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Hi. I'm Sara Hicks Malone, a former art director for Martha Stewart Baby & Kids magazines, stationery owner (Hicks Paper Goods) and blogger (Sara's Party Perfect). These days the majority of my design work is for Minted (minted.com), though I occasionally work with companies and individuals for custom projects.


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Bangalore is flooded with so many new restaurants in last 5 years and people in Bangalore do accept all type of cuisines and love to try at least once, if taste suits the palate, visit to the place becomes a regular affair. So that's how the international fast food chains expanded to multiple vicinities. There are multiple cuisines in Bangalore most favorite among them are North Indian, Chinese and Italian. Also, there is different set of people, who would be visiting to the places which serve global cuisines and that crowd would be around 10 Percent.
Apart from all these regular cuisines, there is something called "Aspect Cuisine" and may be a few people might be aware of this cuisine. It's totally new to Bangalore in fact!
Well, I am talking about a Month's old "Aspect Cuisine" fine dining restaurant by name "Nimisserie" which is located in Wood Street off Brigade Road, one of the oldest street of Bangalore and the street where party culture started in Namma Bengaluru in early 90's
Chef Nimish Bhatia is the founder of Nimisserie – An Experienced Chef, who worked in multiple star hotels in India and abroad. His last assignment was at Lalit Ashok as a Corporate Executive Chef. The interest towards cooking started from his childhood and he is inspired by his Mother. His experience in the culinary journey is massive; as it is evident in the dishes he prepares as it is not so easy to curate such dishes. The hotel industry is crucial and very important to gratify every guest. However, he won thousands of hearts in a span of one month. "People who visited "Nimisserie" never had disappointment with the Food" – This statement was raving in most of the food groups across Bangalore.
It was a privilege to be part of the "Bloggers Meet" happened at Nimisserie on 5th March 2016 along with few foodie friends. The place was in my wish list since it was launched.
As I said, it's a fine dining restaurant with Classy interiors! The restaurant décor was designed in an innovative manner. Since, the theme of the place has Silver, White and Red combinations. The walls of the visible kitchen are decorated with tiny silver tiles, which give a party feel. Whereas, the dining chairs are white leather covered, which looks elegant and matches to the complete dining area. A filament lights were mounted from a roof and the light falls on the huge curtains and give extraordinary amber influence.
The show plates which are kept on dining tables are made from the same marble which was used in designing the Taj Mahal in Agra. They have bright Red Color hard & beautiful tumblers, which were imported from Faizabad. Chef. Nimish Bhatia along with his architect visited so many countries and got so many objects to design Nimisserie.
We visited Nimisserie for lunch and tried their 7 Course Meal, which is definitely a steal for the quality, service, taste and ambiance. It's an apt place to celebrate any special day with friends and family. It's a good place for lunch with clients, good food make positive things.
Our lunch started with,
- Reconstructed Chilled Samosa, Ber Chooran, hibiscus dust – The chilled samosa wrapped in melon did not taste sweet. However, it has a cool summer feel and pungent flavor gave it the right twist.
- Smoked Arugula, Marigold Flowers, Basil, Dehydrated Pineapple – I am not a Salad Person. However, the aroma of Basil & Smoked flavor made me to fell in love with it.
- Nostalgic Cream Horns A La Galawat – Dubki Aloo garnished with edible Jasmine Flakes – Dubki Aloo stuffing was extremely good and loved the presentation. The dish has a Indian Flavors & definitely appeals to try another one.
- Tomato Bubble Loaded with Flowers, Root Veggies and Fruity Fragrances, Pored over with a Fresh Decant of Herb Fusion – The aromatic soup and tastes excellent. There is a molecular gastronomy involved in the dish and a must try!
- Dhokla Disks – Milk Dumpling garnished with Chili Coriander Foam and Plantain Crisp, the taste is truly unique although it's Dhokla. That's because of the Chili Coriander foam!
- Pea Gnocchi with Saag Kulcha – The Portion looks huge and presented in an appealing manner. This dish definitely made a Justice and the Ghocchi in Saag is out of world. Its lip-smacking!
- Bihari Pithi Pockets stuffed with Spinach & cottage cheese, Flax Seed, Sattu, Dal Sauce with Crisps – It's a twist to Dal Khichdi. However, the taste is slightly different because of the gourmet ingredients! This is heavy to the stomach, though it looks small.
- Tarte Tatin Mishti Doi Brulee – Every meal has a happy ending, that's Dessert! Again, I liked way this dessert was presented. The Tart was made out of Butter Biscuits and that just melts in mouth. Whereas, the Mishti Doi is a Soft Sweetened Curd. It's a perfect combination and just awesome!
More than a food, it's a unique experience at Nimisserie as the Indian cuisine is blended with gourmet touch. I am sure every Indian food lover will like this aspect cuisine. I am eagerly waiting to go for 9 Course & 11 Course Meal at Nimisserie.
We enjoyed an interactive session with Chef. Nimish Bhatia. The man carries vast industry knowhow as he unleashes a new world of cuisine. It was indeed a cherished palate experience.
Address: 120, Off Wood Street, Ashok Nagar, Brigade Road, Bangalore.
Phone: 080 49652770
Reservation: Recommended
Timings: 12 Noon to 3 PM, 7PM to 11PM
Parking: Available
Cards: Accepted

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As a personal fitness trainer/professional, do you ever feel like you're alone out there? Don't you sometimes feel like you are swimming alone in a huge pool with no life raft? Do you ever think, "There Must Be A Better Way!" There is and we're going to show you what it is.
Fitness By Phone® is thrilled to announce the introduction
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This comprehensive 12-week program is designed
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coaching to their repertoire but prefer to take
a phased approach to learning the Fitness By
Phone® system. The coaching principles are the
same as the Master Specialty Certificate but the teaching
is conducted in small groups, the focus in on
beginner-intermediate clientele and less time
is spent on business development strategies.
This program is ideal for professionals who
work with beginner-intermediate exercisers or
sedentary populations and have limited experience
running their own business.
The Fitness By Phone® Coaching specialty certificate programs
are not about buying a set of books and tapes
like you might from a TV commercial. This is
not about buying some written information that
you put on a shelf, where it becomes shelf-help,
never to see the results you're looking for.
Associate classes provide hands
on, step-by-step guidance and are stocked full
of proven, easy to learn and apply strategies
and methods that generate real, bottom line
results for you and your personal training clients.
Mentoring Your Way To Success
We'll not only teach you everything about Fitness By
Phone®, we're here for you long after you complete
the program, to answer any and all questions
you have about anything related to fully developing
your Fitness By Phone® business and reaping
the financial and personal freedom this business
can bring. In fact, we encourage you to call
us, fax us or e-mail us anytime you need help
or just need someone to talk to who understands
how to help you solve whatever problem you may
be having so you can create the successful fitness
business you desire and deserve.
Continued Educational Support from FBP
faculty and our Fitness By Phone® Coach Training
Program was the first of its kind to be recognized
by the American Council on Exercise (ACE) as
a Continuing Education Specialist. Upon
completing your training, you will receive .6
CECs from ACE and ACSM. Most other certification
organizations will also accept ACE approved CEC courses,
but check with your own certification organization
to make sure. We also provide additional CEC
approved FBP Coach Advanced Training Teleworkshops throughout the year. You will have no problem
getting enough CEC credits to renew your specialty certificate.
10 Ways Being a Fitness By Phone® Coach Benefits Fitness Professionals
1) Phone coaching eliminates
or greatly reduces cost objections. Being
a Fitness By Phone® coach will "recession
proof" your business. If you were in business
during the last recession, you know that many
of your clients pull back on luxury items first
(personal training) and as a result, you lose
clients and revenue, putting your business in
a recession. As a Fitness
By Phone® Coach you are able to offer
phone coaching, something that your clients
can afford and be able to stay fit and healthy
no matter what the state of the economy is.
