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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
What is going on in North Carolina?
2 comments:
- John Thacker said...
Their math is pretty stupid, though. From their explanation:
The formula compared each area's growth rates against the U.S. averages for 25 different time spans, yielding an overall score for income growth. All 25 spans ended in 2009, ranging in length from 25 years (1984-2009) to a single year (2008-2009).
If I'm reading that correctly, they averaged (via some method) the one year growth rate, the two year growth rate, and so on up to the twenty-five year growth rate.
That's statistically incredibly dumb, and obviously overweights the 2008-2009. If they simply averaged them, then the 2008-2009 period accounted for over 15% of the total, 2007-2008 for over 11% of the total, 2006-2007 for over 9% of the total, and so on, down to 1986-1987 accounting for 0.5% of the total, 1985-1986 accounting for 0.33% of the total, and 1984-1985 accounting for only 0.16% of the total.
Why not just use the 25 year growth rate? That already includes information from each year.
- 11:29 AM, October 13, 2010
- John Thacker said...
Note that as a result, #96 Charlotte has a 25-year income growth rate of 181.9%, higher than #7 Oklahoma City's 169.9%. The entire reason why Charlotte and the other NC cities score badly is shown in their 5-year income growth, which is heavily affected by the 2008-2009 numbers.
Perhaps there's some argument for weighting recent years more heavily, but I'm pretty sure that this goes too far.
- 11:36 AM, October 13, 2010


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We've made some great progress encouraging people to use products like reusable bags, travel mugs instead of disposable ones, and natural cleaning products you make at home instead of hazardous chemicals from the store shelves. More and more disposable products are now compostable, keeping them out of the landfill, but some companies are taking it to the next level. Things that can be planted after use. Yes, plantable garbage.
I feel like I should be singing. Maybe something along the lines of
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Weddings are going eco-chic with plant-able invitations printed on seed paper. Botanical Paperworks doesn't stop at weddings though. They also offer business cards, holiday cards, Christmas gift tags, coffee cup sleeves that are available in wildflower, veggie, and herb seed paper. They also have plant-able calendars. How cool is that?! In addition to a garden full of seeds, the calendar offers planting tips, recipe ideas, and harvesting tricks.
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What is Young Scientists Tanzania?
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The Science Outreach Programme is an indigenous independent programme developed by YST to add value to the YST Exhibition and in doing so, develops a much-needed Science Culture in Tanzania. The Science Outreach Programme is the key component of YST as it builds much needed scientific capacity among young secondary level students and their teachers.
The Science Outreach Programme augments the Tanzania National five-year development plan as published by the Ministry Of Finance And Planning and the African Union, Continental Education Strategy Plan (CESA 2015-2025).
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Is Windows Losing Market Share?Published by Fred Soto • December 10th, 2007 RSS News Feed
Windows sucks, always has.
Let's flame Bill Gates and Microsoft for a moment, shall we?
Bill Gates continues to show why Microsoft never 'got it.'
Bill Gates recently lamented the problem with Business and Computing. No one pays any attention to Business! I wonder if this is some odd way of saying, "Vista sucks because consumers aren't sophisticated enough to use it, but maybe if we focused on business…"
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Quick, someone get Bill Gates a Pacifier!
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Think about the purpose of a number of platforms out there. Forget Apple and it's iMac line of computers, but what about Open Source OS platforms like Ubuntu and Free BSD? The owners and founders of both have aimed to create a computing solution for consumers and businesses that 'don't suck'. For all of the goodness that Windows has brought the average consumer, it has created a lot of heartache in the process.
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- Dreaded DLL errors: If I ever see another dreaded .dll error or missing files from bad installations again, it'll be too soon. I've shifted through all flavors of windows, Ubuntu, Slackware, FreeBSD, Gentoo and back again and I can say without a doubt, windows always seems to generate stupid missing file errors. This brings me to the next problem…
- Blue Screen of Death: Over 10 years after the introduction of the Blue Screen of death with Windows 95, I'm still seeing that stupid screen. I still get random hangs and hardware crashes, I continue to be disappointed by poor Windows design. For the record, I currently spend most of my time using an IBM X41 with Windows XP and Gentoo dual-booting. P.S. Gentoo never crashes!
- Internet Explorer sucks, it is a major source of the 21st century Windows hate. Not only is the damn thing slow but it never seems to render pages quite right. As a frequent web surfer who has spent some time on the design side, I have to say that Internet Explore is a heaping pile of crap. It's not fun to see web pages work on every browser using w3c compliant code while several hacks and fixes need to be implemented to cater to not ONE, but THREE different versions of Internet Explorer that suck! That's right, IE5, 6, and 7 all render certain CSS elements differently! I'm not even to get into the garbage that came before that, but I don't recall it being anywhere near as bad as it is now.
- Hardware installation has never been Simple, despite plug and play "technology". I'm pretty Tech savvy, especially as far as Lawyers are concerned. I'm educated, I've been using computers for about 17 years now and consider myself an amateur programmer. Experience and knowledge aside, the lack of Microsoft / PC standards and ease of use has created plenty of headaches for me especially when family, friends and even people in the work place need help. Guess what? It's taken days and days out of my life because Microsoft can't seem to get their shit together on the hardware department. Just yesterday, I spent an afternoon trying to get a network set up and printers working for a friend and I left without finishing the job due to lack of time. This is after he paid $80 to a techie to install his network, set up WEP, and get the printer network going.
This is just the tip of the iceberg, I could probably go on for days about my wasted time due to poor Windows design, but that might depress my readers and make them want to shoot themselves. Thanks, just another horrible thing that can be attributable to Microsoft!
Oh, by the way, BILL:
I understand the iMac commercials are taking a toll on Microsoft profits and sales, ever wonder what makes them so effective? Hint: It's not 'just' the awesome PC guy, it's the product, stupid. I know there is so much more I could write, but I'll stop for now.
Feel free to add your own gripes in comments if there is anything that ticks you off about Microsoft and Windows that has been lingering and tearing you up inside. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest!
Fred Soto is an Attorney and Entrepreneur from the Silicon Valley.
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Anti-Sharia law expenses in the United States
Since 2010, 201 anti-Sharia law expenses have been presented in 43 states. In 2017 alone, 14 states presented an anti-Sharia law costs, with Texas and Arkansas enacting the legislation.
Anti-Sharia laws presented by year in the United States
Among the most effective reactionary conspiracies to accomplish mainstream practicality, the mass hysteria surrounding a so-called hazard of "Sharia law" in the United States is mainly the work of anti-Muslim groups such as the American Freedom Law Center and ACT for America (ACT), an SPLC-designated hate group. In June, so-called "anti-Sharia" rallies arranged by ACT were held throughout the nation and brought in white nationalists, armed conservative militias as well as neo-Nazis. David Yerushalmi, the daddy of the anti-Sharia motion, acts as co-founder of the American Freedom Law Center (AFLC) and General Counsel of the Center for Security Policy. AFLC has pressed its effort, American Laws for American Courts (ALAC, primarily authored by Yerushalmi, since 2010. Political leaders in just 8 states have not joined this collective task of stiring worry of Islam. Person Rodgers, the previous executive director of ACT for America, the biggest grassroots anti-Muslim group in the nation, yields that there is no real influence of Islam in courts but states, "Before the train gets too far down the tracks it's time to install the block."
Most of anti-Sharia legislation presented throughout the nation integrates the American Laws for American Courts design legislation released on the American Public Policy Alliance's (APPA) website. This sort of language normally consists of a stipulation forbiding foreign law in American courts where it would lead to a dispute with rights ensured by the constitution of the state or the United States. This legislation is absolutely ineffective– the United States Constitution currently specifically rejects authority to any foreign law. In truth, Yerushalmi himself confesses: If this thing passed in every state with no friction, it would have not served its function. The function was heuristic– to get people asking this question, 'What is Shariah?'
What is "Sharia law"?
The term "Sharia law" is a misnomer because sharia is not in fact a law or a universally-defined legal code, but a set of assisting concepts to living an ethical life set out in the Quran. Many agents, in their intro of anti-" Sharia law" expenses, point out the "intrusion" of 'sharia law' and the immediate need to stop it from going into American courts. Upon additional evaluation of Yerushalmi's project to develop a worry of Sharia, it is not up until now brought that the public is succumbing to it. The SPLC has formerly recorded the troublesome findings of basic Google searches such as, "what is sharia," and "sharia and the us constitution." Anti-Muslim propaganda represent most of the findings. Just like other spiritual bibles, sharia might be considered in court matters (although hardly ever and rarely), consisting of family conflicts and torts with foreign nations, but federal and state laws always take precedence. Still, Yerushalmi has prepared numerous models of anti-Sharia costs. In 2006, he prepared anti-Sharia legislation with his company, Society of Americans for National Existence (SANE), which mentioned: "It will be a felony punishable by 20 years in jail to intentionally act in furtherance of, or to support the, adherence to Shari'a."
Speaking on the subject of Muslims, he included:
The Mythical 'moderate' Muslim … the Muslim who welcomes conventional Islam but desires a serene coexistence with the West, is efficiently non-existent. Nevertheless, in 2010, a judge in New Jersey made a mistake in his analysis of this varied spiritual legal custom, and Yerushalmi has exploited this to serve his bigger anti-Muslim motion since. In 2010, a Moroccan Muslim lady, who participated in an organized marital relationship with her Moroccan Muslim spouse just 2 months before, requested a limiting order versus him, declaring he had been raping her.
The partner presumably stated he didn't think he was doing anything incorrect because they were wed and "this is according to our religious beliefs." The New Jersey judge did not approve the limiting order, mentioning absence of criminal intent. The New Jersey Appellate Court reversed the choice soon after, acknowledging that the factor to consider of religions is not relevant without the permission of American law. To puts it simply, the United States Constitution avoids any foreign law from mostly being used in the United States. Nonetheless, the anti-Sharia motion led by Yerushalmi, AFLC, APPA and other anti-Muslim companies have made the most of this overthrown choice in their American Laws for American Courts effort rather of gaining from the short-term error of one New Jersey judge.


