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The Gastric Bypass Vegetarian
Healthy Vegetarian Living after Gastric Bypass Surgery
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Crab Avocado Bake
1 ripe avocado
jumbo lump crab meat
Swiss, cheddar or gruyere cheese, sliced or shredded
Italian seasoning
Cut avocado in half and remove pit. Stuff grilled shrimp or lump crab meat in the hole where the pit was. Cover with your choice of cheese. Sprinkle with Italian seasoning. Place the avocado halves in the oven on broil. Watch closely and when cheese starts to brown/bubble, remove and enjoy!
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Tuesday, March 22, 2016
Chocolate Mug Cake
3 Tablespoons Skim Milk
2 Tablespoons Sugar Free Chocolate or Vanilla Torani Syrup
2 Tablespoons Canola Oil
3 Tablespoons Multigrain Pancake Mix
2 Tablespoons Cocoa
1 scoop Chocolate Protein Powder (any kind)
Microwave Safe Mug
In a measuring cup or microwave safe mug, Mix egg, milk, syrup and oil and combine thoroughly. In a separate bowl, mix pancake mix, cocoa, protein powder. Pour the wet into the dry until thoroughly mixed. Put in microwave for 2 mins or until it is dry completely on top. Flip it over and let cool. Cover with fat free cool whip!
This dessert can be made using different flavors of protein powders and syrups. Just experiment to get your favorite flavor! Enjoy!
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Sunday, March 13, 2016
Asian Broccoli
3 tbsp low sodium soy sauce
2 tsp dark sesame oil
1 tsp honey
1/2 tsp grated fresh peeled ginger
1/4 tsp dry mustard
1/2 cup onion chopped
1 can small water chestnuts drained and sliced
2 green onions, cut in half and diagonally sliced
Steam broccoli in vegetable steamer over boiling water. (I place in a colander and in pot of a boiling water to steam.)Drain & set aside in a serving bowl.
Mix together soy sauce and next 5 ingredients in a small saucepan & stir well. Bring to a boil, Pour over broccoili. Add chestnuts and green onions. Toss. Serves 5-6.
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Saturday, March 12, 2016
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Friday, March 11, 2016
Red Bean & Corn Tostadas
1 15oz can no salt added corn, drained
1 14.5 oz can red diced tomatoes and green chilies such as Rotel
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 1/2 tsp. chili powder
6 (6 in.) corn tortillas
3 cups shredded lettuce
2 medium tomatoes, chopped
3/4 cup shredded reduced fat sharp Cheddar Cheese
3/4 cup plain fat free yogurt
Preheat oven to 350. Take one of the bean bowls and mash with a fork. Put in sauce pan and add rest of beans , corn and next 4 ingredients. Bring to a boil then cover and reduce heat and simmer 10 mins. Remove the lid and cook until thickened. When bubbles, stir often. Set aside and keep warm.
Place tortillas in a single layer on a baking sheet. Put in oven for 10 mins or until crisp. Spread bean mixture evenly on tortillas and top with lettuce, chopped tomato, and cheese. Place spoonful of yogurt on top. Makes 6.
15g protein
271 calories per tostada
9g fiber
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Thursday, March 10, 2016
Pineapple Party Cheese Ball
3/4 cup shredded fat free sharp Cheddar cheese
1/2 finely chopped red or green bell pepper or mix of both
2 tsp grated onion
1 8 oz can crushed pineapple in juice, well drained
1/2 of 8oz package 1/3 less fat cream cheese, softened
1/2 of 8 oz package fat free cream cheese softened
Line a bowl with plastic wrap. Mix all of the ingredients together and place in the lined bowl. Cover with remaining plastic wrap and chill for at least 3 hrs to harden.
Take out and it will easily come out of the bowl in a dome shape. Roll in parsley, chopped nuts or sprinkle with black pepper.
Serve in middle of plate surrounded by chopped veggies! SOOO GOOD!
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Sunday, February 28, 2016
Winter Roasted Root Vegetable Salad with Sauce
1 cup diced parsnips
1 cup diced turnips
3 long carrots diced
1 medium white onion diced
1 cup brussels sprouts cut in half
8-12 fresh garlic cloves, peeled
olive oil as needed
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Cut up all veggies and spray bottom of baking dish with PAM. Place all veggies in baking dish. I suggest the Le Cruset baking dish that doesn't need tin foil and is super easy to clean up with no soaking. Drizzle veggies with olive oil. Sprinkle with black pepper and dash of salt. Toss veggies to coat and place in oven for 30-40 mins until tender and brown. Remove from oven and let cool to room temperature. Place endive, spinach or mixed lettuce of choice in bottom of bowl. Cover with root veggies and then add the honey mustard dressing found here or the dressing of your choice. Enjoy!
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With the start of the summer vacation, we at Makouk think it's time to share some creative and easy ways to engage your child in educational experiences over the summer.
At Makouk, we provide educational experiences to children in different forms, but for the sake of this article, we'll focus here on the easiest and simplest ideas you can implement with your child to engage and widen their horizons and also deepen your relationship during these few months of summer vacation.
The idea is to use different questions and techniques that build upon each other over the course of the summer holidays, so that by the end of the season, your child would have more or less experienced a holistic learning cycle that involves tackling a variety of attitudes and skills and a wide pool of knowledge.
We'll focus here on 5 main skills we'd like to invite you to work on and develop with your children over the course of the next few months:
Observation Skills:
Simply telling them to look around and pay attention to details will teach them to consciously observe and understand what's around them which lays the groundwork for questioning. Children are observers by nature. Your job is to make them conscious of it to lay the foundation for the new skills to come.
Questioning Skills:
Asking them "why?" things are the way they are is the first step to harnessing their curiosity to discover what lies beneath concepts around them that may seem obvious or absolute.
Research Skills:
To answer the "whys" they will learn to research and find possible and plausible answers.
Analytical Skills:
Analysis is what they do with all the information they collect after research. It is about transforming all this information they gained from research into concrete knowledge they can explain.
Reflection Skills:
This is one of the most important skills that your child needs to have to learn and grow; to take the knowledge and information they have learned to the next level; to make sense of things and connect them together.
