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City Councilors Join APD Appreciation Day
City Councilors Ken Sanchez and Klarissa Peña worked with many of the community members to carry on the Annual Officer Appreciation Day that Mr. Louis Tafoya and other community members put on year after year. Both would like thank everyone who has participated in getting donations of food, as well as all of the volunteers that participating in getting donations, and serving throughout the day.
After the passing of our dear friend and great community leader, Mr. Tafoya, the Councilors vowed to work with the community to continue this tradition, where we have an opportunity to say thank you to the men and women of the Southwest Police Substation for all they do. The event started at 8:00 am with community members and Councilors celebrating those that protect us every day.
We would also like to thank Commander Roger Banez for his service to our community, as he will be retiring this month.


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Florida's sandy beaches, tourist attractions and mild temperatures make it welcoming to residents and tourists alike. Professional beauty careers are expected to increase in the state, adding over 1,100 jobs through 2019, according to Florida's Department of Economic Opportunity. To learn the skills required for this career and the Florida Board of Cosmetology licensing requirements, attending one of many beauty schools in Florida can get you started.
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When U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is inaugurated on January 20, 2017, his most complicated foreign policy challenge will be what to do about Syria. Under President Barack Obama, Washington's Syria policy has focused on fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). But with ISIS teetering, the government of Bashar al-Assad gaining ground, and outside powers such as Iran and Russia becoming ever more involved, simply fighting the caliphate may not be enough for the next leader of the United States.
In order to destroy ISIS and uproot the extremism that has been generated by the Syrian war, the United States will need to help stabilize opposition-controlled areas of the country while pressuring Iran and Russia to move toward a viable political settlement. To get there, President Trump will need to be more willing to put pressure on Moscow and Tehran than he has so far indicated. That means he should be ready to impose penalties on both if they do not fulfill any commitments they make.
Today, ISIS and the Assad regime each control roughly one-third of Syria. Thanks to help from Russia and Iranian-backed Shiite militias, the Syrian government has established control over what it calls "essential Syria": the urbanized, north–south spine of the country that connects Damascus to the country's largest city, Aleppo, which Assad is now on the verge of reconquering. But if he is successful, what happens next is unclear. Assad claims he will reassert control over the entire country, but he lacks the manpower to take and hold Sunni-dominated territory in northwestern, eastern, and southern Syria. He could only do so by importing more Shiite militiamen from abroad, which could provoke Syria's neighbors to increase their involvement and fuel the local Sunni insurgency.
Eastern Syria has, for the last two years, been split between ISIS and the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), part of the Syrian wing of the Turkish Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which Ankara considers a terrorist group.
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I've known Dr. Shustik both as a patient and as a professional, through my work as a board member of Easton Hospital (in Easton, PA). I had a very high stress job for many years, and eventually suffered from a heart attack. Dr. Shustik helped me refocus on my health, and now I'm exercising regularly and caring for myself.
I found Dr. Shustik to be very patient. Not only was he a good listener, but he helped me take the proper steps to help myself. I had an issue that was ongoing for sometime, and he had me go through numerous tests, which turned out to be a hyperactive parathyroid. Because of Dr. Shustik's persistence and guidance, I was able to have an operation that probably saved my life.
I researched Dr. Shustik and chose to make an appointment with him. He was wonderful. He spent plenty of time getting to know me and really had my philosophy of preventative care and no medication if at all possible. He sent me for several tests and reviewed them all with me. He helped me understand blood work readings and was able to teach me how to prevent my migraines without taking prophylactic medication, which was my desire. I'm very happy with Dr. Shustik's care and I'm confident enough in him to ask him to care for my children's medical needs as well as my own.


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Night in Ram Das Puri by Mirabai Ceiba is an invitation to enter the sacred space of Guru Ram Das, to pufify the soul, and to manifest love and peace. This album has 2 incredible 31-minute meditations for Purification & Creation. With detailed descriptions for doing these meditations, this album is an incredible tool for your meditative practice.
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"We dedicate this set of powerful transformative meditations as taught by Yogi Bhajan to the sacred Land of Guru Ram Das Puri in New Mexico. This land has been an ancient spiritual gathering place for thousands of years where holy men of the native tribes met to experience and celebrate the Light of the Unified Supreme Spirit, the divine spiritual essence that lives in everyone. In 1976, the Land had been entrusted from the Hopi elders to Yogi Bhajan and the 3HO foundation to keep and protect the tradition and spread the spirit of light and love to all people of the world. Yogi Bhajan called the land Ram Das Puri, the land of God's servants, named after Guru Ram Das, the 4th Sikh Guru, who embodies humility and compassion.
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One thing that I do when I am bored is to browse for some good food deals on sites like Groupon and LivingSocial. When Milk Tea told me about a deal for this new Belgian chocolates dessert place near Waterfront station, I was eager to try it out!
Leonidas, situated right beside the Vancouver Convention Centre with a great view of the water, is a small shop that specializes in Belgian chocolates. Leonidas chocolates have been around since 1913, and there are stores all around the world (from Paris to Hong Kong).
When Mochi and I entered the little dessert shop, the first thing we noticed was the large selection of chocolates on display. The store itself was not too big, with only five tables inside (outdoor seating will probably be available when the weather is a bit warmer). They also had a variety of other desserts such as macarons, gelato, and boxed chocolates.
With the SocialShopper coupon, we were entitled to two cups of hot chocolate, two chocolate-covered strawberries, two liege waffles, and six Belgian chocolates. Mochi and I decided to have the six chocolates to-go. As for hot chocolate, we had the choice of either white, milk, or dark chocolate hot chocolate. I opted for the dark since I like my chocolates to be less sweet and more bitter, and Mochi chose the milk.
The hot chocolates were served in cups that had an insulating layer so that our hands were not burned. It was a cold and windy day. I warmed my freezing cold hands on the warm cup and took sips of my favourite hot drink. I liked my dark hot chocolate a lot; it tasted very chocolatey, and yet was not too sweet. The milk hot chocolate had a distinct milky flavour, and was sweeter than the dark, but tasted very good as well. According to a friend, the white hot chocolate is very sweet so unless you like your drinks super sweet, the milk or dark would probably be the better options.
While drinking the hot beverages and listening to calm music, the waffles and strawberries arrived:
The waffles had been warmed in an oven, and sprinkled with some icing sugar. Beside the waffles were two strawberries that had been dipped in milk chocolate, then drizzled with white chocolate. Sweetened whipped cream garnished one corner of the plate, and the plating was complete with drops of caramel and chocolate sauce that had been drawn into the shape of Leonidas's signature L.
The liege waffle tasted soft and warm, and had bits of sugar in the corners. It was my first time having a Belgian waffle, and in my opinion it tasted really good, especially with some whipped cream. Mochi enjoyed his waffle too.
The strawberries were good, but my favourite chocolate-covered strawberries are still the ones from Wicked Spoon (Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas).
Before leaving, Mochi and I selected six different chocolates. It was hard to make a choice since there were so many different kinds. In the end we chose a dark chocolate ganache, dark hazelnut ganache, "I Love You" lemon cream filled chocolate, tiramisu cup, dark chocolate truffle, and a white chocolate marzipan cup. Their chocolates are smooth and at original price, cost a lot less than Godiva, yet is still good quality chocolates. It is made with 100% cocoa butter and pure chocolate.
For the quality that you get for the reasonable price, I would pay Leonidas another visit the next time I pass by Vancouver Convention Centre.


