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My Favourite Book Essay
Essay Topic: Love
Paper type: Essay
Words: 891, Paragraphs: 14, Pages: 4
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Recently I`ve read a very interesting book that impressed me greatly. It was the novel by Vera Kryzhanovskaya "Hellish charms". Russian writer and spiritualist Vera Kryzhanovskaya was the first woman writer of science fiction in the world, and the first professional science fiction writer in Russia.
She was born June 2, 1857 .Her Father was from an old noble family of the Tambov Province. In the 1880s and 90s she lived in Western Europe. Since childhood Kryzhanovskaya was interested in ancient history and the occult, she even performed as a medium at sessions.
Kryzhanovskaya`s Husband was a well known spiritualist S.V. Semenov.
Following the spiritualists` tradition, Kryzhanovskaya stated that her novels had been dictated by the spirit of English poet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester , who believed that a soul stayed on earth even after death . She wrote in French and then her works were translated into Russian.
The main theme of her novels is the struggle of the divine and satanic forces, the dependence of man`s hidden forces and the forces of universe, the secrets of the primordial matter … Reincarnation`s consciousness` and soul`s secrets , the writer has already disclosed in the historical novels ("The Queen Hatasu", for example).
"Hellish charms" is one of the novels, where the ritual of bewitching is described. The headline reveals the main theme and idea of the novel. The story is about a girl who wanted to marry the man with good fortune and because of it she had to resort to black magic.It`s about love, sins and mistakes, about forgiveness. The book electrifies the reader, mystical experiences and psychology do not give an opportunity to relax.
The moral of the story is represented very clearly: you can not build your happiness on the misfortune of others, regardless of other people's desires. Each undertaken sin may be the first step on way to hell, and not everybody can turn away from that road.
The book is written in a very simple way, the sentences are mostly short, without large clauses and nominative constructions. The author worries about every character and describes all their sufferings and other feelings very brightly.
The main characters are:
Kira Nagorskaya, a pretty blond girl of twenty with a good figure , large dark eyes with long thick eyelashes and wonderful complexion;
Alexey Basargin – a wealthy young man, who took a fancy to Kira especially her coquetry and beauty. He became a frequent guest in Kira`s place. Kira considered him to be a wonderful match.
Maleynen – an old witch, who helped Kira to bewitch Alexey and made him to fall in love with her. She was a skinny tall woman with deep hollow eyes that strangely sparkled.
Marquise Kervadek – Alexey`s best friend, a tall, slender young man with black curly hair and pointed beard. He is a very passionate character and didn`t hide his admiration from Kira.
Shepsu – an unusual character, Circassian, who lived alone in a mountain hut. The only man, who was able to save Kira from her curse.
The story took place in Russia in the 18th century. A young woman Kira Nagorskaya who got used to luxury, after running through her father`s fortune, decided to marry someone didn`t matter young or old , beautiful or ugly, tall or short, someone who was able to give her a social status and wealth. But one day in a house of one of her old friends she got acquainted with Alexey Basargin a young man ,who has already worked in Ministry. She liked him and even thought not to cheat on him, at least for a while, when they would marry. Alexey became a frequent guest in Kira`s place and she was ready to celebrate the victory but suddenly he disappeared.
There were rumors that he was going to marry another girl, Kira felt miserable and angry. She couldn`t believe it. Than she got to know about an old woman, a witch called Maleynen, and decided to ask her for help. But this decision took an unexpected turn for her. Basargin made her a proposal and she married him. In the course of time she began to feel disgust and irritation to him. She also fell in love with Alexey`s best friend Marquise Kervadek but tried to hidу her feelings. She knew that if she would like to divorce with Basargin, the charms would make him kill her. She couldn`t fight against her feelings and went to Maleynen again to ruin the first spell. But it has worked strangely and Alexey perished and his spirit began to pursue Kira.
Kervadek and Kira try to find the solution, Marquise takes Kira away to Germany, Italy, France but the ghost chases them. At least they find the man called Shepsu, the only one who can save her. He was a young Circassian, who lived alone in a mountain hut in the Caucasus. Having held all the rituals Shepsu was able to conquer the evil spirit of Basargin. At last the curse was ruined.
In conclusion, I personally would like to advise this novel and not just this one but the others too. In my opinion it was one of the best books I`ve ever read, it`s plot has swallowed me completely. Most of all I liked it`s moral : Love can neither be bought nor sold.


