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Graze the Aisles of Whole Foods Market to Benefit the California Rangeland Trust!
On Wednesday, Sept. 25th, Whole Foods Market will donate 5% of net sales from Northern California and Reno stores to Rangeland Coalition signatory, the California Rangeland Trust. Please help spread the word by passing this on to your family, friends and neighbors. By simply shopping for groceries, you'll help protect ranchlands for all Californians. To learn more about the California Rangeland Trust click here.
So, all you want is some bread and bologna and the kids need a nap or you're late for pilates, why does stopping by Whole Foods Market on Sept. 25 matter? And, aren't all those cows killing the landscape?
Here are answers from the experts to some FAQs:
General Facts…
- 34.1 million acres or 34 percent of California is actually grazed and most of this is on private lands. (California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. 2010. California's Forests and Rangelands: 2010 Assessment)
- Almost all of our surface water, including most of the state's drinking water, crosses the state's millions of acres of rangeland. (University of California)
- Rangelands provide flood protection and ground water recharge. Research shows about 6 to 10 inches of precipitation are required to initiate stream flow on a watershed. Once the water-holding capacity of the soil fills, additional precipitation creates stream flow. (Dalghren et al, 2001)
- U.S. grazing lands, including managed pasturelands, have the potential to remove an additional 198 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere per year for 30 years (Follett et al. 2001). This would offset 3.3 percent of all U.S. CO2 emissions from fossil fuels (EIA 2008) and help protect grazing land soil quality for the future.
- Heavy grazing favors California ground squirrels, a primary prey for golden eagles. (UC, ANR Publication 21626, 2006)
- Recreation can be enhanced by cattle grazing because wildflowers bloom in less dense vegetation. (e.g. East Bay Regional Park District).
- Grazing is an important disturbance in vernal pool grasslands. Grazed vernal pools have higher native plant diversity, and hold water longer than ungrazed pools. This favors species with long aquatic life cycles like the California tiger salamander and plants such as goldfields and Downingia. (Marty 2005)
- Grazing perennial grasslands helps control the spread of some invasive weed species. (Stromberg et al. 2007).
- Livestock grazing can decrease levels of nitrate pollution in wetland waters. (Allen-Diaz et al. 2004)
- Cattle grazing can be an important and effective approach to manage coastal grasslands. (Cushman 2009)
- Prescribed grazing, using cattle and/or sheep, is a tool to manage vegetation to meet wildlife habitat objectives. (USFWS Bitter Creek NWR Draft Prescribed Grazing Plan 2012)
- It has been demonstrated that managed grazing can improve habitat for threatened and endangered species such as the Bay Checkerspot Butterfly, considered an umbrella species for grassland ecosystems (Murphy and Weiss, 1988).
- Managed grazing can increase the density of native plants that support San Bruno Elfin Butterfly and Mission Blue Butterfly populations. (USFWS 2010)
- Cattle grazing can benefit Smith's Blue Butterfly. (Cushman, 2009)
Information compiled and used courtesy of the California Rangeland Conservation Coalition.


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The transition to a healthy natural lifestyle is a gradual one. It's not something you can do overnight especially with a Nigerian family in a Nigerian society. It's fairly easier when you live alone but when you live with your family, it's a slower process. Shedding off old practices can take a long time.
During the last NITC (see why you should attend?), I met a kindred spirit at my station. In fact, I met her through my partner. For obvious reasons, we couldn't leave our station but this lady was gracious enough to sit with us and keep us company. One thing led to another and before we knew it, we were opening up to each other. One thing about NITC is that it brings people who aspire to live as naturally as possible together. Sometimes, you might meet people who are beginners, other times, you meet those that have been in it even before the awareness began. My new friend belonged to the latter category.
Tigernuts have been on my mind for a while now. I knew it was one of those cheaper alternatives to processed food. I just did not follow through.
(laziness) but when my new friend mentioned how incredibly easy it was to make tigernut milk, I could not hold myself any longer. When I got home that day, I casually mentioned the awesomeness of tigernuts and my plans for it subsequently. Before I could think about where to get them, my dad came home the next day with some, albeit the wrong one.( I used it like that though) He struggled with the transition from frying to grilling. Surprise was an understatement. Of course, my friend had walked me through the process so I went straight into it.
What You Need
– Dry Tigernuts
– Water
– Blender
– Tea Filter/Strainer or Muslin cloth/White handkerchief
- – Plastic bowls
Basic Method
- – Soak some tigernuts in water for about 24hours
- – Change the water and rinse the tigernuts. Get them ready to be blended.
- – Depending on the quantity of tigernuts, blend them in a 1:2 ratio. ( that is 1 cup of tigernut and 2, 2 cups of water. You don't wan't it to be too watery)
- – After blending, sieve the milk twice to completely remove the remnants. Dispose them thereafter.
- – Store in a fridge and consume within four days.
See? Really easy.
-There are two types of tigernuts being sold by the mallams. Ask for the dry ones, they are more rich and nutritious.
- – Don't be like me. Try not to use too much water else you'll get cereal milk.
In a subsequent post, I'll talk about all the goodness of tigernuts. So, watch out!© Copyright 2016 Ebun Oluwole, All rights Reserved. Written For: Get your Sizzelle on!

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Not only will it take all your money but it will leave you with a smile on your face because it is just….that….awesome! The set includes: Iron Man Mark XLIII, Captain America, Hulkbuster, Ultron Prime, two versions of Ultron Sentry, and a deluxe set which includes Hulkbuster and Mark XLIII (Battle Damaged Version.)
Feast your eyes on the collection and hear what Sideshow Collectibles has to say about it. We think you will agree, these are highly desirable. (Hulkbuster is our personal favorite, what about you?)
Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys are very excited to present the new Artist Mix Collection series! Hot Toys will collaborate with different artists and designers from various spectrums to re-iomagine movie character in a special art form with unique style.
To kick-off the Artist Mix Collection, Hot Toys has joined hands with famous Japanese toy artists Touma and are thrilled to introduce the first series of Artist Mix Figures based on Marvel's Avengers; Age Of Ultron!
Each Artist Mix Figure has a bobble-head and stands approximately 14cm tall (Hulkbuster stands approximately 20cm tall) and perfectly combines the movie character's designs with Touma's distinctive art style!
These figures are expected to ship August, 2015 so use the links provided to secure your favorites. Personally we can't WAIT to see what they do with The Vision and the rest of the crew.
Follow Sideshow Collectibles and Hot Toys on TWITTER to get updates on future sets and more fantastic releases. Let us know what you think of this first set down in the comments section below.


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These 2 lovely 3D wool pictures are a 2 piece set of Llama's, and would enhance any decor with its neutral but classy colours in taupe, light grey and cream in Australian Merino wools.
* These fibre art paintings are unframed, they can be hung without frames or you can choose one to suit your decor BUT do not cover it with glass, as you can see and feel the textures in the wool!
* I have 2 different looks above showing how you can see the difference.
* Merino wool is Eco-Friendly and the size is 12" by 9".
* This 3D Fibre Art has lush lengths in the wool that you can re-arrange, just with a needle you can lift the fleece and create quite a change in the look.
Handmade in Australia.
Needle felting is the process of interlocking wool fibres by using barbed needles to create a more condensed material. The barbs catch the scales on the fibre and cause them to tangle and bind together. It is a method of creating felt objects without the use of water.
I have had very happy reviews of my work, they are uniquely different, great prices for original work, lovely to hand down to your family, and absolutely one of a kind...what better than to give an ORIGINAL Art GIFT!
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25 Jun STUFFED MANGO PICKLE
Mangoes – 10 to 12 (1.5 kg)
Yellow mustard – 50 grams (4 tbsp)
Saunff(fennel) – 50 grams (4 tbsp)
Methi(fenugreek) seeds – 50 grams (4 tbsp)
Ajwain(carom seeds) – 2 tbsp
Turmeric powder – 2 tbsp
Red chilly powder – 1 tbsp
Red chillies(whole) – 12
Heeng(asafoetida) – 1/4 tsp
Salt – 150 grams ( 3/4 cup)
Kashmiri Chilly Powder – 1 tbsp (if you want)
Mustard oil – 500 grams (2 1/2 cup)
Now that we have got mangoes from the market, remove the pulp from all of the mangoes. Soak these mangoes in clean water for 10 minutes. Take them out of the water and wash them again. Remove water completely from the mangoes. and keep them in a clean cotton cloth then place them out in the sun to dry. There should not be any moisture left in the mangoes, 1 hour of sun is enough for drying the mangoes.
Let's prepare the spices for the mangoes. Clean Saunff, Methi, Ajwain and grind them to make a coarse powder. Also grind yellow mustard to a thick powder.
Pour 200 grams(1 cup) oil in a frying pan(kadhai) and heat. Now turn off the gas, first put Heeng followed by turmeric powder, grounded spices and mix properly. The spice will be gently fried, put grounded yellow mustard, red chillies(if you want the pickle to look red in color add Kashmiri mirch) and salt then mix well. The stuffing required to fill the mangoes is ready. Break off stems of the whole red chillies.
Pick one mango and fill it with spices then take 1 red chilly and put in the middle of the spices. Put the mango in the same straight position inside the container, similarly stuff the other mangoes and place them in the container. If possible place the container out in the sun for 4 days, if not then keep it inside for 4-5 days. Check on the 3rd day if the mangoes are still in the same position.
On the fourth day heat mustard oil then let it cool. Put the mangoes in this oil so that they remain submerged. Stuffed Mango Pickle will be ready in around 20 days. Take out some Stuffed Mango Pickle whenever you want to and eat. This pickle can be stored and eaten for 1 year.