So how can we achieve a learning cycle with all these skills mentioned above using simple and fun activities at home?
Easy! We start with a question and take it from there.
Here are 5 questions you can ask your child:
1- What are my favorite things at home?
What are the child's favorite things at home and/or summer house? Why? This could be an open discussion with parents sharing their favorite things as well.
Then choose 5 things and have a simple chart with these sub-questions: What is it? What is it made of? Where is it made? What was its journey before it reached us?
These are all questions that the child can try to answer over the summer by researching, reading, asking around and posting updates on a chart so all the information is there by the end of the summer. That is when your child will have accumulated knowledge of the origin of things.
2- What are the four things I use the most?
What are the four things your child uses the most? Have your child write or draw these four things and what they are used for on a board, wall, or large paper surface.
The next step is to take a journey into the past. Ask them if these four things existed 15, 50, 200 or even 1000 years ago? What would have replaced them if they were not there? This helps the child explore how things evolve over time, and understand how humans' needs change and develop.
3- Where have I been in Egypt?
Print out a map of Egypt and have the child use different symbols on the map:
- A square for locations they've already visited.
- A circle for places they'd like to visit.
- A triangle for places they know something about.
- An X for places they'd like to know more about.
The child can afterwards research locations and places they don't know, reflect on places they've been, etc. This helps the children develop a tangible geographical perspective to where they live, where they come from, and what else is out there.
4- Why is the sky blue?
Inspired by the Question Mark Project , you can ask your child a few open-ended questions about things we all take for granted:
- Why is the sky blue?
- Why is North upwards?
- Why is blood red?
A question can be asked each week/ month and a challenge can be made to find the answer to this question. Children can also be invited to pose their own questions to things they've never thought of answers for before.
5- What has been happening this summer?
Keep records of major events that are happening this summer: a friends gathering, a birthday party, a good meal, etc. :
- Create reflective discussion videos of what happened and ask your child how they felt during each of these events?
- Have follow up questions like: Did you meet anyone new? Did you learn anything new? Can we do it again?
This can alternatively be turned into a scrap book with pictures and accounts of favorite things that have taken place, reflections of feelings, new friends and new experiences.
For most of these questions, you can easily work with your children on developing their own educational resources and reflection sheets that they can use for exploration.
We recommend you use lots of colors, recycled material and pictures when applicable to make the experience more exciting. As you follow through with all the activities you'll be surprised at the new and exciting questions that your children will come up with and the endless experiences you will share with them. We wouldn't be stretching it if we say that after this home summer project, your child will change the way he or she thinks and your bond will definitely be stronger than before. So enjoy!
Nairy Abd El Shafy
Nairy Abd El Shafy, Educational Officer at Makouk, is an enthusiastic social activist with a passion for community service and social work. She has worked and volunteered in non-formal education, self-expression and intercultural learning with children, youth, adults and refugee communities in over 3 continents. She appreciates food, travelling and believes that fun learning spaces are created through play.

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See If You Can Answer This Insanely Difficult Question Goldman Sachs Has Asked in Job Interviews
By Rachel Gillett
When interviewing on Wall Street, job seekers often come up against questions that could send even the calmest candidate into a tailspin.
One such question comes from Goldman Sachs and was asked a few years ago of an analyst candidate:
"If you were shrunk to the size of a pencil and put in a blender, how would you get out?"The good news about such brain-teasing questions, according to Susan Sandler Brennan, executive director of Career Services at Bentley University, is that they are increasingly falling out of favor in the most competitive banks, consulting companies, and tech firms.
"As a career adviser to thousands of business students, I personally cheered when Laszlo Bock from Google declared the technique a waste of time and endorsed the time-tested behavioral interview," she said. "Nonetheless, candidates do need to be prepared to encounter these riddles in the interview mix."
Big banks sometimes pose "these seemingly silly, impractical, or outright useless questions" because your response may indicate your critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, your ability to think on your feet, and your ability to have fun in the process. Simply, interviewers are less interested in your answer than in how you approach the question, Brennan says.
Another reason she says top employers ask these types of questions: because they can.
"In an uber-competitive environment, the nature and spontaneity of these questions may be enough to weed out the pretenders from the stars," Brennan says. "They may reveal a candidate's intellectual ability while providing the interviewer with a cadre of follow-up questions that truly track your analytic skills."
Interviewers will be looking to see whether your answer is unique and your reasoning sound, whether you think before you speak, whether you master "the tenuous balance between confidence and humility," and whether you seem to enjoy the overall process.
"If you want to nail the interview and get the offer, never underestimate the question behind the question, especially when the employer knows that if you don't enjoy the delicate dance, the next candidate just might," Brennan says.
And there may be a moral in this specific blender/pencil question, says Vicky Oliver, author of "301 Smart Answers to Tough Interview Questions" and "Bad Bosses, Crazy Coworkers & Other Office Idiots:" "If you feel shrunken and are told to 'blend in,' the important thing is to find a way to distinguish yourself!"
For possible answers, we sifted through suggestions on Glassdoor and found a few creative approaches:
- "I'd write 'help me' on the side of the container, sit down, and wait (for) the waitress."
- "I would just erase the blender!"
- "If I am the size of pencil, I can easily stick to the side of the container or just stay above the blade. Just wait till the outlet is open and slip out of it."
- "I would be concerned as to who shrank me and why they wished to blend me."


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Kate & Brandon
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Here are some images from Kate & Brandons wedding at the BV gardens. Laurie Arons & Kathleen Deery created such a beautiful feel of soft pink & a white palette for the wedding colors. (more images to come)
Photographer: angie Silvy photography
Planner: laurie Arons
flowers: Kathleen Deery
Caterer: Paula Le duc
location: BB gardens
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I am glad the Washington Post can brag that they got more clicks than BuzzFeed. When people like me cancel their subscription, they can look no further than this tweet.