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Warning, Warning!!
This is the most rambling post you are possibly ever going to read!
Anyway, here we go with another deep and meaningful post, which only has a tenuous link to EMS (I hope you dont mind?)
I don't know what is wrong with me at the moment (or right with me, depending on how you look at it), but I am finding myself thinking about things alot more than I usually do, and that's saying something!
I haven't really put much medical stuff out recently, mostly due to the fact that nothing too bloggable has happened at work for a while, and whilst there are 'human stories' in every job that I go on, sometimes I feel that it won't be the most interesting thing to write, or read, about.
What I have been thinking alot about recently though is Fate and Destiny.
Wooooaahhh!!, I hear you all say, I dont want this sort of philosophy from an EMS Blog!!
Well, that is what I am thinking about, so that is what you are going to get tonight!
There have been a number of people recently who have commented on how the shear amount of connections that I have made this year and the way that my journey through life has developed recently hints towards fate or destiny. Fire Daily left a comment on yesterdays post about my inspirational teacher which made me think and start writing this post :
"Some things are just meant to be, and the intersection of your two lives (in both history class and later in nursing school) seemed destined by a higher power"
Now, whilst I don't believe in a 'higher power' as I am not a religious person in any way, does that mean that I don't believe in fate or destiny?
To think about this some more, I thought about what I thought these words meant then went off to look them up:
Fate : defines events as ordered or "inevitable"
Destiny : Destiny may be seen either as a fixed sequence of events that is inevitable and unchangeable, or that individuals choose their own destiny by choosing different paths throughout their life.
(Ahhhhhh!! Ive just gone through to the front room to share my thoughts with Sandra and her mam and got into a 45 minute discussion/argument about religion………All very interesting though. However, back to my rambling post.)
So looking at the two definitions, I guess I believe in destiny (at least the second definition of destiny) but not fate. I don't believe that my life is laid out on an inevitable path, that no matter what happens and what choices I make in my life there will be no difference in the end result, whatever that may be.
Other definitions of fate state that it is 'pre-ordained from a higher being'. Again, I cannot go with that one as I do not believe in an entity that is a 'supreme being' or a God.
Therefore that leaves me with destiny, and in this case I will go with the second part of the definition that I have shown above. The part which states that "individuals can choose their own destiny by choosing their own path".
There has been so many different paths that my life could have taken, and there have been some huge, monumental and life changing choices to make, and others not so much but still important in my life. There have also been 'random' occurrences that have taken some parts of my life to different paths which I would not have envisioned. So, here is a few of them.
- I grew up with a parent who has mental illness which shaped my early life
- As a child, I saw my father cry, which still upsets me to this day. I believe that was the first time that I truly felt an unrelenting urge of compassion and caring to try and ease someone's pain.
- I met Mr Featonby
- I realised that I have the capacity to excel if I want to
- I decided to leave school early, without any substantial qualifications
- I decided to go into nursing school
- I decided to get married stupidly early at 21.
- I decided to get divorced at 22
- I left nursing when I had a bit of a breakdown after a drugs error (of which I will share at some point so others can feel less isolated if it has happened to them)
- But I decided to go back after six months
- I decided to join the ambulance service
- I had a child with a long term partner, but after 7 years decided that the relationship had been long gone for a couple of years and so we parted.
- I decided to get married again when I realised and hoped that I had finally met 'the one'
- I decided that no matter what happens in this marriage, we are in it for the long haul.
- We decided to have another child
- I decided to take my Team Leader assessments
- I decided to start a blog
- I decided to try and approach someone to have a trip and exchange of ideas.
- We decided to make a go of it organised an exchange trip
- I decided to try and get on the podcast the EMS garage, and arranged for Justin (the Happy Medic) to be on an episode too.
- It just so happened that Ted Setla was on that episode to and the Chronicles of EMS was born
I know it seems a little odd to bring it up to the current date with Justin and Ted, but as this is what most people are talking about when they mention the word 'Fate or Destiny' to me at the moment, I thought I would address that too.
As you can see from the list, there are some things that have 'happened to me' which I firmly believe have made me into the person that I am today. There are many things I would change about me if I could, but I guess it's too late for that. That's just the way I have turned out.
But there are also some things about me that I am proud of. Not in an achievement sort of way, but just some of my traits that I think bring out the good parts of me. Is it fate or destiny that caused my mother to suffer for years under the pressure of clinical depression, just to mould me into a compassionate and empathetic person? I hope not!
Was it fate or destiny that made me question everything about my life when I too had an encounter with mental illness, or was it the fact that I made a mistake and couldn't handle the responsibility of my error? (the patient was okay by the way!)
Then come all of my decisions (decisions being the operative word). These were all my choices, I could have gone many different ways, but I instead made the choices that have led me to where I am today. Yes, some of those choices were strongly influenced by others, but ultimately it was my decision.
Do I go left or right? Most of the time it is a free choice to make, only burdened by pressures that you have put on yourself through other choices that you have made before hand.
If it was 'predestined' that I was going to be part of this fantastic collection of EMS professionals and contribute in some way to make systems better, then there has been a huge amount of things put in place over my 37 years to bring me to this point and place in time.
What happens from here is anybody's guess. We could go on to bigger and better things or it could all end next month. Who knows?
Someone else has suggested recently (I'm sorry I can't remember who it was) that it was as simple as "Good things happen to Good people"
I would slightly reword this to "Good things happen to dedicated, committed and hard working people".I would not be where I am today if I hadn't worked hard to get here, sometimes to the detriment of those that I love and cherish. Maybe that is the real answer, if you strive for goals hard enough, then opportunities will present themselves to you. Maybe you need to give destiny a hand sometimes to get you to the point to actually make the decision which will take your life in a different direction (and hopefully a better direction)
Ultimately though, I cannot believe in fate and destiny. Because for me to do that, means that everyone is governed by fate and destiny. Therefore all of the terrible and bad things that happen, where 'meant to be' and inevitable too.
I believe in the power of me!
I also believe in the fallibility of me, and the fact that I will make more mistakes in my life, but just hold on to the hope that they will not affect anyone other than me. The mistakes I have made so far, seem to have helped shape me into who I am today, so maybe if I go on to make more mistakes, they will be for that reason again.
Doh!!! That makes it sound like things happen for a reason, which brings me straight back to fate and destiny again!
Oh, my head hurts…….
At the end of the discussion I have just had with Sandra, as I walked back into the kitchen to finish typing this post, I over heard her say to her Mam
" He is sooo looking for answers "
She was meaning that I am looking for a faith, which I really am not. I am happy with my belief system. I try and do good for everyone and I try to live a good life without harming or hurting anyone else. I don't want anything else, and I don't think I need anything else either.
There isn't really a point to this post. Just me putting some thoughts down onto the blog. You can either reflect on your own beliefs and maybe let me know what you think, or you can just think 'bloody hell, what was all that about', and look forward to me getting back to normal medical posting soon.
Either way is good with me!
Thanks for ploughing through that one!

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Lily Collins's new series The Last Tycoon has been cancelled by Amazon after just one season.
Variety broke the news of the cancellation on Saturday (Sept. 9), just a few days after Amazon cancelled another one of its series, Z: The Beginning of Everything, and after Amazon Studios reportedly announce a shift in its strategy towards producing more global-hit series like Game of Thrones.
The Last Tycoon also starred Kelsey Grammer, Matt Bomer and Jennifer Beals and was explored Hollywood life in the 1930s.
In other news, Lily was recently announced as one of the stars of the upcoming J.R.R. Tolkien biopic 'Tolkien.' Lily will star alongside Nicholas Hoult in the film about the famous Lord of the Rings author, and will play Edith Bratt, Tolkein's wife who is also the inspiration behind the elven princess characters in Lord of the Rings.