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Here is one that is so cute. Both boys are playing, but you can see the contrast in them, when they get up. They cover a lot of ground and both ways, haha.
May the way they choose in their life, be the way of love. :-)
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, But love covers all sins.


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A poet and writer I knew on Langeland in the sixties used to come calling in a taxi, afraid as he was of anything and everything. He just drank himself a little cock-eyed, hired a car and went visiting. On these visits if the people he encountered did not suit him, his eyes would darken and he would mutter bitter words under his breath.
He found me irritating, as I had grown up in the U.S.A., so it was only with a certain amount of coaxing that he would try to be civil. Women he liked better, just because they were female.
We would sit listening to old jazz 78 records, sipping our beers, his eyes flashing red like the warning lights on an ambulance on the way from an accident to a hospital. The women ran back and forth toting good cheer. I think I often crawled into a sofa somewhere and tried just to hear the music.
Why mention such a difficult person? Because these many years later I have read some of the stories he was writing at precisely that moment. They are very, very good: balanced, insightful, wise, almost everything he was not in person.
So many of our greatest artists had difficulty achieving the order and insight of their works in their own lives. Think of Robert Frost, Miles Davis, Dylan Thomas, Marlon Brando, Gauguin, van Gogh, just to name a very disparate few. Really, I only remember encountering one biography of a great artist that establishes that person as totally friendly and balanced: Robert Louis Stevenson.
Do people with muddled lives and difficult personalities project all the best they have into their works - and then have no good sense left with which to order real life? Is that why we revere their works, because of the almost unlifelike order and insight?
I find it often is best to give the works a chance while forgetting their creator. Hmmm. That's pretty much what I think about the world, too.


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1. Every time you question why you are making music, ask yourself this: Is it because you want to make a living from it, or is it because you love it? If you want to make music seriously, music that you love and you want to make a living from it, then you should start planning everything out. After all, a serious music career is about the same thing as setting up your own company.
2. Making the music that you like is not the same, mostly, as making music that other will like to hear from you. There are no hard and fast answers to this conundrum, because the line in the sand that you must draw between being true to yourself, and accepting that you want people listening to you and buying into your music (literally, as in they will pay you) will be up to you. Sorry, there are no easy answers for this one.
3. Building a fan base is just about as difficult a process as making music you want. That's because you have to choose, in a way, what sort of fans you want to have. There's a delicate balance in between "being true to yourself" and "I will be attractive to a larger fanbase than my friends." And yes, it takes time and effort, on the same level or near to making the music that got you into all this in the first place. If you want to remain reclusive and just known for your music, then you have to accept that you won't have that big a fanbase, or you better be sure you are a songwriting genius.
4. The question of becoming part of a musical movement, be it based on the music itself, on a generational surge, or a visual look, will always be one of how long you're willing to ride the proverbial wave. In this sense, you have to be as savvy as Madonna at her peak: being able to ride successive trends while retaining a basic identity. Conversely, you can also choose to be independent of any trend – but you have to make sure your individuality is such that your practically an icon waiting to be enshrined.
5. Forget the physical proof of music – in other words, say goodbye to CDs. In fact, the idea of a long-playing album is also suspect. What is important now is to have a regular presence in the online world, be it with a personal blog they can follow, singles that are released regtularly, or with a merchandising plan that keeps people aware of you. These days, you are selling you, aside from your music. People want to buy into you and your music.
6. Gigging is not everything. And the same holds true for writing songs in the studio, as it is for merchandising efforts as well. In other words, balance everything. Yes, this can be very difficult if you have band members to worry about. Again... time management is the key.
7. Do make sure that you have a strategy for using as many social media platforms and communication sites. E-mail lists are important, since you can use them across multiple platforms and mass-emailing services. The same goes for making sure that you maximize your content in two ways: for a general feed, and with some tweaks to maximize for the specific social media platform you will use.
Finally, and this is the #8: HAVE FUN. If you are not having fun, then what the hell are you doing spending so much time on all this in the first place???
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YouTube has imposed new policies on ad placement, which has made many of my body paint tutorials ineligible for ads. This means I will no longer make an income off the majority of these videos.
Here are a few that have been de-monetized for "Sexually Suggestive Content" and "Indecency" under these terms:
"Video content that features highly sexualized content, such as video content where the focal point is nudity, body parts, or sexual simulations, is not eligible for advertising. Explicit conversation about sex may also not be eligible for advertising, with limited exceptions for non-graphic sexual education videos."
This is unjust, it is censorship, it is a dismantlement of freedom of speech. Our internet is slowly being suppressed. I'd love to go into my thoughts further, but I need to chill out a bit and gather my thoughts. I'm about to make some big changes.
To see the newly imposed rules on ad placement, click here.


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Café Scientifique was our introduction to the world of available and accessible science related events in the Minneapolis area. Happily, this event indicated there were more of us out there and they too enjoyed beer and learning.
Held every third Tuesday from September to May, the Bell Museum hosts a casual event at the Bryant Lake Bowl where intellectuals can eat, drink, and learn about a variety of topics presented by experts in their field.
Founded in 1872, the Bell Museum is located on the University of Minnesota's campus. While the cafés take place at the Bryant Lake Bowl, the museum's connection to the University of Minnesota helps generate a diverse and informed schedule of presentations. Past events range from,"Galaxy Formation and the Reionization of the Universe" to "The Power of Poisons, feat. the Honey Badger," and "Animal Games: Blue Jays and the 'Prisoner's Dilemma.'"
Appropriate for intellectuals of all levels, from casual dabbler to smoke-jacket-scholar with brandy in your hand, this event is casual, fun, and informative. If you miss a topic that greatly interests you, The Bell Museum also publishes the cafés as podcasts on itunes.
For more information about the cafés and the Bell Museum, visit their website. For tickets (and really, you should buy tickets), you can purchase them on the Bryant Lake Bowl website. Events will be added to the social calendar as they become available.
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P736 Psychological impact of inflammatory bowel disease: differences by gender and age. The ENMENTE Project
Gobbo Montoya M.1, Marín-Jiménez I.2, Panadero A.3, Modino Y.4, Cañas M.5, Guardiola J.6, Cea-Calvo L.7, Juliá B.7, Romero C.7, Carmona L.8, Barreiro-de Acosta M.*9
1Positivamente, Centro de Psicología, Madrid, Spain 2Hospital Gregorio Marañόn, Unidad de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Servicio de Aparato digestivo e Instituto de Investigaciόn Sanitaria Gregorio Marañόn (IiSGM), Madrid, Spain 3Asociaciόn de Enfermos de Crohn y Colitis Ulcerosa de Madrid (ACCU Madrid), Psicόlogo especializado en Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Madrid, Spain 4Confederaciόn de Asociaciones de pacientes de enfermos de Crohn y Colitis Ulcerosa de España (ACCU España), Madrid, Spain 5Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Unidad de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Madrid, Spain 6Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL, Unidad de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain 7Merck Sharp & Dohme de España, Medical Affairs, Madrid, Spain 8Instituto de Salud Musculoesquelética, InMusc, Madrid, Spain 9Complexo Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Unidad de Enfermedad Inflamatoria Intestinal, Servicio de Aparato Digestivo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) may cause psychological morbidity. Age and gender are factors that may condition quality of life perceived by patients and therefore may have important psychological impact. The aim of ENMENTE was to understand the psychological impact of IBD and whether age and gender are factors to be considered in patients' management.
During April 2016 two surveys were made available on-line, one for IBD patients, on the ACCU Spain website (Confederation of IBD Spanish Patients' Associations) and another one for physicians (n=665) members of GETECCU (Spanish Group for IBD treatment). Both invited their members to participate by email and the patients' survey was announced in social networks. Closed questions were asked by patients about the impact of IBD on their feelings of anxiety and depression and how they perceived that IBD influenced their psychological status, relationships and every-day life. Differences by gender and age were analysed with the chi-square test, age ranges were set considering mean age and SD.
The survey was responded by 912 patients. Mean age was39 years (SD±10), 67% were women. Mean disease duration was 11 years (SD± 9). Up to 58% of the patients described their illness as moderate or severe (56% men/70% women). A total of 45% of patients reported having feelings of anxiety/stress due to IBD "always" or "mostly", whilst the figure for feelings of depression/sadness was 37%. Women (p<0.05) and younger patients (p<0.001) reported a higher frequency of such feelings in comparison to men and older patients (table). Most patients agreed on that IBD had a negative influence on their psychological status (72%), their personal relationships (56%), and their every-day life (69%). No differences were found by gender, but younger patients perceived a significant higher impact of IBD on all these aspects compared to older patients (Table 1).
On the other hand, younger patients reported to have been referred to consult psychologists less frequently than older patients (13% <30 years, 25% 30–50 years and 28% >50 years, p=0.002).
Feelings of anxiety/stress and depression/sadness are frequent in IBD patients, and more frequent in women and younger patients. The latter also perceive a higher impact of IBD on their psychological status and every-day life, although, compared with older patients, they are not more frequently referred to the psychologist.
Acknowledgements. Funded by Merck Sharp & Dohme of Spain and endorsed by ACCU España and by GETECCU