Phone coaching fills dead time hours. Most
Fitness By Phone® Coaches conduct their phone
coaching sessions three days a week, during
what is referred to in the personal training
industry as dead time (midday hours between
1 PM and 5 PM). No one has ever not
chosen phone coaching because of the time.
Some people may prefer a different
time, but they are so sold on the idea of phone
coaching that they are willing to take a 20-minute
break from whatever they are doing to participate
in the time slots their Fitness By Phone® Coach
has available.
3) Phone coaching is an alternative to
personal training when you're sick or injured
or out of town. Think about the
times you had to cancel client's personal training
sessions because you were very sick, injured
or had to be out of town. There's the risk of
losing money and/or the client when this happens.
However, with phone coaching, this is not an
issue. Remember, everyone has access to a phone
and phones eliminate distance, which eliminates
the need to cancel sessions with your clients.
If you have to move to another city, your business
doesn't miss a beat as was the case with Master
Fitness By Phone® Coach, Heather Moreno, who
moved several hundred miles up the coast of
California from her original home base of Orange
County, California. The ultimate win-win
scenario, though, is if you have a family, phone
coaching will allow you the time and energy
to spend more time at home and still be intimately
involved in your career and be there for your
4) Phone coaching eliminates client cancellation issues. Phone coaching becomes even more important if the client is ill, recovering from illness or injury, or has a stressful circumstance preventing him or her from exercising as usual. In fact, studies have shown that one of the number one reasons people lose momentum and stop exercising is that something comes up that prevents them from regularly going to the gym. Because the actual coaching session doesn't involve physical activity, and because it can be conducted anywhere, there really is no valid excuse for the client canceling.
Fitness By Phone® increases your earning potential.
Phone coaching generates more income
than personal training while being more cost
effective to the client. Just think of
the cost and timesavings for yourself if you
didn't have to travel to the client, deal with
last minute client cancellations or get stuck
at a gym between client appointments. As a Master
Fitness By Phone® Coach you will make significantly
greater income because there you will simply
have more billable hours available.
Not only does phone coaching yield more billable hours,
it yields far greater compliance, further adding
to the value of phone coaching services.
Stanford University, along with other well-respected,
major research institutions, has done over 24
years of extensive research on phone coaching
for physical activity. The researchers
concluded that phone coaching yields 75-90%
compliance (go to www.fitnessbyphone.com/stanford.htm
to see the research review article). This
research was consistent with the results hundreds
of Fitness By Phone® Coaches have been achieving
with thousands of clients all over the country
since 1995 with 75-90% of our clients physically
active most every day of the week.
When we surveyed personal trainers, we found that only 10-25% of their personal training clients were active most every day of the week. Since most traditional personal training clients don't exercise enough or at all when they are on their own, how much would it cost your clients to work with you most every day (5-6 days a week) to achieve the compliance, and thus the results, that phone coaching yields? How many would pay that monthly fee? How many would actually attend each of those sessions without cancellations?
Most Fitness By Phone® Coaches charge an average of
$225 every four weeks. When you compare
what it would cost a client to achieve 75%-90%
compliance with traditional personal training
(e.g. 5 days a week @ $50-$100 per hour),
you can see that phone coaching is far more
cost effective on a monthly basis than traditional
one-on-one personal training:
The "Monthly Cost to Clients"
chart is based on the personal training client
training 5 days a week for one month. Personal
training charges are based on $1500 per month
calculated at a rate of $75 for a 50-minute
session not including drive time, prep time
or cancellations. Fitness By Phone® charges
are based on $225 per month not including prep
time (driving time and cancellations are eliminated
with Fitness By Phone®). It is interesting to
note that if a personal trainer only charges
$37.50 per hour ($750 per month), half of the
example used above, Fitness By Phone® would
still be a significantly better value.
6) Phone coaching provides the
opportunity to increase revenue by selling products
intrinsic to the phone coaching program. With
Fitness By Phone®, you provide not only the
coaching and guidance to your clients, but also
the tools, such as a heart rate monitor and
accelerometer. Every client purchases a heart
rate monitor. If weight loss (let's say "fat
loss") is a goal, then they also purchase an
accelerometer. You receive a discount on these
products; thus, you earn additional revenue
and profit, without spending time working.
7) When clients "quit" your financial burden is minimized. With conventional one-on-one personal training, clients generally schedule at least two hours a week with their trainers. Some schedule three or more hours per week, right? If, for example, you charge $50 per hour and a client quits, the cut in weekly income can be $100 - $150 per week. Most personal trainers would consider this a significant reduction in income.
With phone coaching, when a client completes the coaching process (they rarely quit, they are usually sent off on their own because they are ready), the time/money lost is only twenty to thirty minutes per week. Basically, you reduce your losses by 400% - 600%. And, the time slot is much easier to fill because of the affordability, versatility and convenience for your clients.
Phone coaching expands your client base. Being
a Master Fitness By Phone® Coach provides
you the opportunity to build relationships with
the inactive population who tend to be intimidated
by traditional fitness environments. Phone
coaching gradually increases your clients' confidence
in you and builds trust. This ultimately
increases the likelihood of them purchasing
some personal training sessions, too.
Phone coaching also allows you the opportunity to reach people who can't afford traditional personal training and opens the doors for you to reach people who don't have time for traditional personal training. As you probably are well aware, many personal training clients have erratic and full schedules. Often, they work full time and/or are raising a family, not to mention their hectic social calendars. Phone coaching allows them flexibility to exercise on their own time schedule without the burden of regularly scheduled personal training sessions.
Another way it will expand your business is it provides you with the opportunity to reach people who are too far to travel to, or for them to travel to you. Imagine having a client base throughout the United States, even internationally, without ever having to leave the comforts of your home.
9) Phone coaching reduces competition.
Not only does phone coaching reach a whole new market of clients who would not have become clients otherwise, but also very few personal trainers have a formal phone coaching program. This alone, will provide a strong distinction between you and other trainers in your area, increasing your chances of getting clients to chase you for business instead of you having to constantly chase them for business.
10) Phone Coaching eliminates the "adult baby-sitter syndrome". Nothing is more satisfying to a personal trainer than applying their knowledge to help someone get motivated to make effective, progressive exercise part of their lifestyle. On the other hand, there is nothing more aggravating then having a wealth of knowledge to help people progress and not being able to use it.
With traditional personal training, clients became dependent on your presence as their alarm clock to start exercising. Since most clients couldn't afford the money or the time for more than 2-3 sessions a week and have a multitude of reasons for canceling appointments (even with a strict cancellation policy), most clients will stay in a maintenance mode. As a result, most personal trainers often times feel like highly paid adult baby-sitters--frustrated and bored.By offering phone coaching services, you will feel significantly more satisfied in your work and so too will your clients.
The Fitness By Phone® Associate
We provide two types of guarantees:
1. A 2-Month Money Back Guarantee!
If you make an honest effort to implement
everything we teach you and anytime in the first
three months you are not satisfied with the
information and the support system provided,
merely return your Fitness By Phone® Coach Training
Program materials and related monitors and we
will refund your money (less a reasonable cancellation
2. Total Back Up & Support Service Ensuring You Succeed!
In addition to your 2-month financial guarantee, we also guarantee we will be here for you, anytime you need help with something. We provide complete support, guidance and consulting. Whether it's help with a problem or thinking through a client's coaching program, just call, fax, or e-mail us with your questions. We not only guarantee our materials, but we guarantee our support and assistance.