Vince Foster is dead. But in any race involving the Clintons, his ghost always lingers.https://t.co/deQ12f7HFv
— Chris Cillizza (@TheFix)
This is not about issues, this is not about being a Democrat or a Republican. This is about journalism. This is about being one of the places where you go for trusted "news". I love the Washington Post Outlook section because they give voice to smart people on the left and right. I want to read people who I don't often agree with. Instead we get this trash.


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Inkshares Author Joseph Asphahani - Discovering The Animal in Man (Guest Post)/
I think it's been ten or more years since I played in a Dungeons & Dragons campaign. I used to do it all the time. Nearly every Saturday night throughout high school, my friends and I would pack our dice, doritos, and dew (what a cliche, but in our case it's true), and we would wile the hours away at the local comic shop, whose owner trusted us enough to lock up. (He also rightly knew the game books and snacks would sell themselves in his absence.) My friends cooked up some really fantastic stories I remember how sometimes - not always, only sometimes - the real world would melt away for an instant, and I really would be lost in the world, in the game, in my character's body.
It was for those brief moments of pure and true immersion that I loved D&D, yet I hated D&D because we could never see any tale through to its end. Some of us might lose interest. Some of us got girlfriends (traitors!). Some of us just couldn't make it any more and the party count dipped so what was the point, right? I really hated that. The real life part that always found just the right angles at which to sink its +4 poisoned dagger into our games, leaving them to wither and perish over the ensuing rounds. So one day, I decided I would tell my own story, and I swore I would see it through to the end no matter what.
"The Animal in Man" was born from that ambition. I meticulously crafted the unique world of Herbridia, mapping all its mountains, charting all its seas, drawing all its boundaries, and inventing all its politics and cultures. I established all five of its kingdoms and their unique races of animal-human hybrid creatures: Mammals, Reptiles, Birds, Fish, and Insects. My friends selected which species they wanted to play and I thought of creative gameplay rules to coincide with their characters. The fox could sneak. The rhino could ram. What the old turtle lacked in speed he more than made up for in wisdom. And the hyena could go berserk at a moment's notice, but suffered a -2 penalty to stealth because, you know, he was always chuckling a little. My players wrote elaborate stories which I then wove into the immense and intricate tapestry of the plot.
I remember especially being overly proud of the villain my friends would face. Since I wouldn't technically be playing in my own game, I planned on making Salastragore, a lizard alchemist and artificer, the ultimate antagonist, a character with a vast network of spies and unlimited resources, who would always be seemingly one step ahead of the players. Someone they could hate. After all, who do you hate more than the villain who constantly robs you of control over your own life, who makes the choices for you that you didn't even know you had.
Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" (Republic, Book VII) had changed the way I thought about life, so the story of "The Animal in Man" was to center on the theme of manipulation and deceit, and Salastragore was its ultimate architect. There was to be a grand reveal at the end when players ultimately discovered this lizard man's intentions were not so misguided, that he had in fact been enslaving whole Herbridian populations because - locked as they were in an unknown war with a powerful unseen entity - he had only been trying set them free. Of course, what he had done throughout the game (so it had been planned) would be so despicable that I was certain the players would never forgive him. In short, this D&D campaign had a damn good story, so everything was set to go.
And I never ran a single session.
What happened? Real life. Jobs. School. Responsibilities. Girlfriends, including mine at the time. So I put "The Animal in Man" on a shelf, in a cabinet, and locked it all within my brain. And I thought about it for years. But just like playing in a D&D game, I would experience brief and bright flashes of being in Herbridia, living as a character who would have struggled to fight against the villain, who would have traveled to all the settings, spoken with all the kings and councils, and battled all the hordes of Thraxian monsters I'd designed. (Thraxians are the insect race, so they made pretty good fodder it turns out.) And of course, when I came face to face with Salastragore in my daydreams, I knew exactly what he'd say and what I'd say back. Like him, I too wanted to know if it was possible for us to overcome our seemingly unquenchable thirst for violence. He alone knew that Herbridia was just a grand experiment, that their world had been created to determine the answer to that very question, locked in a neverending violent nightmare. But he had lost himself in that violence, until he had become what he had tried to end. These daydreams continued for a while, until I decided to unlock the brain cabinet and add to the sheaf of papers on that shelf inside. I started to write.
A little here and there. Over the course of years. I got married. And I wrote a little. We had our first daughter and I wrote a little more. We had our second and I slowed down. Then I got busy and I wrote nearly nothing.
I remember one night, after a particularly long period of time in which nothing more had been put on paper - when my memories of Herbridia had started to slightly fade - I was on the roof of my apartment building, looking up at the moon, thinking of the similarities between that distant, incomplete world and the one I'd made, and I promised myself that before I turn 35, and unlike every D&D campaign I'd ever played, I would finish what I'd started. I would write "The Animal in Man."
As I write this, I'm 33. I'm proud to say that I've never failed to meet a deadline, and I don't intend to fail now. I assure you the story is solid, the chapters are airtight, the adventure moves at an exciting pace from scene to scene. You won't find any uncolored or unexplored corners of the novel's world, nor will you fall through any holes in its plot. Everything makes sense, everything is described in incredible detail, and every character has their time in the light. I have reached that point of inspiration every writer seeks where the book quite literally "writes itself." I think it's because I know more than anyone else how engaging is its subject matter. The story asks an essential, human question I've struggled to answer all my life: Why do we do such horrible things to each other? I don't have the answer, but writing this book is my way of searching for it.
I sincerely hope you will follow "The Animal in Man" on its inkshares.com page, help me fund its publication, and ultimately enjoy living in its world as much as I have. -Joseph Asphahani, author of The Animal in Man.


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Loper Chapel
As the congregation continues to discern whether to build affordable housing on the First Church campus, The Affordable Housing Subcommittee of the Blue Sky Team is hosting a series of a conversations on some of the individual issues that have been raised.
On Sunday, January 28 (note change of date), the conversation will be about the economics of affordable housing. The presentation will explore the financial side of affordable housing development, including possible compensation to First Church for use of part of its property.
The meeting will take place at 11:45 am in Loper Chapel.
