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PCB Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad said while Pakistan had to tour India next year and had no issues doing that but India must look at playing a compensatory series.
"Next month we will be in London for the ICC awards and chief executives meeting and hopefully we will take up these issues with the Indian board officials," he said.
"Yes, we are due to tour India early next year as part of the Future Tours Program but before that we feel the Indian board should compensate us with a series for that cancelled tour that cost us millions of dollars in estimated revenues.
"If we can't play in Pakistan then playing the series at neutral venues is also an option available to us but we want the Indian board to revive bilateral ties by compensating us for that cancelled tour," Ahmad said.
India was due to play three Tests, five one-dayers and a Twenty20 match on the tour of early 2009 but it got cancelled after the Mumbai attacks with the PCB claiming it had lost out on estimated earnings of about USD 30 million.
Since then, India have not played any bilateral series with Pakistan due to tense political and diplomatic ties but in recent months there has been an improvement in the relations between the two nations with the two Prime Ministers meeting during the World Cup semifinal in Mohali.
Ahmad also confirmed that the Pakistani government has no objection to playing with India and had given clearance.
"After the World Cup semifinal in Mohali both governments want to encourage bilateral cricket ties," he noted.
PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt also recently visited New Delhi for talks with broadcasters and met with ICC President Sharad Pawar asking him to also assist in the revival of Indo-Pak cricket ties.
The two boards are also facing issues with the scheduling of the FTP in March-April due to a clash of dates with a tri-series in India and the Asia Cup both due to be held in March.
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PCB Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad said while Pakistan had to tour India next year and had no issues doing that but India must look at playing a compensatory series.


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Reston, VA – Children of Fallen Patriots Foundation (Fallen Patriots) will benefit from the e for Education campaign initiated and launched by Citi. This global initiative, which has raised over $12 million for education focused charities, will help Fallen Patriots send military children who've lost a parent in the line of duty to college. Citi's FX business will donate $1 for every $1 million of FX transacted electronically from September 12th through November 18th.
Citi, one of the largest FX providers in the world, will donate funds to seven charities spanning a range of geographies and core focus areas that are based on a percentage of institutional client FX transaction volumes. The ten-week charity campaign stretches across Citi's offices in the United States, Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and Latin America.
In the past, the E for Education campaign has run on Citi's award-winning FX channels only - Citi Velocity and CitiFX Pulse. This year Citi is extending the campaign to include multi-dealer platforms to achieve maximum participation from its globally diversified client base.
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The Daily Post is on hiatus this week, so we'll be highlighting great posts from the archives that you might have missed the first time around (never fear — there'll still be a new Photo Challenge on Friday!).
For the Weekly Writing Challenge, here's one that was a fan favorite the first time around. If you're in a blogging slump, it just might give you the creative boost you need.
Last week, we highlighted Tim of Get Second Lunch, whose latest post had just been Freshly Pressed. One of the things that drew us to his post was his unique style—illustration-heavy posts that give him a great opportunity to put his own spin on familiar topics.
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Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost…? Otherwise, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, saying, `This man began to build, and was not able to finish.' (Luke 14:27-28)
Despite a positive review in the New Yorker, I cannot actually recommend that you go to see the teen-oriented film, Superbad, mostly because you would never forgive me. You are a Ritz-Five, opera–going, ballet-loving, orchestra-subscribing crowd. Many of you would never make it past the vulgar language of the first few scenes of the film without storming out of the theatre wondering if I had gone completely mad. You are grown-ups! You would be shocked, appalled, offended.
I was charmed.
But allow me to share with you the basic idea of the film. Two teenage boys, Evan and Seth, are about to graduate from high school. They have managed to get themselves invited to a party hosted by one of the hottest and most popular girls in school, on the promise that they will be able to procure alcohol for said party. The boys, however, are clueless. Evan is gangly and awkward and painfully earnest. Seth is pudgy, with an awful, curly mop of hair, and possessed by his hormones. The two boys desperately want to be "superbad," (meaning good). They are breathless to lose at least some measure of their innocence with the fairer sex, but a great gulf is fixed between them and the girls they so admire.
Alcohol seems to them to be their only hope. If only they can provide it, and if only the girls get drunk enough, the boys hope to make it at least to first base – if only by mistake - as the drinks make the girls careless. But Evan and Seth are woefully and obviously underage. They have promised booze, but they have none. And their innocence remains in tact as the film launches into their journey to procure some liquor – any liquor at all.
Strangely, this seems to be exactly the kind of thing Jesus is warning about in today's Gospel reading. Don't set out to do something unless you are quite sure you have what it takes to finish the job. But from the earliest moments of Superbad it is quite clear that these boys don't have what it takes to achieve their ambitious goals. They are doomed to remain innocent, their virginity firmly in tact in every conceivable sense.
If only we outgrew such adolescent quandaries! But alas, we often seem doomed to repeat them. In the church we are so beset by our own anxieties these days that one wonders what will become of us. We have dreams (do we not?) of being "superbad" (by which I mean good). We see around us the vestiges of an era when the church could do what she liked and stand tall about it. We remember the stories of missions and schools and the expanding empire of Christendom. But today these memories seem to be like hormones mocking us (as in adolescent boys) for wanting to be something we cannot be. The pews are not full, people walk right by our doors and ignore us, we cannot do the things we think we ought to be doing, we cannot afford the things we think we ought to be able to afford. And neither can most of our neighboring churches.
And what's worst, religion is mocked in the public square. Jesus and his Cross are fashion accessories at best (and ironic ones, at that). The height to which the steeple of this church once soared is now belittled in nearly every sense of the word. The churches are of full of scandal. Our own Anglican church is in constant crisis at the diocesan, national and international levels. There is bickering, legal maneuvering and name-calling.
How did we become teenagers again? Not children, but apparently not grown up yet either? How did we get stuck here again in this adolescent angst? And we wonder, will the day ever come? Will we ever get there? And of course the question occurs to us, (doesn't it?): Do we have what it takes to finish what once was begun? Can we even finish our own little piece of it (whatever it is), here on Locust Street?
"Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple."
If you really want to feel like a teenager again, try to pretend that I am your father or your mother telling you this: "Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me, cannot be my disciple." Does this make you want to shrug? Or grunt non-commitally? What are we to do with this teaching from Jesus. Does he honestly expect us to take up our cross? Does he really want us to be prepared to be at enmity with those we love? Does he expect us to give our things away – truly? What can we possibly do in the face of this kind of teaching but shrug and walk away, as though we didn't really hear it?
The answer is that Jesus expects us to grow up. He expects us not to be ruled by our passions for things: for clothes and cars and real estate, or for status, or power. He expects us to be more than teenage bundles of hormones desperately grasping for the things we hope will make us "superbad." Jesus expects us to live not for ourselves, but for others. And the cross he asks us to take up is the pry-bar that pulls us away from our selfishness and opens our eyes to the others around us. Our cross is anything that helps us do this: whether it's feeding the hungry on Saturday mornings, or visiting someone when they need us, or picking up the phone to check on a friend. Your children can certainly be your cross (don't they sometimes feel like it) as they demand more of you than can possibly be reasonable. And your parents may play the same role at the other end of life. And the list goes on. We take up our cross bit by bit as we learn to live our lives less for ourselves.
And the question is, have we started something that we can finish? Do we have what it takes to grow up into what Saint Paul calls the fullness of the measure of the stature of Christ? Can we really live outside of ourselves, or we will constantly be longing to return to that juvenile time when someone took care of us?
In the film (which, of course, you will never see: I recommend you never see it!) the boys, Evan and Seth, discover that they, of course, have set out on the wrong journey. They had set out to try to satisfy their hormonal rages, which cannot be achieved with booze or sex. They begin to discover that the only journey that they can finish is the journey of growing up: learning to care about one another, and to respect the girls, who are, indeed, out of their league, but oddly responsive to displays of inner dignity, rather than false machismo. The boys find out that they will never get anywhere unless they begin to learn to live beyond the immediate cruelty of their passionate self-obsession. And they begin to find that within themselves they have had what it takes to make this journey all along.
And it is good news to discover that you may just have what it takes, after all. It is good news to find out in the midst of teenage angst that God has bestowed you with more than you knew. It is good news to realize that once you stop obsessing about yourself you become a much better person. And if this is true for teenagers (boys and girls alike), then I suspect that it is also true for the church: that when we live beyond the immediate cruelty of our self-obsession we do much better. That is, when we allow the Cross to pry us from our selfish concerns, we find out that we are more than we ever knew. And when we have the Cross, we have everything it takes to complete what we have begun.
Here at Saint Mark's, the work of discipleship was taken up 160 years ago. And it looks to me, as I observe what those men and women built just with stones and glass and wood, that our predecessors were deeply confident that God had given them everything they needed to undertake any journey, to achieve any goal for the sake of Christ. They probably could never have imagined the kind of angst that can grip the church these days. And I doubt they could fathom the puzzling state of the Christian religion in this country and around the world today.
Nevertheless, we have been given here at this marvelous place, what you might call a "superbad" legacy – by which I mean extraordinarily good – that was left to us by men and women who were grown-up in their faith. We are invited, at the foot of the Cross that is the very center of this place, to learn to live beyond ourselves, to discover that we have what it takes and have had it all along, to be more than we ever knew we could be, and to share this good news with anyone and everyone who will listen.
It's not actually all that complicated – no more complicated than growing up. And when we begin to do it - to live in love, beyond the immediate cruelty of passionate self-obsession, living instead for others – we discover that the life of a disciple, lived in Christ, guided by his Cross, this life is "superbad," which means it is very, very good.
Preached by Fr. Sean Mullen
9 September 2007
Saint Mark's Church, Philadelphia