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New counts show the number of federal lawyers now exceed the individual public payrolls of twelve states or the top seven largest private law firms in the USA – combined. It's Uncle Sam, Esq.
This week, we released our OpenTheBooks.com Snapshot Oversight Report – Lawyered Up, Federal Spending on General Attorneys from FY2007-FY2014. We mapped an army of lawyers larger than a combat division. Yet, in a sense, the lawyers have more firepower. As Mario Puzo cautioned in The Godfather, "A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns."
Many times, those lawyers are out to protect the government's interests, not the public interest.
Consider the example of North Carolina convenience store owner, Lyndon McLellan. McLellan was accused of making cash bank deposits less than $10,000 to avoid reporting requirements. The feds dropped the case but kept McLellan's life savings of $107,000 for two more years. Prosecutors even had the gall to warn him not to go to the media.
A couple years ago, Chicago teamed up with the feds to rid itself of the numerous little-entrepreneurial electro-platers on the South and Near West sides. After the regulations, the enforcers moved in and today, there are very few left. In just one case, federal lawyers spent $1 million to shutdown a family owned electro-plater – settling for under $50,000. The business never recovered.
Our study illustrates the extent to which the little guys are outgunned. Here is just a small sample of our findings:
Most Americans probably assume that Uncle Sam's lawyers are employed at the IRS, or Department of Justice. Yet, agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are employing nearly as many lawyers as the IRS. The EPA employs 1,020 lawyers with payroll exceeding $1.1 billion since 2007, while the IRS employs over 1,400 lawyers. Last fall, in a piece at Forbes, I covered the EPA's penchant for lawyers – the agency alone would rank as the 11th largest domestic law firm.
Consider the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the brainchild of Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA). The CFPB employs 160 attorneys for $23 million in annual payroll costs to 'protect the little guy.' But, CFPB attorneys are instead using creative lawyering to harass businesses. In one case, CFPB claimed racial bias in lending by guessing which borrowers were black based merely on last names and addresses. In another case, CFPB levied a $109 million fine after the lender was already following explicit guidance from another federal agency's administrative law judge.
For good reason, businesses fear an overzealous federal pursuit of justice and its guilty until proven innocent attitude. If the government is coming after you, the implication is you must have done something wrong. "To me it was death by suffocation or death by firing squad," says Michael Daugherty founder of LabMD. "I chose firing squad because I wanted people to see it."
LabMD was a thriving company testing blood, urine, and tissue samples for urologists and had 30 employees with $4 million in annual sales. Then, the Federal Trade Commission came knocking and the rest is history. Daugherty's story was chronicled at Bloomberg, A Leak Wounded This Company. Fighting the Feds Finished It Off and Daugherty's book is entitled, The Devil in the Beltway.
Unlike private-sector litigants who have to balance the cost-risk of litigation against the eventual bottom-line reward, the federal government knows no such constraints. If anything, their emphasis on win/loss stats encourages them to pursue the little guys rather than large firms that have the means to mount a vigorous defense.
American citizens and the business community have good reason to fear the feds army of 25,060 lawyers. In The Godfather, Mario Puzo had it right. Today, the heavy boot of government often comes disguised wearing a pair of wingtips delivering intrusive subpoenas devoid of due process.
Adam Andrzejewski is founder and CEO of OpenTheBooks.com - the worlds largest private repository of public spending.


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Made in Edinburgh by Grant O'Brien in 1985
Details about the soundboard painting
The soundboard of this instrument is decorated in the usual way with a rosette and paintings of flowers, fruit, insects and birds. Scalloped blue borders outline the bridges and the edges of the soundboard and wrestplank, and elaborate blue arabesques fill out what would otherwise be empty, undecorated areas of the soundboard. The paint used was prepared using only the traditional pigments available in the seventeenth century and using raw gum arabic as a medium. The blue arabesques were painted using smalt (ground cobalt glass) and also used raw gum arabic as a medium. The date, as was usual in Ioannes Ruckers harpsichords made before 1617, is painted near the middle of the wrestplank.
The painting of the soundboard and the casting and gilding of the rosette were all carried out by Grant O'Brien.
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Bridget is a New England Emmy-nominated filmmaker and founder of Seedlight Pictures. Before finding her second passion as a director, Bridget enjoyed a career as an award-winning newspaper and magazine photographer, capturing national stories for Smithsonian, Newsweek, Time, Forbes, Fortune, National Geographic among others. As a Nikon Ambassador and Leica sponsored photographer, Bridget created large scale documentary projects for The Nature Conservancy in all corners of the globe.
Bridget is the author of two photography books—Wildness Within, Wildness Without (2008) and From The Land (2012). The creation of these books inspired her to start using her skills as a visual storyteller to rally attention for wilderness preservation and food sustainability. Since that pivot, Bridget has shot, directed, and produced numerous shorts for environmental NGOs on resource depletion and sustainability.
Her first independent film project culminated in the Growing Local series (2015), and screened to acclaim at festivals nationwide. Her short film Seeding A Dream (2015), won several audience choice awards and was a finalist for the DCEFF Eric Moe Sustainability Award. Her two latest shorts, Guided and The Nature Of Maps, both toured the 2016-2017 festival circuits winning audience choice awards. Bridget's feature doc in progress The Mountain and The Magic City, was supported by the LEF Foundation and invited to the Points North Institute Fellowship and the PNI/TFI Retreat.
Bridget is proud to be a board member of the Camden International Film Festival and Points North Institute, and to be a board advisor to the Chewonki Foundation.
Bridget's intention is to craft visual stories that serve as a rousting reminder of our collective instinct to care for the planet that sustains us.
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Straight to the point: You can REALLY REALLY REALLY easily make your own homemade powdered sugar! Like, in 10 seconds. It's perfect for if you run out of powdered sugar, or if you like to make things homemade yourself and know what goes in them, or if you're just cool. I know I am.
Are you ready for it? Get out a spiral and a pen (and some back up pens and a highlighter for doodling) because this gets real crazy intense.
DIY Powdered Sugar
Step one: Grind regular sugar in a coffee grinder/blender for 20 seconds.
And that's it. Confectioner's sugar. In the palm of your hand/coffee grinder.
Some suggest to put in some cornstarch if you need it to be a little thicker/prevent caking (supposedly you need this for icing). So do that if you think it's not the right consistency! 1-2 tablespoons for 1 cup of sugar. But we loved it with just granulated sugar - ground up.
Remember this for when you're cooking and realize you have NO MORE powdered sugar for that icing/french toast/whatever else you find on pinterest to bake.
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This is a crucial element of the training if you want to obtain a complete reshape of your body.
Somehow this is the part that almost everyone misses when pursuing a weight-loss goal. Missing
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What when and how much you eat
What type of exercise you do
How frequently you exercise
How long and hard you exercise
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Your mental attitude
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(NEWZIMBABWE) No proof of foul play: fire death copsNo proof of foul play: fire death cops
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POLICE have ruled out foul play in the fire death of a 12-year-old Headlands boy which has stoked political tensions in the country with the MDC-T accused of turning the tragedy into an election campaign event.
The party confirmed that its leader and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai would attend Thursday's funeral of Christpower Maisiri (12) whose dad is the party's local organising secretary. The youth died when a fire gutted a thatched hut in which he slept with siblings last Saturday.
The MDC-T was said to have barricaded the Maisiri family home in Headlands, near Rusape, ahead of Thursday's funeral with campaign posters featuring Tsvangirai posted around the area.
The party blames Zanu PF for the attack which dominated Tuesday's Cabinet meeting amid fears of renewed violence ahead of fresh elections later this year.
"(On Tuesday) we spent four hours in cabinet deliberating … the resurgence of all the bad habits that were there before the inclusive government. The tragic and horrifying murder of this young boy is perhaps the most traumatic but every day we have such issues," MDC leader Welshman Ncube told a public meeting in Harare Wednesday.
"President (Robert) Mugabe repeatedly said these things should not be happening. (He said) if it's Zanu PF people doing it they must be dealt with. The police are told again and again but it doesn't stop.
"(But) one of the most interesting things to come out of the Cabinet meeting was that ministers thought to be sponsoring violence were (confronted) accused directly and told that 'you are a merchant of violence'. That opportunity was not there in 2008."
Zanu PF has denied any involvement in the attack as police revealed that preliminary investigations had ruled out the possibility of foul play.
"At the moment we cannot point fingers at anyone. This emanates from our preliminary investigations so far which indicate that no foul play had taken place," deputy national police spokesman Oliver Mandipaka said.
"Basing on our preliminary investigations there is no pointer or clue to suggest that the incident was politically motivated.
"Right now investigations are in full swing. We have embarked on thorough investigations because we need to get to the bottom of the incident by all means."
Information Minister Webster Shamu said the Cabinet had ordered the police to establish the cause of the tragedy.
"The nation may wish to know that Cabinet has directed the Co- Ministers of Home Affairs to institute thorough investigations through the relevant arms so that the nation gets full facts surrounding the incident and for justice to be done," he said.
"Our society is founded on the principle of sanctity of life and any actions that are shown to undermine this sacred principle will attract the full weight of the law."
Zimbabwe will later this year hold elections to end the uneasy coalition between Mugabe and Tsvangirai and both leaders have repeatedly appealed to supporters to ensure there was no repeat of the violence experienced in 2008.
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St. Nicholas is NOT insurance – we are a community-based 501(c)3 public charity. We help our clients by providing temporary, partial payment assistance for basic health care and medicine needed to stay healthy and employed over the long term. Our clients are not eligible for Medicaid and are required to pay a portion of the charges. Clients receive health services from our approved provider partners over the course of 6 months. The majority of our clients do not need additional help after that period and are able to take care in making their life with Home Concierge of their own health needs going forward. Our ultimate goal is to improve our clients' health in order to prevent work absenteeism, job loss, and the utilization of social services for survival.
We are a local organization supported 100% by local people – we receive absolutely no government funding or support. Our donors are "neighbors helping neighbors" – all donations stay right here in our local community.
St. Nicholas has been around for over 20 years. We began as a free clinic back in 1994. In 2013, the combined effects of Kentucky's Medicaid expansion and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act facilitated our transition from a clinic to an assistance program. This change allowed us to continue our mission to operate as a health care safety net for the working uninsured of our community rather than closing our doors and leaving them without anywhere to turn for help.
Mission Statement: To provide access to quality health care for working adults who do not have the financial resources necessary to pay for private insurance and/or medical care.
St. Nicholas Healthcare Payment Assistance Program is governed by a Board of Directors, which plays a vital role in guiding our strategic direction, fulfilling our mission, using our financial resources wisely, and overseeing the activities of the Executive Director.
2019 Board of Directors:
Amy Clevidence, Director of Communications
Socially Present
Carolyn Roberts, RN
Caring People Services (co-owner)
Secretary (& Past President)
Dr. Bill Murphy, PhD
UK College of Engineering (Ret.)
Jennifer Cook, CPA
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Kim Braboy, Accounting Supervisor
James Marine, Inc.
Cynthia Dobrzynski, VP of Mission-Integration
Lourdes/Mercy Health Paducah
Trish Edwards, Chest Pain Coordinator
Baptist Health Paducah
Dr. James Hunt, DMD
Broadway Dental Care
Judy Payne, Attorney
Keuler, Kelly, Hutchins, Blankenship & Sigler
Leslie McKinney, Relationship Manager
Computer Services, Inc. (CSI)