On Sunday, November 19, a conversation about parking was held. You can watch the video of that meeting here... A conversation about Durant House and open space was held on December 10. Unfortunately, we were unable to capture audio or video of that meeting. On Sunday, January 7, a presentation and conversation on The Crisis in Affordable Housing and Solutions took place. Watch a video of this conversation...
Although the plans presented on October 22 by Satellite Affordable Housing Associates were only a broad view of what might be possible, they provided a helpful frame for identifying important issues that the church will need to consider in its discernment.
The final conversation on the Economics of Affordable Housing has been rescheduled to take place on January 28 at 11:45 am.
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I have many pet names for my little baby. Depending on what he looks like and what I feel like, one day he is my little dumpling, another day he is my little nugget, and at times my little piglet. Today I am going to pinch his nose and call him my little button 🙂 "Cute as a Button", what an endearing phrase! How about decorating a picture frame with buttons to display your own little button? Here is what I have done over the weekend.
What You Need:
- Plain picture frame
- Buttons
- Permanent markers
- Ceramic glue
What To Do:
1. I have picked up a plain white wooden frame as my base here. White is the most versatile of all. Since I am making one for my boy, I have chosen bottoms of varying sizes in blue, teal, yellow, white and light orange.
2. It is easier to draw / write on your frame first before sticking the buttons on.
3. Stick your buttons on using ceramic or super glue.
4. Insert the photo of your little "button" 🙂


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There are two important components for a good night's sleep, and they go hand-in-hand. They are a restful sleep environment and development of good sleep habits. Calvin Gardner, RPSGT, RST, director of the Mission Health Sleep Center, offers tips on how to develop these essential keys to sleep.
Sleep Habits
It doesn't matter how luxurious and restful your sleep environment is, if you don't have healthy sleep habits — also known as "sleep hygiene" — you'll still struggle with falling asleep or staying asleep.
Most sleep habits are common sense, but they can't be emphasized enough, said Gardner:
- Avoid napping during the day
- Avoid consuming caffeine too close to bedtime
- Exercise during the day, but avoid it close to bedtime
- Maintain a regular bedtime and wake time — even on weekends
- Avoid reading before bed (the light, or even the book's subject matter, can keep you too alert)
- Minimize stress, high emotions and disruptive activities before bedtime
If you have difficulty falling asleep, try taking a warm bath or shower before bed. When you get out, it will decrease your core body temperature, which will help initiate sleep.
Sleep Environment
If you have your healthy sleep habits down pat, all that's left for a restful night is a relaxing, sleep-inducing environment. Here's how you set the stage:
- Eliminate background sounds and illumination. This means turning off the TV, radio, computer, tablet, phone and MP3 player. If you need to have the TV on to wind down, set a timer so that it shuts off after a short time. If you must have music, make sure it's something relaxing.
- Keep your room dark. Remove nightlights from your bedroom, unless necessary. And if you have a streetlight outside your window, invest in light-blocking window shades.
- Make sure your bed is as comfortable as possible. It doesn't matter if your mattress is soft or firm, or if your bedding is silk or flannel—just choose what feels best to you.
- Set the temperature in your room between 65-68 degrees. Research has shown that this is the best temperature range for sleeping comfortably under covers.
- Avoid propping up with too many pillows. Forcing your neck and head into an unnatural sleep position can narrow your airway.
- Do whatever you need to make your environment less stressful. This can include cleaning out the clutter, adding aroma or painting the room a calming color.
"Your bed partner is part of your sleep environment," said Gardner. "Make sure both you and your partner are practicing good sleep habits and are comfortable in the sleep environment. This way, you'll disrupt one another less."
Calvin Gardner, RPSGT, RST, is director of the Mission Health Sleep Center. (828) 213-4670


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Kangaroo meat
Kangaroo is a meat from any of the species of kangaroo. It is produced in Australia from wild animals and in 2010 was exported to over 55 countries worldwide.[1]
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- Products 2
- Kangatarianism 3
- Name 4
- Traditional Aboriginal use 5
- See also 6
- References 7
- External links 8
Currently most kangaroo meat is sourced from wild animals as a byproduct of population control programmes.[2][3] Both the meat and the hides are sold. Although most species of macropod are protected from hunting by law, a small number of the large-sized species which exist in high numbers can be hunted by commercial hunters.[4] This policy has been criticised by some animal rights activists.[5] On the other hand, the kangaroo harvest is supported by a wide range of professional ecologists in Australia. Groups such as the Ecological Society of Australia, the Australasian Wildlife Management Society and the Australian Mammal Society have stated their support for kangaroo harvesting. Such groups argue that basing agricultural production systems on native animals rather than introduced livestock like sheep offers considerable ecological advantages to the fragile Australian rangelands and could save greenhouse gas emissions.[6][7]
Though it is impossible to determine the exact number, government conservation agencies in each state calculate population estimates each year. Nearly 40 years of refinement has led to the development of sophisticated aerial survey techniques which enable overall populations estimates to be constructed.[8] Current estimates indicate that there may be between 35 to 50 million kangaroos in Australia.[9][10] In 2002 the number of kangaroos allowed to be shot by commercial hunters was increased from 5.5 million to 7 million per year.[11] While animal rights activists protested the move, Australian farmers claimed that kangaroos were a plague after a huge increase in their numbers.[12] A 2002 report studying the grazing pressure caused by kangaroos indicated that scientific evidence is lacking that kangaroos reduce wool production or sheep carrying capacity.[13] In 2007 the national kangaroo culling quota was more than 3.5 million[14] (but significantly down on the figures earlier in the decade).
Kangaroos are protected by legislation in Australia, both state and federal. Kangaroos are harvested by licensed shooters in accordance with a strict code of practice. Meat that is exported is inspected by the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service (AQIS).[3][9]
The kangaroo has been historically a staple source of protein for indigenous Australians. Kangaroo meat is high in protein and low in fat (about 2%). Kangaroo meat has a very high concentration of conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) when compared with other foods. CLA has been attributed with a wide range of health benefits including anti-carcinogenic and anti-diabetes properties, in addition to reducing obesity and atherosclerosis.[3][9][15]
Kangaroo meat is stronger in flavour than the meat from commercially-raised food animals. It is considered to be tender. Minced (or ground) kangaroo meat may be substituted in dishes where minced beef would normally be used.
