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Delicious Dublin Food Tour (Fridays)
10:45 - 23:59
Our 'Delicious Dublin Tour' is a great introduction to Dublin's modern food scene and current trends. We spend 3 hours eating our way around award-winning eateries and food shops across Dublin city centre. This tour will bring you 'off the beaten track' showing you where the locals go. This tour is designed for both tourists as well as locals looking to learn about Ireland's food scene. Tour facts: Meeting point: city centre location (emailed in the booking confirmation) Duration: approx 3.5 hours Distance: 3km Weather condition: rain or shine Vegetarian friendly (please email us in advance if you have any specific intolerances/diets) What you should bring: a bottle of water, comfortable shoes What's included ? A friendly, knowledgeable guide Talks by passionate food professionals at various stops An introduction to Irish Food History 6-8 tastings (you will leave us full) The best Dublin food tips (not only the places we visit) A little 'thank you' gift Cancellation policy Cancellations made by email more than 10 days before the tour will be refunded in full. No refunds can be made after the 10 day period, although you can transfer your ticket to someone else if you would like. No shows will not be refunded or allowed to book an alternative date. We require a minimum number of bookings to run our tours. In case of insufficient numbers your booking will be cancelled 72 hours before and will be refunded to the original form of payment Read our FAQ here


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Maybelline New York XXL PRO 24HOUR BOLD
68 reviews
51% would repurchase
Package Quality: 3.5
Price: $$
Package Quality: 3.5
Price: $$
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on 9/14/2013 9:59:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Sensitive, Tan, Neutral
Hair: Brown, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This is really the best mascara I've used in term of the look it gives me. Long, perfect volume, yet define lashes. Everything is perfect apart from the fact that its really hard to get off. With my thin lashes this just mean that I sometime lose one or two lashes when I took my eye makeup off! =( still , this is the mascara I use every time I go out with friends. I just LOVE how my lashes look with this on.
on 4/9/2013 10:20:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Oily, Tan, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Hazel
I don't know why this mascara got such lousy reviews, I find myself reaching for this mascara much more then my Voluminous or Bad Gal lashes. I love the two step system and I like that the formula isn't too wet or clumpy. This makes false lashes even more gorgeous and dramatic. I also love this stuff for putting mascara on my lower lashes, it makes it easy because of the smaller wand and it doesn't smudge and make a huge mess. I haven't experienced any smudging or flakes from this mascara. Love!
on 4/5/2013 11:00:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Brunette, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
Despite its claims of being smudgeproof and having a primer layer, I found this mascara smudges just as much as others. I got raccoon eyes on a regular basis. The only mascara I've found that doesn't give me raccoon eyes is Cargo Better than Waterproof but I hate removing it mascara because I feel like I am pulling out my eyelashes when I remove the "tubes". I just bought the Clinique no smudge and so far it seems better.
on 3/2/2013 10:51:00 PM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Tan, Warm
Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I can't stand this mascara. It makes my lashes a bit longer but I want volume. XXL means bigger not longer. Sheesh! Neither side 1 or side 2 did anything that any old run of the mill mascara does. I have to do a bajillion coats to even get moderate coverage.The wands are short compared to traditional mascara. I am going to try to make this work. When I use it with my other recent horrible mascara purchase (different brand)- the result is tolerable. I don't believe I should have to stack mascaras just to get a result I can get with one good mascara but I can't bare to toss out two brand new mascaras. I gave it two lippies because the very black is a nice black. Oh well. Hopefully both tubes of bum mascara will dry up really fast and I can go back to a better product soon.
on 1/22/2013 4:05:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Blond, Other, Other
Eyes: Blue
I LOVE this mascara! It makes my lashes look soooo long! The trick is to not let the first coat dry before you apply the second. Everyone always asks me of I'm wearing falsies! You need to buy this!
on 11/18/2012 6:50:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Dry, Fair, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I didn't buy this one entirely intentionally. I wanted this other version of XXL but they only had this one and i was like "sure, why not". I don't regret it for one second. Though the wand is short, it still delivers, but then again, it's only short because this mascara has two sides. One a primer/length and One for volume. The length side (thinner brush) can be used just by itself and it very well separates your lashes and if you want volume, use the other side. Or use both! Great mascara! It's not even waterproof and is still hard to remove. So I'm not sure if that's bad or not?
on 8/22/2012 8:46:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Dry, Tan, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This mascara did not last at all. It rubbed off
On my under eyes even when I used powder.
I was left with raccoon eyes everytime!
I gave it many chances but I ended up just throwing
It way. It's not worth it.
on 7/16/2012 9:33:00 PM
Age: 18 & Under
Skin: Oily, Fair, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine
Eyes: Green
At first I thought this mascara was great, I wore it maybe three times on hot sweaty days with great results. Completely randomly one day I'm wearing this mascara and I check in the mirror and see total raccoon eyes! Admittedly it was a hot day and I was sweating, but this is supposed to be long lasting!! This mascara was the only thing I was wearing on my eyes so I know it was the culprit. It wasn't even minimal smudging, it was like a total melt down on my bottom eyelid. :( Very disappointed.
on 7/1/2012 11:07:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Not Sure
Hair: Black, Other, Other
Eyes: Brown
I bought this to replace the original XXL Volume + Length microfiber mascara. I did not like the first initial try of this, but the second time around I started getting the hang of it. This mascara may be ideal for those with sparse thin lashes. You just really have to play with the mascara a few times to get the hang of it. I could see how a makeup artist would use this mascara to its fullest potential. One thing im not particularily fond of is that I have to wait for the second use for this mascara to reach it fullest potential and it does dry out a bit quicker than your high end mascaras. Bearing that in mind I have not found anything to rival this mascara.
on 4/28/2012 1:55:00 PM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Very Oily, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
I like this mascara quite a bit. I initially bought it in 2009 but lost it & thought that some "cult favorite" mascaras would be better (i.e. Maybelline Falsies, L'Oreal Voluminous). Again, mascara is just extremely YMMV that you just have to try several different ones to see what works for you. I am confident that this will be a staple in my mascara stash, though.
I have typical Asian lashes. They're thin and grow downwards, but I am thankful that I have a *bit* of length to work with. Throughout the years I have used mascara, I am a firm believer that the brush is a key player to how the end results look (although the formula is pretty important too!) For me, straight wands keep my lashes more organized than curved wands. Traditional bristles work better for me than do plastic/silicone bristles, but I'm not sure why. Now, I've heard a lot of times that bigger brushes are better for volume. I find this to be true, but I also run the risk of leaving a smudgy mess on my eyelids. This is where this mascara surprises me. The wands are thinner than your typical volumizing mascara. I was amazed by the amount of volume that I got, considering the size of the brushes.
If you do get this mascara, play around with it to see what works for you. I've read several reviews saying to apply the "2" side first, but I'll share what works for me. Before I get into that, I should say that I don't think that this is a primer+mascara duo. If anything, it's more like a mascara+topcoat duo. Side "1" is the actual mascara. I usually layer 2-3 coats of this side. Side "2" is the water-resistant topcoat that also adds a small, extra boost of volume. I add 1-2 coats before Side "1" dries up, wait for all of it to dry, then curl my lashes. The end result I get is dark, full, and clean lashes that stay curled all day. I *do* wish that this gave a bit more length, but it excels at other qualities that I look for in a mascara.
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Campbell's Hack The Kitchen Shows Anyone Can Have An Innovative Idea, And Anyone Can Screw It Up
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We're just about to start experimenting with a variety of new advertising setups here at Techdirt, which means we've been doing a lot of brainstorming about opportunities for creative, interesting campaigns in keeping with our philosophy that good advertising is good content. One thing we've been noticing over and over is that the most innovative online marketing pushes don't just come from the usual suspects (tech companies and online services) but also from unexpected places—like a century-old soup company.
Campbell's is running a very cool campaign called Hack The Kitchen, for which they've developed a full-fledged recipe searching API that pulls data from their Campbell's Kitchen repository.
This is your opportunity to revolutionize dinners everywhere: Develop a breakout idea based on the Campbell's Kitchen API that helps people decide: what's for dinner tonight?
After seeing all the ideas, we'll choose up to thirty semi-finalists and give them our API for three weeks to bring their ideas to life.
Up to ten finalists will then be invited to present their projects at Google's HQ in NYC to compete for the championship and launch their ideas into the world.
It's a fantastic concept, and the API looks genuinely useful. Not only is the contest itself a great marketing opportunity, it's setting Campbell's up for ongoing exposure through the apps that are developed.
But, having said how cool this is from a marketing perspective, it's time for the disclaimer—and it's a big one. The moment you get past the initial idea and into the details, things really start to fall apart from an innovation perspective. Firstly, as you probably noticed, the API is not being opened up to the public—only to the contest semi-finalists. That severely limits the amount of innovation that will happen, and the amount of exposure the company will get as a result—it also limits the number of developers that will even want to participate. Unfortunately, Campbell's reason for this is clear: they intend to take total ownership of anything that comes out of this campaign.
In fact, they are so concerned about this that the fine print states the cash prizes ($25,000 plus a development contract for the winner, $10,000 to runners up) are not prizes at all—they are a fee for your work:
*Paid by Cambell for ownership of all ideas, concepts, code and intellectual property.
Setting aside the fact that you cannot own an "idea", this just stinks. On the one hand, it's not uncommon for creative contests to take ownership of submissions (though that's hardly universal), but it is the complete antithesis of what appears to be the spirit of this campaign: hacking and innovation. This is actually a big problem with corporate-run hackathons and coding contests, which frequently demand total ownership at the end. No smart developer with a truly great app idea would give it away for $25,000 for the copyright plus another $25,000 to build it—a popular app with a long tail can be worth way, way more than that.
There's nothing wrong with Campbell's trying to get an official app or two out of this—but when you look closely, the people who are submitting these ideas don't seem to be getting much in return. They want everyone to submit their best ideas for free, then they want 30 people to actually build those ideas—then Campbell's will plunk down $10k to take total ownership of any that "could be developed by Campbell in the future" (thus stopping all those runners-up from moving forward with their apps independently, and presumably cutting off their API access) and toss $50k to one developer to make their app market-ready. The winner gets an okay deal, while the runners-up pretty much get screwed.
So, for the next time Campbell's or another company tries a genuinely cool and innovative idea like this, I suggest a few tweaks to make the execution less distasteful. Firstly, open the API up to everyone, and leave it open; have sensible limitations like any public API, but let people build what they want. Secondly, give away modest but genuine prizes with no strings, while offering a bounty for ideas that you want to own without making that rights transfer a requirement of the contest. Thirdly, promote the submitted apps in a public gallery, and encourage all developers to move forward with building, deploying and marketing their apps—you'll get a hell of a lot more exposure, and you might even find your API becoming the de facto standard for such development.
In the mean time, to anyone eyeing the contest while an idea ferments in their brain, I suggest letting the Friday deadline for submissions lapse, and looking into some of the free and open recipe APIs to power your app.
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When the 46-story Clearpoint Residences condo tower officially opens in late 2015, it will be the world's tallest vertical garden.
All 164 units in the building will come with a spacious garden terrace, complete with lush vegetation and a self-sustaining, automatic drop irrigation system. The goal: to give all residents a first-floor living experience.
Designed by Milroy Perera Associates and Maga Engineering, the tower will overlook Diyawanna Lake in Kotte, which is located about six miles from Sri Lanka's capital city of Colombo.
According to the development team, fruit trees—namely indigenous and endangered species of mango trees—will be planted on all balconies. The building's water will be recycled for use as flushing water and drip irrigation for the vertical garden. This approach will slash water consumption by more than 40%.
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Getting a decent meal on campus one of the biggest challenges students deal with. At least that was my experience.
But having a fridge helps keeping fresh food on hand both affordable and easy for the busiest college student. And having a microwave or oven means you don't have to rely on the dining halls or takeout if you don't want to.
Here are some affordable and functional options for your dorm or college apartment:
If you don't need a freezer (and really, you might not) in your dorm or office, maximize your fridge space with this Danby 2.5 cu. ft. mini refrigerator (comes in white or black). The can dispenser makes beverages easy to grab and having space for a 2-liter or big wine bottle can be really handy and free up a lot of space on your shelves.
But sometimes you'll want a freezer for pizza (or Jell-O shots). The Avanti 4.1 cu. ft. mini refrigerator comes in white or black and, best of all, has glass shelves to catch the inevitable spills and mitigate the damage.
This LG microwave has got to be my favorite. Who doesn't want a pizza oven in her dorm room? But it's not just for pizza; this stainless steel microwave can bake cookies and pretty much any other slim object you can dream up. I call it the best grad gift ever.
If you're not so into pizza or if you have a tiny space, you'll appreciate this 0.5 cu. ft. Whirlpool microwave, made specifically to fit into tight corners. Despite its compact footprint, pull the pocket handle on the door and you'll find space for an 11-inch plate.