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It's a question that's been passed through the ages, since sometime during the mesolithic period: What's the best video game controller? And the answer is easy: who give a rats? Oh wait we do, cause we're doing it for our Top 3 this week.
We're also discussing a Spyro the Dragon Trilogy Remake rumour, the System Shock remake being put on hiatus, the impending release of Metal Gear Survive, Blizzard rounding up Warcraft 3 players for a super secret event, Kingdom Hearts 3, Sea of Thieves, Celeste, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and The Station.
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What Better Way to Put the Relaxation into a Vacation
High Hampton Inn's Spa Manager, Faith Hartle, has worked at High Hampton for two seasons. She took some time out of her busy schedule to answer questions about the Hampton Health Spa, just one of the many ways to relax on your vacation at High Hampton Inn.
1. Is the spa offering any special fall packages?
Yes, this autumn we will be offering two special packages. The first is an exfoliating foot scrub, and the second package is a revitalizing eye treatment. Both are complimentary with an 80-minute custom massage.
2. What is the most popular treatment at the spa?
We have two very popular treatments here at the spa. Our signature Customized Massage combines elements of Swedish massage with deep tissue massage and is geared toward your individual needs. This treatment can last 50 minutes or 80 minutes, depending on the client's needs. Just as popular, is The Hampton Signature Facial that includes a soothing moisturizing masque and a relaxing head, neck, and shoulder massage. This 50-minute facial treatment is customized for each person's specific skin type.
3. What is your favorite spa treatment, and why?
There is no one service that I can pick as my favorite. They treatments are all fabulous. From custom massages to nail treatments to chemical peels, combined with our organic skin care products, we really do it all.
4. If this is one's first visit to a spa, what can he/she expect?
The Hampton Health Spa is the perfect place to experience your first spa treatment. Our staff of highly-trained, caring professionals promise relaxation, revitalization, and cater to every individual's needs. No one will leave our spa disappointed.
5. How far in advance do you need to make a reservation for the spa?
It is recommended that reservations be made one to two weeks in advance, especially for appointments on weekends and holidays, but same-day requests may be honored if availability permits. To schedule an appointment, please call (828) 743-6479.


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Have you ever been invited to attend an Indian wedding but have absolutely no idea what type of clothes you should wear? If you live in the west and are not part of this community it could be a somewhat tricky situation, of course the easiest thing to do is ask the host, after all they will probably have several guests attending who don't know either, so it's unlikely that you would be alone in this dilemma.
OK, so that's the easy way out, but what if you don't actually know them yourself, perhaps you are going as somebody else's "plus one", that's when you may need a bit of advice. Well firstly I doubt anyone would frown if you wore typical western formal clothes, suits for men and wedding dresses for the ladies, although this is taking the easy way out, why not be a bit more adventurous, you could buy some new jewellery especially for the occasion, it's not unusual for women to buy new indian jewellery specifically for a wedding. Generally speaking the women will wear one of three styles of dress and these are highly likely to be very bright and colourful.
First the Saree, this is probably the one which you will already have heard of and usually consists of a fairly plain blouse which is almost entirely covered by up to nine metres of elaborately coloured and decorated material which can be wrapped around in a number of different ways to create this fantastic indian classic look.
Next is the Lehenga and although you probably don't already know the name you will have undoubtedly seen people wearing them before, it's made up of a long skirt with a matching blouse or Choli, with a very long scarf (traditionally called a Dupatta) because it's a more common style of outfit for western tastes, this could be a much easier option as there is no need to learn how to wrap a saree around.
Finally and the easiest to wear is the Salwar Kameez, these are worn by both men and women (of course different styles for each, an obvious way to see the difference is that the women's don't have pockets), they are essentially a long shirt which is worn with tight or loose trousers underneath and usually a matching Dupatta.
The Bride
The bride at an indian wedding will traditionally wear an embroidered Saree, this may have been her mothers which was handed down, or it may be new. It is likely to take many hours for the bride to get dressed as in addition to the saree, there is special indian bridal jewellery to be worn, Chudas which are red and white bangles only worn by the bride and of course hair and make up to be done.
As a guest you could also consider some new indian jewellery to accompany your new saree, salware kameez or lehenga, there are many styles to chose from and some are copies of those worn in bollywood films and many gold jewellery sets are inspired by Jodha Akbar costumes and kundan bridal jewellery is quite fashionable at the moment.
Whatever style you choose, it's a great opportunity to get dressed up! And of course you want to look your best while the wedding band plays on throughout the night and particularly as the wedding photographer is snapping away.


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The colleges are designed in such a manner that students can get the superior knowledge with degree from the colleges of Ahmedabad. The prospectus of degree courses have been intended in such a way so as to provide the greater quality of education to the students. Each college has variety of programs so as to provide the students the superior knowledge.
Emotionally the colleges in Ahmedabad are fairly sound and have got a disciplined environment. Each college has the superior disciplined and very cool and quite peaceful environment. Students can get the peaceful and disciplined environment to study.
Colleges in Ahmedabad:-• Ahmedabad Arts and Commerce College
• BD Arts College for women
• Smt. Sadguna Girls College
• Sahjanand Arts and Commerce College
• CU Shah Arts and Science College
• HA College of Commerce
• Sabarmati Arts and Commerce College
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• Smt Laxmiben and Shri Chimanlal Mehta Arts College
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Ahmedabad Arts and Commerce College :-NAME :- Ahmedabad Arts & Commerce College
Address :- Gheekanta Road, Nr. Telephone Exchchange, Vasna, Gheekanta, Ahmedabad
District :- Ahmedabad
State :- Gujarat
Phone :- 25625941,26605559
Year Started :- 1964
Correspondent or Chairman :- Satvedi, Shri Joseph H
Affiliated to :- Gujarat University
Ahmedabad Arts and Commerce College is one of the reputed colleges in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad Arts & Commerce College was established in 1964 with B.A stream and in 1981 they started offering commerce stream also.
BD Arts College for women :-NAME:- BD Arts college for women
ADDRESS:- Sankadi Sheri, Manekchowk, Navarangpura, Ahmedabad
DISTRICT:- Ahmedabad
STATE:- Gujarat
AFFILIATED TO:- Gujarat University
COURSES OFFERED- B.A. (Prin.) & (Subsi.) English, Gujarati, Hindi, Home Science, Psychology, Sanskrit, Sociology, B.A. (Subsi.) Persian, Prakrit, Political Science, Statistical Method, M.A. Home Science, Sanskrit, Economics.
Located near Kadia in Central Ahmedabad, the college was founded in 1956. It offers B.A and M.A courses in various subjects only for women.
Smt. Sadguna Girls College:-Smt Sadguna C U Arts College for Girls, Ahmedabad was established in 1966 at a time when establishing a girl's college was measured a trail contravention project. The College started initially with only 250 girl students. Today the college has a full strength of above 1300 girl students. This College has been in existence for the last 45 years wih its goal-centered around women's progress in educational,social and cultural fields.
Brief Overview about College:-Name:- Smt Sadguna C U Arts College For Girls
ADDRESS:- Opp. Dinbai Tower, Lal Darwaja, Ahmedabad
DISTRICT:- Ahmedabad
STATE:- Gujarat
AFFILIATED TO:- Gujarat University
COURSES OFFERED:- Bachelor Of Arts In ECONOMICS, Bachelor Of Arts In ENGLISH, Bachelor Of Arts In GUJARATI, Bachelor Of Arts In HINDI, Bachelor Of Arts In HISTORY, Bachelor Of Arts In PERSIAN, Bachelor Of Arts In PSYCHOLOGY, Bachelor Of Arts In SANSKRIT, Bachelor Of Arts In SOCIOLOGY, Bachelor Of Arts In STATISTICS, Master Of Arts.


