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Our Mission for Total Soulful Journey
We each were born with a unique purpose and gifts to contribute to this world. We were created to be happy, healthy and joyous beings. Life, however, includes dualities. We all possess both male and female energies within us that we need to learn how to balance and appreciate. We also go through both good and bad times. How we navigate the difficult times has a huge impact on the quality of our lives. In the depths of our despair it is easy to get stuck and to give up hope. But it is also in our brokenness that we are more likely to surrender our old selves and the disfunctional belief systems that no longer serve our greatest good in order to create something better. In his classic book "Think and Grow Rich" Napoleon Hill stated, "Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed of an equal or greater benefit." What we perceive as being "bad" can actually be a blessing in disguise that launches our lives in the direction of our true calling.
Total Soulful Journey is a journey itself. It will begin as a blog about life and how through AWARENESS, FORGIVENESS, and ACCEPTANCE we can turn any moment into an opportunity to learn, to grow, and to spiral upward. Our MISSION is to awaken, inspire and empower you to get to know yourself, love yourself, and become the best version of yourself, because from there your relationships will soar, your stress will decrease, your self esteem will increase, you will perform better in the workplace and your life will greatly improve in all aspects.
We are going to show you how a Total Soulful Journey filled with love, laughter, passion, purpose, harmony, abundance and the fulfillment of your greatest dreams is right in front of you and available to every single person. Life comes with many obstacles, twists and turns and up and downs, but with commitment, awareness, and consistency we will show you how to forgive and accept those situations in order to create the deep growth that will catapult you forward toward your greatest dreams.
As we continue growing together and traveling on this wonderful life journey, we will bring many more exciting tutorials, videos and interactive items your way, so please stay tuned! We thank you so much for joining us on this Total Soulful Journey where ultimately our connection as a community will help our collective energy spiral upward. Please read our bios in the ABOUT section of this website to get to know us and why we felt it was our specific purpose to bring our knowledge here to help others. It is never too late to change your course in life. You are the author and the architect of your life and we want to help you navigate through life's challenges to build the life of your dreams.
We get messages all of the time on Instagram and on Facebook thanking us for our inspiring posts, asking for advice and encouraging us to write a book about life. TotalSoulfulJourney.com is our response to all of your positive feedback and we think that it will become a valuable resource for anyone who desires to improve the quality of their life, but doesn't know where to get started. We promise to get real, vulnerable, and courageous with you as we write about topics such as health, fitness, nutrition, cooking, yoga, relationships, communication, parenting, love, wealth, acceptance and so much more that contribute to creating a beautiful, balanced and soulful life.
It's time to BELIEVE in yourself and AWAKEN to your full potential! We are on this journey with you still learning and growing, and we know that your participation will help us, as well. We welcome your constructive interactions and your feedback in the comment section on our blog posts. Your questions and your suggestions will also guide our future topics.
We look forward to growing together with you as a community where we all can thrive!
With love and gratitude,
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An early shoot with Carli Banks way back in 2006 for We Live Together. She was so young and eager back then, still an amateur just breaking into the porn business. Looks like her first jump from softcore nudes was right into girl on girl, which is fine with me. Enjoy!
Carli Banks hooks up with some of her lesbian girlfriends and they head back to their house for a little fun.
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Carli Banks in the middle of a lesbian sandwich, getting fucked with a strap on while licking pussy.
The girls switch places, but Carli is still in the middle working it at both ends!
Carli Banks and the lesbian girlfriends wave goodbye. Awww. Let's see more.
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Group counseling has been shown to be one of the most effective strategies to address most issues experienced by students, such as:
For some students, the idea of joining a counseling group may sound intimidating and anxiety provoking. That hesitation and uncertainty is understandable, yet students report having positive and impactful experiences from participating in our groups, and feeling improvement in the areas of concern that motivated them to seek services.
Group counseling provides students with the opportunity to connect with others in a safe, confidential and supportive space. Groups allow students to share about their experiences with others who can understand and relate to their concerns, connect across differences to learn new perspectives, and experiment with new ideas, behaviors, and ways of being or interacting. Through group engagement, students develop insights and skills that can be used to work through the challenges they face and improve their quality of life.
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Holiday is just around the corner. Getting ready to attend or host parties or gatherings for friends and families? Below is a list of help for you to crush the holiday entertaining and cooking.
- Improve your mood. Preparation for the event can be stressful. So, take time to meditate, hit the gym or take a walk outside. Do whatever activity that can boost your mood. The better you feel, the easier it is to be a great host.
- Learn ways to keep your guests entertained when you are still cooking. You can either put up a beverage station or a self-serve bar, play a good background music, or simply ask help from your family or friends who are social butterflies to entertain your visitors while you are preparing the meal.
- Make certain there is sufficient food for everyone. Try to serve a number of different dishes. Usually, the more the options, the lesser the serving per individual.
- Stock up on easy last-minute holiday gifts. You'll always have a gift to give when someone sends you a party invites or a friend or neighbours drop in your place unexpectedly. Holidays, specifically Christmas, is a gift-giving season after all.
- Cook your signature dish. Chances are, your family and friends already expect you or may request you to bring it. they won't only love it, but it also eliminates the pressure.
- Prepare and cook what you can a day or two before the event. For instance, you can prepare the ingredients to be used for large meals in advance. This will help you avoid the pressure and frustrations.
- Don't forget your shopping list. Conduct an inventory check of the kitchen then list what you need to buy.
- If there are leftovers, you can either give them to your visitors to take home, freeze the remaining food, or try to use the leftovers to cook new recipes.
- Get some help when it's time to clean up. Or to minimise the mess and trash you need to clean, implement "clean as you go" policy.
- Have fun! The point of hosting parties is to have your loved ones come together to celebrate the holiday.
Throwing parties or attending gatherings can be a bit stressful, well at least without preparation. Hopefully, with the above mentioned tips, you'll have the best holiday this year.


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Bestoutcome specialises in Portfolio, Programme & Project Management, always focusing on the overall business outcomes that the client needs to achieve. Bestoutcomes's flagship product is PM3, a light-touch Programme and Portfolio Management tool: "developed by practitioners for practitioners". PM3 focuses on outcomes and change, planned back from the end goal, ensuring the team maintains focus on delivering the change instead of just 'carrying out a series of activities'.
pmX provide snd have a broad range of clients across different commercial sectors. pmX and PCH have collaborated on a number of joint assignments where clients have benefited from the combined commercial and healthcare skill-sets within the partnership.
Mayden provide end-to-end managed web applications and bespoke system development to the healthcare sector, focusing primarily on the NHS. Mayden are market leaders in web based solutions and have developed and support PCH's on-line presence. Mayden also provide the Healthcare Today feed appearing in the Resource Centre area of our website.


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We're in the midst of dramatic changes in the B2B sales world. The rapidly-expanding automation tools are changing the role of the salesperson's role from prospecting to qualifying. These changes have already been absorbed, at some level, in the B2C world…and one major change is driving the shift in B2B sales.
The main driver of change is the expectation for a customer-centric approach to all sales. This principle has always been a marketing motto, but today it must be part of the fabric of your sales culture. The B2C companies have already embraced this approach.
A quick-read article from Sales & Marketing Management expands on this topic also. The author's assertion is that B2B sales incorporate a model that relies on market data/feedback to flow through the salespeople. B2C sales rely on direct data compiled by the marketing department to guide development. This distinction is precisely what we are seeing. B2B sales are starting to migrate much of the early qualifying into the marketing department.
A summary of the adaptations needed in B2B selling to succeed in the new economy:
Sales invites marketing to participate in buyer interactions — Marketing is able to gain and maintain a pulse on the market through firsthand interactions, and sales provides marketing the opportunity to do so on a regular basis when it will be most valuable to winning the sales cycle. Net, marketing adds value to sales and is invited to help more — gaining invaluable buyers insights along the way.
Marketing directly engages the buyer – Marketing can invite clients and prospects alike to join working sessions on go-to-market strategy and messaging, bringing the voice of the buyer directly to the frontline. Mereo maintains the Decision Maker Network™ for this reason, with 300-plus business buyers for buying journey insights.
Applying market insights effectively – Directly hearing what matters to the buyer and why it matters will influence the messaging framework marketing applies to its content engine, but it also provides opportunities for marketing to transform information into insights, such as buyer personas.
Exactly right - marketing has to be brought into the prospect/market area to understand what is happening in the sales world. There is a fusion occurring between marketing and sales in the early sales funnel. Marketing is identifying target niches while staying involved through the initial contact/qualify. This light qualifying activity is the key component of the B2C model. It has now been brought into the B2B world by buyers.
This newly acquired data provides background for strengthening your Differentiating Value (DV). The foundation of your sales and marketing activities is your Differentiating Value. Your marketing message has to be confirmed by employing market feedback directly from your customers. This confirmation reinforces your DV message. If it is misaligned, your salespeople will be pushing Jell-O up a hill in their prospecting efforts.
We provide a DV Survey that will capture what your customers perceive as your DV. This information is beneficial to both marketing and sales departments as you craft your message to attract the right prospects for your solution. If you are unsure of your DV's effectiveness, contact us today to learn more about our DV Survey process.


