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A closer look at the phenomena referred to as "Earthshine, which claims to explain why the "shadow side" of the crescent moon can sometimes still be visible… (also sometimes referred to as "planetshine", as it supposedly occurs with other planets/moons as well…)
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Biblical Proof of the Flat Earth: THE GREAT FLOOD…
Anyone who has ever debated Creation vs. Evolution has almost certainly encountered the incredulity of the Evolutionist when it comes to the topic of Noah's Flood.
While some Evolutionists might concede that perhaps there WAS at some point in the past a very significant flood event, due to the fact that so many ancient writings and oral traditions around the world refer to one, they almost inevitably insist that such an event would have had to have been merely some kind of localized occurrance, regardless of how cataclysmic it may have felt to the people at that time.
Why do Evolutionists have such a difficult time entertaining the possibility of Noah's flood? When we look at the Biblical text it becomes fairly easy to see. In Genesis 7, starting in verse 11, it reads:
"In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month—on that day all the springs of the great deep burst forth, and the floodgates of the heavens were opened. And rain fell on the earth forty days and forty nights.
On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark. They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings. Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark. The animals going in were male and female of every living thing, as God had commanded Noah. Then the Lord shut him in.
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth. The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water. They rose greatly on the earth, and all the high mountains under the entire heavens were covered. The waters rose and covered the mountains to a depth of more than fifteen cubits. Every living thing that moved on land perished—birds, livestock, wild animals, all the creatures that swarm over the earth, and all mankind. Everything on dry land that had the breath of life in its nostrils died. Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
The waters flooded the earth for a hundred and fifty days."
Believers in Evolution, and it's assertions that the Earth took billions of years to form, with various stages and ice ages and such, understandably scoff at the idea that water filled the entire Earth could have been covered with water for a 150 days, especially to the degree that it covered the highest mountains on Earth, surpassing them by 15 cubits (roughly 20 feet).
But if one holds the Bible as the authoritative Word of God, as a reliable and accurate account, then this is precisely what must be upheld if one wishes to hold to a position of literal Biblical interpretation, and not start sliding down the slippery slope of trying to make the text conform itself to our own modern assumptions about what is and isn't possible.
Now, the reason I bring all this up, is because as I was thinking about this recently, I started to ask myself just how much water that would have actually required, to completely cover the entire Earth, over the tops of the highest mountains…
After a little googling and a little multiplication, this is what I came up with…
According to current models of the alleged Globe, the surface area of the earth is around 510 million square kilometers. Everyone knows that the highest mountain peak on Earth is Mount Everest, and if that is indeed the case, it's elevation is purported to be 8.848 kilometers above sea level. When we multiply the two, we get the figure of 4,512,480,000 cubic kilometers. That's how much water it would require to cover the top of Everest, if we are talking about how much water would be needed in ADDITION to the amount of water already present in all the oceans/lakes/rivers in the world today.
Now, I do recognize that this is a crude calculation, because it is not accounting for the amount of dry land that is above sea level, which would be cutting into that amount of required volume, however, it is also not accounting for the fact that in a globe model such a calculation really shouldn't be made in a way that assumes a rectilinear volume, so in fact, if the Earth WAS a ball, the amount of required water would in fact be MORE than 4 1/2 billion cubic kilometers, (because the surface area of the top of the Flood waters would naturally be greater than the surface area of present day sea level, the required volume increasing the higher in elevation you fill, and so on). That being said, I am basically letting these two factors cancel each other out, since the whole point is really just to get a ball park idea of how much H2O we'd really be talking about anyway…
Because here's the kicker: according to the USGS, (if we believe their statistics) the TOTAL amount of water, both saltwater and freshwater, in the entire Earth, amounts to somewhere around 1,386,000,000 cubic kilometers…
Now, assuming that the topography of the Earth was generally similar, both before and after the Flood, (and that's a big assumption, I admit) then the total Flood waters would have been the present-day 1.386 billion cu km, PLUS the 4.5 billion cu km, bringing it to a total of 5.886…
But the bottom line is, if we are talking a different of 4.5 BILLION cubic kilometers of water, from the current amount that is on, above, and below the surface of the entire Earth, then the glaring question arises…
I mean, we are talking about a total difference of about 4.2 TIMES the amount of all the water supposedly on the Earth right now. And that, is a lot, of liquid…
For some time, many advocates of Biblical Creationism proposed the so-called "canopy theory" in attempt to explain this. The idea was that the flood waters were being held in a canopy of water vapor above the earth, and so this would have meant there were radically different atmospheric conditions between pre-flood and post-flood eras, as well as giving some effort into explaining the verses in Genesis which speak of the "waters above the Firmament". However, many Creationist organizations and teachers have been shying away from the Canopy model in recent years, for very understandable reasons. Namely, it just doesn't give you nearly enough water!
As we have seen, the amount of water required, in LIQUID form, to cover the tops of the highest mountains, is a phenomenal, mind-numbing amount. For that much water to have been up in the atmosphere, is gaseous form, would provide a whole host of other problems to your model. Would sunlight even be able to get through at all? Would it even be able to say in a gas form, if being pushed that far out into the upper edges of the atmosphere, and not turn to ice from the cold? Not only this, but I have even read an article from Answers in Genesis, the renowned Creationist organization, where in explaining why they have moved away from the canopy model, they mention that it also proves problematic, because if the "waters above the firmament" were actually this whole water vapor canopy idea, it would mean that the sun, moon and stars were inside the atmosphere…(!)
Which, of course, I can't help but see the irony there. Because, truly, when you allow yourself to stop, take a step back, and re-examine the same model of the Earth/Cosmos that was held by the very same individuals who WROTE Genesis and the other books of the Bible, you suddenly no longer have any of these problems, which inevitably arise when trying to conform the Bible, and accounts such as that of the Great Flood, to the heliocentric Copernican model.
Beyond this, even if we were to grant the possibility of the Flood waters coming from a "vapor canopy" above the globe, this STILL wouldn't explain the simple question as to where all that water went as the Flood waters receded, because even advocates of the Canopy Theory have to concede that the canopy is no longer present. Did all that water, (remember 4.8 billion cu km MORE than the 1.86 we can supposedly account for on the Earth today) somehow seep into the bowels of the spinning globe Earth? To try and argue such a thing would mean having to stand in opposition to the very same geological models of the Earth structure which the Copernican model asserts is established fact. You have to then start assuming the existence of MASSIVE fissures and caverns in the Earth's oceanic and continental crusts, which overall is another interesting example of the problems which inevitably arise when trying to simultaneously conform the Biblical model to the models provided by modern Scientism, and yet also disregard them, whenever you need to need to force something to fit. How does such an approach know when to accept the official data, and when to dismiss it…?
However… If the Firmament isn't some confusingly convoluted concept of the sky, and/or the atmosphere and/or "outer space", but instead some kind of literal dome above our heads, then yeah, the "waters above the Firmament" could be of such a vast quantity that our tiny human brains couldn't even fathom it. We no longer have to ignore or allegorize verses such as the ones that speak of the "floodgates" or "windows" of heaven, nor the ones that speak of the "fountains of the deep".
It really is the only way to honestly render a literal interpretation of what Genesis has been plainly saying for thousands of years.
It is not difficult to understand why so many people, even those professing to hold to a literal interpretation of the Bible, would have such a difficult time accepting the idea that the globe model is false. Not only are there the intellectual obstacles of accepting the massive deception required to perpetuate things like the fake moon landings, Mars Rover, ISS, etc., but it would affect so many things which we assume to understand, about not just the "heavens" or outer space, but about our own atmosphere, the subterranean world, and even things as fundamental as the "water cycle".
Psalm 148
1 Praise the Lord from the heavens;
Praise Him in the heights!
2 Praise Him, all His angels;
Praise Him, all His hosts!
3 Praise Him, sun and moon;
Praise Him, all you stars of light!
4 Praise Him, you heavens of heavens,
And you waters above the heavens!
Flat Earth Proof: ICBMs, Atlas and Inertial Guidance Systems…
I made this video trying to look a little deeper into the question of gyroscopes, and gyroscopic navigation, as it potentially applies to the Flat Earth question. Much of it involves taking a closer look at this Navy Training film from 1960, and it's claims regarding how supposedly navigational gyros in Navy planes are being constantly reoriented to the ball Earth using a magnetic compass.
Flat Earth Universe, Parts 1 & 2…
Youtuber "my perspective" is one of my favorites right now. I suppose it has a lot to do with the fact that I too am very visually and perspective oriented, having spent so much time learning about such things in art classes etc. myself, but he does a really great job.
One thing he brings up in these videos, which I actually hadn't heard before, and I do find very intriguing, is the idea that the stars too are on a flat plane, similar to the sun/moon, and not being "projected" (or appearing projected, at least) onto the dome/Firmament itself. This makes actually makes a lot of sense for several reasons, one of which being the fact that the more footage you watch of balloons, rockets, "space walks" etc., the more you will begin to notice that in none of these films/videos will you see the stars from "earth orbit", or even, it seems, from very high altitude. At a certain point, it's as if you simply can't see them anymore, and I have found this to be very curious indeed.
Another REALLY cool point he makes is about how the Milky Way galaxy is able to be seen all throughout the year (as well as the rest of the constellations, etc.) which is impossible, if we are orbiting around the sun, and so the night sky one part of the year would be looking out at a totally direction part of the universe than it would be six months later, and/or, the Earth would be completely flipped in orientation to the sun in terms of day/night. I have heard people try to explain how in reality a "solar day" is not a full 360 rotation, keeping the Earth daytime always facing the sun, and so eliminating the flipping of day/night after six months, BUT, this still could not account for the night sky view being 180 degrees different every six months. You can't have it both ways. Either the day/night would flip every six months, or the view of the galaxy at night would flip every six months, (in a Copernican model) but yet, we observe neither. This is only possible if the Earth is in fact, fixed…
Lastly, he also mentions in the second video the idea that Gravity is indeed the "satanic G" of Freemasonry, which I recently wrote about myself, and how gravity is itself a very central concept of Evolutionary theory itself. Anyhow, enjoy!
New Video: "GEMIN-EYE"…
Biblical Proof for the Flat Earth….
A pretty decent vid. But man… There are so many out there now, it would be impossible to post every one of them.
The Teeny-Tiny Bell-Shaped Problem of 0.0086%…
Okay, so this posts won't involve too much written material to slog through, (I'll try and keep it short anyway) but I wanted to share a bit about something which occurred to me about a week ago, when I was out walking in the Nevada sun…
We woke up to find we had a dead car battery, so in the morning I walked the mile or so to the auto parts store where they started charging it for us. Several hours later, I had to walk back to the store to pick it up. As I was walking back, noticing the stark difference in how much more unpleasant the walk had become on the second trip, vs. my jaunt earlier in the day, it dawned on me… "Of course! It's so ridiculously obvious… EVERYONE knows that the hottest part of the day, is the middle of the day." (apparently this has the technical name of "solar noon"…)
Ok, but so what? The Earth is spinning, so we are taught, and this is what makes the sun appear to move across the sky, and why the hottest time is in the middle of the day, because it's when our little point on the globe is closest to the heat source, i.e., the sun…. Simple right?
It's funny, how when you start intentionally looking for charts, illustrations etc., for these kinds of things, what you can easily find, and what you can't. You will almost NEVER find a chart or diagram showing the Sun and Earth to scale, and I really believe that this is because if we could, a lot of things would really start jumping out at us pretty quickly!
Now, they say that the Sun is in fact somewhere around 93 MILLION miles away from the Earth. We are also told that the radius of the Globe Earth is a little under 4,000 miles, which would mean that from the time your part of the world crosses over the "shadow line", going from night to day (i.e. "dawn") the largest change in distance between the Earth and the sun possible would be 4,000 miles. So that's four thousand, in relation to a total distance of ninety-three MILLION…. Hmmm, what percentage of a change does that ultimately amount to…?
Yes, the title gave it away… A whopping 0.0086% change. That's how much closer you could possibly get, from sunrise to solar noon. Less than 9 "one-thousandths" of one percent difference.
And yet, as we all know, when stepping out into the direct rays of the sun, just as it has completed rising in the morning, versus stepping out into the direct sun in the middle of the day, there seems to be a rather SIGNIFICANT difference, no? A bit more than 0.0086%…?
Ah… But they might answer by saying that this is because the atmosphere and ground are slowly heating up. That's why the temperature increases. And yes, I thought about this. But then, it also occurred to me that the temperature and solar intensity ALSO decreases after solar noon, so that the heat from the direct sun just before it sets is also significantly less that the middle of the day, and much more so than a tiny fraction of one percent…
So I started digging around for more empirical, measured data which speaks to this question. Interestingly enough, you can't find hardly anything actually showing the hourly levels of solar radiation in a given day, when perusing astronomically-focused sources. The only places which seem to even get into it at all, are the ones concerned with measuring daily solar radiation levels as it pertains to the issue of solar panels and solar energy. As would be expected, these arenas are very much familiar with what parts of the day, and where on the planet, you experience the most intense levels of solar radiation. And here is what you inevitably see, charts with "bell curves", showing an unmistakable mid-day peak, just as our own temperature-sensitive experience would indicate:
If the sun was truly a million miles across, and 93 million miles away, and the temperature increase from morning to midday was because the earth was continually heating due to sun exposure, then it should CONTINUE heating up, all throughout the day, until the sun went down. I mean, can we really wrap our heads around how truly SMALL 0.0086% is?? That's a VERY small decrease in alleged distance, from solar noon to dusk, and yet, look at all those charts. See how the bell curve drops down, almost the perfect inverse rate of increase in the morning? (almost as if the sun was small, and moving AWAY from where you were standing, after it moved TOWARDS you in the morning…) 😉 Even if it could be argued that the minuscule increase in distance from solar noon to dusk might account for some degree of a drop, it certainly could not be maintained that it should show such a drastic one, mirroring the increase from the first half of the day.
And the thing is, the bell curve doesn't just apply to solar radiation levels (i.e. intensity of heat), but of course to luminescence as well. In the video below, it shows time-lapse footage of sunsets, where you can clearly see the illumination of the entire sky getting dimmer and darker, BEFORE the sun starts touching the horizon line. Again, would that make sense, with only a 0.0086% change in distance? Would the difference in angle through the atmosphere, alone be enough to explain this?