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The Science Behind Our Rhymes
Did you know questions:
- Did you know that 95% of our behavioral patterns are established by the age of 7?
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- Did you know that the science of epigenetics has proven that our thoughts can modify our gene expression?
- Did you know that only 1 out of 10 adults ever change their behavioral patterns for the better, which confirms what science is telling us? That is, we should be teaching our infants and toddlers the positive virtues we want them to have in life prior to age 7.
Let's talk about brain waves!
A baby is born in a delta brain wave frequency. This is the lowest frequency and is the reason why their brains are like little sponges. Around age 2, the brain changes into a theta frequency which is still a low frequency, but higher than delta. This just means the brain will be a little less spongy than the delta frequency. However, around age 7, we move into an alpha frequency, which is a much higher frequency, and makes us less susceptible to learn so easily. In essence, it's kind of like being on auto pilot from age 7. Sounds scary, doesn't it? Around age 12 we move into a beta frequency, which is even higher, and the reason so many teenagers have a tough time learning things such as foreign languages. So, why is this important to know? Because it provides the science to back up why it's imperative to teach our infants and toddlers positive virtues prior to them reaching the age of 7.
What makes Max Rhymes different?
Because we understand the science of epigenetics and brain wave changes, Max Rhymes are scientifically written to condition children with a positive belief system at the subconscious level. As the children grow, they will be able to draw from this knowledge they learned at an early age and create a path toward success.
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Epigenetics: the study of changes in organisms caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration of the genetic code itself.
What does that mean to you as a parent?
It means you have a lot more influence on your child than we ever knew. Did you know that you have an impact on your child's IQ? Did you know that you have an impact on your child even before conception? Most of us didn't and still don't know this. However, research is revealing what others, such as aboriginal cultures, have known for 1000 years and it's why those cultures go through a ceremony to purify their minds and bodies.
Research is showing that parents, by default, act as genetic engineers months before conception. During the final stages of egg and sperm maturation, a process called genomic imprinting adjusts the activity of specific groups of genes that will shape the characteristics of the child yet to be conceived. (The Biology of Belief, Bruce Lipton; Surani 2001; Reik and Walter 2001) What that means is your stress levels, be it financial, relationship, family, friends, work, etc. and likewise your level of happiness and peacefulness, all play a role in the development of your child even before conception.
Now, on top of that, add the fact that 95% of the programming to the subconscious mind is done by the age of 7. That means all the things your child has heard via conversations, TV or radio, is all getting programmed in the mind. It's this programming that plays a huge role in the child's future based on the "truths" and "beliefs" the child has been programmed with. Unfortunately, most of us have been programmed with limitations, which has prevented us from creating the life we deserve.


