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SEAMonster: A .NET-Based Seam Carving Implementation
To avoid any potential confusion, this is a personal, spare-time project that has nothing to do with the cool Seadragon technology.
Before you read my post, you should watch the short 4 1/2 minute video that demonstrates an image resizing technique called seam carving. The technique was presented at this year's SIGGRAPH 2007 conference by Shai Avidan and Ariel Shamir. If you want to know all of the details, check out the paper they presented called Seam Carving for Content-Aware Image Resizing (20MB PDF). Shai and Ariel outline a relatively simple algorithm for finding a "seam" of pixels that is least likely to be missed when it's removed from an image. The algorithm looks for connected pixels of low energy, where energy refers to a measure of visual detail. By iterating the algorithm, an image can be resized while maintaining its general structure. Unlike a typical stretch operation in your favorite graphics application, the seam carving technique resists squashing or distorting the image.
When I first saw their video, I thought it was magic. Not only do they demonstrate resizing, but they also show how their algorithm can easily remove specific content (like a person or object) from a scene. It's easy to imagine how images can be resized using this technique for display on smaller devices like a cell phone. In their paper, Shai and Ariel briefly describe a method that would allow an image format with extended seam carving data to easily resize on-the-fly. Very cool.
Inspired by their work, I thought I'd play around with the algorithm and methods in my spare time. So, over the course of the past week or so, I've put together a .NET-based implementation of seam carving that I affectionately call SEAMonster. The code has evolved from a very simple prototype to something a bit more robust. As these things go, the architecture is a bit shaky at the moment, but it does work. The early version of the application can only open JPG files, doesn't support image expansion, and the user interface is pretty minimal. However, it's far enough along that someone might find it interesting.
If you'd like to take it for a spin, download SEAMonster_0.1.zip (63KB). The application requires the Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 if you don't already have it installed on your machine. In lieu of documentation, I encourage you to watch the 8 minute video introduction I recorded to quickly get up-to-speed (note that you may need to download the TechSmith Screen Capture Codec to properly view this video).
When I have the code under control, I plan to upload the project to CodePlex so that the developer community can contribute. All of the image manipulation functionality is encapsulated in a DLL, so it should be usable in most scenarios. There is a lot of opportunity for improvement and optimization in these algorithms, and I expect a lot of innovation to happen over the next few months. It should be fun to watch.
Here are some other seam carving resources that you may find interesting:
- AS3 Content Aware Resizing or Image Seam Carving - contains links to many implementations, some with source
- Fast content-aware image resizing and Object removal using seam carving, still fast - more thoughts on the algorithms and an implementation in OCaml
- Liquid Resize - an application for both Windows and Linux
- CAIR - Content Aware Image Resizer - a multi-threaded C++ implementation
- rsizr - a very slick Flash-based seam carving utility
- Seam Carving - a nice write-up that explains how the algorithm works
If you have any comments about this early version of SEAMonster, or if you have suggestions for the version I plan to release on CodePlex, please leave feedback (or contact me directly).


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We talked about how both student-athletes are superstitious when it comes to their pregame ritual and if you mess Tanner's up, you might get the death stare. We also learned how competitive both Abigail and Tanner are with their sisters and how Abigail has not seen many episode of Friends (we know, right!).
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In the hopes of securing a spot for a Japanese astronaut to go to the moon, Japan will offer technical assistance to an international manned lunar exploration project that was announced by NASA.
The Committee of National Space Policy of the Cabinet Office decided to proceed with the project for technical assistance on Dec. 1, which will be included in the Basic Plan on Space Policy that is scheduled for revision soon.
However, the basic plan will not include the goal of having a Japanese astronaut walk on the moon.
Ichiro Fujisaki, distinguished professor of international relations at Sophia University, who is the chief examiner of the expert panel of the education ministry, said, "To realize first-hand lunar exploration by Japanese, we must first brush up our technologies to win international recognition that Japan is an indispensable nation in space exploration projects."
The race to the moon in the 1960s and the frenzy of manned lunar exploration ended with Apollo 17 in 1972. However, many nations are once again eyeing Earth's satellite with recent discoveries there indicating the possible presence of water and rich mineral resources.
In June, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency suggested conducting a manned research mission to the moon at the education ministry's expert panel meeting.
NASA announced in September 2017 plans to put a space station in lunar orbit and send a smaller explorer ship that can land on the Moon and return to the orbiter. Russia has announced it will cooperate on the project.
China and other European nations are also planning separate lunar exploration projects.
The Committee of National Space Policy decided to include the lunar exploration project in its basic plan as the leaders of Japan and the United States agreed on Japan's cooperation in the project at a meeting held during U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to Japan in November.
The International Space Station, in which Japan is also participating, is scheduled to be decommissioned in 2024.
Quelle: The Asahi Shimbun
Japan may join space station project aimed at manned moon landings
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan will consider joining a U.S.-proposed project to build a new space station in orbit around the moon, hoping that it will boost the chances of sending Japanese astronauts to the lunar surface, government officials said Friday.
The science ministry panel proposed in a report compiled Friday that the government consider joining the U.S.-led project. The proposal was included in the draft revised road map of Japan's space policy, to become official later in the month.
The government believes that Japan can contribute to the space station project through its unmanned cargo ship and other technologies.
But details have not been worked out and the financial burden linked to the space station project may loom large.
In a report worked out in October, the panel left vague how the country should pursue manned space missions. But the panel delved into the issue after Japan and the United States agreed to cooperate in space exploration during talks between their leaders in November.
According to the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the new space station is expected to serve as a base for manned missions to the moon's surface as well as a transit point to Mars.
Japan, for its part, plans to establish its own moon landing technology through the planned launch of an unmanned spacecraft in the fiscal year starting April 2019. If successful, it would be the country's first landing on the moon.
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Ferd Real Estate – 2015 summarised
- Several construction projects completed: the Swix building in Lillehammer, the offices for Lundin in Lysaker and the Aibel building in Bergen.
- New rental agreement entered into with Indra Navia and approval to start construction of a new 14,000m2 office building to be called Asker Tek in Asker.
- Property purchased for redevelopment and the construction of a new 10,500m2 commercial building at Østensjøveien 16, Helsfyr, Oslo.
- Purchase agreement entered into for an existing commercial building at Bergerveien 12, Billingstad, Asker, with the possibility of conversion to residential use in the future.
- Sale of the 25,000m2 office building constructed for Aibel in Bergen.
- Sale of Elopak's production complex in Århus, Denmark.
- New financial investment in residential real estate in Sweden totalling approximately NOK 150 million.
Ferd Real Estate is an active real estate investor, involved both in real estate development and asset management, with a particular focus on the market segments of residential development, office premises and warehouse/logistics facilities.