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John Blackmon
Sheila Perry
This Committee shall have general supervision over all of the following County offices or agencies and their related functions, including, but not limited to, those powers and duties outlined under specific statutory authorities:
- Highways & Facilities Department
- Road Construction & Reconstruction Projects
- Trails Program
- Planning Department
- Civil Aviation
- Code Enforcement Officer
- Mass Transportation
In the absence of the Director of Planning or the Superintendent of Highways and Facilities, the Chairperson of this Committee shall have and exercise all the powers and duties which have been assigned to said office.
Meeting Dates: Monday at 1:00 PM
January 28, 2019
February 25, 2019
March 25, 2019
April 29, 2019
May (To Be Determined)
June 24, 2019
July 29, 2019
August 26, 2019
September 30, 2019
October 28, 2019
Supervisor Fagan advised that the Fulton County Office Building Renovation Project (Phase I) started today. He hopes that any confusion that the public is having when finding the correct entrance will become easier in the next few days


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Individual HOA Board Members: Your Authority is Limited
At a recent California community association forum, a friendly professional disagreement arose over a manager's contention that individual board members can't act on anything because individually they have no standing to act. He insists individual board members can act only when they comprise a board, which requires a quorum. A lawyer who represents associations and owners


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The Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, will host a one-week intensive short course on sexual minority rights from 24 to 28 February 2020.
Course date: 24 - 28 February 2020
Venue: Graduate Centre, University of Pretoria Main Campus
About the course
The Advanced Human Rights Course on Sexual Minority Rights in Africa introduces participants to basic SOGIESC (sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics) concepts and a thematic and geographical exposition of challenges faced by LGBTI persons in Africa.
This course is designed for people who wish to obtain basic/introductory information, an understanding of the terminology and a general appreciation of the problems faced by LGBTI persons in realising basic human rights in many societies. Participants are helped to understand ways in which they can make a contribution to advancing the rights of LGBTI persons, especially at national level. The course focuses strongly on strategies for litigation and advocacy/lobbying at national level. Participants typically include academics; police officers and magistrates (who often lack basic knowledge and are often accused of abusing LGBTI persons); NGOs which do not work on sexual minority rights issues, for example, or who have only recently begun to do so and need capacity building. They may also include National Human Rights Institutions, which are neither civil society organisations nor government departments and who can play an important role in countries where national governments are unsympathetic to LGBTI issues.
The Centre for Human Rights also presents a second course on Sexual Minorities in Africa and is a more technical course, designed to train LGBTI activists on how to engage with the African Union and United Nations human rights bodies - understanding the history, composition and working of these supra-national bodies, as well as how to bring cases / communications before these bodies. The course examines case law as well as legal and political strategies used in the past. This helps participants formulate their own strategies and develop networks. The course is interactive and includes practical exercises, in which participants receive training on the processes and procedures of AU and UN human rights bodies. They are also able to share experiences and inspire each other. Participants typically include LGBTI activists and human rights defenders in general, who at least have some experience of working at the national level. More information on this second course will be published on the Centre's website in due course.
Course content
The programme may contain elements of the following themes:
- Conceptual clarification of the terms 'gay', 'lesbian', 'bisexual', 'transgender' and 'intersex' (the origin of these and other related terms and their influence);
- Bio-medical data on homosexuality, and its interpretation;
- HIV and the emergence of 'men-who-have-sex-with-men' (MSM), MSM and the LGBTI movement, the risk of HIV infection to lesbians, bisexuals, transgendered and intersex persons;
- African tradition/culture and homosexuality (the 'unAfrican' debate, anthropological perspectives on homosexuality in traditional Africa);
- The approach to homosexuality of the major religious traditions (Christianity, Islam);
- Public opinion on sexual minority rights: media, popular culture and literature in Africa and sexual minority rights;
- A typology of human rights violations of sexual minorities in African states (attempts to address them; reasons for violations);
- Criminal law and LGBTI persons (sodomy laws, and the application of criminal law);
- Sexual minority rights under international law (ICCPR; Toonen case; Yogyakarta Principles; are LGBTI persons 'minorities' under international law);
- Domestic legal provisions affecting LGBTI persons in African states (eg criminalisation of same-sex relations);
- Strategies and best practices of litigation to vindicate the rights of sexual minorities (the role of civil society organs, media etc);
- Current case law development in African states (Uganda, Kenya and Malawi);
- EU / Council of Europe and LGBTI Rights;
- Other international (UN) law and sexual minorities
Application procedure
Important Notice:
A high proficiency in English is required to attend this course. All lectures and materials are in English. Prior to applying for this course, please read through the information on the practical Information and the payment details pages.
Documents to be submitted:
- Curriculum Vitae (short CV in PDF or Word document, maximum 3 pages, maximum 10 MB in file size)
- One Letter of Recommendation (PDF or Word document, maximum 10 MB in file size)
- Academic Records (students only) (combined in one PDF or Word document, maximum 10 MB in file size)
* Please note that in order to apply for any of the Advanced Human Rights Courses, you are required to use a Google Gmail account.
Application deadline
Applications close on 12 February 2020.
Overview of previous courses
For more information, please contact:
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4197
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
Tel: +27 (0) 12 420 4197
Fax: +27 (0) 86 580 5743
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Kaya Mattress Review
This KAYA Mattress Review was recently completed by the MattressJunkie.com team. KAYA Sleep's goal with the Kaya Mattress was to build the most premium, most durable mattress on the market. All KAYA Mattresses are made in the USA and all foams used are Certi-PUR US certified. KAYA combines unique cooling technology, edge support, and high density foams to maintain a high-quality sleeping surface that's durable enough to last year after year. The KAYA Mattress combines a highly responsive layer of memory foam with pocketed coils to give the sleeper the best of both worlds. Check out what we thought about the hybrid KAYA Mattress below.
Tell me more about the Kaya Mattress cover.
The KAYA Mattress has a Thermo-gel infused cover that was created in one continuous knitting process. The KAYA Mattress cover is designed to stay ultra-cool throughout the night. Personally, we love the Thermo-gel cover. Gel infusion makes a huge difference in heat retention and dissipation throughout the night.
What's Under Kaya Mattress cover?
The KAYA Mattress is considered a hybrid mattress and has 4 layers under the mattress cover. The KAYA Mattress is 11 inches in height.
Layer 1 is comprised of responsive high density memory foam. This 1 inch layer of 5 lb. responsive high density foam is designed to provide comfort.
Layer 2 is made up of 2 inches of 4lb memory foam. This layer of memory foam is responsible for providing pressure relief and support for the sleeper's body.
Layer 3 is a 1 inch layer of 2lb. transition foam. This foam layer provides additional support for the other layers and enables deep compression support.
Layer 4 is a 6-inch layer of pocketed coils that sit on a 1 inch layer of stabilizing foam. Over 1,000 pocketed coils made from top grade steel. The pocketed coils are sandwiched between two layers of stabilizing foam.
The pocketed coils provide excellent edge support and do a great job controlling motion for those who don't sleep alone. Edge support is a common complaint with memory foam and hybrid mattresses. For those who use the entire mattress surface to sleep or use the edge of the bed for sitting, edge support is very important. The caving in feeling that you get with many mattresses as you approach the edge, does not happen with the KAYA Mattress. KAYA Sleep does a great job alleviating that common nuisance. The individually pocketed coils also play a huge role in motion transfer. Individual coils absorb the motion from pressure so the whole sleep surface is not disrupted when one person moves.
What Sleep Style Works Best with the Kaya Mattress?
The KAYA Mattress is listed as a medium firm. The KAYA feels like a medium to me but the pocketed coils play a huge role here. The coils stop the sleep from sinking into the mattress so you get the proper support with a comfortable sleep surface.
What type of base should I place my Kaya Mattress on?
We reviewed our KAYA Mattress on a regular bed on top of a box spring. Any flat surface such as a box spring or platform bed would work fine.
Will my mattress have a chemical smell when taken out of the box?
Most mattresses have an odor to them when you unroll and remove the vacuum sealed plastic. This "new mattress" smell is called off-gassing. Off gassing is not harmful nor toxic in any way. As your mattress breathes, the off-gassing smell will fade. The KAYA Mattress had little to no smell when opened.
What Type of Warranty and sleep trial Does Kaya Mattress Offer?
KAYA Sleep offers a 20-year warranty and 120-night, risk free sleep trial on the KAYA Mattress. KAYA offers free shipping and returns so the consumer is completely risk free when they purchase a KAYA Mattress.
How much does the Kaya Mattress cost?
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Do we recommend the Kaya Mattress?
The KAYA Mattress is one of my favorite hybrid mattresses to date. The support is top notch and the top foam layer is very comfortable. If you sleep hot and don't like memory foam mattresses, the KAYA Mattress would be a great alternative for the best of all worlds.
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Apricot Wild Rice
Another delicious recipe passed down to me by my Aunt Bea, after one of her always enjoyable dinner parties back in the early 2000s.
½ c. uncooked wild rice
2 tbsp. butter
2/3 c. chopped dried apricots
1 celery stalk, sliced
2 green onions, chopped
1½ tsp. dried thyme
2 c. chicken broth or beef broth
1 c. uncooked white rice
1 tbsp. grated orange zest
¼ c. slivered almonds toasted
Prepare wild rice according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a medium size pot, melt butter over medium heat. Add apricots, celery, green onion, and thyme. Cook about three minutes or until just softened. Add broth. Increase heat to high. Bring to a boil. Add white rice, cover and reduce heat to low. Simmer til liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, about twenty minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in cooked wild rice and orange zest. Cover, let stand five minutes. Fluff with fork and sprinkle with slivered almonds just before serving. Serves 4.


