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4-ingredient red lentil soup
I'm a BIG "soupie" (<--it's a cross between a soup addict and foodie, and is totally the word for 2016 ;), so why not start the new year off with a delicious and simple recipe. I've given you plenty so far, but can I promise you something? This one is by far the easiest and it is super flavourful. A winning combo in my books. I make this soup all the time and it never disappoints.
I kind of mentioned on Instagram that I would post a different soup recipe, but can we make a deal that it's coming soon? I thought this one was a better fit as we ease back into life following the holidays because it's as simple as it gets. The basic version only requires four ingredients, but you wouldn't know it contained so little because the flavours don't lie.
I've included the four-ingredient version that you can pretty much make with your eyes closed, as well as, a variation to it below. Enjoy, and let me know if you make it. Tag me in your instagram pictures (@glowwithchar) or use the #glowwithchar hashtag.
Makes: ~6-7 cups // Serves: 2-4
- 2 large carrots, diced
- 1 large onion, diced
- 1.5 cups red lentils, rinsed
- 6 cups veggie broth (I use homemade)
- optional: some salt + more veggies
- Bring all ingredients to a boil in a medium to large saucepan, then cover.
- Simmer on med-low heat for 25-30 minutes.
- Add some greens once cooked to wilt in soup.
IT'S THAT SIMPLE! I PROMISE! And like I said, you are NOT compromising on flavour. Red lentils add a tremendous amount of flavour to any meal...including this soup.
Here's a picture version if you prefer with the soup variation as well!
And PDF version.
Enjoy and let me know if you can get to the place where you actually DO make it with your eyes closed ;)


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Dry-laid ledgestone retaining walls create a framework for a screened room, gardens, fire pit, guesthouse, and hot tub. The driveway and parking area is designed to allow for numerous vehicles, as well a place to walk and gather. Radiant heat melts the snow in the winter allowing the hand-set stonework to be appreciated year-round. Complementing the nearby cabin and view, a timber-framed log structure creates a place to gather and dine. An exterior staircase leads up to the kitchen, defined by a sculptural rail that mimics the hills beyond. Inside the screened room, one can look up and enjoy detailed handcraft and cedar shakes. Stone veneer and granite corbels detail the lower third of the guesthouse binding the structure with the mainhouse and grounds.

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Syria dissolved into civil war nearly five years ago. Since the war began, the United Nations estimates 250,000 people have died while 11 million have been displaced. Although many of the warring parties agreed to a cessation of hostilities on Feb. 23, there is little hope for immediate resolution to the conflict.
A country roughly the size of Washington state, Syria's 22.85 million residents are trapped in horrendous violence stemming from the conflicting interests of local and international powers.
Two conflicts are occurring simultaneously in Syria. The first is being waged between the Syrian government, under the leadership of President Bashar al-Assad, and a medley of rebel groups seeking to overthrow the government along Syria's populous western border. The Syrian Network for Human Rights (SNHR) estimates that the Syrian government is responsible for nearly 96 percent of deaths (180,879) since the conflict began.
President al-Assad has two prominent allies—Russia and Hezbollah. Hezbollah, a Shi'a militant group based in Lebanon, entered the conflict in 2013. Marisa Sullivan, contributor to the Institute for the Study of War, argues that Hezbollah has shifted the momentum of the civil war in the government's favor, allowing the re-capture of large amounts of rebel held territory.
The United States State Department reports that Hezbollah receives support from Iran, which has been designated as a state sponsor of terror since 1984.
Russia, a long time ally of al-Assad, solidified the government's advantage and began an air campaign against "all terrorists" in Syria on Sept. 30, 2015, the BBC reports. Since Russia entered the conflict, SNHR estimates they have been directly responsible for 263 civilian deaths.
The Syrian government's main opponent is a conglomeration of rebel groups. Jabhat al-Nursa, an al-Qaeda affiliate operating in Syria, is perhaps the most prominent of the group, which is comprised of 5,000 to 7,000 fighters, the BBC estimates. Although al-Nursa is a powerful force in the region, there are approximately 1,000 opposition groups, commanding 100,000 fighters. SNHR estimates that the rebels have killed 2,669 civilians.
The U.S. has been attempting to train a moderate force of rebels in addition to supporting already existing groups in the region. Efforts to create a new force failed spectacularly, successful in training only five soldiers rather than the projected 5,000.
Additionally, Seymour Hersh reported that at least 70 recruits immediately defected to al-Nursa. On Oct. 9, the U.S. announced its suspension of the training program, and declared it would instead move towards supporting pre-existing groups in the region.
The second, though inextricably linked, conflict in Syria is between ISIS and the U.S.-led international coalition. Although partially waged in Syria, the majority of the conflict is on Iraqi soil.
While the U.S. is attempting to fight ISIS, they have only recently publically announced a reduction in efforts to overthrow President al-Assad. This marks a large change in policy, given that the CIA has been funding 'moderate' rebels in attempt to overthrow al-Assad since 2011, reports Hersh.
The Russian government denies the existence of moderate rebels. The New York Times quoted Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, as saying: "Nobody's really heard about the moderate opposition."
From the Russian State's perspective, it is a matter of state power versus extremism.
Both Turkey and Saudi Arabia are allies of the United States, and, Hersh reports, have been directly funding al-Nursa and ISIS. Both nations have a history of poor relations with Syria.
SNHR estimates that, in Syria, the international coalition (led by the U.S.) has killed 251 civilians, while ISIS is responsible for 1,712 deaths. Although the U.S. is attempting to rally local rebels to fight ISIS rather than the government, they are having limited success.
One notable exception is the Kurds of Syria and Turkey. Operating on the Turkish border, Kurdish territory is in close proximity with ISIS, and they have been gaining ground with coalition backing. Turkey, however, has a history of oppressing their own Kurdish minority, and has been bombing the Kurds intermittently throughout the Syrian conflict.
On Feb. 23, the government and opposition groups agreed to a cessation of hostilities plan written by the U.S. and Russia. Although promising on paper, the plan is unlikely to succeed. The Syrian government agreed to the terms, with the small stipulation that they would continue "military efforts to combat terrorism" (according to the government, they have been fighting 'terrorism' all along). There is no way of monitoring the agreement.


