located in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Hilton Head may be small, but its options for family fun are endless. One of the best things about a summer vacation on Hilton Head is that you can do as much or as little as you want to during your visit to the Island. For those seeking adventure, take a dolphin cruise, explore our wildlife refuge and hiking trails, go parasailing, or visit nearby Daufuskie Island. Sports lovers will enjoy our championship golf courses, award winning racquet clubs and a friendly game of beach volleyball behind the "Tiki Hut" on South Forest Beach. When you're ready to relax, you can spend the day lounging at an oceanfront pool or splashing in the calm waters of our pristine sandy beaches! The opportunities and fun never end! Below are some of the added amenities our guests enjoy.
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Percentages of personas differ in each organization. In general, 80-90+% of the business users fall into the General Consumer category, 10-15+% fall into the Data Analyst category, <5% fall into the Citizen Data Scientist category and typically <1% fall into the Data Scientist category. Again, these numbers vary by organization, but the point of the percentages provides insight into how each persona is leveraging high-quality, trusted data. General Consumers and Data Analysts together make up 90-95% of the user base and require trusted data for their analytic needs. Citizen Data Scientists and Data Scientists typically make up less than 5% of the user base and leverage trusted data where possible to reduce their data wrangling efforts, which can also improve the quality of their overall results.
Business knowledge also varies by persona. General Consumers, Data Analysts and Citizen Data Scientists typically have deep business knowledge in the business areas they represent. The Data Scientist may also have deep business understanding within a specific business area, but many times work closely with business users to understand the business problem they are requested to solve.
Organizations today have extensive experience in traditional data analytics, i.e. descriptive and diagnostic analytics. Technology and skillset advancement in these areas are ubiquitous. General Consumers and Data Analysts have an excellent handle in this space, and organizations can readily acquire these valuable skillsets.
Now that the self-service analytics "genie" is out of the bottle, it can't be put back. Data sprawl is at a tipping point within most organizations and self-service analytics is stoking the fire.


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The Amazing Spider-man Mega Blaster Web Shooter With Glove Set
Amazing Spider-man is an extremely great and incredible super hero toy doll. I definitely liked that the item had the feature of attach the shooter to the included glove and trigger it with your middle two fingers, just like spider-man does. It's 9.02"H x 2.52"L x 12.01"W. It has got a weight of 0.24 lbs. Shopping for Amazing Spider-man . If you want a great deal for this toy, click on our store link on this site.
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I think Sacramento is bypassing spring and going straight to summer. It's nice and warm here. I find myself hanging out more at the cemetery. It's funny because back home in the Philippines, people are scared of the cemetery. We're told stories of what goes on there at night, ghosts, and lots of scary stuff. Here in the US, cemeteries are so peaceful and quiet and hardly a soul around (pun intended).
This is the March dishcloth KAL from Kris Knits. It's so cute. I used Knitpicks organic cotton yarn.
This one is the Sunny Summer spa cloth from the latest issue of Creative Knitting magazine (May 2010). The holes scare me, I don't know why.
The rose bush above was planted by my mom a long time ago in our front yard. It blooms several times a year, non-stop. The white lilies (bottonm picture) is another story. You see, my mom had a green thumb. Everything she planted grew. These lilies were planted back in the late 90s, in our back yard, near this huge lemon tree. It came back year after year, no fail, but refused to flower.
Around Winter 2009, when my mom was sick, I dug them all out and transplanted them into the front yard. Some I put into pots but the rest, in the ground. My mom passed away this February and come April, the lilies started blooming. It had been a week and the blooms are still fresh as ever.
I've cut some of the roses and lilies and brought them to mom's grave. I know she would enjoy her flowers.
Come to think of it, two of the legacies she has passed down to me are the love of gardening and sewing. I might not be as good of a seamstress as she was but I can try and enjoy doing it.


