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Sweet Lou is calling it a game.
Cubs manager Lou Piniella will retire after the 2010 season, according to ESPN.com.
The 66-year-old skipper will retire as the 14th winningest manager in major league history after 23 seasons of calling the shots.
"Why make this announcement now? [GM] Jim Hendry asked me in recent weeks regarding my future with the team and I told him I had made the decision to retire at the end of the season," Piniella told ESPN.com. "Since my decision has now been made, I don't want to mislead anyone about my intentions when asked in the future."
In his three previous seasons with the Cubs, Piniella led them to three consecutive winning seasons. He led them to the playoffs twice, with both postseason appearances ending in sweeps in the division series. The Cubs secured the best record in the National League in 2008, but this season, the Cubs currently sit at 10 games under .500 — good enough for fourth place in the NL Central.
Piniella also stated that he will not let the announcement of his retirement get in the way of winning more games.
"I want to keep the momentum going more than anything else and win as many games as we can to get back in this pennant race," he said. "I'm going to give every effort I have to help this team win and that will remain my sole focus through the rest of the season."
His early announcement gives Hendry ample time to find his replacement, which may include former Cub great and current Triple-A Iowa Cubs manager Ryne Sandberg.
Heading into Tuesday's action, Piniella has 1,826 wins in his 23rd season as manager.


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Society and Culture
Germany's cultural relations policy is part and parcel of our foreign policy. It supports and serves our general foreign policy goals and aspirations – safeguarding peace, preventing conflict, securing respect for human rights, promoting partnership and cooperation. In order to serve these goals, the Cultural Section of the Embassy informs the Indian public on current cultural developments in Germany and their background. It promotes dialogue, exchange and cooperation between people and institutions.
On a practical level this means to identify and arrange contacts between potential partners, to prepare visits of official delegations and to report about current developments in India.
This implies a close cooperation with the German cultural institutions and representatives in India, namely:
The Goethe Institut, known as 'Max Mueller Bhavan' in India.
The office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in New Delhi.
The German School in New Delhi.
The branch office of the South Asia Institute/University of Heidelberg in New Delhi.
The German-speaking Catholic and Protestant Church Communities of North India.
Federal Foreign Office - Culture and Intercultural Dialogue
The primary goal of German foreign policy is to preserve peace and security in the world. Foreign cultural and education policy forms an integral part of German foreign policy. Its practical implementation is largely handled by intermediary agency organizations such as Goethe Institut, The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the Institute for foreign Cultural Relations (ifa) and the German UNESCO Commission.
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The Goethe-Instituts also known as Max Mueller Bhavans (MMBs) in India offer the best atmosphere for learning German. In addition to the standard courses for adults and teens, they also offer extensive courses or short term courses.


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Kámoši Junior Performing Arts Group Celebrating International Roma Day in Leigh.
To celebrate International Romani day on the 9th April 2016, the Kámoši Juniors Performing Arts Group played live-music, sang, danced, beat-boxed and Dj'ed in their performance Hudba, Muzica, Music!; a unique take on The Lost Country, a traditional folk tale that tells the story of the Roma people.
The present-day lives of Roma people were represented through the thought-provoking 'Show me your ID' rap, a social commentary highlighting the issues facing Roma people in today's multicultural Britain.
The talent of Leigh's young Musicians and Dancers shone as they presented old and new songs; and celebrated the past, present and future lives of Roma people, through music, dance and drama.
This was a very special celebratory event attended by friends and family from all the community. Everyone had a great time.
"Excellent, the young people clearly enjoyed what they were presenting, an amazing variety of music, dance and drama. Well done!"
"Full of colour and light, great family atmosphere."
The children were extremely proud of the performance "I can't believe I done that" and "Can we do it again?". A lively short film told through the eyes of the children describes the process they went through to create the show.
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The key task of a director of photography is controlling light. As the trend toward smaller and smaller crews continues, I'm finding myself on sets with just one or two grips, gaffers, or production assistants. Updated lighting technology and more sensitive cameras have reduced the bulkiness of indoor lighting. But outdoors, most cinematographers are using the same tools Hollywood did almost a century ago. I've been looking for new ways to creatively manage lighting for video outdoors. Here's how I've been managing light outside on shoots with small crews this summer. Read More
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Removing RAID MetaData from disks when reusing
Nice post about removing the RAID metadata from a disk that won't allow you to partition after reuse. I ran into this problem when trying to reuse disks from an older LSI/PERC raid configuration. CentOS 7.3 and RedHat just would not detect them. Running the below command in console of the installer removed the metadata so that I could reuse them. Thanks Randy!
dd if=/dev/zero of=$YOUR_DEV bs=512 seek=$(( $(blockdev --getsz $YOUR_DEV) - 1024 )) count=1024
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SeaChange is proud and excited to have evolved an investment model that promotes better selection, delivering more value to entrepreneurs and investors alike.
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- Pacific Northwest companies in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska and British Columbia
- Seed to early stage of corporate, product and market development
- We're market neutral, but the biggest portion of our portfolio to date has been in technology solutions related to a variety of markets
- The company's business model must be capital efficient
- We prefer to syndicate with other investor groups, and our target investment size is $600K-$800K
- The core products or services must solve a market pain that the customer can readily identify as the preferred solution as a unique value proposition
- The target market space should be large and growing rapidly
- The company's management team should have credentials and experience appropriate to their role and challenges
- People who are passionate about their opportunity
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At SeaChange, we're committed to building strong partnerships with our chosen investments, not just providing capital. Under our Rule of One model, we strive to make the selection process as short, simple, clean and transparent as possible, then follow through with a single sizable check that delivers what you need in a timely fashion. After this, our experience and time is still there for you with strong and deep support to help you grow.
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- You send us your business plan and any relevant supporting material
- We pre-screen, determine if there may be a fit, and respond back to you. We endeavor to respond to all applicants even if they did not make the cut.
- Successful applicants will talk to one of SeaChange's management team and may be asked to pitch to our Screening Committee consisting of selected Investors and the Fund management team
- Up to three companies are selected by the Screening Committee and invited to present to the full membership of investors at SeaChange's next monthly meeting, which is typically 1 week after the Screening Committee meeting
- At our monthly meetings, you present and interact with our members. A decision is made, by investor vote, of whether or not to take a presenting company into formal due diligence.
- If you are selected, we strive to complete due diligence in one month using a thorough and thoughtful process. If the diligence team determines a company should be considered for investment, a detailed investment memo is written and circulated. The investors vote on the investment.
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TripSavvy.com is currently seeking travel photographers to shoot in multiple cities!
You'll be shooting anywhere from 4 -12 categories, focusing on subjects such as Museums, Things To Do, Airports, Restaurants, Hotels, etc. We are looking to secure between 5 to 150 beautiful, creative, and original, high-quality assets for publication to our website. Once selected, we will work with you to create a more detailed shot list from each location. We will also provide photographic direction in terms of style. We offer $ per location.
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So by this stage, already one week into this gloomy, gloomy year, you'll have read the millionth 'what's going to happen in 2013' list, so I thought I'd approach the topic a little differently. This is my 'what's not going to happen in 2013′ list.
1) Tablets will not be the magic bullet for publishers. Only ever wishful thinking and hype on the part of publishers, 2013 will be the year that the industry collectively slumps in its chairs and reluctantly admits that it's still harder than ever to make money from the printed word. This has been driven in part by the poor quality of 'tablet editions' – many are little more than a linked-up PDF. Another ominous sign was Murdoch's decision to close his tablet paper, in The Daily, in December, after losing $30m a year.
The same goes for print books; while tablets are a great innovation for consumers, for publishers it only means tighter margins as Amazon executives rub their hands together with glee. But that's not to say there's not some success from the more esoteric operators. Legal publishers like Thomson Reuters are investing heavily in professional-grade e-readers, able to cope with the very specific demands of the professional services, such as dynamic searching and note making. We'll see more innovation in this area I think, but not for a mainstream consumer audience.
2) Specialist social media PR agencies will no longer (generally) have competitive edge. Let's face it, any account executive in any PR agency can set up a Facebook page or talk about twitter content plans. What was once the domain of the few is now firmly in the mainstream, at least when it comes to the agencyland bubble. However, what this means is that those specialist agencies are (or should be) looking beyond the obvious, and are moving into exciting and dynamic new areas; branded content, experiential, app development, SEO, all founded by great ideas that get people talking, whatever the medium. Success will become defined by those willing to pioneer, and a huge agency grey area will start to swirl.
3) SEO will not take over the PR/social media mix. For all the talk of SEO usurping content-led social media and PR, the latter discipline will continue to prove its worth on all fronts; from a creative, strategic and ROI basis. What we'll see is a merge; traditional SEO agencies will continue to embrace great content and golden links from high traffic news sites, recruiting or acquiring PR talent and agencies in the process. Meanwhile, forward-thinking PR agencies will continue to hire SEO talent, to bolster the credibility and knowledge–base of their own offering.
4) Consumers will not tire of Facebook. Pah! As if anyone seriously thought that would happen. While Google+ continues to update its proposition and talk in hushed tones about how it will help search results, how many of us really use it? Or even enjoy the experience? While Facebook adoption might plateau in Europe, America and the Asia Pacific, there will be always be new growth areas. A bit like the tobacco industry. And it's still the best, most dynamic and exciting way to reach and engage with a mainstream consumer audience. Facebook will increasingly become the lead-channel in integrated marketing campaigns. Maybe we'll even see traditional websites and (gasp) the 30 second TV spot disappear. Probably not for a while, but one thing's sure – no matter how many times Mark Zuckerberg sells our data or betrays us, we'll keep coming back for more, me included.