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Nippon Ham Fighters: May 3, 2010
by Gen on May.03, 2010 @ 2:30 pm, under NPB
...It appears Sho Nakata's decision on not having surgery on his left knee is not quite final. Citing a general lack of improvement, it seems Nakata may opt for surgery depending on how things go over the next three days.
...Masataka Nashida is apparently relieved that his team doesn't have to face Kazuyuki Hoashi (the Seibu Lions' pitcher that has tossed 24.2 shutout innings against the Fighters so far this year) until the end of June.
...The Fighters have posted an update about their food menu during Family Series 2010 at Kamagaya.
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Evolution of SpineCor Technology
While SpineCor is now 20 years old, it's still a revolutionary approach in the treatment of scoliosis
SpineCor's 1st generation of the dynamic corrective brace was strictly aimed at the treatment of adolescent
scoliosis but since then it's been improved over time. The 2nd generation was adapted for the treatment of adult scoliosis and has been proven to be a highly effective pain relief device. The latest 3rd generation brace improves comfort for all patients.
Learn more about SpineCor's flexible brace and how it has evolved and improved over time.
It's helped thousands of adult and adolescent scoliosis patients avoid surgery and relieve their pain.
Many of our patients say it has giving them a second chance at living their lives to the fullest!
Movement Is Life!
While SpineCor is called a scoliosis brace, it's really more of a rehab device that you wear to help improve your curves. Because it's made of elastic bands that wrap around your body you can move in any direction you like but it gives your body a gentle reminder, "no, go this way" into the direction of correction.
Overtime this helps your body create muscle memory that's corrective for your scoliosis. Since your body does the correction, rather than a hard brace doing it for you, those corrections will tend to stay in place once treatment is complete and you've stopped using SpineCor.
Adult Patients Get Pain Relief
Listen to what one of our adult patients had to say about her experience with SpineCor. Dionne Blaha is an author who has had scoliosis since she was a teen. Like most people she was told by her doctors there was nothing she could do about it, so she went about her life ignoring her scoliosis. Yet, gradually over time her scoliosis began to become more and more painful. By the time she was in her 50's her pain had become so constant that it was greatly affected her life. That's when she began to look for alternative treatment and discovered SpineCor.
She was so impressed with the results that she actually wrote a book about her experience called A Beautiful Spine.
(Listen to her inspiring story in her video intereview).
Find Out If SpineCor Is Right For You!
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SpineCor Reseach
Look at the 20 years of research behind the SpineCor brace
A Non-Rigid Brace for the Treatment of AIS: Post Treatment Results
This study reported in the European Spine Journal in 2003 on SpineCor efficacy was performed at the University of Montreal Medical school in 2002.
The results of this study of 195 scoliosis patients fitted with the SpineCor brace showed the probability of success (stabilization or correction of the curvature or minimal progression to avoiding surgery) was greater for patients the longer they stayed in the program.
It also showed continued improvement in many of the curvatures even after 2 years of completion of the SpineCor program. Of those patients who reached the 2 year mark 93% of the patients had stabilization or correction of their scoliosis curvatures.
Effectiveness of the SpineCor Brace Based on the New Standardized Criteria Proposed by the SRS for AIS
This research study used the latest SRS guidelines made it possible to compare brace outcomes side by side. This study compared the dynamic SpineCor brace with the commonly uses Static TLSO and Providence braces. Using the results in the above mentioned study the first study comparing the results from the dynamic SpineCor scoliosis brace was compare with two recent studies done on static scoliosis bracesthat also followed the SRS Guidelines. It compared the 3 popular scoliosis brace treatments. The results published in the Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics in 2007 shows a very clear difference in outcome for three different treatment methods. The results of this study showed a dramatic difference in treatment outcomes for each of the brace treatments.
The SpineCor brace was found to be 76.5% effective in avoiding surgery, while the Providence brace was found to be only 40% effective and the TLSO brace was only15% success (by SRS definitions) This meant that the SpineCor brace was found to be 4 times more effective than TLSO in stopping progression of the curve.
A Prospective Interventional Cohort Study of 175 Patients Treated by the SpineCor Orthosis, Following the SRS Criteria
From 1993 to 2011, 390 patients treated using the SpineCor orthosis respected the criteria for inclusion recommended by the SRS committee. 198 have a definitive outcome, and 175 have at least 2 years of follow-up. Assessment of brace effectiveness included; 1) percentage of patients who have 5 degree or less curve progression, and the percentage of patients who have 6 degree or more progression at skeletal maturity, 2) percentage of patients who have had surgery recommended/undergone before skeletal maturity, 3) percentage of patients with curves exceeding 45 degree at maturity (end of treatment) and 4) 2-years follow-up beyond maturity to determine the percentage of patients who subsequently underwent surgery.
Conclusion: The SpineCor orthosis is effective for the treatment of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis. Positive outcomes are maintained after the weaning of the orthosis, since 86.1% of the patients stabilized or corrected their Cobb angle.
SpineCor in the Treatment of Adult Scoliosis
Adult patients with scoliosis are offered little hope for rehabilitation and pain relief by health care professionals. Long term use of AINS and pain medication has proven harmful; rigid bracing is only rarely used due to its often disappointing results; surgery is only reserved for the most serious cases and mainly to preserve vital functions. Conservative management has also had poor outcome often due to long-term patient compliance. Long-term treatment of Adult Scoliosis with The SpineCor Pain Relief Back Brace deserves more attention. SpineCor offers a wide variety of combinations to improve posture. Its primary therapeutic goal is relief of pain while reducing the mechanical strain on the neuromusculoskeletal system, which would only with time, aggravate of the condition. The brace acts as a dynamic support to offload the spinal joints, therefore protecting the misaligned spine from the compressive forces of gravity, while the resistive elastic bands reinforce the core musculature to an overall better postural alignment. A long-term study was made on 30 adult scoliosis patients, 26 females and 4 males, aged between 18 and 69. All suffered enough chronic back pain to seek treatment and were fitted with a SpineCor Pain Relief Back Brace. Data over an 18 to 28 months time frame was collected while the patients were actively wearing their brace.
The overall improvement in the perception of pain by the adult scoliotic patients was 77% and this appeared to remain stable with time. Half of them reported having complete resolution of their symptoms.
Conclusion: These results suggest that the SpineCor Pain relief Back Brace is a promising conservative method for the longterm management of scoliosis in the adult population as it significantly reduces their pain status and improves their wellbeing.
A retrospective Study of 23 Adults Treated for Scoliosis Using the Spinecor Orthosis
This study examined the effectiveness of using SpineCor as a non-surgical treatment to reduce adult scoliosis curvature magnitude. 23 adults with scoliosis between the ages of 18 and 65 who were fitted with the SpineCor brace were followed overtime with X-ray assessment. Patients were separated into three groups based on curvature location: Thoracic (T), Thoracolumbar (TL) and Lumbar (L). T-tests were performed using the initial and follow-up Cobb measurements of AP radiographs for each of the three groups. The maximum (T) reduced from 94 degrees to 77 degrees (-12.2%) following a minimum of three months of treatment. The maximum (TL) measurement reduced from 31 degrees to 23 degrees (-13.4%), and the (L) minimum reduced from 17 degrees to 11.1 degrees (-15.3%). The patients in the "Thoracic" group (n = 20) had a mean average change of -5.27 degrees. The "Thoracolumbar" group (n = 3) had a mean average change of -6.0 degrees. The Lumbar group (n = 15) had a mean average change of -4.40 degrees. These findings suggest the use of SpineCor flexible orthosis is an effective tool in the management of adult scoliosis.
Use of SpineCor Dynamic Corrective Brace in Greece: a Preliminary Peport
The purpose of this observational study was to quantify the efficacy of the SpineCor Dynamic Corrective Brace for patients who were still actively being treated in Greece. It also, evaluated the effectiveness of the Brace for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis in accordance with the new standardized criteria proposed by the Scoliosis Research Society. Successful treatment (correction >5°, or stabilization +/- 5°) was achieved in 79 of the 82 patients and 25 of the 26 patients studied from the time of fitting of the Brace to the point which last Cobb angle was measured. This meant 96% correction/stabilization.
Learn More About The Orthopedic Surgeons Who Invented SpineCor
Watch this vintage video to learn more about SpineCor's Origin
Long Track Record of Proven Results
SpineCor: Clinically Proven Effective For The Treatment Of Scoliosis For Over 20 Years
While SpineCor still remains an innovative approach for the treament of scoliosis it has been extensively backed up in the research literature.
SpineCor has also been featured in the news.
Dr. Bruce Hensel of Channel 4 News says,
"SpineCor works for adult scoliosis and in those cases it may be life saving because severe curvature of the spine can progress and lead to breathing problems."
Find Out If SpineCor is Right For You!
If you're an adult suffering from scoliosis related pain you owe it to yourself to investigate SpineCor's Adult Scoliosis Pain Relief Brace.
Talk with one of our doctors to find out if SpineCor is right for your scoliosis.
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I received an email this morning from a reader across the ocean:
I was impressed (hailing from England) that you have a picture of Stonehenge on your page at www.Psychlinks.ca.
Do you see Stonehenge as a image of tranquility, wellness?
By the way I stumbled across your work, researching Bi-Polar disorder at Psychlinks Self-Help & Mental Health Support Forum
I have always been fascinated by the early history of the British Isles. especially of the Celtic tribes and the history preceding the Roman conquest and following the collapse of the Roman empire. I've also always been aware of the emotional power of Stonehenge for me personally. But I confess I've never really stopped to consider why I thought it so fitting as a symbol for the Psychlinks web sites. This morning, after receiving Patrick's email, I did just that.
Here is my response to him:
Good morning from Canada, Patrick: I see the Stonehenge image as many things, actually…
- A link for individuals between the past, the present, and the future
- A symbol of strength, endurance, and resilience: the ability to weather the storms of life and time and survive
- A symbol of stoic tranquility, wisdom, and solid grounding
- A link between the physical, the spiritual, and the mystical
- A link across generations
- Not necessarily a symbol of current wellness but the ability to persevere and to find strength to locate and retrieve what is healthy within you
And incidentally, my family is also from England. I was born in London and still have several family members and relatives in England and Scotland.
The image was cropped from a photograph taken a few years ago by my son, Daniel, a copy of which hangs in my office.
Dr. David J. Baxter, C.Psych.
It is also a personal reminder that adding the image to this blog is still on my to-do list…