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The Shadow of a Traumatic Event can follow and haunt us throughout our day and nights for years beyond the initial event. 100 victims share the same traumatic event, however, only 20% will suffer PTSD from that same painful experience. There are many theories WHY, but the WHY is important. Finding Peace within ourselves is important.
There are proven non-pharmaceutical techniques available for those that are willing to try them. Eye Movement Therapy (EMT) is transforming the lives of many suffers and freeing them from a life of fear and misery.
PTSD is never the person not being willing to let go of the past, but the past refusing to let go of the person.
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Just came across this video on youtube. This is an 18 year old boy from Belarus playing Satie's Gnossienne No. 1, which is, in my humble opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
The point of this post, however, is not so much the song as it is the way that this boy connects with his guitar. His physical expressiveness blows my mind. Enjoy!


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Rust And Bone
Another film that made most serious film fans' Best Of 2012 lists yet remained conspicuous by its absence in the roll call of Oscar nominees. And you can see why: it's full of shocks and surprises, and the Academy, generally, hates that. Following on from his hard-hitting crime drama A Prophet, director Jacques Audiard tackles a very different subject matter while applying his usual method of eradicating every trace of cliche. This is a romance, albeit one that leans more toward tragedy than melodrama.Ali (Matthias Schoenaerts) uproots himself and his son from Belgium to a more promising life in France. In an unfamiliar country and a single-parent situation he turns to his kickboxing skills as a streetfighter. He hooks up with orca trainer Stephanie (Marion Cotillard), but things soon take a turn when she has a terrible accident (without wishing to spoil things, it's perhaps what you'd expect to happen to someone who regularly swims with killer whales). She's left physically and mentally damaged, but it's her ever-closening relationship with Ali that saves her from withdrawing completely. Audiard is in control from the get-go – even the cryptic credits sequence gains meaning as the film progresses – and the viewer is in the hands of a director who knows exactly what he's doing. It's his care that frees the actors to tie it all together with nuance and skill.
Blu-ray & DVD, StudioCanal
Tim Burton expands his early short into full-on puppet animated monster-mash extravaganza.
Blu-ray & DVD, Disney
Excellent documentary about veteran war photo-journalist Don McCullin.
Blu-ray & DVD, Art Eye
From Beyond
Stuart Gordon's less-acclaimed follow-up to his horror hit The Re-Animator is another mad scientist tale, this time enlivened by The Thing-style gooey FX.
Blu-ray & DVD, Second Sight
Defying Gravity
Cult sci-fi series that was supposed to tour the solar system but got cancelled after Mercury.
DVD, Mediumrare


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text: / May 11, 2014 by Ante Badzim One thing which struck me in Sri Lanka is the way children play and what makes them happy.Waiting at Hatton Station I was watching kids interact. I saw new friendship blossom over school books and comparing colourful pencil cases. It all reminded me of my childhood, a time where face to face interaction was what we knew best.I am happy knowing the more fulfilling way of communicating is still the way in Sri Lanka. I hope that these kids when older appreciate it for what it is, just as I hope many of us now do. Olympus E-M1 + 75mm f/1.8


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One of the few truths in coffee is that cupping is key! If you want to understand a coffee you need to taste it. If, however, you can't cup the coffee yourself, work with coffee cuppers you trust. Part of this trust comes from being confident not only in the other's palate but, just as crucially, in his ability to be able to communicate, meaningfully, the essence of the coffee's character and flavors.
My trip to Kenya this week was for the purpose of finding the best lots of 2011/2012 and to bring them to market. Our goal is to get what we think are the best lots of this year's harvest to roasters anticipating fantastic Kenyan coffees. My mission for this trip was to cup as many coffees as possible but this work was focused; we are not "starting from scratch" every time we come.
Years of experience have really taught us how to limit our search at this origin. At the same time, we are always open to surprises and are ready for new partners and flavors. Kenya has a well-established and well functioning auction system. The coffees are unique in flavor profile, which is very difficult to replace. As a result, Kenyan coffee has its own price dynamic in the international coffee market that, even if it follows the NYSE to some extent, will ultimately be sold with solid premiums on top of "the C".
The system at the Kenyan Coffee Auction is refreshingly transparent in its communicating where coffees come from, its systematic organization of coffee by screen quality (such as size and physical attributes), and in its practice of rewarding cup quality/sensorial attributes. (Note: at the time of this writing, I am in Ethiopia on a similar mission but the state of the auction system here is in a sorry state. More on this in a future post.)
Most coffee producers in Kenya are so-called small holders. Each producer's total volume might only be a few bags, thus hundreds of farmers, when living in the same area, are likely to be members of a cooperative that is marketing and selling coffee on the whole community's behalf. Each cooperative usually runs several "factories" (i.e. processing and washing stations) where each producer delivers cherry from his farm. Sometimes a producer chooses to deliver to the closest factory but certain producers prefer delivering to a different factory, due to differing management practices. The usual reason for choosing one factory over another is based on the prices a given factory manages to obtain for its cherries.
Good management, hence a good factory, will not allow for unripe or unevenly matured cherries. This is because accepting such cherry damages the potential to receive optimum prices for everyone concerned. We pride ourselves in knowing the factories we buy from pride themselves on ensuring their community of members deliver only red and mature cherries. In Kenya's market make-up, cherry price is directly linked to cup quality. Still, one must cup for himself!
In Kenya, a cooperative is a democratically run organization with producers acting as both members and as representatives of the governing board. One key function of the board is to nominate a marketing agent: a body/organization/company that retains a license to sell the co-op's/client's coffee at the highest possible price. This works in both parties' interests. Normally a coffee lot is sold at auction, but it can also be sold outside auction if the co-op and marketing agent believe they can get an even better price outside auction through selling directly to a customer. That is where we come into the picture.
At this stage (when coffee has been delivered and processed at the factory), coffee is not ready to cup. The marketing agent, at least in our case, partners with a company that does the dry milling of the coffee still in parchment. These parties also grade, check quality, and record volumes of each coffee grade (i.e. AA, AB, PB, etc.). Finally, they prepare samples for potential buyers. If the marketing agent chooses to sell the coffee at auction, which is generally the case, they need to present a "catalogue" of coffee lots in good time to the market, prior to auction. Auction takes place every Tuesday during the season, beginning on the 1st of October. Catalogues are prepared and presented each auction week by the various agents. In addition to providing a catalogue, each agent must provide samples to potential buyers. Potential buyers must have a buying license.
One such buyer is Dormans, based in Nairobi, and we usually go to them in order to sample coffees we are interested in buying. Dormans has a reputation for retaining good cuppers. We like them, we trust them, and they rigorously search for the best coffees to offer us. In the peak of the buying/auction season they will screen thousands of coffees each week. When we arrive we are presented with just a few hundred of these. These coffees are representative of the best presented to the market. We spend days and days screening these lots in search for what we actually end up buying. If necessary, we'll re-roast coffees to ensure each has been given a fair shot. We also re-cup the "winning lots" many times.
I prefer to cup blind when decision-making is the agenda. As it so happens, coffees from many of the same factories stand-out on the table, as though old friends are re-visiting. These friends include Karagoto, Tegu, Ngunguru of Tekango co-op, Gichathaini, Karagocho, Ndaroini of Gikanda co-op, amongst others. These stand out, time after time, year after year. But there are more! As with a good group of friends, new members sometimes join. We are always welcoming of new and exciting coffees and are buying new ones even more than usual, now that we are supplying more roasters excited about great, diverse and unique coffees.
Dormans has a license to buy at the auction, but as it also happens, they are sister company to a marketing agent/mill where coffee is processed after it finishes drying at the factories and leaves the resting bins. This means we can test coffees way before auction. I always like to go to the mill (CKCM in this case) anyway, to get closer to the action. Ernest at CKCM, who we mentioned in the last post, awaits us each visit and sets up tables of coffees he thinks will be of interest, in addition to coffees from factories we already buy from (due to their consistent and indisputable merits).
In the last few years we have taken advantage of the possibility of buying coffees directly from, or at least in understanding and agreement with, the cooperatives. The cooperative is the seller of the coffee and always wants the highest price possible in recognition of: 1. The hard work of quality oriented farmers and factories, 2. Cup quality, and 3. In recognition of the current price of coffees of "similar quality" being sold at auction in Nairobi. Negotiating the price of the best coffees is important to a buyer eager to secure lots before it goes to auction where somebody else might buy it. The price offered has to be high enough for the cooperative to ensure it won't be sold better at auction, which can, in turn, discourage quality-minded producers. As a matter of fact, all the best coffees are sold this way, thus the only way to get hold of these lots is to be present at origin while they are coming from the mill, which is now. And we were there to accomplish this!
The question is always: when is the best time to visit to cup? Well, we have chosen to go early and to come back in time. The crop was a month late this year, thus I was there about a month later than usual. Last year, I must say, we managed to get hold of some pretty good stuff. The timing just felt (and was) right.
This year we will buy more coffee, spread from various stages of the crop, from various factories, and even from the same factory but from various representative dates of the season. We want to bring the freshest coffee possible to an eager and freshness-keen market as soon as possible. For the next shipment after this one, just a few weeks later, we are selecting and expecting even more of the good stuff. Why wait longer and settle for less?
We want to buy direct (i.e. as directly as is possible; in Kenya's case, outside auction). As soon as we have settled prices with our suppliers, we will announce what they are, as well as being totally clear and transparent about other costs necessarily brought into the equation of bringing in each kilo of coffee; costs for all the processing and handling that coffee goes through. The more work put that is put into a coffee, the higher the cup quality potential. Our coffees will be vac-packed and shipped as soon as possible.
Watch for the last Kenya post in this series. We will go through the coffees we've chosen, in detail. To be continued...