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Departments » Fire » Live Burn Training
Expand/Contract Questions and Answers
Permits have been applied for and approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and proper notification has been given to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). Hazardous substances such as asbestos, mercury, and other listed substances were removed from the properties after a thorough inspection by licensed contractors in accordance with MPCA rules. The burned remains will be deposited in the Clay County Sanitary Landfill, a lined landfill also in accordance with MPCA regulations for burned materials.
Wednesday evening, September 28th will have the greatest impact potential. Our crews and Fire Technology students from M|State will begin arriving on-site at about 5:00 pm. We will take quite a bit of time setting up for the final burn training. We will be building controlled ignition stations with straw and wood pallets. We will be laying out fire hoses, barricading off streets, and setting up the detour on 11th St N. We plan to begin the actual fire training at about 6:00 pm, but this will vary based on the amount of prep time needed. We want all preparation to be complete before we begin.
Once ready we will ignite our first house. Keep in mind that two days of interior fire training will have already occurred by this point. This last phase of training will be to complete a fill burn down of the structures. The full burn down may take up to an hour for each of the homes. The second home will be ignited when the fire in the first home has burned down to a safe level that no longer requires constant attention from our crews. This will continue until all four homes have burned.
Our crews may remain on-site for several hours while the fires smolder in the basements. 11th St N will reopen when conditions are no longer distracting. The basements may continue to smolder for a couple of days before the remains are removed to an approved landfill.
In the case of fire investigation training, there is no substitute for conducting experimental and experiential training in conditions fire investigators will find when working back in their jurisdictions. The Clay County Courthouse Campus Expansion project provides us with a very rare opportunity. There are no homes immediately adjacent to the building we are burning in. There is a full block of buffer in all directions, and in some directions, several blocks before home are impacted. This is about the lowest possible level of impact we can envision in a developed city. These conditions cannot be simulated in classrooms or laboratories without great expense. The training is so valuable, that fire investigators are attending from across Minnesota and North Dakota.
If you are able to attract the attention of one of our fire department members during the training, feel free to communicate your concern. If you cannot, or you feel it is not safe to do so, please call 911. We would prefer to check out a hundred safety concerns that are actually safe upon investigation that have one safety problem cause an injury or property loss because someone felt they maybe shouldn't call 911.
The Moorhead Fire Department is also working with students of the fire technology program at Minnesota State Community and Technical College to provide them practical fire fighting experience during this training. They wear many different kinds of fire fighting clothing donated from many area departments.
Yes. Visitors are allowed to watch during the live burns. We are asking all visitors to stay on the South of 9th Ave N. The parking lot of the Courthouse and the sidewalks along the south side of 9th Ave N might be natural places to watch. There are no good places to simply park your vehicle and watch from inside a car.
We are burning four homes on Wednesday, September 27th, 2016 beginning at or after 5:00 pm. Safety is a primary consideration for us. The burns will be spectacular at times and will be very distracting for drivers. When the home at 1120 9th Ave N is burned, smoke conditions may also cause hazardous travel. We expect to detour traffic from about 6:00 pm until about 10:00 pm.
Our personnel wear Self Contained Breathing Apparatus when they fight fires inside of structures because of highly concentrated smoke that contains some toxic materials and does not contain adequate oxygen to breathe. Firefighters that operate outside of, but within about 50 feet of burning structures also wear breathing protection because of the concentrated materials in the smoke. Beyond that distance, our staff tends to operate without breathing protection as the smoke is dissipated by mixing with outdoor air and lifting higher into the atmosphere due to the heat contained in the smoke. The basic rule is the closer to the fire you are, the more hazardous the smoke is.


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Using Cardamom
Cardamom is an Asian shrub in the ginger family. It grows long, pointed leaves off a large stem, similar to tulips or iris. Its tropical flower makes way for plump seed pods that contain the pungent, oil-rich cardamom seeds. The pods are picked by hand when green, and dried in the sun. They're sold green, which are not processed beyond natural drying, and white, which are treated with sulfur dioxide to mute the flavors.
Black cardamom has a completely different smoky, peppery quality because it's dried over open, smoky flames. It can hold up well to, and is preferred for, heavier, spicier dishes than the green or white pods. That said, there's no need to run to the store for black if all you've got is green.
Cardamom is popular in India, where it's a common ingredient in curries and rice dishes. Scandinavian and Bavarian chefs know cardamom well and take advantage of its sweet overtones in fruits, breads, and pastries. It's also a key ingredient in strong, cloyingly sweet Turkish coffee.
Ground cardamom is widely available, and white pods can be found in better markets. Green and black may take a little more time to track down (savoryspiceshop.com).
It's always better to buy spices whole if possible. Once ground they lose their flavor rapidly, but whole, they will keep forever. (I still use a stash of whole cardamom pods I bought on my honeymoon in 1989.) To use whole cardamom, break open the pod, and remove the tiny seeds inside. It's best to grind them in a small mortar, but use a coffee grinder if you have a lot to grind.


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Normally, I'm fine with our fairly settled life. We lived in Charlotte for about ten years, and we've been in Athens for two years and will be here for another two. I like the familiarity of a local grocery store or knowing the barista at my local coffee shop. I like having a local coffee shop. I enjoy bumping into people I know at the Farmer's Market. It's a solid feeling that makes me feel I am home.
And then I go to the airport and am immediately caught up in the flow of movement. The frantic rushes to the security check out. The flurry of trading tickets for boarding passes, of loading ones suitcase on a scale to be sent to the bowels of the monster (hopefully to not be lost). I am charmed once again by the different faces and languages that wave over and around me. As I watch out over the planes lined up in front of me, I feel the stirring. The wanting to wander, to go to new places.
I start to dream of once again going to out into the world. I don't think any longer that it will make smarter, classier or better. Of course it will open up new experiences but I understand now in ways I didn't before that being a world traveler is not going to open some new door to the middle class. Now that I am older, I want to travel to see new things, to experience food, music, and places in ways that one quite can't do through a book or a documentary.
And now I want the beasties to do this as well. I watch as they look over across the tarmac to the planes sweeping by, faster and faster until they jolt up. I remember that feeling of being pushed back into my seat as I impossibly lift up from the Earth. Of all my beasties, Umberto is the only one who remembers this sensation of becoming untethered.
Today I am able to still these feelings with the promises of some trips in the future. We are planning (and hoping) on a big stay in Cuba which is something H and I have dreamt of for awhile. And perhaps a winter trip to Mexico. It is enough to think of those future designations. A long with those thoughts, put away for later, are the immediate pleasures of exploring a city we still have yet to fully discover. It is nice to be thrust out of the familiar after all even if that thrust does not push us many miles.