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The India arm of the Swiss foods major said while it has passed on price cuts in dairy whiteners, sauces and infant cereals to consumers following lower tax slabs announced in the Goods & Services Tax (GST) on July 1, it will "have to pass on" increases in confectionery and coffee on account of higher taxation slabs. "GST has been relatively smooth, and 3,500 suppliers and 1,600 distributors had to be recalibrated across one million outlets, though there is still some reluctance in wholesale to pick up," Nestle said, while briefing analysts, adding that the June quarter was impacted because of destocking.
The company said about half of its growth now comes from its non-noodles portfolio, and that it will focus now on driving double digit volume growth, sustaining profitability, and fortified products across categories.
For the quarter ended June 2017, Nestle had reported net profit increase of 10% at Rs 263 crore, which it said got impacted on account of higher cost of materials.


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Tag Archives: British Regulars
Part Two: The Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781: The Fort Griswold Massacre
For Part One, click here. Lt. Col. Edmund Eyre's battalion of 800 Regulars and Loyalists landed on the east bank of the Thames River, facing tangled woodlands and swamps. The New Jersey Loyalists, in fact, had so much difficulty moving … Continue reading
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The Battle of Groton Heights, September 6, 1781: The Fort Griswold Massacre
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PD Image: 'Parable of the Wheat and the Tares' (1624) by Abraham Bloemaert, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore.
Abraham Bloemaert (1566-1651) was a Dutch painter and printmaker and one of the 'Haarlem Mannerists', who later picked up Baroque trends. He mostly painted historical themes and landscapes.
The Parable of the Wheat and the Tares (also known as Parable of the Weeds, Parable of the Wheat and Weeds, or the Parable of the Weeds in the Grain), is a parable told by Jesus. It refers to the final judgment when angels will separate the 'sons of the evil one' (the tares or weeds) from the 'sons of the kingdom' (the wheat).
The parable, as contained in Matthew 13:24-30, New International Version, is as follows:
Jesus told them another parable: "The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.
"The owner's servants came to him and said, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?' 'An enemy did this,' he replied. The servants asked him, 'Do you want us to go and pull them up?'
"'No,' he answered, 'because while you are pulling the weeds, you may root up the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.'"