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This beautiful introduction to art and language features some of the world's most beloved masterpieces as it entices children to discover art, language, objects, and colors. First pictures, first words--this familiar and time-proven book concept for young children is incorporated brilliantly in this multi-lingual art book. The works of Renoir, Kandinsky, Dürer, Rousseau, Franz Marc, and others are featured in beautiful full-page reproductions. Opposite each image is a word that helps describe the painting--for instance "play," "bunny," "horse," "train." The words are presented in twelve different languages, each with their phonetic pronunciation. Organized thematically, the book touches on a child's everyday experience through simple and comforting images that will invite further investigation: What are the men playing with? What does the bunny's fur feel like? How many teddy bears do you see? Together adults and children can explore great works, planting the seeds for an appreciation of the world's masterpieces and the words to describe them.


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Advent Day 23
Artwork by Mena Hutin Zavala
Hope and Love, Mixed Media
Isaiah 11:1-9 · Revelation 20:1-10
Psalm 62
1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;
from him comes my salvation.
2 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall never be shaken.
3 How long will you assail a person,
will you batter your victim, all of you,
as you would a leaning wall, a tottering fence?
4 Their only plan is to bring down a person of prominence.
They take pleasure in falsehood;
they bless with their mouths,
but inwardly they curse.Selah
5 For God alone my soul waits in silence,
for my hope is from him.
6 He alone is my rock and my salvation,
my fortress; I shall not be shaken.
7 On God rests my deliverance and my honor;
my mighty rock, my refuge is in God.
8 Trust in him at all times, O people;
pour out your heart before him;
God is a refuge for us.Selah
9 Those of low estate are but a breath,
those of high estate are a delusion;
in the balances they go up;
they are together lighter than a breath.
10 Put no confidence in extortion,
and set no vain hopes on robbery;
if riches increase, do not set your heart on them.
11 Once God has spoken;
twice have I heard this:
that power belongs to God,
12 and steadfast love belongs to you, O Lord.
For you repay to all
according to their work.
John 5:30-47
30 "I can do nothing on my own. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just, because I seek to do not my own will but the will of him who sent me.
31 "If I testify about myself, my testimony is not true. 32 There is another who testifies on my behalf, and I know that his testimony to me is true. 33 You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth. 34 Not that I accept such human testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. 35 He was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But I have a testimony greater than John's. The works that the Father has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, testify on my behalf that the Father has sent me. 37 And the Father who sent me has himself testified on my behalf. You have never heard his voice or seen his form, 38 and you do not have his word abiding in you, because you do not believe him whom he has sent.
39 "You search the scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf. 40 Yet you refuse to come to me to have life. 41 I do not accept glory from human beings. 42 But I know that you do not have the love of God in you. 43 I have come in my Father's name, and you do not accept me; if another comes in his own name, you will accept him. 44 How can you believe when you accept glory from one another and do not seek the glory that comes from the one who alone is God? 45 Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father; your accuser is Moses, on whom you have set your hope. 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, for he wrote about me. 47 But if you do not believe what he wrote, how will you believe what I say?"
Glory. Love. Honor. Hope.
What do these words mean to you? Can we know what these words mean without Christ? I wrestle with this passage. As a person who believes in the sacred text and as someone who is in love with Jesus, how often do I show that in my actions? Do I live my life in such a way that my hope is entirely dependent of Christ? Without even intentionally doing so, we can turn people, things, and even ideas into idols. Maybe there is a pastor, parent, mentor, or a celebrity that you highly respect; you respect them so much that you take their words as gold and never question anything they say. And trust me, I get it, sometimes it does feel easier to go and listen to a quick 20 minute sermon or vent to someone rather than going to the direct source (prayer). But stay with me. How many times have these people in your life said something along the lines of: "Jesus is the only way", "no one will love you more than Christ", "prayer works, cast all your cares there"…But yet not truly believe them? Maybe you claim to, maybe you have mastered going through the motions but to take what they said to heart and let that change you- that is what Christ is looking for. What Jesus is experiencing in this passage with these witnesses and their devotion to Moses is definitely comparable to when we listen to people we look up to that teach us about Christ. When we are at a wall or a dry spot in our faith, do we fully believe what they are saying about Christ? God is never surprised by our emotions and shortcomings but keep pressing forward.
I can surely promise you, nothing is more rich, valuable, and fulfilling than going directly to Christ Himself. Seeking honor, glory, hope, and love that's not grounded in your identity in Christ will constantly leave you empty.
-Bianca Luna
God, I confess that at times my faith lacks. I struggle to see your goodness and faithfulness in my life every single day of every single moment. God, PLEASE help me; help me find rest in you, teach me to relax and sit in your embrace. Reveal yourself to me with your precious son and the Holy Spirit. Help my heart stay soft towards you, that I do not take what your Son did on the Cross for my sins for granted. I love you, my Abba Father. I will continue to strive towards growing my love, faith, and hope in you.