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The Fat-Burning Machine in me has been awakened! We all have this beast lurking within, but this program is designed to help you get on track and stop the yo-yo dieting and cravings that have plagued many of us for years. So far I have lost 8 pounds over 7 weeks! While this isn't a huge amount of fat loss, so far, the best part is I feel much better. In particular my atrial fibrillation. I suffer from periodic bouts of atrial fibrillation (AF) – believe me, this is a disease not conducive to physical activity.
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Easy, Slow Cooker Pot Roast Recipe
There's no better time than when the weather cools down to cook up a nice, warm pot roast. This slow cooker pot roast recipe is easy to make, full of good-for-you nutrients, and fills the house with mouthwatering smells. What's even better is that this recipe is literally a set it and forget it mindset—well, for about six hours. With a little preparation, toss everything into your slow cooker and go about your day. Come home to delicious dinner that didn't require you to be in the kitchen for hours!
Recipe by Delbert Bernhardt
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Fat Burning Machine Success Story: Sandi Scrimgeour
I've been an athlete for 30 years—mainly racing mountain bikes, road bikes and running—but the food thing always eluded me in the complete picture.
I've known of Gale's coaching and racing for a long time. So when I heard she was coming out with a book about nutrition and eating well, I was excited to see what ideas were going to be in the book. I read Become a Fat Burning Machine and I found the information exciting and accurate. I have known sugar to be the cause of metabolic syndrome and a catalyst of many other diseases including one of my…Read More »
South of France-Style Chopped Salad
Bright colors, tasty veggies and easy to make, this chopped salad is full of nutrients and will keep your taste buds happy.
Mix together greens, produce and avocado, you've got a wonderful fat-burning salad for lunch or dinner. Throw in a little chicken or fish for protein.
Salad Ingredients
- 2 heads romaine lettuce
- 1 head radicchio
- 2 peppers, red and orange
- A mixture of yellow and red cherry or grape tomatoes
- One avocado, cut up into bite-size squares
- Hearts of palm from one jar (all of them), cut up into bite-sized
- 3 baby cucumbers
- 1/2 can plain chickpeas
Homemade Dressing Ingredients
- Juice from one whole fresh lemon (discard the…Read More »
Weight-Loss Success: How Janice Scott Became a Fat Burning Machine™
Think you can't lose weight? Think again. Get inspired by Janice Scott, a Fat Burning Machine™, real-life weight-loss success story. Her journey and weight loss can be your motivation to become a #FatBurningMachine.
I have been in competitive athletics all my life but have never been "skinny". Previously when I have lost weight it has been with lots of exercise and restrictive calories. I didn't have to do that with this program. What I found is when I cut out the carbs and applied the Burner principals, I had trouble eating enough!
The Burner technique that helped me the most…Read More »
No Pasta Salad Recipe
We're all about taking a traditional dish and making a healthy twist to it. This pasta dish, made with zucchini squash, allows you to enjoy the traditional flavors that a pasta salad brings, without the guilt. Make it for a BBQ or as a main dish – add in some chicken or fish to get protein.
- 1 medium zucchini squash
- 1 medium yellow squash
- 1 can black olives
- 1/2 can garbanzo beans
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
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Mike Shares His Top Fat-Burning Machine Foods on Dr. Oz
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Ditching the idea about low-fat, low-calorie diets is hard. Gale Bernhardt explains how to leave these habits behind to lose fat and gain energy with host Melanie Young on the April 18, 2016 iHeart Radio episode of Fearless, Fabulous You.
Diet alone can help people shed excess weight, but when combined with smart exercise – Miracle Intervals – the results are even better. Watch this episode to learn more.
Note: Gale is the second guest on the broadcast, following Dr. Alison Kay.
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Fox 32 Chicago interviews Mike about the easy, practical Fat-Burning Machine weight loss plan that changed his life. He talks about Miracle Intervals and how short bouts of speed with generous rest can have a big impact on your weight loss plan. He also talks about eating fat – healthy fat – so that you can lose weight the healthy way. His mom, Jan, was in the audience and she's lost 67 pounds!
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More than 100 million Americans don't need another person to tell them that a cheeseburger and fries were the wrong choice, that they need to stay away from processed, prepared foods, or that they need to exercise regularly. What they do need to know is that their bodies are predisposed to being fat-storing machines.
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ENROLLING NOW: Ages 2 to 5 years old
Call (925) 372-4213 extension 112
The childcare programs of the YWCA Contra Costa/Sacramento are available in many locations, all staffed by licensed child care staff.
Our childcare programs help children develop physically, socially and emotionally. Children learn how to get along with others and develop communication skills. We have programs for children two to seven years old:
• General childcare (age 2)
• Preschool (ages 3 to 5)
• School age (kindergarten through first grade)
We also give meals and snacks to all children in our childcare programs. All of our Childcare Programs are Government Subsidized with the exception of the Hidden Valley Elementry Private after-school program located in Martinez for Kindergarten and first grade.
Caring for Children
It's been said that play is a child's job. It's how children learn, explore and develop. At the YWCA of Contra Costa/ Sacramento, our childcare programs encourage play as a way of developing a child's social and language skills, their physical and mental abilities, and their creativity.
We offer several programs for children of different ages and needs, all delivered in licensed facilities by qualified teachers and staff. Because individual attention is important, there typically is one adult for every eight children in our preschool classes; one adult to every four children in our general childcare classes; and one adult for every 14 children in the school-age program. In total, we care for more than 300 children. (See chart)
General Childcare
These programs provide year-round, all-day care for children age two. Individual and small activities focus on developing the emotional and social skills children will need when they start school. Children get breakfast, lunch and a snack. Classes are held Monday to Friday. Hours 8 AM to 5 PM. Because our programs are funded in part by the State of California, care is provided at no or low cost to parents who:
• Meet the state income requirements, and
• Work OR are seeking employment OR are attending school or job training OR are unable to work because of disability.
Programs for general child care are offered at Bay Point, Richmond, and Mary Rocha.
California State Preschool Program (CSPP) is for children ages three to five.
These children will be learning how to get ready for kindergarten. Teachers will provide academic learning such as focusing on recognizing and writing their names, numbers, shapes, colors. They will also learn the correct ways of cutting and gluing. Other skills that will be taught are social skills, such as learning how to line up, take turns, resolve problems on their own, etc. Children get breakfast, lunch and a snack during the full-day program and breakfast in the morning, for the morning part-day program, lunch in the afternoon, part-day program afternoon program.
We offer a part day program that runs for three hours each day, and a full day, for those parents that need all day care. In order to qualify for this program, parents must meet income eligibility and for the full day preschool, the basis of needing care for their child as listed above under General Care. Sites that offer CSPP are: Richmond, Delta (full and part-day), Bay Point, Antioch (full and part-day), and Oakley (full and part-day). Programs are from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM depending upon the site.
School Age: Hidden Valley
Hidden Valley offers care for school-aged children. Hidden Valley is private pay, so parents pay for their children to attend. This program offers morning care from 7:15 am to 8:15 am., and resumes from 8:15 am to 10:00 am and from 11:45 am to 5:30 pm.
Hidden Valley Fees
Hours per Day – Cost*
Before School Only:
This is an hour of care which is included in the fees noted below.
Before and After School
Up to 3 hours: $375 (monthly fee); $340 (after 10% discount) for second child enrolled
Up to 4 hours: $425 (monthly fee); $385 (after 10% discount) for second child enrolled
Up to 5 hours: $500 (monthly fee); $452 (after 10% discount) for second child enrolled
Up to 6 hours: $575 (monthly fee); $520 (after 10% discount) for second child enrolled
Over 6 hours: $725 (monthly fee); $655 (after 10% discount) for second child enrolled
Before School ONLY. $125.00 (monthly fee); $90.00 (after 10% discount) for second child
Annual Family membership fee: $25
*Prices are subject to change. Childcare is provided on a monthly basis only. There are no daily or daily weekly fees.
For more information, please contact the office at 925-372-4213, ext. 112 & 123
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Two days after the presidential election, Eliot A. Cohen — military historian, former counselor to Condoleezza Rice at the State Department and impassioned Never Trumper — wrote an essay in The American Interest intended to console his anxious friends. Yes, he conceded, the notion of a Donald J. Trump presidency was far from ideal ("dreadful" was the precise word he used), but he'd still advise fellow Republicans to work for the new president, so long as each kept an unsigned letter of resignation just a file drawer away.
Shortly thereafter, one of Mr. Cohen's friends in Mr. Trump's circle reached out to him, asking for names. Mr. Cohen provided them. Then things took a nasty turn.
"After exchange w Trump transition team, changed my recommendation: stay away," he tweeted on the morning of Nov. 15. "They're angry, arrogant, screaming 'you LOST!' Will be ugly."
His message was retweeted nearly 14,000 times.
That's what you get for provoking someone who's made a careful study of the uses of hard power. Mr. Cohen knows all too well the impact of a carefully timed smart bomb.
Had Hillary Clinton won, it's doubtful that Mr. Cohen's new book, "The Big Stick: The Limits of Soft Power & the Necessity of Military Force," which he clearly finished well before the election, would receive the attention it now surely (and quite deservedly) will. For all of Mr. Trump's chest-pounding about the Islamic State, it was Mrs. Clinton, ultimately, who was viewed as the more interventionist, even hawkish, of the two candidates.
But it was her rival, the erratic isolationist with a mysterious affection for Vladimir V. Putin and a worrying contempt for NATO, who won, which makes Mr. Cohen's book both an implicit critique of the president-elect's worldview (to the extent that he has one) and a toothsome snack for those who despise Mr. Trump. Even if you disagree with Mr. Cohen — and I did, often, scribbling violent objections in the margins as I read — it's easy to spend time in his company. He writes thoughtfully, methodically and with unfussy erudition. His chapters are organized with the pleasing precision of a bento box.
The main argument of "The Big Stick" is encapsulated in its subtitle and its sly cover image, a close-up of a pair of boots on the ground. He makes an unfashionable, unabashed and — above all — unwavering case for the use of force in the service of American security and ideals. To shy away from hard power, in Mr. Cohen's view, would come at great moral and mortal cost in a world of irrational regimes, religious revolutionaries, cyber guerrillas and bellicose competitors like China and Russia.
"The chances are growing that the United States will find itself using military power chronically, and at varying levels of intensity, throughout the early decades of the 21st century," he writes in his introduction.
It is perhaps an occupational hazard in Mr. Cohen's line of work to see the world in light of its dangers. (He also has a son who's done two tours of duty in Iraq, and a daughter in the Navy — two facts he admirably never mentions, let alone exploits, in "The Big Stick.") Those with dovish inclinations will doubtless propose very different solutions to the problems he identifies. But he does a very good job of identifying them, providing a thorough if disconcerting tour d'horizon.
On Mr. Cohen's list of concerns, China ranks highest: Its naval aggression and transgressions could reshape the international order, particularly if it starts a conflict with one of our allies. Russia's aggression concerns him, too, especially now that it has found sympathetic authoritarian and nativist governments in the West. "Without unity," he notes, "NATO is paralyzed."
At the time Mr. Cohen wrote that sentence, he was referring to the governments of Hungary and Greece, which have both shown themselves to be sympathetic to Mr. Putin. Who would have imagined adding the next American president to the list?
Also relevant to the new world order: Mr. Cohen believes that the only way to fight global terror in any meaningful way is through long, sustained campaigns on the ground, as well as from the air. (Imagine how much more stable Libya would be, he asks, if the United States and its allies had sent in troops just after the overthrow of Muammar el-Qaddafi.)
But in order for this strategy to work, both the American public and its leaders would have to make a dramatic psychological adjustment, thinking much more flexibly, and patiently, about war. They would have to accept that future conflicts may be neither swift nor immediately decisive. "Such an honest appraisal," Mr. Cohen writes, "will test the character of politicians who, naturally enough, hope to end their tenures having won, or at least finished, the wars that they have begun or inherited."
This is a tall order for any elected official. For Mr. Trump, who made "We are going to win so big" a rallying cry, it seems higher than the moon.
All of Mr. Cohen's proposals would cost a great deal of money — and, potentially, human lives. He'd like to see forces deployed in Poland and the Baltic States to ward off Russian hostilities. He'd like to see a beefed-up air and naval presence in the Persian Gulf to thwart Iran. In retrospect, he wishes we'd left 10,000 to 20,000 troops in Iraq. (He doesn't address the sticky problem of reconciling this idea with the Iraqi desire for sovereignty.)
These may not be the most practical or, to many, desirable suggestions. Mr. Cohen is well aware of the contemporary arguments arrayed against America's interest, or competence, in waging war, which he addresses in Chapter 1. But they're one response to an increasingly dangerous — and nuclearized — globe. To read Mr. Cohen is to realize that he thinks for a living about terrible things: Pakistan's lobbing a nuke at India; Israel's lobbing a nuke at Iran; the United States' launching a nuclear weapon at North Korea; China's threatening to launch one at us.
"To assume that nuclear weapons, or some overwhelming logic of international politics, make statesmen cautious," he writes, "is to assume that human beings are not capable of tremendous error, which is almost to assume that they are not human."
Just before Christmas, Mr. Trump tweeted that the United States "must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability." What that meant we do not know. It could have meant that he will violate existing nuclear treaties. It could have meant nothing specific — just another inchoate emanation from his head.
Mr. Cohen notes that all presidential candidates' views of national security change once they're in office, because they're forced to confront the world as it is, not the world as they wish it to be. The problem is that Mr. Trump apparently does not sit still for the intelligence briefings that try to describe the world as it is. And if that's the case, the future may not be as dark as Mr. Cohen foresees. It may be darker.