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The Old Town Chinatown neighborhood is highly diverse, featuring an affordable building stock that attracts entrepreneurial and creative class-type companies, social service agencies serving the low-income and homeless population, an active nightlife scene featuring a wide range of bars and entertainment venues, and a variety of local and independent retailers and restaurants.
The neighborhood is also easily walkable to downtown Portland's Central Business District and the neighboring Pearl District. It is linked to the Greater Portland region by TriMet's light rail lines as well as Amtrak passenger train and bus service at Union Station.
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Mountainside 7th Grade Basketball
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In order to be eligible to practice you must have a physical and be registered on "Family ID"
(You only need to register once for the year! Just click on each sport you might be interested in playing.)
Physicals are required to participate and are good for two years. If your child needs a physical, we will offer them at Mountainside on August 26th, 2010 from 5:00-6:00 PM. The cost is $20.00 cash only please.
You may access Family ID on the Mountainside Athletics Website or through the link below.
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PM: 2:40- 5:00 (Activity Busses Leave at 5:15 *No Activity Busses on Fridays)
AM: 6:15- 7:30 (West Doors by the Gym Open at 6:00am)
* Due to the high number of student-athletes and lack of gym space, teams are occasionally required to practice before school. We understand this may be inconvenient for families, so we try to limit the number of AM practices to as few as possible. Unfortunately, this is our only option to get the required number of practices required by the WIAA.
First Two Weeks Practice Schedule
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Hurricane Sandy isn't expected to make landfall in Florida, but the storm will still be annoying as the outer bands hit the southeastern part of the state throughout the day.
Miami-Dade is under a tropical storm warning, meaning a lot of rain and wind are expected. The conditions are forecasted to last until Friday, so your Halloween weekend won't be a bust.
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Recently, four guests at Michael's House visited freshman health classes at Ludlow High School to share their stories of addiction and recovery. They discussed their journeys and experiences both in high school and into adulthood; sharing some of the challenges they will also likely face.
Maureen Rooney, MJD Foundation Board Member, explained that this collaboration has been taking place for the past three years and has been well received by LHS students, staff and administration.
Following the interaction students had the opportunity to share their thoughts. One student stated, " I learned not to do drugs, and not to make choices that will hurt myself and others" Another commented," Anyone can be a victim to substance use. It doesn't take much to become addicted."
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Update: A thread has been discovered on the Chromium project issue tracker detailing this as a bug that needs to be fixed. The bug seems to be related to hosted apps being treated as full extensions. So hopefully in the next few days the ad-blocking override will disappear. Thanks to @Ertraeglichkeit for bringing this to our attention.
Ad-blocking extensions are becoming increasingly popular on the Internet, and websites that rely on ads to fund their existence react in different ways. Some have added a tip jar, started a Patreon account, or simply show a message asking visitors to disable the ad blocker. Google, it seems, is taking more drastic action on YouTube and bypassing AdBlock completely. It's also punishing users for having it enabled.
Multiple reports have appeared on Twitter that even with AdBlock enabled, YouTube is now able to show video ads. It gets worse, though, because Google has apparently disabled the skip option, meaning you are forced to watch the entire ad, which can be multiple minutes long. I guess they want to encourage you to disable AdBlock so the skip option reappears.
The tweak made by Google to allow the video ads to work regardless is thought to effect all ad-blocking extensions, not just AdBlock specifically. However, it is limited. It only works in Chrome for now, and only some users are experiencing the change.
What this does show is that Google is working to circumvent ad-blocking of any kind. You can understand why. YouTube relies on ads to generate revenue that helps cover the cost of running all those video-serving servers. Without ads, YouTube is very costly for Google. If ads are blocked, it has the secondary effect of YouTube not being a platform advertisers target. So not only are people watching less ads, there's less ads to show them.
It seems likely we could get into a war of updates very soon. Google updates services to circumvent ad blocking, and in return ad blockers issue extension updates to override Google's changes and allow the ads to be blocked again.