Getting Clients
of the most valuable pieces of training material
you will receive is our comprehensive Fitness
By Phone® Coach Marketing Manual. Updated regularly,
this is a massive volume of the most up-to-date,
cutting edge marketing, advertising, and branding
strategies that are simple, proven and easy
to implement – no matter how much you don't
like marketing yourself. Our most successful
Fitness By Phone® Coaches gave us the actual
marketing pieces ads, letters, press releases,
reports, flyers, signs, brochures, articles
and lecture presentations they personally used
to generate a consistently high-revenue producing
Going beyond the manual and even the one-to-one
mentoring you receive, we've also added weekly
LIVE Fitness By Phone® Coach Teleconferences
where the leading Fitness By Phone® Coaches
share, step-by-step, exactly how they implemented
our marketing strategies.
ASSOCIATE Specialty Certificate PROGRAM
12-week Fitness By Phone® Coach Training Program
This one-on-one comprehensive training
program is taught by one of our highly trained
Fitness By Phone® Coach Master Trainers and
is conducted one-on-one over the phone.
By the end of this 12-week training program,
we guarantee you will have all the information,
training and tools you need to get your Fitness
By Phone® business jump-started.
When you consider how quickly fitness professionals
are turning their new prospects into Fitness
By Phone® clients (see & hear testimonials),
the program more than pays for itself.
And, this program is not offered by anyone else
anywhere in the world. Because we limit
the number of individuals we coach, and have
a full Fitness By Phone® student load, if the
slots fill up, you will be placed on a waiting
list. Why not respond now so you can have
the best shot at getting started as soon as
2. Membership
in The Association of Fitness By Phone® Coaches
In addition, if you respond within
10 days of downloading this report, you will
also get a free one-year membership to The Association
of Fitness By Phone® Coaches ($595 value) which
includes the following (items 3 - 12):
3. License
to use the trademark, Fitness By Phone®
As a member of AFPC, you will have
license to use the name and logo, Fitness By
Phone®, on all your marketing materials and
paperwork for the duration of your membership.
Already considered one of the premier approaches
to fitness training, as more and more consumers
demand Fitness By Phone® Coaching services,
you will be recognized as a pioneer in this
powerful approach that is revolutionizing personal
fitness training.
Like clients who want success with
their health and fitness programs, you can either
take the information you have and try it on
your own, or you can get support, focus and
direction from a professional who has the credentials
and the proven track record to get you where
you want to go in the shortest amount of time.
As a member of AFPC, just fax, phone and/or
e-mail us any time you have questions or comments
and all questions will be answered within 48
5. Fitness By Phone®
Original Forms
You will receive hard copy originals
of all documents, forms, diaries and agreements
related to the Fitness By Phone® Coaching protocol
inscribed with the Fitness By Phone® logo.
Included are all forms you'll need to take care
of your Fitness By Phone® Coaching clients.
The forms are also designed so you can incorporate
your own business name and information on them ($99 value).
6. Polar Heart
Rate Monitor
As you learned earlier, Fitness By
Phone® is centered on two technological advances
in fitness monitoring, the heart rate monitor
and the accelerometer. The FS3 is the
model that has the features to maximize your
success as a Fitness By Phone® Coach and client
(Value $80).
7. Caltrac Accelerometer
Since most clients want to lose weight, and since diets don't work, the only way we can effectively support our clients in losing weight is to have them produce more activity than they were before, consistently. The accelerometer is the device which accurately measures caloric expenditure all day and for every workout, no matter where your clients are or what they are doing (Value $55).
Our marketing system has helped hundreds
of Fitness By Phone® Coaches build lucrative
careers. Our comprehensive marketing system
covers all of our success secrets and includes
simple, effective, proven, marketing techniques
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One of the fascinating aspects of the Valley is the variety of people and cultures that are found here. Blending together are customs of the Americans, M�xicans and other Hispanics, Canadians, Japanese, Chinese, Taiwanese, Polish, Phillippines, Indian, Europeans of many nations, Native Americans and more. Each group has their own culture and traditions they are brought up with to instill their heritage in their very beings.
Back in 1979, a few of the local Polish people decided to start a club to keep their language, culture and traditions alive. Interestingly, within their ranks they found traditions were interpreted differently in the various regions of their country. They not only have kept their own traditions alive, they have been able to embellish and enrich them, from their own compatriots.
Take for example, the Lenten season and Easter. One major tradition is Fat Thursday. Yes, that�s right � Fat Thursday, the last Thursday before Lent.
�You go crazy eating fat,� said Margarita Patino, laughing. �You eat donuts, lots of donuts, except they don�t have the hole. It�s as big as a tennis ball and it�s fried. Inside you put sweet fillings like jelly. It�s the last day we can splurge before lent.�
The donuts are called paczki and were traditionally made to use up any sugar, lard, eggs or fruit in the house, which was forbidden during lent.
On the day before Easter, the Poles would put together baskets of food � eggs, Polish sausage, bread, butter, salt, pepper � and take it to the church to be blessed. On Easter morning they would start off the day eating blessed food.
Easter eggs were part of the deal. They would boil onionskins (the favorite), beets and oak bark to get coloring for their eggs. Melting wax they would apply it to the eggs in various designs before coloring the eggs, then removing the wax. The designs would show through the coloring.
In the afternoon they would head for the village square to toss the boiled eggs.
�We would take our decorated eggs and throw them in the air and try to catch as many eggs as we could,� said Tony Pogorzelski, delighting in his memories. �Everybody�s trying to grab the eggs. It doesn�t matter if the eggs hit someone; it was a lot of fun!�
The day after Easter is an official holiday � called Smingus Dyngus. The boys would hide and then throw water on the girls. It�s even told the girls did not try hard to dodge the wetness for the unfortunate dry one�s fortune wasn�t good for the year. Some areas even said the wetter they became, the better year they would have.
�The club is a social club,� said Tomas Gozdalski, current president. �It gives us the opportunity to speak Polish, to meet other Polish people and every once in a while watch a Polish movie or documentary.�
A few times a year they have Polish prepared meals. One of their big meals is the Wigilia, a meatless Christmas Eve dinner, a major tradition in the country.
�There are 12 different dishes and we eat after we see the first star [symbolic of the star of Jesus],� said Anna Janik, member. �If we have kids in the house, we send them outside to look for the first star. When they see it, they come and tell us it�s time to sit down at the table and eat Wigilia.�
Talking to the club it�s obvious a variety of foods are used but the �must haves� are: different kinds of fish, such as salmon, eels and carp (a delicacy in Poland), some form of cabbage � some in perogis (a type of pasta dish using an array of fillings such as potatoes, cabbage, cheese, meats), honey, poppy seed, borscht (red or white) and a specially prepared wafer � the oplatek.
The oplatek is prepared the same as a communion wafer only in different shapes, usually decorated with a Christmas theme. Sharing a piece of the wafer with the person seated next to them, they wish each other a good new year and pass it on until all around the table have joined in this sacred ceremony.
�It must be on the best plate of the house,� said Anna Janik.
�When you share the oplatek, that�s a very intimate moment,� said Margarita. �When you honestly make peace with your family members and friends and wish them the best.�
Straw is put under the table or place mats signifying the straw in the manger. An extra setting and chair are set out symbolizing how Mary and Joseph were looking for a place and there was none. Here, there is always an extra setting.
Participants include Winter Texans and local residents, both young and old.
Derek Janik, young son of Marion and Anna Janik, enjoys coming to the club meetings � learning about his parent�s land. Friends of Polish members join also in order to learn more about their friends.
�I married a German, but I�m Italian,� said Margaret Hecker. �Since I joined the Polish Club I feel and see the allegiance that these people have to Poland. One year they gathered dozens and dozens of clothes to send to Poland to help their people. They have sponsored students from Poland to come and study here in this country.
�As you study history you can see the closeness of the Poles to the bordering countries and how even their foods become alike,� Margaret Hecker said. �I lived next door to a Polish lady and she was making borscht one day. I said, �Sophie, that�s a Russian dish.� She said, �It�s a Polish dish too.��
A non-profit 501c3, the club continues on keeping Poland alive for its members.