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Ardent independent music fans might know Johannes Refsdal better under his alias Joey Haynes, previously one third of folk rock outfit Bear's Den, with whom he parted ways in 2016 to focus on other musical endeavours. He writes songs about love and alcohol, and draws inspiration from the likes of Leonard Cohen, John Martyn, Warren Zevon and Paul Simon.
Start: 8pm
Entry is free, but booking a table is recommended.


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Coaching Mentorship Learning
Uncover your Inner Artist
Over the years, I have many conversations with people about learning to play music .The one thing I hear the most when I tell people that I've been a piano instructor is "Oh, I took piano when I was a kid but I quit. I wish i would have stuck with it." I'm here to say you can ALWAYS come back. The opportunity is always there. I know it's easy to come up with all kinds of reasons to not start and I understand the fears that learning something new is scary. This is why I love to teach people that they can drop the fears and just let yourself play. When we learn how to be this open and creative, it brings out a confidence that we may not have experienced before. And once that confidence is felt, there is no stopping us. We get curious and want to do more. I see this as the essence of my job. I love helping people see past the fears and self-imposed limitations to set themselves free to their creative potential. if this sounds good to you read on.....
Who I Am
I am Pamela Mortensen and I'm a life-long musician who has made the art of music making the center point of my life. But it's more than just learning to play musical instruments or composing music for me. Being a life-long musician has taught me about focus, commitment and joy while being in a creative space. To me, practice is not about sweating, slaving or slogging through material. It means learning to bring focus to what you're doing in the moment that you're doing it and letting the joy come through in the creative process. So many times when we take up an art like music, we often lose that focus because we let ourselves become distracted with the idea of learning just the art without laying a foundation of why we do that art. I understand, too, how easy it is to become distracted my life's demands and time limitations which is exactly why I've started these programs. When you sign up for a Divine Musician program, you are actually committing time, effort and energy to yourself to make the changes from the inside out. You are taking the time to devote energy to filling your own cup so you can feel the joy of being creative. I work closely with clients to help bring them into connection with their heart and soul so they can feel that space where creativity can come out effortlessly. In the 13 years teaching piano, voice and didgeridoo, I have helped many people of all ages reach their potential, goals and dreams. I would love to do the same for you. Read on, to learn more about how we work together.
A Word About Practice
Often times when I say the word "practice" the vast majority of people wince and wrinkle their lip because we've been so conditioned to see practice as something to just get through to learn material. Practice for me has always been about focus through learning new material. Learning to focus goes much deeper into feeling that space that makes music making effortless.
Have you ever watched some of your favorite musicians and thought
"WOW! she makes look so easy! How DO they do that?"
It's through practice. When you're learning to master the material, you're actually learning to master yourself. It doesn't really matter what the material is whether it's a piece of music or a piece of crochet, the center piece of practice we do is in the focus of your mind and focusing on what you wish to accomplish and enjoying the journey along the way.
A Word about Expectations
Expectations, like practice, has been a loaded word for so many. To make a commitment to one's self can be such a hard thing to do especially in these demanding times and sometimes it can be so much easier when you have a guide to help you along. Expectations are not a perfect thing. There will be stumbling blocks along the way but with patience and persistence, we work through those blocks to get to the other side where you can experience the sweetness of what you wish to accomplish. So, it's not so much about what I expect from you as it is what you're able to expect from yourself. When you sign up for a Divine Musician package, you learn to set your own goals and then we work closely together to get to those goals while finding the joy along the way. We walk the path and learn together. But even before we do that, I want be very clear that YOU want to commit to this. Changing and growing is an inside job and it can be effortless or it can be hard as you want it to be so, I want you to take the time to really feel out if this is something you want to do. If so, what you can expect is
- To be held accountable for doing the work
- To be willing to put in the practice time
- To spend time meditating and keeping a musician's journal
- To be kind, patient to and persistent with yourself
These are four main things I ask of you during the time we work together.
What You Get In Return
- A supportive coach that will cheer you on as you work through the material. (don't worry no slogging required)
- The tools you need to help you focus on your goals
- Rooting out limiting beliefs and turning to unlimited potential
- Tackle doubts, fears and excuses and turn them into confidence
- Tap into your natural creative ability to express your potential with joy and ease
So are you ready?
If so,
for a consultation and we'll talk
If not, that's ok too. I understand commitment is a big thing so, when you are ready and you want to take the leap, I'm here.
I'll close by saying that this is one of the best ways I can think of to give back to a growing community of people who are seeking to change from the inside out. It's a way I can help foster a planet of happy people and I full believe this is why we are here to begin with.
Thank you so much for visiting! I really appreciate your presence here.
Take good care and Blessings,