Kangaroo meat was legalised for human consumption in South Australia in 1980, and in all other Australian states in 1993.[16] Kangaroo was once limited in availability, although consumption in Australia is becoming more widespread. However, only 14.5% of Australians were reported in 2008 as eating kangaroo meat at least four times per year.[17] Many Australian supermarkets now stock various cuts of kangaroo[3][18] including fillets, steaks, minced meat and 'Kanga Bangas' (kangaroo sausages). Some Australian restaurants serve kangaroo meat.[19]
Kangaroo meat has been exported since 1959.[17] Seventy percent of kangaroo meat is exported, particularly to the European market: Germany and France.[16] It is sold in supermarkets in England[18] and before a suspension on imports of kangaroo meat to Russia in 2009 it was widely used in Russian smallgoods.[20] In 2008, the industry is worth around A$250-270 million a year and provides around 4,000 jobs in Australia.[16][17]
The meat is also processed into dog food.[16] The small kangaroo farming community is a more environmentally friendly meat industry than sheep or cattle farming since kangaroos require no processed feed, are well-adapted to drought, and do not destroy the root systems of native grasses.[3] However kangaroo farming is economically unattractive due to the start up costs and inability of the farmed product to compete financially against animals that have been killed by hunters under the government quota system.[21]
Kangatarianism is a recent practice of following a diet which excludes meat except kangaroo on
- Skippy Size Me 2004 ABC report on kangaroo industry
- Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia
- Greenpeace urges kangaroo consumption to fight global warming, Herald Sun
External links
- ^ "Background information Commercial kangaroo and wallaby harvest quotas" (pdf - 5 -ages). Australian Government: Department of the Environment and Heritage. April 2010. Retrieved 2011-01-23.
- ^ "'"Eat kangaroo to 'save the planet. BBC News. 9 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ a b c d e Dow, Steve (2007-09-26). "An industry that's under the gun".
- ^ Kangaroo Biology
- ^ "SaveTheKangaroo.com". SaveTheKangaroo.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ Using kangaroos adaptations to produce low-emission meat | Australian Wildlife Services
- ^ The kangaroo industry - ecologists and conservationists http://www.kangaroo-industry.asn.au/media/sci_list.html
- ^ Pople, Tony; Gordon Grigg (August 1999). Commercial Harvesting of Kangaroos in Australia. Department of Zoology, The University of Queensland for Environment Australia. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ a b c "Kangaroo meat - health secret revealed" (Press release).
- ^ "Factsheet: Australian Wildlife 2". Yptenc.org.uk. 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ "Kangaroo cull targets millions". BBC News. 2002-02-21. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ "Graziers call for mass kangaroo cull". Abc.net.au. 2002-08-06. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
- ^ Conservation Benefit from Harvesting Kangaroos: Status Report at the Start of a New Millennium - A Paper to Stimulate Discussion and Research - UQ eSpace
- ^ "Animal groups plan kangaroo campaign". Sydney Morning Herald (AAP). 2008-06-17. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
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Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara people of Central Australia call kangaroo "malu". They use malu mainly for meat (kuka) but other uses include materials for spear making. They are an important totem species. Red Kangaroo numbers in central Australia are very low.[29] The Angas Downs Indigenous Protected Area Rangers are currently undertaking land management activities (combination of western science and traditional knowledge) to increase this important species in the landscape. This process is named Kuka Kanyini - looking after game animals.
The kangaroo is chopped up so that many people can eat it. The warm blood and fluids from the gluteus medius and the hollow of the thoracic cavity are drained of all fluids. People drink these fluids, which studies have shown are quite harmless. Kangaroos are cut in a special way; into the two thighs, the two hips, the two sides of ribs, the stomach, the head, the tail, the two feet, the back and lower back. This is the way the Arrernte people everywhere cut it up.[28]
You find kangaroos in flat country or mulga country. In the old days, people used to sic their dogs on them and spear them. The milk guts are pulled out and a wooden skewer is used to close up the carcase. Then it is tossed on top of the fire to singe the hair which is scraped off, and then it's (put in a hole and) covered up with hot earth and coals. The tail and both feet are cut off before cooking. These are put in together with the rest of the carcase.
Kangaroo is called Kere aherre by the Arrernte people of Central Australia:
Kangaroo formed an important part of the traditional Aboriginal diet as a bushfood.
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The competition is not binding on the Kangaroo Industry Association, which has not moved to adopt the new name in any official capacity.
There has been recent discussion from the kangaroo meat industry about attempting to introduce a specific culinary name for kangaroo meat, similar to the reference to pig meat as ham and pork, and calling deer meat venison. The aim is to have diners thinking of the meat rather than the animal and avoiding adverse reactions to the eating of a 'cute' animal or "eating Skippy". In 2005 the Food Companion International magazine, with support from the Kangaroo Industry Association of Australia, ran a competition hoping to find a name that wouldn't put diners off when they saw it on a menu. The three-month competition attracted over 2700 entries from 41 nations, and the name australus was decided in December 2005. The name was penned by university professor Steven West, an American about to be naturalised as an Australian citizen. Other finalists for the name included kangarly, maroo, krou, maleen, kuja, roujoe, rooviande, jurru, ozru, marsu, kep, kangasaurus, marsupan, jumpmeat, and MOM (meat of marsupials).[27]
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Aurangabad was founded in 1610 A.D. by Malik Ambar, the Prime Minister of Murtaza Nizam Shah of Ahmadnagar, on the site of a village called Khadki. He made it his capital and the men of his army raised their dwellings around it. Within a decade, Khadki grew into a populous and imposing city. Malik Ambar cherished strong love and ability for architecture. Aurangabad weekend getaway was Ambar's architectural achievement and creation. Malik Ambar died in 1626. He was succeeded by his son Fateh Khan, who changed the name of Khadki to Fatehnagar. With the capture of Daulatabad previously known as Devagiri by the imperial troops in 1633, the Nizam Shahi dominions, including Fatehnagar, came under the possession of the Moghals.