text: Brandy & Trey: Mountain View Gardens & Ballroom It was a lovely day for an outdoor wedding for Brandy and Trey. The landscape is just so beautiful at Mt. View, that it always makes for a perfect day! And once again, that was the case for our couple. Working with Amber and Charles Ford (Amber Ford Photography), we were able to capture the wonderful emotion of getting ready to Brandy & Trey seeing each other for the first time through the romantic ceremony to the end of a very special reception. It really was a perfect day! I hope that they had a great time on their honeymoon! Walter ThamesMay 9, 2010Comment Facebook0 Twitter LinkedIn0 0 Likes


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CMS Proposal Would Allow Providers And Physicians To Remain In Stage 1 Of The EHR Meaningful Use Program For An Extra Year/
On Friday, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health IT officially published a proposed rule in the Federal Register that would give health care providers slated to comply with Stage 2 of the HITECH Act's EHR meaningful use provisions an extra year to remain in Stage 1. Practically speaking, that means that hundreds of hospitals, physicians, and other provider groups will be allowed to continue using 2011 Edition Certified Electronic Health Record Technology (CEHRT) – or a hybrid of 2011 and 2014 Edition software – until 2015 rather than having to fully upgrade to 2014 Edition software in FY 2014.
CMS and ONC cited concerns from the incentive program's stakeholders as the primary reason for the proposed delay. "We understand, based on information gained from EHR technology developers and ONC-Authorized Certification Bodies on timing, backlogs, and the certification case load, many EHR products were certified later than anticipated, which has impacted the corresponding time available to providers—especially hospitals—to effectively deploy 2014 Edition CEHRT and to make the necessary patient safety, staff training, and workflow investments in order to be prepared to demonstrate meaningful use in 2014," wrote federal regulators.
While the delay was long sought by providers and physician groups, some in the industry greeted the proposed regulation with muted enthusiasm, concerned that the timing of the proposal and comment period would leave providers little time to make adjustments to their CEHRT once the rule was finalized. As California Healthline noted, College of Healthcare Information Management Executives President and CEO Russell Branzell and Vice President of government relations for the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society Tom Leary both emphasized the urgency of finalizing the proposed rule as quickly as possible.
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I've edited this image to remove the names and images of the people who posted the items around the "poll." I left them in just to show the context — the thing just appears right smack dab in the middle of all the normal content generated by my friends.
Weird, right? Also, I live something like 900 miles from Kohler, Wisconsin, and don't think I've ever been closer than 400 miles to it — and that was just to change planes in Detroit. It'd be one thing if they were asking me about Milwaukee, or Madison, or some other city in Wisconsin that I'd possibly heard of at some point in my life, as opposed to tiny little Kohler, population 1,926, according to Wikipedia.
The results, by the way, seem to suggest that someone is wasting their money on this apparently completely untargeted piece of research:
Very strange. I'd be really curious to know if there were any follow-ups to the 7% who said yes, though I think I'd be surprised if there were.


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|11 Humber vs Conestoga
|Thurs. Jan. 24
|6 p.m.
|North Campus Gym
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|Humber leads, 16-0
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The Storyline
No. 11 Humber women's basketball (11-2, 2nd West) will conclude its three-game homestand Jan. 24 against Conestoga (5-8, 7th West) at the North Campus Gym.
The game will be streamed live on the Hawks Sports Network at 6 p.m. with Andrew Milani and Adam Lucier on the call.
Last Time Out
The Matchup
No. 11 Humber will conclude its regular season series Thursday with Conestoga. Humber owns a 7-0 regular season home record against the Condors – dating back to the 1983 season.
Scouting Conestoga
- The Condors rank 15th in the league in scoring, averaging 54.3 PPG.
- Conestoga rejoined the OCAA last season, finishing the year 5-15. Through 13 games this season, the Condors have already matched their win total from 2017-18.
- Second-year forward Jamila Beckford is leading Conestoga in scoring. During Saturday's loss to Sheridan, the Waterloo native surpassed the 500-point mark for her career.
Previous Meeting
Humber cruised to a 68-45 victory at Conestoga on Nov. 14. Leticia Lopez scored a game-high 27 points on seven-of-16 (43.8 per cent) from three-point range. Makeba Taylor and Brittania Brown scored 13 points, each, while Jaime Gordon grabbed a team-high nine rebounds in the win.
Humber's loss to No. 2 Fanshawe on Jan. 20 snapped its win streak at 46 consecutive games at the North Campus Gym.
Defence Wins Championships
The Hawks are holding opponents to a league-low 29.5 per cent (267-of-905) shooting from the floor.
Lucky 13
Against Fanshawe, senior Leticia Lopez became the 13th student-athlete to join the 500-point club while playing in a Humber uniform. Including her two seasons at Loyalist, Lopez has recorded 820 points in the OCAA.
Humber leads the league on the glass, averaging a conference-best 53.7 RPG.
Doubling Down
Through 12 games, third-year forward Miea Campbell-Johnson has recorded a team-best six double-doubles.
The Hawks are looking to become the first program in OCAA history to win five straight provincial titles.
What's Next?
No. 11 Humber will head on the road for a two-game weekend series with Sault (0-12, 11th West) Feb. 2-3.