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Being good at obeying the rules means it's easy for me to follow patterns online and from beading books, which has been a great boon as a mostly self-taught creator. I was never the kid who colored outside the lines: I was the kid who learned about shading and point pressure and cross-hatching, who was careful to keep each area of color separate from its neighbor. I liked the freedom to choose colors within the limits of that black-line shape. I liked having a structure to react against -- it was safer. Being limitless felt eerily like being out in space, adrift without a ship to anchor me. I liked the secure feeling of gravity tugging at me, even as I dreamt of flying. But rules, even laws, even the law of gravity -- sometimes they're made to be broken.
The repetitive rhythm and geometric architecture of beadweaving bears the risk of confining me to symmetry and rigidity. Old habits make me flounder a bit when asked to strike out on my own into the blue. It's profoundly helpful to see work like David Chatt's October Bracelet, which takes the regularity of cubic right-angle weave and explodes it into a symphony of chaos and visual surprise.
On the one hand: squares, right? Symmetrical squares, each side identical to every other, the most static shape in all the visual world. And cubic right-angle weave is a set of squares made of smaller squares -- it treats the beads as building blocks, and makes cube shapes out of round beads.
David Chatt has taken the most predictable shape in beadweaving and exploded it.
We have precisely one unity here: there's the individual cubic RAW unit, which has an echo in the large rectangular outline of the bracelet as a whole. That's it. Everything between those -- color, balance, texture, rhythm -- appears improvised and haphazard. Oranges, purples, and a little bit of gold-green dance around one another, sans focal. Spiral shapes and waffled areas and little zigzagging hops of cubes resting on top. Some shapes are layered on top of one another, others intertwine, others nestle against one another like lovers. I could stare at this piece for weeks and not see every detail. It really is an astonishing piece of art, and a spur to get myself out of whatever rut I find myself in, design-wise.
Try this on:
- Diane Fitzgerald's geometric shapes: cylinder beads are basically pixels, and there's a lot of color possibilities within the framework of a rigid structure.
- Bead netting: netting is such a simple stitch, but simplicity here is the foundation for ambition.
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BONES Journey Racing has been competing internationally since 2001. Gates Open: Lucas Oil Stadium will open its gates to followers beginning at 11 am ET (one hour prior to kickoff of the primary game) every day. Seines are suspended vertically within the water with floats and weights, and a few have a bag for catching fish. Michigan Journey Racing offers one-of-a-kind races for energetic folk and journey seekers. Trotlines operated below commercial fishing licenses usually are not limited in number of hooks.
It's unlawful to make use of electrical gadgets, explosives, poisons or firearms to take fish of any species from these waters. The Fishing in the Metropolis Program was established in 1993 and serves Californians dwelling in the Sacramento, San Francisco and Los Angeles metropolitan areas. Journey racing can best be described as races that combine multiple disciplines into a single occasion, over an extended period of time and over rugged terrain.
A family race might be accomplished in a day, and anybody who can pedal a motorcycle can take part, in groups of two to 4 folks. The Jigmaster® was one of many earliest designed casting reels from PENN and remains to be going sturdy as a favorite casting reel for anglers fishing the albacore day boats on the West Coast, as well as kingfish anglers in the Southeast.
Soloists or groups of up to four folks compete in mountain biking, paddling, and overland mountain climbing. Groups will go to designated transitions areas to vary racing disciplines, refill their supplies, change clothing and kit, and sleep if necessary. As a result of this yr's Eco-Challenge was an Alpine occasion, the workforce captains, Ian Adamson and Michael Kloser, whom Benincasa had thought of buddies, doubted her health after she had altitude illness at the Discovery Channel World Championship Adventure Race within the Swiss Alps in July.
Adventure Racing is like an off-street triathlon with paddling as an alternative of swimming. Every degree of Lure enchantment on the fishing rod will subtract 5 seconds from this wait time. The race will last longer for one of the best groups. Joe Moerschbaecher, owner of Pura Vida Adventures, has years of experience as an adventure racer including successfully finishing the final four Primal Quests (three of which his staff finished in the Top 20).


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Last Friday, I traveled back to Annapolis to visit some old friends from college, both to catch up and to prepare for their wedding as it edges ever closer. Since I made the journey via public transit, it turned into a kind of pilgrimage for me. Not only does the route leave plenty of time for contemplation—it takes roughly two hours—it's also a journey that I had to make frequently during the year after I graduated from St. John's College. During that time, I was living in Baltimore** and working for the Episcopal Service Corps, but I was still making almost weekly treks back to Annapolis to take part in the communal life at St. Anne's Parish as I tried to convince them that it would be a good idea to support my seminary aspirations. It's a rather odd experience, continually returning to your college town during the year when you've supposedly, finally become an adult. Catching glimpses of so many familiar sights as the bus trundled along gave me pause, musing about the difference between who I was then and where I find myself these days. (Admittedly, the proximity to my 30th birthday probably didn't help the instinctive turn towards self-examination.) What does it mean to grow up? And what does it mean to become who we're meant to be?
In this week's Hebrew Bible reading (1 Kings 19:4-9), we get a brief, bleak glimpse into Elijah's literal and figurative journey as he tries his best to live into his own vocation as a prophet of the Lord. Having just taken the drastic measure of executing all of the prophets of Baal as he tries to stem the tide of idolatry in the kingdom of Judah, Elijah is fleeing for his life before the wrath of King Ahab and his infamous wife Jezebel. Having failed to move the royal hearts to anything but wrath, the prophet despairs. He cries "enough" and begs God to "take his life, for [he is] no better than [his] fathers" (19:4). After this lament, he collapses into an exhausted sleep beneath a broom tree. (If there's any image that can illustrate the dichotomy between the supposed loftiness of being the Divine spokesperson and the reality, it's Elijah needing to seek shelter underneath a literal bush after his desperate escape into the wilderness.) However, the Lord does not take his chosen prophet's life—to the contrary, God tends to Elijah with almost gentle concern. In a sequence that echoes the calling of Samuel (1 Samuel 3), the prophet is awoken twice by an angel with instructions to "arise and eat" (1 Kings 19:5,7). Thus, even in the midst of his despair, even in the midst of the bareness of the wilderness, God provides. Elijah is fed with "a caked baked on hot stones"*** and his thirst is slaked with "a jar of water" (19:5). The prophet's emotional and physical needs are met, and he continues on in his journey for "forty days and forty nights," which echoes, among a number of different Biblical precedents, the mountaintop experience of Moses and Noah's sojourn in the Ark. His literal and figurative journey comes to an end at "Horeb the mount of God" (19:8). And it should be noted that "Horeb" means dry place, though it's often used interchangeably with Mount Sinai. So, even in fulfillment, God's prophet finds himself in a place that is paradoxically both dry and the heart of his faith.
I offer you that summary not to suggest that my trip or my thoughts were anything like Elijah's, but rather to illustrate just how much growing up and becoming who we're meant to be can mean letting go of the familiar and its expectations. In despair, Elijah meets the Lord. In the wilderness, Elijah is fed. I'm not sure that my freshly-minted college graduate self could ever have imagined what my life looks like now, and I'm positive that the teenager who enrolled at St. John's couldn't possibly have. It's a strange blessing to know that my life has exceeded my younger vision. I pray that it continues to do so—though, Godwilling, without ever coming too close to the prophetic experience. That's also my prayer for Emmanuel more broadly. May our communal journey exceed our abilities to hope, like water and bread underneath a broom tree. May we recognize God as our constant companion, even in the driest of places. May we one day find that, without ever quite noticing that it's happening, we've become more than we ever meant to be.
*While Joan Didion's collection of essays, Slouching Towards Bethlehem, might more quickly come to mind these days, I'm more inclined towards Yates' "The Second Coming."
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Abstract: It is possible to provide a thermodynamic interpretation for the field equations in any diffeomorphism invariant theory of gravity. This insight, in turn, leads us to the possibility of deriving the gravitational field equations from another variational principle without using the metric as a dynamical variable. I review this approach and discuss its implications.
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Roasting Kabocha Squash 101
This squash is a beast of a pumpkin. It's outer shell makes it a little bit intimidating, but it's actually the best. I discovered it for the first time when I started on my low fodmap diet last March. I was weaning myself off sweet potatoes and needed to find a swap. Enter kobocha squash. It's low fodmap, totally yummy, and frequents Burmese dishes a lot. In fact, my favorite dish as Burma Superstar // all of their sister restaurants is their pumpkin pork stew. It's slow cooked pork stewed with kabocha squash and it's absolutely fabulous. Just typing this makes me want to play around in the kitchen to recreate it (recipe maybe coming soon!). Back to the squash - the major trick is to cook it enough that it's sweet and tender, but not burnt. The other trick, is to not cut your finger off. I recommend using a very sharp knife and following the instructions below :) to first cut the squash in half, then scoop the seeds out (clean and roast if you want), and then place the two squash halves open side down on the cutting board. Then cut the top stem and the bottom butt off. From there you can somewhat easily cut into it to form slices.
Ingredients // Pantry Items:
- Kabocha squash
- High heat cooking oil (I used avocado oil)
- Cinnamon (if desired)
- Parchment paper
- Preheat oven to 400F
- Cut squash in half
- Soop the seeds out (clean and roast if you want, I highly recommend)
- Place the two squash halves open side down on the cutting board and then cut the top stem and the bottom butt off
- Gracefully cut each half into 4-6 slices each
- Spray or rub pieces with oil and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper
- Sprinkle with cinnamon if desired
- Roast for 50-1 hour depending on the force of your oven*
*when I make these in my oven, it takes 1 hour+, however, when I make them in my Mother's Wolf oven, it takes 50 minutes tops. You want he tops of the crescents to be crisp and browned on the corners.
Eat straight from the baking sheet as a snack, drizzle with nut butter and cacao nibs for dessert, or throw into a blender with stock + steamed parsnips + spices for a quick and soul warming bowl of soup.