Aurangabad was a part of Nizam's princely Hyderabad State until its annexation into Indian Union and thereafter a part of Hyderabad state of India until 1956. In 1956 it became a part of newly formed bilingual Bombay state and in 1960 it became a part of Maharashtra state.
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I used to own an IT and development business. I thought that since I didn't have the big overheads like bigger corporations, and I had easy access to inexpensive talent in India (being my home country), I could provide my services to anyone at any cost, and still be profitable. My team and I were overwhelmed with the workload, simply because of the wildly different projects we had taken up at such lower margins. Little did I know, that being everything to everyone, without consideration for market costs, meant being nothing to no one, and making no profit.
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I prided myself on being nice to everyone by giving everyone a listen and try to please everyone (see lesson #1 above). The problem was that listening to all the naysayers meant I spent a lot of time doing nothing because I was afraid act on what I wanted to do. The only thing I gained was loads of regret and lost opportunities. Remember, journey of a thousand miles, starts with one step. Action is what counts so, take action, even if there are people who advise you to do it differently. It's your business; you've got to do what you think is best.
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I recall going to my neighbor Caleb's house & trying to shoot hoops in his Driveway turned Ball court,with the older kids from my NorthWest Omaha 'Hood. Most of the time I would end up watching, wishing I was Tall or Big. I could have used the height becuz my game was not what you'd call pretty.
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I don't think it's a spoiler at this point to say that it's official that ME3 to Andromeda save importing is NOT a thing. Therefore, the fact that I never got ME3saves up and running isn't much of an issue.
In addition, Bioware has gotten around to doing their own save file system with Mass Effect Archives. It's likely that from here, Bioware will probably do a Dragon Age Keep thing. So, any further Mass Effect Save site would likely be redundant, and that's before if Gibbed gets around to doing his own save tools.
I want to stress again, though, that Masseffectsaves.com and masseffect2saves.com WILL stay up for the forseeable future. Like, years. I may not do another update here ever again, but if I don't, I'm still going to keep paying the domain hosting bill as long as people keep visiting the site. I still get about 2500 visitors per day here and 1500 to ME2saves, so if it's still useful, it's staying around.
I did update the FAQ to have 2017 answers instead of 2011, and moved all of the pre-2017 news off this front page to the News Archive
PC players, Nexusmods now has sections for all 3 ME games with a lot of great mods there. I highly recommend you go there for your mods needs now that Bioware shut theirs down. Some of the stuff I host here is still useful, and not on Nexusmods though. Just sayin'. I wrote a blog post over here with some recommendations which will completely refresh your ME3 game. Hope this helps!
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Utah couple who struggled with infertility speaks after reaction to ultrasound goes viral
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah - Ashley Gardner had begun to think she was never going to be a mom. After spending years watching her siblings build their own families, she was faced with the challenges of infertility.
"It's really heartbreaking when you can't get there," Gardner said. "I've always wanted to just be a .om."
But on Friday in Pleasant Grove, she walked into her baby shower with a smile. After 8 years of struggle, Gardner is pregnant with quadruplets. After years of infertility, the couple's in vitro fertilization gave them not just one baby, but two sets of identical twins -- a one in 70 million occurrence, according to ABC News.
"I'm so excited," Gardner said. "I've always wanted a baby shower."
In July, Gardner and her husband learned their first attempt at in vitro fertilization had worked, but the real surprise came at their next appointment. As the doctor performed an ultrasound, they realized there wasn't just one baby, but four.
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"That was the happiest day. It was a different kind of happy. I was shocked," said Gardner's husband, Tyson.
The couple's difficult journey through the in vitro process was all documented on camera. Whether the results were good or bad, the Gardners wanted a way to remember it all.
"This is my story," said Ashley Gardner. "When I decided to publicly share my story of infertility, I realized it was nothing to be ashamed about."
The pictures captured their clinic visits, the painful treatments, and the exhaustion they felt.
"I have been through 8 years and IVF was my last chance," said Gardner. "It was my last step, and I wanted it documented, no matter what the outcome was."
Finally, when news of the quadruplets came, the couple captured a series of photos they consider to be priceless. Those photos went viral online.
"I don't even remember it all," said Tyson Gardner. "You want so much to give her what she wants, that's all I wanted to do. Things work out."
The Gardners are expecting four girls this December. While they have yet to decide on names, they have already selected room colors.
"My life has been colored pink," said Tyson Gardner.


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The Pawn industry is a vital tool for someone in need of fast cash at a reasonable rate and term. Banks are not a small loan institution and payday loans simply are not a great alternative, yes they are fairly easy to get and no you don't have to part with your merchandise for a length of time. The flip side is that payday loan company's simply just make up the rate that you will pay for your loan. Take the time to research it for yourself. You will be shocked to see rates of 600% and higher not to mention hidden fees. The pawn loans here in Texas are heavily regulated by the state and loan rates are set by the Office of Consumer Credit. There are no hidden fees. Rest assured the rates are set so that the Pawn Industry will be a viable source for you as the consumer to obtain the funds that you need to handle the issue at hand. Pawn Rate Chart
Independent Pawn will buy anything of value. We are the middle man so to speak, while trying to get you as much money for your item as possible we also have to leave enough to cover costs. Independent Pawn employees will do the research to put a fair market value on your items. I don't know if you have tried to sell an item on the various online markets or on one of the many mobile apps but if you have then you know it's no picnic. Let us deal with it! We will pay top dollar for good secondhand merchandise.
Independent Pawn has a huge showroom with tons of new and used items, including but not limited to guns, jewelry, tools, electronics, musical instruments, etc. We have a great staff that are knowledgeable, courteous, and ready to assist you. Also on firearms if we don't have it in stock we can order it for you, it only takes a couple of days to arrive. Stop by today
The Worlds First Mobile Pawn Shop App!
The MobilePawn consumer mobile app contains robust functionality and features that pawn shop customers love. From push notifications to reminding a customer that a loan is due and the ability of making payments from their mobile device. MobilePawn provides tools for pawn customers that they have come to expect from a 21st century business.