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Joseph Carreiro, III
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Don't let the Age of this young man fool you. JoJo is One of top in his field. Winning Regional and State Competitions in Business Branding, Video and Graphic Production, there is no one we would rather have head this very important deparment. His continuing education of graphics technology, affords this young man constant honors by schools and organizations that are amazed by the innovative and captivating, state of art digital design produced by Jojo and the staff that work for him. We are proud to have a Top Position for this Young Corporate Executive Vice President.


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The All Blacks are one of professional sports most successful ever sides. Since the inception of the international rugby world rankings they have held top spot over 80% of the time including an uninterrupted spell of five successive years. They were the first international team to reach 400 wins and are currently strong favorites to become the only side to retain the Webb Ellis trophy. What makes this tale of dominance even more remarkable is that New Zealand is a sparsely populated country with fewer than five million inhabitants frequently competing against (and beating) nations with much greater population densities at their disposal.
So how do they do it?
Like with any great recipe the key to their success lies in synergy. Great coaching, natural physical power, high skill levels, excellent tactical awareness, superb systems for developing talent and a strong cultural tie to the game all combine to produce a sum greater than its component parts.
Synergy = the interaction or cooperation of two or more organisations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects
Successful sports teams are an obvious example of synergy at work. Much closer to home the power of synergy can also be harnessed by those of us looking to lose weight.
When they go on the pitch the All Blacks simply need to score more points than the opposition. When looking to lose weight a person simply needs to expend more energy than they consume. However in both scenarios there are more effective and less effective ways of getting from A to B.
It is easier to win a rugby match when all 15 players weigh in with a significant contribution versus relying on a single match winning performance. Likewise it is easier to lose weight when we combine a varied exercise regime with good nutrition and healthy living versus relying on dieting alone. More factors pulling in our favour leads to better results.
Whole Foods - Eating nutritious whole foods provides more nutrition for fewer calories and helps restore our body's natural mechanisms of satiety and fullness which are completely corrupted by processed foods full of refined sugars, flours, fats and flavors. This double whammy makes it far easier to strike the right energy balance for sustainable weight loss, oftentimes without any conscious effort at all.
Regular Movement - The more physically active we make ourselves on a day to day basis the easier we will find it to lose weight. This should be a no-brainer! Body-aesthetics aside leading a physically active lifestyle is an important precursor to excellent health and longevity.
High Intensity Exercise - By positively stressing our body with intermittent bouts of high intensity exercise such as resistance training, circuits and sprints we can preserve valuable muscle tissue, rev up our metabolic rate and prioritise fat loss over weight loss.
Restful Sleep - This is the glue which holds the rest of the weight loss puzzle together. Good sleep helps combat stress, curbs hunger cravings, enhances exercise recovery and increases the likelihood we will stick to our positive exercise and nutrition habits.
Energy Balance - Whilst our metabolism is a complex and dynamic system we cannot escape the laws of thermodynamics which dictate that to lose weight the volume of energy we expend must exceed the volume of energy we consume, otherwise known as negative energy balance. Doing all of the above makes it much more likely we will succeed in this department.
Perfect weight loss synergy.


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WASHINGTON-- The United States on Thursday dropped the most powerful non-nuclear bomb in its military arsenal for the first time in history.
But President Donald Trump declined to say whether he personally signed off on the use of the GBU-43/B MOAB, also known as the "mother of all bombs," in a strike on ISIS militants in Afghanistan.
"Everybody knows exactly what happens. So, what I do is I authorize our military," Trump said when asked whether he authorized the strike. "We have given them total authorization and that's what they're doing."
Sources told CNN that Gen. John Nicholson, commander of US forces in Afghanistan, signed off on the use of the bomb. The White House was informed of the plan before the MC-130 aircraft delivered its 21,600-pound payload.
Trump has given military commanders broader latitude to act independently on several battlefields where US forces are involved, which Trump touted as making a "tremendous difference" in the fight against ISIS.
While Trump's comments Thursday suggested that he was not personally involved in the decision to drop the bomb, Trump was eager to associate himself with the bold display of power.
Trump praised the military for the bombing run and called it "another very, very successful mission."
The bombing in Afghanistan comes a week after Trump authorized a US missile strike against a Syrian government air base -- the first US strike against the Syrian government in the country's six-year civil war.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer earlier on Thursday confirmed the strike took place, targeting "a system of tunnels and caves that ISIS fighters use to move around freely," but also declined to answer any questions about Trump's role in authorizing first-ever use of the MOAB bomb on the battlefield.
Spicer also deferred all questions about the decision to use the bomb and the potential for future uses of the bomb on other battlefields to the Defense Department.