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Pambiche is a Latin American dance derived from Merengue, the national song and dance of the Dominican Republic. The Merengue was once called the "Palm Beach One Step" and it is said that "Pambiche" is a derivation of "Palm Beach." It is considered by some to be the most difficult of all americanized Latin American dances. Dominican Accordionist El Prodigio has released an album entitled Pambiche meets Jazz, in which he combines traditional merengue rhythms (most of the songs featuring pambiche) with traditional American music such as jazz, rock, and blues.
So there you go. I heart the internet. Anyway...good food, good service, good company, and definitely good times.
along with the news that this has indeed been the warmest winter on record for us. The last record was set in 1958. Average temperature this winter has been a chilly 45.8°F with very little rain. The lack of rain is what has made our winter so nice, and I am not complaining one bit.
So today I'm going to get a start on the baby quilt I'm making for a friend. I started cutting it out yesterday, but I'm going to start sewing it today. Before I leave you however, I wanted to tell you what I discovered yesterday. Those of you more internet savvy than I will probably yawn at this, but I was simply amazed.
As I was deciding which block to make next for Lisa's Retirement Quilt, I came across this one in the stack and heaved a big sigh. This is the downside of asking nonquilters to create blocks. Clearly, this is a paper-pieced block, and there was no way I was going to be able to recreate it without the pattern. (Maybe someone more EQ smart than I am could do it, but it isn't going to be me.)
So I tried searching for different names, like "paper-pieced star" and "paper-pieced pinwheel" and some other things. I could find approximations, but nothing identical. Then, I wrote a blog post entitled "Calling All Smart People" and asked all of you if you recognized it. Then, I deleted it when I remembered that it was possible to enter an image into the Google search box and search for an image. You do it like this.
Go to the Google Images Search page. This is how it looks on my computer screen:
Then, you click on the little camera icon, and upload your image:
Anna at Six White Horses, along with a link to the pattern on Craftsy.
Have I said lately how much I love the internet?
So there you go. And here I go. Heading off to the sewing room now. Have a nice Monday.


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Why Juice Fast?
Toxins and Society
We live in a toxic world; from the air we breath to the water we drink and the food we eat. The body has a powerful system of detoxification including our kidneys, lungs, skin and bowels. However, the body was never designed to handle the amount of toxins we have subjected it to with how we eat and live in our present world.
We are overwhelmed as a society with disease, including obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, cancer and chronic illnesses. Juice fasting can have miraculous effects on your body and spirit. Juice fasting has the ability to have profound effects, from increased energy to reversing unhealthful conditions. From anything as simple as lethargy to allegedly incurable diseases.
We need to reduce our toxic overload and give our bodies healing nutrients by including vitamins, minerals, enzymes and photo nutrients found only in plant foods into our diets. Juice fasting is the single, most powerful way to address both of these determiners of our health.
Non-Toxic Fruits and Veggies
Juices from edible fruits, vegetables and herbs are non-toxic, so they don't contribute to your toxic load and they are low calorie and high nutrient! We could never eat the amount of fresh fruits and vegetables in a day required for healing. We would need 15-30 lbs of fresh produce a day! If we ate all of that whole it would burden our digestive system immensely. That's why juicing is so powerful!
When we extract the pure organic juice from our fruits and vegetables our bodies can use its energy towards healing instead of the laborious process of digesting. When our digestive system is at rest our bodies can begin to heal when given the proper nutrients.
When juice fasting the body does not heal selectively, it works on everything!
Acidic vs. Alkaline
Juice fasting almost immediately brings your body to an alkaline state as a result of the high mineral content in fresh juice. Our bodies thrive only with an alkaline blood pH, optimally between 7.2 and 7.8. The problem is that most people hover around 6.8 to 5.3, which is extremely acidic.
Drinking fresh juice during a cleansing fast promotes a life-enhancing state of alkalinity and supports longevity. Alkalinity is essential because it supports the perfect environment for healthy bacteria to flourish and for enzymes to catalyze more efficiently.
With an alkaline pH, red blood cells can carry oxygen to your entire body more efficiently and speeds up sluggish cellular respiration. It halts the "composting" process by which your cells starve off and die quickly and helps your cells stay clean. Alkalinity also allows organs like your liver and pancreas to regenerate damaged tissues and heals diseased stomach lining.
Get Out That Waste!
If your diet is full of processed foods and overcooked oils and fats, our cells walls lose their permeability and they lose respiration along with it. The weak cells first lose their ability to produce energy and they die faster. This applies to everything in your body from your skin to your colon.
Every system must work harder in these conditions to cope with performing their individual tasks under extreme conditions. If your bowels aren't working perfectly, dead cells can't be eliminated and they get stored in fat cells until they can be removed.
These dead cells are breeding grounds for fungal forms to reproduce and grow. Candida is a type of fungal form that normally exists in all human bodies but in an acidic environment they grow. These highly insidious fungal forms in combination with the toxins that alter normal cell functionality are the basis for most autoimmune diseases, diabetes, and even cancer.
It's like hitting a compost button. Either your immune system goes haywire and attacks normally benign things or parts of your body actually start decomposing from the inside out. Juice fasting immediately starts alkalizing your body. This is the first step on the road to health!
Candida can barely survive, let alone thrive in an alkaline condition. So as you feed your body with juice you starve off candida.
The most amazing thing about juice fasting is it completely reverses the underlying factors of disease. All those vitamins, minerals, enzymes and phytonutrients in your fresh juices flood your system with nutrition. Your cells can open up and breathe and easily move waste again. Your intestines lose their grip on the tacky, slimy, mucoid plaque layer of undigested food blocking the expulsion of waste. Your oxygen rich blood filters through your body, chipping away at bits of stored up garbage it's been hanging on to.
Enzymes, Enzymes, Enzymes
Enzymes are really the secret to what makes juice fasting so powerful. They act as biological catalysts. Enzymes are responsible for really all metabolic reactions that take place within cells of all living things, from breaking down food to growing hair and replicating DNA, enzymes do it all!
Raw plants are full of living enzymes. So when we drink pure juices our bodies use the enzymes from the juice to perform digestion and the metabolic enzymes can be used to do their job instead of being sent as backups for the dwindling supply of digestive enzymes.
We are born with a limited stock of metabolic enzymes which perform every chemical reaction in our bodies. When they run out, we do too. Eating foods that deplete our digestive enzymes require our metabolic enzymes to go in and help.
Raw foods and fresh juices contain living enzymes that help the nutrients digest themselves, rather than deplete your finite enzyme stores. Enzyme rich juices cleanse your body of plaque and toxins that shouldn't be there.
You can fix the problem!
There is hope! Our entire bodies are regenerated down the atomic level every 7-10 years. With regular juice fasting and an improved diet you can easily balance out the disturbance caused by environmental pollutants and eating the wrong foods.
Juice fasting balances pH, oxygenates the blood, cleanses the stomach, liver, kidneys, intestines, and colon. It heals skin and shrinks tumors. It can stop diabetes in its tracks and modify an overactive immune system. It tones every tissue and system in your body and blasts candida out of its dark corners and hiding places.
Every step you take in the right direction and every small juicing success you make is cleaning you up for a healthier future!


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Reliance Jio recently announced 'Double Dhamaka' offer. Under the limited-period offer, the telecom operator is giving 3GB data daily to subscribers of its Rs 149 and Rs 399 plans. Reliance Jio also silently upgraded its Rs 299 data plan to offer an additional 1.5GB of 4G mobile internet data. As per the original Reliance Jio Rs 299 plan, subscribers were entitled to get 3GB daily data along with voice and SMS benefits. Now, those who recharge with Rs 299 before June 30 will be entitled to get 4.5GB daily data for a period of 28 days.
The Reliance Jio Rs 299 plan offer unlimited voice calls(local, STD and roaming) along with unlimited SMS benefits during the entire 28 days validity period with a cap of 100 SMS per day. The plan, of course, offer free access to Jio apps which includes JioTV through which users can watch the ongoing FIFA 2018 matches live without any additional cost.
On the other hand, according to the new offer by Reliance Jio, subscribers are entitled to get 3GB daily data, free voice, SMS and Jio Apps for 28 days at Rs 149. The data plan worth Rs 399 will offer the same benefits of the Rs 149 plan with an extended validity of 84 days. Here is the list of upgraded plans that are valid till June 30.
Jio plans worth Rs 149, 349, 399, 449: Subscribers will now get 3GB daily data instead of 1.5GB 4G VoLTE data per day.
Jio plans worth Rs 198, 398, 448, 498: Subscribers will get 3.5GB data per day instead of the earlier cap of 2GB daily data.
Jio Rs 299 plan: This plan will offer 4.5GB daily data instead of 3GB data per day.