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Lamar Zonta Club Recognizes Beverly Augustine for Years of Service
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Beverly Augustine received special recognition from her fellow members for her sixty years of service to the Lamar Zonta organization during their May 12 meeting at the Rodeway Cow Palace Inn. Augustine was presented with a banner for the club in recognition of her being a Zontian since 1955. Zonta's birthday was May 11, 1949.
The meeting also recognized new members and the installation of officers for their year. Rosemary Marrin was selected as President and Liz Whitam as First VP and Braunwyn Nidey as Second VP. Jane May was made Secretary and Debbie Widener as Treasurer. Board members are Lisa Mendenhall, Karen Ketcham, Lori Parker, June Wolfe and Vicki Bond. The members initiated into the Zonta Club were Katina Maldanado of Frontier Bank and Linda Frieberger of Lamar Community College.
Zontians of the Year were Linda Hawkins and Liz Whitam and scholarships were presented to Tori Uhland–Young Women in Public Affairs; Kayle Austin–Non Traditional Grad Student at CSU; Peighton Martin–Open Scholarship, Nursing–Florida and Halie Schenk–LCC Student.
(photos courtesy of Judy Turpin)
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Shoggoth, on Nov 03 2011 - 17:57, said:
Welcome to the 80s, where children's shows had scenes of scarring unintentional horror plus some disturbing imagery and nobody batted an eye (Carebears was notorious for this). Well, the kids did, when they woke up screaming from a night terror or two. But the 80s MLP was pretty much as stupid as you can get.


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Diamorphine 5mg, 10mg injection supply issue update
June 26 2018
Current supply shortages of diamorphine injection 5mg and 10mg could be resolved by September, Community Pharmacy Scotland has indicated.
Giving an update on the supply situation, CPS said that one of the two suppliers of the medicine to the UK market, Accord, has advised that it should be able to start supplies again in September. It has been working with the UK government following Accord's supplier in Germany experiencing quality issues. Manufacturing should recommence soon, allowing supplies to return to the market at the end of the summer.
The other supplier, Wockhardt, has increased its production capacity to support the supply issue, but is unable to support the whole market demand. While primary care supplies are being ring-fenced, primary care professionals are being asked to order responsibly during this time, in line with historical demand, and not to stockpile to avoid lengthening the out of stock period.
Levels of the diamorphine 5mg and 10mg injections may be particularly low until June 28.
Availability of the injections is restricted via wholesalers:
- diamorphine 5mg and 10mg will only be available to order from Alliance;
- morphine 10mg injection (Martindale) as the recommended alternative to diamorphine is available to order from AAH only.
Diamorphine 30mg, 100mg and 500mg for injection are unaffected by the supply issues and are available from the usual wholesalers.
Prescribers can be advised that, in addition to morphine as an alternative to diamorphine, "there should also be sufficient fentanyl and oxycodone injections to support this supply issue if clinician preference is for one of these two agents."
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A new study from Pew Research Center has linked the location website visitors come from — social media, search engines or direct visits — to levels of engagement and loyalty, and it turns out direct is best.
The study, which tracked internet traffic to 26 of America's most popular news websites, found that those who directly typed in a URL address or had the site bookmarked spent almost three times longer on the site, and viewed up to five times more pages than visitors from search engines or Facebook.
The data also suggests turning social visitors into dedicated visitors is difficult to do. Even Buzzfeed, the organization that seems built on social referrals, saw significantly more engagement from visitors who went directly to the site.
While the study focused on news sites, many of these findings can be applied across the board to help shape a marketing or brand strategy. You can assume there will be a significant difference between a visitor with direct intentions to visit your site and one who stumbles across your site. So what strategies do you employ to turn social media or search visitors into dedicated direct visitors? How do you create conversation through other channels to help build that loyalty?