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Michael L. Blakey
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Michael Louis Blakey (February 23, 1953 ) was the anthropologist in charge of the scientific research on the African Burial Ground discovered in 1991 in downtown New York City. The excavation of the site before the construction of a new federal office building provided valuable information about African Americans in New York during the colonial period. Containing the remains of more than 400 men, women, and children, it is the largest burial site of Africans and African Americans ever analyzed in North America. Blakey was featured in a 1996 PBS documentary Slavery's Buried Past about the burial ground and the community of free and enslaved people of African origin or descent who lived and died in New York. The analysis of the human remains that he directed revealed the extremely hard working and living conditions that most of the people who were buried there endured while they were alive.
Blakey is a native of Washington, D.C. After graduating from Howard University, he received a doctorate in anthropology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Frequently honored for his work, Blakey served as president of the Association of Black Anthropologists from 1987 to 1989 and worked as a physical anthropologist at the National Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian Institution for nine years. He has published numerous scientific articles and books and has lectured around the world. Blakey taught at Howard University before becoming in 2001 professor of anthropology at the College of William and Mary, where he directs the Institute for Historical Biology.
Nominated by Gwendolyn Harvey, Petersburg
READ an interview with Dr. Blakey in Archaeology.
LOOK at a photograph from the Library of Congress of the African Burial Ground in New York City.


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ABC Preview of JK Rowling: A Year in the Life Due Thursday
Jul 15, 2009
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Last April, we reported that at long last viewers here in the US would be able to watch the special "J.K. Rowling: A Year in the Life" documentary on Thursday, July 16 at 8:00pm on ABC. Today, the network has released a preview of the film which was recorded in Edinburgh, Scotland as Jo completed the final book in the Harry Potter series. Long time readers will recall one of the highlights of the documentary is this piece where Jo draws out the family tree of for characters mentioned in the Epilogue in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. You can also watch the original trailers for the documentary by James Runcie here and here in our galleries.