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For once I didnt have any real plans on a weekend (shocking I know) but Naima came through with an awesome idea out the blue.
Now for those that do not know, in my makeup artist work I have had the great pleasure to visit Barbados twice in the past few years for a month at a time on both occasions. So seeing Mount Gay Rum, which is the rum of Barbados, made me too happy! I did not hesitate in sending my RSVP for this event.
The event was held in the Blind Whino space located in Southwest DC. They always have great events and this one was no exception.
There are two floors and both had two beverage stations where you could try different rum based cocktails for $8 each. There was also music on each floor and plenty of space to mix and mingle.
This made me so happy. For quite some time I have wanted the experience of seeing cigars hand-rolled and it was the perfect accompaniment to the delicious beverages being served that day.
Cortez Cigars is located in downtown Silver Spring and hosts events often for cigar aficionados as well as those wanting to learn more about the age old tradition of hand-rolled cigar making.
After that and while we waited for the food to be served, we decided to indulge in a game of Dominos. I lost. HMPH
It was Naima's first time playing. It was a great time. We didnt even know the people we were playing with but that speaks to the patronage of the event. Everyone was friendly and cool. No egos in sight. Just genuine people having a great time.
We had to take advantage of the amazing artwork inside the Blind Whino space. No we didnt all plan to wear all black.
Cherise finally made it!
The rum lover in me was so pleased with the variety of options.
Catering was provided by one of my fav DC spots – D City Smokehouse. Do yourself a favor and get there. ASAP! and as early as possible to avoid the lines.
Yep we had sugar cane to chew on as well. A serious cookout!
There was even a little photobooth action
After the festivities we attempted to make our way to another event but alas it was time to make our way home so we just grabbed some nibbles and did just that. But not before one last photo shoot! LOL


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Farraday Newsome
Farraday Newsome
Farraday Newsome grew up in the redwood forest of California. She is the daughter of Barbara Newsome, a businesswoman and masterful gardener, and George Newsome, a painter, potter and dinnerware designer who earned his degree in ceramics at Alfred State University, studying under Daniel Rhodes. Farraday studied biology as an undergraduate (BA, University of California at Santa Cruz, 1976) and later earned her graduate degree in Art, Ceramics Emphasis, from San Francisco State University (1987). She currently lives in the Sonoran desert of Arizona with fellow potter and husband Jeff Reich. Together they run Indigo Street Pottery in Mesa, Arizona. Both also teach pottery at the Mesa Arts Center.
Farraday's subject matter is drawn primarily from nature and the emotional allusions and metaphors found in nature. Her color work celebrates the light and exuberance of day, while her black-and-white work delves into the shadowy, more emotionally complex realm of night and darkness.
Farraday Newsome is a widely exhibited artist whose work can be seen at Plinth in Denver, Colorado; The Brickyard Gallery at the Arizona State University Museum Ceramic Research Center; Santa Fe Clay in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Winfield Gallery in Carmel, California. Her work is included in many collections, including the Luce Center of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Long Beach Museum of Art, the Racine Art Museum's Wustum Museum in Racine, Wisconsin, the Prague Museum of Decorative Arts in the Czech Republic, the Ohio Crafts Museum, the Rhode Island School of Design Art Museum, and the Arizona State University Art Museum. Her work has been featured in many books and magazines over the years.


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Husband and wife team Ian and Sally Selves have reinvented the wheel with the way they market and run IDS their mobile tyres business. Not content with half the partnership being female in a male only business, they have shunned the convention of a workshop by taking their service on the road. Traditional advertising has been abandoned for a more radical location based internet solution through Geocast which delivers their voucher based offer to customers in their area who have self identified as looking for tyre services.
Sally Selves says" We operate in a cut throat market where price is key, when someone is searching for tyres we need to know that we are on their radar and able to produce an offer which gives us parity with or betters the prices from the big boys. Despite the fact that we offer a 'tip top' service and word of mouth recommendation is high, the use of Geocast has been pivotal in helping us to grow our business and monthly accounts for between 10% and 15% of our turnover. Geocast gives us access to a vast market which we could never afford to cover with conventional advertising and vitally we only pay on results.