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The hotel is situated on the first row of buildings along the Cala Millor beach, with 2 km of clean, fine sandy beach. Also in the vicinity are the Drach, Hams and Arta caves.||This Mediterranean-style building is surrounded by the wilderness of the Punta Amer nature reserve, which is also home to a Talayotic village with a 17th century tower. This air-conditioned beach hotel has a total of 114 rooms. Guests are welcomed in the lobby, which offers a 24-hour reception and a 24-hour check-out service, as well as a hotel safe, currency exchange and lift access to the upper floors. There is a café, a bar and a breakfast/dining room, and guests will appreciate the Internet access. A laundry service is provided and younger guests can let off steam in the children's playground.||All rooms come with a private bathroom with a shower/bathtub, and are equipped with air conditioning, a telephone, satellite TV, a safe (with charge), minibar (with charge), tea and coffee making facilities, and a hairdryer. The rooms also have a private terrace.||There is an indoor swimming pool and two outdoor swimming pools with a children's swimming area, poolside snack bar and sun loungers laid out for use. Guests can also take part in an aqua fit session, or play darts, bocce or archery. Sun loungers and parasols can be hired for a fee on the sandy/pebble beach. Costa de los Pinos golf course is approximately a 10-minute drive from the hotel.||Breakfast and dinner are both served as buffets, and guests can select their lunch from a set menu.
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The 2005 Grand Slam-winning coach Mike Ruddock once told the media 'there was an unusual statistic of having 18,000 registered players in Wales and three million registered selectors'.
When it comes to the British and Irish Lions that figure can be multiplied 10-fold and it seems every man and his wife are having a say who should be in Warren Gatland's Test XV come Saturday for the first mouthwatering date with the All Blacks in Auckland.
But most would agree there's just four major bones of contention with the wing, outside-half, second-row and back-row berths causing most heated debate.
And like rugby fans the length and breadth of Great Britain and Ireland some esteemed pundits have waded into the argument.
We take a look at the runners and riders in the three main areas and who the pundits are plumping for.....
IAN MCGEECHAN: Anthony Watson and George North/Elliot Daly: "If you pick Leigh Halfpenny at full-back you need some X-factor elsewhere in the back three. Watson has looked closest to providing that.
"I think Daly could be one who comes in late and I would like to see him play three quarters of a game on Tuesday.
"I think there's something in there."
CLIVE WOODWARD: Anthony Watson and Liam Williams.
LUKE FITZGERALD: George North and Liam Williams: "I'd like to see Liam Williams get a chance because physically he is excellent. He's a great tackler as well as being an attacking threat.
"I'd have George North on the other wing."
IAN MCGEECHAN: Owen Farrell: "If he is fit, Farrell starts for me. If not then I would have no problem with Jonathan Sexton starting at outside-half.
CLIVE WOODWARD: "I would have Farrell and Conor Murray as my half backs as long as Farrell's injury heels. If he's unfit you start with Johnny Sexton and bring Dan Biggar on to the bench.
"A fit Owen Farrell is possibly the best Test goalkicker around - but I feel Leigh Halfpenny played really well anyway in Rotorua and will be included at full-back in any case.
"You can always trust Johnny Sexton, too, and then you would possibly have Dan Biggar on the bench as well."
LUKE FITZGERALD: Johnny Sexton: "Owen Farrell was the standout 12 in the Six Nations, so I go with Johnny, Farrell and Ben Te'o as my 10, 12 and 13."
IAN MCGEECHAN: George Kruis and Maro Itoje: "You go with the two Saracens second rows their understanding was clear against the Maori All Blacks. Both of them are in the game more often which is going to be important against New Zealand.
"And they've got this in-build understanding."
STEPHEN FERRIS: George Kruis and Maro Itoje: "Itoje is a workhorse with a serious engine. He's a young fella love to get his hands on the ball .
"He had a couple of turnovers against the Maori All Blacks and yes he did give away a couple of penalties in the first half but that's just him trying a bit too hard. He does give you a bit of momentum.
"Alun Wyn Jones isn't at the races just yet and he might come into the tour a bit later on but it's Itoje and Kruis for me."