�We usually take June, July and August off and begin again in September,� said Marion Janik, member. �Usually we have a Polish dinner during Polish Heritage month in October and for sure have the Wigilia in December � a Polish tradition.�
More traditions are shared, recipes from the different regions of Poland are swapped, friendships made, bonds tightened. But most of all, that sense of finding people who make you feel at home reminds this club and it�s members � Polish and not � what a small world we live in because they�ve come from all over to find each other in the Rio Grande Valley.
For more information on the Polish Club, contact Tomasz Gozdalski at email@example.com.


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I feel good!! NA, NA, NA, NAAAAAAA! I woke up feeling good ~ and I had a wonderful WEDNESDAY! I got a lot of work done and also got my order from Victoria Secret!! I am so pumped to wear all the fun sundresses, shorts and tanks I got in just 17 days!!! WHOOHOOO!! Mojo is running HIGH!!!
My workout today went well:
Warm up r-bike 6 mins
Run 5 mins
leg curls
knee extensions
low backextensions
Body weight bulgarins – one set of 10
I had no balance today- weird!
Dead Lifts
135x10x3 sets
Walking lunges
55#x30stepsx2 sets
Smith Lunges
one set seated leg press
a few knee ups between sets
came home- ate a carrot
then ran about 1.5 hours later
it was a good run of just about 2 miles
did some sprint drills post run
and some laying side leg raises for the BOOTY!!
I am off to spend some wonderful time with my lover.
Love, Michelle
p.s. speaking of LOVE! I almost forgot to ask, What Foods do you love?? It's our question of the WEEK…
What foods do you LOVE?? Do you have lustful thoughts about any foods~ What are your favoirte healthy foods? You favorite things to snack on? What do you love to drink?What are your favorite cheat foods, desserts and goodies?
Simply put what do you LOVE to consume?
Let's all shoot to answer with at least 3 foods/drinks that we LOVE!!
I'd have to say I LOVE my coffee~ I am not so much in love with it for how it tastes as much as how it makes me perform. Life before coffee for me was a drag~ lol!!
I also love steak!
And I do LOVE a good beer from time to time
What foods/drinks do you LOVE?


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Elsie Ida Whitfield (Robinett) 1901 - 1998
I amlooking 4 any information, family and photos regarding My great grandmother Elsie Ida Whitfield and her children Jack, Gloria(Elsie), Jean, William and Shirley.
I am trying to find out who their father was.
Elsie married Albert Robinett in 1937 - Albert is not the father of the children, they did have his surname.
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The one, who writes on Facebook?
The one, who writes a blog, a diary?
The one, who writes letters, poetry, song?
The one, who hides his writing in a drawer?
The one, who writes, but never publishes anything?
The one, who self - publishes?
The one, who gets published?
The one, who writes a best - seller?
The one, who makes a living from writing?
The one, who does not care, but just cannot resist the urge to keep writing?
I always loved to write letters. Already as a teenager I wrote to people in many parts of the world, pen pals from New Zealand and India. The letters were on thin paper and lovingly folded into equally thin envelopes. You knew they had been transported by airplanes, but they were so light, they could as well have come flying into your mailbox just like butterflies.
When I started my life in Mexico, there were no private phones in town, just public ones and it took hours to get a connection, worse if you wanted to connect internationally. No computers, e - mail was an idea of science fiction and maybe not even that. I kept writing letters to friends and family in Germany. I poured my soul out on those pages, what had happened, what I felt and feared and desired. It took each letter weeks to reach the destinary and even more weeks to bring me a response. Each letter was a piece of a personal diary and precious. For a while I coud not afford the necessary stamps and that I suffere, more than just eating tortillas and honey daily.
Each letter I received answered my thoughts. Who had written it, wondered with me about the goings of life and its possible meaning. We were so far apart, yet so intimately connected through the words written on lightweight paper.
Today I am instantly connected with people around the globe. There is e - mail and Linked - In and Facebook and I dontknowwhatmore. Hundreds of so called friends mingle in these pages, most of whom I do not know how they look. We share mostly jokes, disagree over political opinions and quickly forget all about the whole encounter. What we share becomes ever shorter and on Twitter starts resembling an animal´s scream into de world´s emptiness.
My e - mails are much shorter than my letters of the past. Just the necessary things are packaged as tight as possible. If it gets too long, the receiver might get tired just looking at that chunk of words. What I receive is even shorter. I do not know anymore what my sisters and friends in Germany suffer or hope or dream. There seems to be not enough time anymore to share these deeper wonderings. One of my sisters used to write great limericks: she has not had time for that during the last 10 years. With my friend Elke we were into Philosophy. No time anymore, she just lets me know were she will travel next and details about her actual working project.
We are faster than ever in contact with each other and communicate with more individuals than ever during just one day, but the quality of our contact seems to have diminished dramatically.
Yes: A writer writes.....
A friend wrote me this:
"The German post company, once owned wholly by the government, but since several years in private hands, sends me once a month a catalogue showing their new stamps . This catalogue really sends me into temptation! Other women might not resist buying shoes, I cannot resist buying beautiful stamps! My drawer is full of beautiful stamps.
And when I write a letter, I am always trying to match the stamps to the receiving person or the main subject of the letter.
For quite some time I had been hoarding some gorgeous stamps showing illustrations of childrens' books. Every time, a letter was finished, I would take them out of the stamp box, would look at them, enjoy and finally decide that they just were not the right ones for this letter. There just did not seem to be a letter they would fit to.
One day, I received a letter with a beautiful self-made card. It was a wedding card. The daughter of a friend had married, in a private setting. The fotographs reflected the relaxed atmosphere of the couple, so comfortable in their love and radiating felicity. And it showed quite a round belly... The baby girl's name was "Sakura", cherry blossom season.On the back page of the wedding card, her charming smile greeted me. I sighed.
Finally, together with my congratulation greetings, my beautiful stamps had found the right recipient!"
A letter adorned with beautiful stamps can be such an object of beauty.
There are the stamps, there is your calligraphy, there are the color, paper and size of the envelope.
There are all the hands that touch the letter before the recipient does. This card in her envelope often goes through a huge adventure - it might travel the world - through cultures and climates. War - torn hands, happy hands and indifferent hands touch it, each leaving their traces...
We used to keep special letters in special boxes, which we adorned lovingly. Once an old lady told me that she had done that for decades with the love letters she had received. One day she read each letter for one last time and then burnt it in a private ceremony just with herself. Later she put the ashes of these letters in a special little cloth bag. "This bag with the ashes will be put by my family inside my casket once I am dead," she confided to me.
Where do you keep your special messages? In the INBOX? The OUTBOX? LOVELETTERS kept in HOTMAIL?
Instead of ASHES one day they will just turn into NOTHING!
After the long letters from the past, today I receive few messages in my hotmail box from family and friends in Germany.
They mostly all say the same: You don´t believe how much work collects on my desk while I am gone just for three days. I have soooo much work. I am soooo busy.
What they seem to complain about is at the same time their excuse for not writing more often, for not telling me more about their lives and feelings, it is their reason for never coming to visit me anymore and why they cannot see me very much, whenever I travel to see them.
Actually it is not a complaint, they are boasting: The fact that I am so busy shows you how the world needs me, how important I am.
I also understand it this way: That I am important in the world is much more important than our relationship.
Searching for my importance in the world and the meaning - the SMALL meaning - of my life I have been in that rat - race myself. It is a drug, I have felt the addiction.
Sayadaw U Pandita says in "A Perfect Balance": "The scriptures say that when the mind indulges in sensual objects, it becomes agitated. This is the usual state of affairs in the world, as we can observe. In their quest for happiness, people mistake excitement of the mind for real happiness. They never have the chance to experience greater joy that comes with peace and tranquility."
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Innovation Week 2016 highlights collaborations
Innovation Week 2016 celebrated Australian innovation and entrepreneurship in science, technology, engineering and mathematics, including health and medicine. A series of public talks, conversations, events and online activities encouraged discussion and debate while fostering an innovative, collaborative culture. Learn more about the exciting events held during Innovation Week 2016 below.