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Major Update to mmogosu!
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Benefits Of Vitamin K Consumption
It's obligatory that we have the suitable amount of nutritious Vitamins and Minerals for a superior health and body with the fast paced daily life that we have at present. The body works with specific processes and for it to work effectively one need to eat well and workout daily. Vitamin K could appear as if amongst the least effective one yet unfolding its advantages would only heal your health problems. Being little ones we study from the faults and slipping and getting up just becomes the way of life. Accidents are inevitable and this amazing vitamin performs important task in clotting the blood and assist in repairing injuries at a faster rate. Minor cuts would be healed easily when used in the right dosage.
To use the diet supplements, it is essential that you know about the different forms of vitamin K which are available. The first kind of the K vitamin is vitamin K1; it is extracted from vegetarian foods. The other variation of the K vitamin is the vitamin K2; it's produced by healthy bacteria in the digestive system. Vitamin K2's role inside the human body includes shielding people from coronary disease, ensures healthy bones, helps cerebral performance, prevents from severe infections for instance Tumours. The final type is vitamin K3 that aids in making the blood clotting substances.
To have supple, healthier and vibrant complexion, K Vitamin is essential. Ageing signs and wrinkles like facial lines are decreased with routine vitamin K use. You should try having a garden-fresh foodstuff that is used in its pure shape that's free of toxins. Among the best and ample supply is fresh leafy veggies; nutritionists in many countries prescribe parsley, basil, and spinach in everyday eating regimen. Make sure you eat right quantities of natural vitamin K2, especially if your goal is to have a healthy looking skin. Top resources of vitamin K2 are butter or many high fat milk products from cows like cheese, yogurt and organic egg yolks.
Vitamin K is a key vitamin that's needed by the body for blood clotting along with other key functions. The next critical facet that could not be overlooked is that it assists in bone developing activity. Although a K vitamin deficiency is rather rare there exist certain sections of individuals who may have problems with it. Lack of K vitamin may bring in the risk of out of control haemorrhage. Even if insufficient K vitamin is not common in older individuals, they are common in young ones.
Each of us has distinct requirements, a person having an athletic physique and a regular life their requirements are unique and they must choose the dietary supplement keeping that in mind. Smoking cigarettes and drinking takes toll on the human body and restoring the body by using the best diet is a lot more important. Don't hesitate to seek advice from your physician to have medicine and improve your everyday living. We all inhabit a period that is rather stressful and consuming the correct diet is a must to have a healthy everyday living and healthier endurance to take on the stress. You need to get the best vitamin supplement or food supplement in the end.