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Measles is a mostly benign condition that leaves a healthier child in its wake. Deaths from measles had almost completely disappeared before the vaccine was in mass usage. A vaccine was never needed and is unsafe. Here are 6 measles myths you need to know!
1. Myth: Measles is a dangerous disease.
Fact: Measles is mostly harmless.
Measles is a short-lived viral infection that begins with a fever that lasts for a couple of days, followed by a cough, runny nose and conjunctivitis (pink eye). A rash starts on the face, hairline and upper neck, spreads down the back and trunk, and extends to the extremities. After about 5 days, the rash fades.
For a typical child, measles is a mild and mostly harmless disease that leaves a stronger, healthier child in its wake; most adults born before 1965 got measles naturally and benefited from lifelong immunity as a result. Serious problems from measles are very, very rare. Recently the Disneyland measles brouhaha revealed that even though dozens of people came down with the measles (many of them fully vaccinated) everyone recovered completely and was healthier and stronger as a result.
This measles outbreak does not pose a great risk to a healthy child and quite frankly I don't think it poses any risk to a healthy child.
– Jay Gordon, MD, former UCLA Medical Center pediatrician
2. Myth: Measles is killing children.
Fact: The measles vaccine is killing children.
Pediatricians continue to defend vaccination to the death.
The question parents should be asking is, 'Whose death?'
– Robert Mendelsohn, MD
No measles deaths for years
Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, stated there have been no measles deaths in the US since 2003.
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Many measles vaccine deaths for years
However, the CDC's National Vital Statistics Reports show 2 deaths associated with measles for 2009 and 2010. We do not know if those 2 people were vaccinated but most people who come down with measles are, in fact, fully vaccinated.
The National Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) recorded 108 children died from the measles vaccine during a ten-year period.
But since MDs rarely report vaccine injuries that number is certainly much higher.
3. Myth: Few are hurt by the measles vaccine.
Fact: Many are hurt by the measles vaccine.
The real number of vaccine injuries and death are certainly greater than official statistics due to underreporting. Measles vaccine injuries and deaths are far higher than deaths from the measles.
No one knows how many people are really hurt by the measles vaccine since medical doctors report less than 1% of vaccine injuries as stated in a 2010 US federal government report:
Adverse events from drugs and vaccines are common, but underreported. Although 25% of ambulatory patients experience an adverse drug event, less than 0.3% of all adverse drug events and 1-13% of serious events are reported to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Likewise, fewer than 1% of vaccine adverse events are reported.
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4. Myth: Measles vaccinated children are protected.
Fact: Measles vaccinated children are more at risk of fatal illnesses.
There are unusual forms of measles that only occur in vaccinated children:
Atypical measles
Atypical measles occurs only in the vaccinated and can be fatal.
Atypical measles was initially thought to occur only in those who received the killed measles vaccine, but several investigators have reported this illness in children who had been vaccinated only with the live measles vaccine.
Nichols EM. Atypical measles: a continuing problem. Am J Public Health. 1979;69(2):160-162.http://healthimpactnews.com/2013/outbreaks-of-measles-in-vaccinated-children-intensifying/#sthash.kXoMlUEy.dpuf
The measles vaccine can also cause subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), which is 100% fatal.
5. Myth: The non-vaccinated have lots of measles.
Fact: There are non-vaccinated communities reporting no measles.
Just one example is the Amish who are a religious community the vast majority of which are not vaccinated. They reported not a single case of measles between 1970 and 1987.
Sutter RW, Markowitz LE, Bennetch JM, Morris W, Zell ER, Preblud SR. Measles among the Amish: a comparative study of measles severity in primary and secondary cases in households. J Infect Dis. 1991 Jan;163(1):12-16.
However, the local highly‐vaccinated communities still reported epidemics every 2‐3 years.
Measles circulates more amongst the vaccinated than the non-vaccinated.
6. Myth: Measles deaths have disappeared as a result of vaccination.
Fact: Measles deaths largely disappeared before the vaccine was in mass usage.
In Conclusion
In our struggle to "conquer" disease we have unleashed an epidemic of chronically ill children who would have been far better off had we not interfered with natural diseases and instead worked with the natural cycles of life, recognizing that the wisdom that permeates nature is wiser than us all.
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Dr. Tedd Koren
Dr. Koren, originally from Brooklyn, NY, lives in Montgomery County, PA. A graduate of the U of Miami and Sherman College of Chiropractic, he writes, lectures and teaches in the US, Europe and Australia as well as takes care of patients and fights for healthcare freedom. Dr. Koren and his wife Beth have two children.
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Thanks for clarifying these points as so many parents aren't fully informed by their MDs.
Thanks Tedd. I am circulating on our FB page .