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By D.G. McCabe
We take this break from our Oscar 2014 preview week for a minute to announce that a friend of Grandcanyonscope, Kasey Kirby, and his co-producer/director, Laura Waters Hinson, have recently completed their latest documentary project. For our DC audience, the film is having it's Washington, DC premiere at the E Street Cinema next week, Thursday, March 6th.
Dog Days is the story of two DC hot dog vendors and their journey of keeping small businesses running in a city with an inefficient government, an ultra competitive "gourmet" food truck craze, and powerful restaurant and dining interests standing in the way of their success. For a review from someone who's seen the film already check out a review at Film Racket. You can also visit the film's official website for more information.
If my brief summary and the linked review make you interested, there are still some tickets left for the premiere, which can be purchased at the E Street Cinema's website.
Now back to our regularly scheduled Oscar 2014 preview week programming.
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Check out the Battle Splash open alpha, a new family friendly indie shooter that uses water physics and water weapons for combat!
When I woke up this morning, I found an email in the Death by Beta inbox from Hung Mai, the co-founder of Dranya Studio in Vietnam. Hung Mai wanted us to know about the solo project that he has been working on called Battle Splash. More importantly, he wanted us to let all of you know that the Battle Splash open alpha released a couple of weeks ago and is available for everyone to test out!
Battle Splash is being developed as a family friendly shooter that is centered around "water physics" as its primary mechanic. Now, right away you are all thinking that this must be an underwater shooter, but that isn't the case. Rather, it is more like a shooter using water-guns on steroids. You can play solo or co-op against bots, or play PvP with up to 32 players across four teams. Here is the official blurb about the game:
"Take your water weapons and challenge with/against your friends. Feel the frenzy as water splashes from your weapons can accidentally wet your opponents, your allies, and even yourself! The aim of this game is to create a fun, intense, and exciting shooter with no need of violence. Everyone, regardless of ages, can enjoy Battle Splash as much as they can.
Players can choose one of 4 character classes with different traits and stats so as to bring variety of play styles. These classes are also equipped with a special items based on strength and advantages of the characters. Battle Splash also allows players to equip a set of 4 weapons with no restriction for more fun and frenzy experience. The game will also feature different game modes, providing more challenges to the skilled players."
I recommend watching the gameplay trailer below to get a better idea of what the game is all about. Bear in mind that this is still very much in the alpha stage, but nonetheless I rather like the colourful and simple artistic style the game is sporting. If you would like to give the Battle Splash open alpha a try, head over to the game's main website and download the client (available for both Windows and Mac). Enjoy!
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In North Carolina, being convicted of a sex crime can have negative consequences that may last a lifetime. Not only does a person face incarceration, even after their release they may need to register as a sex offender, which could affect their housing options and their ability to find a job after their release from prison. This is why it's important to establish a strong defense against sex crime charges.
Guilty plea made in federal tax crime case in North Carolina
A North Carolina man accused of tax evasion could end up spending multiple years in prison.
Federal judge gives NC man prison sentence in mortgage fraud case
Recently, a North Carolina man was given his sentence in a federal mortgage fraud case.