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Typically students of this course will finish it within six to eight weeks, even though we encounter much faster and much slower as well. We do not think specifying a specific number of hours is very helpful, as it suggests a limitation of academic depth, however, a rough guess would be 200 hours.
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I learned this word 5 years ago, when my wife and I vacationed in Cancun and got to eat it. Finally got to play it.
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To arbitrate a family law dispute, the people involved in the dispute, the parties, must first agree to take their dispute to arbitration and then pick their arbitrator. Almost any family law problem can be arbitrated, whether the parties are already in court about the problem or not.
The arbitrator will prepare an arbitration agreement that describes the arbitration process, the duties of the arbitrator and the duties of the parties. When the parties and their lawyers have signed the agreement, the arbitrator will organize an initial conference, a pre-arbitration conference, that can be held in person, by telephone or by video over the internet.
At the initial conference, the arbitrator will work with the parties and the lawyers to make decisions about how the arbitration will be managed, including the rules that will be followed — there are lots of options to choose from, as you can see in the Rules of Procedure page — when the arbitration hearing will happen, whether the hearing will be held in person, by telephone or by videoconference, and when the parties will exchange information and documents. The parties will also decide whether the arbitrator will first attempt to resolve the dispute through mediation before proceeding to arbitration.
At the arbitration hearing, the parties will present their evidence and arguments. Depending on the rules the parties pick, evidence may be given in writing or orally through witnesses; in some cases, there is no evidence, only arguments.
After the arbitration hearing has finished, the arbitrator will prepare a written award that describes the facts and the issues in the dispute, the arbitrator's decision resolving those issues and the reasons for that decision.
Read Mediation & Arbitration Services for more information about the arbitration and med-arb services provided by John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers. Go to the Participation Agreements page to download our arbitration and med-arb agreements.
To mediate a dispute, everyone involved must agree to attempt mediation and then pick a mediator. Almost any family law dispute can be mediated, whether the parties are already in court about the dispute or not.
The mediator will prepare a mediation agreement that describes the terms of the mediator's services, the duties of the parties and perhaps also the issues to be resolved.
The mediator will work with the parties and their lawyers, usually through email and teleconferences, to: clarify the issues to be resolved; pick a date for the mediation; and, decide whether any additional information and documents must be exchanged, what documents will be provided to the mediator in advance, and whether the parties or their lawyers will provide written statements to the mediator.
At the mediation, the mediator will engage the parties in a discussion about the issues, the facts and their interests, and will work to identify areas of potential compromise and settlement.
If a settlement is reached on some or all of the issues in the dispute, the mediator will prepare a memorandum of agreement that the parties and their lawyers will sign; the memorandum summarizes the key terms of the parties' settlement. The lawyers will then prepare an order or a formal agreement on the terms set out in the memorandum.
Read Mediation & Arbitration Services for more information about the mediation services provided by John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers. Go to the Participation Agreements page to download our mediation agreements.
parenting coordination
Parenting coordination, when it's done right, is only used when there is a final order or a final agreement about a child's parenting arrangements. The parents with the order or agreement must either agree to hire a parenting coordinator or be ordered by the court to hire a parenting coordinator. They must then pick a parenting coordinator, who can be either a lawyer or a mental health professional.
The parenting coordinator will prepare a parenting coordination agreement that describes the terms of the parenting coordinator's services, the limits of the parenting coordinator's authority and how parenting disputes will be resolved.
Once the parenting coordination agreement has been signed, either party may contact the parenting coordinator when a problem about parenting comes up. The parenting coordinator will then gather information about the nature of the problem by speaking to each parent, and possibly also to the children and to other people who might have information relevant to the problem like teachers, doctors, counsellors or social workers. The parenting coordinator will try to help the parents reach an agreement resolving the problem, in a process that's a lot like mediation. However, if the problem is urgent or the parties can't get to a settlement, the parenting coordinator will make a decision resolving the problem for them, in a process that's a lot like arbitration.
Parenting coordinators are usually hired for fixed terms of between six and twenty-four months. They may be reappointed for further terms, if the parenting coordinator agrees.
Read Parenting Coordination Services for more information about the parenting coordination services provided by John-Paul Boyd Arbitration Chambers. Go to the Participation Agreements page to download our parenting coordination agreement.


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A Journey in Ancient Peru
Trinidad & Tobago
Beautiful bird watching and leisurely exploration.
Discovering Nepal
A feast of mountain walking and wildlife spotting!
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Exploring Indochina
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Discover the lost land of the Incas.
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Travel through Vietnam, from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, visiting cities, mountains, magnificent beaches and four stunning World Heritage Sites.
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Steve L. Duffy, MD, FACS
General Surgeon
Dr. Duffy grew up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, attending UT Dallas for undergraduate and graduate school. He then attended UTMB in Galveston, TX, graduating with honors.
He completed his surgery residency in San Antonio at one of the largest hospitals in Texas.
Additionally, he served 13 years in the military. Nearly a year of that service was spent in Afghanistan at the busiest trauma hospital in the world.
He is married to his high school sweetheart and they are proud parents to a beautiful little girl.
Chris J. Cottrell, MD, FACS
General Surgeon
Dr. Cottrell grew up in Houston and San Antonio. He received his undergraduate as well as Medical degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. After graduating near the top of his medical school class in 1999 he trained in General Surgery at St Joseph Medical Center in Denver Colorado. While there he distinguished himself as outstanding resident of the year in 1999. He initially Practiced in North Platte Nebraska, but soon realized that Texas was his home and returned in 2005. He has worked in the Garland, Rowlett, and Rockwall areas where he twice served as Chief of Staff at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center at Lake Pointe, he also chaired the credentials committee for 4 years. Dr. Cottrell has a keen interest in reflux as well as minimally invasive robotic and laparoscopic surgery. He is very excited to have joined Advanced Surgical of North Texas and looks forward to bringing these skills to the North Dallas Metroplex. In his spare time he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, and anything with microchip.
Amy Noroozian, MPAS, PA-C
Physican Assistant
Amy Noroozian joined our practice in the Fall of 2016 as a Physician Assistant. She completed her undergraduate education at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA before completing PA school at UTMB in Galveston, TX. She has valuable past experience in both Spine Surgery and Family Medicine. Originally from Arizona, she enjoys hiking, running, and spending time in the outdoors with her Golden Retriever.
Practice Manager
Angela serves as the Practice Manager of Advanced Surgical of North Texas.
She was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. She received an Associates of Science degree from Mountain View Community College in Dallas, TX and has 17 years of experience in multiple specialties as a Medical Assistant. She chose McKinney as her home in 2015.
She loves to travel and discover new places. In her free time you can find her working out and spending time with her fury, four-legged kid, Olive.
Medical Assistant / Patient Coordinator
Oniah is the youngest member of our team. After graduating from Everest College she gained experience in a large Pediatrics office with multiple providers. She joined us in May of 2016, contributing to our team as both a Medical Assistant and Patient Coordinator. When she's not serving patients, you can find her being a full time mommy to her two crazy kids.
Medical Assistant / Patient Coordinator
After graduating top of her class at Everest College she gained experience at a large OB/Gyn practice with multiple providers. She joined us in October 2017 contributing to our team as medical assistant, patient coordinator, and scribe. When she's not serving patients, you can find her exploring new restaurants, learning photography, and being a full time mommy.
Marketing Director
DeAnna is the Marketing Director of Advanced Surgical of North Texas. She also works with the rest of the team to coordinate appointments, studies and referrals.
She holds a Psychology degree from The University of Houston. Some of her greatest passions include art, working out, and raising her beautiful daughter.