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When I first read the Young Adult Novel, Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, it literally took my breath away. The writing was fresh, edgy and visceral at times. I found my stomach in knots nearly the entire time I was reading. When I came to my senses again, and after much thought, I began writing lesson plans to teach this novel in my classroom.
It is my belief that novels like Speak create bridges or windows to classic literature, and should be used as a vehicle to get our students to tackle the more challenging works of literature.
Having said that, I immediately come to the defense of Young Adult Literature, a genre of writing that has really taken off in recent history, and one, I would argue, attains a level of sophistication that would rival even the pillars of classic literature being taught in today's middle and senior high classrooms.
One of my goals as I read amazing examples of Young Adult Literature is to pair them with the literature typically taught in American schools. Many of the works of classic literature have become dusty, stale, and dried out. Few students believe they have anything to say to them, and would benefit from finding new inroads, such as found in Young Adult Literature. Therefore, I am taking the challenge upon myself to find great examples of both classic literature and Young Adult Literature and pair them up so that my students can engage in reading again, and love the process along the way.
What great pairings would you suggest? Speak easily pairs with Saliger's Catcher in the Rye or Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Daisy Whitney's The Mockingbirds pairs wonderfully with To Kill A Mockingbird. What pairs spring to mind for you between classic literature and YA novels?
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When comparing car insurance companies in Northern Ireland, until recently it may have seemed that those who live in NI are limited to providers on the high street. While it is possible to compare insurance online, you may have found that some providers do not offer their policies to those who reside in NI.
If you want to take advantage of savings this way, you may find it easier approaching a specialist broker who is able to search on your behalf. When comparing companies there are many factors you may want to consider, as some may offer you more for your money than others do.
When comparing insurance with different companies one of the things you may want to look into is how much excess you are asked to pay on the policy. All insurance providers state a minimum amount that you need to pay if you were to make a claim on your policy. This money has to be found by you out of your own pocket so you may want to compare how much the insurance company would require as an excess compared to others.
You may also want to check if you have to pay an extra amount of excess on windscreens and windows if they are damaged or have to be replaced. You may be asked to pay excess if your windscreen has to be totally replaced, however some insurance companies may repair windscreens without asking for the excess.
Look at whether a courtesy car would be available in the event of a claim as well as things like a legal helpline. Some insurers may offer these as free benefits while with others you may have to pay for them.
Some car insurance companies in Northern Ireland may allow you to take out limited mileage insurance if you do not go over a certain amount of miles in any one year. This may allow you to make savings for example if you are insuring a second car and it is not used much. You may also be able to save on the cost of your cover if you insure more than one car at the same time or if you take out another form of insurance with that provider, for example caravan cover.