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Francis Bacon A Terrible Beauty
centennial year of Francis Bacon's birth has been good for both his memory
and his art. In a May to August showing at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York viewers were presented with an opportunity to intimately view
works by Bacon. Now he's receiving the kind of treatment that's reserved
for all favorite sons: a prominent recognition in his home town.
The exhibition, Francis
Bacon: A Terrible Beauty
is curated by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane to celebrate
Bacon's centenary and the immense archive of Francis Bacon's studio
material. The exhibition opened on the 28th October 2009,
exactly 100 years since Bacon's birth at 63 Lower Baggot Street. This is
The Hugh Lane's first major showing of the archival material since
receiving the Studio in 1998 and Dublin in an exhibit that showcases this
extraordinary resource alongside selected paintings dating from 1944 to
1989, many of which have been rarely exhibited.
Francis Bacon's Studio was
originally located in 7 Reece Mews, London. The donation of the Studio to
Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane was made by Bacon's heir, John Edwards
and supported by Brian Clarke, executor of the artist's Estate. The Hugh
Lane team archaeologically retrieved over 7000 items from the studio and
catalogued them before removing the material along with the architectural
features to Dublin.
The Studio was reconstructed in
the Gallery and opened to the public in 2001. The removal and relocation
of Bacon's Studio and the subsequent compilation of the database of the
archival material is acknowledged as one of the most pioneering and
successful realizations of preserving and displaying an artist's studio.
Study for a portrait of John Edwards by Francis Bacon 1989
© 2009 The Estate of Francis Bacon
The focus of Francis Bacon: A
Terrible Beauty is on new material from the archive exhibited for the
first time. This material illuminates the methods and motives behind the
work of one of the principal artists of the 20th century and
offers us a new understanding of Bacon's work and artistic practice.
The archive provides a lexicon
for the interpretation of Francis Bacon's paintings and no future
scholarship is valid without consulting this great resource. Francis
Bacon: A Terrible Beauty provides a unique opportunity to reappraise
the artist's oeuvre through the selected paintings supported by previously
unseen material from the archive.
A full colour illustrated
catalogue published by Steidl accompanies this exhibition with texts by
Rebecca Daniels, Barbara Dawson, Marcel Finke, Martin Harrison, Jessica
O'Donnell, Joanna Shepard and Logan Sisley.
The exhibition: Francis
Bacon A Terrible Beauty continues to March 7, 2010
The venue: Dublin City
Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland
The exhibition: Francis
Bacon A Terrible Beauty continues to March 7, 2010
The venue: Dublin City
Gallery The Hugh Lane, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland
Francis Bacon was born in Dublin
on October
1909. Acknowledged as one of the greatest
artists of the 20th century, he grew up in County Kildare and left to work
and live in London when he was just sixteen. From 1961 until his death
in 1992, 7 Reece Mews in South Kensington, London was the centre of
Bacon's working life. The Studio measured 4 x 8 metres (12' x 27').
After Bacon's death his sole
heir John Edwards wanted the Studio to be preserved and put on public
view. He donated the Studio to Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane in 1998.
A team of four archaeologists was put in place to meticulously record and
move every one of 7,500 items found in the Studio. The final database is
the most comprehensive documentary archive of any artist living or dead.
The discovery of over seventy
drawings disputes the idea that Bacon never produced preparatory drawings.
Drawings were found on pages torn from books, magazines and loose paper.
From a conservation point of view these drawings represented a challenge
as while extremely fragile their folds and crumples had been made quite
deliberately by Bacon himself.
There were over 100 destroyed
canvases found in the Studio. The destroyed painting Study for Men
with a Microphone along with the two pieces cut from the
original canvas is one of the most important and dates from 1946. A black
and white illustration of the painting (before it was destroyed) appears
in John Rothenstein and Ronald Alley's 1964 catalogue raisonne.
Over 1500 photographs were found
in the Studio. Deliberately torn, creased and folded photographs by John
Deakin, Peter Beard, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Peter Stark and many others
provide a fascinating insight into the bohemian milieu in which Bacon
operated and his methodology of manipulating his source materials.
The photography of John Deakin
played a crucial role in Bacon's portraiture from the early 1960s onwards.
The painter possessed more than three hundred of his photographs, their
visual impact is arguably enhanced by their distressed, often fragmentary
state. They feature Bacon's lovers Peter Lacy and George Dyer, as well as
his friends, Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne, Henrietta Moraes and Muriel
Belcher. Most were taken from the late1950s to early 1960s but there are
also images of Bacon himself dating to as early as 1952.
The Gallery
It seems that some clarification on this venue's name might be helpful.
Previously it was called the "Municipal Gallery of
Modern Art". It has subsequently been renamed the "Dublin City
Gallery The Hugh Lane".
However, it frequently is known simply as "The Hugh
In January
1908, The Municipal Gallery of Modern Art opened in temporary
premises in Harcourt Street,
Dublin. On a note of further historical significance, it was the
first known public gallery of modern art in the world. The motivating force
in the creation of this gallery was a
prominent art dealer widely considered
as a gifted connoisseur of fine arts, Hugh Lane.
Born in
County Cork on November 9, 1875, Lane was raised in Cornwall, England. His
career began as an apprentice painting restorer. However, he eventually became
a highly successful London art dealer who amassed a private collection of
considerable merit.
Lane had hoped that
Dublin Corporation would run the fledgling gallery, but the corporation was
unsure of its financial viability and thus for a time the gallery was
dependant upon private contributions for its funding. Regrettably,
Lane did not live to see his
gallery permanently situated. He died in 1915, a
casualty of war in the sinking of the RMS Lusitania, off the west coast of
Since relocated to Parnell Street, the museum has
established a permanent collection and hosts exhibitions primarily of
contemporary Irish artists. The contents of Francis Bacon's studio
(7500 items) were catalogued and
then, along with the studio itself, were removed from the London location and reconstructed in the Dublin gallery
in 2001.
Today, the gallery includes an extension, featuring a
dedicated Sean Scully room. Also, the entire collection bequeathed by Hugh
Lane, is displayed there alternatively with the National Gallery London.
Links for further information . . .
"Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane" . . .
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Hillary Shines in First Democratic Debate
She's leaning in. Frontrunner HIllary Clinton was the clear winner at last night's debate, which garnered a record 15.3 million viewers. Though many applauded Vermont senator Bernie Sanders for his performance — particularly the moment when he said the country was tired of hearing about Hillary Clinton's "damn emails" — the other three candidates melted into the background and Joe Biden never materialized. Meanwhile, Hillary rose above interparty swipes and went for charm and strength, two qualities that could help her beat back Sanders in the primary.