text: The Sunset District - Ep. 4 - Kim Ware (The Good Graces) This week, John talks with Kim Ware from The Good Graces about songwriting, bands, the creative process, cucumber milkshakes, and a special acoustic version of the Summer of '93. http://www.thesunsetdistrict.com Info Written by John McNicholas On April 1, 2014


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From cruises that emphasize exercise over eating to resorts with complete medical evaluations, more Americans are using their vacations to get healthy.
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Vacations, that well-deserved time off to escape the everyday stresses of life, used to mean heading to some tropical paradise for much-needed R&R -- rum and relaxation.
But these days, even advertisements for that most decadent recess -- a Caribbean cruise -- show nary an endless buffet or semi-drunk passenger snoozing in a plastic lounge chair. Instead, the trip to Cozumel includes on-board rock climbing, ice skating, and aerobics classes to pump the heart rate along with excitement. And once there, the Mayan ruins have been rewritten to include Mom in a spinning class.
These days, the hot getaway trend is health vacations -- with Pilates replacing pina coladas and doctors serving as tour guides.
"It makes sense, because as baby boomers get older, they want to take better care of themselves," says Harley Mayersohn, spokesman for Canyon Ranch Health Resorts, the granddaddy of health spas since opening in 1979. "We're talking about a demographic that includes some 50 million Americans, and since the average age of our visitor is 46, we're right in that sweet spot."
No shortage of customers
Business is booming.
One reason is because it's these health-conscious, stress-ridden boomers who take nearly half of all vacations, according to Mike Pina, of the Travel Industry Association of America, a trade group representing hotels, airlines, and other vacation providers.
"People want to be more active, and what we have discovered is that they are looking for vacations that are an extension of this healthy lifestyle," he tells WebMD. "If they are working out, they don't want to lose that momentum when they're traveling, so they pick vacations where they can continue doing it. They want their vacations to include health and wellness, and it's a trend we've seen for several years."
But increasingly, there is more to achieving this wellness than just doing laps around the ship's running track. People are using their vacations to specifically get healthy.
"What we're seeing at Canyon Ranch is what we've always seen, but more of it -- people looking to be healthier," Mayersohn tells WebMD. "People come here for a wide variety of conditions, but for many, they fall into the primary bucket of stress. We know we can't make stressors go away, but we can beef up our resistance to better deal with them. And for us, that's more than just with exercise -- it's a complete mind-body experience. To maintain healthy or deal with a specific medical problem, you cannot neglect the nutrition or behavioral aspect."
So at his Tucson spa, the weeklong vacations start off with a consultation with a doctor. "And with us, it's a complete one-hour evaluation, not the typical seven minute doctor's visit," he says. "Then, vacationers see a nutritionist. Then, an exercise physiologist. In the evening, they get a massage. And what better environment to get all this expert health and medical advice than a luxurious spa?"
In fact, Mayersohn says that the fastest-growing draw of his resort -- long known for its endless offerings of exercise, wellness-oriented lectures, and healthy food -- is its medical practice. "It's really taken off," he says. "People are vacationing here specifically to see our doctors, often for specific treatment."
A sexual health approach
Laura Berman, Ph.D., LCSW, can relate. The resident sex expert on Good Morning America and host of her own TV talk show on the Discovery Health Channel, this month opened her own spa-like facility to give women with sexual problems a vacation -- in more ways than one.
"Even more so than with men, sexuality in women is multifaceted, and when a woman has a problem with her sex life, it's not a matter of just giving her a medication to cure it," she tells WebMD. "For women, emotional and medical factors are happening simultaneously and interacting with one another. Even if the primary cause is medical, she has emotional issues that can't be ignored. Unlike men, medical intervention alone rarely works for women."
But a multi-pronged approach does.
At The Berman Center, located in the heart of Chicago's "Golden Mile," couples and individual women are treated for five days with a combination of intense medical evaluation and pampered TLC, with hopes of curing low desire, inability to orgasm, or other sexual dysfunction that occurs in nearly half of all American women.
"The very first thing they do is meet with a sex therapist," says Berman, clinical assistant professor of ob-gyn and psychiatry at nearby Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University. "Then they see a physician who does lab work and looks at their hormone levels." The evaluation also includes a look at muscle strength in the pelvic region, blood flow, and sensitivity of the sex organs.
"They see a physical therapist and get a fitness assessment, all while wearing plush terry cloth robes -- not paper gowns -- and being served juices and teas and snacks. And then, we tailor-make a specific plan for them to follow for the rest of the week."
There's Pilates, yoga, and other physical therapy, and not only to strengthen the muscles around the pelvis that control the ability to enjoy sex and achieve orgasm. These programs, along with plenty of classes, lectures, and talk therapy, are also aimed to deal with the stress that can contribute to -- and usually results from -- having sexual problems.
"It's not easy to get into the depths of a woman's or couple's sex life, so we want to make it as peaceful, soothing and calming as possible," Berman says. "That's why they can bring their kids and we babysit them. There's beautiful, nearby shopping and plenty to do. It's a complete vacation that is doing something for their sexual health -- and themselves."
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Q: Where & When is Registration Check-in?
A: Thursday at Over The Edge Bike Shop. Friday-Sunday Community Center at expo area.
Q: Can I bring my own liquor to drink at the Community Center?
A: No, there will be a beer garden area where you can purchase beer and drink in the designated area.
Q: Will I need my ID to get into the beer garden?
A: Yes you will need your ID to enter the beer garden/expo area from 3pm-9pm on Friday and Saturday evening.
Q: Can I bring my kids in the beer garden/expo area?
A: Yes, the venue is family friendly!
Q: Are there any trails that I can ride from town?
A: Unless you're staying near Quail Creek State Park, no. The one exception is that you can connect into JEM but you have to ride up the highway and then climb JEM. It's doable but we don't highly recommend it.
Q: Do I need to get to the venue early?
A: People tend to line up EARLY, but that doesn't mean you have to! We haven't ever had a year where someone couldn't get a bike. That being said, if you are looking for a specific bike in a standard size; for example, like the most recent release of a highly covered bike in a size large we recommend getting in line earlier than the others.
Q: Can I reserve a bike the night before?
A: Only a handful of the bike brands take reservations, but it's worth asking about! Ask the vendors if they offer a reservation system and maybe, just maybe, you'll get super lucky!