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This was from the days before the First World War when Kaiser Wilhelm was still treated as a grand son of Queen Victoria. This is a children's song, I don't know who wrote it and I don't know the story behind it. It's an abrupt end and I am not sure if it is complete.
The Kaiser went to the orphanage, upon a summer's day,
And the children braided their flaxen hair and tied it with ribbon gay;
They tied it with ribbons pink and blue and each wore her dress of white
And the Kaiser said he thought no man could see a lovelier sight.
He took his plumed hat off his head, and the children curtsied low;
"God bless you children dear," he said, "and make you in wisdom grow,"
Then he called to his side a blue-eyed maid, as fair as a child could be,
He said, "Come stand thou here, pretty maid, and answer me questions three
"This lily so pure and white and sweet – to what kingdom does it belong?"
"To the vegetable kingdom Sire," – and her voice was like a song.
"And this little harp of purest gold?" (He showed her a mimic lyre).
She looked up with a smile, and said, "To the mineral kingdom Sire."
"Now tell me, my clever little maid, to what kingdom do I belong?"
She thought of lions, and cows, and sheep – the animal sure is wrong.
And with a still and solemn air she said – "I think to the kingdom of heaven."
The Kaiser looked up, and then he looked down, and his eyes were full of tears.
"The kingdom of heaven dwells," he said, "in a child of tender years."


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Our organization facilitates networking opportunities with business professionals within the accounting community through a wide variety of activities in the Northern California area.
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By Chris Faenza, President ASCDC
The Annual Seminar is our biggest event of the year, where there will be great opportunities to network with fellow civil defense lawyers, guests from both the insurance world and private business, current and retired judges, as well as many exhibitors and sponsors who will show you the latest products and services to help you in your practice. There will be topical and informative educational programs, as well as the ever-popular cocktail reception and a great keynote speaker!
This year, we are returning to the JW Marriott at LA Live, which is an exciting venue with many choices for dining, entertainment, and even "star" gazing. Should you choose to sample the entertainment at Staples Center, some 100 yards from the JW Marriott, you can "Feel the Love Tonight" with Sir Elton John on January 30th.
Can't decide whether you want to see the Lakers with King James, or the LA Clippers? No need to decide, you can see them both on Thursday, January 31st (after the cocktail reception, of course). If you choose neither, rest assured that you can meet our own All-Stars and defense bar Royalty at the educational seminars. To add to your enjoyment of the event, book a room at the JW Marriott through the reserved room block for ASCDC.
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The heavyweight champion Tyson Fury met with British boxing officials this week to discuss contentious remarks he made about gays and abortions. The British Boxing Board of Control did not punish Fury, but it reminded him that he had "heavy responsibilities." In an interview with The Mail on Sunday, a British newspaper, Fury had said, "There are only three things that need to be accomplished before the devil comes home: One of them is homosexuality being legal in countries, one of them is abortion, and the other one's pedophilia."
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Tyson Fury Talks to Officials
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, left, wears a face mask as she visits a regional hospital in Lutsk, about 400 km (247 miles) west of Kiev, Ukraine.
Estimates of one million people infected by an unknown flu, described as a viral pneumonia and a "plague worse than swine flu" by doctors.
"A deadly plague could sweep across Europe, doctors fear, after an outbreak of a virus in Ukraine plunged the country and its neighbours into a state of panic.
Universities, schools and kindergartens have been closed, public meetings have been banned and theatres shut. Last week several border crossings in the country were also closed.
A doctor in Western Ukraine who did not want to be named, said:" We have carried out post mortems on two victims and found their lungs are as black as charcoal.
"They look like they have been burned. It's terrifying."'
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CHANDIGARH: Over 69 per cent of rape victims in Chandigarh in 2017 were minors. Of the total 65 rape incidents reported from the City Beautiful, 45 victims were below the age of 18, reveals the latest report of the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
She has won listeners with her folk fusion, but the very Punjabi Neha Bhasin did not touch this genre till late in her career.
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The love of beauty has, of course, been the primary motivation behind our collecting. Beauty, to me, whether found in nature or in man-made objects, is ennobling and enriches the soul. It remains to me a kind of mystery, a concept somehow beyond the intellect. For example, one may feel that an object is beautiful whether or not one is aware of its place in history, its possible uniqueness, or its significance on a broader scale. It is here that intuition comes into play….
Certainly Peggy and I both believe that our collecting and enjoyment of man-made objects of beauty have given us a saner, more balanced, and more joyful approach to our activities in every area of life. — David Rockefeller (1915-2017)
Things had been building up for some time towards this. The auction house had taken the collection around and showed parts of it in 'three continents'; around 80,000 people had seen it before the auction in New York actually began. By the time the auctions on successive days ended, nearly every one of the almost 900 lots had been sold. The sales added up to the staggering sum of 828 million US dollars and this did not include the online-only sales. A billion dollars is what the estimates might have possibly amounted to. Several factors contributed clearly to the landmark bustle and commotion that these auctions had caused, apart of course from the quality of the collection itself in which the presence of Cezanne, Picasso and Matisse and Kandinsky was palpable. For one thing, there was the Rockefeller name. After all, David Rockefeller had inherited many things: "a storied name", as someone wrote, "unimaginable wealth, an inquisitive mind, and a profound compulsion to collect". He was among the heirs of one of the richest individuals in American history, and both his parents had been into collecting for long years themselves. The provenance was thus impeccable. Then, there was the widely known fact that the collection was not going to be auctioned for personal gain: No individual, according to mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg, had contributed more to the commercial and civic life of New York City over a longer period of time than David Rockefeller. In this case, David had pledged "to direct the majority of his wealth to philanthropy and provide for the cultural, educational, medical, and environmental causes long supported by the couple". No one was therefore truly surprised by the sums that were realised.
Quite naturally, there was attraction in Egypt and Greece and Rome — among the oldest of civilisations and cultures — and pieces were picked from there; tribal art from Africa and Oceania entered their ken and some stunning pieces were gathered; the elegance of Japanese and Korean works, the fragile fluency of Islamic paintings, especially from Iran, the breath of history that clung to old Americana: there was seduction in everything. All this, of course, apart from the natural inclination towards modern European and American masters, in British furniture and ceramics — which were part of the inherited interest of the family — remained embedded. All, or nearly all of it, found their place in the six catalogues of the collection as it went up on sale this year.
David Rockefeller's own words — "We never bought a painting with a view towards 'forming a collection' or to 'fill out a series,' but simply because, in the end, we couldn't resist it" — were everywhere.