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I want to thank my dear reader "Bud White" for drawing to my attention, yesterday's Wall Street Journal piece entitled, "Obama's Summer of Discontent"
Such realistic dialogue coming from the media is refreshing is to see as it exposes the tensions between our rookie president and his supporters. Obviously I am using the term "supporters" in a broad sense.
Voters are supporters.
Corporations are supporters as many contributed money to Obama's presidential campaign fund. Despite what our president promised during his campaign, there is now some proof surfacing that lobbyists (the dreaded "L" word) actually did have a hand in his election.
Unions are supporters and while it is unethical, the various media outlets can be construed as supporters. Only a supporter would describe a "tingling feeling" up his leg while delivering "the news" to a public audience.
In yesterday's Autographed Letter Signed posting, I highlighted a Washington Examiner article with a somewhat similar title to that of the WSJ piece. Penned, "The thrill is gone for Obama and the media", as if on cue, we are beginning to the media come to their senses.
With any rookie, we want him to succeed if he is on our team and even if he is not, he is still playing the same game that effects us all.
One misstep on the part of a rookie president could resonate as a tremendous loss for all Americans of all political persuasions.
You may ask why I chose to allude to Obama as a "rookie" ? Isn't every first term president a rookie? Sure, but some are more wet behind the ears than others as noted in this aforementioned Wall Street Journal opinion piece.
Obama's Summer of Discontent
The politics of charisma is so Third World. Americans were never going to buy into it for long.
By FOUAD AJAMI
The leader would be different things to different people. The Obama coalition was the coming together of disparate groups: the white professional liberals seeking absolution for the country in the election of an African-American man, the opponents of the Iraq war who grew more strident as the project in Iraq was taking root, the African-American community that had been invested in the Clintons and then came around out of an understandable pride in one of its own.
The last segment of the electorate to flock to the Obama banners were the blue-collar workers who delivered him Ohio, Pennsylvania and Indiana. He was not their man. They fully knew that he didn't share their culture. They were, by his portrait, clinging to their guns and religion, but the promise of economic help, and of protectionism, carried the day with them.
The Obama devotees were the victims of their own belief in political magic. The devotees could not make up their minds. In a newly minted U.S. senator from Illinois, they saw the embodiment of Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy. Like Lincoln, Mr. Obama was tall and thin and from Illinois, and the historic campaign was launched out of Springfield. The oath of office was taken on the Lincoln Bible. Like FDR, he had a huge economic challenge, and he better get it done, repair and streamline the economy in his "first hundred days." Like JFK, he was young and stylish, with a young family.
All this hero-worship before Mr. Obama met his first test of leadership. In reality, he was who he was, a Chicago politician who had done well by his opposition to the Iraq war. He had run a skillful campaign, and had met a Clinton machine that had run out of tricks and a McCain campaign that never understood the nature of the contest of 2008.
Did you know that my favorite sport is baseball?
My two favorite teams are the Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox. Being a Chicagoan makes the Cubs a likely connection for me, the Red Sox not so likely. Graduate school in Boston is what indoctrinated me into the RED SOX NATION.
Red Sox fever was contagious, I lived across the street from Fenway Park. Boston being a walking town, made for nice spring time walks down Boylston Street. On game days, the "T" was crowded, antiquated and slow.
Coming home from Harvard, I would take the red line "T" to Newberry Street and walk the rest of the way home. The sidewalks were filled with families padded with bottled water and Red Sox nation gear.
At the time, Boston had not yet captured a World Series Championship. The fans did not care, they still paid big bucks to see their team beat the "Curse of the Babino"
That year, the Red Sox and the Cubs had a lot in common. Both teams had a large number of devotees despite their comparative losing streaks. If you were either a Cubs or a Red Sox fan you were well acquainted with the "summer of discontent".
While growing up, not only did I watch every Cubs game faithfully on the television, I also took trips to my local library to read sports magazines about baseball.
To me baseball was life and it was a game that made sense. By comparison, football was just a bunch of guys on a field who liked to pile up on each other but baseball was a mental sport. It was more civilized and a damn good way to pass three hours of time when I wanted to forget about my problems. Given that the first live Cubs game I would ever see in person would be at the old Yankee Stadium in 2005, I was a pretty loyal armchair fan as mother and I could never afford tickets to see the Cubs play at Wrigley.
My loser team was lovable and "Maybe Next Year" became my mantra.
To what extent I actually believed that the Cubs would ever win a World Series was questionable.
However, in baseball is there really distinction between reality and fantasy?
If so, does that distinction extend to the realm of politics? After all we now play fantasy baseball. Is there such a glorious beast as a fantasy president?
Ajami continues:
…He was no FDR, and besides the history of the depression—the real history—bears little resemblance to the received narrative of the nation instantly rescued, in the course of 100 days or 200 days, by an interventionist state. The economic distress had been so deep and relentless that FDR began his second term, in 1937, with the economy still in the grip of recession.
Nor was JFK about style. He had known military service and combat, and familial loss; he had run in 1960 as a hawk committed to the nation's victory in the Cold War. He and his rival, Richard Nixon, shared a fundamental outlook on American power and its burdens.
Now that realism about Mr. Obama has begun to sink in, these iconic figures of history had best be left alone. They can't rescue the Obama presidency. Their magic can't be his. Mr. Obama isn't Lincoln with a BlackBerry. Those great personages are made by history, in the course of history, and not by the spinners or the smitten talking heads.
When we are rooting for a losing team, we place much hope in "the rookie". The rookie will give the seasoned guys a shot in the arm via envy or a renewed sense of enthusiasm for the game. With the Cubs, my favorite rookie was pitcher Greg Maddux. In September of 1986, Maddux started for the Cubs and was the youngest pitcher in the MLB. His first outing resulted in a complete game win for the Cubs. Maddux was my hero as Cubs rookie pitcher Kerry Woods would become nearly a decade later. Is this fair to the rookie, to become the end all and be all for a team? To become the "hope and change" that they hunger for?
…Ronald Reagan, it should be recalled, had been swept into office by a wave of dissatisfaction with Jimmy Carter and his failures. At the core of the Reagan mission was the recovery of the nation's esteem and self-regard. Reagan was an optimist. He was Hollywood glamour to be sure, but he was also Peoria, Ill. His faith in the country was boundless, and when he said it was "morning in America" he meant it; he believed in America's miracle and had seen it in his own life, in his rise from a child of the Depression to the summit of political power.
The failure of the Carter years was, in Reagan's view, the failure of the man at the helm and the policies he had pursued at home and abroad. At no time had Ronald Reagan believed that the American covenant had failed, that America should apologize for itself in the world beyond its shores. There was no narcissism in Reagan. It was stirring that the man who headed into the sunset of his life would bid his country farewell by reminding it that its best days were yet to come.
In contrast, there is joylessness in Mr. Obama. He is a scold, the "Yes we can!" mantra is shallow, and at any rate, it is about the coming to power of a man, and a political class, invested in its own sense of smarts and wisdom, and its right to alter the social contract of the land. In this view, the country had lost its way and the new leader and the political class arrayed around him will bring it back to the right path.
That being quoted, I will pose my question again.
Is it fair to the rookie to become the end all and be all for a team (country)?
I suppose the answer depends upon the rookie in question.
Autographed Letter Signed,
Maybe Next YEAR CUBBIES!!!!