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Passover (Pesah) is the holiday in the Jewish calendar that most involves advanced preparations. This year, Passover begins with the First Seder on the night of Friday, March 30, 2018. To help you prepare, the rabbi provides a Passover guide each year in advance of the first seder. Click below to download the guide.
Passover Services 5778
Friday, March 30, 2018 – Erev Passover, First Seder: Passover Siyyum Behorot Services: 7:00am (No evening Shabbat services due to First Seder)
Saturday, March 31, 2018 – Passover, Second Seder: Passover/Shabbat Services: 10:00am
Sunday, April 1, 2018: Passover Services: 10:00am
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I went to Al Sharpton's radio studio yesterday to watch him chat with Joe Biden, who phoned in to assauge Sharpton by expressing regret over his remark's describing Barack Obama as "clean" in yesterday's Observer.
Sharpton welcomed Biden to the program and then praised him for not trying to backtrack or wiggle out of his remarks.
"You have stood straight up on this," said Sharpton.
Sharpton, aformer presidential candidate, nonetheless took issue with the notion that Barack Obama was the first "articulate" and "clean" mainstream African American candidate for president. He asked Biden if that's what he said.
"Al, that's exactly what I said," said before quickly adding that the intention of his comment was to compliment Obama as someone new and fresh and exciting in American politics. He also offered the first of many compliments and peace makers to Sharpton.
"You're one of the most articulate people in the country," he said.
Sharpton said the problem he had with the describing Obama as clean was that it insinuated that since Obama is "Harvard trained" he somehow different from the other black candidates who have come before him, and, as a result, is "less connected to the African American community."
Biden said he understood that concern among black leaders like Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.
"I get it and that's what I regret," Biden said, stressing that he himself came of political age during the civil rights movement, to which he feels closely connected.
"That's where I come from," Biden said.
Sharpton then turned uncharacteristically optimistic, and said that he hoped all the focus on Biden would give the Senator the chance to raise the level of public attention on issues important to the black community. Biden in turn talked about the government's failure in Katrina and Iraq.
After a commercial break, during which Sharpton answered his phone, watched some television and checked the Internet, Biden began a full scale schmooze offensive.
Speaking about social justice issues, Biden said, "Al, you have been the one driving this, you have been the one driving this since the last campaign." He pointed out that as a Senator, he had a 100 percent voting record with the NAACP and a "very high" record with civil rights groups. He emphasized that he wasn't in anyway criticizing Sharpton, Jackson or Shirley Chisholm and reiterated his explanation that his use of the word "clean" to describe Obama in this case could be substituted with "fresh."
"I have overwhelming respect for you and what you did," said Biden.
With that, there was a hiss of dead air, and it seemed that Biden's line had dropped.
Sharpton asked if he was still there. Biden said he was.
"I thought you were drowning in giving me flattery," said Sharpton.
Biden ignored the quip and continued. He said he was "going to compete for every black vote," an assertion that literally raised Sharpton's eyebrows.
After the interview, Sharpton told reporters that "in some weird way" Biden might be bringing issues important to blacks to the fore and, though he though Biden's remark went "a step passed George Allen's calling an Indian Macaque" he didn't want to go after Biden, because it would seem suspicious if he, as a potential candidate, tried to knock an announced candidate out of the race.
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Fill a large tankard or beer mug with ice. Pour in two shots of The Cap'n. Slosh in a shot and a half of Malibu. Then drown it all in plain ol' tap water. Stir it up, and send her down the hatch. Yo ho ho, a pirate's life for me!
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A valuable stamp collection is a complex asset like almost no other. It is not a picture or a clock but a collection of 100s and often many 1000s of individual items. None of the large and famous auction houses now have a Philatelic Department and the stamp market revolves around a few stamp-only specialised auctions like ourselves. Many stamp collections are being sold in 'general estate' auctions alongside an estate's furniture and antiques. Consequently the stamp market is buzzing with stories of great stamp collections being sold 'for a song' at these non-specialist auctions!
Indeed we have several dealers who scour these general auctions and then bring their bargain purchases to us!
This often appears to be the result of executers being unaware of the stamp specialisation within the auction & antique market and not obtaining anything like the best return for the estate (and potentially exposing themselves to accusations of failing to fully excercise their responsibilities in this regard.)
For a written valuation based on the likely auction realisation before auctioneers commission fees we charge 2.5% + VAT of the valuation amount or £250+ VAT, whichever is the greater. This Probate valuation charge is normally waved or refunded if the collection is eventually sold to or through us.
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COLUMBUS -- Democratic lawmakers slammed the GOP leaders of the Ohio House and Senate Tuesday for failing to move on an expansion to Medicaid eligibility, despite earlier assurances of hearings and potential action before the end of the summer recess.
"I believe there's only one reason not to act at this time," Sen. Capri Cafaro (D-Hubbard) told reporters during a morning press conference at the Statehouse. "... That's motivated by cowardice, by fear and by being selfishly motivated by politics."
House Minority Leader Tracy Heard (D-Columbus) voiced comparable frustration in a later released statement: "It is discouraging that no legislative action is even ongoing. It would be different if House members were actively working out legislative components of Medicaid expansion through the committee process, but we really have yet to see any action along those lines. I would encourage Republican leaders to bring us back to work before dragging out more tired and stale false deadlines."
Both comments came the day after the head of the Ohio House's finance committee said he expected action on the Medicaid issue in coming months.
Rep. Ron Amstutz (R-Wooster) said he expected multiple summer hearings on multiple bills, with a goal of having proposed law changes ready for "serious stage" conversations in September.
"This is going to be way more than Medicaid," Amstutz said. "It's going to be what can we do to help the struggling part of the state to get stronger so that more people will not need Medicaid than would otherwise be the case."
He added, "My goal is to see action by Oct. 1."
The ongoing debate concerns Gov. John Kasich's proposal to expand Medicaid coverage to include Ohioans earning up to 138 percent of federal poverty level (about $15,000 per person).
The administration has estimated that the expansion would leverage billions in federal Medicaid dollars, save the state more than $400 million in general revenue funds and ensure 275,000-plus additional low-income Ohioans have health-care coverage.
But Republican lawmakers have balked at the plan, saying it amounts to an endorsement of President Barack Obama's signature health care law and out-of-control government spending.
Republican lawmakers indicated in June that they expected summer hearings on the Medicaid issue and action shortly thereafter, with a final package potentially including job training or other measures to help Ohioans gain employment and boost their incomes enough to take them off public assistance.
No committee hearings have been announced to date, though the House and Senate have "if needed" and scheduled sessions days in late August in September.
Kasich voiced concern earlier this month about potential delays in a final vote.
"'By the end of the year' starts to become problematic," he told attendees at a Statehouse rally. "We may have to try to get something sooner in the year. ... We'd like to have something soon after the summer."
Cafaro said Republican legislature leaders' comments on Medicaid amount to "no real indication of a commitment to action. As a matter of fact, it seems to me that this talk is simply a way to feign interest without doing anything at all."
On Tuesday, Cafaro offered separate legislation that she said would expand Medicaid eligibility, control costs, provide an exit in case federal funding commitments change and initiate a study of ways to coordinate Medicaid and work force development programs.
"Under this bill, more people will be insured and Ohio will be spending less money," Cafaro said in a released statement. "Hundreds of thousands of Ohioans lives hang in the balance simply because they are a part of a population that is caught in the crosshairs of political marksmanship."
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Edwin Gossner Sr. was born in 1909. He came from the eastern region of Edliswiel-Waldkirch, Switzerland where five generations of his family had lived as farmers. Today, the seventh generation of Gossners carry on the family tradition and continue to maintain the same homestead that has been a part of the family heritage for all these years.
Due to a declining European economy and limited prospects for the future, Edwin Gossner decided to seek a new life in America. He immigrated to the United States in 1930, scarcely speaking a word of English, and immediately went to work for his older brother Ernest in Wisconsin. Ernest had preceded Edwin seven years earlier to the U.S. after graduating from the Swiss Cheesemaking School of Switzerland and now owned his own cheese factory. For the next three years Edwin Gossner served his own apprenticeship and learned the art making fine Swiss cheese following the traditional methods of the old country. In 1933 Edwin married Josephine Oechslin of Darlington, Wisconsin and she was to be a major influence on him all their married life. Two children, Edwin, Jr. and Dolores, soon followed.
It was also in 1933 that his brother got an offer elsewhere and Edwin was asked to take over as Cheesemaker at the Burke factory. He held this position until 1937 when the factory burned down. Edwin then moved on to California where he accepted a position with the Rumiano family making cheese. While there he converted the plant from a Monterey Jack to a Swiss cheese facility. This was to be an invaluable experience as he was able to improve upon his knowledge of making Swiss cheese utilizing milk from cows fed on fermented feeds (silage) instead of fresh feed. The traditional method of making Swiss cheese did not allow for the use of milk from cows fed on silage, but he proved that it could be done. This was an important new concept that Gossner would later successfully employ in Cache Valley.
Ed kept an eye open for a place of his own where he could make Swiss cheese. In 1941 he located such a place in Northern Utah (Cache Valley) while on vacation to Yellowstone National Park with his family. Cache Valley proved to be an ideal location with its climate and elevation closely resembling that of Switzerland. And there was more than an abundant supply of milk with hundreds of dairymen producing locally. By the end of the year Gossner had moved to Utah and was set up for business. Within five years he had built up what was at the time the largest Swiss cheese making factory in the world, producing 120 two hundred pound wheels of cheese a day.
In the ensuing years Gossner was the guiding force in upgrading Cache Valley milk production to Grade A market status. He brought sustained benefits to the dairymen by opening new markets for them and increasing their overall profits. Gossner also made important innovations such as introducing to the area the means of making processed cheese and a more efficient recovery method of whey by-products.
In 1966 Edwin Gossner and his family began anew by starting Gossner Foods. Again the focus was placed on making Swiss cheese. They started with a half vat of milk (12,500 lbs.) every other day and Ed was quoted as saying that he would be happy if he could make up to two vats (50,000 lbs.) every other day. Today, over 25 years later, Gossner Foods uses over a half million pounds of milk a day for cheese production. In 1967 Gossners began packaging a line of cheeses starting with Swiss, Cheddar and Monterey Jack. Eventually Muenster and others were added so that in time over 30 varieties carried the Gossner name.
Edwin Gossner had his eye on the future. In 1973 he helped establish Swiss Village, a cheese manufacturing plant in Nampa, Idaho and in 1982 he brought out a new fluid milk product that utilized ultra high temperature packaging technology. Rather than compete with the existing Grade A milk market this new technology allowed Gossners to open up new marketing avenues. Gossner Milk can be kept unrefrigerated at room temperature for months and as such has proved to be highly desirable to the military community and others. Today, Gossner Milk travels all over the world with our troops, and it is sold in places as diverse as Puerto Rico and Panama where milk supplies and refrigeration are limited.
The mainstay of Gossner Foods continues to be Swiss cheese. It is made using the same formula that Edwin Gossner developed years ago. The Gossner Swiss cheese is a specialty cheese that has a milder flavor and softer body than other Swiss cheeses, yet it remains distinctly Swiss. Gossner Foods now utilizes state-of-the-art equipment for aseptic packaging and cheesemaking and is currently exploring new ideas to expand its product line.
When Edwin Gossner died in 1987 he left behind as part of his legacy a well-oiled machine that consisted of a corps of caring, knowledgeable, and well-trained employees. It is duly noted that were it not for these dedicated people Gossner Foods would not be what it is today, a successful family business.
Three of the original four members of the Gossner family that came to the Valley in 1941 are no longer with us. During their lifetimes, Edwin, Josephine, and Edwin Jr. were greatly respected in the community and received numerous civic awards in recognition of their involvement and contributions. That tradition of service to the community continues to this day at Gossner's.