CLIVE WOODWARD: George Kruis and Maro Itoje: "I would have George Kruis and Maro Itoje starting, with Iain Henderson adding athleticism off the bench."
LUKE FITZGERALD: George Kruis and Alun Wyn Jones:
IAN MCGEECHAN: Peter O'Mahony, Sean O'Brien, Talupe Faletau.
"Sam Warburton is perhaps two weeks away from being fully fit. If he does not start, O'Mahony is my captain. A player's player, A natural leader.
"One of Gatland's biggest decisions. Does he play a nearly-fit Warburton , his tour captain? Or does he go with one of the Lions' most -in-form players?
"O'Brien has been the outstanding Lions player of the tour so far. Looks fresh and has benefited from missing so much of last season."
STEPHEN FERRIS : Peter O'Mahony, Sean O'Brien, Taulupe Faletau.
"If you are not going to play Alun Wyn Jones in the second row then I would stick with O'Mahony for his leadership skills.
"Sean O'Brien gives you that little bit of momentum going forward and they're going to need that.
" I thought Faletau was brilliant against the Maori - every time he got a kick off he returned it."
CLIVE WOODWARD: Peter O'Mahony, Sean O'Brien Taulupe Faletau.
"Sam Warburton and Justin Tipuric would have big roles to play off the bench.
Ideally I would like to bring Warburton, Tipuric and Henderson on with 25-30 minutes to go but as you are obliged to have three specialist front-row forwards on the bench as well that would mean a 6-2 split on the bench, which could be considered pretty risky.
"Would Gatland consider taking that risk I wonder?"
LUKE FITZGERALD: Peter O'Mahony, Sean O'Brien, Taulupe Faletau: "I hate it but I think he will (Warburton starting the first Test). I think he's the least talented of the three. I wouldn't have him in the 23. I hate bashing the guy but I think the other two are way more talented.
"He's not a patch on (O'Mahony and O'Brien) at lineout time or around the pitch. Seanie is very dangerous around the pitch. I don't think there is any comparison.
"He's not even in consideration in my team but I think Gatland will try and get him in."


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DigitalCity focus on bringing digital skills to businesses across the North East through partnerships, knowledge transfer and education, it has been revealed.
As scores of people attended the DigitalCity 10th anniversary celebration, DigitalCity head David Jeffries announced the direction the organisation will be taking in its next decade.
Jeffries spoke at the event in Boho One, DigitalCity's flagship building in Middlesbrough, saying: "DigitalCity is moving forward, and as the digital economy expands ever more, it will work to help industry to embrace digital in a way that hasn't happened yet. Our work will look at how DigitalCity can help enterprises in the Tees Valley to use digital to expand, create better businesses, train and access new markets.
"Experts predict there will be a massive shortage of digital skills in the coming years and we are brilliantly placed to work to fill that gap.
"DigitalCity and Teesside University are working together with schools and colleges to make sure young people know about the great opportunities in the digital sector."
Digital leaders and entrepreneurs from across the region gathered to listen to key speakers at the event speak on the past and future of digital in the region.
Malcolm Taylor, head of DigitalCity Business, added: "We have created more than 537 new jobs as a result of DigitalCity, created 264 companies, attracted 12 businesses from outside the area and 515 new businesses have been supported.
"The businesses we have helped appreciate the support they get from concept to incubator to successful enterprise."


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"Want to add a truly unique experience to your wedding day? Don't just add a magician, add Jester Styles. His unique style will not only leave your guests shocked and amazed but will seamlessly break the ice and get strangers talking.
As every wedding is individual and Jester Styles will work hand in hand with you to make sure that you have the right package to suit your event. Normally the best times for Jester Styles to entertain your guests are:
During the photos and wedding drinks reception. You don't want to leave your guests waiting around, and more importantly you don't want feel the need to rush your photos so you can get back to your guests. Leave them in the capable hands of Jester Styles and then you can enjoy every moment of your wedding.