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Ox slams AFL over blocking memo
The AFL is set to crack down on blocking in marking contests.
Sportsday newsbreaker Tom Morris is reporting the AFL has sent a memo to clubs announcing the crackdown.
It comes one day after Alastair Clarkson pressed AFL CEO Gillon McLachlan on the issue.
Marko and the Ox can't believe it.
"Don't allow coaches to have influence over rule changes," Ox said on Macquarie Sports Radio.
"They're doing it for their own interests.
"I don't like it at all."
Marko said it's only on the agenda because Hawthorn lost.
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Product Description
The Himoto Tanto E10XB is fully-featured with solid specs such as Brushed RC550 electric motor, shaft driven 4×4 Drive System & 320amps of maximum burst current for optimum speed and power!
100% assembled and ready to run, the Himoto Tanto E10XB 1:10 Electric Off Road Buggy will get you right away into action. Just charge the 7.2v Ni-Mh 2000mah battery pack, put 4 AA batteries into the transmitter, and you're ready to go for great off-roading fun and bashing excitement!
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Key Features
- Durable geared front and rear differentials
- 2 in 1 2.4ghz Waterproof Receiver and Electronic Speed Controller
- Shaft Driven Four-Wheel Drive System
- Aluminum center drive shaft to ensure maximum traction & reliability
- 6.6lbs Torque Steering Servo
- Brushed RC550 Motor
- 2.4ghz Radio Transmitter
- 7.2v Ni-Mh 2000mah Battery pack
- Pre-cut Pre-painted Body Shell
Technical Data
- Height: 139mm
- Length: 409mm
- Width: 256mm
- Wheelbase: 288mm
- Motor: Brushed RC550 Motor
- Scale: 1:10
- Class: Off-Road buggy
- Application: Entry-level/Beginners
- Power: Electric
- Drivetrain: 4WD system
- Charging Time: 6-8 hours
- Running Time: 12+ minutes
- Top Speed: 30+mph
- Battery: 7.2v Ni-Mh 2000mah Battery
What's in the box?
- 100% assembled Himoto Tanto E10XB 1:10 Electric Off Road Buggy
- Radio control system
- Re-Chargeable Battery and charger
- User's Manual (in English)
Download the manual here.
Spare Parts & Upgrades
View the spare parts of Himoto Tanto E10XB 1:10 Electric 4WD Buggy here. Shop at Amazon for Himoto Tanto parts.
Recommended Users
- Beginner-level RC users
- Adult supervision is advised for operators under 14 years old
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Investors hold breath as talks begin on US fiscal cliff
INVESTORS chewed their nails yesterday as talks got under way in the United States over the country's looming fiscal cliff.
US President Barack Obama held talks with a number of politicians. He has insisted on higher taxes for the country's biggest earners, while Republican foes don't want any hikes.
Industrial production in the US also fell unexpectedly, with the decline sparked by the fallout from Hurricane Sandy as it knocked out power across the north-eastern part of the country. Tensions in Israel also made for nervous European and US bourses.
"The situation in Israel doesn't help at all," said Richard Bonnor-Moris, head of multi-asset allocation at Newscape Capital in London, which oversees about $600m (€470m) in funds. "Any kind of tensions in that region that do end up forcing the price of oil higher is particular bad for growth."
Crude for January delivery gained 1.5pc to $87.14 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
In Ireland, the ISEQ Overall Index extended the week's declines yesterday. It shed 17.05 points, or 0.53pc, to head into the weekend at 3,178.07. It had tried to bounce back earlier in the afternoon but couldn't keep out of the red.
Shares in gambling firm Paddy Power initially fell over 2pc but later recovered to close almost unchanged at €54.55. The company said that net revenue between July and mid-November rose 23pc.
Shares in travel software firm Datalex gained 4pc, or 3 cent, to 78 cent after it said that it's on target to deliver strong growth in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation this year.
It was a good day too for insulation maker Kingspan, which added 3.4pc, or 24 cent, to €7.50, while Grafton Group gained nearly 2pc to €3.40.
Ryanair lost just over 0.7pc as an appeal got underway in a London court. It's trying to stop a probe into its shareholding in Aer Lingus by the UK Competition Commission. Shares in Aer Lingus were unchanged.
National benchmark indices fell in all 18 western European markets, except Greece and Iceland. The UK's FTSE 100 and Germany's DAX Index sank 1.3pc. France's CAC 40 Index slipped 1.2pc.
Royal KPN, the former Dutch phone monopoly, slid 7.1pc to €4.03, the lowest price in a decade. Sanford C Bernstein & Co. cut its recommendation on the stock on Thursday.
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Do you buy bundled or bulk items when you shop at traditional or online stores? Buying in bulk (or buying bundles) is most often cheaper – or at least it should be! – than buying single items. Plus, in addition to lower costs, they should be getting a bunch of cool items in one package, hence the term "bundle."
Good news: the premises of saving money and getting multiple cool tools in one hold true on Cybrary. The team has worked diligently to provide and create bundles that satisfy the needs of the Cybrary community. In 2017, Cybrary added several new bundles and it's my hope they'll add more to the mix in 2018 to meet not only Cybrarians' evolving needs, but also support the needs of the cyber/IT communities across the globe.
The current bundles on the site include:
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Make Your Own Havaianas 2014
The waiting game's almost over! MYOH 2014 is about to hit the Ilocos soles and you wouldn't want to miss this!
Known for the samba and the most decorated national football team in the world, and home of the biggest and most festive street party in the world, Brazil is a cultural melting pot of ethnicities that has cultivated a very colorful and lively street culture.
To quote Vogue, "Brazilians have the ability to make a party out of nothing, and then make it the most exciting night you've ever had."
While we all may not have the luxury of experiencing the streets of Brazil this summer, Havaianas brings Brazil to the Philippines through Make Your Own Havaianas 2014.
As the summer season hits full throttle, it's that special time of the year when Havaianas gives us the creative license to decorate this season's must-have accessory—flip-flops. The thrill in this full-customization event comes in the ability to mix and match everything: from the soles and the straps, to color combinations inspired by street art, and to the fun limited edition pins.
This year's commemorative pair features colorful Bonfim wish ribbons that are worn for good luck. The print wishes every wearer Alegria, Diversao, Empolgacao, Euforia, and Felicidade or Joy, Amusement, Excitement, Euphoria and Bliss – true to the Havaianas always summer spirit.
Make Your Own Havaianas is the ultimate activity for self-expression and Havaianas encourages everyone to be as daring as the Brazilians when customizing their flip-flops.
Last year, Havaianas made a milestone when they brought the biggest flip flop customization in the country outside Metro Manila. This year, Make Your Own Havaianas returns to Ilocos Norte on May 23 – 25, 2014 at Robinsons Place Ilocos Norte, open from 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM. There will be no entrance fee so everyone is welcome to customize their own Havaianas and celebrate the streets of Brazil.
As you enter this year's Make Your Own Havaianas Brazilian Carnavale, come in your most festive summer attires and allow the Brazilian roots of Havaianas to unleash the creativity in you. Then flaunt it, the Brazilian way.
Brazilian inspired performances will make the event even more festive, as Capoeira, Mardi Gras, and Samba dancers hit up the dance floor every day at 5 in the afternoon.
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Advance Tabco DTS-S60-120R Straight Soil Stainless Steel Dishtable With Pre-Rinse Sink And 119" Right Side, Super Saver Series
This is an 119" long Straight Soil dishtable with both "soil" and "clean" sections and a pre-rinse sink. This Straight Soil dishtable is designed for right-to-left operation and it has a 20" x 20" x 5" deep sink bowl. There are splash mount faucet holes on 8" centers on the Straight Soil dishtable and the faucet not included. There is a 1-1/2" IPS basket waste drain on the Straight Soil dishtable.
The Super Saver series of these Straight Soil dishtables from Advance Tabco have a 16 gauge stainless steel (Type 304) top and tubular galvanized steel legs with plastic bullet feet.
There is a 10-1/2" backsplash with a 2" return on this Straight Soil dishtable. These Straight Soil dishtables have a tile edge for easy installation.
This product is made in the USA.
Advance Tabco DTS-S60-120R Features
- Super Saver Series
- Straight Soil dishtable
- 119" long right side
- Operate from right-to-left
- 1 sink compartment
- Sink dimensions: 20" wide x 20" front-to-back x 5" deep
- Splash mount faucet holes on 8" centers
- Faucet not included
- 1-1/2" IPS basket waste drain
- 16 gauge stainless steel (Type 304) top
- 10-1/2" backsplash with a 2" return
- Tubular galvanized steel legs
- Plastic bullet feet
Advance Tabco DTS-S60-120R Benefits
- All TIG welded
- Tile edged backsplash for easy installation
- NSF listed
- Made in the USA
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Email Marketing
Effective emailing of advertising and information messages is a full-scale attack to help a brand win the market.
Effective emailing of advertising and information messages is a full-scale attack to help a brand win the market.
Intelligent automation of email marketing is a reliable and efficient alternative to manual mailing. We perform installation and adjustment of email marketing systems on the basis of OpenEMM using the capacities of our servers or the client's services.
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News > Capturing the experiences of seldom-heard groups – providing quality maternity experiences to parents with learning disabilities
Supported by NHS England, CHANGE and Patient Experience Network (PEN) worked together in 2015 to provide a feedback platform for parents with learning disabilities, with the aim of improving maternity care and experiences for this group of seldom-heard service users. Working together to effectively capture and understand the maternity experiences of these parents, before offering recommendations for service improvements that could support care to be more person and family centred. The aim being that sharing observations would drive conversation and inspire people to try ideas and find care solutions themselves.
What they did
Online surveys
- Over a six week period they invited both healthcare professionals and parents with learning difficulties to take part in an online survey (the parent tool was designed to have easy read and accessible format).
- In this survey participants were asked a series of questions to help the team understand both the maternity experience in general and specifically that of people with learning difficulties
Focus groups
- The team also held a series of focus groups across the country, where parents were asked to share their experiences and care aspirations.
- The focus groups not only reinforced the findings from the online survey, but also provided parents with a much wanted and appreciated opportunity to come together and bond over shared experiences.
- In each focus group, using a ladder of power analogy, discussions were held about a range of people involved in the maternity experience.
- The groups were asked to discuss each type of person involved in their experience of parenthood – including themselves as parents, and how much power they felt they had over them and their experience, and the impact their role had on the maternity care provided in general.
- Each person was added to the ladder depending on how much power the parents felt they had – the most sitting at the top of the ladder, and the bottom the least.
- Insights were condensed and compiled into a typical ladder of power with comments from parents. As you can see from the image below, the majority of participating, parents with learning difficulties saw themselves as having the least power in their experience, and sitting at the bottom of the ladder.
Overall the parents felt the areas of their experience that worked well were:
- access to the community midwife
- where buddy schemes existed these were well received
- the advocacy provided
- support groups e.g. Georgie Mums, Camden People First
The areas parents felt did not work well, and had a negative impact on their maternity experience were:
- Being judged all the time
- Attitude of staff
- Conflicting information (people telling you different things)
- Not supported to breast feed
- If in pain not supported by the midwife
- Most Dads did not feel welcomed during birth
- No support when babies taken away
- Encouraged to have an abortion without being told why
- Ability to get appointments at the GP
Parents were also asked to consider what they would change about the maternity experience. Though views differed from individual to individual, there were some core themes and areas put forward:
People improvements:
- Provide training – of how to work with parents with a learning disability (both midwives and social workers)
- Attitude and behaviour – particularly people on the wards and in the GP practice
- Communication – many parents struggle with literacy or have a short attention span so provide resources that will help e.g. easy read/ DVDs/pictures and be happy to repeat important messages
Physical improvements:
- Cleanliness – ensure wards are hygienic
- Temperature – make sure wards are not too cold
- Uniforms – colour of the uniforms can be very confusing
"I am a mother myself with learning disabilities, who has lost her children to social services, so I was delighted to receive this project, and to hear what other mums and dads thought of the maternity services and how to improve them.
"We met parents in all different areas of England from starting off in Leeds, to finishing off in London and each area was different. In Newcastle I felt that though the mums there were supporting each other, through peer support, they did not get enough support from services and were not told enough information about if or why their child was being removed from their care. In Bath some of the mothers received good support as their children were born in a hospital where the nurses have a trained background knowledge of mental health, which led to them receiving good support. In London they have some good advocacy services. The focus group was mixed, with some mums getting to keep their children because of this good advocacy support, but some unfortunately didn't. Overall every group said that they think that training needs to be given so that staff understand mums with learning disabilities, and that this training needs to be given by parents with learning disabilities."
Catherine Carter, CHANGE
Next Steps
To see how feedback from parents with learning disabilities can be actioned, and used to channel into service recommendations and care improvements read Ruth Evans, Founder of Patient Experience Network's (PEN) blog 10 steps to delivering high quality maternity care to parents with learning disabilities
Download the full Hidden Voices of Maternity Report here
View more feedback from parents with learning difficulties HERE
About CHANGE
CHANGE is a national human rights organisation led by disabled people. CHANGE employs people with learning disabilities to co-lead and work alongside a non-learning disabled colleague for an equal salary. People with learning disabilities at CHANGE using their expertise to educate health and social care professionals to improve their practise. CHANGE supports people with learning disabilities to consult peers and lead projects to tackle discrimination and participation in society fully as equals.
About Patient Experience Network (PEN)
Patient Experience Network (PEN) is a not for profit organisation whose ambition is to recognise, celebrate and share what is working well in the experience of care. PEN has written a series of reports to highlight the great work in the maternity experience of care, children's and young people's services and the experiences of families with children who are long term ventilated, amongst others.