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Lara qualified as a Reiki Master in April 2004 through THASA (The Healing Association of South Africa).
Reiki is a Japanese art of laying on of hands for healing. It is derived from Buddhist Qigong and was formulated by Mikao Usui of Kyoto, Japan. In Japanese the word Rei means holy, invisible spirit or nature spirit. Ki means energy. The word Reiki therefore means Spiritual Energy or Universal Life Energy.
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Breed: American Warmblood
Gender: Mare
Color: Bay
Current Height: 16
Age: 2009
Training Level: Brood Mare
Early Star is a 7/8TB 1/8 Clydesdale mare. She is the sire to our 2014 gelding Jester and she is confirmed in foal for March 2015 to VSH Diamond Knight, our 3yr old Irish Sport Horse stallion now standing 16.2H, likely to finish 17H.
Early Star is a proven broodmare, she is microchipped for identification purposes. She is also a very nice sport horse type and would break out to make a nice hunter, event or field hunter.
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I sold an amp on offer up. The guy paid me in folded up cash and I, being a gaint idiot, didn't count it. I was only $60 and it should have been $160. I messaged him and haven't heard anything back.
$100 is not the biggest deal in the world but I am wondering if there is anything that I could do (?)
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If the product you are interested in is not on display we can also order it in to the store so you can try before you buy. Our outlets in Coorparoo (Brisbane) and Kooyong (Melbourne) have the largest range of products on display.
Feel free to call us on 1300 84 74 66 before your visit to check what is available at your nearest store.
Our store opening hours are 9:00am to 4:30pm.
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RDA Boss $350k package not a Gov't decision—Dr Pickering
This, according to Deputy Premier, Dr the Honourable Kedrick D. Pickering (R7), when he appeared recently on radio programme Honestly Speaking and was questioned by host, Mr Claude O. Skelton Cline on a range of issues related to the RDA.
Dr Pickering told listeners during the Honestly Speaking's August 28, 2018, broadcast, that government had no say in the appointment and determination of the package to be paid and further the monies being used comes under the United Kingdom's (UK) $10M grant to the Virgin Islands.
The Deputy Premier was at the time being grilled by host, Mr Skelton Cline, on the silence from his National Democratic Party's (NDP) administration, with regards the workings of the entity which is being seen as a parallel government of sorts, in the manner with which contracts are being handed out, among other issues.
Not NDP
Dr Pickering was quick to distance his NDP administration from the process saying firstly, "be careful when you call that big number ($350,000) because it sounds like something that the government out of its own accord just decide to pay somebody this amount of money."
Asked to elucidate, the Deputy Premier told listeners, the "decision, is a decision made by the board."
Virgin Islands News Online sources contradict Dr Pickering however, saying he is misrepresenting the "truth," since Cabinet ultimately had to approve the Mr Bayly's contract as head of the RDA.
Dr Pickering in his deliberations with Mr Skelton Cline had noted, the $350,000 figure does not represent a base salary but rather a package, consisting housing, relocation and utilities among other allowances.
Host, Skelton Cline was quick to point out to Deputy Premier that the information being disclosed was not known publicly because, "the government has not said anything."
The Deputy Premier insists however, that the RDA Board was acting independently of government.
As it relates to the source of funding for the RDA and the payments for its CEO, Mr Bayly, the Deputy Premier said, "the Governor was allocated $10M directly by the UK (United Kingdom) government."
8 Responses to "RDA Boss $350k package not a Gov't decision—Dr Pickering"
Lawd (03/09/2018, 10:56) Like (44) Dislike (0) ReplyEverybody can get ahead here buddy except those who actually toil and labour in this country... it's disheartening quite honestly!
WOWW (03/09/2018, 11:16) Like (23) Dislike (2) ReplyI just want kedrick and NDP gone!!
... (03/09/2018, 11:25) Like (18) Dislike (27) ReplyNDP always telling lies
Diaspora (03/09/2018, 11:34) Like (27) Dislike (2) ReplySomething is rotten in the state of Denmark. What ah ting. Who are the members of the Board? It seems as if there are two governments in the BVI. $350K per year for a construction project manager. Does the Premier or Governor make $350K per year? If a Virgin Islander were making $350K, some of us would be kicking up a storm. Crabs!
Plank (03/09/2018, 13:11) Like (18) Dislike (0) ReplySo why didn't CSC ask him how much was he contract for the airport consultant annually!?! Bet he won't disclose that which he and his crew controlled. Spin, spin and more spin than a washing machine! How much has he spent to date on air travel? Smoke and mirrors...
Rubber Duck (03/09/2018, 21:29) Like (7) Dislike (7) ReplyToo many white faces in powerful positions in the BVI
Armadilllo (04/09/2018, 04:56) Like (9) Dislike (4) ReplyToo Many corrupts locals in this place..
Rubber Duck (04/09/2018, 10:12) Like (4) Dislike (0) ReplyThat too.