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Charles Lincoln "Link" Neal III is the bespectacled half of the internet-famous duo, Rhett & Link. Link is known to be awkwardly funny, a master of organization, the President of the Republic of Cheesistan, and prone to retching and gagging when introduced to strange or unfamiliar food.
The Early Years Edit
Link was born in Boone Trail, North Carolina to Charles Lincoln Neal II and Sue Capps on June 1, 1978. When he was two years old, his parents went through a divorce. Sue then married her high school sweetheart, Jimmy Capps, and they moved to Buies Creek.[1]
On the first day of first grade, Rhett McLaughlin and Link both got in trouble for writing on their desks (the nada mentions that they were words like, "dam" and "hel", both spelled incorrectly)[2] resulting in "detention" from their first-grade teacher, Ms. Locklear. Their punishment was to color in pictures of mythical creatures and beasts (specifically Paul Bunyan and a unicorn) at which point they became best friends. This was the beginning of their lifelong friendship, which has lasted 30+ years. Link once described his and Rhett's relationship as something akin to fraternal twins who were seemingly separated at birth.
Link went to the same elementary school, Buies Creek Elementary, middle school; and high school, Harnett Central High School, as Rhett. They later got accepted into North Carolina State University, where they were roommates. Two of their college friends, Gregg and Tim, later joined their apartment.
They have many shared experiences together throughout the years, including their "first job", camping trips, exploring the Cape Fear river, multiple near-death experiences, and having the same first and second girlfriends, Leslie and Amber. Rhett stated that they enjoy making memories together, which is kind of their friendship motto.[3]
They began their first creative endeavor together at fourteen, by writing the screenplay for a movie called "Gutless Wonders." They filmed a couple of scenes for said movie, but unfortunately never completed it. In high school, they shot a 25-minute film-parody on the tragedy Oedipus the King, where Rhett was Oedipus and Link was his father's servant. [4] They also started a band called "Wax Paper Dogz"[5] in which they were both lead singers until Rhett learned to play the guitar.
During high school, he and Rhett made a blood pact, promising to do something "Big" and "Awesome" together in the future. Unfortunately, Link lost said contract when losing his wallet two years later.[6]
Link graduated NC State University with a degree in Industrial Engineering in 2000.[7]
Soon after graduating, Link worked for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)[8], where he was a co-op during his junior and senior years of college. He worked there for a few years, before leaving the job in pursuit of full-time entertainment. He now works as an 'internetainer' and co-owns "Mythical Entertainment." with his best friend, Rhett James McLaughlin.
Rhett has stated that he and Link "make enough money to support two families in the valley." Meaning that they are financially stable.
Link now works Monday through Friday on the Good Mythical Morning channel with over 15,000,000 subscribers and a follow-up channel called Good Mythical More with over 2,000,000 subscribers.
Personal Life Edit
In his junior year of college, he met Christy White at a rollerskating rink.[9] They married in 2000 in Kinston, NC.
They have three children together, Lilian Grace Neal (15), Charles Lincoln Neal IV (13), and Lando James Neal (8). He currently lives in the valley[10] with his family.[11]
Link is 6 feet tall, although he appears shorter while standing and sitting next to Rhett.
Link enjoys organizing things and cleaning screen surfaces on the weekends.[12] He claims to have slight OCPD and is an extreme completionist. He uses his degree in industrial engineering in his daily life, often having routines for everyday things.[13]
Link, along with Rhett, is SUPER passionate about camping, and are avid mountain bikers[14], Paddleboarders[15] and an Off-Roading enthusiast.[16]
Both he and Rhett are also big fans of Lionel Richie and Merle Haggard's music. In high school, the two best friends often used to listen to Merle Haggard whilst driving around the suburbs in silence for hours, later discussing the lyrics in detail. At 16, after Rhett had just received his licence, they followed Haggard's tour bus all the way to South Carolina in hopes of meeting him, but got scared and turned back as they crossed the state border. [17]
In college they did "Project Lionel" in their shared dorm room, having everyone that visited their room do his famous album pose on their yellow couch (called "Mr. Fly"), including Link's mom. [18] In September 2012 they uploaded a video of them singing All Night Long by Lionel Richie, literally all night long. They recorded over 11 hours of footage starting at 7:25 pm on the Santa Monica Pier and ending the night at 6:30 am on Mt. Wilson. [19]
Link is also known to be a picky eater, as demonstrated throughout multiple episodes of GMM, where he frequently gags at new food, earning him his "Mythical Barf Bucket".
Link has been known to flat iron his hair.
Kids Edit
Link Neal or Charles Lincoln Neal III has three children. They are Charles Lincoln Neal IV, Lando James Neal, and Lillian Grace Neal. Lando has been on a few of the Good Mythical Morning shows with Rhett's kid, Shepherd. Calling them Shando.
Appearances Edit
- Their music videos.
- Both Link and Rhett have appeared on a kids show "Jelly Telly" many times as a singing duo known as The Fabulous Bentley Brothers[20]
- Their daily talk show "Good Mythical Morning" (as well as "the show after the show" Good Mythical MORE).
- Rhett and Link have appeared in many episodes of "Youtubers React". [21], [22], [23], [24], [25], [26], [27], [28], [29], [30], [31],[32]
- Link and Rhett have appeared with Rosanna Pansino to make Bomberman Cupcakes[33]
- The duo have been a part of every YouTube Rewind so far (2012-2015) [34], [35], [36], [37]
- They have appeared on Conan[38]
- Comedy Week [39]
- Lopez Tonight [40]
- Sorted Food[41]
- SourceFed [42]
- SourceFedNERD[43], [44]
- Miranda Sings [45]
- How Animals Eat Their Food 2[46]
- Epic Rap Battles of History [47], [48],[49]
- Not Too Deep[50],[51]
- Your Grammar Sucks [52]
- The Tonight Show (two times)
- WWE Legends house
- The movie 'dirty 30' (cuddled)
Trivia Edit
- During their "detention", the two then first graders began their friendship while coloring in pictures of mythical creatures, hence the name of their fans, the Mythical Beasts.[53]
- Link's biological father is a handyman/contractor and happens to be very hairy.
- Link doesn't want his wiki page to include anything about the fact that he uses a flat iron. [54]
- Link had most of his childhood birthdays at McDonald's.[55]
- Link gets slightly anxious at the idea of swimming for he fears drowning. [56]
- Link didn't always wear glasses. In fact, the first time he wore them in video format was in the first RhettandlinKast. [57],[58]
- Link has many monikers apart from "Link: The Linkster[59] , LinkyPoo[60], Link Sausage [61]
- Link has a star named after him. "Linkstar" was a birthday gift from Rhett Mclaughlin and can be seen by the naked eye.[62]
- Link loves cereal and eats it every morning. His favorite being Frosted Mini-Wheats.[63]
- Link only drank soda as a child, hating the taste of milk and water.
- Link collected travel brochures in the third grade, arranging them in a sequence of interest. He sold his collection a few years later for five dollars.[64]
- Link has never had a positive interaction with a printer.[65]
- Link could be a "Cat Woman."[66]
- Link has the power to sustain the GMM mug on the edge of the GMM desk, even after numerous close calls. It causes millions anxiety. They even made a video on the subject of Link's mug falling. The mug finally fell on the historical day of January 19, 2016, and again on January 24, 2017.
- Link hates scary things; including movies, books or even retelling of myths. He sometimes can scare himself with a white sheet he himself is holding while in the same room as his sleeping wife.
- Link learned how to blow bubbles with gum from his grandmother, who would chew it for him and prepare the gum in optimal bubble-blowing capacity, then give it to young Link to finish the job.[67]
- Link loves Yo-Yo's and can perform several tricks including but not limited to: Rocking the Baby, Around the World, and Yo-Yo fusion. [68]
- According to Rhett, Link is ambidextrous, which means he can write with both hands. [69]
- Link's favorite animal is a miniature horse.[70]
- Link appears to be quite proud of his appearance (ex. he once stated that he "has standards").
- Link's singing voice is slightly higher than Rhett's.
- Link can be sensitive (ex. when he first heard he needed glasses, he cried). [71]
- Link usually enjoys wearing plaid shirts along with skinny jeans.
- Link likes to sing in the shower when his wife and kids are away.
- Link is Christian along with Rhett.
- Link has OCPD and likes organizing his closet by color, placing things by size.
- Link got a 5 months old pet dog although he thought he wasn't a dog person or any pet person. Especially home pet person. He adopted her and her name is Jade. They had her for a 'two-week trial' initially. She "melted his heart and peed on every rug of the house."
- Link's father was a tobacco farmer.
- From Episode 832 of Good Mythical Morning onwards, Link had officially cut his hair into a completely different style. [72]
- Link hates tomatoes
- Link hates olives
- Link ate a worms anus in middle school to impress a girl he liked.
- Link's wife's name is Christy
- Link loved professional wrestling as a child and still checks in on what's going on in the wrestling industry.
- Link has owned several different cars, including but not limited to: a "Nissan 1987 pickup [73]" and an unspecified, recent Honda mini-van with a rear-view camera[74], which he refers to as his "kid transportation vehicle" [75], likely to be equipped with power seats [76]. At one point he and Rhett jointly used to own a 1992 Ford Bronco as a company vehicle and for camping [77]. They've also owned a Ford Fusion and used that as a corporate car for commuting and carpooling to work [78].
- Link has a tattoo of his wife's name, Christy, on his butt.
- Link has three kids: Lily, Lincoln, and Lando.
- Rhett and Link made a blood oath to "do something big" in high school.
- Link's favorite thing in the world is flavored toothpaste.
- Link's mother's husband is named "Louis/Lewis" and is the ceremonial person of honor for Season 14.


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FRIDAY, May 23, 2008 (HealthDay News) -- A new study says you might be able to blame your sweet tooth on your genes.
Having a specific variation in the GLUT2 gene -- which controls the entry of sugar into the cells -- may explain why some people crave sugary foods far more than others, according to the online edition of Physiological Genomics.
Researchers analyzing blood samples and food and beverage preferences of two distinct groups -- older adults who were either overweight or obese and generally healthy young adults who were mostly lean -- found that those with the GLUT2 variation in either group consumed more sugars than those without the variation.
"These findings may help explain some of the individual variations in people's preference for sugary foods. It's especially important given the soaring rates of obesity and diabetes throughout much of the world," study senior researcher Ahmed El-Sohemy, of the Department of Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, said in a prepared statement. "We have found that a variation in the GLUT2 gene is associated with a higher intake of sugars among different populations."
More information
The American Diabetes Association has more about sugar and sugar substitutes.