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Gale is hanging around at the Castle this morn, and I daren't even think where Dawn's crack is, his Maj has discovered the joy of consuming odd things in the garden and then puking on my lap to show me what he ate.
And I managed to catch up on another few years sleep yester aftermorn.
Insurers are charging jobless people more for car insurance, Research with three brokers for the BBC found that car insurance premiums averaged 30% more for those out of work but could be up to 63% higher.
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) said data showed unemployment was an additional risk for insurers.
AA Insurance Spokesman Ian Crowder reckons that "Unemployed people are likely to be distracted because of their circumstances, likely to be driving along unfamiliar roads and attempting to find specific addresses in search of job interviews."
Piss Poor Policy...
Pinewood studios where the James Bond films were shot had planned to build a £200m complex on the 105 acres that adjoin its site. It would have offered 1,400 homes for those working on films, and permanent locations from 17 cities around the world for shooting movies.
But fat Pratt Eric Pickles, Communities and Local Government Minister, refused to grant planning permission for Project Pinewood on the grounds that "The loss of openness would not only be visually apparent, but would all but destroy the concept of the site as part of open Green Belt land."
A spokesman for the local government department said: "Just because the Prime Minister may think it is a good idea, you can't get round the law."
The mind boggles...
A French theme park is being planned in honour of Napoleon Bonaparte, almost 200 years after his death.
"Napoleonland", the brainchild of former French minister and history buff Yves Jégo, is being touted as a rival to Disneyland – assuming, that is, it can gather the £180 million needed to leave the drawing board.
The plan is to build the unlikely amusement park on the site of the brilliant but doomed French leader's final victory against the Austrians in the Battle of Montereau in 1814 just south of Paris.
The 1815 Battle of Waterloo, in which the Duke of Wellington ended Napoleon's rule in France, could be recreated on a daily basis with visitors perhaps even able be able to take part in the re-enactments.
That'll be a short day then...
Each August, the rural Pathanamthitta villages of Southern India come alive with a festival dedicated to the harvest known as Maramadi. After the harvest concludes, yoked bulls are sent charging down a football field-sized rice paddy soaked in a 1/2 foot of water.
These crazed bulls are then chased down and surfed around the paddy by brave, half-naked participants in a kind of rugged chariot race with much more dirt. Most participants begin by holding onto the rope attached to the bulls, and move to hang onto the tail when their surfing begins.
Think I'd be "crazed" if someone shoved their arm up my arse as well (see pic).
A Japanese Coastguard patrol plane narrowly avoided mid-air disaster when it was hit by an albatross.
The Bombardier DHC8-315 was flying 300 metres over the East China Sea when the bird smashed a one-metre wide hole in the aircraft.
But despite the dead bird being lodged in the plane's nose, the pilot was able to fly for another hour on to his destination in Ishigaki, near Taiwan.
Nine crew members were on board the three-hour flight from Naha, on the Pacific Island of Okinawa. No one was injured.
So a bird in a Bombardier is worth two in the cockpit then.
There lurks "Synyster Ink" who is to tattooing what the Piss Poor Policies Millionaires Club Coalition is to Government.
"Synyster Ink" even has his own Facebook page Synyster Ink's tattoos on Facebook where you can see his "work".
Heed the warning….
And finally:
A video has emerged on the internet, apparently shot in India, showing a man risking his life as he lies under a moving train.
The footage shows a man walking down the rail tracks as an oncoming train speeds towards him.
Just seconds before he is about to be hit by the train he throws himself facedown onto the ground between the tracks.
After the train sped just inches over his body, the man seems to pose for the camera.
Now that is a Cupid Stunt...
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Hardwood and softwood are categorisations given to lumber and firewood. Softwood is not suitable for firewood. When burnt, softwood spits, pops and burns away quickly. For a fragrant, steady burning fire, hardwoods are the best. Just cutting down anything in your yard or on your property is not the way to stock up on firewood. You can identify hardwood in a few ways.
Look at the shape of the tree. Coniferous trees or softwood trees can grow in a triangular shape. The leaves of a coniferous tree have waxy needles or scale leaves. These trees are evergreen and do not go dormant or shed their leaves with the seasons.
Examine the leaves of the tree. Hardwood trees have broad leaves. Examples of such tree varieties are oak and beech. These leaves can be single blade leaves or have multiple leaves attached to one stem. Hardwood leaves also will have a delicate network of veins visible on the top or undersides of the leaves.
Look for nuts and fruits. Hardwoods will produce acorns or flowers rather than cones. In the winter, hardwood trees go dormant and lose their leaves. Most softwoods are evergreen and do not go dormant.