We started this group for people that live locally, so they could buy, sell, or trade their items to others in the area.
In the 59 corridor:
New Caney
Our gift cards are unique, they are generated in our system and printed on a sticker with a bar code. They can be placed on our gift card or can be applied to anything, like a birthday card etc. Your choice! Coming Soon (Expected February 2018)
It is absolutely free, there are no administration fees or cost to use it. You must put down as little as 10%. Lay-a-ways up to one year depending on the final price. Your balance is divided into equal payments to paid monthly until the balance is paid in full. Due dates are flexible, if you find yourself needing an addition week or so just let us know.
$2501 & Up
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Independent Pawn now offers financing! Get what you want when you want, or get what you need to finish a job.
All you need is a checking account....
We buy solid gold bars, coins or jewelry rather it's new, used, or broken—and we pay you cash on the spot. Our highly-trained and knowledgeable staff will evaluate your gold to determine karat grade of gold (10k, 14k, 16k, 18k, or 24k), perform an acid test to ensure that it's solid gold and weigh your merchandise for valuation.
unwanted jewelry
Just about everyone has jewelry sitting around in a jewelry box or in a drawer from and ex spouse, boyfriend or girl friend. Turn that gold into cash today. Or maybe you have some jewelry that you just don't wear anymore because it has become dated and out of style, we pay cash.
gold & silver coins
Now is the time to cash in your silver and gold coins while the market is still high, it will return to normal and there is a huge difference between current market value and what it was prior to the crunch. We also have a selection of coins for sale. Come see us today!
Dental Gold
Believe it or not dental gold is real gold. The different gold alloys commonly used in dentistry have a karat value ranging anywhere from around 10 to 22. At 10 karats, the alloy is about 40% gold. Probably on average, the typical yellow-colored gold dental crown is around 16 karat (67%). If you have some bring it in today and turn it into cash.
Pawnshop Myths Busted
Pawn shops are among some of the best places for you to shop for high-quality items for a bargain price. They are the best place to get cash fast, either by selling your valuables or putting them up for collateral for a pawn loan. Despite the many benefits of doing business with a pawn shop, some misconceptions remain.
Learn more by clicking on the Myths Busted button below.
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Shop With Confidence
Independent Pawn has taken steps to make your shopping experience with us the best it can be!
Peace Of Mind
Independent Pawn backs all sales with our 100% satisfaction guarantee and our 30/60 warranty. No hassle returns for the first 30 days on defective goods and an additional 30 days on a prorated basis. Although nearly impossible to know how long a product will last we just wanted to make sure that you get your moneys worth.
Hakuna Matata (No Worries)
With the current climate of uncertainty Independent Pawn takes the security and well being of our customers very seriously. Along with 16 cameras we have various panic buttons located throughout the facility. Independent Pawn has a vault that would rival most banks in the Houston and surrounding areas and to further the security there are six safes located inside the vault, all highly rated. All high value items are secured with in these safes and vault. We also have a high end security system monitored 24/7. If all this fails which is highly unlikely we are fully insured for not only our interests but yours as well. All your goods are fully protected while in our facility, as well as all precautions taken for your safety.
Supplemental Lifetime Firearm Warranty
Your satisfaction is our highest priority. We now offer a supplemental Lifetime Firearm Warranty, Independent Firearms wants all our customers to be 100% satisfied. Independent Firearms warrants new and used firearms.
Supplemental Lifetime Firearm Warranty Terms and Conditions
In a continually changing industry, the one thing that has stayed constant for us in our mission is to provide good old fashioned customer service. We have always tried very hard to treat our customers with respect and provide the cleanest most professional Pawn Shop environment that they have ever witnessed. In Texas, the pawn industry is regulated by consumer credit and all the interest is structured and set by the state of Texas but not all loans are good. Although the interest is elevated in the Pawn Industry it's relative compared to the banking industry, since they regulate us to only making smaller loans the elevated interest is necessary for pawn shops to be a viable source when small loans are needed. With that said we have always stuck to our principles and refused to offer predatory pay day type loans.
Independent Pawn shop's goal is to offer high-quality pawn loan services to the citizens of Texas. To also provide our customers with simple and affordable pawn loans to sort out their issues. We at Independent Pawn shop also plan to become friends and mentors to our customers as well as quality service providers.
Offer top dollar for merchandise, rather you're making a loan or selling. The items that bring the most on loans is guns and gold. However we will loan on anything of value.
To bring to you new technologies and tools that will make your life easier. Tools like a mobile App, that give you the ability to make payments anywhere any time. Track your loans and layaways.
To set the standard for Pawnshop cleanliness and organization. We believe that how you keep your store is how you will be perceived. We pride ourselves on having a top notch store!
To work with and build lasting relationships with our customers by providing our customers with the right tools to resolve issues. You now can contact the owner directly through the contact us complaint form even if it's not a complaint.
- Independent Pawn will transact business with our customers and the public with honesty & integrity.
- Independent Pawn maintains high standards for our employees, demanding integrity and courtesy when transacting with our customers.
- Independent Pawn has and always will maintain our business premises in a way that will set standards and reflect credit on the pawnshop industry in Texas.
- Independent Pawn will with reasonable efforts protect the goods of our customers from fire, theft, burglary and other similar hazards, and will return redeemed goods in a condition equal to that in which they were received.
- Independent Pawn has and always will cooperate to the full extent of our ability with the proper efforts of every duly-authorized law enforcement and government agency.
Independent Pawn will make every effort to ensure that it's employees follow this code on every transaction or communication with our customers.
If you feel that one of our employees has not lived up to this code please contact us, we want to hear about it.
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Independent Pawn has a partnered up with PawnGuru!
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- Choose "Pawn or Sell"
- Tell us what you're trying to sell or pawn.
- Describe the item and any flaws it may have.
- Upload images
- Get an offer!
Be sure and include all the details possible, including model #,pictures, and asking price.
- If you don't include pictures and asking price it will delay offers.