Operations and returns
At the end of 2015, the equity value of the portfolio was NOK 1.92 billion. The portfolio generated a return on equity for 2015 of 17.3%.
2015 was shaped by a busy market for commercial property transactions that saw non-Norwegian investors assert themselves as buyers on a serious scale. At the same time, large regional differences arose in the office market, with areas with many oil-related companies experiencing higher office vacancy rates and stronger downward pressure on rental prices than other areas such as Oslo's central business district.
With regard to the residential market, the high level of demand and the low availability of new and used residential properties in the Oslo region led to continuing strong growth in residential property prices. However, unemployment rose in regions with many oil-related companies, which led to demand for new residential property decreasing and consequently to weaker prices.
Ferd Real Estate has eight employees and is organised into the areas of development/projects, investment/finance, markets/rental and property management.
Residential real estate development portfolio
- Tiedemannsbyen, Ensjø:
The Tiedemannsbyen project has a development potential of approximately 1,400 residential units, and will be developed over a period of between 10 and 15 years. The first 660 units are being developed by Tiedemannsbyen DA, while Tiedemannsfabrikken AS will develop the following 350 units.
Tiedemannsbyen DA is owned 50/50 by Ferd Real Estate and Skanska Bolig, while Tiedemannsfabrikken AS is owned 50/50 by Ferd Real Estate and Selvaag Bolig. The remaining areas are 100% owned by Ferd Real Estate.
The third and final sales phase for Petersborgkvartalet, comprising 65 residential units of a total of 210, was launched in the spring of 2015. Petersborgkvartalet is located in a quiet and attractive area with good access to recreation areas and public transport.
The first sales phase of Utsiktskvartalet, comprising 106 residential units of a total of approximately 251, was launched in the autumn of 2015.
In total 115 residential units were sold in Tiedemannsbyen in 2015.
- Bråtejordet:
Ferd Real Estate is developing a residential area in collaboration with Mestergruppen at Bråtejordet, adjacent to Strømmen station. The project will comprise approximately 350 townhouses/detached houses/apartments. The first sales phase was launched in the autumn of 2014 and construction work on the first 40 units started in the summer of 2015. New sales phases for the project are being launched continuously.
Commercial property portfolio
- Development:
Ferd Real Estate developed and completed several commercial property projects in 2015.Aibel's new office building in Bergen of approximately 25,000m2 (including parking), which was completed in March 2015, is a new and future-oriented office complex constructed with an emphasis on a number of environmentally friendly and energy-efficient solutions. The building has an energy efficiency class of A and is certified as 'Very Good' on the BREEAM scale, and represents the first phase of what will become a modern business park at Kokstad (Kokstad Business Park). The building was sold to Bergen-based MTB Gruppen in April 2015 via a company set up by Pareto Project Finance.
Swix Sport's new mixed-use building of approximately 10,000m2 was completed in June 2015. The building, which is located near Lillehammer, includes a visitor centre, a shop selling Swix products and a Swix museum, as well as a factory, a warehouse and a logistics centre.
The renovation of Strandveien 4-8 for Lundin, which leases approximately 16,600m2 of the total 18,100m2 available, was completed in August 2015. The property has an attractive location close to the transport interchange at Lysaker, and has good access to the E18.
After Indra Navia signed a rental contract for approximately 6,600m2 with Ferd Real Estate in October 2015, approval was given to start the construction of an office building of approximately 14,000m2 to be called Asker Tek, in Asker. Construction starts in the first quarter of 2016.
- Warehousing/logistics:
Ferd Real Estate has three sites intended for warehousing and logistics purposes at Gardermoen, Vestby and Mastemyr close to Oslo. In addition, Ferd Real Estate owns 50% of Frogn Næringspark AS, which has a 95,000m2 site intended for warehousing at Måna, immediately adjacent to the entrance to the Oslofjord tunnel. These sites represent total development potential of around 180,000m2.
- Rental:
Virtually all available space was fully let at the start of 2016, including the office space at Ensjø and the factory buildings that are let on leases determined by the demolition program. Ferd Real Estate's commercial rental portfolio amounted to approximately 120,000m2 at the end of 2015.
Financial Investment portfolio
Ferd Real Estate continually evaluates financial investment opportunities both in Norway and internationally where the underlying asset is real estate. We made investments totalling NOK 150 million of this type in 2015.
Future prospects
The overall unemployment rate in Norway is expected to increase slightly in 2016, but with large regional differences. This will influence both the market for commercial real estate and the market for residential real estate, and we will see sizeable regional differences in the effect it has on these markets.
The expectation is that residential property prices will fall somewhat in regions with many oil-related companies and that the office market in such areas will make weak progress. Other regions, however, are expected to grow at a more normal rate. The exception to this is the Oslo region where we think the increase in unemployment will be more limited. This, coupled with the prospect of persistently low interest rates, will probably lead to the region continuing to see strong price growth in both the office and residential markets.


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The Faith Behind the Famous: Florence Nightingale: Christian History Sampler
The Faith Behind the Famous: Florence Nightingale: Christian History Sampler
Say "Florence Nightingale," and instantly the word nurse pairs with it. Probably she was the most extraordinary nurse in history. Kings, queens, and princes all consulted her, as did the president of the United States, who wanted her advice about military hospitals during the Civil War.
It was Florence Nightingale who revolutionized hospital methods in England—and indeed throughout the world. During the Crimean War, she served in the first field hospital ever run and tended by women. She established schools for training nurses, and she introduced procedures that have been benefiting people ever since.
Still, this is an incomplete portrait. For years Florence acted as behind-the-scenes British secretary of war, managing to considerably better conditions for men in the armed services by setting up a system of health administration that was without precedent.
Suffering, wherever it existed, challenged her. She even set up a system for extending nursing care to the poor and the criminal underworld in the slums of English cities.
One reason Florence managed to accomplish so much was because any occupation but working for improved health standards seemed to her a waste of time. And Florence had remarkable stamina. When she was young, she sometimes worked twenty-two out of twenty-four hours.
Then, too, she was gifted with a peculiar genius: She could assimilate information in prodigious quantities, retain it, marshal her facts, and use them effectively. A relative wrote that when Flo was exhausted, the sight of a column of figures was "perfectly reviving to her." Altogether she wrote eight lengthy reports and seventeen books on medical and nursing subjects.
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A year ago we were facing default and worried that our property would be lost to foreclosure, bu now we have a performing asset that is producing strong cash flow.
Tulsa, OK (PRWEB) December 20, 2013
Breakwater Equity Partners, a commercial real estate investment and advisory firm, announced that the tenant-in-common owners of Union Pines will be receiving increased dividends from the Tulsa, OK property. The recently restructured asset is producing more than four and a half times the previous monthly dividend.