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The Vango Soul 300 is a perfect starter tent for the ones taking a look take their first steps into the good outdoors. Its easy tunnel design and two pole structure offers you a quick pitch time of underneath seven mins. Providing you with quite a lot of time to move and notice what the outside has to supply or seeing your favorite band on the pageant.The Protex(R) 70 denier polyester flysheet is very Water-proof and reliable material. At the same time as the interior is a breathable polyester Permitting condensation to pass thru. The Soul 300 will also be pitched with simplest the interior Providing you with a cooler night's sleep in hotter climates. All of this Will also be simply packed down within the rapid pack tent bag making it a breeze when you wish to have to stand up and go.Features3 man rapid pitch tunnel tent by VangoScouts advisable kitHighly Water-proof sturdy flysheet – Comprised of Protex(R) 70 denier polyester with a 3000mm Hydrostatic HeadBreathable polyester inner – Permitting condensation to pass throughFibreglass poles – Comprised of Vango PowerFlex for light-weight durability Water-proof PE groundsheet – A strong hardwearing fabricLantern placing point – Located within the living and bedroom areaHigh visibility guylinesInner pocketsDarker materials have been used to cut back early morning lightPart mesh inner door offers further ventilationInner first pitching – Will also be pitched with simplest the interior best for camping in hotter climatesTent bag with a large opening for simple packing and compression straps to regulate pack sizeDimensions: L285 x W190 x H120cmWeight: 2.86kgPack size: L52 x Dia17cmFire retardant materials – Meets Ecu same old EN5912 safety standardWeather tested – Meets Ecu same old EN5912 by certified take a look at centre
Vango Protex 70 denier polyester flysheet, 3000mm HH – Highly Water-proof, sturdy and reliable material. Exclusive to Vango
Breathable polyester inner – Permits condensation to pass thru, for a at ease night's sleep
Reflective webbing – Alternatives up torchlight so the pegging points are simply noticed in low gentle stipulations
Lantern placing points – Conveniently Located within the living and bedroom spaces
A part of The Scout Association advisable kit


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The Scent of the Spice Islands I
The Moluccas are the original Spice Islands; a magical destination, beautiful, remote and unspoiled, with a long, fascinating and turbulent history. For millennia, these fertile volcanic isles were the world's only source of the 'holy trinity' of rare spices; cloves, nutmeg and mace, which were once worth their weight in gold. Great opportunity to swim and snorkel in waters rich in marine life.
Safari covers Banda Islands, Obi, Bacan, Halmahera and Ternate.
Day 1
You'll be met at the airport and escorted to our handsome ship Ombak Putih at anchor off Ternate's mighty volcanic cone, Mt Gamalama (1715 metres). Then we go ashore to Ternate, one of four historically powerful Moluccan spice sultanates.
Day 2
Today we'll be in Tidore, another perfect volcanic-cone island rising from the tropical seas. We will visit a blacksmith working an ancient design of piston-bellows to forge knives and machetes.
Day 3
Sunrise finds us in Indonesia's most stunning seascape. Four volcanic-cone islands emerge from the sea. They are Makian, Moti, Tidore and Ternate.
There are interesting expeditions ashore and good places to snorkel. Later we cruise towards Payahe Bay on the mainland of Halmahera.
Tonight we cross the Equator.
Day 4
Our first Southern Hemisphere anchorage is off the north shore of Bacan, another seat of Indonesia's historic spice sultanates.We go exploring ashore at the isolated village of Geti or its neighbour Goro-Goro, walking up a rainforest-clad river valley.
Day 5
The crew will have delivered you on schedule to the Patinti Strait and Doworalamo, where we visit a village of the famous sea gypsies, known in Eastern Indonesia as Sama-Bajo.
We will also have opportunities for swimming, snorkeling and beach-combing before our ship takes a southerly course on an overnight passage across the Ceram Sea.
Day 6
Deserted, white-sand Belang-Belang is a real beachcomber's paradise, where we can launch our full flotilla of watercraft, kayaks and paddle boards. We will visit isolated Manatahan, a village of migrant Butungese from Sulawesi hundreds of miles to the west.
Day 7
After an afternoon snorkeling, we will cruise on towards the Lease group (pronounced 'Lay-ah-say').
Day 8
On Saparua we land beside Dutch Fort Duurstede (1691. A highlight here is a lunchtime feast of wonderful local dishes – freshly prepared by villager hosts from forest, garden and sea produce.
Day 9
Overnight we have sailed south-east into the Banda Sea, to reach the renowned, remote Banda archipelago. In the capital Bandaneira, on the biggest island, Neira, we land near the elegant arches of Hotel Maulana – a little slice of Somerset Maugham. Just across the harbour is Banda's perfect, jungle-clad volcanic cone Gunung Api. We will climb or snorkel over the black lava.
Day 10-11
We choose from some of the other small islands of the Banda archipelago – Lonthoir, Ai, Run, Hatta – each of them with its own remnants of old plantations, Dutch cemeteries and fortifications. We will climb up to fortress Hollandia. Leaving Banda we will navigate through the Sonnegat ('Sun's gap') between Neira and Gunung Api.
Day 12
Our final anchorage is Ambon's splendid, sheltered harbour. After breakfast we will take an (optional) short tour of the surrounding area. After this we will return to the boat for lunch before heading to the airport for our departure.
The route and dives are always organized according to the weather conditions, the currents and tides.


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Council's Annual Report is available during October in each year.
Council's annual budget information for 2018/19 financial year.
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We acknowledge the people past and present of the Wadawurrung, Dja Dja Wurrung, and Djab Wurrung tribes, whose land forms the Pyrenees Shire. We pay our respect to the customs, traditions and stewardship of the land by the elders and people of these tribes.


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Ruff-E-Nuff live Session – 18th march 2014
March 21, 2014
Once again Motorv8a and D.I.S on air with their bi-weekly ruff-e-nuff session. As usual Motorv8a gives us the freshest in dubstep in the first hour, the second hour D.I.S spins Raggajungle and Dub.
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How to Make Your Stairs More InterestingFriday, March 08, 2013
At this point in the year, I like to start planning ahead and completely overscheduling my calendar with summer to do lists. I already have a few ideas for projects I want to tackle, including a updating the stairs in my basement.
It's one of the few areas of this house that hasn't been painted since we moved in last year, so it's definitely on the project list. This project should be much easier than the last stair update I did in our old house.
I want to get a little creative since it's a basement, so I've been gathering some ideas...


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The current princess of pop Taylor Swift is making her first stop in Texas on her 1989 World Tour Wednesday and the big question remains of who will grace the stage as her guest performer. With Houston's bustling hip hop scene, one rapper is offering his service and fans seem to be loving the idea.
Houston rapper Bun B took to Twitter to suggest himself as the next celebrity to join the long list of musicians, celebrities and famous BFFs on the 1989 stage. Fans also got involved by tweeting their support and asking Taylor to bring Bun B on stage.
Earlier this summer, the Houston Astros regular season success required the Houston date of the tour to get pushed back a day.
The self-proclaimed "King of the Underground" gained popularity as one half of the rap group UGK, and has gone on to become the face of Houston's rap scene, all while amassing a million followers on Twitter and appearing on tracks with Jay-Z, Outkast, Beyonce and in classrooms as a guest professor at Rice University.
In 2011, Houston Mayor Annise Parker honored the rapper with an official proclamation of "Bun B Day." So when the 1989 tour rolls into Minute Maid Park, it might not be a bad idea for Bun B to be the next member inducted into Taylor's squad.


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Behind The Lens: McGonigle Tuscar One Of Ten
For those of you who are regular readers of my "Behind the Lens" series, it's no secret that my watch pals and I are big fans of independent watchmaking.
Here at Quill & Pad we're also fans of the independents, prominently including Irish watchmaking brothers John and Stephen McGonigle.
Recently, I had the opportunity to photograph an example of the Tuscar One in Ten owned by a good friend. Let's take a look at some of the results.