Supporting emerging innovation and startups in STEMM provides economic and social benefits, creates jobs of the future, and improves our quality of life. Innovation fosters a progressive, vibrant ecosystem in which to live and work.
Innovation Week 2016 brought together people from across the STEMM sector together to connect professionals, encourage collaboration and celebrate innovation success.
Genomics and Personalised Medicine: Have we arrived at our destination?
All enjoyed a delicious breakfast buffet and two cutting-edge talks about genomics and personalised medicine – the future is now. This event was hosted by BioMelbourne Network at the historical Royal Society of Victoria. BioMelbourne Network CEO Dr Krystal Evans chaired the launch which included an official video Opening from the Hon. Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Australian Government and a formal welcome from Dr Margaret Hartley, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering
Professor Kathryn North, Director, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Professor Kathryn North has received a number of awards for her research including the GSK Australia Award for Research Excellence in 2011, the Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research in 2012 and the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine in the field of neuromuscular and neurogenetics research in 2012. Professor North is Chair of the NHMRC Research Committee and a Member of the NHMRC Council. In 2013, Professor North was appointed Vice Chair of the Steering Committee and Co-Chair of the Clinical Working Group of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH). GA4GH is an international consortium of more than 200 institutions across 30 countries, focusing on the global sharing of genomic and clinical data and its application to improvement in patient diagnosis and treatment. Professor North shared the latest on the application and translation of genomic sequencing in the clinic to diagnose and treat genetic diseases.
Associate Professor Ajeet Singh MD, CEO and Founder, CNSDose
Dr Ajeet Singh is an award-winning Australian Psychiatrist and Pharmacogeneticist with an international standing in the field. He is the CEO of CNSDose, a Melbourne based start-up which is a cloud-based medication guidance system enabling doctors and patients to reduce trial and error in prescribing anti-depressants. Dr Singh shared his innovative work to use genomics to develop personalised medicines to treat depression.
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Creating communities to drive biomedical commercialisation: connecting talent in industry and academia
In Sydney, an expert panel discussion facilitated by Dr Melanie Thompson, General Manager of Education, Skills and Events, MTP Connect and Dr Alfredo Martinez-Coll, General Manager, Stakeholder Engagement, MTP Connect and Senior Business Development Manager at UNSW Innovations discussed ways to foster academia-industry networks, the importance of diversity in skills, culture and gender diversity, and partnering with pharmaceutical companies. This event was held at the Michael Crouch Innovation Centre at UNSW.
Expert Panellists:
Kathy Connell – Director, New Ventures ANZ, Johnson & Johnson California Innovation Centre
Kathy is Director of New Ventures, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) for Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Asia-Pacific and is responsible for implementing our strategy across Australia and New Zealand. Kathy has a clinical background and started her commercial career as the VP of Global Business Development for an Australian biotechnology company. Prior to joining Janssen, Kathy worked for Sanofi engaged in in-licensing late stage pharmaceutical assets. Kathy joined Janssen as Biotechnology Alliance Manager in 2011. Kathy is a registered psychologist and holds Post Graduate Diplomas in Health and Medical Law from the University of Melbourne, Psychology from Monash University and Bachelor degrees in Psychology (Swinburne University) and Applied Science from LaTrobe University. She is based in Sydney Australia.
Professor Darren Kelly – CEO and Managing Director, OccuRx; Entrepreneur in Residence, Brandon Capital Partners; Associate Dean, Innovation and Commercialisation, Director of Biomedical Research, University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Darren has more than 25 years of management and research experience in the life sciences sector, particularly relating to drug development. He is Associate Dean (Innovation and Commercialisation), Professor and Director of Biomedical Research in the Department of Medicine at The University of Melbourne, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, and an Entrepreneur in Residence with Brandon Capital. He was a Founder, CEO and Director of Fibrotech Therapeutics, a company developing orally active anti-fibrotic inhibitors to treat underlying pathological fibrosis in kidney and heart failure. Fibrotech was sold to Shire Plc for a record $75m USD upfront including milestone payments up to $560m USD. He has published widely in pre-clinical novel interventions and in developing experimental models of cardiovascular disease. Darren was awarded the prestigious TJ Neale Award in 2009 for outstanding contributions to nephrology. He was also awarded best R&D company and best bioctehnology company deal 2014. Darren is a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Ausbiotech, BioMelbourne network and a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology.
Dr Michelle Miller, Managing Director, Biotron
Michelle has spent over 20 years in the bioscience industry, with extensive experience in commercial development of early to mid stage technologies. She completed her PhD in the Faculty of Medicine at Sydney University investigating molecular models of oncogene-mediated cancer development. Her experience includes several years at Johnson and Johnson developing anti-HIV gene therapeutics through preclinical research to clinical trials. In 1999 she moved into the finance industry as an Investment Manager with a specialist bioscience venture capital fund, and undertook studies at the Securities Institute of Australia. She has been CEO and Managing Director of Biotron since early 2002.
Dr Darren Saunders, Cancer Researcher and Senior Lecturer, UNSW and visiting fellow, Kinghorn Cancer Centre, The Garvan Institute
Darren is a cancer biologist at UNSW and visiting fellow at the Kinghorn Cancer Centre, Garvan Institute. He was a founding member and deputy chair of the Australian Academy of Science Early-Mid Career Researcher Forum, awarded an Australian Leadership Award and a NSW Life Scientist Research Award, and has held fellowships from the US Dept of Defense and Cancer Institute NSW. Darren's research focuses on two key cellular stress adaptation mechanisms in cancer and neurodegeneration: maintenance of proteostasis via the Ubiquitin Proteasome System, and metabolic reprogramming. His work integrates various platforms to better understand genotype-phenotype relationships including proteomics, genomics, and metabolomics and developing creative technology-based approaches to visualizing and communicating complex data. Darren is an active science communicator, makes regular radio and TV appearances, and contributions to print and online media internationally.
Dr Sheila Donnelly, Senior Lecturer, Helmedix | University of Technology Sydney
A Senior lecturer within the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) Faculty of Science, Sheila is course coordinator of Biotechnology and a member of the ithree Institute. Her research led to the discovery of a protein secreted by helminth parasites that modulates cells of the innate immune system, specifically, activating macrophages towards an alternative phenotype which has downstream effects on the host T cell response. At UTS Sheila's research aims to understand the mechanisms by which helminth parasites successfully manipulate their host's immune system; and to develop novel therapeutics for the treatment of autoimmune disease. Sheila has published widely and more recently been involved in commercialisation of her research findings in the areas of human health.
Dr Martijn Bijker, Founder, From Science to Pharma
Martijn Bijker is founder of the company "from SCIENCE to PHARMA" – the first online Medical Science Liaison (MSL) training company for professionals who want to move into a MSL role, but do not have any MSL experience.
Innovation from the university sector – to spin out or license?
Commercialisation of university-based discoveries in medical research is increasing in Australia and contention exists over whether forming a start-up company, or licensing to a more resourceful company, provides better outcomes for the inventor, the university and Australia's economy. Expert panelists with experience in venture capital, angel investing, start-up companies, industry and universities, debated the merits and pitfalls encountered with each approach, and challenge mainstream thinking. This discussion was led by facilitator Michelle Gallaher, Co-Founder and Creative Director at The Social Science and Co-Founder, Women in STEMM Australia at the Monash College in Melbourne.