Entertaining at the tables during the wedding breakfast. Most people find themselves sharing a table with people they have never met before, so a little bit of magical icebreaking goes a long way. You will be able to hear the laughter and applause echo around the room as Jester Styles moves from table to table between courses
During the evening wedding reception. After the Speeches have finished and the evening guests start to arrive, Jester Styles will mix and mingle, performing his unique style of close-up magic in the hands of spectators. This is a great way to get your evening party started as it gets people talking as soon as they arrive."


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Cheetah Digital is hiring Senior .Net Developer to join its fast growing engineering team. The C#/.NET Engineer is responsible for designing, developing, and supporting Cheetah Digital's cutting-edge Cross-Channel Marketing Platform, a market-leading enterprise solution used by major brands in North America, Europe, and Asia. Cheetah's Marketing Suite Platform processes and analyzes billions of transactions per day on a .NET platform backed with SQL Server. The .NET Engineer will work closely with Cheetah's product management, quality assurance, operations, and customer success teams on a daily basis.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation in C#/.NET, Microsoft SQL server, APIs, and performance tuning in enterprise environments. The ideal candidate should also have an aptitude for quality and a collaborative mindset to learn and contribute while working closely with team members.
Your daily activities will be:
- Translate business requirements into specifications and detailed designs
- Develop and support Cheetah Digital's .NET applications by writing efficient, maintainable code to meet requirements and adhere to security standards
- Work through all phases of the software development life cycle, including analysis, design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance
- Coordinate with team QA to review test plans for gaps and completeness
- Review team code commits and sign-off on commit quality and adherence to standards
- Conduct large-scale performance benchmarks and tune the system for high throughput
- Investigate, analyze and address reported defects in a timely manner
- Deliver technical documentation for use by customers and partners
Your required knowledge for this role
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related technical field
- 5+ years programming experience in an enterprise, high-scale framework, with most recent significant experience in C#.NET
- 2+ years experience in performance engineering
- SaaS experience
- Strong understanding of the core server-side development concepts
- Experience with Agile Methodologies
- Experience with benchmark testing, using tools like JMeter
- Proficient in writing and performance tuning complex T-SQL
- Advanced relational DB experience with Microsoft SQL Server
- Familiarity with common internet security vulnerabilities and a general understanding of best practices to remediate them
- Strong understanding of how each solution the team implements will work entirely from the user's (or customer's) perspective, as well as how the necessary changes will interact with other components across the infrastructure ecosystem
- Pass a strict criminal background check and provide strong references
- Knowledge of performance monitoring tools like Application Dynamics, SolarWinds, SQLProfiler are a plus
Communication skills
- Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with local and remote teams in different time zones
- Demonstrated ability to compose clear and concise technical documentation
- Demonstrated ability to present deeply technical topics to less technical audiences
Technical qualifications
- Languages: C#, Javascript, PowerShell
- Frameworks: .NET, MVC, WebApi, git
- Databases: SQLServer
Why Cheetah Digital?
We are dedicated to marketers
Marketers have a more challenging job today than ever before and the status quo in marketing technology isn't cutting it. We're focused on product innovation and expert services that break norms to help marketers from some of the world's largest brands execute complex marketing campaigns at scale.
We are innovators and operators
Our business is rapidly growing, transforming globally, and we rely on people who can adapt quickly, shift direction with agile reflexes, and tackle challenges head on.
We are global leaders
Headquartered in Chicago, we operate across 13 countries with 1,500+ employees. We have the balance of a fast-growing company with the scale and stability of a proven leader in the global market for 20 years.
We are progressive
We pride ourselves in creating a globally diverse and inclusive workforce and offer competitive employee benefits, including volunteer time, parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and retirement savings.
Cheetah Digital provides equal employment opportunity without regard to an applicant's race, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, religion, marital status or veteran status.
Applicants with disabilities may be entitled to reasonable accommodation under the terms of the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws. A reasonable accommodation is a change in the way things are normally done which will ensure an equal employment opportunity without imposing an undue hardship on Cheetah Digital. Please inform us if you need assistance completing any forms or to otherwise participate in the application process.