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Global Game Jam is a yearly game jam where developrs from all over the world are able to participate in teams to create a game with a shared theme.
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2017 Tips:
Please refill your Supplement Containers and Bottles. You've probably figured this out, but you can slap masking tape or Sharpie marker on and re-use your old multi-branded supplement containers for your Phytopourri products that come in bags: Baker's Dozen, Seven Seas, Hepatic 3, Mirtoselect, Curcuma Phytosome, etc. If you have your own system you like, let us know, and we'll pass it on.
Keep your 2-4 oz dropper bottles and refill from 8-32 oz sizes for cost savings and sharing. Our packaging—and ability to minimize—leaves you the opportunity to re-use containers and save money on additional packaging and branding costs. With powders, take the second bag and separate part of the powder volume to keep from moisture or save for travel. All of your Phytopourri products are encapsulated in an FDA inspected facility within three months of when they're shipped to you. Powders are blended every two months or less. Our minimal packaging makes for less expensive shipping and our truly green products even greener. Just keep the bags out of direct light.
Lastly, ask about the winter medicine chest: cough syrups, throat sprays, respiratory support formulas, and warming teas (Renew U) and tincture blends.
Be prepared for the weather change with a few simple suggestions in your next appointment.
And in advance, Spring is coming :)
2/18/16 In the news: Heartburn drugs tied to dementia risk. That's not the only reason they're awful. There are alternatives including my Tonic 10 Demulcent Powder which not only heals the GI and improves motility, it regulates blood sugar, protects your blood vessels, is adaptogenic normalizing endocrine and hormonal function and promotes healthy neurological function. Tonic 10 in conjunction with a couple of other diet adjustments will help people throw the purple pill away forever. Many people ask about medical marijuana for cancer. Though its anti-cancer effects are overstated, there are many reasons why it is useful for cancer including helping with pain, nausea and appetite. Here is another important reason and why the federal government should legalize medical (and recreational) marijuana in all 50 states.
2/12/16 On Tuesday at The Herbalist in Ravenna, Seattle, it was incredibly rewarding to have 12 attendees at a talk about cancer prevention and management. In addition to having a few current clients attend, there were many new faces interested in a healthy integrative approach to cancer and managing a range of health conditions. Looking forward to the next class about building a plan for wellness.
11/28 Moving into the shortest of days, go long on health. Take the best of Thanksgiving's foods such as the winter pumpkin spices, squash, and cranberries, with some wild rice and eat warming foods such as lamb, stews, and bone broth. Cranberry research from Rutgers was cited in the New York Times you can find here. And here you'll see info by Oregon-grown New York Times health and society columnist Nick Kristof about the influence of endocrine disrupting chemicals on diseases including cancer. The lesson here is that life is an ongoing detox. That means we have to enjoy the ride and not focus on gimmicky short term programs.
6/26 What an amazing week. Though imperfect, the SCOTUS has upheld the Affordable Care Act, the Confederate Flag is coming down, the Pride flag is rising up with another Court ruling on gay marriage, and all just in time for Pride weekend in Seattle. Today, I took my first summer swim at my favorite urban oasis in North Seattle I told one of my local clients about. Coinicdentally, while I was leaving after my swim, she was coming for hers, within 10 days of chemo treatment. :-) Inspiring...
5/25 Memorial Day: Just back from a visit to Shaw Island in the San Juans, hung out there with Tim and his family. Great cycling, tide pooling, and wildlife and wild plants observations. A bald eagle and otter in the same weekend makes for a good one. Also nibbled on some "Poor man's Pepper cress," leaves of a long salt-sprayed gnarly old juniper, and Salicornia quinqueflora, a widely dispersed "halophyte," a plant that naturally uptakes salt from the marshes in which it lives and is great eating and probably deserves more clinical research as a potent mineralizer and for bone health and kidney yin/yang support.
4/28: A rainy day in Seattle, finally...really... Some amazing consults today with women from WA, PA, NJ, and OR. A good balance : ) I had a cafe appointment with a new client in Fremont, Seattle, Earth...yesterday. Cafes such as Milstead & Co, with a large outdoors with background noise--and no white lab coats--make good offices when you can sit near Lake Union, almost under the Aurora Bridge and within range of the Troll ;-)
4/23: I've been working on some Medox related client materials. Medox is a premiere supplement I import from Norway. It continues to undergo clinical trials, as I further explore my "orange and blue" protocol using Medox berry anthocyanins in combination with high dose curcumin/turmeric with clients who have cancer and chronic inflammatory conditions.
4/11: Was reflecting with my friend Tim in Seattle on a great wildcrafting day in 2001 when I was with friend and seaweed harvester James Jungwirth gathering Vinca (periwinkle) for Herb Pharm by the Winchuck River near Brookings, Oregon in 2001. We were scouting around along the riverbank and gathered and cut a bunch of Vinca tops and left it in sealed Hefty bags near the River. We left it there to pick up later not realizing we were in a tidal area. We got a good laugh later when we returned and it was floating in the brush, but at least it was all still there. Love Oregon.
4/5/15: Click here to all my columns from 6 years being a columnist in the "Nutrition Corner" for Oregon Healthy Living. They used to be formatted better with pics, but c'est la vie!
4/4/15: I'll be making my way to Ashland in a couple of weeks for a clinic open house there. I'm looking forward to seeing some of my southern Oregon clients and many friends from the area, as well as looking ahead to the Traditional Roots Conference in May at the National College of Natural Medicine and travels to Victoria, BC in June...
4/3/15: Feeling grateful today for friends, family, wonderful teachers such as Donnie Yance whose wisdom has helped shape my practice through his ETMS medical system, David Winston, whose love of the plants and terrific H&A tincture formulations have been integral to my practice, and Herb Pharm in Williams, Oregon where I began what has become a nearly 15 year Western odyssey that just won't quit : )
4/2/15: To give credit where credit is due is to acknowledge that I shot the image above at Horizon Herbs in Williams, Oregon. Richo Cech, Horizon's owner, grows medicinal and unique edibles for seed and rootstock. Even the narrow sliver of the whole image shows just how gorgeous his property is and the vibrant phytochemicals inherent in plants in the field. You can see the leaves and umbels of angelica and yarrow in the foreground. Richo also sells live and threatened native plants to the public and businesses so they can live on through propagation..


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My blog is about my venture into the world of amateur astronomy and visual observing and sketching.
The Most Astounding Fact
I picked this up at Phil Plait and thought it was SO good that I wanted to post a link here. Neil DeGrasse Tyson was asked 10 questions by time and one of them was on the most astounding fact and Neil Degrasse Tyson gave a tremendous answer. This has been put to a video by MaxSchlick over at YouTube and it is all very well done. Here is the link to the video on YouTube. Enjoy and I hope you listen, I mean really listen because it is truly tremendous.
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On November 13, the RA NA President Ara Babloyan received the Member of the Senate of the Republic of France Christophe-André Frassa.
Welcoming the Senator's visit to Armenia, Ara Babloyan touched upon the Armenian-French relations, and the historical-cultural centuries-old ties between the two peoples laid in its basis.
Ara Babloyan documented with satisfaction the development of the inter-parliamentary relations existing between the two countries, underlining the significant contribution of the Friendship Groups to that issue.
The Head of the parliament touched upon the problems of the fight against terrorism, the issues regarding the strengthening of peace in the world and uniting the efforts of Francophone countries in these problems.
In his word, Christophe-André Frassa has noted that the RA National Assembly and the two Chambers of the French Parliament closely and dynamically cooperate.
By the Senator's assessment, the two peoples' friendship has a centuries-old history and today is at high level.
Christophe-André Frassa referred to the Summit of the Francophonie International Organisation to be held in Armenia next year, emphasizing that event for both France and Armenia.
The French Senator especially underlined the importance of the meetings of the Francophone countries' heads which should go on in parallel with the very Summit.
At the end of the meeting Ara Babloyan and Christophe-André Frassa discussed organisational issues concerning the holding of the Summit of the Francophonie International Organisation.
The Head of the RA NA Delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie (APF) Margarit Yesayan also took part in the meeting.


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Bacterial Vaginosis is sometimes referred to as Vaginitis. It is an inflammation of the vagina and can include several different strains of germs that are commonly associated with trichomoniasis or vaginosis yeast infections. bacterial Vaginosis is the most common vaginal infection with estimates ranging from 10% to over 50% of women being effected by it at any given time. Bacterial Vaginosis is most common in women who are considered to be in their reproductive years, though it is not exclusive to this age group and can infect any woman. The infection can spread from the vagina to affect the bladder and urethra, along with the genital skin.
When left untreated it can lead to a number of more serious conditions, including endometriosis, cervicitis and Pelvic Inflammatory Disease. It can also cause complications in woman who are pregnant and in spreading post operative infections.
What are the Causes of Bacterial Vaginosis?
The technical reason that is attributed to bacterial vaginosis is an imbalance between 'good' and 'bad' bacteria in the vagina. In a normal situation the vagina includes small amounts of anaerobic bacteria and the Gardnerella Organism. These 'bad bacteria' are balanced in a healthy vagina by 'good bacteria' – most notably Lactobacilli. Bacterial Vaginosis occurs where this balance is upset and the Gardnerella becomes dominant in the Vagina.
There are a number of factors which may lead to this imbalance. One known cause is the spread of E. Coli, a bacteria which normally inhabits the rectum, into the vaginal area. The infection is also more likely to start when you are in poor health, practice poor hygiene habits, use a vaginal douche or use an intrauterine device to practice birth control. The risk increases where the bodies defenses are already lowered, such as the case of high stress levels, or lowered immunity during or following illness. Woman who suffer from diabetes or have entered menopause are also more at risk. African American woman have a greater chance of infection, and women who have multiple sexual partners are also considered a higher risk.
So What are the Symptoms of Bacterial Vaginosis?
It is possible to suffer from an infection of Bacterial Vaginosis and initially experience no visible symptoms. An itching or burning is common, though sometimes this is only mild and not seen by the sufferer as anything worth getting checked out. The most common symptom associated with acterial Vaginosis is an unpleasant odor, often described as being 'fishy'.
In many cases the infection is picked up in a routine gynecological visit. It is diagnosed initially by a physical inspection and confirmed with lab testing.