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My review of the film Rough Night starring Scarlet Johannson, Ilana Glazer, Jillian Bell, Zoe Kravitz, and Kate McKinnon.
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In this return entry we are discussing the merits of visual aesthetics and overall game design in the Fighting game genre. Which one is more important? How much does Character Design relate to making a person play a fighting game? Does age hinder the effectiveness of character design on newer generation? Is using current trends hurting the lasting power of a characters design? In this first post of two, Illustrator, JCEtheredge debates with Industrial Designer, Arthur. Both have been playing fighting games for years and read many a comic book.Continue Reading …


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TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Taiyo Pacific Partners announced today that it has accumulated in excess of 5% in Sosei Group Corporation (4565) to become Sosei's second largest shareholder. The company (or "Sosei") is an international biotechnology company focused on discovering, developing and delivering new medicines that could contribute to improving the health and quality of life of people around the world. Taiyo Pacific Partners is a pioneer of friendly engagement investing in Japan and has been proactively working with senior management at its portfolio companies to enhance shareholder value for over 14 years.
Brian K. Heywood, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Partner of Taiyo Pacific Partners, said, "I am excited about the strategic investments the Company has made to augment their technology and business. With the addition of Heptares Therapeutics, Sosei has a differentiated drug discovery platform and a burgeoning pipeline of partnered and in-house drugs with the potential to address multiple diseases afflicting billions around the world. As with all of our portfolio companies, we look forward to working with management and supporting their continued growth."
Michael A. King, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner of Taiyo Pacific Partners, said, "While the quarter-by-quarter earnings and cash flow will be lumpy during this investment phase, we are excited about the long-term potential for Sosei's drug discovery process to bring multiple novel candidates into trials over the next 18-24 months. Sosei's balanced model of partnership, strategic tie-ups, and in-house R&D is geared toward optimizing upside while diversifying development and commercial risk across a range of clients and disease indications. We believe that patient investors will be well rewarded for their investment in Sosei."
Taiyo Pacific Partners, located in Kirkland, Washington, was founded in 2003 by Asia-focused professionals dedicated to friendly shareholder activism in Japan and other Asian countries. The firm currently manages approx. $2.5 billion in Japan focused funds. All strategies employ a friendly activist approach. Investors include international blue-chip investors such as major pension plans, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and endowments.