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When a table is replicated on an individual table level (with the command
prepare table owner.table_name) and not on a schema level, then when the table is dropped with DDL, it is also removed from the replication.
This means that if the table is created again with DDL, the table must be prepared again before any DML or DDL is replicated. However, the table must exist before it is prepared. This means that the DDL to create the table is not replicated because replication happens before the table is newly prepared.
If the replication is done on a schema level (with command
prepare schema schema_name) then this is not an issue for new tables. This is because DDL is replicated for all new tables (currently Oracle to Oracle only).
If the create DDL should also be replicated for individual tables that are replicated on a table level (rather than a schema level) the following workaround can be used:
- Prepare the existing table. Note: that table must exist on both source and target. In this example the schema is
avi4and the table is called
dbvrep> prepare table avi4.test4
- Run the following dbvrep commands. This will turn on DDL at a schema level. Note: the schema name in this example is
dbvrep> PROCESS SETUP MINE SCHEMA avi4 MINE_DDL YES dbvrep> PROCESS SETUP MINE SCHEMA avi4 MINE_OUT YES dbvrep> PROCESS SETUP MINE SCHEMA avi4 MINE_ENABLED YES
- Shutdown the MINE engine. MINE has to be restarted for these settings to take affect.
dbvrep> shutdown mine
- Restart the MINE engine with the run script provided on the source system.
- Now the table can be dropped and re-created with DDL and this will be replicated to the target database.
- Note: All new create table DDL will be replicated to the target database. Use the
EXCLUDE CREATE TABLEwith wildcard option to exclude any specific tables.
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1.0 ct. Aquamarine & Diamond Pendant in 14K White Gold
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AJAX Remote Desktop Viewer
Quick Setup Guide
I have developed a quick proof of concept, showing that an AJAX enabled webpage can render a remote desktop over a single HTTP socket.
This page was linked to by Digg.com on June 21 2006. You'll notice from some of the stupid posts on that page that there are a heap of people that don't understand the concept of AJAX. Anyway, I got about 20,000 vistors that checked it out.
The source code is here. There is a sourceforge derivative here. There is a .Net derivative here.
Created: June 10, 2006
Last updated: June 24, 2006
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LONDON — Eugenie Bouchard is making another deep run at a Grand Slam after reaching the Wimbledon quarterfinals by beating the player who upset Serena Williams.
The 13th-seeded Canadian was down 5-3 in the second set but won the last four games to defeat France's Alize Cornet 7-6 (5), 7-5 in Monday's opening match on Centre Court.
Bouchard's victory set up a potential quarterfinal duel with Maria Sharapova, the former Wimbledon champion who beat her in the semifinals en route to the French Open title last month.
"This is what I've worked so hard for, to be in the quarters at Wimbledon," Bouchard said. "But I want to go another step. I want to keep going."
Bouchard, the only woman to reach the semifinals this year at both the Australian Open and French Open, became the first Canadian to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon since the Open era began in 1968.
"Another little historic thing for Canada," she said. "That's cool. I hope I can go further."
While Canada is making a breakthrough, with Milos Raonic playing in the men's fourth round Tuesday, American tennis was left with no player — man or woman — in the draw after John Isner lost and Madison Keys pulled out with an injury.
It's the first time since 1911 that no American men or women have reached the round of 16 at Wimbledon.
"Didn't know that," Isner said after losing a third-round match to Feliciano Lopez in four sets. "Don't really care either."
Most of the Bouchard-Cornet match was played under the Centre Court roof after rain stopped play with the Frenchwoman up 3-2 in the first set.
"Finally, I got to play under the very famous roof," Bouchard said. "Happy for that experience."
Cornet was coming off a three-set win over the top-seeded and five-time champion Williams in the third round on Saturday, but couldn't hold off the aggressive Bouchard.
The first man to reach the quarterfinals was 26th-seeded Marin Cilic of Croatia, who followed up his third-round win over 2010 finalist Tomas Berdych by beating Jeremy Chardy 7-6 (8) 6-4, 6-4. Cilic will next play either top-seeded Novak Djokovic or Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
The ninth-seeded Isner hit 52 aces but fell to 19th-seeded Lopez 6-7 (8), 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3), 7-5. Lopez earned the only service break of the match in the next-to-last game with a cross-court backhand passing winner. It was the only time Isner was broken during his three matches this year at the All England Club.
A three-time quarterfinalist at Wimbledon, Lopez will play Australian Open champion Stan Wawrinka next.
No. 5 Wawrinka beat Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in a third-round match. Also reaching the fourth round was No. 10 Kei Nishikori, who downed Simone Bolelli of Italy, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 in a match that had been suspended at 3-3 in the fifth set Saturday.
The 19-year-old Keys withdrew from her uncompleted third-round match against Yaroslava Shvedova because of a strained left thigh. The match had been suspended by darkness on Saturday, with Kazakhstan player leading 7-6 (7), 6-6.
"I came in this morning and I had lots of tape on and I tried," the 30th-ranked Keys said. "I had so much tape on me I could barely walk. It just wasn't happening."
Among the women reaching the quarterfinals were three Czech players — 2011 champion Petra Kvitova, Lucie Safarova and unseeded Barbora Zahlavova Strycova.
The sixth-seeded Kvitova was a 6-3, 6-2 winner over Peng Shuai; No. 23 Safarova coasted to a 6-0, 6-2 win over 175th-ranked qualifier Tereza Smitkova — another Czech —and Zahlavova Strycova finally converted on her sixth match point to down No. 16 Caroline Wozniacki 6-2, 7-5.
Zahlavova Strycova, who has reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal, served a six-month doping ban until April 2013 after testing positive for the stimulant sibutramine. She said Monday that she had considered quitting the sport during the suspension.
"I didn't want to come back and play again and compete," she said. "But it was just a short period of time. Like one month I was thinking like this. Then I was, 'Yeah, what I'm going to do?' I really like it. I love the sport. And then I didn't ask myself anymore."
Last year's Wimbledon runner-up, the 19th-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany, reached the fourth round by beating 2008 French Open champion and 11th-seeded Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 3-6, 6-1.


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I went out last week to take photos at 9 am and it was already in the 90's. I was sweating like crazy. Imagine trying to do outfit changes when your clothes are stuck to you! The things we go through just to get some blog photos! Lucky for me I have a friend who's willing to melt out there with me. Haha.
Too bad the entire week has been in the triple digits and there was no sign of relief. We had plans for thursday night outdoors but they cancelled it as a result of the heat. Of course a little heat wasn't going to stop me from have a fun night out. Well, it turns out an epic night out lead to the unfortunate realization that I am OLD. After
a couple of several drinks we went out dancing. It was country night and we showed off our line dancing skills (or lack thereof!) It was just minutes before we were going to leave and I'm dancing, bent knees and all, when next thing I know I hear a pop and my legs freeze in a semi squat position. I recover, gracefully of course, stand up and think I'm fine. By the time we make it home I'm already limping but not really feeling any pain thanks to Dr. Vodka. Long story short, I didn't hurt my ACL or MCL, the Dr believed it was just a 1st degree ligament tear and I'm supposed to recover in 4-6, 2-3 if I do a blood plasma shot. I'm leaning towards the shot even though it's supposed to be incredibly painful. Anyone else had this kind of a shot before?
In other news, this tunic from Pink Blush is super lightweight and breezy which has proven beneficial with the hot temps. I adore all of the details, the ruffle sleeves, crochet accents and high low hem. The floral pattern is so pretty. I wore it last weekend with cut offs and love the flowy, oversize nature in connection with short shorts. I've had several great piece from Pink Blush in the past, both while pregnant and not. All their clothes work while pregnant and when not but that does mean they do tend to run large. Don't let that deter you though because for certain styles the loose fit is adorable. And I can't seem to get enough of this blush crossbody bag, can we say love!
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Winter is in full swing and even though I am a bit late with this post – better late than never! This winter I made a conscious effort to take care of my skin and I must say I am definitely seeing results. Usually, my skin would get dry and a bit flaky from the brutal, cold air. However, this winter I have managed to work out a regimen that keeps my face hydrated, moisturized and blemish free!
One of the changes that I made this time around is switching to a gentler exfoliator. I was always a fan of St. Ives Apricot Scrub, and don't get me wrong I still use it in the summer time. However, when your skin has already taken a beating from the cold and now you are scrubbing it on top of that – no surprise – you will end up with major dry patches. What I recommend is switching to an exfoliator that is not as grainy as some of the traditional scrubs. You want to nourish your skin during this time, not strip it off all of the oils and moisture. This year I have come across an army of exfoliators that are gentle, soothing and will not put your skin through more torture. I highly recommend Vasanti Brighten Up! Enzymatic Face Rejuvenator or Dr. Brandt PoreDermabrasion Pore Perfecting Exfoliator. Both of these products are gentle, but also strong enough to do the job. Vasanti brightens, exfoliates and cleanses all at the same time, without drying or irritating your face. Dr. Brandt will leave you feeling refreshed, smooth and take away the oiliness without beating up your skin.
Never skip the toner! It is so easy and quick that it is unacceptable not to make it part of your routine. Purpose of the toner is to remove any dust, film or any residuals that were left on your face by your cleanser. For those lazy souls such as myself, mine is in a spritzing bottle, this way I don't even have to put it on a cotton ball. Just a few quick sprays and I am ready for my moisturizer. Try Murad's Hydrating Toner, as it is alcohol free, moisturizing and already comes in a spray bottle 😉
Once my toner dries, which takes literally 30 seconds, my face is ready for the next round of moisturization in the form of BB or CC Cream. Lately, I have switched to a CC as it provides more coverage and protection for your skin. My choice is the Super Goop CC Cream. Why I love it? Plain and simple: SPF + tone correction and good coverage of blemishes and small wrinkles. I am pretty sure that once warm weather rolls around I will switch back to a lighter BB Cream. I am also not afraid to go a little heavy with it. The more the better! Protect that skin from the cold and UV rays. If you are not into the whole BB/CC/DD and whatever else phenomena, then by all means use a good moisturizer that has some SPF in it. Murad has a great one that goes hand in hand with their hydrating toner. The Sheer Lustre Day Moisturizer hydrates your skin as well as delivering a sheer glow.
Now that was your everyday morning ritual, but there is always something extra you can do in the evening and overnight to help keep your skin protected and in tip top shape for the day ahead. Try to squeeze in a hydrating mask, be it a sheet or traditional. Twenty minutes is all you really need and you do not have to do this every night. You can do a hydrating mask twice or three times a week, or as the time allows. As long as you squeeze it in here and there your face will thank you for it later.
Next part is the best part as it requires no effort on your part. All of the work is done by the product and all while you are sleeping. Invest in a good, hydrating, overnight face moisturizer. Slap it on before bed and let it work its magic. No sweat for you! One of the products that I can personally recommend is the GlamGlow Hydrating Treatment. Packed with olive leaf extract, ginger and raw honey, this treatment will leave your skin feeling energized with a glowy finish!
What are your tricks to keeping your skin healthy during those killer winter months?