The property has improved its cash flow due to a five year lease extension with the primary tenant, U.S. Cellular, coupled with a new lower cost loan from the Bank of Oklahoma. Breakwater negotiated the lease extension, secured the new loan, and signed the loan guarantees on behalf of the tenant-in-common owners.
"This was not an easy process but we are pleased that our hard work has paid off," said Don Burns, one of the owners. "A year ago we were facing default and worried that our property would be lost to foreclosure, but now we have a performing asset that is producing strong cash flow."
The twenty-two tenant-in-common owners hired Breakwater Equity Partners to restructure their property and oversee tenant lease negotiations. US Cellular's lease expiration and the loan maturity fell within a month of each other. New lenders will not finance commercial properties without a reliable revenue stream, so Breakwater negotiated a five year lease extension with US Cellular and a new loan with the Bank of Oklahoma.
The owners also hired Breakwater to replace the asset manager and streamline the cumbersome tenant-in-common ownership structure. The previous asset managers refused to leave, even after the investors unanimously fired them, so it became necessary to file litigation (Superior Court of California, County of Orange, Case No. 30-2013-00639389). After successfully terminating that asset manager, the investors hired Fameco Real Estate as the new asset manager. Breakwater then rolled up the ownership structure through a 721 tax deferred exchange and secured a new seven-year loan at a fixed interest rate of 5.08 percent.
"When the owners of Union Pines reached out to us, they were very concerned about the performance of their management, the stability of their asset, and their level of dividends," said Jack Rose, Chief Strategist at Breakwater Equity Partners. "Fortunately, we had a united group of owners who were committed to saving their property. It wasn't an easy process, but we held together and are now reaping the benefit of our efforts."
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My only regret so far is seeing Ghana go down. The Ghana eleven always deliver the bang for the buck entertainment-wise, even if their bucks arrive with bagmen…."
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Work and the rigor of the daily grind aside, I currently find myself glued to the telly, absorbed by the international football spectacle in Brazil. As I write this, the first round of the tournament has been completed. I don't trust myself with predictions (I thought the Republican Guard was going to stop the U.S. military in Iraq War #1 back in January, 1991 – so much for that). When you read these words, the end-result of the whole shebang might well be old hat and any opinion now, let alone mine, as to whom might beat whom has as much value as Lehman Brothers paper.
In my Brooklyn, New York neighborhood, I consider myself a veteran soccer spectator, especially if one looks at the latest breed of younger hipster fans that crowd the gin palaces for the games. They are familiar with the jargon, the haircuts, the players, the outfits, even the off-side rule. They know it all. I don't even try to contend with them. They certainly outnumber my generation. But they somehow haven't earned the pedigree yet. Their fervor for the U.S. team is unabashed. These newer conscripts might have to learn the hard way.
I believe my football-watching credentials stem from a combination of age, memory and a limited ability to apply the lessons of history to the unfolding drama. My first World Cup learning experience was in 1966, the last time England hosted it, and the last and sole time that they won it too. I was an eleven year-old brat in Durban, South Africa back then, with newspapers and the radio providing the only informational outlets. The 1966 World Cup was the competition of the recently deceased Portuguese dynamo Eusebio, of Lev Yashin, the Soviet-Russian goalie known as "The Black Panther," and of the short, steely English midfielder Nobby Stiles. Imagine trying to keep up with today's crowd of superstars when you're stuck with the handle Nobby. No Ronaldo when it came to flashy Adonis looks, Nobby Stiles sported a comb-over that covered his rapidly balding pate. He had false gnashers too, and the photo of him holding the trophy aloft in one hand and his dentures in the other at Wembley remains a classic World Cup image. Nobby Stiles was indeed an unlikely candidate for the Colgate Toothpaste advertising contract. That 1966 campaign was captured in a compelling feature-length documentary film "Goal," now virtually impossible to find.
Since 1966, I floated in and out of World Cups, missing large chunks of some, catching parts of a few, while vividly recalling most others. There are snippets of memories worth mentioning: Argentina hosting the 1978 event in football stadiums where only weeks before "The Disappeared" (Los Desaparecidos) had actually disappeared, courtesy of the junta; the heavily Yorkshire accented play-call announcer in the 1986 affair who completely gave up on the correct pronunciation of any foreign players' names and absolutely butchered that of the West German captain, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge; wondering how long English football firms might stay alive should they export their brand of primitive violence to the Southside of Chicago in 1994 – bottlenecks versus Glocks; did Marco Materazzi call Zidane Zidane "a dirty terrorist" before the head butt in 2006?; Colm Meaney's tee-shirt in the film of the Roddy Doyle book "The Van" which read "Fuck Scillaci!" after Italy knocked out Ireland in the 1990 quarterfinals; and the poor English goalkeeper Robert Green's monumental gaffe known as the boo-boozela at Rustenburg, South Africa in 2010.
Big guns in this World Cup have already been eliminated. The mighty Spanish galleon has hit the reef, sunk with all hands missing. The Italians, who survived the next rumble in the jungle, surrendered in a manner that would do their war record proud. And as for England, their effort is best summed up on the latest cover of Private Eye Magazine, Peter Cook's birth-child. It shows a photograph of the English squad deplaning in Brazil. A bubble comes out of the cockpit inquiring "Should I keep the engines running?"
The Vaquero teams are on the rise…Costa Rica, Colombia, Uruguay, Mexico and Chile. I recently read a thoroughly engrossing yarn by Hank Wangford entitled "Lost Cowboys." Hank Wangford is an English Country and Western artist. He's a bit of a nutter in the same quirky tradition as earlier fellow countrymen loons, Screaming Lord Sutch and Long John Baldry, except Hank has more twang. The book is a travelogue about his journeys during the mid-nineties from the tip of southern Patagonia to the Alamo in search of the original Latin American cowboys, who were horsemen long before their northern counterparts. It's a real rangy lark, full of history, booze, Gaucho gear, Pampas grub and music. Hank Wangford recalls the war-cry of the Llaneros cavalry in Venezuela who rode against the occupiers, land-barons and the Conquistadores. Because things became a tad confusing in the heat of battle and because allegiances changed, the Llaneros settled on "Viva Fulano de Tal!" – "Long Live…Whoever!"
That is how I feel about this World Cup. Screw the loaded powerhouse usual lot…Argentina, Holland, Germany, Brazil, France, etc. Let the shoeless peoples have their day. This is a huge part of what makes the competition so intriguing. My only regret so far is seeing Ghana go down. The Ghana eleven always deliver the bang for the buck entertainment-wise, even if their bucks arrive with bagmen.