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Postworld Preview
Set in the irradiated 2080s, Postworld is a post-apocalyptic shooter that takes a bit of Fallout and blends in a scoop of survival RPG and a helping of third-person shooter. Still in early access, Postworld comes from indie Russian developer Screwdriver Entertainment and although it has a solid premise and a few mildly original ingredients, the game is still very rough around the edges and unfortunately, deep into the core as well.
Survival games are characteristically frustrating in the early hours of gameplay due to the relative weakness of the player character. This is certainly the case in Postworld, where enemies are unrelenting bullet sponges and the player can be eviscerated by a single shot or melee strike. Players often gripe about the lack of realism in shooters, where there is nothing like the kind of real-world damage that even a small caliber round can cause. Postworld attempts to raise both the level of gore and "realism," but proves that neither are entertaining or fun if they're clumsily integrated into poor weapon mechanics and unfair enemy placement. AI — which is primitive and utterly lacking in tactical smarts — is only one undercooked aspect of Postworld's enemies, most of whom are simply nonreactive, static props until triggered.
Postworld's core gameplay consists of moving from location to location on an overworld map of the wasteland in the service of completing main story and side quests from NPCs. Either through player choice or an enemy encounter, play shifts to a third-person camera and morphs into a traditional shooter RPG. Resource collection and crafting, buying and selling consumables, armor and weapons work in the usual ways with a couple of unique elements. Since weapons and armor pieces are modular and cobbled together from scrap and salvaged parts, it's possible to craft a huge variety of unique firearms and melee weapons. Postworld attempts to replicate Fallout's body part-specific targeting and destruction. The results are less successful, though, in part to the game's imprecise combat which has almost no real feeling of weight or impact, despite the gouts of pixel-heavy blood and bone. From character movement to melee animations, barren, detail-poor landscapes and structures, Postworld looks and plays like a last-gen product, and not in a cool, "let's have fun with a retro feel" kind of way. Graphics are everything, but Postworld's concept hinges at least in part on immersion.
Assuming one can survive the first few, frustrating hours of Postworld, the player character can join one of three factions — Cultists, Slavers or Railwaymen — and this sets in motion a long series of faction-specific quests and story beats which are presumably unique. Unfortunately, Postworld's very rough and sometimes nearly incomprehensible English translation creates a pretty big barrier to entry when it comes to caring about the NPCs or the story. Although it can be amusingly weird in the moment, the poor localization just adds to the feeling that Postworld isn't nearly ready for a wider audience.
It seems that small team indie games are most successful when they have a clear, unique vision and they scale their ambitions back to being achievable at a high level of quality. In the case of Postworld, the intention is obviously to create a convincing post-apocalyptic landscape populated by all manner of survivors and things to make, do or fight, motivated by interesting stories and characters. At least in its present state, Postworld isn't quite working in any of these key areas.


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My everyday routine definitely is not the minimal no makeup makeup look. I go all out but maybe when I start my new job and I have to get up early, I won't have time and basic makeup will be brought back. But anyway for now here are the products I use on a daily basis.
So I start with a moisturiser. I apply this mainly to my forehead as it can get very dry and cause my base to flake off and end up a patchy mess… which is not a good look. I find that my skin breaks out from every moisturiser I use so until I find the product for me I use the Botanics All Bright Hydrating Day Cream SPF15.
I use L'Oreals' True Match Foundation which is my abosulute favourite and I can't imagine using any other foundation. The application is so easy because it is slightly runny therefore alot goes a long way. I use 2 pumps, put it all over my face with clean hands followed by a brush to buff it all in and its blended within less than a minute! I wear fake tan everyday and the shade Golden Natural is obviously a true match! Therefore I'll never have a face that doesn't match my neck again! Of course I don't need to say anything about Maybelline's Eraser Eye Concealer it is a frim favourite of everyone's. This is perfect for under my eyes which I then set with the M.A.C Mineralize Skinfinish in the shade light which adds a tad more brightness! To set my face I use M.A.C Studio Fix Powder Plus in the shade NC30. My makeup never lasted all day till I found this so it quickly moved into my everyday makeup routine. I love how if my makeup comes off due to the heat I can apply this with a buffing brush and I have coverage again!
To contour and highlight I apply Sleek's Cream Contour Kit in light (obviously before powder). I only use the darkest colour as you can tell. I have experimented with the lighter colours but I did not like them personally. I wish I they sold them separately. To set the contour I use Maybelline's Master Sculpt Contouring Palette which I thought I'd never buy however my friend used it on me and I was sold! It's brown however has a slight ashy tone to it but it doesn't look like I have a grey line on my face unlike other contour powders I've used. To bronze it has to be Benefit's Hoola Bronzer, I use this on my cheeks and temples. To finish off I highlight my cheek bones with Mary Lou Manizer by The Balm and this is amazing! I would recommned the highlight to anyone.
My eyebrows are a nightmare! Yes I know… there supposed to be sisters not twins but mine are not even sisters… they are strangers! I use the Brow Drama from Maybelline to comb my hairs into place and give them some kind of tint. I found that the only product which give me hope for the perfect brow day is the Soap and Glory D-I-Y Brow Bar which contains the perfect ash colour for my eyebrows. In the pan it literally looks green but it's honestly the best shade I have found if you have blonde hair.
Lastly, I use the Rimmel Colour Precise Eyeliner and create a flick with the Maybelline Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner. My favourite all time mascara is the Benefit Roller Lash however I ran out so I have currently been using the Maybelline Lash Sensational Mascara which everyone compares to the Roller Lash however I don't see any comparison and I recommend Roller Lash for sure! If I have time I create an eyelook with Urban Decay's Naked Palette using the shade Naked in the crease followed by some Smog on the eyelid.
My makeup is never finished till I have applied M.A.C Soar Lip Liner, M.A.C Honey Love Lipstick and Maybelline Vivid Matte Liquid Lipstick in the shade Nude Thrill.
If I am going to be out for the whole day I spritz the Makeup Revolution Pro Fix Amazing Makeup Fixing Spray all over my face and I feel like this adds something extra.
So 30 minutes of sitting at this dressing table I am left with…
This! I know I used a lot of products but I like to think that I make it look natural. I like how the amount of eye product I use help to make my eyes stand out when I wear glasses. I hope you liked this post and if you have any good product recommendations please leave them in the comments!
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Xavier Woods of the new day and Cesaro of the Bar had a physical match on this week's episode of SmackDown Live and it appears that the ending of the bout didn't suit Woods much.
The ending of the match saw Xavier coming from the top rope and taking an uppercut from the Swiss Superman after which he was pinned by the former Raw Tag Team Champion.
After the show, the New Day Member revealed on Instagram that he has 'one hole and two partial holes in his tongue as a result of the stiff uppercut":
While this injury is not expected to keep Xavier Woods out of the ring, it's still difficult to look at. It once again shows how real wrestling can be and a small accident in the ring can do some serious damage.


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Good morning, from my usual Saturday Starbucks SCTA headquarters.
From the folks at Big Feets Trials Club: Breaking news: There will be A PREP WEEKEND WORK PARTY on Thanksgiving weekend! Camping is available at the pits. Ride the loop, set some sections, and enjoy the beauty of the southern Sierras. This is in preparation for our December 11, Round 4 event, the BIG WOOD TRIAL.
Do your Karma some good, come help set up. Let us know here, or on our Facebook page if you are interested.
I'll post more information here as it becomes availabe. Have a great weekend y'all.