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by Sohail Asim on Saturday, March 2, 2013
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To understand the importance of Tangential thought flow, Abstraction and its relevance to creativity in the context of our society. And To lay down certain basic guidelines for people to assess if they have enough stimulus to develop original ideas. If not, to help them self assess how they can fill those gaps.
Cafe culture - is nothing but stimulating conversations, most of which are tangential in nature. This abstract quality is exactly what triggered many a great works of art. In our present system/society dangling with multiple ideas/activities or at times no activities is considered unproductive or worse a distraction. Hence, ideas are recycled and imagination is almost non-existent in our popular works of art. It starts from home, continues in school, carries on to workplace. Even in a 'creative field' like cinema/music the apathy towards the act of sitting in your backyard and digging a hole is appalling. Traveling is still leisure, and not learning or a way to experience new things. Ideas die when there aren't enough stimuli for them to develop. The best ideas are a work of flow. To do what you want to do, when you want to do. To get rid of resentment of not being able to do that, completely. To focus on the ideas that entice you, seduce you and makes you understand emotions in their purest forms. So a primary interest, a secondary interest, a tertiary interest can co-exist and help each other rather than suppress/clash with each other. It's healthy and in my opinion more desirable and often a necessity, and probably the most underrated aspect of ideating.
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I have worked as a copywriter and an Assistant Director in Mumbai, Apple picker in New Zealand, Sailor in Vietnam, Website manager for a hotel in Cambodia, Marathon organizer in Nepal, and I am currently finishing a script while figuring out an alternate model for funding and showcasing work that is truly interesting and exciting and not just a lip service to the Ayn Rand school of rebelliousness.
Ideas and Puzzles excite me. I'm a sucker for symmetry. An Architect by education. Huck Finn was my first inspiration. I grew up with Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes. Admire Michel Gondry and Terrence Malick - a lot - Gondry for me is the most imaginative filmmaker of this generation and Malick, an idealistic visionary. Common thing between them - Ideas. Non recycled, fresh perspective.
I believe, I've interesting ideas to share along with relevant stories. My uncorrupted, out-of-the-system perspective, can be refreshing to others while in audience, I'll have a mirror to reflect on.


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When we all sit and stare at those brand new skyscrapers, which seem to try and outdo each other for height on an annual basis, few of us consider what's actually beneath them. Unsurprisingly, the works below the buildings are on a significantly bigger scale than what they are to your standard domestic house, and that's why this post has been put together.
We're now going to take a look at some of the foundation types that the major commercial developers rely on. This isn't the time for your basic strip foundation, any firm that has experience in high-rise buildings will only deal in the following:
Out of all of the types we will mull over, piles are probably the most popular type of deep foundation. As the name suggests, they are long and thin and their aim is to transmit the entire load of the building to depths where its integrity will remain unaffected. While the bulk of this article is related to commercial construction, we should add that it's still not uncommon for piles to be used domestically when the soil type makes for a difficult environment.
In some regards, pier foundations are similar to piles. They are again long and thing and the principle difference relates to the installation. Piles are driven into the ground via specialist machinery, whereas piers are usually formed of poured concrete.
The caisson is probably the most advanced type of foundation and can be described as a hollow box, which is manoeuvred into position before being filled with concrete. Unsurprisingly, the uses for such foundations are few and far between, with one possible example being in rivers as the caissons are floated to their desired location before being sunk into place.