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We are in the Caribbean, ANtigua, after approx 3,000NM of beautiful downwind sailing. We left Lanzarote in fairly blustery weather with a crew of strangers who were willing to embark on an adventure across the ATlantic Ocean over CHristmas & New Year & have arrived in the stunning Caribbean waters as a team, who have learnt some of the language of the sea & how to steer & do sail changes safely on a 40 foot yacht.
We all came on this journey for a variety of reasons but through the time at sea have learnt to work & live together in harmony. Well done to all of Charlie's ANgels & not least to Charlie himself.
Charlie, about to head off to uni, looking to broaden his horizons … certainly has under the direction of his 6 beautiful Angels. WHat a pleasure to see his huge smile every time he returns from a new adventure on the bow (his new position on race boats, we think) under Debbie's (Southern Cild's Sailing Master) excellent guidance.
Heika, wanting to challenge herself away from her beloved mountains in Germany, has taken many of her skills as a mountain guide & windsurfer to cross the Ocean & was my #2 helm on my watch. Thank you for your brothers Stollen & that Mountain Firewater you gave us at the 1/2 way point.
Annette, who came into a variety so far out of her comfort zone, but delt with everything the ocean & the skipper could give her with a smile & even started out the great charades evening watch routines on Debbies watch. Well done Annette, it was good knowing you were on my safety line while up the rig.
Helen, thank you for all the stories of your time on warships & for teaching us all navy lingo, rather chuffed with being called a snaggy weasel!! 🙂 & for carving some big curves down those swells.
Marina, i admire that you had never stepped on a yacht before & your 1st adventure at sea was to cross the ocean.
Marta, a great driver, only when not chatting, but full of laughs & humour
Debbie (Sailing Master), can't thank you enough for your experience & wanting to push to catch Jinthe; we won't tell Lucy about your smile during that last squall, hehe.
Now we have been enjoying the Rumm aANtigua stylee, & with each boat coming in there seems to be more & more rumm available, 😉


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I cannot even tell you how excited I was to make my way over to the Steele household and snuggle their new addition, Marshall. At just 7 days old, I could not believe how teeny tiny he was at 6 lbs. and change. I probably could have held him all day, but then I realized I had a job to do! Kristen, Joe & Monroe, congratulations on your beautiful little man. Love him!
Don't you just want to snuggle him??? ((sigh))
I was able to come back the following day for a few family photos and I'm so glad I did. Look how sweet these brothers are together!!!
Steele Family, you did good. xoxo
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It is a good news to see that finally a construction association in Cambodia was launched to ensure the collaboration among the construction companies, housing developers and the relevant ministries. Hopefully, this association will help to strengthen the standard of construction to higher level and bring in new attractive architectural design to the country.
The construction industry is growing fast and is one of the main pillars contributing to the economic growth of the country. According to Phnom Penh Post, in 2010, the industry contributed an estimated US$620 million to the economy; about 5.5 percent of the Kingdom's GDP, while providing around 150,000 jobs, and there are currently 1,074 construction and design companies, comprising 847 foreign firms.
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Halloween is in the air, and in the spirit of the year's scariest holiday comes Greg Oliver Bodine's Wicked Tavern Tales, an adaptation of three terrifying Edgar Allan Poe stories. Bodine's adaptation keeps most of Poe's original work intact with only a few cuts and alterations to compress the tales into three short works that flow together well, with each one delivering its own special jolt of horror. The product of these edits is not a watered down text, but a celebration of all things spooky. Wicked Tavern Tales has a certain thrill ride quality about it; even the entrance to the theater resembles the inside of a creepy Disney ride. Walking through a dark curtain, audience members will find themselves standing in a long, dimly lit hallway guiding them towards two towering wooden doors. Outside these doors hangs an ominous sign reading, ''Wicked Tavern.''
Staging the play in a century-old venue such as Manhattan Theatre Source provides many wonderful possibilities for establishing a haunted atmosphere. The wooden floors are naturally creaky and the red brick walls legitimately worn by time. The candles and lanterns that illuminate Gregg Bellon's eerie, dark set do not take us into another time, but deeper into the one in which this room was actually built.
The chills are racing up your spine even before Narrator/Barmaid (Libby Collins) appears onstage to signal a start to the action. She answers the audience as if we have just asked a question, a question regarding our desire to hear a ghost story. Collins holds a lantern towards the crowd to light various faces and inquire as to how well they know their friends/neighbors/husbands/wives. She asks, because the characters in Poe's three short horror stories, The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell-Tale Heart, and The Black Cat, met their demise at the hands of those they trusted.
The Tell-Tale Heart is arguably one of Poe's greatest known works, and the opportunity to see it performed live is a treat you won't find in a Halloween bag. Nancy Sirianni plays the crazed narrator, Ms. Moore, a woman driven mad by the evil-looking left eye of her charge, Old Man (Michael Patrick Collins). Sirianni captures every tick and nuance of the memorable character Poe constructed; she is pleasant and attentive to her employer and cheerfully frank about her justification for plotting his murder. When she hears his terrified beating heart the theatre flashes red and the sound grows louder and louder, drawing us all into her world of madness.
The Cask of Amontillado also focuses on a grisly act of murder, this time at the hands of a jealous, scorned lover named Montressor (Kevin Shinnick). This piece is hindered by some period-specific language integral to the story's foreshadowing that sometimes gets lost in the dialect. Fortunately, Shinnick and Ridley Parson, who plays Montressor's friend, Fortunado, appear to sense this hurdle and compensate for it with many hand gestures and exaggerated facial expressions to indicate when something sinister is afoot. As Montressor proceeds to commit his final act of violence, it becomes disturbingly clear where the story is headed.
The night of horror concludes with The Black Cat, a segment filled with so many gruesome acts that one can see why it was saved for last. There is no topping the maniacal unwinding of Alfred (Ridley Parson) who matter-of-factly narrates the story from his cell on death row.
With these elements of horror, Wicked Tavern Tales is fun enough to exist solely as a holiday fare, but the eloquence of Poe's language elevates it to something more. This play is not merely about shock value as the writing leaves you with thoughts and feelings to contemplate afterwards. However, you may want to hold off on such contemplation until after you have turned on all the lights.