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ADRIAN, Mich. – Adrian College men's ice hockey coach Adam Krug '12 has announced that the Bulldogs will open the 2018-19 season against NCAA Division I opponent Princeton University in an exhibition contest in Princeton, N.J. That road game highlights a schedule featuring 25 regular-season games--including 12 home dates in the friendly confines of Arrington Ice Arena--and another exhibition versus the United States National Team Development Program Under-18 (USNTDP) squad.
The puck drops on the new season Saturday, Oct. 13, versus the Princeton Tigers in Hobey Baker Rink, who captured their first ECAC title in 10 years and earned their first NCAA tournament bid in nine last March. Princeton is coached by former Adrian bench boss Ron Fogarty (2008-14) who founded the program for its first NCAA season in 2007-08. Krug and assistant coach Shawn Skelly '11 played for Fogarty and were members of the original Bulldogs squad.
On Thursday, Oct. 18, fans can catch a glimpse of the new Adrian team for the annual Black and Gold intrasquad game. The regular season starts in earnest on Oct. 26-27 when the Bulldogs will travel to Utica for a pair of games.
November starts with a five-game home stand for the Black and Gold, starting with a matchup against Lawrence on Nov. 2 in the home opener before Marian (Wis.) come to town the following night. The next weekend sees Finlandia coming Arrington on Nov. 9 and St. Norbert in town on Nov. 10. The homestand comes to an end the next weekend when Adrian faces Trine in a home and home series, with Nov. 16 being a home match for AC before traveling to Trine for the game on Nov. 17.
The Bulldogs will then travel to Norwich University over Thanksgiving weekend for the prestigious PrimeLink Great Northern ShootOut. They'll play the host Norwich on Nov. 23 and then either Middlebury or Plattsburgh on Nov. 24. The PrimeLink champion has won the national title five times, qualified for the NCAA tournament all but three, 11 of the 19 PrimeLink champions have made it to the Frozen Four and on seven occasions they have advanced to the national championship game.
Adrian will be on the road again at the end of November when it travels to St. Scholastica on Nov. 30 and then onto Northland on Dec. 1. The Bulldogs are home for the rest of December, hosting Salve Regina for a pair of games on Dec. 7-8 before welcoming SUNY Canton on Dec. 30 to close out play in 2018.
The first contest of 2019 will see the Black and Gold traveling to Plymouth, Mich., for their rematch with the USNTDP on Jan. 8. Adrian lost a 2-1 nailbiter in overtime in its last trip to Plymouth last season. The Bulldogs hit the road again that weekend, traveling to Lake Forest on Jan. 11 and then to Aurora on Jan. 12.
Adrian will be back at home on Jan. 18-19 when they host Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) on the 18th and Concordia (Wis.) on the 19th before going back on the road the next weekend for games against St. Norbert on Jan. 25 and Finlandia on Jan. 26.
The Bulldogs close out their home games on Feb. 1-2, hosting Lake Forest and then Aurora, before finishing the regular season on the road at Concordia (Wis.) on Feb. 8 and at MSOE on Feb. 9.
The postseason starts with the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association Harris Cup Playoffs with the NCHA Quarterfinals (Feb. 16-17), Semifinals (Feb. 24) and Championship (March 3). The NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Championship runs Mar. 10 (First Round), Mar. 17 (Quarterfinals), Mar. 23 (Semifinals) and Mar. 24 (Championship).
The Bulldogs won their fourth-consecutive NCHA Peters Cup regular-season championship and advanced to the conference tournament final for the 10th time in 11 seasons of their existence. Adrian also made its sixth NCAA tournament appearance in a row and eighth in school history. Adrian finished 24-6 overall and 17-1 for first place in the NCHA-South, producing three All-Americans and 17 All-NCHA and academic all-conference selections.
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Tecnargilla 2018 continues to grow. After launching Greentech, the new exhibition section dedicated to green technologies and products, the world's most important appointment for the ceramics and brick industry presents T-finishing, a show dedicated to technologies, equipment and chemicals for ceramic tile finishing processes.
Processes of squaring, lapping and surface treatment, enable a great aesthetic value to the ceramic product
At a time when the aesthetic result is increasingly at the heart of development of the finished product and surface finishing technologies, Tecnargilla creates a focus on the companies that, through the processes of squaring, lapping and surface treatment, enable the ceramic product to acquire great aesthetic value in addition to functionality, further defining the advantages of decoration.
Companies know-how and technology needed to lend the utmost quality to the product
A showcase for know-how among the companies that have developed the technologies needed to lend the product the utmost quality from an aesthetic perspective, the added value that maximises competitiveness on the market. A concept also applied to large slabs, a trend that has been characterising the ceramics market in recent years.
The end-of-line solutions focus on design through greater development of the technical component. State-of-the-art systems and technologies can boost performance, reliability and optimise production costs with an eye to improvement of energy efficiency and environmental impact, as for dry processing, a significant increase for ceramics businesses. Improvement in terms of resin abrasives and diamond tools have also permitted an optimal response to individual production requirements.
New specifications permit simplifications of the system, greater part life and therefore line life, more control (also remotely), repeatability, a better work environment and the possibility of optimising the product, recovering the remains and recycling them.
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Germ-mania, College Style
Dr. Charles Gerba has spent a lot of time in the bathroom. The microbiologist from the University of Arizona is the world's foremost authority on organisms that live in and near the commode. He has spent part of his professional life studying how droplets from the toilet bowl migrate to other areas of the bathroom. Once he used a strobe light to shoot a time-lapsed photograph of what happens when a person flushes the toilet. He found that droplets of water rocket out of the bowl with tremendous speed, each laden with invisible bacteria and viruses. The take-home: Stash that toothbrush in the medicine cabinet [source: Marston].
Still, dorm toilets are relatively clean compared to the dorm shower. The latter are oversized petri dishes. A study conducted by the Simmons College Center for Hygiene and Health in Home and Community found that shower floors were the most contaminated surface in college dormitories. The shower, with its moist, humid environment, had more than 40 times the number of bacteria than the toilet seat. Forty-three percent of the shower floors that researchers studied contained fecal bacteria, while 20 percent were contaminated with Streptococcus,a spherical bacterium that can cause infections such as strep throat and scarlet fever [source: PR Newswire].
Other microbes lurk in the shower, too. Mold is extremely prevalent and problematic for those suffering from allergies, asthma or other breathing ailments. Other fungi can cause athlete's foot, skin infections, nail infections, and jock itch [sources: Centers for Disease Control, Fox News, Cigna].
If you think public showers are a no-man's-land of pathogens, you don't want to know what's going on at the sink, specifically the faucets. Thousands of different types of germs rest on the handles of sink faucets, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (commonly known as MRSA). Even electronic, non-touch faucets are cesspools. A Johns Hopkins University study found that half of the samples obtained from electronic-eye faucets were contaminated with Legionella spp., which causes Legionnaires' disease. Researchers speculate that parts of the electronic faucet might trap the bacteria, allowing Legionella spp. to multiply, grow and seep into the water supply and ultimately onto, or into, your body [sources: PR Newswire, Men's Health].
Public restroom floors — including the one in your dormitory — are filthy, too. Gerba, aka Dr. Germ, says about 2 million bacteria live on every square inch of floor surface. That's about 200 times more than a sanitary surface. And here's a shocker for you ladies, the sanitary napkin disposal unit can brim with germs, too [source: ABC News].