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Finding Ways To Keep Up With Wellness
The Importance of Urgent Care
Diseases and accidents can happen at any time. Bear in mind that you have to go to a center where they offer urgent care. Be advised that the urgent care centers are mainly set up to help people with injuries and illnesses that are not serious but those that cannot wait for treatment until the other day. You ought to note that the centers are very useful in case your physician is not at work or if you live far away where you cannot get help quickly. You can find out the importance of urgent care in this article.
You need to understand that urgent care does not take the place of emergency care. It is important to note that there are emergency cases that also need special attention and equipment. Note that a pregnancy, knife wounds, severe chest pains and seizures are serious cases and they are thought of as emergencies. Bear in mind that urgent care centers will not handle serious problems but they can treat vomiting, falls, diarrhea, back pains and many other small problems.
One thing that you should know about an urgent care center is that you don't need an appointment and you only need to walk in to be treated. It is crucial to keep in mind that this is a key benefit, considering that you can be faced with sudden health issues that leave you very concerned such that you just cannot wait until the following day.
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Sojourner Truth (26 November 1883)Sojourner Truth, originally known as Isabella, was born a slave in New York in about 1798. In 1826 she escaped with the aid of Quaker Abolitionists, and became a street-corner evangelist and the founder of a shelter for homeless women. When she was travelling, and someone asked her name, she said "Sojourner," meaning that she was a citizen of heaven, and a wanderer on earth. She then gave her surname as "Truth," on the grounds that God was her Father, and His name was Truth. She spoke at numerous church gatherings, both black and white, quoting the Bible extensively from memory, and speaking against slavery and for an improved legal status for women. The speech for which she is best known is called, "Ain't I a Woman?" It was delivered in response to a male speaker who had been arguing that the refusal of votes for women was grounded in a wish to shelter women from the harsh realities of political life. She replied, with great effect, that she was a woman, and that society had not sheltered her. She became known as "the Miriam of the Latter Exodus."Harriet Ross Tubman (10 March 1913)Harriet Ross was born in 1820 in Maryland. She was deeply impressed by the Bible narrative of God's deliverance of the Israelites out of slavery in Egypt, and it became the basis of her belief that it was God's will to deliver slaves in America out of their bondage, and that it was her duty to help accomplish this. In 1844, she escaped to Canada, but returned to help others escape. Working with other Abolitionists, chiefly white Quakers, she made at least nineteen excursions into Maryland in the 1850's, leading more than 300 slaves to freedom. During the War of 1861-5, she joined the Northern Army as a cook and a nurse and a spy, and on one occasion led a raid that freed over 750 slaves. After the war, she worked to shelter orphans and elderly poor persons, and to advance the status of women and blacks. She became known as "the Moses of her People."Elizabeth Cady Stanton (26 October 1902)Mrs. Stanton was born in 1815 and reared in the Presbyterian Church. She found the Calvinist doctrine of predestination dismaying, and rebelled against it. She denounced the clergy of her day for not upholding women's rights, but as she travelled giving speeches on the subject, she found no lack of pulpits available to her. She undertook to write what she called a Women's Bible. It never got beyond a series of notes on selected Biblical passages. For example, she quotes the passage in Genesis where we are told that Noah's Ark had only one window, and remarks that if a woman had been consulted, the Ark would have been better designed.Reading Mrs. Stanton's life and works, I have an uncomfortable feeling that she was interested in "religion" only as a potential ally or opponent in her campaign for women's political equality. I once spent some time in a congregation where the preacher never mentioned God or Christ except when they could be quoted in support of the preacher's political agenda. It was not a good experience. For me, reading about Mrs Stanton moves me, not to say, "Lord, give me the grace to follow you, as you did to Mrs. Stanton," but rather, "Lord do I do that? Do I think of you as there to carry out my agenda? If so, then help me to recognize it and to stop it." Meanwhile, if we think that the abolition of slavery and the recognition of women's right to own property are in accordance with justice, and are accordingly good things, then we can thank God for accomplishing good through Mrs Stanton and others. "It is enough to be sure of the deed. Our courteous Lord will deign to redeem the motive." (Julian of Norwich)Amelia Jenks Bloomer (30 December 1894)Amelia Jenks was born in New York in 1818, reared as a Presbyterian, and as a young woman became an activist for the anti-slavery, anti- alcohol, and women's votes movements. One of her concerns has made her name a part of the language. In her day, women's fashions encouraged tightly laced waists, involving severe health problems. (The fashions were denounced in 1728 by William Law (9 April).) The fashion also called for skirts trailing the ground, an arrangement that made it difficult to keep the skirts reasonably clean, especially since the streets were full of horses. Mrs. Bloomer designed a women's costume featuring what are known as Turkish pants, or harem pants (remember the television show I Dream of Jeannie), loose baggy trousers gathered into tight bands at the ankles and waist. Over these she wore a mid-calf-length skirt. It seems a thoroughly modest garb, but it excited indignation and ridicule. (At least well into the 1940's, women's underpants, and women's baggy outer pants worn for athletics, were known as "bloomers.")Mrs. Bloomer and her husband eventually settled in Council Bluffs, Iowa, where she worked to promote churches, schools, libraries, and progressive and reform movements. On one occasion she said:"The same Power that brought the slave out of bondage will, in His own good time and way, bring about the emancipation of women, and make her the equal in power and dominion that she was in the beginning."
I lifted this from an e-mail I received this morning. If anyone knows of any reason I should not have done so, please let me know and I will remove it forthwith! I reprint it here because I am so grateful that God has put me in a church that responds to the movement of the Holy Spirit. Others who read this may not agree, and I don't ask for agreement, nor do I mean to offend. I am simply grateful and am looking forward to Katherine Jefferts-Schori's time as our Presiding Bishop and grateful that our new rector at St. John's will also be a woman. After 31 years in another, male-dominated church, I'm happy for a little imbalance in the other direction. May God bless us and keep us true to His love, His truth and His Son!
O God, whose Spirit guides us into all truth and makes us free: Strengthen and sustain us as you did your servants Elizabeth, Amelia, Sojourner, and Harriet. Give us vision and courage to stand against oppression and injustice and all that works against the glorious liberty to which you call all your children; through Jesus Christ our Savior, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.written by James Kiefer