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As the New Year approaches, there are two particularly urgent challenges facing humanity: nuclear proliferation and climate change. Our current approaches, in my view, are going nowhere, slowly. Iran is rejecting nuclear sanctions, while Kyoto, even if it were to be a success in its own terms, is going to be divisive, expensive and ineffectual. Unfortunately, we are so accustomed to handing over responsibility for social and environmental problems to some level of government or other, that we assume either that solutions to humanity's problems are at hand, or that there's nothing we can do about them anyway.
A third approach is that of Social Policy Bonds. Charge the private sector with tackling these problems. Admit that we don't yet know how to solve them, but encourage people to research, investigate and implement diverse, adaptive solutions. Inject the market's incentives and efficiencies into the whole process; so expanding the pool of human ingenuity devoted to solving these real problems. We don't even have to wait for government to do it. We could issue our own (pdf) Nuclear Peace Bonds (here's a similar idea) or Climate Stability Bonds. All it would take would be for some interested philanthropist to put up the funds, and let the market for the bonds do the rest. Of course, once the ball got rolling, contribution from members of the public could be solicited, which would swell the total redemption rewards.
The first hurdle is the one that looms largest, to me anyway. I have tried and tried to contact philanthropists and publications for philanthropists. With not a single exception my emails have not even been auto-acknowledged. No doubt these organisations have devised effective filters to screen out unsolicited messages. Are any readers of this blog philanthropists? Do you know any philanthropists? Do you know how to get in touch with philanthropists? I fear the current alternative, waiting for government to do something helpful, is just not going to be good enough.


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Veronica Tovar, Therapist
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), RYT 200
Veronica Tovar is a Modesto native, whose passions have taken her throughout California. She has now settled back in her hometown in hopes of making a difference in the community.
Veronica received her bachelor's degree in Criminology Law and Society at the University of California Irvine. In her senior year, Veronica had her first introduction to the social work field, through an internship with New Directions, a substance abuse recovery center for women with children. Although Veronica enjoyed working with the women, she found that her passion was working with the children of the program. Following this passion, Veronica pursued her Masters of Social Work (MSW) and graduated from California State University Stanislaus.
After earning her MSW, Veronica worked throughout the county systems, beginning in child welfare sector. The pain and suffering that Veronica witnessed throughout her time in child welfare prompted her to move into the realm of mental health, where she felt she would have more of an impact in assisting children. This realization prompted Veronica to intern with a private counseling agency. There she gained experience with play and sandplay therapies.
In 2014, Veronica Tovar made children's mental health her primary career focus and began working as a mental health clinician for San Joaquin County, where she provided individual counseling, case management, and crisis intervention.
Throughout her time at San Joaquin County, Veronica was able to explore and gain experience with several types of therapy, including: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), trauma-focused CBT, and solution-focused therapy. During this time Veronica earned her title of Licensed Clinical Social Worker.
Veronica has recently begun to incorporate other holistic approaches with traditional therapy; mainly, trauma informed yoga. In order to best serve her clients, Veronica completed a 200-hour yoga teacher training through Elevate Community Yoga, a local Modesto studio. She also completed two separate comprehensive trainings focused solely on Trauma Informed Yoga.
Veronica Tovar's education, employment, trainings, and other endeavors have created a mental health provider that is passionate and capable of serving a wide variety of mental health needs.
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It is important to ensure that your therapist is the right fit for you or your loved one. For this reason, Breathing Through Counseling and Wellness Services offers a free 10 minute phone consultation. This enables potential clients to get a better understanding of the therapist's theoretical perceptive; as well as, inquire about the therapist ability to address their individual needs. Please contact Breathing Through Counseling and Wellness Services at (209) 423-9333 for your free consultation.