And then there is the U.S. presence. They are a likeable team, Klinsmann, Howard, Dempsey and the rest. So far to their credit, they have held their own. In another time, perhaps I might wish them the best. The problem is all of the surrounding tub-thumping and other assorted nonsense and hypocrisy that come with being a U.S. national entity on a world stage. Prior to their game against Portugal last Sunday, the television promotion showed a solitary Tim Howard atop a hill, waving the old flag Iwo Jima style. That's standard operating procedure for internal consumption, irritating but predictable. It is the accompanying commentary that is indigestible and ahistorical baloney…"Alone, on foreign soil, for the first time." They're a football team for pity's sake, not a Special Forces Unit or an Amphibious Assault Task Force. I am sure that every competing nation in the World Cup has its own variety of patriotic schlock ("shlag" for the Germans). But it is different when this comes from one of the richest countries in the world, a country not ashamed to militarily occupy others nor to wave the lethal big stick, a country whose fan base is substantially more privileged than those who live further south or are locked-out immigrants here from there. Little effort is made to distinguish the aspirations of the U.S. soccer squad from those of the U.S. as a superpower and self-appointed world enforcer. A much greater effort is made to combine them. The homeland audience does not seem very interested in discerning any distinction. Latching onto the football underdog label doesn't quite cut it here, but merely amps up the opportunities for more exaggerated doublespeak. This intertwined posture makes it harder to feel joy or sorrow for the U.S. team and their legions of supporters when things do or don't go their own way.
The football that is being played out all over Brazil is riveting. I have never understood why they wait four long years to do this. It is unfair to the rest of us. So where is the rub? For me, it's encapsulated in a single acronym…FIFA, the governing world football body.
FIFA is rotten to the core. This is almost universally accepted. FIFA is so corrupt that even its apologists have a rough time defending it. Here is a small example. My sister Bronnie and her husband Norms live in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Some World Cup games were played there in 2010, including the one when Holland beat Brazil in the quarterfinals. Everybody in Port Elizabeth was excited, the big show was coming to town. Small business people optimistically thought that this might be their payday. FIFA, with its inimitable sense of community needs, banned all local street vendors within blocks of the Nelson Mandela stadium. The choice of available drinks was limited to Coca-Cola and Budweiser, a.k.a. formaldehyde, ensuring that the corporate sponsors were the only ones getting a payday.
And then there is the Qatar madness. With palms greased aplenty by the House of Thani, the ruling family of Qatar, FIFA went ahead and awarded the 2022 World Cup to Qatar. Qatar has two separate populations, the smaller local Arab bourgeoisie and everybody else, who all happen to be migrant laborers from countries like India, Bangladesh and as far away as the Philippines. These are the construction workers, the taxi-drivers, the street sweepers, the cleaners, the lowly clerks, the maintenance people, the road builders, the ditch diggers, the housemaids and nannies…the grunts. Already close to a thousand workers have died erecting stadiums in the desert heat. Most of these people are trapped documents-wise in this fiefdom, unable to return home, whether they want to or not. Let me tell you, if the World Cup had been hosted by South Africa in 1986, there would have been an international outcry, rightfully so. Qatar today sounds eerily similar to South Africa then, a minority ruling elite with the usual flunkies, and a majority of desperate people on hand to serve them. It's a genuine five-star bwana/missus construct. This is the place that FIFA believes is deserving of a World Cup. That should tell you everything you need to know about FIFA.
But the FIFA il Duce Sepp Blatter (what a great name for a toad) is not Chicharito, the Mexican forward. Nor is he James Rodriguez, the Colombian goal scoring machine, nor Joel Campbell, the Costa Rican winger, nor Sully Muntari, the ball-hawking Ghanaian. And this is where the rub ain't, watching these guys play. They make me a willing witness. For this I won't apologize. I wish the World Cup would never end, then I could become Smokebox's roving investigative cub reporter, their Tintin of soccer. And for those of you worried about biters or a certain player with canine tendencies, there is an easy solution to that problem. Uruguay should recruit the next Nobby Stiles.
-Friday, June 27, 2014
Originally published:
Issue Sixty-Nine
July 2014
A Brooklynite by way of Wales and South Africa, Mike Morgan is the founder of Burrow Magazine and serves as one of its Senior Editors and Contributors. In addition to these duties, he has been and continues to be at the heart of a thriving literary, art and music scene and is a regular at several neighborhood bars, where he can be found discussing global and local affairs, rock and roll, various New York sports teams, and whatever books he happens to be reading at the time. More from Mike Morgan can be found in the Vault of Smoke.


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I've seen it up-close and personal–a beloved neighbor got it. Alzheimer's is sad. But severe mental impairment with aging is NOT inevitable…
Older folks who eat diets high in sugar show nearly FOUR TIMES more mental inability than those who eat diets with more protein and fat, according to researchers from the Mayo Clinic.
So sugar is bad for the brain? Not necessarily. The brain actually runs on glucose–up to 100 grams of carbs a day goes to recharging your mental capacity.
The real problem appears to be SIMPLE sugar that causes your insulin to surge (that also triggers body-fat storage–bad deal). So many processed sugary foods is a big reason Alzheimer's disease is rampant…
Too much sugar causes excessive insulin, which eventually makes you insulin resistant. That means your body can no longer use or dispose of glucose properly…
The result of insulin resistance is overstuffed fat cells, inflammation, heart disease and the inability of your brain to function properly. It's the reason many doctors call Alzheimer's disease "type 3 diabetes."
Solution: Keep insulin surges to a minimum by eating less processed sugar and more complex carbs (vegetables and fruit, which have slow-digesting fiber).
Eating sugary desserts every so often is okay, but to satisfy your sweet tooth MOST of the time, go for fruit or healthier, low-insulin-surging desserts, like high-protein, low-sugar smoothies (we'll have a recipe in a future e-newsletter–or see the P.S. below).
Keep your insulin low to let your brain energy flow–and remember where you put your keys almost every time.
Train smart, be well, live long.
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Chongqing is located in southwest China,the Yangtze River and Jialing River intersection here.It is the only one municipality in inland China. Chongqing is the largest city in western region in China, the urbanization rate is 82.7%. Chongqing urban population is 13.6115 million, the urbanization rate is 49.99%.
Chinese Name: 重庆
Area: 82,402.95 square kilometers
Dialect: Chongqing Language
Location: Crossing longitude 105°11'~110°11′, North latitude 28°10'~32°13′,
Phone Area Code: 023
Station: Chongqing Station, Chongqing North Station Postal
Code: 400000-409900
AirPort: Jiangbei International Airport
Average temperature: 18 ℃


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Construction work demand falls to lowest level this year
According to new data from Big 4 firm KPMG and Markit, last month saw the lowest demand for workers in the construction industry since May of this year.
The permanent workers index for the sector fell to 54.9 in November, marking the lowest level for the past six months.
Other sectors
The new statistics mean that the construction industry was ranked seventh in demand across nine professions covered by the index.