Expert Panellists
Dr Elaine Stead, Managing Director of Venture Capital, Blue Sky
Elaine has worked for a number of years as a venture capitalist and management consultant to the venture and industry across Australia and the US. She is currently responsible for the management of the Blue Sky venture capital fund and portfolio. As an Investment Manager at CM Capital Investments, Elaine focused on investment origination, portfolio management as well as portfolio company performance. Elaine has also worked in strategic management consulting, with both NASDAQ and ASX listed and private companies based in Australia and the US. Originally trained as a stem cell biologist, Elaine has since spent the last decade within the innovation and investment spectrum, initially in technology commercialisation assisting public institutions and founders translate and commercialise their technology across a broad range of industry sectors including agriculture, healthcare and IT. Elaine has a strong academic foundation holding a PhD in biochemistry from the University of Adelaide.
Dr Chris Nave, Founding Partner, Brandon Capital Partners and Principal Executive, Medical Reserach Commercialisation Fund
Chris is a founding partner of Brandon Capital Partners and Principal Executive of the Medical Research Commercialisation Fund. Chris was previously Director of Commercialisation at the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Manager of the biotechnology team at Melbourne Ventures and an Investment Manager for Uniseed. Chris has international experience with Leiras Pharmaceuticals in Finland, a wholly owned subsidiary of Schering AG, working for their Business Development group. He successfully moved companies to the US, securing investment from US investors for these companies. Chris was Chairperson of Fibrotech Therapeutics at the time of its successful sale to Shire and a Director of Spinifex Pharmaceuticals at the time of its sale to Novartis. He is currently a Director of OccuRx, Osprey Medical, PolyActiva, Global Kinetics Corporation and Cardiora. Chris has a PhD in Endocrinology and Physiology from the University of Melbourne and he has completed the Private Equity and Venture Capital Program at Harvard Business School.
Dr Anna Lavelle, inaugural CEO and Executive Director, AusBiotech
Anna was appointed the first CEO and Executive Director of AusBiotech in 2005. She also chairs and/or is a member of various Federal and State Government committees associated with biotechnology, including the Victorian Biotechnology Advisory Council, the Pharmaceuticals Industry Strategy Group, the R&D Tax Incentive Advisory Committee (all state and federal Ministerial appointments) and the Pharmaceuticals Industry Council. Anna was previously a Senior Executive with the Australian Red Cross Blood Service, commencing in 1998 as Director responsible for Strategic Planning and Business Development. She has held positions of Chief Executive Officer of a public health organisation, Industry Lobbyist for a member organisation and commenced employment as an academic at Monash University, Melbourne. Anna holds a PhD in Genetics from the University of Melbourne.
Dr Julian Clark, Head of Business Development, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
As Head of Business Development at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute in Melbourne, Julian is responsible for IP management, technology transfer, commercial collaborations, and opportunity development. Julian has more than 30 years of international and cross-cultural business experience in growing and leading technology, research and healthcare enterprises, large and small. Julian also operates his own consulting business, Julian Clark Consulting Pty Ltd., and has had senior executive positions in Sweden, Great Britain, Japan, North America, India and Australia, including being CEO of Pharmacia LKB Biotech (Uppsala, Sweden), Chairman/Managing Director of Biochrom (Cambridge, UK), and Chief Operating Officer of Faulding Pharma (Adelaide, Australia). Recently, he was the founding CEO of the Cancer Therapeutics CRC, a Director of Alchemia and Genera Biosystems. Currently, Julian is a Director of Catalyst Therapeutics, Cancer Trials Australia and BioGrid Australia. Julian has a PhD from the University of Glasgow and an Honorary Doctorate from the University of South Australia.
Dr Elane Zelcer, Case Manager, Accelerating Commercialisation and Executive Director, BioConsult
Elane is a Case Manager with Accelerating Commercialisation, a Federal Government initiative providing expert assistance to researchers, entrepreneurs and inventors wanting to commercialise their technologies. Elane is also Executive Director of BioConsult which focuses on assisting companies to develop their intellectual property through strategic partnering, capital raising and collaboration. Elane has considerable experience in the Biotechnology sector, including Chief Executive Officer positions with various biotech companies and Montech, the precursor to Monash Industry Engagement & Commercialisatoin. Elane is also the National Convenor for Hadassah Australia's AUSiMED program. Elane holds a PhD in Physiology.
Dr Daniel Grant, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Industry Engagement, La Trobe University
Dan is Pro Vice-Chancellor for Industry Engagement at La Trobe University. Previously, he was the Head of Pfizer's External Research and Development Innovation group for Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. He was responsible for identifying, evaluating and managing collaborative and licensing opportunities that align with Pfizer's Worldwide R&D strategies. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dan was a senior business development manager at Melbourne Ventures, a member of the Investment Committee for Uniseed and a Senior Business Development Manager for Biocomm Services. Dan has sat on the board of the CRC for Mental Health and a number of biotechnology spin-out companies, and is a past Director of Research Australia. Dan has a PhD in Cardiovascular Physiology and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA).
The Hatchtech story: from innovation to commercialisation
With Hatchtech inking over AU$279M in 2015, Associate Professor Vern Bowles, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Hatchtech, shared his experience in commercialising an effective treatment for head lice.
Associate Professor Vern Bowles, Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Hatchtech
Vern is the founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Hatchtech Pty Ltd, a specialty pharmaceutical company developing Xeglyze® Lotion, a proprietary next generation head lice treatment. Founded in 2001, Hatchtech was the culmination of 15 years of Vern's research career studying the role of ectoparasite proteases in parasite infections, parasite nutrition and immune evasion in the sheep blowfly. In September 2015, Hatchtech announced the signing of a commercialisation agreement with integrated pharmaceutical company Dr. Reddy's Laboratories (NYSE: RDY) for the rights of Xeglyze® Lotion in key territories. If approved by the FDA, Xeglyze® will be available in the US in 2017. Vern is also an Associate Professor within the Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Melbourne, and completed a Bachelor of Agricultural Science from La Trobe University in 1983, and gained his PhD from the same institution in 1988.
"Content is King" and Other Myths Around Science Communication
Dr Andi Horvath shared her expertise at the Royal Society of Victoria discussing "Content is King" and Other Myths Around Science Communication.
Dr Andi Horvath, Media Advisor, Podcast Producer and Communications Trainer, The University of Melbourne
Dr Andi Horvath is currently a guest lecturer for Science in the Media, a Podcast producer and Pod Hub Coordinator for the University of Melbourne. Andi has a PhD in Medicine, an MBA and qualifications in Media and Science Communication. Andi won an international award for her podcast series Access All Areas made for Museum Victoria where she was a Senior Curator. Known as Dr Andi, she was a science producer and broadcaster on 3RRR for over 20 years and has also worked for ABC and SBSTV. Andi has produced exhibitions, videos, audio, public programs, training programs, blogs and articles for organizations including the University of Melbourne and CSIRO. A seasoned public speaker, Andi has lectured and tutored in Science Education, Science Communication and Science in Society.
Science in Public led a panel discussion with three outstanding scientists who have successfully used social media to build their profiles in science, and the profile of science in the community. They shared their tips on how they made it work for them, what to post on what channels, which audiences you can reach, and how to deal with the trolls. This event was hosted at the Royal Society of Victoria.
This event featured researchers with a passion and talent for science communication:
Dr Katie Mack, Astrophysicist, University of Melbourne (now at NC State University, USA) – Twitter @astrokatie
Dr Euan Ritchie, Ecologist, Deakin University – Twitter @EuanRitchie1
Dr Alan Duffy, Astrophysicist, Swinburne University – Twitter @astroduff
Accelerating Innovation at Universities and Partnering with Industry
Presented by the Carlton Connect Initiative, Melbourne Networked Society Institute and Melbourne School of Engineering, this workshop with Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu was for research scientists, faculty, students, and industry players keen to increase collaboration and value at the intersection of university and industry projects. Departing from the well-known "Bell-Labs Model", there has been an evolution of how research is done that now includes aspects of use-inspired research, design, and even entrepreneurship. This workshop covered key issues the emerging models of industry engagement.