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Howdy all! So today I will be doing a little give away on the blog. For all those dip loving or hummus obsessed people out there, here is your chance to win the full range of hummus dips by Dari's Table including Beetroot, Olive, Roasted Garlic, Almond, Pine nuts, Mediterranean and Harrissa. These dips are also both gluten free and dairy free.
|Dari's table Hummus dips - $4.99 each
The roasted garlic was my personal favourite. You open the lid and whoahhh, there is this whiff of garlic coming right at you. It is almost like a healthier version of El Jannah's garlic sauce but served as a dip. The only thing missing is just the charcoal chicken. Delicious.


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When you were 12 years old, you probably weren't on stage with actress Elle Fanning and "Glee" star Alex Newell at the 24th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. But if your name is Jazz, that's just another night in the whirlwind ride that is your life.
Jazz joined Fanning and Newell to call for more diversity and representation when it comes to LGBT youth in the media. In the video below, Jazz talks about why it's so important to speak out in support of LGBT youth: "I just want them to know that it's OK to step outside of your shadows and just be who you are. Just be true to yourself and express yourself because, after all, we are just kids, and all kids deserve to be happy."
Jazz is a 12-year-old trans advocate who was the subject of the OWN documentary "I Am Jazz" and has been interviewed by Barbara Walters. She has been sharing her story in the media in hopes of building understanding of trans issues. Jazz was prevented from playing soccer on the girls' team, and her story led to policy changes for all future trans players within the US Soccer Federation.
Even though, as Newell notes in the video, there were only two transgender character on TV this year, we also believe that "there are so many impactful stories from the trans community that we want everyone to experience." She has had some pretty incredible experiences before, but Jazz said she was especially "honored to represent the voice of transgender children, many of whom are too afraid to speak on their own." With that in mind, we asked Jazz to share her story about coming out as transgender, and she also shared some words of wisdom from Dr. Seuss and talked about meeting Bill Clinton AND Jennifer Lawrence. Check out our Q&A with Jazz after the video!


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Find a therapist
Please see our disclaimer, code of ethics and article on non-medical hypnosis practices
Desiree Attwood
CHT (Non-medical)
Area of practice: Constantia | View contact information
After experiencing the devastation of divorce, I was diagnosed with depression but discovered that I was drug sensitive and unable to tolerate medication. Desperate and depressed, I tried hypnosis and was so impressed with my own results that I decided to study this wonderful modality so that I too could "pay the healing forward"!
I work with clients who are depressed, or who struggle with stopping smoking or weight management, as I believe being able to conquer what controls you, is key to your own healing. I also deal with other challenges such as interview anxiety, early childhood trauma, low self esteem, fears, phobias and insomnia.
Visit Des' website www.headhearthealing.co.za
Zaahera Bibi Naik
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF, B A (Hons) Psychology, Life Coach, NLP
Area of practice: Claremont | View contact information
Having been intrigued by the mind, body, spirit connection my entire life has taken me on a journey of discovery, starting with the study of psychology and culminating in the study of hypnotherapy which brings everything together in a most comprehensive manner.
Hypnosis is a natural state inherent in everyone, enabling the client to connect to the subconscious mind and powerful inner resources, making client-centred hypnotherapy an amazingly effective modality.
Using the modalities available to me, let me help you bring about the change you desire in order to live the life you deserve to live.
Marlene Booyens
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF, NEW INSIGHT LIFE COACH, BA HONS (Psychology), BCOM HONS (Business Economics)
Area of practice: Bellville | View contact information
Let's be honest - you can't change your history, wipe it out or turn back the clock. However... the good news... we can still begin the process of putting you back in control of your life. Make your dreams & goals a reality!
I'm an excellent, non-judgemental listener, who is skilled at facilitating sustainable change and helping people to reach their full potential by identifying the root cause of what's holding them back.
Facilitation happens in Afrikaans or English.
Visit Marlene's website at www.mbcoaching.co.za
Carol Cooper-Steyn
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Paardeberg Region | View contact information
Carol Cooper-Steyn is a social worker and certified hypnotherapist who has worked in the fields of child protection, child sexual abuse and pediatric palliative care. She is a cranio-sacral therapist and practices emotional freedom technique (EFT) and matrix reimprinting. Using hypnotherapy, Carol specialises in helping people to release debilitating patterns, discover their inner resources and unlock their potential. Much of her work focuses on assisting others to explore their inner self and experience soul illumination, using various techniques including past-life regression and soul journeying.
Keith Darroll
CHT (Non-medical)
Area of practice: Durbanville | View contact information
I have authored two books, "Health & Happiness" and "The Relationship Principles" and it is my passion to help as many people as possible to take control over their lives and get what they desire. I was amongst the Institute's first graduates in 1998.
I have 13 years of hypnotherapy and 52 years of life experience. This know-how enables me to achieve rapid results. I am so confident that I can help you that I offer a money back guarantee. I am interested in you as a person, in helping you to feel good and happy, so you become the Director of your life.Call me now.
Chantal Davis-Swartz
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Noordhoek | View contact information
Annette Evans
Area of practice: Newlands | View contact information
Craig Evans
Area of practice: Hout Bay | View contact information
Ilkay Gursu
Area of practice: City Bowl | View contact information
We are unlimited, we are choosing to limit ourselves for various reasons and this stops us from getting what we want from life. All of us have the resources to help overcome our issues. Hypnotherapy is a short, quick and powerful technique to unlock our potential, to resolve what we are ready to change.
You have the resources, I have the knowhow. I am committed to give my best once you have committed too, allowing us to work as a team to get the best results.
I open my heart to listen your story, to create the life you want.
Visit Ilkay's website www.ilkayhypnotherapy.co.za
Caroline Howard
CHT (Non - medical), CPTF, B.Comm (Economics )Hons (Marketing )
Area of practice: Malmesbury | View contact information
Hypnotherapy has been a wonderful gift in my life. It helped me to release the imprisoning language of my childhood and to reframe my present with balance, harmony and gratitude.
As a certified (non-medical) hypnotherapist let me now hold the space for you to achieve the positive change you desire.
Claudia Klein
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF, CPTT, Life Coach,NLP
Area of practice: Table View | View contact information
I have been involved with hypnosis practices and holistic wellness for about 20 years and therefore I connect quite easily to the underlying dynamics my client brings into the therapy room. In a space of safety, compassion and an unwavering conviction that you too deserve what you desire, we get clear on your goals and their alignment with your purpose and unravel the mind-body-spirit knot so you gain your freedom. I am completely dedicated to bringing understanding, self-empowerment and lasting positive change to your life - you bring the willingness for change and that paves the path to success.Read more about Claudia here
Caron Koumbatis
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Claremont | View contact information
Dr Derek Kushner
CHT (Non-medical), BDS (Rand), IMDHA
Area of practice: Knysna | View contact information
Cathy Mc Donald
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Mosselbaai | View contact information
Cathy is a Certified Hypnotherapist (non-medical), Certified Parts Therapy Facilitator, Reiki Master healer, meditation teacher and author of the book Choosing to Heal: A journey through time into eternity and back. She focuses on the use of hypnosis as a powerful tool to empower clients as they are guided along a unique and sacred journey of self-discovery and healing, ultimately finding the inner strength and insight to recognise, and then grow into the best version of themselves as they learn to trust their inner wisdom and finally, to embrace life.
Visit Cathy's website www.masterstouch.co.za
Alison Mostert
Area of practice: Plumstead | View contact information
Shizuko Naruse-Claassens
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF, NLP
Area of practice: Muizenberg | View contact information
As clients and practitioners, we bring who we are into sessions.
My uniqueness stems from having spent over 12 years outside the Far East with meaningful exposure both to East and West; Lived/worked in 4 countries with invaluable opportunities to constantly challenge my values/beliefs; Trained in Policy Analysis (MA) with a healthy balance between science and spirituality.
People are far more resourceful than we believe. Transformation is inevitable following even the smallest change. Critically, the first step must come from within as it's our own lives that are at stake.
That's the beauty of life-The choice is in our hands.
Hafsa Parker
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Goodwood | View contact information
Kim Pearman
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Hout Bay | View contact information
Parts Therapy gives us the techniques, the opportunity as individuals to step beyond the problem, into new spaces, frames of mind, into finding and living new solutions that work the best for us all. "The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift." - Albert Einstein
As a being that always searches to step beyond that which is, I am inspired and honored to share this modality and witness as others unwrap their present.
Read more about Kim here
Tarryn Pickup
Area of practice: Plumstead | View contact information
As a CPTF I run The Wellness Space as a private hypnotherapy practice. TWS is a professional and ethical space where excellence is delivered. Our initial session will include a 'deep-dive' of what you would like to work on after which I will assess and suggest a therapy plan. I believe that our minds are creative, not simply responsive. Events in the world, feelings, emotions, and thoughts within us are not separate from our socialization, our prior experiences and the workings of our minds. Once we understand this, we acknowledge that we are all architects of our own experience.
Connect with Tarryn: www.thewellnessspace.co.za | @WellnessSpaceSA
Bianca Roffler
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Grotto Bay | View contact information
Let me guide you through the incredible transformations which are available through the Art of Hypnosis.I am competent with the entire spectrum of Hypnotherapy and can assist you to find resources within yourself to change old perceptions, alter unwanted feeling, behaviours and ways of thinking that don't serve you anymore.I developed a passion to work with young children and consider it a real privilege to observe the astonishing results that are often reached in a short time period.I look forward to welcome you into a non judgmental environment and to facilitate the session with integrity and confidentiality.
Read more about Bianca here
Belinda Roxburgh
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF, BA (Psychology)
Area of practice: Pinelands | View contact information
Reaching into your subconscious mind through guided hypnosis can help you access those parts that sabotage your life, giving you an opportunity to make peace, heal and create new neural pathways. Whatever your spiritual beliefs, hypnotherapy is a powerful way to accelerate personal growth, change habits and gain insight. My special interests are empowering women, relationships, sexuality and self-confidence as well as adolescent anxiety issues.
Perhaps it is time to explore a healthier, happier way of being? I offer you a relaxed, safe space to discover for yourself what would benefit you most. Looking forward to hearing your story.
Taryn Ann Schwarz
CHT (Non-medical)
Area of practice: Claremont | View contact information
As a counsellor and hypnotherapist, I have learned that correct training of one's mind is vital. Without consistent awareness, our thoughts and feelings rule us, turning us into slaves. Sometimes this training involves clearing negative emotions associated with past experience, and at other times, it involves training one's mind to think, feel and behave differently towards current and future life situations.
Areas dealt with include: smoking, weight and eating related problems, self-esteem, motivation, procrastination, depression, grief, stress, fears, relationship problems, addictions and more.
Visit Taryn's website Mindplay Hypnotherapist & Counsellor in Cape Town
Helen van der Merwe
CHT (Non-medical), CPTF
Area of practice: Durbanville | View contact information
Passionate about people, animals and the planet, I�ve supported people for more than 10 years in creating a better reality for themselves and the world around them.
As a certified Hypnosis Practitioner (non medical), CPTF, NLP and CCI Coach, sessions involve an effective mix of paradigms and modalities and as such I�ve had the privilege of witnessing successful breakthroughs in all kinds of challenges people face in their everyday lives.
I work with children (4 years and older) and with adults from a safe and friendly home office. Facilitation happens in English or Afrikaans.
Visit Helen's website www.eqnlp.co.za
Rochelle Vermeulen
Area of practice: Table View | View contact information
Mindfulness practices and meditation have been shown to have enormous benefits on body, mind and spirit. They are key to taking so many aspects of life to the next level, including career success, relationships and personal growth. A trusted, qualified hypnotherapist can help you develop your personal mindfulness practice. I am privileged to assist people with all sorts of challenges, through weekly Group Guided Meditation sessions and one-on-one Private hypnotherapy sessions. I will work with you to facilitate resolution of your personal challenges and towards meaningful and lasting, positive change in your life.
Visit Rochelle's website www.MindsetActivate.co.za
Laura Vignoli
Area of practice: Muizenberg | View contact information
Hypnotherapy has been a powerful tool for my self-development. Now I'm grateful for the opportunity to offer this service to anyone who is interested so that they can experience the benefits it has to offer.