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Our Staff
Bryan J. Cush – Founder/CEO
Bryan has extensive experience in the digital marketing and reputation management field. As a Loyalty and Sales Expert for Carnival Corporation he learned and developed the world of online review and research. The understanding between niche online groups and their overlap to the industry you are marketing became key in the success of his marketing efforts.
Bryan and the Tidal Wave Marketing have been published and showcased in numerous online outlets including their maintained relationship as a Google Partner.
With over a combined 10 years in digital marketing and more specifically medical showcasing Bryan has found himself extremely focused. After several years of being Head of Marketing for a large Manhattan Medical Suite he has been able to apply the successful strategies learned there to numerous other practices. With strong roots and ties to the Northeast, Tidal Wave Marketing has become the leader in represent Tri-State based practices and bringing the exposure to them they deserve.
Brian Dragich – Operations / Lead Designer
Brian Dragich, has extensive experience across all different business environments. Having worked in corporate engineering consulting, worn many hats in his own family's successful business, and being a partner in a previous digital agency, Brian uniquely understands what digital needs start-ups, entrepreneurs, and small business have to propel themselves.
He brought his family's multimillion dollar business into the digital age by truly understanding who they serve and who their ideal customers are, unifying their branding, redesigning their website and digital platforms, moving away from all print advertising to a strategic content and social media marketing strategy, and even launching an all new loyalty program. Because of these efforts web traffic doubled year over year, customer engagement grew steadily, sales skyrocketed, and repeat customers came back for more over and again.
Brian brings all these experiences to Tidal Wave Marketing to best serve our medical marketing clients while maintaining an attractive esthetic today's top physicians deserve.
Pamela Goldberg – Social Media/Community Manager
Pamela knows the greater your influence, the greater your impact! The more people who know about the amazing work you are doing, the more people can benefit from it.
Her ability to craft information and engaging content from complex and often technical healthcare information is almost unbelievable. She leads the strategy and community development efforts at Tidal Wave Marketing. It is one thing to be able to craft useful content but if there is no one receiving or engaging with it, what's the point.
Pamela's ability to engage practitioners and lead a community of people is showcased in the recent Pelvic Health Summit that she was the head interviewer on. With over 40 countries and thousands of individuals finding real information in a private group, that's how we define success.
Meaghan Cush – Office / Staff Development
Meaghan has brought an indispensable amount of experience to the team. With years of experience Managing and coordinating the internal efforts of a large medical suite she provides great insight to the processes needed to determine your most qualified patients. Her experience becomes a huge assets to your practice because she has hands on understanding of insurance and staff development.
Our medical marketing efforts will funnel the patient towards your services and Meaghan will help train your staff to pre-qualify patients to determine the highest quality and proper care. With these two filters in place you will be developed to a point where only the exact patient with the precise needs you are looking for comes through the door.
Jack Filipkowski – Digital Marketing Associate
Jack may be the newest and youngest member of our team but you wouldn't be able to tell that. There is no question that digital marketing, especially in healthcare, is a constantly evolving landscape. Jack leads the efforts to stay at or ahead of the curve.
This is centered around schema markup data. Healthcare information and data is always improving so search engines want to be as well. Formatting and tagging our clients' information in a technically recognizable format only helps search engines and people better find the information they are looking for.
Petr Benadik – Lead Developer
Petr is a wizard, not the Harry Potter kind, but just as cool. His skills range from complex web design to seamless UI/UX experiences to strategic product development. As the backbone of Tidal Wave Marketing Petr helps bring the technology to life that is better serving our clients and the healthcare industry.
With data behind the key behind all our decisions, research and success Petr is the glue to the massive flow of data that healthcare and marketing can provide. Tidal Wave prides itself on providing actionable and understood reporting, which all starts with Petr.
Now that we think about everything Petr can do he is actually cooler than Harry Potter.
Dan Cangelosi – Videographer
Dan is our resident videographer with years of experience covering all ranges of healthcare media. There is no denying the power and exposure of video which is why Tidal Wave Marketing double-downed on its ability to help produce video with our own Manhattan studio location.
Dan works very closely with our digital marketing team because we always push to give the answers to the questions people are searching for.
It is important to have a quality video representation of the providers and services they offer. But it is as equally as important to meet the people searching for healthcare answers in the middle. We are constantly evolving to understand how people search for health care and provide them the answers they need. Those efforts are lead by relevant video production.
Tom Hayes – Photographer
Tom Hayes is our photographer with over 10 years of experience shooting straight forward headshots to capturing that moment of recognition hearing for the first time.
Spending equal time in the studio as he does on the road, Tom is always focusing on creating and using beautiful light to tell the story or moment. Tidal Wave Marketing takes pride in representing the experience and level of care our clients offer and that starts with great visuals. Tom has an impeccable ability to tell a full story with one single photo.
Tom is passionate about travel, good food, and outdoor adventures.


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Just got word that I'll be a featured reader at The Red Lion Pub (2446 North Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL) on Thursday, February 21.
Come and join us — it'll be fun. It's February and it's cold and Red Lion Pub is, well, a pub — which means, PERFECT for winter. Think hobbit-like. Think dark, moody, heavy pint glasses with oversize handles. Also: Fish and chips anyone?
This is an event hosted by the Chicago Chapter of Author's Guild. But my email says everyone — writers and non-writers alike — are welcome. My email also says there's going to be an open mic, which I guess means bring something to read too.
I'm so glad Authors Guild is getting a chapter going here. What would writers do without them?
Anyway, hope to see you there!