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The Canadian Rockies, Central Park, Banff National Park
September 14, 2008
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Fantastic shots. The Canadian Rockies are part of my wish list.
There's so much snow up there already!!! YIKES!!! Makes for a gorgeous WW! :)
Thanks for visiting - the picture I posted is a seed pod that forms when a Moonflower bloom dies off. :)
incredibly beautiful
That is breathtaking! I want to go there!!!!
Awesome shots. I especially love the second one. Sharp, with great depth of field and a stunning view.
That's so beautiful! Do you live there or were you visiting?
Hi Calrat, Toni, Janie, Heidi, Mojo and Jenn,
Thanks for visiting... Banff is about 1.5 hours drive from our place... and we go there quite often. And yes, the mountains have snow already.
Thanks for visiting. That picture is stunning!
how peaceful! I would love to be there with a good book and just relax!
WOW, that is breathtaking! How lucky you are to live in such a beautiful area.
These are beautiful. I hope I can visit there some day.
So serene...
Beautiful pictures!
Wow, it's beautiful. Mas maganda cguro jan pag fall...paiba-iba kulay ng mga dahon.
What a landscape! I'm in awe. And more than a little jealous of the view.
Gorgeous pictures! It gives me a great peaceful feeling. Thanks for visiting our blog!
I love the last one, and the 4th one especially! Though they are all gorgeous.
Breathtaking! I'm so jealous...can I come visit?
Wow, just wow! Sooo beautiful!
I have been to Banff. It's so beautiful there. I loved being there in the winter with all the snow!
Beautiful photos. Love the nature shots :)
Lovely series of photos you're sharing with us.
Given a chance I'll love to visit there too!
Those are just too beautiful. Thanks for sharing!!
Absolutely beautiful set of photos. I love nature shots.
Hi! Thank you all for visiting... I appreciate your time for leaving comments and letting me know that you are here.
I'm glad you liked these pictures that I took. Banff is really a beautiful place to visit.
Absolutely beautiful!! So glad you came by.
I have much in common with you. I am American, but born in China - and my Dad was Canadian. I'll come by again.
Lovely photos. I think the fourth one, with the reflections in the turquoise water, is my fave. And thanks for visiting my blog!
Spectacular shots!
What gorgeous pictures!!!
hi jo! those sceneries are what we are deprived of here in ontario. walang ganyang mga bundok. puro nga lang ding farms, left & right, sa countrysides but in the GTA area, you can see nothing but communities, buildings & roads. wish we could go there sometime soon.
Wow - that's one of the most beautiful places I've ever seen! Thanks for sharing! happy ww...
sooo beautiful!! i love those pics.
that really is wordless, and speachless too. what a great place to be. i could sit there all day looking out.
thanks for stopping by my ww :)
Hi All!
Thank you for visiting... I'm so glad you enjoyed the view. I truly appreciate you taking time to leave me messages!
Till the next week...
Breathtaking, simply beautiful.
Thanks Alvis!
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This beautiful jewelry set from Montana Silversmiths includes a rhinestone horseshoe and matching dangle earrings. Both the necklace and earrings are plated in 99.9% pure silver. After the plating process, the "Montana Armor" is added. This is a technological breakthrough that gives all Montana Silversmiths jewelry a tarnish-free protection. This patented process is guaranteed for life not to yellow or tarnish. It is 10 times stronger than lacquer.


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Part of what makes the Grape Escape fun is the interesting selection of silent and live auction items. Here's the list of items that will be auctioned this year. The items change every year and are always interesting - there's something for everyone!
Rediscover the Magic - Disney Escape Package for Two
Molecular Gastronomy Dinner (Total of 8 seats, auctioned 2 seats at a time)
North Carolina Mountain Condominium - Seven Day Escape to Banner Elk, NC
2000 Bordeaux - Super Seconds 6 Pack
Wesche Jewelers Heart Pendant
Missed It By That Much - 99 Pointers (6 bottles)
Goodyear Blimp Ride for Four & Gourmet Dinner for Eight prepared at the home of John and Pam Gatto Gallo
Grand Waikikian Honolulu Hawaii Vacation
100 Point Chateauneuf du Pape (4 bottles)
Front Porch Society's Case of Viniferous Madness (12 bottles)
Premiere Theatres Oaks Stadium 10 VIP Movie Package
Destinations and Diversions
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If Women Ran Hollywood . . . 2012
The author of annual studies of women working in film and prime-time TV updates a classic consciousness-raising article as a 2012 reality check.
Twenty years ago, the late producer/writer Julia Phillips and writer/critic Anne Thompson considered how the film and television businesses and their content might morph if women were in charge. In an Entertainment Weekly article entitled, "If Women Ran Hollywood," the authors suggested that if women ruled, "Penelope Spheeris, who directed the $120 million-grossing Wayne's World, would be hired for the next Batman sequel" and "Older male stars would be cast opposite women their own age."
Fast forward to the summer of 2012 and men continue to dominate as directors of summer blockbusters, as well as more serious winter fare. According to the latest Celluloid Ceiling study of the top 250 domestic grossing films, in 2011 women accounted for a meager 5 percent of all directors. The companion study considering on-screen portrayals, It's a Man's (Celluloid) World, found that females comprised only 11 percent of protagonists and 33 percent of all characters appearing in the top 100 domestic grossing films of 2011.
The statistics reveal just how far a more gender-balanced Hollywood is from our current reality. Still, one wonders how Hollywood might change if women were in charge in 2012...
- Films made by and for a male audience would be considered a "niche" and frequently referred as "small films."
- Chelsea Handler, Wanda Sykes, and Ellen DeGeneres would reign as long-term hosts of late-night network television. Jimmy Kimmel would be relegated to a show on a distant cable channel, and feel grateful to have a career in late-night television at all.
- A major studio would entrust a woman who had previously directed one relatively low-budget romantic comedy to helm an expensive and high-profile tentpole reboot of a popular comic book franchise. No one in the Hollywood community would bat a fake eyelash.
- Film and television executives would suggest that if men don't have careers in film and television, it's because they choose not to. According to the prevailing conventional wisdom, men would prefer to stay at home to raise families instead of enjoying high-profile careers as cultural architects.
- Male movie-goers would routinely contort themselves to adopt a female point-of-view in order to identify with the mostly female driven and created fare at the neighborhood multiplex. They would wistfully wonder when Hollywood would make films they could relate to.
- When a film featuring a male comic lead was successful, studio executives would scratch their heads in amazement and wonder, "Are men funny?"
- The Real Husbands of (fill-in-the-blank) would be a successful reality show franchise for Bravo, featuring males in manufactured situations highlighting and reinforcing the worst possible stereotypes about men.
- The pool of actresses over 50 who work regularly in film would expand greatly past the current pool of the usual suspects (e.g., Meryl Streep, Judi Dench, Helen Mirren).
- Every successful film featuring a primarily or all-male cast would be considered a fluke. These films would be praised when they appealed to a female audience.
- After many fabulously successful years in the animation business, Pixar would finally make a feature with a male lead. Critics would judge the film harshly, unaccustomed to seeing a male protagonist.
- Cable television networks targeting a male audience with monikers such as Men's Entertainment (or ME) would traffic in the most heavily prescribed social roles imaginable, encouraging men to stay in their proper place.
- Studio executives would name five male directors they had ever worked with—in their entire careers—as proof that men are just as likely to direct features as women.
- Every journalist writing about Kathryn Bigelow would feel compelled to wax poetic about her films, constructing a nearly indestructible "girl wonder" myth around her and her work. Simultaneously, token male directors would bristle when journalists focused on their appearance, former and current marital connections to powerful women in the business, and the fact that they're men.
- (And if women ran the world of film...) The female head of the Cannes Film Festival would be accused of sexism after choosing only female-directed films for the annual event. A popular website, Men and Hollywood, would sponsor an on-line petition urging festival coordinators to open their minds and screens to more male filmmakers. Responding to the criticism, the head of the festival would suggest that if men made worthy films, the festival would consider them.
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I haven't touched the gym in a week and a half.
So I've had some set backs. My sister moved home from college and I now how no one pushing me but myself. Also, the daycare at the gym closed, so I have no one to watch Corbin while I go to the gym. One other thing has set us back this week and by us, I mean our whole family.
Corbin, my son, got sick last week. We weren't sure what it was. He ran a really high fever and kept complaining that his chest, head and stomach hurt. I took him to the clinic and the doctor made him pee in a cup. She found higher levels of a certain enzyme in his urine so she wanted to draw blood. She called and said his blood sugar was normal, but his insulin and C-Pap levels were low. She told us he has Type-1 diabetes. We go in tomorrow for more blood tests, but she said its only to prove her point.
This came as a shock, as neither Travis nor I have it and neither of our parents do. Corbin is under weight and doesn't each much candy, but they said its a genetic thing. I've been working to learn as much as I can all while trying to understand why him, how he's supposed to live with this the rest of his life and how much is this going to cost. I've pretty much let this consume my life since he's been sick.
I can't help but think of how selfish I am. I know there can be way worse things, but for some reason I can't handle the fact that my three year old will need to have his finger pricked or having to give him shots or having a pumped hooked to him. There is a lot to think about and I need some time to myself.
I'm going to my mom and dads this weekend. Both of my sisters will be there and they told me to bring my running shoes. The 5k is in less than a month and I need to find my game face again.