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When Agricanto liquor was produced for the first time, the specific intent was to create an elixir based on wine, one that could truly express refined elegance. To that end, Paladin started a long and exhaustive search, first among ancient monastic recipes, and later among officinal plants and rare essences.
Tasting: Perfect balance between the strength and generosity of the Raboso wine, the delicate scent of ripe cherries and the intense aroma of the rarest spices. Agricanto is an inviting liqueur, characterized by an intense ruby red color and rich aroma. It is delicate and seductive, seeking out very senses and enlivening them.
Pairing: It should always be consumed ice cold, by itself in order to have a digestive effect, or pairing with chocolate, fruit , sweets and ice cream.
Region: Veneto
Producer: Paladin
Vine: Glera 100%
Vintage: 2016
Bottle size: 700 ml
Alcohol content: 25%
It's important for a customer to see how wine producers work, how they take care of vineyards, what they do in a cellar, and how to fine-tune wine because this allows to trasmit him the passion and work of the people behind each label. Lucia Paladin - Owner
Paladin Family boasts a 50-years old history in the Venetian viticulture. Passion, research, respect for traditions: these are the main values pursued by Paladin Family since the company's foundation in 1962 by Valentino who followed his grandfather's marks. Carlo, Lucia and Roberto brought energies and enthusiasm with the aim of producing excellent, typical wines while respecting the family traditions.
Paladin's vineyards, which look like beautiful gardens, are part of an estate extending almost 100 hectares located between Eastern Veneto and Friuli Venezia Giulia.
Shipments are FREE for orders over € 90 throughout Europe (UE Countries). For all orders of less than € 90 the shipping cost is fixed at € 15.
Our shipments are safe and guaranteed within the 48-72 hours following the order placement if all the ordered products are available on our warehouse. Indeed, our food and delivery service is subject to the availability of stocks of products on our warehouse. In case one or more products will not be available in time for the agreed delivery date to be respected I Like Italian Food would suddenly contact the customer to find a solution.
The orders received during the week-end would be processed the following Monday.
The cost of the shipment charged to the customer is fixed at euro 15,00 for shipments to all Europe. We pack our products by adopting all the necessary precautions in order to preserve the integrity of the different food and beverage products sold.
I like Italian Food products can be purchased and shipped all over the Europe (EU). Our logistic service guarantees express shipments, properly packed to ensure temperature-controlled storage conditions for up to 72-96 hours during the shipment to all European Union countries.


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Beautiful survivor, stored indoors since the 70"s
Minor dents
removed old lead and rust
New lead added.
new lead
New lead under tail light, old was cracked
body stripped, edges sandblasted
Found rust after blasting
Rust repaired
Only outside rust repaired
Cracks in trunk
Cracks welded and ground smooth
Floors all rust sealed,
All in primer/sealer
1/4" of lead remove, will hammer/dolly the dent out
Body rotisserie makes it so much easier to inspect and repair.
Found a thin spot on inner rocker.
Bottom all sealed after repairs.
More high build primer for final block sanding
Aftermarket crossmember kit that doesn't fit properly. Will slot holes to straighten.
1/2" too narrow, slot all holes to allow brackets to touch frame for welding.
Repaint frame after welding
Paint radiator support and side panels.
First of the blue painted on a few parts
All painted, ready to assemble.


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he last two quick posts were shot with the Pen F in jpeg.
The colour setting s were a little towards the saturated end, but not overly. What the camera produced was slightly dark (I tend to expose darker), Fuji Velvia style files. The Fuji cameras have the "correct" algorithms, but the Olympus files have very much the same punchy colour and ability to hold both warm and cool colours in the same file, something Kodachrome struggled with.
The processing was almost as quick and as much fun as the taking.
Loading up was quick silver and the files played nicely, but were really pretty close to perfect as was. I will have to learn to trust the camera more. The exposures were a little on the dark side, because that was what I set out of habit with the EM5's (-1/3 to 2/3 usually, -1 occasionally). I will have to say, the jpeg files from the Pens hold highlights almost as well as the RAW files from the EM5's and expose more accurately as a rule. Up to -2 exposures can be retrieved from EM5 files, so I tend to lean that way, but the Pen gives less trouble with exposure and up to a full stop either way is fine for any needed fixes.
The processing was limited to;
Some cropping.
Boosting exposure about +1 and a little added global contrast and clarity (I backed off the clarity a bit as it made the nice bokeh look a little less smooth). Some brush work over the in focus leaves with about +10-15 contrast, clarity and sharpness. A tiny bit of vignetting. White balance was excellent, allowing the exposure adjustment to warm the image up, but a added a little yellow anyway.
Reducing the saturation just slightly. It looks pretty much as it did with brilliant, low angle sun light bouncing around light coloured walls and a little overcast acting as a giant soft box and freshly rained on leaves, but that was easier to swing in the days of film, now everyone assumes you pushed the saturation slider through the roof.
The whole process too about 2-3 minutes.
I usually liked the Fuji jpegs, but sometimes they were over the top or the wrong setting had been chosen. They were all quite different, meaning you spent a lot of time choosing or shooting RAW and changing in camera. I really like the Olympus ones and feel they are more flexible, generally what I want and "deeper" looking.