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I don't know about you, but I'm not one to turn away early clues to the new direction from .NET A-listers whose lives have recently flashed before their eyes. So I sat up a bit when I came across the following sobering passage on Rocky Lhotka's blog:
Sadly, as much as I truly love .NET and view it as the best software development platform mankind has yet invented, I strongly suspect that we'll all end up programming in JavaScript–or some decent abstraction of it like TypeScript. As a result, I'm increasingly convinced that platforms like .NET, Java, and Objective C will be relegated to writing "toy" consumer apps, and/or to pure server-side legacy code alongside the old COBOL, RPG, and FORTRAN code that still runs an amazing number of companies in the world.
I blinked, reread the paragraph a few times, and decided (among other things) that it was high time that I dug in and learned this TypeScript of which Lhotka spoke.
Well. That, and the fact that I had just signed up to show it to Nashville's .NET User Group within a matter of weeks.
Wax On, Wax Off
Now, I can read friendly, friendly Getting Started tutorials and watch Build talks all day long, but I find that I never really encounter all of the boogers and sharp corners on a new language until I've used it to solve a real problem or two. I had a good thing going in this respect for a while, by keeping a pet application. But that approach gets heavy once time has its way with you. I mean, I can't recommend enough the experience of building something top to bottom on your own, at least once. But what can you do if the Internet is already full, and you just want to learn something?
Enter Kata. A practice borrowed from the martial arts, a kata is a discrete exercise designed to strengthen a skill through repetition. When applied in software, it is a means for nerds to write code in real-world conditions, without so much in the way of the commitment that typically accompanies code in the real world.
Naturally, I turned to kata to help me quickly wrap my head around TypeScript. The kata I chose for this occasion was the game of Fizz Buzz. Also, it's me, so I came at it using Behavior-Driven Development. This helped me to lay out the game's requirements, and to remain focused on meeting them as simply as possible.
Since TypeScript is really just JavaScript with a tie on, I was able to bring along my favorite JavaScript tooling–namely, the Jasmine testing framework, and the Chutzpah extension for integrating Jasmine with Visual Studio's Test Explorer. And, of course, I had to install TypeScript itself, as it has not yet been mainstreamed into the out-of-box Visual Studio experience.
So, here's how you can recreate my learning experience from the comfort of your own personal code laboratory.
First, do the File, New Project shuffle, and choose the HTML Application with TypeScript template. Add the jasmine.js and jasmine.TypeScript.DefinitelyTyped NuGet packages to your new project, and round out the yak-shaving portion of the session by creating two TypeScript files, one christened fizzbuzz.spec.ts for the tests, and the other fizzbuzz.ts for the implementation.
For bonus #PROTIP points: open both of these and lay them out side by side using two vertical tab groups, and bring up the Test Explorer pane at the right edge of the Visual Studio window.
All righty then, tests first. The basic idea behind the game of Fizz Buzz, according to the Wikipedia article, is as follows.
Fizz buzz (also known as bizz buzz, or simply buzz) is a group word game for children to teach them about division.[1] Players take turns to count incrementally, replacing any number divisible by three with the word "fizz", and any number divisible by five with the word "buzz".
So, laying this out in discrete rules in order of increasing complexity, we get:
- The player says the next number.
- The player says 'fizz' if the next number is 3.
- The player says 'buzz' if the next number is 5.
- The player says 'fizz' if the next number is divisible by 3.
- The player says 'buzz' if the next number is divisible by 5.
- The player says 'fizzbuzz' if the next number is divisible by both 3 and 5.
Set up the spec file like so, adding a test for the first requirement using jasmine's
it() function, inside a
describe function.
/// <reference path="scripts/typings/jasmine/jasmine.d.ts"/> /// <reference path="fizzbuzz.ts"/> describe("The fizz buzz player", () => { it("says the next number.", () => { var player = new FizzBuzzPlayer(); expect(player.play(1)).toBe("1"); expect(player.play(2)).toBe("2"); }); });
Now save the file and run the tests. Since the
FizzBuzzPlayer class does not exist yet, the TypeScript compiler will fail the build. Following the TDD cycle of red, green, refactor, this counts as our first red. Resolve this by creating the
FizzBuzzPlayer class with in fizzbuzz.ts:
class FizzBuzzPlayer { play(n: number) { return ''; } }
Now that the build succeeds, the test runner should show that the spec fails–the
play method does not return "1". Let's solve this in the simplest possible way:
play(n: number) { return n.toString(); }
The test should now pass. Now let's write a test for the second requirement:
it("says 'fizz' if the next number is 3", () => { var player = new FizzBuzzPlayer(); expect(player.play(3)).toBe("fizz"); });
This test will fail with the message, "Expected '3' to be 'fizz'". Update the
play method again to make this pass:
play(n: number) { if (n == 3) return 'fizz'; return n.toString(); }
Let's do a bit of cleaning up for the refactor stage. It's repetitive to initialize the player in each spec, so using jasmine's
beforeEach function, initialize the player in one place, and remove that line from each of the specs:
var player; beforeEach(() => { player = new FizzBuzzPlayer(); }); it("says the next number.", () => { expect(player.play(1)).toBe("1"); expect(player.play(2)).toBe("2"); }); it("says 'fizz' if the next number is 3", () => { expect(player.play(3)).toBe("fizz"); });
Beautiful. Let's make things red again by adding a test for the next requirement:
it("says 'buzz' if the next number is 5", () => { expect(player.play(5)).toBe("buzz"); });
Red, it is: "Expected '5' to be 'buzz'". Make it go green by updating our
play method:
play(n: number) { if (n == 3) return 'fizz'; if (n == 5) return 'buzz'; return n.toString(); }
There's no refactoring to be done yet, so let's move back to red with the next requirement:
it("says 'fizz' if the next number is divisible by 3", () => { expect(player.play(6)).toBe("fizz"); expect(player.play(9)).toBe("fizz"); expect(player.play(27)).toBe("fizz"); });
Red, indeed: "Expected '6' to be 'fizz'". Make this pass by checking for a remainder of 0, rather than equality:
if (n % 3 == 0) return 'fizz';
Repeat this for the buzz case.
it("says 'buzz' if the next number is divisible by 5", () => { expect(player.play(10)).toBe("buzz"); expect(player.play(25)).toBe("buzz"); expect(player.play(100)).toBe("buzz"); });
And to make it pass:
if (n % 5 == 0) return 'buzz';
Now define the test for our last requirement:
it("says 'fizzbuzz' if the next number is divisible by both 3 and 5", () => { expect(player.play(15)).toBe("fizzbuzz"); expect(player.play(30)).toBe("fizzbuzz"); expect(player.play(60)).toBe("fizzbuzz"); });
Once this fails, we can update our
play method to solve the problem.
play(n: number) { var value = ''; if (n % 3 == 0) value = 'fizz'; if (n % 5 == 0) value += 'buzz'; if (value === '') value = n.toString(); return value; }
Green! Now, there looks to be a bit of refactoring to be done here. I mean, if you're into the whole code doing one thing well thing. Which you should be. The first two
if clauses are identical, except for the values involved–that looks like a function to me:
private getWordForMultiple(n: number, factor: number, word: string) { if (n % factor == 0) return word; else return ''; }
Now we can swap out our repetitive
if clauses for calls to this function:
play(n: number) { var value = ''; value += this.getWordForMultiple(n, 3, 'fizz'); value += this.getWordForMultiple(n, 5, 'buzz'); if (value === '') value = n.toString(); return value; }
Run the tests now to be sure that they still pass.
I think we can still go a little tighter than that. Let's make a
getWords method that handles all of the words-for-multiples business in one call:
private getWords(n: number) { var value = ''; value += this.getWordForMultiple(n, 3, 'fizz'); value += this.getWordForMultiple(n, 5, 'buzz'); return value; }
Now our
play function can be reduced to:
play(n: number) { var value = this.getWords(n); if (value === '') value = n.toString(); return value; }
And the tests still pass. Well, that was just a smashing learning exercise, and I thought that the whole thing went smoothly as a–
Your manager just walked out of a meeting. He looks a little ill as he approaches your desk. "We have a new requirement", he says. "The Fizz Buzz Player needs to be configurable, to accommodate any combination of factors and words."
Zoinks. It's a good thing we've been keeping our code ship-shape and tested–let's see what we can do. First, add the new requirement to the specs:
it("can be configured to accommodate any combination of factors and words.", () => { var cp = new FizzBuzzPlayer(2, 'jack', 7, 'squat'); expect(cp.play(1)).toBe("1"); expect(cp.play(2)).toBe("jack"); expect(cp.play(3)).toBe("3"); expect(cp.play(4)).toBe("jack"); expect(cp.play(5)).toBe("5"); expect(cp.play(6)).toBe("jack"); expect(cp.play(7)).toBe("squat"); expect(cp.play(8)).toBe("jack"); expect(cp.play(9)).toBe("9"); expect(cp.play(10)).toBe("jack"); expect(cp.play(11)).toBe("11"); expect(cp.play(12)).toBe("jack"); expect(cp.play(13)).toBe("13"); expect(cp.play(14)).toBe("jacksquat"); expect(cp.play(15)).toBe("15"); });
We're back to build failure, because
FizzBuzzPlayer doesn't have a constructor defined. Let's get things building again by adding one:
constructor( public fizzFactor: number = 3, public fizzWord: string = 'fizz', public buzzFactor: number = 5, public buzzWord: string = 'buzz') { }
Note that not only are we taking advantage of TypeScript's automatic properties shorthand, but we're also making these parameters optional by defining default values based on the original Fizz Buzz rules.
Our test still runs red. Let's fix up the
getWords code to actually use the new properties we've added:
private getWords(n: number) { var value = ''; value += this.getWordForMultiple(n, this.fizzFactor, this.fizzWord); value += this.getWordForMultiple(n, this.buzzFactor, this.buzzWord); return value; }
And we're back in the green! Time to refactor. Using the right-click menu's Refactor, Rename option (high-five, TypeScript!), let's rename
FizzBuzzPlayer to something less specific, and more appropriate to what it actually does now:
NumberGamePlayer. While you're at it, update the name in the jasmine
describe call, too.
You look up at your manager, who is still standing over your shoulder and clutching his business papers anxiously.
"No problem, boss!" you exclaim, and check in your changes without breaking eye contact.
"Whatever," he mutters as he shakes his head and walks off, failing to grasp exactly how easy TypeScript, Jasmine, Chutzpah, and you have made his life just now.