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Breastfeeding is Priceless:
No Substitute for Human Milk
The World Health Organization (WHO), health care associations, and government health agencies affirm the scientific evidence of the clear superiority of human milk and of the hazards of artificial milk products. The WHO and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed their infants for the first six months, and continue for at least a year and as long thereafter as mother and baby wish.1
Human milk provides optimal benefits for infants, including premature and sick newborns. Human milk is unique. Superior nutrients and beneficial substances found in human milk cannot be duplicated. Breastfeeding provides optimum health, nutritional, immunologic and developmental benefits to newborns as well as protection from postpartum complications and future disease for mothers.
A U.S. Healthy People 2010 goal is to have three-quarters of mothers initiate breastfeeding at birth, with half of them breastfeeding until at least the 5th or 6th month, and one-fourth to breastfeed their babies through the end of the first year.2 In 2007 only four states met all five Healthy People 2010 targets for breastfeeding.3
Maternity Care Practices Greatly Affect Breastfeeding
Labor, birth, and postpartum practices can facilitate or discourage the initiation, establishment, and continuation of breastfeeding.4567 According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), many birth facilities have policies and practices that are not evidence-based and are known to interfere with breastfeeding in the early postpartum period and after discharge.8 The World Health Organization9, the American Academy of Pediatrics10, the American Academy of Family Physicians,11 and the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine12 recommend that maternity health professionals provide birth and postpartum care that is supportive of breastfeeding.
The World Health Organization has identified the following intrapartum mother-friendly childbirth practices as supportive of breastfeeding:
- minimizing routine procedures that are not supported by scientific evidence;
- minimizing invasive procedures and medications;
- providing emotional and physical support in labor;
- freedom of movement and choice of positions during labor and birth;
- staff trained in non-drug methods of pain relief and who do not promote the use of analgesics or anesthetic drugs unless required by a medical condition;
- no unnecessary induction or augmentation of labor, instrumental delivery, and cesarean section.13
The quality of care provided in the first 24 hours after birth is critical to the successful initiation and continuation of breastfeeding. Hospitals and birth centers which encourage and support breastfeeding are more likely to care for mothers and newborns in the following ways:
- Provide mothers with comprehensive, accurate, and culturally appropriate breastfeeding education and counseling.
- Encourage skin-to-skin contact for at least thirty minutes between mother and baby within one hour of an uncomplicated vaginal birth or within two hours for an uncomplicated cesarean birth.
- Give mothers the opportunity to breastfeed within one hour of uncomplicated vaginal birth and two hours of an uncomplicated cesarean birth.
- Encourage newborns to receive breast milk as their first feeding after both uncomplicated vaginal birth and cesarean birth.
- Perform routine newborn procedures while keeping mother and baby skin-to-skin.
- Help mothers with breastfeeding and teach parents how to recognize and respond to their baby's feeding cues.
- Encourage rooming in and help the mother to be comfortable with baby care in her own room.
- Avoid separations of healthy mothers and babies, and encourage continuous skin to skin contact.
- Promote as much skin to skin contact of sick babies with mothers as possible.
- Do not give pacifiers to breastfeeding newborns, or any other supplements, formula, water or glucose water to healthy babies.
- Do not give mothers discharge gift bags with formula samples or formula discount coupons.
- Provide mothers with breastfeeding support after hospital or birth center discharge. Support may include: a home visit or hospital postpartum visit, referral to local community resources, follow-up telephone contact, a breastfeeding support group, or an outpatient clinic.14
Benefits of Breastfeeding for Children
Enhanced Immune System and Resistance to Infections
- The infant's immune system is not fully mature until about 2 years of age. Human milk contains an abundance of white blood cells that are transferred to the child, acting to fight infections from viruses, bacteria, and intestinal parasites.
- Human milk contains factors that enhance the immune response to inoculations against polio, tetanus, diphtheria, and influenza.15
- Breastfeeding reduces the incidence and/or severity of several infectious diseases including respiratory tract infections, ear infections, bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, urinary tract infections, and greatly reduces the incidence of infant diarrhea.
- After the first month of life, rates of infant mortality in the U.S. are reduced by 21% in breastfed infants.
- Breastfed infants are at lower risk for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).16
Protection Against Chronic Disease
- Exclusive breastfeeding for a minimum of four months decreases the risk of Type I diabetes (insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus) for children with a family history of diabetes, and may reduce the incidence of Type 2 diabetes later in life.
- Breastfed children are less likely to suffer from some forms of childhood cancer such as Hodgkin's disease, and leukemia.
- Breastfeeding reduces the risk for obesity, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol levels later in life.17
- Human milk contains anti –inflammatory factors that lower the incidence of bowel diseases such as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.18
- The incidence of asthma and eczema are lower for infants who are exclusively breastfed for at least 4 months, especially in families at high risk for allergies.19
Breastfeeding Premature and High-Rish Infants
- Breastfeeding and banked human milk are protective and beneficial for preterm infants.
- Hospitals and physicians should recommend human milk for premature and other high risk infants.20
- Breast milk lowers the premature infant's risk for gastrointestinal and infectious disease and reduces the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis (inflammation with possible tissue death and perforation of the small intestines and colon).21
- Human milk enhances brainstem maturation. Compared to premature babies who receive formula, preterm infants who receive breast milk score higher on future I.Q. tests.
- Breastfeeding the premature infant reduces hospital costs and the length of hospital stay significantly.22
Benefits of Breastfeeding for the Mother
- Women who breastfeed benefit from an increased level of oxytocin, a hormone that stimulates uterine contractions lowering the risk for postpartum bleeding. Women recover better with less blood loss at birth.
- Exclusive breastfeeding frequently but not always delays the return of a woman's ovulation and menstruation for a variable 20 to 30 weeks or more. This provides a natural means of child spacing for many.
- Breastfeeding may enhance feelings of attachment between mother and baby.
- Breastfeeding lowers a mother's risk for developing ovarian and pre-menopausal breast cancer and heart disease, and may decrease the risk of osteoporosis later in life. The benefits increase the longer she breastfeeds.23
- Breastfeeding women without a history of gestational diabetes are less likely to develop Type 2 diabetes later in life.24
The Cost of Not Breastfeeding
- Private and government insurers spend a minimum of $3.6 billion dollars a year to treat medical conditions and diseases that are preventable by breastfeeding.25
- Since children who are not breastfed have more illnesses, employers incur additional costs for increased health claims, and mothers lose more time from work to care for sick children.26
1. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Breastfeeding, Breastfeeding and the Use of Human Milk, Revised, Pediatrics 115 (2005): 496-506.
2. Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, (2000). Healthy People 2010, Maternal, Infant, and Child Health, 16-30. Washington, D.C. Healthy People, http://www.healthypeople.gov/Document/pdf/Volume2/16MICH.pdf
3. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Breastfeeding-Related Maternity Practices at Hospitals and Birth Centers-United States, 2007. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, (June 13, 2008): 621-625. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5723al.htm
4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office on Women's Health, (2000). HHS Blueprint for Action on Breastfeeding. Washington, D.C. Office of Women's Health
5. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005.
6. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 13, 2008
7. World Health Organization (2003). Infant and Young Child Feeding. A Tool for assessing National Practices, Policies and Programs. Geneva: WHO. http://www.who.int/nutrition/publications/infantfeeding/inf_assess_nnpp_eng.pdf
8. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 13, 2008.
9. World Health Organization, 2003.
10. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005.
11. American Academy of Family Physicians (2007). Family Physicians Supporting Breastfeeding, Position Paper, http://www.aafp.org/online/en/home/policy/policies/b/breastfeedingpositionpaper.printerview.html
12. Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine, ABM Protocols, (2006). Protocol 15: Analgesia and Anesthesia for the Breastfeeding Mother. http://www.bfmed.org/Resources/Protocols.aspx
13. World Health Organization, 2003.
14. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Scoring Explanation for the 2007 CDC Maternity Practices in Infant Nutrition and Care (mPINC) Survey. http://www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding/pdf/mPINC_Scoring_Explanation.pdf
15. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Women's Health, (2000).
16. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005.
17. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005.
18. United States Breastfeeding Committee, (2002). Benefits of Breastfeeding. http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Issue-Papers/Benefits.pdf
19. Greer FR, Sicherer SH, Burks AW, and the Committee on Nutrition and Section on Allergy and Immunology. Effects of Early Nutritional Interventions on the Development of Atopic Disease in Infants and Children: The Role of Maternal Dietary Restriction, Breastfeeding, Timing of Introduction of Complementary Foods, and Hydrolyzed Formulas. Pediatrics 2008;121:183-191.
20. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2005.
21. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Evidence Reports and Summaries, 2007.
22. United States Breastfeeding Committee, 2002.
23. United States Breastfeeding Committee, 2002.
24. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Evidence Reports and Summaries, 2007.
25. U.S. Breastfeeding Committee (2002). Economics of Breastfeeding. http://www.usbreastfeeding.org/Issue-Papers/Economics.pdf
26. Washington Business Group on Health (March 2000). Breastfeeding Support At The Workplace, Best Practices to Promote Health and Productivity, Family Health in Brief, Issue No. 2. http://www.businessgrouphealth.org/pdfs/wbgh_breastfeeding_brief.pdf
For more references on breastfeeding, visit:
• US Breastfeeding Committee: www.usbreastfeeding.org
• Centers for Disease Control: www.cdc.gov/breastfeeding
• La Leche League International: www.llli.org
• International Lactation Consultant Association: www.ilca.org
This fact sheet was co-authored by Nicette Jukelevics, MA, ICCE, and Ruth Wilf, CNM, PhD.
© 2009 Coalition for Improving Maternity Services. Permission granted to freely reproduce with attribution.