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Whether you own a bar, restaurant, café, or even an American-style diner, our selection of Benchairs chairs is the perfect option for anyone looking to add that retro touch to their business' interior design. In fact, the chairs available in our range are reproductions of the originals made by Benchairs back in the 1950s.
The curved back on many of our chairs is perfect for when customers just want to sit back and relax. And, for that additional cosy factor, the upholstery will provide customers with an extra element of comfort whilst they relax, eat and socialise in your establishment.
Do you need your chairs to match a specific design? Maybe you need shades that match your current interior design theme or your branding's colours? Whatever requirements you have, just feel free to ask our team and we will be more than happy to accommodate as many of the chairs available in our Benchairs range come in a variety of colours and finishes.
But why should you choose to purchase your commercial furniture from us? Well, we have been established since 1978 meaning we have years of experience in producing high quality furniture. We also specialise in serving the hospitality industry and, in our time, we have worked with hundreds of businesses ranging from large, well-known chains to smaller, independent bars, restaurants, hotels, cafés and pubs. In short, our furniture is designed to last whilst simultaneously looking great.
If you'd like to place an order for our Benchairs chairs or if you'd like to find out more about any of the products in this particular range, please do not hesitate to give us a call where a member of our team will be happy to help with any queries you may have.


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Mechanical Test Lab
MES offers a full-service mechanical testing laboratory that routinely performs tensile testing, charpy impact testing, hardness testing, fracture toughness and wear resistance testing of metals, polymers, composite, and textile materials. Our combination of highly experienced technicians, competitive pricing and fast turnaround time provides an ideal solution for your testing needs.
Mechanical testing provides information on the strength, hardness, ductility, impact resistance and fracture toughness of your materials. These mechanical properties help determine if your material meets design or specification requirements. Testing is performed at ambient or extreme temperature conditions.
Mechanical testing is performed using universal modern tensile test equipment, hardness units, standard and ultra light impact, friction and wear, surface roughness, taber abrasion, torsion, and strain gage units.
We offer extensive laboratory test facilities to perform physical testing, metallographic preparation, and analytical testing. We also have an on-site machine shop for sample preparation.
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- Paint Adhesion Tester
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A car was found on fire in Warwick during the early hours of this morning (Tuesday August 21).
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service were called to the fire on Hampton Road at just before 2.55am.
One fire engine from Leamington Fire Station was mobilised. Once in attendance the crew discovered the fire was in the front bonnet area of the car.
Firefighters were able to put out the fire by using a hose reel, small gear and lighting.


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The name
Naming things is hard.
The tool was about uploading and downloading data specified with a URL. It would show the data (by default). The user would "see" the URL perhaps and "see" then spelled with the single letter 'c'. It was also a client-side program, a URL client. So 'c' for Client and URL: cURL.
Nothing more was needed so the name was selected and we never looked back again.
Later on, someone suggested that curl could actually be a clever "recursive acronym" (where the first letter in the acronym refers back to the same word): "Curl URL Request Library"
While that is awesome, it was actually not the original thought. We sort of wish we were that clever though…
There are and were other projects using the name curl in various ways, but we were not aware of them by the time our curl came to be.
Most of us pronounce "curl" with an initial k sound, just like the English word curl. It rhymes with words like girl and earl. Merriam Webster has a short WAV file to help.
Confusions and mixups
Soon after curl was first created another "curl" appeared that makes a programming language. That curl still exists.
Several libcurl bindings for various programming languages use the term "curl" or "CURL" in part or completely to describe their bindings, so sometimes you will find users talking about curl but targeting neither the command-line tool nor the library that is made by this project.
As a verb
'to curl something' is sometimes used as a reference to use a non-browser tool to download a file or resource from a URL.


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Varsity Match 2009
Vickerman eyes Varsity revenge
December 9, 2009
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Former Australia international Dan Vickerman will lead Cambridge University out against their rivals from Oxford in the Varsity Match at Twickenham on Thursday.
The 30-year-old Vickerman, who has 54 appearances under his belt for the Wallabies, is the undoubted star name and he will be desperate to avenge the defeat 12 months ago when he was upstaged by Oxford's Tim Catling who stole the show with a hat-trick of tries - a feat last achieved 74 years previous.
Catling is back for a second crack, after spending six months in Tokyo as part of his Oriental Studies course, and is in form with eight tries from the wing this term.
Oxford carry a real threat from the wings as Will Browne has touched down on 12 occasions this season and the fans of both sides will be eager for a repeat of last year's eight-try spectacular.
Cambridge hold sway in the series despite last year's 33-29 loss, with a 60-53 advantage, but they will face an Oxford side which will also feature former Leicester fly-half Ross Broadfoot and ex-Ulster prop Niall Conlon.
The Varsity Match has a proud tradition of showcasing the stars of tomorrow, with names of the calibre of Rob Andrew, Tony Underwood, Stuart Barnes and Gavin Hastings featuring on a roll of honour.
Vickerman feels Oxford are ready to fire at Twickenham, despite having had a less-than-ideal preparation.
"We've had quite an interesting season, lots of injuries, but all the guys have managed to come together in the last few weeks," Vickerman said. "Last year is done and dusted. We're concentrating on our game. A win would just be a fantastic reward for all the hard work the guys have put in."
Dan Rosen will lead out Oxford and the Dark Blues will rely heavily on his experience: he is in his eighth year at the university and it will be his fourth Varsity game.
"To be captain is amazing, the pinnacle of my rugby career. I'm really excited and a little nervous," Rosen said. "The rivalry between Cambridge and us is pretty big. The Varsity Match itself is a great match and a big occasion."
Oxford also number former Sale Sharks flanker John Carter among their side, but they will be without England Under-20 flanker Jamie Gibson who has failed to shrug off a knee injury.
The Dark Blues lay claim to the greater experience, with 10 of their side boasting Varsity involvement compared to Cambridge's nine.
Oxford University: C Mahony (Keble); W Browne (Balliol), A Cheesman (St Edmund Hall), J Allfrey (Green Templeton), T Catling (Pembroke); R Swanson (New), N Haydon (University); R Lutton (Linacre), D Rosen (Worcester, captain), O Tomaszczyk (Brasenose), I Kench (St Cross), N van Zyl (Green Templeton), J Carter (Kellogg), S McKeen (Harris Manchester), C Davies (St Edmund Hall)
Replacements: D Rogers (St Cross), W Johnson (Pembroke), K Outen (St Edmund Hall), M Tosa (Lady Margaret Hall), W Klopper (Green Templeton), R James (St Catherine's), S Morris (Somerville), G Oliver (Green Templeton)
Cambridge University: J Richards (Hughes Hall); J Greenwood (Hughes Hall), F Shepherd (St Edmund's), F Burdon (St John's), D Riley (Hughes Hall); R Broadfoot (Hughes Hall), D Rowe (Hughes Hall); N Conlon (St Edmund's), P Crossley (Homerton), T Harris (Churchill), W Jones (St Edmund's), D Vickerman (Hughes Hall, captain), E White (Jesus), J Wheeler (St Edmund's), B Maidment (St Edmund's)
Replacements: J Gilbert (St Edmund's), A Daniel (St Edmund's), P Anuvatnujotikul (Girton), H Henderson (St Edmund's), J Hood (Hughes Hall), A Reid (St John's), W Balfour (Queens'), A Cheetham (St John's)
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Budget is Rs 7000,Sony or canon..good resolution... Good quality pics
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Testers are often faced with the challenge of having to run tests to evaluate the impact of specific data or configuration changes to their apps. These tests typically require the use of test data that has to be specifically prepared for the test. In most cases this data may already exist as part of a larger regression test data set. Being able to extract this data dynamically and use it in tests will save a tremendous amount of time and effort.
TEST DATA PARTITIONING for ECOMMERCE testing
The Challenge
Testing changes to Product Catalogs often involves using a subset of your test data in a test run.
Extracting this subset from your test data however can be cumbersome, especially if it has to be done multiple times to test a variety of conditions like – product description change, SKU # change or out-of-stock condition etc.
The specific subset of data has to be dynamically selected at runtime based on dynamic data within the test
The Solution
Create Data Filters to partition the test data sets used to test the Product Catalog.
Filters can be created on one or more attributes (columns) of the data in the Product Catalog. This increases flexibility in selecting the right subset of data for tests
Filtering can be done using static data (specific Product SKU etc.) or dynamic data (Product SKUs that have been marked out-of-stock in a previous test step)
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Rowan House Emergency Shelter is a short-term women's emergency shelter located in the MD of Foothills. Our purpose is to provide a safe, supportive environment for women and their children fleeing domestic violence. In-shelter support is available for women and children who find themselves in a crisis situation and in need of emergency housing.
Our facility has:
• 24 beds in 7 bedrooms – one of which is wheelchair accessible
• Communal Kitchen
• Intake and Counselling rooms
• Interfaith Spiritual Care room
• Multi-Sensory room
• Child Care centre
Programming & Services:
Building Community & Trustworthiness
• Each day begins with a resident circle where we focus on gratitude and positive affirmations, set intentions for the day and offer support.
Goal Setting & Safety
• Danger assessment tool
• Safety planning
• Resiliency mapping
• Resident focused goal setting
Choice & Collaboration
• Crisis counselling and solution-focused counselling
• Community referrals and client advocacy in a number of different areas
• Healthy Relationship Education groups Covering topics such as:
-Healthy Relationships
-Domestic Abuse and the Cycle of Abuse
-Effects of Abuse and Coping Skills
-Effects of Abuse on Children
-Self-Esteem and Healthy Boundaries
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Three year old Faiz was born with a congenital abnormality called clubfoot, which affects nearly 200,000 babies born each year - 80% of whom are from low or middle income countries. Also born a month premature, Faiz developed epilepsy around his first birthday and continues to struggle with weekly seizures. Adding insult to injury, Faiz's parents earn less than a combined $10 dollars per day and struggle to provide even the most basic necessities to live, not to mention raise a child. Without health insurance or a savings fund, his parents were unable to afford the medical treatment Faiz needed to correct his physical disability.
In July 2014, Fiaz was identified by Pusat Rehabilitasi Yakkum's ("PRY") community based rehabilitation team and, following an initial examination, was scheduled for corrective surgery in September for his first operation.
Because of ALTSO's compassionate and generous supporters, Faiz was finally able to receive the surgery, orthotic braces and rehabilitation he desperately needed - free of charge.
Eight months and two successful surgeries later, Faiz is now able to walk independently, giving him hope for the future. Before leaving the center on his last day of rehabilitation, his mother said that Faiz will now be ready to attend school and have the opportunities that she has long dreamt about.