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at #4516kasterParticipanthttps://www.reddit.com/r/perth/comments/8h77td/anyone_here_interested_or_got_a_degree_in/Context: Is it possible to just hack/RE my garage which has a B&D TB5v2 transmitter using rolling codes. Equipment I have: YardStickOne – ANT500, GoodFet, premium Female/Female Jumper wires 20 x 6″. Adafruit Perma-Proto half sized Breadboard PCB and a Pocket AVR aswell as an Ubuntu OS.The garage door receiver is a B&D Controll-A-Door P Diamond Panel Door Opener"A friend suggestion would be to determine the rolling code algorithm, and then implement it yourself using your YardStickOne. I'd do this by dumping the flash from the PIC16F (assuming it's not protected — bunnie has a document on removing protection from PICs via invasive attack — if it gets to this and you don't want to go down that route, let me know as I'd be interested in doing it in my lab), then disassembling the flash and determining the rolling code algo (finding the interrupts triggered when a button is pressed and reversing from there). Then you can use the programming feature to sniff the data you need during a reprogram to plug in the necessary seed into the rolling code algo. if you don't have an SDR, you can use the YS1 "specan" feature to determine the frequency (or from the reversed binary) and oversampling in YS1 to determine the baud rate (it's FSK), then use YS1 with the proper frequency+baudrate to view the actual data sent by remote"Basically I want to dump the flash of the PIC16F526 non-evasively – without de-soldering it from the board. My friend said more often than not the protection fuse is not going to be set.He then went on to tell me to look up the datasheet and tools to dump the flash (datasheet will describe how as well). if you have a PIC programmer, it should be able, otherwise some other device like buspirate, goodfet, or just a microcontroller like arduino or another PIC should suffice but you may need to write some code or find a project for dumping flash from that type of chip.Here is a picture of the remote: https://imgur.com/a/ZPzkJThe MCU is a PIC16F636 14 pinAnd the other chip is: IA4221A1X60834Basically I want to extract/dump the data/code from PIC16F636 14 pin MCU, rather than using samy kamkars RollJam techniqueOther details:~1/SL0823V86I also want to go about dumping the flash non-invasively and using tools/equipment such as a logic analyzer, Pickit2 or Pickit3 for these particular chips. Another possibility is to voltage or clock glitch the PIC16F636 to bypass its protection (if it's fused)? 'm guessing most of these algorithms (rollingcode)/PRNG are pretty simple and we might be able to break it just by sniffing the traffic between the PIC16F636 and RF (IA4221 – Which looks like spi bus) IC using a logic analyzer – I have a saleae knock off from china. We woud just need to look at the datasheet to understand which pins have SPI traffic.And if we can work out how the transmitter works (the IA4221), we can simply read the commands being sent from the microcontroller, hold the microcontroller in reset (typically – connect the reset pin to ground, but woud need to check the datasheet etc) and send our own commands.
Useful Readings: https://www.openpcd.org/dl/HID-iCLASS-security.pdfat #4517parkviewParticipant
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text: Royal Standley, Maslow's Board Vice President, is an owner of Oregon Pacific Financial Advisors. His practice focuses on the planning needs of people in retirement as well as those planning for the future. A lifelong resident of Southern Oregon, Royal is an active member of the community. Royal's passion for helping people has led him to volunteer with a number of non-profit organizations including Barnstormers Theater, Maslow Project and Southern Oregon Head Start.


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Reddish-purple center and matching rim. Expect an alluring nose of plum, mineral, leather, and spice notes. This wine is seamless in the mouth, leading to a rich and elegant mid-palate. Super-fine-grained tannins form a superior structure propping up some marvelous fruit. This wine, as with many of these Merlots, is drinking beautifully in its infancy.
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- 2008
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- Napa Valley
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- Merlot 100%
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- 14.7%
- Cases Produced
- 4000
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Along with a few other wines, Lot 210 is part of a project that presented itself recently. Havens Winery, located just south of Yountville, was a short, quiet drive off Highway 29, Napa Valley's main winery tour route. Havens had earned distinction for its Merlot, Syrah, and other red blends before being sold off due to the demise of distributor Billington Imports. We subsequently purchased all of their 2007 vintage Merlot as well as a few others that you may see in the near future. This is one of the Merlots that Havens was particularly proud of, with great tonnage and marvelous terroir. This wine boasts Francois Freres barrels and two of the top vineyards of Havens, so this is another top-notch Merlot.


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How to spend a weekend in Cornwall
This post was written by our good friends at Latitude 50, who provide luxury holiday cottages in Cornwall including cottages in Daymer Bay– the perfect places to kick back, relax and offer the best that North Cornwall has to offer!
Your visit to Cornwall should be perfect. From the moment you arrive until the moment you leave your entire experience should be tailor made to fit you.
Whilst there are those who come to Kernow in search of excitement and adrenaline filled adventures there are also many more who are drawn to the region by the laidback lifestyle and amazing scenery.
Cornwall is a place where you can slow down, take a deep breath, and enjoy life. That may mean spending some time with that special someone, or a family trip, or maybe it just boils down to a bit of 'me time'.
Regardless, your weekend in Cornwall should be an experience you never forget.
Good Morning Kernow
There are few places in the UK that can boast the same picturesque landscapes as Cornwall and they are at their most breath taking in the mornings. The early birds will want to take full advantage of this by taking an early morning coastal walk to watch a magnificent Cornish sunrise from the beach.
Dog owners can even bring their loyal pups along to share the view and explore the golden sand on one of the many dog-friendly beaches like Daymer Bay, perfect for dog walking in Cornwall.
Of course some people will want to enjoy an old fashioned lay in, and there's nothing wrong with that, just make sure you are up in time to enjoy a delicious al-fresco breakfast on the Blue Tomato terrace.
Take it easy or hit the trail
Adventures and exploration won't be for everyone in the family so whilst the kids hire out some bikes and take off down the Camel Valley Bike Trail why not experience true luxury by ordering a house call from a local masseuse and beauty therapist. If you're feeling a bit active you could play a few rounds of golf whilst the rest of the family enjoys surfing lessons from the qualified instructors at Polzeath Beach.
Good food and fine wine
There are many opportunities to treat your palate when in Cornwall, you can even pick up a few tips by attending a Rick Stein cookery course in beautiful Padstow or train your taste buds with a wine tasting session at the Camel Valley Vineyard.
There are many award winning restaurants in the area, Padstow alone is home to Jamie Oliver and Rick Stein restaurants with many more fine eateries scattered around the region, meaning you are never too far away from a fantastic meal after a busy, or lazy, day.
No matter what it is you are seeking you will find it in Cornwall. Few other places can lay claim to offering visitors such a diverse range of beauty and unique encounters. It is for this reason that visitors are so enchanted and return time and time again.


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I have boxes of journals and index cards, folders of handwritten notes, and a section of my hard drive full of starter poems and essays. Some pieces are further along than others, but they all have one thing in common, they are incomplete.
I look at some of these folders and say these ideas are "in work." And this is sometimes true. I often write about my life and being in the middle of an event is a great time to take detailed notes because either I haven't finished living that entire experience or gained the perspective needed to tell a complete story.
But the reality is that the majority of this is creative indecision.
Fortunately, my office can accommodate these boxes and full shelves but earlier this year, I decided that I couldn't anymore. I could no longer ignore that I start way more than I finish. I began to face my procrastination, my fear, my piles of research — all that holds my writing back.
I still write new things. I can't help it. The world is interesting — things are happening. But I'm also dedicating time to old projects. When I read an old fragment, sink into my old notes and feelings, I tell myself that I have to finish it in this sitting with what I know right now while so many other shiny things beg for my attention. It's not a fast process, so I usually do this with a snack and a cool drink. On those days, on those pages, I tell myself I'm not writing, I'm finishing.