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… and why we need more diversity in tech
D/SRUPTION interviewed Alexis Monks, Software Engineer Analyst at PA Consulting ahead of her panel session at Disruption Summit Europe.
What does it feel like to be a woman in tech? Lonely, according to Alexis Monks who is passionate about redressing the gender balance in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM).
Part of the 10 per cent
When Monks studied Computer Science at Bristol University, she was one of the few women on her course. In fact, only a measly 10 per cent of the students were female. For Monks, this made for a difficult move to university, where she was also confronted with the traditional stereotype of a person in tech.
"I'd come from an all girls school," she says, "so going from that to what was effectively an all male course was a hard transition for me. What's more, I am a very social learner. I like to be able to discuss things in a group, to think how would we solve a problem. That's the way I motivate myself. However, this didn't fit with things like the 24 hour hackathons we had at uni. I don't want to sit on my own in a corner and hack around on my computer all day. That's not what technology means to me, that's not what this career path means to me. That's what got me interested in this issue – about why things are like this and what we need to do to change."
Monks is involved in initiatives such as Code First: Girls, for which she was named one of their 'Ones To Watch,' and PA's Raspberry Pi competition, which are both designed to encourage more women into the STEM sector. As Monks notes, this is becoming increasingly important in the age of Brexit.
"We are not training enough engineers in the UK," she says. "We have a deficit of around 20,000 engineers and at the moment we rely really heavily on the EU for recruitment. However, this is a completely fixable problem. Only 8 per cent of trained engineers in the UK are female, so we have this untapped pool of talent which is being isolated for a number of reasons from this career."
Rebranding the tech sector
Why are girls and women being discouraged from entering the technology sector? For Monks, it comes down to a branding issue. Think of a successful technology entrepreneur and the chances are they will be male – and probably geeky.
"If you look at the role models that we have within this career path – you have the Elon Musks, the Mark Zuckerbergs, the Bill Gates – they all look exactly the same," she says. "In addition, they all have very similar ways of presenting themselves – as the geek who doesn't really get along with people but who gets things done. They are the kind of person who would think nothing of staying up until 2am drinking Red Bull and programming. This isn't the image we should be putting out there of the tech industry as it isolates a lot of people."
Whilst the pale, male and stale stereotype remains difficult to budge, the IT industry simply isn't made up of talented but antisocial individuals any more. More than ever, it needs engineers who are willing and able to collaborate.
"Companies no longer have just one IT person," Monks notes. "It's really a team effort. So we can't be putting out this stereotype that the IT person just sits on their own in the corner. We have so much more work to do than that."
"At the moment I am working on a cloud transformation project in a team of around 20 people, which you would never be able to do on your own. There is far too much work, there's too many aspects to think about, there's so many different angles from which you could look at it. You need to be able to bring through engineers who are interested in that communication and collaborative side by making sure that that's the image you are putting out of the career."
Tech solves problems
For Monks, the way to encourage women into tech lies in demystifying the subject for them and demonstrating that the old stereotype of a programmer is not actually the truth. Another tactic is to focus on the exciting side of technology – its fundamentally creative nature and its potential to solve problems.
"Nowadays everyone is interested in technology," says Monks. "We use it every day. For me, it's about then making that leap to be the creator of it. This means thinking about how that bit of code is going to change someone's everyday life – it's going to change how they interact with things, it's going to save them 20 minutes every day, it's going to enable connections between people from different parts of the world who are interested in the same thing."
A focus on the power of technology, rather than the hard code, is what will attract more women to the subject. This is a goal that has driven Monks ever since she stepped in to her first lecture in Computer Science at university, and which will define her discussion at this year's Disruption Summit Europe.
"The most important message for people to grasp it that we need to get more women into engineering. We should be discussing the different ways that we can do it, their effectiveness, and some of the things that are getting in the way at the moment that we can change. Some of the things we need to change are super easy, while some of them do take longer, so it could be a matter of looking for those quick wins. We also need to examine the different things that happen at each stage of education and life that affect why people go for a particular career path over another."
"There is also the importance of taking this action now. With Brexit we are going to struggle to recruit. We are now going to be heavily reliant on our own education system and culture to train the next generation of engineers, so we need to find out what might be missing in the system and what could be improved."
Alexis Monks will speak on The Next Generation panel at Disruption Summit Europe in London on 4th September.
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Bluebird (2013)
Directed by Lance EdmandsGenres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Ensemble Film, Psychological Drama | Release Date - Feb 27, 2015 (USA - Limited) | Run Time - 90 min. | Countries - Sweden , United States | MPAA Rating - NR
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The negligence of a distracted bus driver and a woman who spent the night drowning her sorrows in a local bar shake the foundation of a secluded Maine logging town in this drama starring Amy Morton, John Slattery, and Louisa Krause.
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... Bobby, I can't agree with any of this.
The basic difference in the dynamic of judging versus legislating is that one deploys casuistry; the other group-placating. Tip O'Neal was an exemplar at being a politician, not a judge. Holmes and John Marshall (and Solomon and Hercules) are exemplars at judging, not politicians. George Washington, Lincoln and Roosevelt were exemplars at being executives. None of these individuals either within their own group or compared across groups deployed the same "decision methodology." In legislative circles, they debate about whether to be a "delegate, politico or trustee." They debate in executive circles how best to manage. You could invert your question and say: since all legislators do not deploy the same method or style, shouldn't they all be judges? Even capitalism has different philosophies of how to play. You don't even have uniform methods for running companies. Let me ask you as a professor -- is pedagogy uniform? Seems to me the first
question out the door is "what is your teaching philosophy?" Don't parents have philosophies for raising kids? Why on earth would judging not also develop competing paradigmatic views as to how to make the best of it?
Judges are only required to make the best sense of the law they can to the best of their ability. Legislators are required to group-placate to a point of maximal efficiency. Each requires a different set of skills and "methods," but there is none within each domain that is uniform.
We worry about the methods of judging the same that we worry of the quality of art in a painting. I would argue, precisely, that is what the worry consists of. Also, I don't see "ideology" as a "method of decision" for a legislator. Both judges and legislators are "capitalist," but do something different with their brains when they group-placate versus deploy casuistry. Better to say that one who judges or legislates according to beliefs about capitalism is an "idealist" or "dogmatist" in method -- which, if it appeared in legislative or judicial institutions, would manifest itself differently, given the differences in the cultural practices of judging/legislating.
Dr. Sean Wilson, Esq.
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Goddess Lakshmi is the consort of Lord Vishnu and is the Goddess of wealth, success and prosperity. Lord Ganesha is the son of Lord Mahadeva and Goddess Parvati who is considered the God of intelligence. Goddess Laksmi and Lord Ganesha are welcomed into every household especially on Diwali. It is said that worshipping Lakshmi for wealth would first have to worship Ganesha to seek Her blessings. Thus, those who will worship Lakshmi without Ganesha will not be blessed by the Goddess. Hence, Goddess Lakshmi is always worshipped along with Ganesha on Diwali. There is an interesting Story behind worshiping Goddess Lakshmi and Ganesha on Diwali.
Hence, here are 3 Powerful Sri Lakshmi Ganesha Mantras For Prosperity and Wealth.
Sri Lakshmi Ganesha Mantras
1. Lakshmi Vinayaka Mantra – लक्ष्मी विनायक मन्त्र
ॐ श्रीं गं सौम्याय गणपतये वर वरद सर्वजनं मे वशमानय स्वाहा॥
Om Shreem Gam Saumyaya Ganpataye Vara Varada
Sarvajanam Me Vashamanaya Svaha॥
2. Lakshmi Ganesha Dhyana Mantra (लक्ष्मी गणेश ध्यान मन्त्र)
दन्ताभये चक्रवरौ दधानं, कराग्रगं स्वर्णघटं त्रिनेत्रम्।
धृताब्जयालिङ्गितमाब्धि पुत्र्या-लक्ष्मी गणेशं कनकाभमीडे॥
Dantabhaye Chakravarau Dadhanam, Karagragam Swarnghatam Trinetram।
Dhritabjayalingitamabdhi Putrya-Lakshmi Ganesham Kanakabhamide॥
3. Rinharta Ganapati Mantra (ऋणहर्ता गणपति मन्त्र)
ॐ गणेश ऋणं छिन्धि वरेण्यं हुं नमः फट्॥
Om Ganesha Rinam Chhindhi Varenyam Hum Namah Phat॥
Chanting Sri Lakshmi Ganesha Mantras brings the combined benefits of Lakshmi and Ganesh's blessings. Lakshmi Mantra confers a person with wealth and affluence and Ganesh mantra bestows Siddhi to a person.


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Thayer Photo List
Donated by Elizabeth Van Winkle Thayer
Students, 45-2008-8. Group of teen boys and girls, formally dressed, with corsages. Possibly a confirmation photo. Taken by Zarling Studio, Baraboo.
Bowling Ladies, 45-2008-1. 4 ladies. "Wisconsin State 1995 WWBA Championship Tournament, Fond Du Lac." Taken at Poor Nates bar.
Capener, Mike, 45-2008-4. Ca. 1950, in Boy scout uniform.
Ladies, 45-2008-7. Taken at Heirloom Tintypes, in Wis Dells. 9-4-1981.
Lady, 45-2008-6. Unknown. Taken in front of Baraboo Tent & Awning on 2nd St.
ca. 1950s
Capener, Mike, 45-2008-5. "East School – 1955-56"
Herritz, Eddie, 45-2008-2. "Uncle Eddie Herritz, taken in World War 1 across the ocean.
Capener, Mike, 45-2008-3. Ca. 1950. In Boy Scout uniform.


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Business Identification
Below is a preliminary list of requirements for permitting most types of cannabis businesses. We will update the list as we finalize our regulations. Check back for updates.
We've put together a preliminary list of what we will ask for on the application. We're still working on this list and clarifying application requirements, many of which you can comment on.
What you may need to provide:
- Business structure & registration
- Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Social Security Number if you're a sole proprietor without any employees
- Fictitious Business Name (FBN) if you will be using a name other than your given name, the names of your partners, or the officially registered name of your LLC or corporation
- Change of Use and/or Conditional Use permits if your business use is different from the zoned or previously permitted uses of that location
- Department of Building permits & inspections for locations that need construction or remodeling
- Seller's permit to sell tangible items
- Sign permits to install or change a canopy or sign on the outside of the building
- The number of your employees
- Transit Impact Development Fee if your business increases the number of people coming to your area
- Water and Wastewater Capacity Fees that may be relatively higher for some cannabis businesses


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Introducing the National Capital Region's premier wedding venue
Your Wedding Day at O'Brien
The first look. The first kiss. The time leading up to your wedding day will be filled with excitement and anticipation as you and your fiance select all the special details.
Your venue selection is one of the most important decisions that you will make for your wedding day, and we're honored that you've considered the O'Brien.
With its natural beauty, timeless elegance and classic style, the O'Brien mansion offers the perfect backdrop for your rehearsal dinner, ceremony, and reception.


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Mike Carter Award
The University of Central Missouri values and respects the American military and those who serve in uniform, both past and present. Accordingly, the University of Central Missouri Foundation hereby establishes the �Mike Carter Award� in annual recognition of a UCM student s noteworthy efforts in support of those initiatives which enhance the relationship between the University of Central Missouri and the United States military.
- Award
- Varies
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- 01/30/2018


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There's usually reason to be apprehensive when an artist spends years in the workshop on a single set of songs. The results can seem joyless; think Chinese Democracy, which took Guns N' Roses 14 tortured years to finish. D'Angelo spent nearly as much time crafting his new record. He took his time and loaded up some of the tracks with everything from the audio candy store. Incredibly, the music rarely sounds cluttered or overwrought.
In fact, Black Messiah feels downright loose — it's powered by D'Angelo's agitated keyboard jabs and, of course, his low-key, almost subversive intensity as a singer. All of his trademarks are here, including those floridly elaborate vocal harmonies.
Alongside the sultry, slow-moving expressions of romance fans have come to expect from D'Angelo are several songs that address social issues, notably race relations. In a written preamble to Black Messiah, the singer explains that the album title does not refer to himself, saying, "We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah." He references uprisings in Ferguson and in Egypt and "everyplace where a community has had enough and decides to make change happen."
You don't hear nearly 15 years of trial and error on this album — which, remarkably enough, is only D'Angelo's third. Instead, the best moments have that late-night live-jam feeling. D'Angelo worked with many of his longtime collaborators, including The Roots drummer Questlove. These guys make tricky music sound easy, but their intuitive rapport also helps lift grooves like this into the realm of the transcendent.