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Kids of all ages were entertained and amazed by the 30th Ottawa International Children's Festival (OICF)! Each year this festival puts together a list of performers that make all who attended their shows wonder and delight in the spectacle they had just witnessed. The performances and attractions my daughter and I saw during this year's …
Having Fun While Helping Children at the 2014 Ottawa Gala – Spies and Dolls!
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Universal Children's Day, 2013: A Day to Cherish Children
Hey Readers!
Many countries around the world today are celebrating Children's Day, a day to honor children globally. On November 20, 1959, it was proclaimed by the The United Nations General Assembly that a day be set aside to encourage countries around the world to have children engage in celebrating the lives of children globally, as well as to bring awareness to and to promote the well being of children around the world.
This is why I love a day like today. It is suppose to take the focus off of troubles adults are causing, and focusing on trying to make the world a little bit better for the children we are bringing into it. I am in awe of Canadians like Romeo Dallaire, and organizations like Plan Canada's Because I Am A Girl, who are looking out for the welfare of children around the world.
I also must tip my hat to organizations within my own community that are trying to make the lives of children better, as well. I was lucky enough to have attended a function last night put on by the The Fund for a New Generation (FNG), an not-for-profit organization that supports underprivileged youth within the city of Ottawa. FNG hosts the Ottawa Gala, an annual event which helps to raise money to be put towards charities that support youth within Ottawa.
The function last night was to thank the sponsors of the Gala last year, as well as to present the charities chosen to be funded by FNG for 2013 with their donations. I was so happy to have volunteered for this year's event, and I am excited to be a part of the planning committee for the 2014 Gala! My eldest goes to school with some of the children who are supported by children who are funded by FNG, so I felt I should give my time to an organization that helps them.
I wanted to add Janet Jackson's Livin' in a World (They Didn't Make) to my list of favourite Janet Jackson songs, but then I decided against it. I felt I should keep it for a day like today when the lives and well-being of children are the focus. I know, it's a sad song, but it also focuses on what some adults are doing to harm children instead of nurture them. It's not the video, but her song with a gallery of pictures put together by ZELLDARAYS on Youtube (thanks!).
I'm giving my little ones eve more hugs today because of how lucky I feel to have them, as well as to guide them to want to give back to those kids who are not as lucky to be as fortunate as they are.
Until my next post, Readers!
Related Article/Links:
Umer Farooq (The Express Tribune with the International New York Times) – Universal Children's Day: Activists to hold Awareness programs, gathering today – http://tribune.com.pk/story/634102/universal-childrens-day-activists-to-hold-awareness-programmes-gatherings-today/
UN General Assembly – Declaration of the Rights of the Child http://www.un.org/en/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/RES/1386%20%28XIV%29
United Nations Universal Children's Day – November 20- http://www.un.org/en/events/childrenday/


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Moulds remain unbroken
The diversity mirage for clerkship applicants ... The second round interview is more akin to social vetting ... An applicant's "likeability" is the key ... Our Student-at-Large complains about the charisma quotient
AS the clerkship application deadline looms for the year, students across the state scramble to cobble together over-achieving CVs and responses to the world's big questions - "what inspired you to study law?"
The hope, the expectation is that years of law revue dance rehearsals, student law society committee meetings and late nights in the law library will land them the key to that soon-to-be six figure salary at one of Sydney's top commercial law firms.
With an increasing number of graduates churned out of law schools each year, and a dwindling number of jobs (don't forget to mention artificial intelligence in your cover letter!), the competition - or "Hunger Games", as The Australian Financial Review aptly called it last year - is getting hotter.
Yet, there has been a change in the tide - law firms have become more concerned with "diversity", assuring applicants that their firm is the paragon of meritocracy in a once nepotistic profession.
Long gone are the days when inequity was an accepted part of the game, to be replaced with all manner of new-age recruitment methods, with firms now "reaching out to candidates who don't fit the mould".
King & Wood Mallesons boasts a process that blocks out information including a candidates name, gender, address and high school. Instead, there's a "contextual" recruitment system that takes into account whether candidates come from a disadvantaged family, or rural or isolated area.
They are not the only ones "reaching out". With firms holding practice interviewing sessions, hackathons, cover letter writing sessions and practice group presentations in the lead-up to applications, the old barriers to entry appear to have crumbled.
There's one key holdout from the glory days, though: the first and second round interview process for applicants.
Once a candidate has passed the first round, the remaining path to securing the coveted elevator pass is a contest of who's most well versed in the middle class art of managing small talk with a canapé in one hand and a drink in the other.
While wannabe management consultants are given problems to solve, and the public sector drills its graduate hopefuls with assessment centres and all manner of logical, numerical and verbal reasoning tests, many law firms still adopt an interview process that is more like a dinner date.
Substantive legal questions are generally unheard of. Instead, an interviewer will throw in a behavioural question or two, but the biggest test is simply likeability.
Since the partner interviewing you is more likely to be a theatre going, marathon running, ex-GPS boy, than someone who went to a public school in rural NSW, the deck is stacked in your favour if you meet that descriptor too.
It's tough: firms want to find people who fit their "culture" and who will one day be able to schmooze satisfactorily with their private equity clients, and at the same time they want to give all applicants a fair go.
One's ability to charm is no doubt relevant to assessing suitability in a services industry, but industries with similar needs currently assess this as part of structured interviews that evaluate attributes more relevant to the role at hand.
If firms are truly interested in breaking the mould, it will take more than de-identified recruitment processes and presentations at universities.
The real solution is a more a meritocratic interviewing process that is not largely related to charisma, but which aims specifically to assess, as other industries do, people's aptitude for the day-to-day minutiae of the job.