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Nothing is more professionally rewarding for me than sharing the joys and delights of SBEC's education system with newcomers and visitors. In that spirit, I want to welcome you and tell you how glad I am that you are visiting our colorful and comprehensive website today. On it you will find pictures and words depicting and demonstrating SBEC's engaging, inspiring, and enriching education.
SBEC International is the school where small classes ensure that each child is not only challenged and supported by the teachers, but also by his/her classmates in a culture of respect, discipline and responsibility.
Our vision is to make SBEC a school that produces holistically nurtured bilingual students who are fully prepared for the challenges of the rapidly changing world, in a stimulating and conducive environment where the uniqueness of each child is respected.
This is a wonderful place to be educated as a child, be cared for and be connected as a family. Our size at inception does not make it possible for us to cater for everyone, but we insist on making academic and behavioral excellence the focus of our school. However, if you think that a school that has high academic standards, small classes, and a strong parent support group might be the one for you, please contact us for a tour round the school campus itself.
In the meantime, enjoy your electronic tour.
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SBEC International School holds a Cultural Day during the third term of every Calendar Year. This is to celebrate our diverse nature and to expose the children to not only the different cultures and traditions around the world but also the etiquette, the food, the entertainment and other aspects of the culture. ...Read More
SBEC International School on Saturday held a graduation ceremony of 68 pupils from the Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Arabic sections of the school. The 15th annual graduation ceremony held at their High School Auditorium in Salagi was organised under the theme ''We Are What We Eat''. The proprietor of SBEC International, Ayesha Njie Nyang, ...Read More
The student council of Sbec International School yesterday donated materials and school items to the SOS Orphanage in Bakoteh. The project was set up by the social committee comprising parents, teachers and students of Sbec International School with the sole aim of sharing and caring for the less opportune in society. This, the first official ...Read More


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No matter what type of braces you get, your oral hygiene habits will become infinitely more important during orthodontic treatment. Caring for and maintaining your braces along with your entire mouth can be the difference between having beautiful, healthy teeth after your braces come off or having de-calcification from bacterial build-up.
Your tooth brushing habits are important anyway, but brushing when you have braces is absolutely crucial. If you have braces that are attached to your teeth, the bacteria in your mouth have a number of new places to hide.
Brushing helps prevent a few things:
The spaces between your teeth can also serve as a great hiding spot for bacteria, which can eventually turn into cavities. Though the first few times flossing with braces may be a little uncomfortable, your gums will soon get stronger. As you continue, your gums will get healthier and you won't have to worry about anything being in between your teeth to make them decay.
Not flossing regularly can lead to several problems over time:
To get the absolute most from your oral care regimen, you should floss, brush, and rinse your mouth with mouthwash.
At Clear Choice Orthodontic Associates in Katy, TX, we strive to provide a consultative approach for every patient. We want you to fully understand your treatment options before any work has begun, so you are confident in your choice in your treatment and your choice in our practice.
If you want to learn more about your or your child's smile transformation, click here to schedule your appointment today! We can't wait to welcome you as a member of the Clear Choice Orthodontic Family.
This article is not meant as medical advice and is for educational purposes only. If you would like to know more about braces and other orthodontic treatments, feel free to call Clear Choice Orthodontic Associates at 281.587.4900 or click here to schedule your free Dr. McLendon Smile Analysis.


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ASQA decisions—table
ASQA publishes information about certain regulatory decisions it makes, in order to:
- assist students and potential students to make informed decisions about choosing a provider, and
- provide industry, government and the public with accurate information on ASQA's regulatory activity.
On 1 July 2016 ASQA changed the timing of the publication of its regulatory decisions to better meet the above objectives. ASQA now publishes information about decisions shortly after they are made (that is, before review periods available to the provider are exhausted). In making that change, ASQA also now publishes information about review processes that remain available, the status of decisions during any review process and their date of effect.
Decisions made before 1 July 2016 were not published until the provider had exhausted its rights of review in relation to the decision (or if ASQA's Commissioners deemed there was a public interest served by earlier publication).
The table below includes ASQA decisions made under both publication polices and as a result entries may appear differently according to the date the decision was made.
Any providers who feel information published about them is inaccurate should contact the ASQA Info line on 1300 701 801 or email enquiries [at] asqa.gov.au.
Understanding regulatory decisions
- See About ASQA's published decisions for more information on what kinds of decision ASQA publishes and ASQA's legislative authority to publish this information
- Find out more about Options for VET providers affected by ASQA decisions and Options for CRICOS providers affected by ASQA decisions
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Young Hercules: The Complete Series
Out Now on DVD
from Shout! Factory
For the very first time on DVD, the early years of mythology's mightiest man are revealed in Young Hercules: The Complete Series! Released June 23rd by Shout! Factory, Young Hercules: The Complete Series includes all fifty episodes of the action adventure series in a six-DVD set, as well as a bonus featurette called Writing the Legend of Young Hercules.
This prequel series to the smash hit Hercules: The Legendary Journeys explores the dawn of an ancient age of light and darkness as the half-god, half-man Hercules (Ryan Gosling, The Notebook) — and his friends, Prince Jason (Chris Conrad, Mortal Kombat Annihilation) and Iolaus (Dean O'Gorman, The Hobbit Trilogy) — struggles to find his place in the world and learns what it means to be a hero.
Executive produced by Sam Raimi and Robert G. Tapert (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess), Young Hercules aired on the Fox Kids Network from 1998 to 1999, and was nominated for three Daytime Emmy Awards.
• Writing the Legend of Young Hercules featurette
Young Hercules is an interesting tale that delves deeper into the heart of some of the bigger mythological tales, covering the early days of Hercules, Jason and Iolaus three individuals who would go on to be fairly well known in mythology.
My husband is a fantasy and mythology fan so he was quite pleased to get a chance to sit down and watch the entire series. He was thrilled with the way the show portrayed the heroes in their younger days and the way that the younger heroes were portrayed as being the same type of people as we all were growing up. Hanging out with friends, getting into a little bit of mischief and generally trying to fit in with those around them.