Professor Ikhlaq Sidhu, Chief Scientist and Founding Director of University of California Berkeley's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology
Ikhlaq Sidhu is the Chief Scientist and Founding Director of UC Berkeley's Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology. He received the IEOR Emerging Area Professor Award from his department at Berkeley. Prof Sidhu also founded the Fung Institute for Engineering Leadership. He has been granted over 60 US Patents in networking technology, IP telephony, and mobile computing. He was awarded 3Com Corporation's Inventor of the Year in 1999. Dr Sidhu also serves as a Senior Fellow of the Applied Innovation Institute and as a Venture Advisor at Onset Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley investment firm.
Startup Weekend Mackay
In 2016 ASIF welcomed the Startup Weekend Mackay to the program. This is a 54-hour event designed to provide superior experiential education for technical and non-technical entrepreneurs.
Beginning with Friday night pitches, brainstorming, business plan development, and basic prototype creation, Startup Weekend Mackay will culminate in Sunday night demos and presentations. Participants create working start-ups during the event and are able to collaborate with like-minded individuals outside of their daily networks. All teams hear talks by industry leaders and receive valuable feedback from local entrepreneurs. The weekend is centered around action, innovation, and education.
Innovation Week 2016 was convened by the Australian Science and Innovation Forum chaired by Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea.
Supported by the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering


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A major feature has been missing from Blizzard's online games for a while and even though Blizzard doesn't consider it anything but an unnecessary feature, there is significant demand for it. Fans have been asking for an appear offline mode for Blizzard's online games for a long time.
The indication of the arrival of this feature comes from the latest Hearthstone patch. There are some changes to the game code that may be in preparation for appear offline feature. If the long wait feature arrives at Blizzard's Online games, it won't just be to Hearthstone.
Expect it for Overwatch as well as back in 2016, Jeff Kaplan said that they want to bring
this feature to Overwatch.
We would like to add an "Appear Offline" option to Overwatch. We are in the process of coordinating this with Battle.net and the other game teams. Because our social system is a cross-game system (WoW, Hearthstone, Heroes, SC2, D3) adding this functionality is not trivial for us. I know there has been discussion around this feature for a long time, and things have definitely not moved at a rate which is acceptable, I can assure you we care about the feature and want to figure out how to make it happen.
Now that Destiny 2 is coming to Battle.Net, it would be great to have this feature and not having to worry about your clan knowing you are online if you wish to have some time alone in the world of Destiny 2.
Would you like to see the appear offline feature in Blizzard's online games? Share what you think in the comments below.


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… oh no sorry, that's just the hue from all the sheets of permatrace stuck to the wall.
So 4 weeks ago we came off site (and of course the weather got better), but what have we all been doing since then, and what is the next step in the archaeological process? Well the diggers have gone onto
bigger and better some other sites either with MoLA or other archaeological companies, but the supervisors and assistant supervisors have gone 'back to the office' to start wading through the paperwork we created on site.
On site nearly 7000 contexts and 3000 timbers were recorded; an estimated 15,000 plans and 120 sections were drawn; over 2000 photos were taken; and that's not including the 13,000+ finds and 600 samples retained! All of these were brought back to the office ready for the relevant teams to begin the post-excavation process.
For a team who have been on site for the past year (2 years in Mike's case!) it is a bit of a culture shock being back in the office. For a start what is this 'flexi-time' you speak of… so I don't have to be here at 8am! Lie in! And I get to sit down, drinking coffee and eating biscuits all day whilst working?! (although that's not so good for the waist line) Also there is the ultimate question of 'where do we start?!' With that much stuff, it can be a bit of a daunting task.
So the first step is always to organise and file the paperwork… you can guarantee the last few weeks on site were hectic, and the packing up even more so. As such the plans and context sheets arrive back in various states. Once everything has been put into a folder, the first task is to start checking it.
You have to make sure that all the sheets and plans have been filled in correctly, and there is no information missing. You can guarantee there will be; those tiring days where it was just too much effort to find out which context was above the one you were digging; or that time you were asked to quickly jump in an area and finish off what someone was doing but without any information. Yep they all lead to a complex puzzle that has to be unpicked. Of course it's not all like that!
Once the checking is done we start to create a matrix. Nothing like the film I am afraid; it's a big spiderweb of numbers, boxes and lines that basically represents everything that was excavated on site, and tells you how any one context relates to another. Easier said than done? Probably not, to be honest. Describing a Harris matrix is just as tricky as creating the things. However when you have done it, there is an over whelming sense of achievement, and usually a pint.
The paperwork checked and a matrix created, it is time to start entering the information onto the database. Every context, every timber and every photo has to have a database record and all of the plans have to be digitised. All before you can start thinking about what it means!
When it comes to the finds, the initial processing was mainly dealt with on site, however any of the last few bits are washed and dried. As with the paperwork, the finds have to be entered onto the database; small (registered) finds are entered individually, and bulk finds are recorded together. Photos are taken of anything important, or that is likely to degrade. Then this is all sent off to the finds specialists to do their initial spot dating and identification. This is the same for any residues/remains (known as flots) retrieved from the environmental samples. Any delicate items that are in a poor condition or are likely to degrade are sent to conservation.
All of these are the initial stages of the Post Excavation Assessment. All archaeological projects will have some form of written document. Smaller projects may get a small report and a note written in one of the archaeological journals. However bigger sites like this will have various written reports, usually culminating in a lovely hardback monograph. The Post Excavation Assessment is the first phase of writing, which identifies what you have found on site, initial interpretations and what further work could be done. The post excavation process is set out in English Heritage guidelines, describing how best to deal with archaeological sites and the material they produce. If you find yourself with insomnia you can read the documentation here.
Any further analysis or deeper thinking is saved for what we call the publication stage. All in all, the supervisors are not really leaving the office for the next year or so…. i'll go and get some more biscuits.
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Over the coming weeks we will be meeting some of these specialists in further editions of Meet the Team, and we will be looking at the next stages of the post excavation process … interspersed, of course, with new and interesting interpretations for the archaeology and finds as they come up!


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Our trip to the Bay area ended with Fanime and it blew through like a hurricane. We managed to get a hotel at the Marriott, which enabled us to stay around much later than we normally do. Although, we still did not crack out till the late hours like all the other people did. I made an attempt to hang out at the game room one early morning and I looked like trash the next day. Oh how I wish for caffeine.
Most of my time was spent attempting to find people I met last year or looking for new cosplays to photograph while Mrs. CatParty roamed the halls and attended panels. I'm not exactly sure how to phrase it, but a lot of the shots felt like I was among a group of vultures and we were all fighting for 10 seconds with the same person. I don't find growth in having such basic shots that 100 other people just did in the same spot, but there is another way to look at this predicament. The more experienced photographer can turn this common scene into something that looks entirely unique. In case you're wondering, I failed at doing so, but a fellow photographer named Earl (https://www.facebook.com/InspiredbyAnalog) has displayed some beautiful examples of this mindset. At least I'll have something to keep in mind while taking photos during next years Fanime.
Having said all that, I still had fun snapping photos of everyone and attempting to make new contacts. Perhaps I'll get a little more time with these cosplayers next year.
I tried as best as I could to travel lightly so that meant only carrying 3 cameras on me for the weekend. The Canon 5D and sigma 35mm handled a majority of the shots, when I had a good amount of space to step back, the 135mm L came out. In hopes that all my focus issues are truly settled, my Yashica 635 had a large selection of film to choose from. I picked up a few packs from Kodak and Fuji, most of it was shot in color aside from the last day which got the black and white treatment. Lastly I brought along my Fuji instax which was a perfect replacement for the business cards left back in Hawaii. I'll probably make another post focusing on those images once everything gets developed and scanned, for now it will just be the digital camera.


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We will be screening the acclaimed documentary A quiet Inquisition, which follows a doctor in Nicaragua, a country where the draconian abortion does not allow abortion in any circumstance. After the screening, we will have the intervention of one of the directors of this documentary.