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Why Collaboration Wins!
College football season is almost over… hard to believe huh?! How'd your team do?
The Wolverines had a pretty terrible year… but now we've got coach Harbaugh so GO BLUE! All you Buckeye fans, I'm sorry, I had to say it…
For the past 8 years whenever I'm in Ohio I always hear, "You went to Michigan?! Ugh that's awful!"
Or I'd be in Michigan and hear, "You're from Columbus Ohio?! I hate that place!"
You see, I grew up in Buckeye land but became a Wolverine, which means I get crapped on from both sides. If I'm in Ohio everyone hates my Michigan gear, if I'm in Michigan I can never mention I'm from Ohio. Not the best!
Why is any of this relevant? Well, it got me thinking about the word "competition" and how it plays out in our lives.
Is it possible to be competitive and collaborative? Could Brutus ever snuggle up to a Wolverine? What if we could all compete as one? That would be pretty cool huh?!
Yeah it would! And I'll show you how in this first episode of Kip TV (ahhh the first episode… sorry I got excited)!
Check it out, you'll never think about competition in the same way…
Competition has been woven into the fabric of our existence.
Ed Macauley once said, "When you are not practicing, remember, someone somewhere is practicing, and when you meet him he will win."
True! And so often we're taught that competiveness=strength. That we should only be looking out for own interests. That it's a win lose game and there's only one winner.
Hmmm... The problem is that's its not just friendly rivalries where we get competitive (nothing friendly about game day). Sometimes we end up pushing away the people who could be our biggest allies by trying to beat them.
We create a space of separation instead of collaboration. If there is one thing I've learned it's this… we MUST rely on each other to change our lives and the lives of people around us instead of pushing them away with our competitive nature.
Now don't get me wrong, competition can serve you.
So where does that leave us? I want to reframe the word "competition." Think of it like this...
You are your only competition.
That's it, simple. The only one you're trying to make better is you, the only one you're trying to beat is you. You can't move forward by looking sideways. Take a look at the things that have been beating you up in the "locker room" and see how you can take them out.
So here's my challenge for that competitor inside:
1. What 3 things are beating you up?
2. How can you train it out of you?
Remember, you are your only competition. It's time to face that competitor and collaborate with other people to help you out!
Sound good? Write your response in the comments below because I'd love to hear from you. And here's an extra challenge: if you're a Michigan fan share this with an OSU fan, if you're a OSU fan share this with a Michigan fan… let's see how that goes!
As always, live in love and spread your light.
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Flourless pineapple and coconut cake
What to do with fresh pineapple in season? This recipe! It is so delicious! We loved it so much we shared the first batch with everyone so they too could understand how good it was – rugby/netball/swimming coaches, school/daycare teachers, piano and dance teachers – they all tried it and all asked for the recipe and raved about this beautiful cake. It is more like a cake slash slice really.
Another find with my daughter who loves baking with me, we whipped this one up together - from NZ chef Philip Johnson's E'cco cookbook, and his bistro in Brisbane.
Pictured: Flourless pineapple and coconut cake slice
330g/ 11 ½ ounces fresh pineapple – about ½ a small pineapple
2 – 3 tbsp caster/superfine sugar
250g/ 9 ounces unsalted butter, softened
250g/ 9 ounces caster/superfine sugar
6 eggs, separate 4 of them
200g/ 7 ounces ground almonds/almond meal
150g/ 5 ½ ounces desiccated coconut
1 tbsp baking powder, sifted
Preheat oven 200°C /400°F/Gas 4.
Grease and line a shallow 25cm x 30cm/10 x 12 inch cake tin.
Remove the peel and core of the fresh pineapple, and finely dice or crush then strain and stand through a sieve for a few minutes. In a non – stick fry pan, add the pineapple with the few tbsp of sugar and cook on low heat a few minutes to soften and caramelise a little.
Pictured: Caramelising the pineapple with the caster sugar
Combine the ground almonds, coconut and baking powder in a bowl ready for later.
In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the two whole eggs and mix well. Then add the 4 remaining yolks, one at a time, mixing well after each. Alternating between each, add the almond mix, then the pineapple to the butter mixture.
Whisk the 4 egg whites to soft peaks, then gently fold a little into the cake batter, then add the rest and fold until just mixed.
Pour into the prepared cake tin. Bake for 10 minutes at the set temperature, then turn down the heat to 160°C/315°F/Gas 2- 3 and bake a further 25 – 30 minutes, or until the cake pulls away from the sides a little. Let cool on a rack in the tin for a few minutes, then turn out onto the rack to cool completely if not serving straight away and store in an airtight container.
The cake is best served warm or room temperature.
It is delicious on its own as a slice/cake, or you can serve the little squares as a decadent dessert with half whipped cream and sour cream folded together, some extra fresh pineapple and a sprinkle of fresh or dried mint.
Serves 10 – 20 depending on slices
Pictured: Flourless pineapple and coconut cake
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Systematic Theology paper
Systematic Theology – Blog entry – 'Perspectives on Ecumenism'
The topic of ecumenism has been popular of late. It appears on the Orthodox blogosphere and can be overheard in coffee hour discussions. It is heard by seminarians at St. Vladimir's Seminary getting calls asking how they feel about the Archbishop of Canterbury visiting. It can be brought up by seeing images of the Pope and Ecumenical Patriarch praying together on the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul. In some circles, just mentioning the E -word can be seen as a curse word.
It is first important to ask what we mean by the word 'ecumenism.' Many simply hear the word and they think of someone who denies the tenets of the Orthodox Church, and it's view as the "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church." On the other hand, many view Anti-Ecumenists as people who are right-wing lunatics who are poorly educated.
There are those who perhaps in both groups that exemplify a negative stereotype. For instance, at the World Council of Churches meeting in Canberra in 1991 participants walked through a cloud of incense to a worship space. Conversely, one should not ascribe all efforts by Anti-ecumenists to those of certain zealous monks on Mt. Athos. As with other issues, it is important that some sort of middle ground be found. This does not mean ceding to the branch theory, which speaks of the church existing in many different branches from the same trunk (even Orthodox can assert a version of the branch theory when they speak of the Greek East vs. the Latin West). It also does not deny that it is possible for God's grace to extend beyond the canonical walls of the church.
A document that has come out dealing with ecumenism is 'Basic Principles of Attitudes to the Non-Orthodox. Published by the Moscow Patriarch in 2000, it speaks in chapter 7 of "…rejecting the views which are erroneous from the point of view of Orthodox doctrine, yet also, "…The Church condemns those who…deliberately distort the task of the Orthodox Church in her witness before the non-Orthodox world." This text nuances the issue appropriately, defending Orthodox teaching and involvement in the ecumenical movement based on tradition, "…witnessing the Truth."
The fact is that the Orthodox Church has always participated in some form of 'ecumenism' broadly defined. Ecumenical engagement can be traced all the way back to St. Basil the Great, who spoke of a degree of difference of people outside of the church. He differentiates between "heresies, schisms, and illegal congregations." The participation of the Orthodox Church in the ecumenical movement hastened in the 20th century, especially after World War II.
We are forced to ask ourselves, "Where do we go from here?" It is important to constantly assess the purpose of Orthodox involvement in ecumenical dialogue. The continued participation in organizations such as the NCC and WCC by the Orthodox church(es) remains to be seen. It is difficult to participate in dialogue groups that have a completely different ecclesiology, or understanding of the church. It is also difficult to remain involved with a body that often has a liberal Protestant theology and organizational mindset. Other concerns are of a sort of unification movement (super church), and also that organizations such as the National Council of Churches (NCC) has lately functioned as more of a social activist agency rather than a body of churches. In the WCC there are often concessions made to the Orthodox, but one wonders if the Orthodox are used merely for the credibility of the organization. Another concern is the fact that the Roman Catholic Church, the largest church in the world, is not a member.
Many times I scrutinize my own involvement in groups such as Inter-Seminary Dialogue (ISD), wondering if I am fulfilling my duty as an Orthodox Christian to proclaim the 'good news' and encouraging people to be visibly connected to the Church.
I consider myself neither an "ecumenist" nor an "anti-ecumenist." It is natural to divide into different camps when discussing and debating issues, yet it is important to avoid resorting to invective and caricature. We can all look to the 'Principles' document as a way to find a middle ground that is both honest to the tradition and also does not deny God's mysterious grace working in the world. The most important thing a Christian can do is live out their faith and let the fruit of one's actions speak for themselves. Dialogue is always preferable to silence, and speaking the truth in love is a commandment that we are all to follow.


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The office of New York City Councilmember Jimmy Van Bramer (D-Woodside) is protecting a lid on its response to a deliberate demonstration by a bunch of grassroots activists, who are objecting to his refusal to strongly oppose the over-development of real estate, amongst different expenses. Different sources like have the same subject with duplicate (copy&paste) posts but they try to manage it. Nonetheless the bait & switch cannot be prevented as a result of typically the realtor has no concept the property they posted recently closed. After you've got completed your programs, passed the licensing examination, acquired your background examine, and met numerous other minor necessities, you may be awarded your real estate license.
Whereas landlords of lengthy standing might be used to all the necessary paperwork, as a newcomer you will want to make sure you have all the relevant sources of information handy earlier than letting your first property. Right this moment, time is of the essence for real estate developers to determine key sources. The perfect and best file holding technique I've found for Actual Estate Agents entails a small notebook, a giant pocket book and an envelope or box.
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2019 Oklahoma Bigfoot Symposium
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- Published on Wednesday, 24 October 2018 22:45
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March 9th-10th, 2019
CC Camp, Stilwell, OK (See map at top menu bar )
Featured Speakers:
Lyle Blackburn – Noted Cryptozoology Author\TV Personality
Jerry Hestand – North American Wood Ape Conservancy (NAWAC) member and author.
Robert Swain -Director of Arkansas Primate Evidence Society (APES)
Sisters of the Moon – All Female Research Group
Paul Hulsey – MABRC Researcher from Alabama
Randy Savig – MABRC Missouri State Director
Mark Newbill - Eric Tipton– Director of Bigfoot Evidence Analysis: Sawdustt Team (Beast)
Jim Whitehead – MABRC Oklahoma State Director
Shelly Covington-Montana - Olympic Project
And other speakers to be listed once confirmed.
Cast presentations, tabletop displays, concessions, camping available with the MABRC Researchers in a hot research area, and lots more. Check out our website at the link above for more information as it gets updated.