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US moves 100 coffins to inter-Korean border for war remains
Saturday, June 23
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The U.S. military said it moved 100 wooden coffins to the inter-Korean border on Saturday to prepare for North Korea's returning of the remains of American soldiers who have been missing since the 1950-53 Korean War.
U.S. Forces Korea spokesman Col. Chad Carroll also said 158 metal transfer cases were sent to a U.S. air base near Seoul, South Korea's capital, and would be used to send the remains home.
North Korea agreed to return U.S. war remains during the June 12 summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump.
While the U.S. military preparations suggest that the repatriation of war remains could be imminent, it remains unclear when and how it would occur.
Earlier Saturday, Carroll denied a report by South Korea's Yonhap news agency that U.S. military vehicles carrying more than 200 caskets were planning to cross into North Korea on Saturday. He said plans for the repatriation were "still preliminary."
U.S. Forces Korea said in a statement later in the day that 100 wooden "temporary transit cases" built in Seoul were sent to the Joint Security Area at the border as part of preparations to "receive and transport remains in a dignified manner when we get the call to do so."
From 1996 to 2005, joint U.S.-North Korea military search teams conducted 33 recovery operations that collected 229 sets of American remains.
But efforts to recover and return other remains have stalled for more than a decade because of the North's nuclear weapons development and U.S. claims that the safety of recovery teams it sent during the administration of former President George W. Bush was not sufficiently guaranteed.
Columbus Zoo Celebrates World Giraffe Day With Pregnancy Announcement
June 21, 2018
Powell, OH – As part of the World Giraffe Day celebration on June 21, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium announced that they are expecting two Masai giraffe births in the coming months—the first giraffe births at the Zoo in nearly 20 years. The last calf born at the Zoo was in 1999.
The two expectant mothers are 8-year-old Zuri and 6-year-old Cami. Zuri came to Columbus in 2013 after being at The Wilds in Cumberland, Ohio and the Ellen Trout Zoo in Lufkin, Texas, where she was born. Cami came to the Columbus Zoo in 2013 from the Nashville Zoo in Tennessee. Enzi is the 8-year-old breeding male Masai giraffe, and he arrived at the Columbus Zoo in 2013 after first being at The Wilds and the Toledo Zoo, where he was born. The pairing of Enzi with both Zuri and Cami was based on a breeding recommendation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums' (AZA) Species Survival Plan® (SSP) for giraffes.
Zuri's calf is due sometime between late August and mid-September, and Cami's calf is due between late September and mid-October. The sex of the calves is not yet known. Both mothers are being closely monitored by the Zoo's animal care staff, and the calves appear to be healthy and growing steadily according to most recent ultrasounds conducted by the Zoo's animal health team.
Nineteen giraffes have been born at the Columbus Zoo over the course of its history, but the two newest additions will be the first giraffes born in the Heart of Africa region since its opening in 2014. Giraffes typically have a gestation period of around 15 months and will give birth to the calf while standing up. Newborn calves can weigh anywhere from 100-150 pounds and are, on average, around 6 feet tall.
In addition to sharing the exciting pregnancy news and offering special giraffe conservation-themed activities for guests, the World Giraffe Day celebration also featured the Zoo's first public plasma draw demonstration.
The Columbus Zoo and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado are the co-founders of the giraffe plasma bank and, now along with the Greenville Zoo in South Carolina, are the only zoological facilities that are currently able to consistently collect large volumes of plasma from giraffe to send to animals in need of a transfusion. These plasma transfusions have been responsible for assisting in saving the lives of several young giraffe across the country.
Plasma contains vital antibodies and critical proteins that can give a life-saving boost to the immune system of a young calf, which hasn't been able to nurse and obtain the mother's vital colostrum, or to a sick calf that needs additional help to fight off an infection.
Since 2017, the Columbus Zoo has been able to provide plasma to assist in saving the lives of four newborn giraffe at other zoos that were in need of a transfusion to survive. This work is only possible through the hard work and dedication of the animal care and animal health staff who have trained members of the giraffe herd to participate in these large volume blood draws completely awake and voluntarily. The program further exemplifies the level of trust that exists between the animal care team, the animal health team and the giraffes in the Heart of Africa region at the Zoo.
As a result of the Zoo's specialization in this field, members of the animal care and animal health teams serve as experts in plasma draws and frequently share videos, host conferences, teach at workshops and provide facility tours to animal care and animal health staff from across the country to share their understanding of giraffe care.
"All of the elements of our World Giraffe Day celebration in the Heart of Africa region further demonstrate the tremendous advancements in animal health and animal care that our team at the Columbus Zoo has contributed to benefit wildlife," said Columbus Zoo President/ CEO Tom Stalf. "We take great pride in the leadership and the dedication of our staff to provide the very best in animal care and welfare to the giraffes and other wildlife species to help protect their future."
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a long-time supporter of several direct giraffe conservation initiatives and has raised a total of $191,825 for giraffe projects since 2002. The Zoo also provided a one-time $56,679 grant to the Giraffe Conservation Foundation through the Zoo's Wine for Wildlife Fund-A-Need. The World Giraffe Day celebration at the Zoo is just one of the many ways that the Zoo strives to involve the public to raise awareness and additional funds for this important conservation effort.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species,™ giraffe populations are listed as vulnerable in their native range across southern and eastern Africa and are in decline due to various factors including habitat loss, civil unrest/military operations, poaching and ecological changes.
For more information about conservation initiatives at the Columbus Zoo, please visit: https://globalimpact.columbuszoo.org/about.
About the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
Home to more than 10,000 animals representing over 600 species from around the globe, the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium leads and inspires by connecting people and wildlife. The Zoo complex is a recreational and education destination that includes the 22-acre Zoombezi Bay water park and 18-hole Safari Golf Course. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium also operates The Wilds, a 10,000-acre conservation center and safari park located in southeastern Ohio. The Zoo is a regional attraction with global impact; annually contributing more than $4 million of privately raised funds to support conservation projects worldwide. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, the Columbus Zoo has earned Charity Navigator's prestigious 4-star rating.
Celebrate World Giraffe Day at the Columbus Zoo
WHAT: Celebrate the longest day of the year with the longest necks at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on World Giraffe Day. To highlight the Zoo's leadership in helping to advance care for giraffes, Zoo veterinarian Dr. Priya Bapodra-Villaverde will be conducting the first public giraffe plasma draw demonstration for Zoo guests. Additional giraffe conservation-themed activities will follow the demonstration, including a special announcement made by the Zoo's animal care team.
The Columbus Zoo and the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo are the co-founders of the giraffe plasma bank and are the only two zoological facilities that are currently able to consistently collect large volumes of plasma from giraffe to send to animals in need of a transfusion. These plasma transfusions have been responsible for assisting in saving the lives of several young giraffes across the country.
Plasma contains vital antibodies and critical proteins that can give a life-saving boost to the immune system of a young calf, which hasn't been able to nurse and obtain the mother's vital colostrum, or to a sick calf that needs additional help to fight off an infection.
Since 2017, the Columbus Zoo has been able to provide plasma to assist in saving the lives of four newborn giraffe at other zoos that were in need of a plasma transfusion to survive. This work is only possible through the hard work and dedication of the animal care staff who have trained members of the giraffe herd to participate in these large volume blood draws completely awake and voluntarily. The program further exemplifies the level of trust that exists between the animal care team, the animal health team and the giraffes in the Heart of Africa region at the Zoo.
As a result of the Zoo's specialization in this field, members of the animal care and animal health teams serve as experts in plasma draws and frequently share videos, host conferences, teach at workshops and provide facility tours to animal care and veterinary staff from across the country to share their understanding of giraffe care.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is a long-time supporter of several direct giraffe conservation initiatives and has raised a total of $191,825 for giraffe projects since 2002. The Zoo also provided a one-time $56,679 grant to the Giraffe Conservation Fund through the Zoo's Wine for Wildlife Fund-A-Need. The World Giraffe Day celebration at the Zoo will continue to help to raise awareness and additional funds for this important conservation effort.
According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species,™ giraffe populations are listed as vulnerable in their native range across southern and eastern Africa and are in decline due to various factors including habitat loss, civil unrest/military operations, poaching and ecological changes.
After Singapore, Is Iran the Next US Target?
by Mel Gurtov
Predictably, both sides at the Singapore summit are claiming victory. Kim Jong-un, having shared the stage with Donald Trump, can say that North Korea is now recognized de facto as a nuclear-weapon state. Trump can (and did) say that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat, though he has already backtracked from that statement with a notification to Congress that uses the North Korean threat to justify continued sanctions. Both men claim to be great negotiators and just great guys—again, as Trump actually did say of Kim. Of course, the reality is that the nuclear issue has not been buried, and the process for bringing about normal relations between the US and North Korea remains to be determined.
Most experts seem to believe that Kim got the better of Trump, mainly because Kim did not deviate from the longstanding North Korean position that it is willing to "denuclearize" provided the US offers security guarantees. Which raises a few questions. Given that the US objective is "complete, irreversible, verifiable denuclearization," why was Trump willing to agree simply to Kim's "commitment" to denuclearization? Why did Trump decide to suspend US military exercises in Korea, a gift to both North Korea and China, made even sweeter by his referring to the exercises as "provocative"? Why did Trump fail to go along with John Bolton's insistence that a denuclearization agreement should cover every aspect of uranium enrichment and plutonium processing, missiles, and chemical and biological weapons? Why, finally, was Trump so lavish in praise of Kim—and so unwilling to condemn a dictatorship whose human rights record is horrendous and amply documented?
The answer to these questions may have as much to do with US policy on Iran as with policy on North Korea.
Iran on Their Minds
Starting well before Trump's election and continuing thereafter, Israelis targeted him as their ticket to combating Iran. Obama's bitter relationship with Benjamin Netanyahu, his criticisms of Saudi Arabia, and his determination to conclude a nuclear deal with Tehran gave the Israelis reason to hope that they might ally with the Saudis as well as the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in confronting Iran. Personal ties between Israeli officials and Trump's team, and money from the UAE and Qatar that apparently was funneled into Trump's campaign, facilitated infiltrating and influencing a very inexperienced new administration. By the time Trump took office, policies favorable to Israel and its Arab neighbors were top priorities.
Prior to the Trump-Kim summit meeting in Singapore, the conventional wisdom was that overturning the Iran deal would make dealing with North Korea much harder for Trump. Iran actually warned the North Koreans not to trust Trump. But as the summit approached I came to a different conclusion: Trump would want to stabilize the North Korea situation—put it on the back burner for a while—in order to prepare for more forcibly confronting Iran. The North Koreans may even have sensed that, and took advantage by pushing for a final statement bereft of details. And Donald Trump, ever on the lookout for a winning photo-op and diversion from domestic problems, was willing to go along. Reportedly, he spent less than 30 minutes in actual negotiation with Kim Jong-un.
What might have been Trump's calculation? For his own political and personal reasons, protecting Israel and Saudi Arabia is much more important to him and his far-right supporters than protecting South Korea and Japan. As he sees it—judging from remarks during and since his presidential campaign—the South Koreans and the Japanese are in a position to do a great deal more for their security and economy. They should be paying more for US military protection, and South Korea should be preparing for the exit of US troops. Japan and South Korea should also be buying more American weapons and rectifying their trade surpluses with the US. (Until they do, Japan will not be exempted from the US sanctions on Iran that affect oil imports, and South Korea may have to renegotiate the KORUS trade agreement.) Should North Korea begin denuclearizing—which, contrary to Trump's claim at a June 21 campaign-style rally, has neither begun nor yet been negotiated—Trump insists they contribute all the aid necessary for North Korea's economic development. If South Korea and Japan were to decide to go nuclear, that would be just fine with Trump: It would enable him to end the US commitment to extended deterrence.
Weakening, if not jettisoning, traditional US alliances has become a central element in the Trump foreign policy. Trump made his priorities clear when, within one week, he turned his back on the G-7 group and personally assailed Canada's prime minister (supposedly in order not to appear weak at the Singapore Summit) while making promises to Kim Jong-un that left the South Koreans and the Japanese out on a limb. Encouraging Japan to develop a "normal" military role in East Asia and leaving South Korea to find a new comfort zone with North Korea would free Trump to focus on his much higher priority, namely, providing whatever the Israelis and Saudis want to isolate and destabilize Iran. Their priority can be seen in Trump's decision on Jerusalem, the US decision to drop out of the UN Human Rights Council in protest of "bias" against Israel, US arms sales to Saudi Arabia and support of its intensified and criminal bombing in Yemen, his pretense of having a serious peace plan that would accommodate Palestinian concerns, his siding with Saudi Arabia in its dispute with Qatar, the efforts by his representatives to obtain financial support from the Gulf states for Trump's election, and Trump's letter (officially unacknowledged) to Persian Gulf allies demanding that they relieve the US of its financial burden ("$7 trillion," he said with typical exaggeration) in Syria and Iraq.
The US Threat to Iran
On May 21 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed Iran policy in the comfort of the right-wing Heritage Foundation. One could hear the cheers all the way to Tel Aviv and Riyadh. But just about everywhere else, the speech was widely and properly criticized on several grounds: for not really representing "Plan B" after Trump's withdrawal from the nuclear deal, for not being a strategy at all, for in fact threatening regime change, and for making impossible demands on Iran that could lead to war.
Here are my takeaways from Pompeo's speech.
The Threat: Very much in the spirit of "maximum pressure" on North Korea, Pompeo declared: "The Iranian regime should know that this is just the beginning. After our sanctions come into full force, it will be battling to keep its economy alive. Iran will be forced to make a choice — either fight to keep its economy off life support at home or keep squandering precious wealth on fights abroad. It will not have the resources to do both." What Pompeo did not explain is how, in the words of the European Union's foreign affairs specialist, "walking away from the JCPOA [the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the official name of the nuclear deal] has made or will make the region safer from the threat of nuclear proliferation or how it puts us in a better position to influence Iran's conduct in areas outside the scope of JCPOA. There is no alternative to the JCPOA."
The Objective, Regime Change: "The West often treats President Rouhani and Foreign Minister Zarif as apart from the regime's unwise, terrorist and malign behaviors. Yet, Rouhani and Zarif are your elected leaders. Are they not the most responsible for your economic struggles? Are these two not responsible for wasting Iranian lives through the Middle East? It is worth the Iranian people considering."
The Oversell: "We will ensure freedom of navigation on the waters in the region. We will work to prevent and counteract any Iranian malign cyber activity. We will track down Iranian operatives and their Hezbollah proxies operating around the world and crush them. Iran will never again have carte blanche to dominate the Middle East." Really? "Dominate the Middle East"? Sounds like a version of the yellow peril argument.
The Impossible Demands: Pompeo listed twelve demands (see at the end) and gave every indication that the list is "all or nothing." There is no chance Iran will meet any of the demands, which are nonnegotiable. The list amounts to a throwaway designed to rationalize deeper sanctions and a hoped-for disruption of Iran society. Pompeo said the sanctions would be the heaviest in history. Jennifer Rubin writes in the Washington Post (May 21) that "having pulled out of the JCPOA without our allies, it is far from clear why they would cooperate with us on more ambitious undertakings." In fact, European allies are discussing ways to get around the US sanctions, and Iran's decision on going nuclear is on hold. Iran's Foreign Minister Javad Zarif tweeted that the US position is "merely a regression to old habits: imprisoned by delusions & failed policies—dictated by corrupt Special Interest—it repeats the same wrong choices and will thus reap the same ill rewards. Iran, meanwhile, is working with partners for post-US JCPOA solutions."
In Conclusion
In a nutshell, Trump is all in when it comes to currying favor with Benjamin Netanyahu and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. They, along with Kim Jong-un, Xi Jinping, and Vladimir Putin, are the real winners in Singapore. The spineless Republicans will mostly hold their noses and say nothing, partly because they belong to the Israeli Lobby and partly because they have learned not to criticize this president no matter how much he sells out the country. Consequently, the opportunity President Obama created with the nuclear deal with Iran to find common ground on other Middle East issues has been squandered. Meantime, Trump will continue dissembling about what he accomplished in Singapore, maintaining that North Korea is dismantling its nuclear and missile establishment so as to pretend the issue is being resolved. There's big trouble ahead.
The 12 US Demands:
· Declare to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a full account of the prior military dimensions of its nuclear program and permanently and verifiably abandon such work in perpetuity.
· Stop enrichment and never pursue plutonium reprocessing, including closing its heavy water reactor.
· Provide the IAEA with unqualified access to all sites throughout the entire country.
· End its proliferation of ballistic missiles and halt further launching or development of nuclear-capable missile systems.
· Release all US citizens as well as citizens of US partners and allies.
· End support to Middle East terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
· Respect the sovereignty of the Iraqi government and permit the disarming, demobilization and reintegration of Shia militias.
· End its military support for the Houthi rebels and work towards a peaceful, political settlement in Yemen.
· Withdraw all forces under Iran's command throughout the entirety of Syria.
· End support for the Taliban and other terrorists in Afghanistan and the region and cease harboring senior al-Qaeda leaders.
· End the Islamic Revolutionary Guard corps-linked Quds Force's support for terrorists and militant partners around the world.
· End its threatening behavior against its neighbors, many of whom are US allies, including its threats to destroy Israel and its firing of missiles at Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, and threats to international shipping and destructive cyberattacks.
Mel Gurtov, syndicated by PeaceVoice, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Portland State University.