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Randall has been very involved in San Juan County communities, where he is a Monticello City Councilman and a sergeant of the Utah Highway Patrol.
He was on the tail end of a 28-year career with the Utah Highway Patrol.
Randall was also involved in serving local youth. He was a member of several state championship cross country teams at Monticello High School, both as a runner and as a head coach.
Randall passed away on January 7 of complications related to lymphoma. He leaves a wife, Laurie Randall, four married children, and a growing number of grandchildren.
The body of Randall was transported in a Utah Highway Patrol motorcade on January 7 from Provo to the mortuary in Moab.
A similar motorcade will bring his body to Monticello for the funeral and burial service on Saturday, leaving the Moab area at 7:45 a.m. on Saturday and arriving at the stake center around 8:35 a.m.
After the funeral, the motorcade will accompany the funeral procession to the Monticello Cemetery.
The family asks that instead of flowers, contributions be made to the Honoring Heroes Foundation at honoringheroesfoundation.org.
The organization was formed to protect and provide for fallen and wounded Utah Highway Patrol troopers and for the well-being of the dependents and employees of the Utah Highway Patrol.


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Lisa Besserer began her real estate career in 2002, and in her first two years closed over $20 million in sales. She elevated to the Leaders Circle just one year after joining Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty and has since made the President's Circle. Most recently, Lisa was honored as one of the brokerage's Top Producer for sales in 2015.
"Having set that pace, it is a standard that I am continuing," said Lisa. She has proved to keep up that pace by making it on the list of the top producing agents at Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty, year after year.
A Dallas native, Lisa attended Texas Tech University and is the mother of two children who attended the Episcopal School of Dallas. As a result, she is quite knowledgeable about the neighborhoods, schools and other insider issues that are an important part of the home-buying process. Her daughter, Bonnie recently joined her at Briggs Freeman Sotheby's International Realty. They are currently working both individually and as a team, to exceed client demands and expectations. Lisa has much experience and expertise in Dallas areas, especially regarding Preston Hollow, Bluffview, the Park Cities and North Dallas.
Lisa realizes that finding the perfect home can be a timely process. She is extremely patient in making sure her clients find the best possible house to suit their needs. Lisa works in a casual, but straightforward manner. "I never want to pressure my clients for a sale. I want them to feel confident and informed in their decision-making process." She is a matchmaker, in every sense of the word. One of her clients has said, "I truly don't think there is anyone out there who knows this market better than Lisa." She has a knack for finding houses not on the market and she seems to always be just one step ahead of the game.
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Cilantro is a simple and rewarding herb to grow at home. It is alternatively referred to as Chinese parsley or coriander leaves. Its seeds are commonly known as coriander and are also used as a spice. Cilantro is a popular herb in many different cultures. It is a mainstay of Mexican and Spanish cooking, as well as many Asian and Middle Eastern cuisines.
About Cilantro
Cilantro was cultivated in ancient Greece where its leaves were used in cooking and its essential oils used to make perfume. Its zesty fragrance helps freshen the air and adds a distinct flavor to the herb garden.
The cilantro plant is similar in appearance to parsley, but has a much stronger smell. Cilantro has a distinct flavor that is often described as citrus. Cilantro is an extremely healthy herb. It can help to settle the stomach and prevent nausea. Cilantro can help lower cholesterol and blood sugar as well as help to cleanse the body of toxins.
Growing Cilantro
Cilantro can be grown in the ground or in containers. Its containers should be at least eighteen inches wide and ten inches deep to give it enough space to grow. It will grow best in a location that receives full sun, at least six hours each day. Cilantro can thrive indoors as long as it receives enough sunlight. A growing light can help ensure that indoor cilantro plants receive adequate sunlight.
Cilantro can be grown from seed or from small plants. Its soil should be kept moist, but able to drain thoroughly. Once in the ground, cilantro tends to grow very quickly and will soon begin to flower and form seeds. For this reason, many people in warmer climates prefer to grow cilantro outdoors in the spring or fall when it will grow at a slower rate than during the summer months.
If the cilantro plant begins to flower, simply snip the flowers off to redirect its growth to the leaves. A flowering cilantro will not produce as much new growth. It is best to harvest the larger leaves on the outside of the plant first, allowing the smaller inside leaves to continue to grow.
The cilantro plant should be at least six inches tall before any leaves are harvested. After that, its leaves should be picked at least once a week to maintain its growth and prevent flowering.
Using Cilantro
All parts of the cilantro plant are edible, but its fresh leaves and dried seeds are the most commonly used. Cilantro does not dry or freeze well, so its leaves are best used fresh from the plant. It will also quickly use its flavor when heated, so it is best to always use cilantro cold or add it to a dish in the final minutes of cooking.
Fresh cilantro can be used in a number of different ways. Adding fresh cilantro to homemade guacamole or salsa adds an entirely new dimension of flavor. Cilantro can be used as a garnish on meat and fish. Chopped cilantro can also be used as a flavorful garnish on curries or added to stir fries in the final moments of cooking.


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Partners in Faith Kick-off Reception
Sunday February 10th
St Jude Parish Center
All Parishioners are welcomed to attend this informational event.
Refreshments will be served
A short video will be played, followed by brief remarks, the distribution of campaign materials and a question and answer session. Please RSVP if you are able to attend by calling Father George at 973-398-6377 or via e-mail. Please contact us if you cannot make the February 10th meeting and we will arrange to meet with you at a more convenient time.
Partners in Faith is the Diocesan Capital and Endowment Campaign. All 111 parishes within the Diocese will participate in the campaign. The St. Jude fundraising target is to raise a $255,000, so we need everyone's help to reach this goal.
The funds raised will benefit:
See the Questions & Answers: A Quick Guide for additional information or contact the St Jude Parish Partners in Faith Campaign Committee (or call the Rectory @ 973.398.6377). Also please consider attending the February 10th reception (see above).
See the introductory video below featuring our Bishop, the Most Reverend Arthur J. Serratelli.
Funds raised from the Partners in Faith campaign will be used to support long-term and extra-ordinary needs of the Diocese and our Parish.
Please consider volunteering to help St Jude Parish plan, organize, and execute the Partners in Faith diocesian-wide fund raising campaign within our Parish. Call the Rectory (973.398.6377) or send us an email to express your interst or if you have questions.


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Sam's story
Sam Hillman is brushing up on his skills through an apprenticeship with Aster Group. Sam, from Melksham, Wiltshire, joined the business in August 2015. He is currently working towards and NVQ Level 2 qualification in painting and decorating.
Through his apprenticeship, Sam spends time on site learning and trying out a comprehensive range of practical painting and decorating skills. He also visits Wiltshire College to complete the theoretical side of his qualification. Sam has excelled in the classroom, winning the college's Student of the Year award in 2014. He followed this up by being named Painting and Decorating Apprentice of the Year in 2015.
Sam says: "I'd thought about becoming an electrician originally but since I discovered painting and decorating – I absolutely love it!
"Aster has given me the opportunity to learn so many new skills – as well as painting, I've done some wallpapering, tiling and grouting, so there's been lots of variety. The rest of the team I work with are great too. There's always someone to ask if I need any advice."


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Mont Blanc, also famous for its pen and accessories is a must visit. This is the only such boutique in replica watches or this region besides its Singapore branch. The famous rolex replica sale originated form Sonvilier, in the Swiss Jura or better known as Chopard is also situated next to these stores. I wonder if Chopard Mille Miglia Classic, my personal favourite of replica watches sale was on display. I did not have much time at that particular hour to replica watches into all these boutique. It will be included in my next visit. But from what i see on the window display, the offer was more towards catering ladies watches segment. In the rolex replica also there is this Watatime boutique where you can find most of the authentic watches such as Omega, Ebel and Longines watches which has high market demand. The fake rolex sale is also situated near these luxury boutique but on a different floor.ReplyDelete


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