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This lazy pilot is sitting. You'll notice he's not flying. He'll tell you that he was fueling, but you'll notice there's no fuel thingy in his hand. He's sitting folks.
He spends more flying his 185 than he does flying your Hawker.
The key with managers and pilots is knowing what species you've got. A worker bee, or a "I'd like to fly 300 hours or so per year – no more please." Many aircraft owners don't even realize they've picked a manager. Here are three clues that indicate you've selected a manager and not a marketer:
#1 There was less revenue than predicted, yet the costs were higher. Hrm…
#2 Maintenance is performed by the same people that manage….
#3 The invoices are hard to understand, but they're big and getting bigger.
In fact, this is an old theme, we've hammered on it since 1994, at the outset of our operational experience and during the boom times of fractional, etc. As they say – the more things change, the more they stay the same.


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24 Hour Fitness sponsors Everyday Athletes
24 Hour Fitness promoted its sponsorship of the 2008 USA Olympics team and of everyday athletes everywhere. The 2008 Olympics campaign for 24 Hour Fitness, online at www.weareallathletes.com, celebrates athleticism at every level, from the sprinter hoping to capture the gold, to the employee hoping to catch the morning bus.
The Everyday Athletes was created by a team of freelance professionals, working under a strategy developed by Pers, Inc., and produced by FilmCore. The team were copywriter Jason Headley, art director Suosdey Penn, director Drea Cooper, illustrator Timmy Kucynda, and photographer Ronny Knight.
See more of Ronny Knight's photographs in his portfolio at The Inspiration Room.
Filed under: Commercials, Olympics, Print
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Beets Greens and Kale Omelet
Make great use of four CSA items this week with this quick, simple and filling breakfast!
1⁄2 bunch kale chopped
1⁄2 bunch beet greens chopped
1 Tsp red pepper flakes
1 Tsp olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
1 Tbsp butter
1 egg plus 1 Tbsp water
1 green onion trimmed and chopped
1 Tbsp dill chopped
2 Tbsp goat cheese (or cheese of choice)
Heat a medium size cast iron or nonstick pan over medium heat. Add olive oil and greens. Saute 7 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Stir once more and transfer greens into a bowl. (Keep pan over heat, as you will use this for your omelet).
While the green saute place one egg, water, and herbs in a bowl. Whisk well! Once you have removed the greens from pan, add the butter. Once the butter has completely melted, add in the egg mixture. This is a great beginners omelet as you do not have to flip egg. In using one egg and water it allows the egg to cook fully throughout.
Allow the egg to cook for 34 minutes or until it has almost fully solidified, adjusting heat if necessary. Add goat cheese and the the greens. Turn off heat. Now before folding the egg over slide onto a plate. Once the omelet is safely on the plate, fold half over. Add more goat cheese if desired.
Serve HOT!
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Ali Price is a Root 5 Farm CSA member and local food educator. She provides group and private cooking lessons to folks in the Upper Valley. She is also an aspiring Health Coach and born and raised veggie lover.
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text: Our aestheticians at TruDerm specialize in nonsurgical skin care treatments and cosmetic dermal products. They perform treatments like chemical peels, microneedling, and microdermabrasion. Our aestheticians work closely with our dermatologist to help improve the overall health of the skin of our patients. They also provide our clients with customized skin care regimens that can be performed at home. Typically, skin care regimens consist of a combination of both daily routine cleansing, cosmetic products, and nonsurgical procedures.


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Sometimes I am a bad person. By this I mean I mess with people. It is always meant to be light-hearted but sometimes I misjudge and things… get out of hand.
Case in Point: For one year boyfriend and I shared a small two bedroom with two friends. I shall henceforth refer to them as Gamer and *poink*. They are both male and they are in a relationship. They were great roommates who have since moved to The Big City for adventure and profit.
Gamer is a gamer guy, he spends a good deal of time slaughtering digital people/monsters. Of the two he is by far the gruffer. He's a welder now but he worked in restaurants for many years and enjoyed cooking.
One day *poink* and I were at the market and *poink*, knowing Gamer liked squash, purchased a lovely butternut variety for his sweetheart.
We went home and while Gamer was still at work I proceeded to draw a scared face on the squash in marker.
I thought that Gamer would get a laugh and then enjoy a tasty snack.
Turns out he's a bit of a softy. He was so distraught by the sad face he couldn't bring himself to eat it. That poor squash sat on our kitchen table for weeks. I tried to convince him that the squash was happy to be eaten and fulfill it's destiny as an energy source but Gamer was having none of it.
Finally after many weeks *poink* cooked the squash while Gamer was at work.
I thought *poink* might be mad at me for ruining his gift but he thought it was funny and a bit touching that his boyfriend could be so compassionate. I think Gamer thought I was an asshole but was too polite to let on.
Since then I have been more careful when dealing with roommate sensibilities. Having to look at that poor terrified face for two months was a poignant lesson.


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JASON McMURRAY as GARRY LEJEUNE
Originally from the A.C.T, Jason began performing at the ripe old age of six, singing and dancing along with the MGM classics for an enthusiastic audience of family members. It wasn't until he was eleven when Jason really started to develop a passion for musical theatre and drama, making his stage debut in a local production of 'Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' featuring in the children's chorus.
After relocating to Bendigo at fifteen, Jason was pleased to be offered his first named role as 'Courfeyrac' in Bendigo Community Theatre's production of 'Les Miserables'. He then won the supporting role of 'Amos Hart' in 'Chicago' for which he was nominated for ' The Gladys Moncrief award for Best New Talent' and was extremely humbled to receive the 'Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role' through The Music Theatre Guild of Victoria.
Jason has continued to enjoy being challenged by the roles he has been lucky enough to play, such as; 'Koko' in the 'Mikado', 'Kenneth Gibson' from 'Call me Madam', 'Skimbleshanks' and 'Munkustrap' in 'Cats' and other great productions with BCT like 'Jesus Christ Superstar', 'A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum' , 'Once a Catholic' and 'Princess Ascending'
Jason has loved being involved with BTC since 'Oklahoma' in 2007, honoured to have been given the opportunity to play his dream roll of 'Rooster' in 'Annie' and dance in such a brilliant production of 'Chicago' last year in 2014.
Jason focuses most of his offstage time on providing private vocal tuition and undertaking numerous dance fitness classes at Z Fit Studios.
He is loving the drama and comedy of 'Noises Off' and can't wait to introduce 'Garry LeJeune' to Bendigo audiences.
Ticket numbers are now limited! Head to www.trybooking.com/117682 to get yours before they sell out!


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A Brave New World of Sharing
- By Melon Learning
- 2 April, 2013
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mLearning – it is the next big thing. And it keeps getting bigger. The mobile revolution swarms us with devices from every direction and they truly are the media for transferring content in a whole new way. We carry them around 24/7 and as much as I hate to admit it, obsess about them to a certain degree. Delivering for such a media requires a design overhaul – new screens and resolutions, a plethora of sensors, a shorter attention span driven by context, you name it. Admittedly, there is potential for revolutionizing the way people learn. There is however one not so obvious aspect of making use of mobile devices – they have the precious capability of feeding back all kinds of information that can help us design better mLearning. Continue Reading →
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- 25 December, 2012
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More than 5 million women experience monthly hormonal headaches in the UK.
Consultant neurologist Dr Nicholas Silver says act fast when you feel a menstrual migraine threatening to try to prevent it getting worse.
'Drink a large glass of water and if possible eat some carbohydrates. If you also have nausea then consider an anti-sickness tablet that helps to keep the stomach moving – this will allow better absorption of food and fluid.'
This story first appeared in Red Magazine