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Formerly the Y04, the Trail saddle is best suited to 20 and 24" wheeled kids bikes.
Madison Kids saddles are specially designed to provide proper support to the pelvic bones, without putting uncomfortable pressure on tender parts of the anatomy.
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- 1020 high-tensile steel rails are durable and offer great strength to weight ratio
- Kevlar corners offer increased abrasion resistance
- Suggested age range 6-12 years old
- 130mm x 240mm
- Weight: 281 grams


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outback ranges,spinifex and ghost gums…
Well It's taken me what seems an eternity to sort through images I took a couple of months ago on my trip through Qld and the NT.
This one was once again taken in remote country in outback Qld. I got up real early and hiked through the spinifex up to the top of a rocky outcrop. It's fantastic country – one of rocks,spinifex and ghost gums. It reminds me a lot of the Pilbara in WA – gawd..I must get back there one day ! There I sat waiting for the first show of the day… 'The unfolding of light' – What a spectacular show ! Not a cloud in sight, yet still I sat in awe as the light softly caressed the ridges and rises and was supressed in the valleys and hollows. There I sat for what felt like I was the only person within a thousand miles ! The soft light becoming luminous as it highlighted the majestic Quartzite ridge and a ghost gum near the center of this frame. I'd name it…but this place doesn't have a name…but it has a place in my heart. I took 4 frames this particular the morning – It must have been good ! (and some happy snaps on my P&S digi).
quartzite ridge – Fuji G617, Velvia 50.


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A Large Glass (18 sOngZ) of mind-watering beats and rhythm. Distilled primarily by the turn of the century's harder hitting hip-hop with a hint of history. Call it a day and sip on some gritty poetry before you rest your head. Thanks for listening!
Fav Shots: Fashawn, De La Soul & Blu.


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Why Friends With Benefits Might Be Better Than Having A Relationship In College
Okay, let me set the scene. It's been two weeks since you broke up with your boyfriend. You two only broke up due to outward variables. The break up had nothing to do with not being attracted to one another. The relationship ended on a good note, and you guys agreed to be friends. After all, you both have the same friend group, have the same interests, and know each other well. You want to be in each other's lives, but you both just don't have time for a relationship. However, only one thing really remains from your relationship. There is still an itch to scratch.
Friends with benefits is sometimes the best solution when in college. As much as "friends with benefits" sounds like a negative and crazy idea, it is pretty practical for some people. It happens with someone you trust. An ex or a friend will do. Or even just someone you know! You both are physical adults and if both of you can handle meaningless sex, I'd say go for it! Here are some more reasons why being friends with benefits is better than having a real relationship in college.
There are no strings attached.
Friends with benefits works really well for people who aren't able to put time into a relationship. There is nothing tying you down and there is still an opportunity to find someone you want to date when you are ready. You won't be causing any harm, and it will be a clean break.
Sex is hotter.
When sex is not as expected (like in a serious relationship), there is wiggle room and opportunity to get spontaneous in the sack. When you are friends with benefits, there is an excuse to practice your moves and get creative. Try new positions and have fun! Don't be afraid of being judged. All types of pleasure should be accepted with consent.
You get your freedom.
When in a relationship, there is a lot of stress on sharing your time and self with your partner. When experiencing friends with benefits, you get to live your life and call all of the shots. Your choices only affects you. You are the most important person in your life. Take advantage!
You get to have a dirty little secret!
Even though it is completely okay to have a friend with benefits and control your own sexual life, sometimes there are people who are embarrassed and want to keep their type of relationship a secret. That is okay. Sometimes it makes the sex hotter! Sneaking around with your friend and gearing up to have the hottest sex you can have when you both are finally free in a secret location can make eyes roll.
Grades won't plummet.
When letting go of the pressures of a romantic relationship and embracing single life, there is more time for you and your school work. Take advantage of your new school schedule while still releasing that sexual tension.
You won't have to go through the emotional turmoil that comes with dating.
Dating is rough and can be filled with emotion as you navigate the dating pool. Friends with benefits gives you the fun in hanging out with someone and having sexy time, but also offers a break and not as much time trying to please. It's all up to you girl! You are in the driver's seat.
You know what you are getting into.
Engaging in friends with benefits with someone who you know well is the best. There is already a trust established and you know their background. You won't have to go through the process of figuring out who the person is, having to get tested for STI's and STD's, and learning about their past sexcapades.
Friends with Benefits may grow into something more when the time is right.
Just because you and your friend are both not able or are not ready to be in a romantic relationship, being friends with benefits can be used as a holding cell for your intimacy until the time is right. Just make sure you both are on the same page at the same time.
A friendship is saved.
Friends with benefits can be a stepping stone down from a romantic relationship to just friends. If you guys are still looking to be close but not be in a relationship, save that connection and jump into bed if you are both feeling it. It's all about whatever you want to give one another and what you can give one another as well.
Being friends with benefits isn't for everyone, but if things fall into place and casual sex is on the table then go for it! There is no shame in asking for what you want as a physical, adult woman.
Shine Bright <3


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Bushes overgrowing the footpath
Reported in the Restricted Visibility / Overgrown / Overhanging category anonymously at 15:30, Tuesday 13 August 2019
Sent to Northamptonshire County Council 5 minutes later. ref: 1730757.
Vegetation & bushes overgrowing the footpath along Loddington Road between a14 junction roundabout and cemetery
Thank you for reporting a fault on the highway. We will use the information you have provided to assess and prioritise this fault in accordance with our published response times for fault reports.
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text: The Dow closed with deep losses for a seventh straight session, socked by a shocking earnings miss from Caterpillar and severe losses in Intel. Optimistic remarks on the economy from Fed Chief Alan Greenspan failed to boost sentiment for long and even the Nasdaq finished lower after an early rally. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (TICKER:$INDU) slid 166 points, or 1.9 percent, to 8,473 after being down as much as 233 points and the Nasdaq Composite $compq declined 7 points, or 0.5 percent, to 1,375. Volume came in at 1.82 billion on the NYSE and at 2.35 billion on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Market breadth was negative, with losers surpassing winners by 19 to 13 on the NYSE and by 17 to 16 on the Nasdaq.


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Borscht Toast (Beet Caramelized Onion Toasties)
Gone are the days when I diligently jotted a note here letting you know about writerly goings-on elsewhere. But! My fondness for cabbage took an interesting foray into a letter I penned to that cruciferous vegetable, printed in Volume V of the New Guard. And so, I recently began musing about how wonderful Borscht never makes it into the food headlines. It should. Something about the sweet earthiness of beets with enough cabbage to keep it grounded and a touch of dill to lift it up into a heady high-tail into the clouds makes it a soup for the ages.


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Will Cares
In my recent work I am exploring process and the dialectic of seeming opposites. Some of these oppositions include 2D/3D, white/black (with all that those words convey about opposition and race as well), clockwise/counterclockwise, life/death, Western linear time / Eastern cyclical time, and future-focused / present focused.
In my Circle Series I have used this most "perfect" shape as a symbol for existence itself. I have loaded a flat stick with paint and attached the stick to the painting by means of a metal pin. The stick is then moved in a counterclockwise direction to apply the paint in a wide uneven swath, much like the sweeping hand of a clock, but I move in the opposite direction. The counterclockwise motion is significant, I am going counter to the direction of Western time, thus I am "turning back the clock" as it were. In ancient Eastern models of time (Hinduism and Buddhism) there exists the "wheel of time" or Kalachakra, which represents time as cyclical, whereas most Western cultures view time (and thus life) more like a line or arrow, beginning at the left and moving to the right.
Recent textile pieces have been made from fabrics purchased at the Salvation Army Thrift Store. The found textiles have been altered by draping, cutting, and/ or painting and pinned to the wall without stretcher bars, thus eliminating the typical presentation of paintings. My aim is to reference other uses of textile in our everyday lives such as clothing, bedspreads, window curtains and the like to create works that function both as painted sculptures or sculptural paintings but with the echo of those other aspects of the materials from which they are made. The finished works speak of the missing human body, of loss, and death, dreams, and memories.