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Sebastian Vettel is a world champion German racing driver who has won four straight world championships. At present, he is the most successful and dominant formula one driver in the world. He is very young but is considered as the one of the greatest formula one driver in the gaming history. Let's have a close look on Sebastian Vettel's net worth in 2019 and other achievements.
Early life
The legendary racing driver was born on 3rd January, 1987, in Heppenheim, Germany to his parents Heike Vettel and Noebert Vettel. There is not much information about his family background. He attended Starkenburg Gymnasium in Heppenheim and completed his high school. As a child, Sebastian was not a brilliant student at all. After schools, Sebastian stepped into racing professionally. Talking about his siblings, he has 2 older sisters and a younger brother who is also a racing driver.
Moving on to his love life, Sebastian is a devoted and loyal lover. He has been into the relationship with his childhood sweetheart Hanna Prater since a very long time. The couple is not married yet but they're the proud parents of two daughters who were born in 2014 and 2015 respectively. There is not any indication of their marriage any time soon.
Sebastian started racing when he was only three and half years old. By the age of 10, he was already ahead of his peers. At 11, he made a place in Red Bull's junior team. For next 6 years, he remained with Red Bull and bagged 18 titles out of 20. This was really a big achievement for a teenager boy. At that time, he was only 18 years old but has impressed the world with his exceptional driving skills. In 2006, he turned a professional formula one driver and came together with BMW Sauber. However, his contract with BMW Sauber lasted only for one year.
After a few years, he again signed the contract with Red Bull in 2009 and remained with it till 2015. During these years, he won 4 world championships consecutively in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013. Following that, he garnered a huge publicity and was regarded as the greatest formula one driver in the world. In 2015, he broke the contract with Red Bull and came together with Ferrari. His contract with Ferrari is until 2020.
Awards & achievements
Throughout his career, Sebastian has won several championships and titles other than winning 4 world championships. Talking about honors, he has been awarded with 'Silver Laurel Leaf Award', one of the most prestigious awards of Germany. He has also won DHL Fastest Lap Award three times.
Net worth of Sebastian Vettel
Formula one is one of the highest-class games in the world and Sebastian Vettel is highest paid player of this game today. Considering the fact, the legendary sportsman must have a giant net worth. As of now, the he holds a whopping net worth of $70 million. The major portion of his income comes through his winning titles and the contracts. Recently, he signed a three-year deal with Ferrari which earned him nearly $50 million annually.
As of now, Sebastian Vettel is indisputably the greatest formula one driver in the world. Presently, he is just 30 years old. Means, a lot more is yet to come from him.


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March 1, 2010
People often cite Leicester as a place that must have great Indian restaurants. Actually nowhere in the UK is very far from an OK curry house and many of Leicester's curry houses are not that different to those OK places you can find anywhere. But where Leicester is very strong is in the quick and cheap home style places – the dhabas. Paddy's dhaba in the Martin Arms is a pretty rough and ready place but regularly has smart cars lined up outside as successful types come back to their roots in search of simple pleasures. Star Vashnu dhaba on Narborough Road offers tremedously cheap and tasty vegetarian food with Punjabi twist (see menu here). Rob and I heard the call of Star Vashnu tonight but forgot it's closed on a Monday. Fortunately you don't have to travel far to find something comparable. We crossed the road to Mithaas (103 Narborough Road) and had a proper little feast for well under £10 for two.
Rob's thali had two tasty curries, dhal, slightly greasy but perfectly fresh poppadum, good plain rice, three fine chappatis, bhaji and some chocolate barfi to finish it off. My special chaat was a tangy and spicy collection of bhaji, samosa and sev doused in yoghurt and tamarind sauce. It's not exactly the most atmospheric of places, but it's clean with pleasant staff and offers the kind of tasty, cheap food that is one of the definite plus points about living in Leicester.


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Guess who's officially a big ol' preschooler now!
(Yeah, I didn't actually think that'd be hard to guess.)
By all accounts, the lass had a great first day. She got the grand tour of the classroom, made some friends, played on the playground, and was most excited about doing "the screwdriver work" and the pink tower. She's looking forward to more fun stuff tomorrow. :)
After school, as has become our custom, we went to the Silver Diner for lunch.
(Lunch is serious business, apparently.)
Anyway! Soren and I had a nice morning of one-on-one time, and it'll be fun to hang out with just him in the mornings all week, though he's excited to start school as well. All good things. :)