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ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. Women who have breast reconstruction after an elective mastectomy are satisfied with their decision, have low complication rates and 98 percent would do it again, reports a study in July's Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). In addition, breast reconstruction after preventive mastectomy was as safe as or safer than reconstruction in women with breast cancer and had excellent cosmetic results.
"Breast cancer is a terrible diagnosis and decisions regarding treatment are never easy. This study shows that women with cancer in one breast who choose to have their other breast removed as a preventive measure are happy with their decision and a high percentage would do it again," said Scott Spear, MD, study co-author and past ASPS president. "More remarkable is the 100 percent satisfaction level, as well as the 100 percent willingness to have breast reconstruction again, for the women who chose to have both breasts removed."
The study examined 74 women who had preventive mastectomies and subsequent breast reconstruction between 2000 and 2005. Forty-seven patients had breast cancer in one breast and elected to surgically remove their other breast (unilateral prophylactic mastectomy). Twenty-seven patients did not have breast cancer, but chose to surgically remove both breasts due to a high-risk of developing breast cancer (bilateral prophylactic mastectomy). The cosmetic outcome was scored by 14 surgeons who looked at post-reconstruction photos and evaluated the result on a 1 to 4 scale (4 being an "excellent" result).
The study found that women who had a bilateral prophylactic mastectomy were 100 percent satisfied with their breast reconstruction and 100 percent of them would have the surgery again. Ninety-four percent of women who had unilateral prophylactic mastectomy were satisfied with their reconstruction and 96 percent of them would have reconstruction again.
The complication rate for reconstruction in women who had bilateral prophylactic mastectomy was 3 percent and 10 percent for those who had unilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Additionally, the study noted the cosmetic assessment for all patients was a score of 3 out of 4.
"These women look and feel the same or better and their risk of cancer has been taken off the table," said Dr. Spear. "For women who know they are at risk, this option gives them the opportunity to be active about their health and appearance rather than reactive. They can have excellent cosmetic results, low surgical risk and a high level of satisfaction with their breast reconstruction. This is empowering for women."
According to ASPS statistics, more than 57,000 breast reconstructions were performed in 2007, up 2 percent since 2006.
|Contact: ASPS Public Relations
American Society of Plastic Surgeons


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that you're connected with everything"
Vivienne Vivienne Tam Peter Pan collar fox shirt from TJ Maxx (available in black HERE)
c/o Tacori Sky Blue Topaz earrings (HERE);
Remember the other day (this POST) I said about splurging on something little at the Kate Spade store? This adorable Kate Spade NY bow bracelet is what I bought myself for my birthday. I love how dainty and delicate the bracelet looks and it's perfect for stacking with other bracelets. {I just wish it wasn't a soft gold-bends a little too easy.} I think every person should spoil themselves with one special item on their big day. Do you agree?
Thanks to my nephew for exploring the woods with me and snapping photos.


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School Awards
School Awards Overview
Schools can gain awards that demonstrate achievement in a specific area of learning. The awards available are very wide from eating healthy food or keeping fit to working well with I.T. or being green and helping to recycle waste. All awards take time and effort and show commitment on the part of the school towards excellence.
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Here are the different awards that our school has achieved.
School Awards
The Basic Skills Quality mark
Primary Science Quality mark
Healthy Schools award
Investor in People
Silver Eco Schools Award
School Achievement award Department for Education and Employment
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Contact us using the information below either by post, phone or by email, whichever you find more convenient.
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Roy Toy designed and began selling their log cabin building sets in the 1930s. The treehouse building set mimics the stilted houses wilderness pioneers would build to store meat and food, keeping bears out of their provisions. This, most basic building set, follows the construction of a real cabin, a cool framework to think about whether you're a kid or an adult. It reminds us of the story of Dick Proenneke who video documented his time alone in the Alaskan widlerness in the 1960's. Watch a short video of him, single handedly, building his own log cabin here.
If you like the treehouse, but looking for something a little bit smaller, consider a regular log cabin.


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I have been so fortunate to have these ladies as friends for many years.
I was just saying to my GF Karri not long ago, we have been friends for almost 20 years!!
We all met, over time, working at the same bank in Wichita, KS.
When we all lived in Kansas we would plan a rotating,
monthly S-n-B night at our homes for dinner, stitching and yes, sometimes bitching.
One by one we each moved away;
two to Maine, one to Wisconsin, one in Oklahoma and one remains in Kansas.
We have planned mini retreats to continue our S-n-B gatherings.
Sometimes all of us make it and sometimes one of us may not.
Graduations, jobs, babies, moving, economics and life in general sometimes impacted the frequency, but we've managed. Although we are quite due for a trip in the future.
Need to start planning where we will go next.
Thinking we need to head to Wisconsin.
Here are a few group photos from some of our S-n-B adventures that I've been able to make.
(-: As the brain becomes softer, I may have some of the years off.
Ladies please let me know if you remember differently. :-)
S-n-B Sisters 1999
Rock Springs, KS Heart's Desire Cross Stitch Camp
S-n-B Sisters 2000 Tulsa, OK
Outing to The Silver Needle
Have hotel room, will stitch, and stitch and stitch!
S-n-B Sisters Karri & Kathy
S-n-B Sisters Stephanie & Wendy
S-n-B 2005 Bar Harbor, ME
Our project for this gathering was a Flat Robin.
Design Guidelines by Meg Shinall.
I had written to Meg about our group
and desire to create a special stitched piece for our 5th year trip.
We each created a personalized piece with some common elements.
Here is my flat robin.
S-n-B 2008 Harpswell, ME
Day trip to Stitcher's Corner in Wiscasset, ME


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hola, i have homework to do so this is gonna be short. ahh, no schoool. nice. yesterday went to see LOTR with alyssa and mom and mason and zach. very good, bien sur. came home and watched the golden globes, no LOTR didn't win as we knew it wouldn't but there's always the oscars (ha) and there's always "return of the king". sheesh. so i have to read the rest of "the outsiders", study for "and then there were none" (the freakiest book i will never read again), finish math homework. i am really glad to have kirsten for my tutor. slept til about 30 minutes ago, wonderful. had the rest of my willy's chicken quesedilla or however youy spell it for breakfast. gotta go, there is rehearsal tonight, oohhh goodd. hehe. hope the ski retreaters get back all right. peace


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The Food Pyramid Was Supposed To Show Us How To Eat. Why It Did That In The Worst Way.
What if the food industry knew things about food that we didn't know, things about taste, addiction, and sickness? Meanwhile, we're fed a glut of faddish diets and super exercises so that we can lose weight. What this documentary gets right is that the problem isn't with us — it's with the companies that feed us.
Note: That said, we don't think this documentary gets everything right. At 1:04, for example, the voiceover says "It is making us sick. And fat." Let's be clear that sickness is not purely tied to either weight or body size. Regardless of our shape, we can all fall prey to the food industry.


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Open beam ceiling house plans:Big ceiling beams can provide big benefits for wide open living spaces. Here is what the Builder Brothers have to say about it, with explanations and examples of beam ceilings, together with photos to show the different styles you'll find in Raleigh new homes.
Exposed beam ceiling home design ideas:
Exposed beam ceiling house plans
Hidden beam ceiling house plans
Structural beam ceiling house plans
One story house plans with vaulted ceilings and beams in the vaultTimber beams are usually for visual appeal, as opposed to structural necessity. They are typically found in mountain or lake style homes, designed for rustic appeal.
Beam ceiling ideas - wrapped wood beams
Oak and Cedar are hardwoods that can be stained, for dark stained wrapped wood beams like these:
Alternatives to beam ceilings - Fireplace wallThis two sided stone fireplace takes the place of a beam ceiling. The fireplace carries the weight of the second story, and is accentuated by a stained wood contemporary/rustic style wrap mantle.
Modern Homes with Beam Ceilings:
About the Builder Brothers:
Builder Brothers Andrew and Phil are just part of the team at Stanton Homes, surrounding you with expertise while building stunning custom homes. A little friendly competition is reflected in the details of the extraordinary homes they create. They're all-around nice guys with a lot of smarts, really great ideas, and rare integrity. You'll learn a lot about how to build beautiful homes from the Builder Brothers.