However, for temporary construction staff, a drop to 49.4 from 56.4 saw the sector at the bottom of the rankings.
By comparison, temporary staff in the engineering industry saw an increase in demand from 59.8 in November 2014 to 60.3 a year later.
However, there is still a shortage of labourers across the construction supply chain.
Fast growing earnings
The report found that the construction sector also had the fastest growing average weekly earnings across any sector.
In the quarter ending September 2015, construction workers saw earnings rise by 6% year on year, contrasted with the UK economy average of 3%.
Richard Threlfall, KPMG head of infrastructure, building and construction, said: "Demand for the sector remains strong, particularly in civils and commercial, but continues to be suppressed by rising wage costs, which are causing clients to delay and re-scope schemes."
He added, "The industry ought by now to be motoring on full throttle but it seems the road to growth is full of hairpin bends."
Thiago is the LSBF Blog Editor who manages news and features content on the site, and writes about business, finance, technology, education and careers.


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The Department of Art History has work-study positions in the Visual Resources Centre and the departmental office. The Palmer Museum of Art also has work-study positions. Work-study is available if you qualify for financial assistance. For information about work-study at Penn State contact:
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Is It Too Serious for Middle-Grade?
1. You can deal with heavy subjects, but sometimes these are not happening to the main character. Especially in historical fiction books where the history is known (such as Nazi concentration camps or slavery in the United States), you don't want to ignore these grim historical happenings. But you can either tone down the reality, or minor characters can have the tougher role. The main character is not the slave or the refugee, for example.
In my middle-grade novel, Finding My Place, the main character Anna has a lot of tragedy happen during the book, set in 1863 in Vicksburg, MS--her ma dies; her pa is at war; her family has to live in a cave while the city is being shelled. But all in all, these things are happening around her. She is affected by them; but for example, she does not get wounded by a shell. She is not a slave.
Kids are smart, so you can't pretend like real life can not be terrible, but you can tone it down.
2. Life can be grim. It has been. But it can also be comical and happy.
The other thing you can do is put in some lighthearted scenes or a funny character. Your main character can also be funny at times. Look at the middle-grade novel, Holes. Again, this deals with some heavy subjects--basically children being driven to work under terrible conditions at a juvenile detention camp. But parts of the book are comical. I mean even the main character's name--Stanley Yelnats is a bit silly. If Louis Sachar would have made everything about this book as emotional or heavy as the topic could be, the book might not have been as popular with the middle-grade audience. Most children's movies have a character that is for comic relief--Olaf in Frozen or Eddie Murphy's dragon in Mulan. It works. So think about adding a little comedy in the midst of the tragedy.
3. Read other authors and see how they do it.
If you still aren't sure what to do, take Stephen King's advice from his book, On Writing: "You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write." Talk to a librarian; read middle-grade reading blogs; check out state recommended reading lists--there are ways to find books that deal with grim subjects, and figure out how these successful authors deal with a young audience but a serious subject. Learn from them, and then transfer these ideas to your own work.
So have you ever read a book for 12 or under with a serious subject? How did you feel the author handled this problem? Are you facing this in your own writing? We'd love to hear about your experiences.
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Labels: Holes, Louis Sachar, Margo L. Dill, On Writing, Stephen King, writing a middle grade novel


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A simple quinoa minestrone packed with good-for-you veggies and made easy thanks to the crockpot!
I know what you are thinking…soup in the middle to end of April? I know, I know. But you guys, it SNOWED this last week. Like a few inches of snow! We had the craziest wind ever and next thing it was raining and then it turned to snow and before we knew it there were a couple of inches on our deck outside.
And anytime it snows, I have a seriously craving for soup. The good news is, this isn't a super "winter-y" soup. It's totally perfect for Spring and even for Summer because it's packed with delicious seasonal vegetables.
But of course when it gets super cold outside and turns into winter and you are still craving this soup (I know I will be!) the vegetables can easily be changed out for what's in season. This soup is highly adaptable – to seasonal need or personal preferences!
And I haven't even mentioned the best part yet…it's made in the SLOW COOKER. Because who doesn't love an easy, dump and forget about it kind of meal?! I also love sneaking about a million vegetables into a meatless dinner and having both the husband and baby begging for more!
It's pretty ironic I can't hardly get the baby to eat vegetables unless they are blended in some type of smoothie or in a quinoa based soup – then he is all over the veggies! He went nuts over this soup! Lately it's been a challenge hiding vegetables so he'll eat them (why is he getting picky all of the sudden!?!) but this soup did the trick!
As with all slow cooker/crockpot meals, all slow cookers are different! They cook at different speeds and temperatures so make sure to watch yours with this dish. What takes mine 4 hours may take yours 2 hours if it's faster and 6 hours if it's slower! Cook the soup until the flavors are well melded and the quinoa has "popped." For my slow cooker, this was about 3 and 1/2 hours. With quinoa, soup can sometimes get a bit tricky because it keeps absorbing the liquid. SO if your soup is not soup-y enough you may have over-cooked this a bit. Not a huge problem, just add in some more broth and seasonings! 🙂
You'll also want to make sure you have a large slow cooker because this makes a lot of soup. I have a 6-quart crockpot and this soup filled it up to the top. If you/your family don't finish this the first night, you will have some amazing leftovers to look forward to. (I thought this was even yummier the second day!)
I also mentioned that this soup is highly customizable and adaptable – change it up to your personal preferences! Substitute in different vegetables or leave some out. You could use kale instead of spinach or yellow squash instead of the zucchini! Try a different type of bean or omit the carrots. This soup changes pretty easily so long as the liquid amount remains pretty constant.
And now when it snows again in April, or maybe even in May, this is just the recipe to make it all okay 🙂
More slow cooker soup recipes:
- Crockpot Quinoa Chili
- Zuppa Toscana Soup
- Crockpot Pasta E Fagioli
- Creamy Chicken Chili reader favorite!
- CrockPot White Chicken Chili winner of several chili cook-offs!
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoons and 1/2 minced garlic
- 2 yellow onions finely chopped
- 2 cups celery
- 2 cups shredded carrots I used multi-colored
- 4 cups and 1/2 tomato-broth or vegetable broth*
- 2 ounces cans tomato sauce 8 each
- 2 ounces cans diced tomatoes undrained, 14.5 each
- 1 ounces can kidney beans 15
- 1 ounces can corn 15
- 1 cup quinoa
- 2 cups chopped zucchini ~2 small
- 2 cups baby spinach
- Optional: fresh basil and fresh oregano
- Salt and pepper
- Pour the olive oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and stir for 1-2 minutes. Add the finely chopped onion and sauté until tender (about 4 minutes). Add the chopped celery and carrots and sauté for another 2-3 minutes.