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"I'm cleansing" is a trendy little phrase chirped by brides and non-brides alike who are looking to get healthy or shed pounds. But is there a right way to cleanse? Health Coach Sari Dana, an advocate for Juice From The Raw, thinks so, and when done correctly, the benefits are worth it. "Radiant skin, healthy hair and nails, better sleep patterns, increased mental clarity, energy, and stamina are just some of the highlights of juicing," says Dana. For best results, brides should start one month before the big day so their body has time to transition back into healthy eating habits. Convinced? Read on for six things you should know before you start a juice cleanse.
1. Do a Proper Prep
The day before you start, nix dairy, refined sugar, and alcohol—the acids could interfere with your cleanse. "Eating water-rich fruits and vegetables and starting your day with lemon water is a great way to prepare for a cleanse," says Dana.
2. Choose Wisely
For best results, Dana recommends picking a juice that is raw, cold-pressed, and low in sugar. "Juices produced with minimal heat and oxygen that are frozen immediately retain the optimal amount of nutrients," she says. Start with a three-day cleanse that contains fruit juices—the sugar makes the transition easier, Dana says. The goal is to eventually build up to juices that contain more vegetables than fruit.
3. Have Realistic Goals
The hard truth? There is no quick fix when it comes to dropping pounds. Look at a juice cleanse as the spark to your get-healthy fire. "It's a great way for a bride to jump-start her body to begin craving healthier food choices, such as more fruits and vegetables and less sugar, salt and processed foods," says Dana.
4. Push Through This, Adjust That
It's totally normal to feel cranky and tired when your body stops taking in addictive, unhealthy foods, according to Dana. "Our bodies have become accustomed to pre-packaged, processed foods, and the detoxification process disrupts this everyday cycle," she adds. Essentially, your body on a cleanse is breaking up with empty calories and being reconditioned to depend on nutrient-rich foods.
Feeling faint, however, is a red flag. Sip on broth-based soup rich in sodium, or snack on raw or steamed veggies. "The detoxifying process is quite an energy-consuming function, so it's important to listen to your body and rest if you feel faint," adds Dana.
5. Don't Go Nuts Post-Cleanse
Remember, the purpose of a cleanse is to balance your body, Dana says. Don't ruin it by flooding it with alcohol and heavy foods. "Post-cleanse, it's important to respect your body and the hard cleansing work it has done for you," says Dana. Fight the urge to indulge. Instead, ease back into healthy eating habits. Completing a cleanse four weeks before the big day gives you a chance to slowly return to normal eating habits in time for the wedding.
6. Sip on Juice to Maintain Healthy Balance
For extra credit and long-term benefits, Dana recommends juicing one day a week following the initial cleanse. Non-committal when it comes to cleansing? "Incorporating a juice into your everyday routine is an inexpensive way to gain long-term health benefits," says Dana. A green juice in the morning or post-workout is a great way to still reap the benefits.