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Benefitting kids and K-9's, Louisiana's famed "Mardi Paws" parade is for the dogs…literally! Designed for canine participants and their people, the annual parade comes at the tail end of each Carnival season and takes place along the shores of Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, just across the causeway from New Orleans.
Recent Press Releases
Actor Matthew Davis, Star from "Legacies" and "Legally Blonde," Announced as Krewe of Mardi Paws' Monarch for 25th Anniversary Parade - February 15, 2019
It's a Totally Different Breed of Mardi Gras Celebration - January 29, 2019
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Dateline: Virginia, 1625: One thing is certain: the Colony did not want to submit to another company. 32 Virginians signed the petition.
Tag Archives: King James I and Virginia colony
Virginia Colonists Prepare to Welcome Commissioners from Privy Council
Dateline: Virginia, March 5, 1623: The year is 1624 by our dating system. The Privy Council is King James I's closest advisers. 24 men signed this Act.
Virginia Colonists Petition James I for His Tender Care
Dateline: 1623/4, Virginia: After the Indian massacre of 1622 and after Thomas Smith's oppressive governorship, the Colonists implore James I for his support. 26 Virginians signed this petition.
The Virginia Colonists Make Requests of the Privy Council
Dateline: Virginia, February 1623: Thirty-two men sign this letter to the Privy Council (King James I's closest advisers).
The State of the Virginia Colony in 1623
The colonists wanted the King James I's financial support, and here is their report on the state of the colony. 31 Virginians signed this document.


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Filmmaking/Digital Editing ICCHS1851
Credits: BUHS 8, Sending Schools 2
Duration: Full Year
Learn how to make your own movies and videos! Whether you're interested in becoming a filmmaker in Hollywood or in developing your own projects for the web, this course will put you ahead of the competition by teaching you the fundamentals of filmmaking and content creation through nonlinear digital editing, HD camerawork, compositing and using iMacs with a variety of industry standard software including Adobe Creative Cloud. You will explore screenwriting, directing, working with actors, cinematography, lighting, picture and green screen, special FX, and sound editing. Working individually or as teams, you will create various projects designed to introduce you to the fictional narrative, the documentary, and the experimental film.
Course syllabus: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rZomWSx5tqfPSPsO50RCkbVyULb9_iuG/view?usp=sharing
This course may also be offered for college credit.
*Open to sophomores in Visual & Performing Arts Academy
Initiative, imagination, and creativity, access to transportation during non-school hours (particularly in the spring semester).
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Yesterday was our School Triathlon (for yrs 3-6). What a wonderful event this was and great to see all the children participating. The results are listed below. Well done to our winners, and everyone else who participated!
Triathlon Results (1st 5 in each level)...
Year 3 Girls Tri- Amelia C, Isla Y, Samantha C. Carina R, Lucia GC
Year 3 Boys Tri- Cooper P, Hemi A, Joel I, Heston R, Levi LB
Year 4 Girls Tri- Anja E, Holly F, Jade T, Alexia W, Nachalah S
Year 4 Boys Tri- Fletcher A, Rhydian S, Isaac C, Orland K, James F
Year 5 Girls Tri- Chloe C, Arianna R, Alanah E, Chalotte G, Jenna M
Year 5 Boys Tri- Cooper B, Zach H, Oliver N, Kaedon P, Brooklyn A
Year 6 Girls Tri- Talitha M, Jaz S, Shara M, Breanne R, Chloe LP
Year 6 Boys Tri- Kerry O, Azrael C, Jonty C, Aaron G, Micah H
Year 3/4 Girl Aqua- Ashleigh W, Ameke E, Lilly L, Caprice G, Isabella J
Year 3/4 Boys Aqua- Cameron W, Javian G, Ryan D, Ryleigh M, Theron P
Year 5/6 Girls Aqua- Alizhay B, Manaia N, Amy Z, Ayva M, Arielle M
Year 5/6 Boys Aqua- Spencer W, Willem K, Zack P, Reuben W, Kaziya S