- Pour into your slow cooker (I used a 6 quart crockpot) with the tomato, chicken, or vegetable broth, both cans of tomato sauce, and both cans of undrained diced tomatoes. Add in the drained and rinsed kidney beans, drained corn, and rinsed quinoa. (Wash your quinoa in a mesh strainer before using to remove the bitter saponin coating).
- Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or until the quinoa is cooked through and vegetables tender. At this time, add in the zucchinis and spinach along with fresh herbs, salt and pepper. I used a few tablespoons of finely chopped basil and 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh oregano.
- Serve immediately.
- The longer you leave this in the slow cooker (or depending on different heats/types of slow cookers), the less soup-y it will be (the quinoa will take in more moisture) so watch the soup carefully and add more vegetable broth as desired.
*I used tomato bouillon cubes to make my own broth and then mixed it in. I LOVE the flavor the tomato broth adds, but a vegetable broth (for vegetarians) or chicken broth (if not vegetarian) would work as well.


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Starving Students Class Action Lawsuit
According to Starving Students website the company claims to be a "reputable moving company has 33 locations spread across nine different states: California, Arizona, Louisiana, Nevada, Maryland, Washington, Virginia, Utah and Texas."
You might get a far different picture it you were to speak to some of Starving Students drivers and/or workers. You would get a very, very different picture from the allegations in the Starving Students Class Action Lawsuit.
The Starving Students Class Action Lawsuit which we filed for the Starving Students workers is about wage theft. According to documents filed in court it is a case about time shaving. That is, not paying the workers for all hours worked. Not providing meal periods and rest periods. Not paying an hour's pay for not providing meal periods and/or authorizing and permitting rest periods. Not paying all wages at time of termination. Not providing legally compliant pay check stubs.
Why Are These Students Starving Anyway?
Which raises the obvious question. Is the reason why these students are starving is because the company is not paying them all the wages owed to them pursuant to California law? You have to wonder. I know I do. Just saying.
Thus far, the response from Starving Students has been interesting, if not arrogant. Somewhere between "we are above the law" and "we don't care if you sue us because we aren't going to pay anybody anything because you can't touch us."
Which is interesting because their website boasts, "With hundreds of trucks in their fleet, Starving Students is currently one of California and Nevada's largest home movers, moving tens of thousands of families every year."
I'll bet that the owner isn't starving. It sure doesn't seem that way.
About me
My name is Bill Turley. Believe it or not, I am known for being brutally honest. I don't pull punches. I am not going to give you fluffy fairy tales and try and perinkly magic pixie dust. I am going to give it to you unsweetened. The same way I would want it if I needed a lawyer.
I represent more drivers than any lawyer in California. This isn't the first arrogant company I have brought a class action lawsuit against. I am sure it won't be the last.
I represented the workers in the landmark California Supreme Court case - Brinker v. Superior Court. I testified before the California Senate recently on driver pay issues. I recently worked with the United States Senate Commerce Committee on proposed driver legislation that was backed by the American Trucking Association. We were able to shut down this proposed legislation that is terrible for drivers and public safety.
So when a company takes on the attitude that they are above the law and/or they can't be bothered by lawsuits that seek to recover wages stolen from the drivers by the company - - I don't appreciate it one bit. But I know. This is what juries are for. Juries have a way of adjusting bad attitudes. I just get more determined.
We Need Your Help
We are looking to speak to as many current and former Starving Students drivers and/or workers as possible. We want your take about Starving Students not paying you the wages that you are owed. We would like your help in order to get back the money wages that you are owed under California law.
No guarantees in life or law
Am I guaranteeing that we will win this case? Of course not. There are only two guarantees in life - death and taxes. There are any number of ways that class action cases are not certified and/or lost on the merits.
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Yes, You Can Reverse Chronic Disease!
Have you ever gone to your doctor with a complaint or symptom that's been bothering you for a while, only to be told there is nothing wrong, even when you know something is just not right? Or do you have a diagnosis like arthritis, diabetes, hypothyroidism, or have an autoimmune disease, and you've been told there is no cure, and you'll just have to take medication to treat the symptoms for the rest of your life?
My guess is that after many years and many doctors, you've come to accept and believe this, too. But you need to know that this is simply not true! You can reverse your chronic disease and you can cure the underlying cause of your symptoms.
Let me tell you how.
It turns out that our medical system is really good at treating acute problems like infections, heart attacks, and injuries. But when it comes to complex chronic disease? Not so good.
Enter functional medicine. I discovered this medical specialty many years ago when I was looking for a cure for my own Hashimoto's thyroiditis. I wanted to know WHY I had developed this condition. I believed if I could discover the cause, I could cure myself, which I did.
The functional medicine approach is different than conventional medicine in several ways. First, instead of splitting the body up into specialties (such as cardiology, gastroenterology, rheumatology) we look at the whole person. This is critical because the symptoms you have in several different places in your body might have one unifying underlying cause. And if we find and treat that cause, you'll get better. Really better.
For example, you can have digestive issues, arthritis, and difficulty concentrating, all from eating foods that are wrong for you. There is a big connection between your digestive system, arthritis and brain fog, a condition known as leaky gut syndrome.
Because food is the first foundation for all good (and bad) health, the first step is always to look for food triggers—the biggest culprits for these symptoms are gluten, dairy, soy, and corn. Removing these foods for a minimum of three weeks often results in magical improvement in all the symptoms. This is step 1: Using Food as Medicine.
Currently, we're in the middle of an epidemic rise in the numbers of people with autoimmune diseases. There are more than 80 different conditions, including Hashimoto's thyroiditis, lupus, sjogrens syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, celiac disease, and until now they have all been treated by different medical specialties depending on where the disease is located.
If you have Hashimoto's, then you see an endocrinologist to treat your thyroid. If you have arthritis, then you see a rheumatologist. But it turns out that all of these diseases are more alike than they are different because they have similar underlying triggers and causes. And we know that if we find and treat the cause of illness, people get better.
What are these causes? Food. Stress. Gut. Toxins. Over the years I have developed a systematic approach to fixing these 4 foundations, which in turn balance and heal the immune system. My new book, The Immune System Recovery Plan, A Doctors 4 Step Program for Treating Autoimmune Disease, is a simple, easy-to-follow program that you can do on your own, to finally heal your immune system. I have created a website, too, to support you and help you succeed. We need to end the suffering and get the word out that there is hope.
And I am here to help.
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The surroundings seem to be everywhere and anywhere, with music pumped into the streets. Prague is full of magic, a magic I seemed to tap into as a complete stranger here. It is fascinating to me to see how much Prague has changed since the revolution. It has retained the beauty of its identity, but the Western influences has come in the forms of cuisine and increased shops that cater to those that are addicted to their labels. Money and things have crept into the frequency of conversations of a generation that had not and is slowly transforming them into haves.