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Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Services, Eddy Cue bluntly commented on the iBooks pricing model and its legal quagmire, saying "We can't treat newspapers or magazines any differently than we treat FarmVille." Apple has recently been charged with colluding with publishers over pricing, sticking to an agency model whereby the publisher gets to set the prices rather than the retailer. This is in contrast to Amazon, which has taken the reins of pricing so they can undercut everybody else, even if means taking a loss so long as they can be number one and recoup through other purchases. Apple claims they're aiming to bust up Amazon's monopoly on e-books, but the Department of Justice isn't so sure and is moving ahead with their investigation.
Cue's commentary on the situation is certainly apt; why up-end their established fee structure for electronic goods just because these ones happen to be books rather than apps? That doesn't necessarily mean that the publishers didn't have their own conversations, but at first glance it doesn't seem like Apple was doing anything particularly wrong here.
Of course, we'll see how the trial pans out and what new evidence comes to light. In the end, iBooks isn't hugely popular, and I can't imagine it will be a massive blow if Apple is forced to change their model around a little bit. How do you guys feel about iBooks pricing? Are you willing to pay close to what a real copy costs, or should electronic versions be cheaper?
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Fox Sports has a new 24-hour cable network that it hopes can take on ESPN's moneymaking machine. WSJ Media and Marketing reporter Amol Sharma joins MoneyBeat. Photo: AP.
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Testimonies: Colon Cancer
7/16/2013 "Seven years ago, Mike was prayed over for a healing of colon cancer and hepatitis C. He says he has been cancer free and hepatitis free for 5 years now!!"
- Mike
6/30/2011 "When I first went to the Springfield Healing Rooms the Doctors had told me my PSA # was 37 and that I had Prostate Cancer, after going every 2 weeks for 3 months, the doctors said my PSA # had dropped to 3.5 which is normal, The lord had healed me"
- Joe Z.
3/7/2009 "I wanted to send this testimony out regarding a business card that we prayed over at the healing rooms in December. Please feel free to forward to the rest of the team. The man that delivers my wood, wasn't able to make it to the healing rooms but he gave me his business card and asked us to pray over it. I took the card to him that evening and gave it to him quickly as he was with a customer. I just got off the phone with Andrew and he informed me that his white blood cell count is heading in the right direction. It is now between 19-11,000. We are praying for it to go down to 5,000. Apparently this is a gage as to whether or not his colon cancer has returned. When we prayed in Dec. Andrew thought he might have to have another operation and/or more chemo. He had a set back with passing a blood clot in early Dec. He is on steriods which have caused him to gain weight but he said he feels great! Praise God!! Andrew says he keeps the card with him all the time. It is really growing his faith. Thanks to all the Healing Room team especially Tim and Tammy who really prayed with authority over Andrew. I am so excited about what God is doing!! Praise you Lord for healing Andrew!! Thanks team for your faith! "
- Gwen C.
9/28/2007 "Cancer Didn't Stand a Chance... I was diagnosed in May, 2007 with two inoperable brain tumors and cancer on my right kidney. I was told by four different doctors that I was very ill and had one year to live without treatment (cemo & radiation) and 2 - 3 years with treatment. I had much prayer and confessed the word to my doctors and all who cared for me. I had a brain treatment June 28th, 2007 and later radical kidney surgery. The MRI had indicated that the tumor on my kidney had spread to the main artery of my heart. GOD WAS FAITHFUL as I knew He would be. My main surgeon called it a true miracle of God. The kidney tumor was completely encapsulated and did not infiltrate any other part of my body. A brain MRI in Sept 2007 showed that the tumors had shrunk. My hearing which was affected by the tumors is back. All doctors say there is no need for any further treatment. I am scheduled for brain MRIs every three months for the next year and a half. This is the third time the Lord has healed me from cancer. Thank you Healing Room warriors for your prayers and support! THANK YOU JESUS FOR YOUR FAITHFULNESS!!!"
- Sue S.
1/17/2004 "She had a reoccurring cancer (colon) come back and was told that she did not have long to live. But she is home and healed. Her surgery healed up (miracle) and she began to eat the very next day and walk she had been in bed 40 days (without eating). Two weeks she was home... doctors had said after three months. Praise God!"
- Delia G.
6/8/2001 "I wanted to e-mail all of you to let you know what the Lord has done in my life. About a month before my wife and I came to the training in May 2001, I had been to the doctor for a minor problem, however while there, they began to perform some tests. Finally they came into the room and talked to me, and stressed concern that they thought I had colon cancer. The tests that they had taken that day were pointing to conclusion, along with them having come back "positive". We were leaving in a couple of weeks to attend your training for healing rooms. The doctor wanted me to have some more extensive tests ran at the Cleveland clinic to confirm the findings of the initial ones that they had already done which had come back positive. My response was that I would do that only after I came back from Spokane. I proceeded with my trip to Spokane and, quite frankly, was in a lot of pain. The "symptoms" and pain were quite real. Fear would try to grip me from moment to moment. I kept lining up with God's Word. God met me at the Healing Rooms in Spokane in a very powerful and unusual way. While I was there I received prayer for healing. When I returned home, the very next day I went to the Cleveland Clinic and had the more extensive tests ran and everything came back normal. The Doctor said that he could find no trace of cancer in my colon. I told him it was because Jesus Christ had healed me!"
- Jim W.
3/17/2001 "I give thanks to God for the deliverance I have received here in the past four days. I have received deliverance from colon cancer and much oppression. Thank you Jesus, by your stripes I am healed and overall whole."
- Ernestina K.
8/11/2000 "I was diagnosed with recurring colon cancer. Tests showed 3 tumors in the lungs. I started coming to the Healing Rooms 2 weeks ago as I needed a miracle! (The doctors say I am terminal) I asked the Lord for a sign of healing. I had 2 cysts on a surgery set on my neck that were very visible. I asked that they go as a sign that I was healed in my lungs. In about 5 days they began to grow smaller and smaller. So I decided to have an x-ray of my lungs. I have had 4 weeks of chemo which is one session and the doctors wanted one to have two sessions before testing if there were any positive results for the chemo. The doctor warned me there might be no change or even more tumors and didn't want to do the x-ray. But I insisted. I waited to see the results and then they called me back to see the x-ray for myself. The doctor was very pleased. One tumor is gone, one is greatly reduced and they couldn't tell me on the third if there had been a change. In 6-7 weeks they will do a CT scan and I am fully expecting clear lungs! I'm thankful for not only physical improvement, but the learning and spiritual inspiration I've received. "
- Ann W.
7/18/2000 "I have a testimony to give you regarding a prayer cloth I gave to a friend; Ana P. Ana had her sister in the hospital with colon cancer. I received 16 prayer cloths on June 28th and gave Ana one on June 29th for her sister. On July 14th I asked Ana about her sister. She told me that she had taken the prayer cloth to her at the hospital and has not taken it off. She told me that her sister was so sick that a priest had administered the last rites. She thought for sure her sister was going to pass away. She related to me that her sister has since been released from the hospital and will be receiving a new procedure which will have her be operated on and inserted a plastic colon with in six weeks. Praise God!!"
- Mario G.