To finish with an exciting note, we will be screening My Choice, the Freedom Train, a documentary that looks at the successful campaign by thousands of activists who stopped the reform that threatened to severely restrict the access to abortion in Spain in 2014.
26th September from 18:00 pm to 21:30 pm, we will be at Goldsmiths University, Stuart Hall Building, New Cross, SE14 6NW.
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By allie
"Seven, for the last fucking time will you get outa my face and leave Engineering before I say something we BOTH regret!" B'Elanna's bellow could be heard the length and breadth of engineering as well as out in the corridor where a perplexed Captain Janeway stood stock still gaping at the language used by her Chief of Engineering.
Grumbling, to herself, at the conduct unbecoming an officer and just exactly what she would do to her when she reprimanded her Janeway suddenly found herself nose to breast with her Astrometrics Officer. "Oh, Seven I didn't see you there!"
"Indeed Captain. I surmise that your inability to see is hampered by your face being pushed into my mammary glands and your reluctance to withdraw!" Seven growled in perfect imitation of her girlfriend.
"Oh, you mean, MY face, here?" Janeway stammered as she removed her face from Seven's ample bosom and indicated with a careless gesture which swiped the protruding nipples.
Scowling Seven strode from the Captain's presence without waiting to be dismissed and lengthened her stride until she reached the quarters she now shared with her love.
Dropping the PADD onto the workstation she glared at the offending piece of machinery until she thought it would melt under the glare. Janeway's force ten was nothing compared to the cold Borgness of icy blue eyes.
Allowing herself the small satisfaction of success Seven made her way to the en-suite for a shower before B'Elanna returned home from her shift.
When her love entered the quarters there was silence. Nothing; Not a sound. It was like someone or something had flicked a switch and not even the ever present hum of the warp core permeated the room.
Glancing around warily she spied her lover lying on the bed, her face tucked into the softness of the pillow. Walking over to her she carefully edged herself onto the bed and whispered.
"Seven, I know this has been a bit of a game between us recently but in front of the engineering crew you can't say something like that and not expect me to react to it. PADD doesn't stand for Properly Apportioned Dual Dildo."
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PG Rating Isnt What It Used To Be
If there are any parents reading this who are thinking of taking their under-10 year olds to see the PG rated Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, please read the following from a ScreenIt.com review:
Rated PG, the film contains a handful of mild expletives; some non-explicit, but sexually related dialogue; one teen who sexually pursues her soccer coach nonstop until he finally can't resist anymore and they apparently have sex (off-camera, after some making out, and she feels empty afterwards)...
I have not read the books this movie is based on, nor am I likely to see the film (I'm not the target audience), but I did read in an interview with the author of the book series (Ann Brashares) that she made an effort to allude to any sexual issues in the books in the most oblique way possible.
It doesn't sound like it will be all that subtle in the movie version, which would be fine if it was rated PG-13 (The target audience for these books is 13-16 year old girls).
Gone are the days when you could just assume that a PG-rated movie is OK without doing any further research. I really believe that at some point parents will have to screen even G-rated movies before taking their kids to see them.
And whose fault is this? No, I don't just lay the blame at the foot of the studios, but it rests with the film ratings board. From FilmRatings.com:
Who gives movies their ratings?
Parents give the movies their ratings-men and women just like you. They are part of a specially designed committee called the film rating board of the Classification and Rating Administration. As a group they view each film and, after a group discussion, vote on its rating, making an educated estimate as to which rating most American parents would consider the most appropriate.
Ok, fine. Sounds good so far... although I still don't understand how the envelope continues to be pushed first on PG-13 films, and now apparently on PG films as well.
After further investigation:
The ratings are decided by a full-time Rating Board located in Los Angeles. There are 8-13 members of the Board who serve for periods of varying length.
Oh! Now it all makes sense! With apologies to parents in the state of California who are trying to raise their kids right, could the MPAA find a location from which to select a group of parents that could be less in touch with the rest of the country?
I suppose they could have assembled a group from the San Francisco Bay area...
Here's a suggestion: How about a group assembled from parents across the country? Figure out a way to do it... just send out screeners and then do a conference call. IMO that would get you a more representative cross section of parents countrywide.
Something needs to be changed, because the ratings system is obviously not working any more.
For more opinionated movie and TV industry rants visit ScreenRant.com.
Identifying Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Classroom: Eight Things Teachers Should
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the phrase that is used to describe children who have significant problems with high levels of distractibility or inattention, impulsiveness, and often with excessive motor activity levels. There may be deficits in attention and impulse control without hyperactivity being present.
What Are Your Children Really Watching?
Saturday mornings. Cold cereal and Scooby Doo.
Why Do People Have Kids?
Despite the theory that people have kids because they want and have planned for a family; the truth is that most people have kids because a woman gets pregnant. That is about the only reason.
Words of Wisdom for Single Parents
The cost of being a parent and raising a child in todays world is constantly increasing. The risk of your child becoming involved in problem behaviour is also greater.
Think Like Your Kids - And Understand Them More!
Seven-year old Michael was on a school trip to a Wildlife Centre in Central Scotland. It was near the end of the day and they were in the Gift Shop before boarding the bus for the journey home.
Break Free From Power Struggles
You want your daughter to wear a dress to the party. She wants to wear jeans.
Playground Pettiness
Recently I took my two children to a popular new park in the area. It's a beautiful new playground, all wood, divided into different areas of play for different age groups.
Quality Time with Your Teen
It's sometimes difficult to find ways to be involved with your teen without totally intruding in his/her life. You want to talk to them, they don't want to talk to you (most of the time anyway).
Car Wash Fundraiser Preparation
Are you considering a car wash fundraiser for your group? We all no it is getting harder and harder to raise the funds for non-profit groups these days. Especially kids groups such as youth groups, sports teams, high school bands and scouts.
Guide to Choosing LEGO Toys for Children
If you're looking for toys that are both fun to play with and educational for your child, LEGO toys are a very good option.LEGO toys are known worldwide as one of the best educational toys for children of all age groups.
Children and Mom and Paper
Memorabilia - Children can create enough artwork for an entire gallery in a few short weeks. The key here is choices; establish a particular place-e.
Wholism and Materialism
Perhaps I could make a lot of money by founding a Thinker's Anonymous organization. It surely is the rage to eschew thinking.
Nothing Like a Mothers Love
Travel is a common theme in my life -- probably started with the family vacation we took every year when I was young. But in all my travels, I have seen another universal theme, a common symbol of unity, love and Peace.
Assume Personal Responsibility? Who, Me?
As thinking, acting human beings we have the ability to choose our response to events, people and circumstances. We do not become responsible when we mature; we mature when we become responsible.
A Minute Can Turn into Hours for the Child of a Work-at-Home Mom
In theory, working at home is an ideal situation. But in reality, it's difficult to balance the needs of your family with the needs of your clients.
Lifebooks: Every Adopted Child Needs One
Information is gold when you are adopted. Every tiny piece is precious, whether it's a photo or quote from the orphanage staff.
Avoid Weight Problems In Children
Although, not a well publicized statistic, childhood obesity has more than tripled in the past two decades-15% of American children are obese according to the U.S.
The ADD Child: Challenging Parents, Teachers and Friends
The ADD child exhibits a series of behaviors that are common in most children. Most children misbehave, act silly and day dream.
Playing Safe
Do you really want your child to enjoy playing with a toy that was made on the other side of the world by people who are no more than children themselves, and paid 30 cents an hour - a paltry sum that can barely sustain them? Unfortunately, all too often, that's exactly what you're doing.I'm not suggesting that anybody who does this is uncaring and selfish - when we buy these toys it's usually because we don't know any better.
Aptitude, Achievement, Processing Deficit - What Does It All Mean?
You are sitting with the professionals who know about learning disabilities. They haveĀ been explaining what they will be looking forĀ when they test your child.
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