The signs of the old sculptures are integrated into the new cafes and restaurants. I find it interesting to see how this world is ever changing. You are dining where the ancients once roamed. Watching the waves of power and influence shift around the globe has been interesting to see first hand. The Czech Republic was a very poor country, under the control of Russia. It is the people that forced the change and cried out for new ways when old systems were breaking down. Revolution is apart of history, a history that many governments fear.
I looked at the adornments of the Municipal House and found it difficult not to fall in love with the atmosphere. You saw the jaded eyes of those who were used to seeing it all. There was a loss for the magic. I love those moments, where eyes light up and you want to carve a moment in time and hold on to it. However, time moves and the only way to freeze those moments are through these images and words. It makes it last longer by sharing them with the attitude of a wondrous child.
It was amazing. It still is.
From the Municipal House in Prague, The Prague Royal Orchestra - Vivaldi's The Four Seasons - Row 1, Seat 12.


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|Narrow path between elder trees.
To see what this was like in January click for
the first in this series of elder posts.
|The leaf I've been following used to be in the crook of this lichen covered bough which
is covered in a layer of Common Orange Lichen
(Xanthoria parietina)
|Ivy leaf pierced by twig.
|Gatekeeper (Pyronia tithonus) butterfly on blade of grass.
Seeing for the First Time - Wych Elm at Patio Patch
Plane Tree - Summer 2012 at Gardening Ways


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Principal's Corner
Love, Learn, Soar!
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Too good mate. Yeh was mildly humorous. Yours.
It was What A Carve Up. I can remember watching it on BBC2 back in the 80s while ill with flu and proped up on the settee. It's a good film imo and James and Connor play well off each other. Also, Shirley Eaton, Donald Pleasence and Dennis Price starred.
Too good mate. Yeh was mildly humorous. Yours.
In which carry on is the phrase used (which I think I got right):
"what is mind, no matter. What is matter, never you mind."
No it is not.
I think this one might prove difficult.
I think it's Francis Bigger talking in Carry on Doctor about the power of positive thinking at the start of the film.
Thats right. I thought it would take longer to get it.
Frankie Howerd was brilliant in the carry ons. She he was not a regular actor
yours Mr staffslad.
Again in Carry on Doctor, who played the vicar who performed the marriage ceremony between Frankie Howard and Joan Sims?
Just cant place him. Clue please?


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Hallelujah! Handel's Messiah and the King James Bible
On April 13, 1742, a new oratorio by the famous composer George Frideric Handel debuted in a music hall in Dublin, Ireland. Handel's Messiah has continued to be performed ever since, a perennially popular work that offers many concertgoers their most regular, and likely their most full-throated, exposure to the text of the King James Bible. Its librettist, Charles Jennens, assembled most of the words from the KJB, with one exception: lines from the psalms are taken from Miles Coverdale's earlier translations in the Book of Common Prayer.
In celebration of April 13, we've assembled a new "Handel and the KJB" Flickr slideshow that combines a rare early surviving "word book" of Handel's Messiah from the Folger Shakespeare Library with a look at modern sing-along holiday performances of the work, a tradition in many churches and communities. To hear excerpts from Messiah, with information on their KJB connections, please enjoy the Handel's Messiah interactive feature on our brand-new Manifold Greatness website.
And yes, the premiere really was April 13. We even found this marker!
This entry was posted on April 13, 2011 by manifoldgreatness. It was filed under At the Folger, Influences, The KJB in History, The KJB Today and was tagged with anniversary, Authorized King James Version, Book of Common Prayer, Charles Jennens, choral music, Christmas, community, Dublin, Easter, George Frideric Handel, Handel, holiday, Ireland, King James Bible, Messiah, Miles Coverdale, oratorio, Psalms, sing-along.


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23 Aug 2018
Chew Chor Meng sets sights on western food for next business venture
Chew Chor Meng and Dennis Chew's food empire has expanded at an amazing speed since last July – it feels like yesterday that they opened their first mookata (Thai barbeque-steamboat) stall on July 1, 2017 and since then, 888 Mookata has expanded to a total of three locations.
On top of that, the pair, along with their two other close friends and business partners, have a brand-new offering under their belt: a porridge stall that officially opened for business this month. Named The Famous Zhou (it reads like Chew Chor Meng's name in Mandarin), the stall is once again located in the heartlands, this time in Ang Mo Kio.
The media was invited to the coffee shop for a tasting session, along with an interview session with Chor Meng, where we sat down with the actor to talk about his latest business venture.
"Having a porridge stall is something that I wanted to do since about a decade ago," the 50-year-old mused. "At the time, my friend advised me that operating a food business isn't easy because there's a lot of things that I have to take into consideration. That's why I gave up on it at the time."
10 years down the road, his dream has finally come true as he, along with his partners, prepared for the opening of The Famous Zhou for four months. During which, they enlisted the help of celebrated chef Huang Ching Biao, to teach them how to prepare porridge.
"We got to know him during Kungfu Chef, and we're very grateful that he's been very helpful to us," Chor Meng gushed. "Thankfully, our engineer friend also quit his job to help us with the business. Not only have we been tweaking our recipe continuously, but we also took customer feedback into consideration since our soft launch in July (…) After we received confirmation that we're almost there, we decided to have our official opening."
That being said, customer feedback hasn't been 100 percent positive, something that the actor admitted he has learned to take into his stride. "Some people like a more intense taste, while others prefer to have a lighter taste for their porridge. There are some who prefer their porridge thick, while others think that watery porridge is the way to go. We realised that we can't please everyone, and although we've been listening to our customers' feedback, there's no way that we can find something that will be to everyone's liking," he shared.
The solution was to find a middle ground that they feel has reached their standards, and maintain it. "I'm really happy that I've been seeing familiar faces here; that means that they're returning customers, which is the best way to confirm that we're doing alright," Chor Meng beamed.
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Chew Chor Meng and Dennis Chew at their 888 Mookata stalls
For those worried that this means that Chor Meng will be letting acting take a backseat with his food empire growing day by day, the actor mused, "I've always liked food. I've also burned my hands a couple of times. We've had businesses that didn't do well, but we took it as a learning experience, and we're taking things step by step for now."
With 888 Mookata's profits within three months of opening being able to cover the quartet's initial investment, Chor Meng explained that this time around, The Famous Zhou's startup costs were also channeled from 888 Mookata's profits.
"Our business is a food concept and we're willing to try out all sorts of foods, and it was never our intention to focus solely on mookata," he explained. "For porridge, as long as you cook it well, I think it's easier to open a few more stalls as well. You don't need too many workers because if you get the recipe and porridge base right, you don't have to be specially trained to be able to cook the porridge well."