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Last week we spend a few days in the amazing Lake District, I took so many photos and still need to edit some of them. We stayed in Windermere and most days enjoyed a walk near Lake Windermere.
This was on the first evening there as we ate fish n chips taking the view in.
Hope you all have a good Sunday and I look forward to seeing all photos.
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It seems, Greenies dog treats have my number…my phone number. And it seems my number has been flagged by the dog treat manufacturer (who knows, maybe all Mars Petcare products too). A recent call to Greenies regarding a confusing claim they make on their website ended up with the customer service representative refusing to answer my questions.
The Greenies website states:
"GREENIES® Dental Chews are formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles for adult dog maintenance."
This statement is confusing. Greenies are a treat, meant for supplemental feeding and thus are not required to meet any nutritional level established by AAFCO. Since I was confused at why a dog treat would make such a statement on their website (the treat manufacturer would know a treat is not required to meet "nutrient profiles for adult dog maintenance"), I made a phone call to Greenies.
The conversation went something like this…
Shannon (customer service representative from Greenies): Thank you for calling Greenies, what can I help you with.
Note – she did not ask my name.
Me: Yes, I have a question about something on your website. On the Greenies Original treat page it states that the treats are formulated to meet nutritional levels established by AAFCO. What does this mean?
Shannon: It means the treats are AAFCO certified to meet the nutritional requirements of an adult dog.
Me: uh..um…uh…I'm confused. Can you explain that to me again?
Shannon: Hold on one moment please.
About a minutes later…
Shannon: I can no longer help you.
Me: What do you mean you can no longer help me? What changed while you put me on hold? You answered my question before? Why not now?
Shannon: I see that you are Truth about Pet Food.
Note: My phone number is not under Truth about Pet Food – it is registered to Susan Thixton.
Me: So?
Shannon: I don't want you to twist what I say on your blog. You'll have to speak to our media relations department.
Me: Ok, can you have them call me?
Shannon: What is your number?
Me: Are you kidding? You have my number. You obviously have caller ID.
Shannon: Yes, um, ok. You wish for them to return the call to this number?
Me: Yes, thank you Shannon.
Back to my question that Greenies never answered…why would a small dog treat – a chew – meet the "nutrient profiles for adult dog maintenance".
The same questions arise for cat treats as the Greenies website states "FELINE GREENIES® Dental Treats are formulated to meet the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO Cat Food Nutrient Profiles for adult maintenance."
This nutritional statement on a pet food would mean that when you follow the suggested serving of the cat food or dog food (example 1 cup per 30 lb dog per day or 3/4 cup per 15 lb cat per day) the consumer is providing all the nutrition that pet requires each day.
For Greenies Original Dental Dog Chews the Feeding Guidelines states "Feed one GREENIES® Dental Chew per day." Does this mean that one Greenies Dental Chew provides all the nutrition that a adult dog needs for a day? Would no food be required? Just give your dog one Greenie a day and they are receiving all the nutrition they require?
For Greenies Original Dental Cat Treats the Feeding Guidelines states "Feed as a snack or treat in conjunction with your cat's regular diet." A 15 lb. cat can eat "24 treats per day". Would 24 treats provide all the nutrition an adult cat needs for a day?
I remain confused. And by the way, no one from Greenies/Nutro/Mars Petcare ever returned my call. I guess from now on I'll need to block my phone number when I call and ask questions in the future (Secret Shoppers take note).
Questions were sent to FDA regarding the regulations of a treat making claims of a pet food. This appears to be misleading to consumers and I asked for clarification. When/if FDA responds, it will be posted.
By the way, Shannon, Greenies, Nutro, Mars Petcare and everyone else…I don't "twist what you say". I'm just trying to provide pet food consumers the truth. They deserve the truth.
Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,
Susan Thixton
Pet Food Safety Advocate
Author Buyer Beware, Co-Author Dinner PAWsible
Association for Truth in Pet Food
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Bill & Ida Settlage
A little about our group:
Our community group is focused on building real relationships and living a Christian life together. We will share a potluck meal, get to know each other, pray and encourage each other to live out the destiny God has for us.
Group Details:
Meeting Days : 1st & 3rd Wednesdays
Meeting Times : 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Group Leaders : Bill & Ida Settlage
Childcare : Not Available
Meeting Location : Roseville, 95678
About Us
We have been married 26 years and have 2 sons, Joshua (19) and Caleb (17). As a family, we enjoy opening our home and getting to know people through hospitality. We work out, watch movies, appreciate culinary adventures and strive to grow in our walk with God. Raising young men, we are passionate about Godly marriages, families and effective leadership in every area.


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Duotone Car No. 5, grey/white bus. Design by Floris Hovers for Ikonic Toys. Durable design toys, made out of high quality beechwood. Packed in attractive giftbox.
Floris Hovers is well known by his contemporary furniture designs and toy designs like the metal 'Archetoys' cars he designed for the Italian design label Magis in 2005.
Product dimensions: 18 x 5 x 5 cm
Dimensions giftbox: 27 x 10 x 10 cm
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If you do not know what to look for when buying Buy Lightning Cables in Bulk, it is not easy to make the right decision. There is a too big risk of choosing Buy Lightning Cables in Bulk and being disappointed when you receive the product. This guide will help you. Sometimes it's not bad at all, if you have friends who have already bought Buy Lightning Cables in Bulk and know something about them. In addition to the actual use of Buy Lightning Cables in Bulk, it is also very important to know that where you can buy your desired item. Delivery options play an important role and depending on the supplier, a higher cost factor can be identified. In addition to delivering Buy Lightning Cables in Bulk, pay special attention at the lowest possible delivery fee or even for free delivery.
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ON AIR - C103 Overnight
Gravity stars Sandra Bullock as medical engineer Doctor Ryan Stone, who undertakes her first space mission to do some satellite repair work, under the supervision of about-to-retire veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney). During a routine space walk, their space shuttle is badly damaged by drifting debris from a Russian satellite, leaving them stranded in space without means of communicating with Mission Control.
With low oxygen supplies and the threat of the debris returning on its next orbit, Ryan and Matt have to figure out how to get back to Earth before their time runs out. Their only hope lies in crossing a void and reaching a Russian space station, but Stone isn't convinced they can make it.
In general you wouldn't expect Sandra Bullock to be cast in a part like this but the wisdom behind her casting soon becomes apparent, as she has an very likeable, vulnerable quality that means you root for her from the start. Clooney is equally good as her wise-cracking mentor, who manages to keep Ryan calm in the crisis.
It has to be said as good as the performances are they become secondary to the jaw-dropping visual effects work in Gravity and the unmissable 3D wizardry that makes it feel like you're actually floating in space. The visuals are truly amazing and this is without doubt the best use of 3D in a film that I've ever seen.
With awe-inspiring visuals, state-of-the-art special effects and a terrific central performance from Sandra Bullock, Gravity is a nerve-shredding thriller that demands to be seen on the biggest 3D-equipped screen you can find. Review: Sean Munsanje