It's that simple
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Choose "Buy An Item"
- Fill out the short for
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Pawn Shop History
Pawnbroking is not a new practice nor does it appeal to just one social class. As humankind's oldest financial institution, pawn loans can be traced back at least 3,000 years to ancient China as well as early Greek and Roman civilizations. During the 14th Century, King Edward III of England is said to have frequented pawn stores in Europe. Queen Isabella is reported to have pawned her royal jewels to finance Christopher Columbus' voyage to the New World.
Traditionally, the pawnbroker's symbol is three gold spheres hanging from a bar. This stems from St. Nicholas, often referred to as the patron saint of pawnbroking. He is reported to have left three bags of gold so the daughters of a poor man could afford to marry, thus saving them from a life of slavery or prostitution. Later the tradition transformed the bags into three gold balls, which became the symbol of pawnbrokers.
Pawn Industry Overview
In today's society, many people depend on pawnbrokers to help them meet daily financial needs not offered by other institutions. Pawn customers represent the working families of America who periodically experience an unexpected need for short-term funds. Pawn loans keep the electricity on, the rent paid and cars running with full tanks of gas.
Today's pawn stores are attractive, welcoming places to do business. Most of them are family-owned and operated stores that offer superb customer service.
Pawnbrokers comply with all federal, state and local regulations and laws. In most jurisdictions, they provide local law enforcement with data on all transactions on a daily basis.
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It was on a Sunday in 1979, my father always loved having a big Sunday breakfast with all his children present. My father known to most as Red, he had just been laid off from his job with Hollywood Door Company. My sister had brought along with her that Sunday a man that she had been dating for a while and his name was Rick. Well Rick had been working for a company called Schlumberger as an independent contractor putting together their trucks. It was about that time when the oilfield business had went bust and Rick too had found himself unemployed. Red had always been fascinated with the pawn industry and he was no stranger to pawning items himself with eight children. As you can imagine there was always some sort of financial draw when raising your own army. Those two sat there and hatched out a plan to start a pawn shop. It was to be named Rick & Reds.
There wasn't a lot of money between them and they were going to need inventory, so they got to looking around their houses, gathered up everything that wasn't essential or tied down for that matter. They applied for a pawn shop license and opened the first location in a small 1200 square foot rental space. They incorporated in 1983 as Findley White Inc. as partners they went on to open 5 more locations. I began to work in the company when I was 15, it was December 1985. Of course, as children we would often go to work with the old man. In 1986 they changed the name to Redi-Cash, it remained so until 2015. My Father Red had passed away in 2005, and the partnership had changed to four people. It was myself, my two sisters and Rick. It 2006 Rick and I bought out my two sisters and we remained partners until 2015. I bought Ricks stock and changed the name to Independent Pawn by this time I had been working in the company for 30 years. I guess that makes me second generation company man, now my daughter being third generation she works with me as I did with my father. It's been quite a journey and it's not over yet!
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Crime Assistance
If you are a victim of a crime involving stolen merchandise and you are trying to track your items down please fill out the form. We will be happy to assist you. Independent Pawn does not condone this type of behavior and will do our best if in our power to help you recover your goods.
Pawn Shop Laws
Licensing and Regulatory Authority: Commissioner of Consumer Credit
Texas Pawn Code
Pawning & Selling Stolen Goods
Independent Pawn does not condone this behavior and will file a suit for any loss incurred from the act.
You must Have:
- A legal right of ownership
- A valid Texas State issued ID, DL or Passport


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A teacher from Fulmore Middle School is now on administrative leave after reportedly making some insensitive remarks to a student.
In response to the remarks, dozens of students walked out of class on Wednesday as part of a demonstration in support of the student.
The principal of Fulmore, Lisa Bush, sent a letter home to parents about the incident. In the statement she said two weeks ago a teacher made an insensitive statement when a student responded to her in Spanish. Bush said comments like the ones the teacher made aren't tolerated. The school immediately addressed the situation with the teacher and students.
Additional Austin ISD police officers were sent to the campus to help with the mostly peaceful protest, which lasted about 40 minutes.
The teacher is on administrative leave while the school reviews the incident.
Below is the full letter sent home to parents:
Dear Fulmore Middle School Community,
The well-being of all Fulmore Falcons is our top priority. With this in mind, I am writing to let you know about two incidents that have occurred and have affected our campus.
About two weeks ago, a teacher made an insensitive statement to a student who responded to her in Spanish. Comments such as the one she made are not tolerated, and we addressed it with her and with her students immediately.
Our counseling and administrative team worked with Austin ISD's Department of Social and Emotional Learning to engage students in conversations facilitated by a district SEL coordinator or our own counselor.
Today, several dozen students walked out of class in protest related to this issue. Additional Austin ISD police officers were sent to the campus to assist with the mostly peaceful protest, which lasted about 40 minutes. All students returned to class.
The teacher has been placed on administrative leave while we review the initial incident. Because this is a personnel matter, we cannot provide further information.
We encourage students that when they hear something that sounds inappropriate to report it immediately to an adult. Please do not hesitate to contact me at 512-414-3437 if you have any questions. As always, we appreciate your support of Fulmore Middle School.
Principal Lisa A. Bush
Fulmore Middle School


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Due to certain conditions either temporary or permanent, dressing aids can be quite an addition to your closet. The right dressing products will help you do the simplest thing that now seems a little harder to achieve like putting on your socks or buttoning down your shirt. Dressing aid supplies are items that at some point were invented by people going through your same situations or who had a loved one have these difficulties to put on a piece of clothes.


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About Us
NTT Atsugi R&D Center is located at a research and academic area called "Morinosato" in the western part of Atsugi City, and has a commanding view over Tanzawa Oyama Semi-national Park.
As its name implies, Morinosato or "homes with forests" is surrounded by a rich natural environment and is home to many universities and corporate laboratories, which undertake leading-edge research.
In the Exhibition Hall about 50 of the latest achievements of the R&D undertaken at this Center will be introduced. There is also a zone where visitors can enjoy experiencing some of the achievements, and a zone where, using a touch panel, they can search for and browse information about the research results, history, achievements, awards, etc. of Science and Core Technology Laboratory Group.
You can find subjects of research in exhibition hall here.