It hasn't all been rainbows and sunshine for The Famous Zhou, however, as Chor Meng shared that preparation starts at 5am, as they have to cook the porridge base from scratch. His biggest worry right now is also manpower, as he admitted that being in the kitchen for hours on end is not a walk in the park.
"The hours are long and it's really tough on the staff," he said. "It's not a job that everyone will be willing to take on, and it's difficult to hire. That's why it's even more important to have a good team on board," he mused. "For now, we're only selling porridge in the day because there aren't many people here at night. We'll continue observing the situation and we might adjust the operating hours down the road."
Looking ahead, Chor Meng also revealed that among his goals is to open a western food stall.
"That engineer friend of ours is really good at preparing western food. I've tried the pastries he's made, and it's really amazing. He actually wanted to make the youtiao for the porridge stall too, but I told him that his time and efforts are better spent elsewhere. He can't do everything, so that's why we decided to get the youtiao from somewhere else instead," Chor Meng chuckled. "For now, we'll be focusing on the porridge business. This is a new venture for us as well and if we do well here, we'll take this formula and apply it to other businesses too."
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Celebrity friends showed their support for The Famous Zhou
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Celebrity friends showed their support for The Famous Zhou
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Chor Meng is very hands on with his work, visiting his stalls as often as he can


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For the month of April I am choosing to give towards Autism Therapy for my {Handmade with Purpose} contributions.
Here is the breakdown:
-proceeds from every sale of children's artwork
from my shop during April
(including a custom order I have set up)
-proceeds from a few special paintings I am making in honor of Brett (that have been started but not completed)
will go towards a local program,
towards a Language for Learning program for Brett's Resource Room
Does that make sense?
If not, just know I am giving what I can to people (smiles, nods, and winks).
Brett & Rachel, cREaTe by R.E.T.
Paint Me a Picture, Me and the boys
Why Autism? Why Brett?
I could give statistics.
I could tell stories.
I will share these instead:
-My husband used to do Autism Therapy with students, and it had an impact on me.
AND, last but not least
-If you are giving to others but not giving to your family, well, it's in vain.
"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
- Theodore Roosevelt
I hope you will help me support Brett
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Sneetches, by Dr. Seuss
Now, the Star-Bell Sneetches had bellies with stars.
The Plain-Belly Sneetches had none upon thars.
Those stars weren't so big. They were really so small.
You might think such a thing wouldn't matter at all.
But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches
Would brag, "We're the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches."
With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they'd snort
"We'll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!"
And, whenever they met some, when they were out walking,
They'd hike right on past them without even talking.
When the Star-Belly children went out to play ball,
Could a Plain Belly get in the game? Not at all.
You only could play if your bellies had stars
And the Plain-Belly children had none upon thars.
When the Star Belly Sneetches had frankfurter roasts
Or picnics or parties or marshmallow toasts,
They never invited the Plain-Belly Sneetches
They left them out cold, in the dark of the beaches.
They kept them away. Never let them come near.
And that's how they treated them year after year.
Then ONE day, it seems while the Plain-Belly Sneetches
Were moping and doping alone on the beaches,
Just sitting there wishing their bellies had stars,
A stranger zipped up in the strangest of cars!
"My friends", he announced in a voice clear and clean,
"My name is Sylvester McMonkey McBean.
And I've heard of Your troubles. I've heard you're unhappy.
But I can fix that, I'm the Fix-It-Up Chappie.
I've come here to help you.
I have what you need.
And my prices are low. And I work with great speed.
And my work is one hundred per cent guaranteed!"
Then, quickly, Sylvester McMonkey McBean
Put together a very peculiar machine.
And he said, "You want stars like a Star-Belly Sneetch?
My friends, you can have them for three dollars each!"
"Just pay me your money and hop right aboard!"
So they clambered inside. Then the big machine roared.
And it klonked. And it bonked. And it jerked. And it berked.
And it bopped them about. But the thing really worked!
When the Plain-Belly Sneetches popped out, they had stars!
They actually did. They had stars upon thars!
Then they yelled at the ones who had stars at the start,
"We're still the best Sneetches and they are the worst.
But now, how in the world will we know", they all frowned,
"If which kind is what, or the other way round?"
Then up came McBean with a very sly wink.
And he said, "Things are not quite as bad as you think.


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Grenfell Tower
Statement from Cllr Jill Cleary, NFDC Portfolio Holder for Housing, regarding the Grenfell Tower fire:
Following the recent tragic events in Kensington our thoughts are with those affected by the fire at Grenfell Tower, and their families. We are writing to tenants and reassuring them that we continuously review the safety of our housing.
We will continue to carry out a programme of fire risk assessments and will be undertaking a review of our fire safety processes and procedures.
We have an annual programme to complete any necessary works which can include renewing / upgrading fire doors and emergency lights. We service our fire alarms, fire extinguishers and emergency lights to ensure that they remain fit for purpose. If tenants notice any are missing or damaged, they are advised to let us know as soon as possible and we will ensure that they are replaced without delay.
We carry out a weekly sound test of fire alarms and we record the results. In our hostels and former sheltered housing properties a visual check of emergency lighting is carried out to ensure that there is a visible green light (note: red flashing light indicates an error). We will also continue to carry out electrical and gas checks on all of our properties.
We will be reviewing our processes and procedures when the findings of the Public Inquiry into Grenfell Tower are released and in the meantime we are taking on board the relevant advice coming from the Fire and Rescue Service and direct from central government.
NFDC do not have any 'high-rise' buildings, considered to be six storeys or more in height, under our management and control.
Our tenants are being reminded that it is vitally important to keep any communal areas completely free of items at all times. Items in hallways and stairwells can seriously increase risks associated with fires, particularly in the form of trip hazards. If you are aware of items such as door mats and plant pots please let Customer Services know:
02380 285222 email@example.com .
Tenancy conditions state that tenants must not damage or litter communal areas and that these areas must be kept clean and tidy.
We are working with Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service (HFRS) to ensure the continued safety of our residents and buildings. We meet with them every six months where we discuss any management or technical issues and improvements that we can make.
The advice from HFRS is that if there is a fire in your home or flat then you should get out, close your front door and phone 999 to report the fire. If there is a fire that is not in your home then the advice is that you should stay put unless you are told otherwise by HFRS. It was the advice that was given and followed at the recent fire at Redbridge Towers in Southampton. If this advice changes we will let our tenants know.
There is more information available on the HFRS website and a free home safety check
(Issued in a letter to tenants 20 June 2017)


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Memorial Pantani
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The race was decided with 55 km to go when was formed a command quartet which immediately accumulated a good advantage on the main peloton. In Cesenatico Zamparella won the Memorial Pantani preceding at the sprint Ulissi and Bernal.
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