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My cousin and I went to visit Japanese Garden inside Luneta Park to support a local fan base birthday celebration for the three members of Kpop idols I've been a fan of for a year now. It's not something I normally do, and I don't know what forces me to do it -- perhaps, I just Continue Reading
Mother's Day and Birthday Celebration at Sentro 1771
Today is a very special day for my mom, not only because it's Mother's Day today but it's also her Birthday. Double Celebration it is! :) So, I treated her at Sentro 1771 in BGC, a restaurant that serves one of the best modern Filipino cuisines in the country. My mom loves Continue Reading
Karen Conquers the World with MELISSA
I found a new fancy Flat Shoes at MELISSA!!! Woohoo! :) Flat Shoes is one of my most favorite thing on earth. They lead me to everywhere without worrying that my feet will get hurt! In fact, I always have it in my bag! Melissa is an iconic global footwear brand that traces its Continue Reading
NIU BY VIKINGS at SM Aura Premier
Raise your hand if you love to EAT... Hands raised! Hands raised plus feet! XD Words are not enough to express how deep I am in love with FOOD! I blush just by thinking I am being introduced to one. Me and my fellow bloggers are invited for a restaurant tour and free food taste Continue Reading
Good Time With KYOCHON
We are so happy to announce that Kyochon has opened its branch here in the Philippines just recently! Kyochon is one of the most famous chicken restaurant in South Korea with over 1,000 branches just in their country. And a few more around the world. Eeeeeeyyyy, I know you can't Continue Reading


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TIFFEN has provided support for the recent Dean Cundey Masterclass, a week long event organised by the ISPRA French Film School in Toulouse, France, and set up in the Toulouse studios of France 3 Television.
Tiffen International's Filter Guru Eren Ibrahim was on hand to advise and discuss filters usage throughout the event in conjunction with Dean Cundey, and also offer one on one discussions with the students. Eren is based at Tiffen International's offices at Pinewood Studios, UK and is responsible for filter sales, rental and technical assistance.
Sound Devices, experts in production sound and video products for field production, will host a PIX seminar at the Los Angeles Film Schools LAFS Theater on Saturday, February 4 from 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m. The presentation highlights Sound Devices new line of portable production video recorders, PIX 220 and PIX 240, and will explore the benefits of using an external recorder to acquire the highest quality picture and sound in the field.


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Definitions of magic that resonate with me:
Grant Morrison: "all this stuff really is to me ways of contextualizing states of consciousness"
"what is called magic or sorcery or whatever is a way of triggering this and other interesting states of consciousness which put you in a different relationship with time and space and being and life"
His perspective is that angels, aliens, all(?) paranormal activity, is the result of a shift in consciousness. That does make it easier to swallow for academic minds. However, I prefer to leave room for the possibility that otherworldly beings are real. More on that below.
Arch-Traitor Bluefluke: "Magic is the hacking of one's own mind"
Devin Person: Magic as psychological processes; magic as a way of looking at the world that embraces paradox, is comfortable with confusion and subjectivity, embraces uncertainty.
I would add; that allows for possibility. No hard and fast beliefs are necessary (although strong belief is a powerful psychological tool!), but to the magical mindset, truly anything is possible.
(What implications does that statement have? If anything is possible, why would I disregard some beliefs and experiment with adopting others? Possibly because although anything is possible, there are still inevitably things that you do and do not believe, based on the life you've lived so far. It is much easier to work within the confines of your own psychology, to start with your own beliefs and what you're open to, and expand from there. I'm open to the idea that the practice of walking can be a form of a spell, so I explore that more; whereas I'm skeptical about Christian mythology, so I leave that alone. Plus I'm much more excited about the idea of spellcraft, whatever form it takes. Your work will be more effective when you're excited about it. So while I gladly allow that everything that Christians believe in may exist, I don't work with that framework because it's disenchanted for me, since I've grown up with people who approach it in very dogmatic ways. I do think there is magic involved in Christianity though, all that ritual and prayer. Just not the flavour of magic I'm interested in right now.)


text: It's in Glacier National park and is the only way through the park. In the summer it is packed with sightseeing tourists. This time of year they are plowing the road and the road is closed to cars. So we road our bicycles about 14 miles up then had a snack and road back. I have actually not driven the road since 2002 but ride it in the spring about twice a year.


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CES: Sick of the show? Not if they can help it
The only contingent more numerous at CES than gadget freaks is hypochondriacs. Take 140,000 sleep-deprived, overworked humans, cram them sardine-style in planes, buses and meetings rooms, and voila! You've just transformed Las Vegas into a 24-hour party for germs. The lengths to which people here will go to avoid getting sick is impressive.
At a CES event Saturday, German clock radio company Sonoro Audio gave away white gloves, which were far more popular than the press kits they were handing out. It's not uncommon to see someone whip out liquid hand sanitizer shortly after shaking hands. One marketing executive, who declined to have her name used, said she lines the insides of her nose with Neosporin before she boards the plane to Vegas. Other preventive remedies include mega doses of vitamin C and packets of Airborne, an herbal product said to help boost the immune system.
Jay Stevens (pictured above) builds convention booths for a living and has survived five CES shows. He has bacteria aversion down to a science. Stevens, a 35-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah, gradually pumps his body with vitamin C leading up to the show, reaching a peak of 2000 milligrams a day. Before boarding the plane for Vegas, he sips Airborne. "I swear by that stuff," he said.
At the show, Stevens obsessively washes his hands. He tries never to directly touch escalator handrails, doorknobs, keyboards, mice and controllers. But that's not always practical, especially at a trade show for gadgets. So every hour or so, he coats his hands with hand sanitizer, which he carries in his front pocket.
"People touch an escalator, pick up the germs," Stevens said. "The cellphone rings and they bring that to their face. That's all it takes. You're done!" This being CES, Steven's solution is a high-tech one -- a wireless Bluetooth headset, so the germs don't get a chance.
-- Alex Pham
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7:45 AM - Event check-in
9:00 AM - 5k Run
9:15 AM - Walk
10:00 AM -Little Striders Kid's Fun Run
10:15 AM -Post Party, Awards & Raffle
$33 for runners and walkers registered before April 21, 2019; $38 after April 22, 2019.
Entry fee includes one optional Honor or Memory card, and tech race shirt (if registered by 11:59pm on May 15, 2019). Online registration closes May 30 at noon. Sorry, no refunds.
The Run/Walk is FREE for Little Striders (kids 12 and under). Youth shirts will be sold onsite while supplies last.
Race day registration will be available from 7:45 - 8:45am. Cash, check and credit card accepted.
All children are welcome to participate in this run on the main court where tennis stars play. We will have three age categories with appropriate lengths: 4 and under, 5-8, 8+. Come watch them in the cutest race of the day.
The fun doesn't end at the finish line! Stay after the race for live music by New Brew, great food including all your favorites back again this year and new selections sure to please.
Raffle tickets are $1 each, 6 for $5, 13 for $10, or 27 for $20. Baskets can be viewed and raffle tickets can be purchased at the Raffle booth. Ticket sellers will also be strolling the post-race party area. Ticket sales will end at the beginning of the Li'l Striders race. The winning tickets will be drawn immediately after the kids' fun run and winning tickets will be posted at the Raffle booth.
Silent Auction: baskets and specialty items with a minimum value of $250 will be available by Silent Auction and will be displayed at the Raffle Booth. Winning bids will be posted at the booth. You need not be present to win.
Race awards will be given to the top two finishers in each age category, as well as the top overall male and female racers and will be available at the end of the race at the Timing and Awards booth.
Our post-race party helps to distinguish Steady Strides as not just a great 5k, but a chance for our community to come together in fun and fellowship.


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