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A Very British Superfood
By Eva Humphries DipION mBANT CNHC Nutritional Therapist
From the latest green juices to spirulina and coconut water, the health food industry is teeming with an array of exotic "superfoods". They have become so popular, it's now impossible to pass a gym or cafe without spotting a yoga-gear-clad individual attached to a bottle of the latest health boost.These novel food items, mostly flown across the globe from a distant country, promise an array of benefits.
Could shellfish make it onto the list of superfoods? Registered nutritional therapist, Eva Humphries looks at the evidence.
If you aren't the smoothie-sipping type, you'll be forgiven for being oblivious to the existence of superfoods, so here is a simplified breakdown.
The term superfood refers to a nutrient-rich food that is considered to be especially beneficial for health. Put simply, these foods can enhance our existing diets by adding high concentrations of essential vitamins and minerals that would otherwise be harder to obtain.
Spirulina, a type of blue-green algae, for example, is amongst the most popular, prized for its high protein content and detox-boosting nutrients.
Then there are the exotic fruits, such as camu camu, an antioxidant rich berry from the Amazon, baobab from the African tree of life and goji berries from China, all of which promise a large boost of Vitamin C.
If the quantity of nutrients is the main consideration for the superfood category, shellfish may well be a future contender. In fact, the mineral zinc is so abundant in crab, oysters, lobster and other shellfish that no other plant or food can compete. This is kind of a big deal, since zinc is required for the essential processes of repair, digestion and the correct functioning of the immune system to name just a few. Zinc is needed for just about everything the human body does and this is precisely where shellfish shines.
Oysters contain a whopping six times more zinc than the next plant based equivalent, even other meat based sources are inferior.
The nutritional good news doesn't just stop with the zinc content either, because selenium, another essential immune boosting nutrient is particularly abundant in shellfish. This time, the top award goes to clams with oysters and cuttlefish following behind.
What is particularly important about both of these nutrients is the UK population is running low. Marginal deficiencies in zinc and selenium are well recognised in scientific literature as a growing concern. Cue British shellfish.
Between 2014 and 2002, new research on Omega 3 fatty acids propelled the sales of nutritional supplements to 1.15 billion US dollars in America alone and they are just as popular on our shores. Globally, the Omega 3 market is estimated at 33 billion US dollars at the last count (2016).
From improvements in cardiovascular health to reducing inflammation and joint pain to anti-ageing, Omega 3s are touted to solve just about every ailment going, consequently its popularity is hardly surprising.
What is lesser know, however, is supplements aren't necessarily the best absorbed, meaning actually eating Omega 3 containing foods remains the optimum way to obtain this essential fat.The human body is generally good at making fat, mostly from things that we'd rather not turn into extra body weight, but Omega fats are a special group that we fail to synthesise.
Brain function, normal growth and development are just some of the processes that rely on Omega 3s, so in a nutshell, we need to eat Omega 3 containing foods to stay healthy.
Fish and shellfish remain the most superior sources of Omega 3 fatty acids with few other foods of plant or animal origin containing comparable levels. Mussels, oysters, brown shrimp and crab are especially abundant but other shellfish also contain adequate levels that are easy to absorb.
Lastly, there is the all important protein, the very building block of human structures. Largely thanks to the overhyped sports nutrition market, our general recognition of protein is changing from food to something that comes in powder form. Yes, it may be far easier to add to a smoothie this way but
just like with the Omega 3s, real food sources may well be better absorbed. Needless to say, shellfish is a fantastic source of lean protein but perhaps the lack of advertising campaigns and social media presence is responsible for failing to highlight it as such.
Whilst we are on the topic of marketing, one British product is worth a mention as a success story. Kale, the leafy looking and odd tasting cousin of cabbage was mere animal fodder prior to 2010. Search for kale now and it's in every hipsters cupboard and supermarkets are struggling to keep up with demand. The world famous singer, Beyonce, even sported a jumper with the slogan "kale" printed across it in recent music video. Kale has become that trendy there is even a day dedicated to it.
The popularity of kale isn't exactly the result of genius British advertising, but one of a PR agent hailing from New York city. She simply liked kale, believed in the nutritional benefits and started talking about it.
Shellfish may not be as fancy sounding as the latest berry from the Amazon or that over-marketed protein powder, but gram for gram it delivers exceptional nutritional value. Other superfoods shine, at most, in only one, maybe two categories but shellfish ticks boxes in essential nutrients, healthy fats and protein content.
Isn't it time we propel and promote our humble shellfish as the next British superfood?


text: It was a cloudless day, and the sun was HOT. Packed up and headed to Grandma K.'s community pool. Noah and Emeline had the kiddie pool to themselves! Emeline has learned to swim on her back, and to blow bubbles when going underwater. Noah swam all by himself without holding onto me. Of course the pool is only 1 inch deep and he was so happy walking and swimming on his knees without much assistance. He refused to use any of the pool toys. Daddy was able to hang out with us today. The kids were so proud to show off their pool skills to their daddy. I really think Emeline is ready for professional lessons, but I am very protective mommy. Rest of afternoon was spent watching Thomas Train and Jay Jay Jet Plane. Got to go whip up some dinner now. Hope you stayed cool too!


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Regarding the Coast Community News article on the Mangrove Mountain garbage dump, published July 13, issue 162, I am delighted to see that people are still concerned about this man-made disaster.
Congratulations to the two organisations on their stance.
I agree with most of their comments.
Disappointingly for myself and Mangove Mountains and Districts Community Group, had these people helped some 15 years ago to highlight our concerns regarding the long-term environmental dangers, we would not now have a huge garbage dump across part of the Central Coast's water supply.
They only offered excuses: too far out; don't want to hurt golf course; didn't want to support a controversial issue.
Please don't even consider reopening the project.
Consider these facts.
Initially the community was canvassed and made comment on the proposal for "a small levelling project using only clean rock and soil fill, definitely not to go near any water course or impact on the same".
I was one who trusted the information presented, that the project would be complete in about two years and properly checked during the progress.
There was a Development Application too.
Like many others, I had concerns, but supported the project with misgivings.
We got a "yes" commitment to definitely no garbage at all, and leave the creeks as they were created.
Now by stealth, greed, mates' agreements, you name it, we have a huge garbage dump with all sorts of rubbish, some very dangerous, seeping into Ourimbah Creek, etc.
Stringy Bark Creek has been wiped out, the community space sold.
The Council won't even allow Stringy Bark Creek's long-term name to be gazetted "because it is in a controversial area" at last report.
What makes any intelligent person believe reopening the site could improve anything?
We could not rely on or trust the applicant operators, Council or government authorities.
Mangrove Mountain and Districts Community Group, truck drivers, conservationists and community members always said it was not a good idea from the start, all those years ago.
Even now, no one is talking about something as simple as one of our Mountain storm events, with or without greenhouse.
How are they or their effects controlled?
The Coast will only need more water in the catchment.
Some things shouldn't happen and this garbage dump was one of them.
Get rid of it now and learn from the mistakes.
The Mountain lost its space, the Coast's water is compromised and a few made a lot of cash.
Maybe the community can make another nice 18 hole unique golf course, like it did with the red scheme, on the ruins, when it's cleaned up.
This garbage dump is and always was a bad, dangerous, environmental disaster in totally the wrong place.
Letter, Aug 15
Margaret Pontifex, Mangrove Mountain