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The UK aviation industry's chance of a successful post-Brexit takeoff could be hindered because of Theresa May's shock announcement of a general election on June 8, Unite has warned.
Even before May's election U-turn, both Unite and airline bosses had called for aviation negotiations to be settled urgently to prevent disruption to the industry. Now there are concerns that the general election will further narrow the window of time available to reach a deal.
Earlier this month, Dublin-based RyanAir said that without an early agreement to base advance flight patterns around, it may have to cancel UK flights "for weeks or months".
In March, Unite called for the retention of the current "open skies" agreement to be fast tracked during the negotiations to avoid UK-based airlines registering outside of the country and operating under "flags of convenience" – a situation that would threaten jobs as well as funding for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
The union's call came after EU bosses preparing for Brexit told UK airlines that they must move their operations to the EU or risk having their intra-continental routes axed. Shortly afterward it was reported that easyJet is moving its headquarters from London to a new location inside the EU.
The countdown to secure an aviation agreement was already tight before the June 8 election was announced because of the advanced schedules air carriers run on, explained Unite's national officer for civil air transport, Oliver Richardson.
While the Brexit negotiations have a two-year timetable, airlines need to have an aviation agreement in place one year before in order to arrange their schedules for summer 2019 – the date Britain will leave the EU.
The timing of the deal has been further complicated because of the EU's stipulation that divorce talks be completed before any trade negotiations commence. But with a general election that will divert the government's attention from negotiating to campaigning, the window of opportunity is likely to shrink further.
"Airlines sell tickets and publish their schedules well in advance, so you haven't got two years to find out what the deal is – you've got a year. Now with the general election taking place you're already taking two months out of that," Richardson said.
Richardson said that while EU-registered air carriers such as RyanAir may experience problems with scheduling UK flights if a suitable deal is not reached in time, airlines based in Britain may move out of the country.
"Airlines have thin margins and are risk averse and they may start making decisions. We might end up with exactly the freedoms we want but with every airline in the UK registered somewhere else because they wanted to protect themselves," Richardson said.
"If that happens they're not going to unravel that. There's no sentiment. They're not going to say 'we want to be registered in the UK because it's lovely'."
Richardson said Unite is working with the CAA and airlines to prepare for Brexit and called on the government to ease fears within the industry by quickly securing a deal that maintains current freedoms.
He said, "The UK airline industry is inextricably linked with its European counterparts and critically has the freedom to fly within Europe through the open skies agreement.
"The UK government must secure these current freedoms for UK airlines as a matter of urgency in upcoming Brexit negotiations to ease job fears and stabilise confidence in the industry."


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More Miles Sugar Free Challenge
Sugar Free? Yes!... Well, sort of.
This is a challenge to eliminate unnecessary ADDED sugars from your diet, for 31 days. That means that the naturally occuring sugars in fruits, vegetables, grains, etc. can, and should, remain in your nutritional repetoire. It's processed sugar, in its many, many forms, as an INGREDIENT that will get the axe.
Why? Your body is only designed to metabolize a small amount of (naturally occuring) sugars per day. Sugars are carbs, which are quickly metabolized to give us energy, and that's a good thing. Your muscles need glycogen to function. The sugars found in whole foods, such as fruits and vegetables, are packaged by nature in a perfect balance of water, fiber, vitamins, and nutrients, to allow your body to absorb them, and the other nutrients at a moderate rate.
But unless you're in the midst of running a marathon, additional sugars in the typical American diet are overwhelming your liver, causing your blood sugar to spike and crash, and ultimately store all of that excess energy (that's not being used while you're sitting at your desk, or on your sofa) as fat. Lots of fat.
Eliminating added sugars, in all forms "natural" and artificial, from your diet, in my experience, is the simplest way to clean up your nutritional habits and build a foundation for whole, healthy eating. Rather than a complicated list of rules and resrictions, you have one rule to follow. And you can still enjoy many of your favorite things, and as much QUANTITY as you'd like.
So what qualifies as added sugars? Any sweetener that is listed as an ingredient, meaning it isn't naturally occuring, even if the sweetener is supposedly "natural" itself. That means honey, maple syrup, cane sugar, coconut sugar, stevia, sorbitol, asparthame, corn syrup... Tell you what, here's a full list of the MINIMUM 61 different ways that sugar must be identified on food labels according to the FDA. (Seriously guys, 61 different names... And that's just what the government requires on the label as "sugar". This doesn't include artifical and alternative sweetners! Yikes!)
What can you expect from eliminating added sugars? The number one result, and most quickly experienced, is increased energy! You'll notice this almost immediately, and the reason is that rather than sending your metabolism through constant spike-and-crash cycles, you're allowing it to level out, maintain an even burn, and start using excess fat for energy. Other side effects include clearer skin, better sleep, improved digestion, improved athletic performance and recovery, weight loss, improved mood, and more.
Remember, I said that going added-sugar free is simple. I didn't say it was easy.
Sugar is found EVERYWHERE, from coffee creamer and cereal to pasta sauce, salsa, salad dressing, bread, peanut butter, and so much more. As you prepare, you will be shocked at all of the secret places you find sugar in your life! It is a CHALLENGE to read labels, find alternatives, and adjust your habits. You CAN do it. Everyone is capable. But you have to make the choice.
We're not eliminating any food groups here. You can still enjoy grains, fruits, vegetables, proteins, and more. We're just finding the healthier and whole food options. That's why we're doing the Sugar Free Challenge, to support each other, help each other, and learn!
To join us, comment on the More Miles Personal Training and Coaching Facebook page. You'll be added to a separate, closed group for all challenge participants, and this is where all of the information, how-to videos, daily check-ins, grocery lists, meal ideas, and more will be shared, and I will be your guide the whole way. This is a forum to ask questions, seek help, share successes, struggles, and more.
31 Days to changing your habits, and just maybe, changing your life. Join the group for all of the details throughout the remainder of this week to help you prepare your kitchen and your mind. Let's do this. Let's get stronger, together.
Donna Peters
12/26/2016 06:07:13 pm
I am in
Laura Hufford
12/27/2016 06:56:57 am
I have quite a story to tell but won't bore you. I am in and it might just save my organs and my life!
Kathi Cooley
12/27/2016 10:57:15 am
I'm seriously addicted to sugar and have been trying to quit for a year. This should be interesting!
Amy Temporado
12/27/2016 09:12:53 pm
I would love to do it!
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Arm reduction
Arm reduction, or brachioplasty, is a procedure to reshape and contour the upper arm by removing all the excess skin and fat that causes it to hang down at the back.
Arm reduction surgery is used to reduce underarm "bat wings".
The procedure will produce a scar on the back of the arm that extends from the top of the arm down to the elbow. The quality of the scar depends on how the patient's tissues heal which is an individual characteristic. Most scars are satisfactory though can take a year to mature, however there is always the chance that the scar could become raised and red.
Liposuction is best for those with elastic skin, whereas this is not usually an option for those who have lost weight.
You could be a candidate for arm reduction surgery if you experience any of the following:
- Your unhappy with the size of your arms and want them to look slimmer
- You've lost weight leaving a lot of excess skin
- You find it difficult to get certain clothes to fit
- Your upper arms are out of proportion
Every patient will have undergone a full consultation with Paul so that patients are made fully aware and comfortable before entering into any surgery.
The hospital where your operation is taking place will provide patients with full detailed written instructions on preparing for surgery.
Arm reduction surgery is performed under general anaesthesia meaning patients are not prohibited to eat or drink 6 hours prior to the operation.
The recovery process can be different depending on the patient.
However, most patients will usually:
- Be able to go home the day after surgery
- Be able to return to driving within a week
- Return to work within two weeks
- Be able to exercise within a month
Price of arm reduction surgery in Bristol
Prices for arm reduction surgery in Bristol start at £4011.00
*Prices may vary depending on the hospital you choose for your arm reduction surgery.