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Prepare the sea bass by snipping off the side and back fins with a strong pair of scissors. With a fish scaler or large, strong knife, scrape off the scales. This is best done by holding the fish by the tail in a sink and scraping downward. It is essential to do this thoroughly. Clean the fish by running a sharp knife up from the base of the belly to the head. Remove the innards and rinse the fish well.
To cut into fillets, lie the fish on its side and, using a sharp filleting knife, carefully slice along the backbone, from tail to head, keeping close to the bones with the blade so as not to waste any flesh. Then cut downward around the head, which will enable you to remove the fillet. Repeat this on the other side of the fish.
Place the fillets skin side down and run your hand over them to check for any bones. Pull out any that remain using tweezers. Cut each fillet into 3 equal portions.
Lightly brush the pieces of fish with oil, season well with salt and pepper, and grill for 3 minutes on each side, or until cooked.
Serve with lemon.
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Nebraska's offense scored 10 runs on 15 hits Wednesday night at Hawks Field, but it wasn't enough, as the Kansas State Wildcats escaped Lincoln with a 13-10 victory. The loss dropped the Huskers one game below .500 on the season, 19-20, while the Wildcats picked up a season sweep of the Huskers after winning the first two games of the three-game season series in Manhattan earlier this year.
Nebraska's pitching staff dug the Huskers into a 8-1 hole after the top of the second, but NU's bats clawed back with eight unanswered runs to take a 9-8 lead into the sixth inning.
After Nebraska took the lead with a four-run fifth, the Wildcats responded with three runs in the top of the sixth on three hits to retake the lead, 11-9. KSU added two more runs in the top of the seventh, pushing its lead to four. The Huskers scored just once more on a two-out RBI single from Austin Darby in the eighth, and then went down in order in the ninth to end the game.
Nebraska's first six hitters went a combined 12-for-25 on the night, including a 3-for-4 performance from Kash Kalkowski. The senior from Grand Island came up a home run shy of the cycle, as he singled in the third, roped a two-RBI triple in the fifth and hit a two-out double in the sixth. Four other Huskers produced multi-hit games, while Kalkowski, Rich Sanguinetti and Pat Kelly each had two RBIs.
Both teams burned through pitchers on the night, with the Huskers using nine arms, while the Wildcats used seven.
Jared King and RJ Santigate led the Wildcats with three hits and three RBIs each, with Jon Davis also driving in three runs.
Nebraska continues non-conference action this weekend at the TD Ameritrade Classic in Omaha. The Huskers will play four game in three days, starting with a 6:35 p.m. game on Friday against the Creighton Bluejays. Nebraska then meets the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday for a doubleheader at 11 a.m., before wrapping up the weekend against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Sunday at 1:05 p.m.


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Pitt87 wrote:the wicked child wrote:Leaked footage of the 2012-13 season premiere:Spoiler:
Root announced a new title for this series today:Spoiler:"Not Allowed In The Room"
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Chris Brown Suffers Seizure in Studio
Chris Brown suffered a seizure early this morning, but apparently the R&B singer did not want to involve doctors in the health scare.
According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Fire Department rushed to the Record Plant recording studio after receiving a 911 call about the 'Fine China' crooner's seizure.
Breezy reportedly did not want treatment nor head to the hospital.
Reports indicate that the Virginia native has suffered seizures since he was young.
Recently, Brown turned himself in for a hit-and-run incident. The singer then shared news with his Twitter followers that his next album, 'X,' may be his last. "Don't worry mainstream America. After this X album, it'll probably be my last album," he tweeted. "Being famous is amazing when it's for ur music and talent. I'm tired of being famous for a mistake I made when i was 18. I'm cool & over it!"
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I haven't updated in such a long time. This is probably because I hadn't written anymore of Shadow in such a long time. School got in the way, then NaNoWriMo did too. As much as I want to finish the novel/novella I started for NaNoWriMo, Shadow and its sequels take precedence.
Here's what has happened:
- The series went from a trilogy to a quartet. It's sort of begging to be a quintet now, but I think I can rearrange some of the events to keep it a quartet. I'd rather not drag out this series for too long.
- The question of how to solve a particular problem had been plaguing me for awhile and I finally had an epiphany about it.
- I've realized that some characters who seemed inconsequential are actual indispensable.
- I wrote Chapters 20-23.
- I plan to finish the first draft in the next couple of days.


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Turbine component maker LM Wind Power Group has agreed to sell its Svendborg Brakes company to Altra Holdings Inc., a Massachusetts-headquartered supplier of power transmission and motion control products.
Under the definitive agreement, Altra Holdings will buy Svendborg Brakes for a cash consideration of EUR 80.1 million, which is payable upon completion of the acquisition. Completion is subject to receipt of German regulatory approval and is expected to take place during the fourth quarter of this year.
Svendborg Brakes was acquired in 2008 and integrated into LM Glasfiber to form the LM Wind Power Group in 2009. Founded in 1884, Svendborg is a global manufacturer of caliper brakes, offering engineered solutions to the mining and energy markets.
"Svendborg Brakes has performed well as part of the LM Wind Power Group in challenging circumstances" says LM Wind Power Group CEO Leo Schot. "LM Wind Power will renew its focus on the wind industry. The company has clear strategic growth plans, a strong, global manufacturing footprint which ensures it is well positioned in growth markets and new, advanced wind turbine technology, to secure its part in the rapidly growing offshore wind market."


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Atlantis Underground: Songwriter Sessions
December 5, 2017 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 7:00pm on Tuesday, repeating until December 12, 2017
Hosted by Christopher Worth: he and another featured artist will perform each week along with invited guest performers.


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|Phillips Exeter
2010-11: CRCA second team All-New England selection... Sat in varsity eight that finished second in the petite final at the NCAA Championship and fourth in the grand final at Eastern Sprints... Received the team's Anne Warner Award... CRCA Scholar Athlete.
2009-10: Sat in the bow of the second varsity that finished sixth in the petite final at the NCAA Championship… Won a bronze medal at the Eastern Sprints… CRCA Scholar Athlete.
2008-09: Spare at the NCAA Championship... Stroked the novice eight to a gold medal at Eastern Sprints, Yale's first since 1987... Recipient of the team's Chris Ernst Award.
Before Yale: Started rowing the spring of her freshman year at Exeter... In 2006 and 2007 rowed in the Exeter first varsity that won the NEIRA Championship... Also ran indoor track at Exeter.
Personal: Her twin sister Elizabeth also rows at Yale.


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"I am selling my ears" (Dhagahaan iibinayaa), Abdillahi says, laughing.
The sharp light glimmers through the small opening in the tinted window, the wind is audible. It is early morning in Hargeisa, the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland, occupying the north-western territory of what the international community defines as Somalia. Somalia and Somaliland could not be further apart in conflict resolution experience and relative stability.
Abdillahi is still looking at me, his smile widens, his eyes sparkle. Chuckling, he leans towards me to emphasize his point. He had been telling me about the peace conference between the Somaliland clans in Borama in 1993, and had interrupted himself with the expression about selling his ears.
"That is what we say today about daily allowances from donors," he explains. "Our society is built on contribution, people here gets legitimacy through contribution. Everyone donated to the Borama peace conference. I gave 2,000 blankets. The clans competed over who could contribute the most militias and weapons to the new Somaliland army. We did it by ourselves. There was nobody to sell our ears to."
Abdillahi Mohamed Hersi is the Director of ALGASL (Association of Local Government Authorities in Somaliland). We were talking about space for political and social engagement, and about legitimacy of elected local government officials. That legitimacy in Somaliland comes from being able to contribute, he said.
He proudly narrates the tale of the Borama peace process, which brought an end to Somaliland's engagement in the bruising civil war against the Siyad Barre regime that left Somaliland in ruins. Since that time, Somaliland has been ruled by its own governments under separate legal jurisdiction and has embarked on a slow process towards recovery.
South Central Somalia fell deeper into fragility and chaos, and despite 20 internationally sanctioned peace processes ranks as the most failed state in the world, without a functioning central government.
In contrast, Somaliland has had four democratic elections with the 2010 presidential election monitored by the EU and deemed free and fair. With peaceful transition of power, Somaliland can compare itself to countries like Ghana and Botswana. While facing extensive challenges, in particular border disputes and insecurity threats, it trades livestock across the Gulf of Aden, its seas are free of pirates, and it strives to provide security and basic services to the Somaliland people. It is a parliamentary democracy with an Upper House of Elders (Guurti) which plays a significant conflict resolution role, and is ruled through a pragmatic combination of customary and common law.
"We all wanted peace," Abdillahi said. "But peace could not start with discussing power sharing. There were so many grievances.
"We started at the grass-roots level, and then worked ourselves up through the clan system. We solved conflict after conflict. We talked for 5 months. Every male had to contribute money to the peace process. We also counted all our Diaspora. They had to contribute too."
He pauses, still smiling, his eyes serious now. "What you see today," he says, "is strive for balance, for equilibrium between the clans. I trust my own clan but I also depend on the other clans. I must respect the mayor of that clan today so they can respect the mayor of our clan tomorrow."
On the process to establish peace and security in South Central Somalia, the tale is still being written. It is not one of own contribution, conflict resolution, and grievance redress. It is one of power sharing. It is about defining who has the right to rule over whom, and who is included and who is excluded. What ingredients will make it work this time?
Photos: Borama residents nearly two decades after the peace conference. Credit: Caroline Rusten.
Thanks Caroline
Great stuff
Important lessons
Somaliland: Contributing to Peace
This was only the tip of the ice-berg:
Policy for Peace in Somaliland
Recogition is the only solution
their people are happier than
their people are happier than other (same standard level countries)


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You probably remember Hugh Douglas from his playing days with the Philadelphia Eagles and that one time he tried to beat up Terrell Owens. Now retired, Douglas is working as one of ESPN's many NFL analysts, and last night he went through one of the most sacred rites of passage in sports media: He attended a Bruce Springsteen concert. More importantly, he shared his experience with us via two hilarious tweets:
Atta boy, Hugh. Around The Horn should be calling any minute.


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