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I don't remember a time before my love of reading books and writing my own stories. There have been characters and stories dancing around in my head my whole life. I'm so happy to finally have the courage to take them from my imagination and share them with others.
Welcome to my journey as an author, I hope you find something you like and stay a while. For information on upcoming books and events check out my website, www.driaandersen.com.
Love or lust? Brianna can't remember and Fallon isn't sure, but fate put them in front of each other with the same goal: finding the Book of Divinity. When Brianna awoke, her body was battered and a year of her life missing. Surrounded by strangers, all claiming her the guardian of a sacred book, she was rightfully skeptical. She'd not escaped one cult to get dragged into another.
The last thing Fallon Tegan wanted was to claim his mate. He'd spent his life mediating his family's squabbles, and he didn't want another burden. But to save her life, he bonded them, tied their souls together. Even as he doubted his decision, he couldn't regret the feel of her in his arms. Time is short, and the stakes high as they work together to help Brianna recover her stolen memories and recover a book that could very well end their world.
Liliana spent four years searching for her missing sister managing to avoid both the dangers of a foreign land, and soldiers hot on her heels. One thing she didn't count on was fate stepping in....
Being an elite soldier was Leo's life, he didn't want or need a mate, especially one with a target on her back. He was trained to deal with the threats surrounding her. Protecting her was supposed to be simple...
Zahra spent a good portion of her life fighting to fit into her father's world. Always toeing the line, his rules dictated her every move. Lessons and legends her mother and grandmother taught her were pushed aside for more practical pursuits to suit her new lifestyle. A teak jewelry box, its appearance unassuming, changed all of that. Accused of its theft, she's tossed out of her job and into danger. Her possession of the chest has awakened the artifact housed inside and now she must take responsibility of magic it held and the warriors charged with its safe keeping. Her sexy next door neighbor Fynn seems to have all the answers, but they come at a price. Can she trust him with her life, or more important her heart?
Centuries of punishment and not once had he forgotten his duty. What was it about this woman that shattered through his defenses? Fynn kept his distance from Zahra, fighting an attraction he knew didn't belong in his dangerous world. His tribe had been sentenced to search for their stolen artifact and Zahra's possession of it plunges her head first into his world. How is he supposed to fight his attraction when the very reason to keep his distance is gone?
Zahra's past crosses Fynn's, as an ancient magic weaves together their future in a bond neither can escape. Will she be strong enough to handle the power the artifact has unleashed, and will she be strong enough to claim Fynn and the destiny she has awakened?
Dalia went out one night looking for trouble, when she woke up the next day chained to a wall, she realized she had found more than she bargained for. That night changed her, haunted her and she spent years hunting down the man responsible. Plans change when she becomes the one hunted. The man sent after her is handsome, and sets her body on fire, but he is an enemy, right?
Bron's task was simple: find Dalia and bring her back to their oracle. It's his one chance at redemption and his last chance to earn back the trust of his brothers. When he finds out she is one of their deadliest enemies he's torn between his duty to the tribe and his feelings for a woman who fate has marked as his mate.


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A new exhibition about British, German and French art in the aftermath of the First World War opens tomorrow (5 June) at Tate Britain. The physical and psychological scars left on Europe by the conflict had an immediate effect, and a lasting legacy, on artists.
For me, this post-war painting draws together ideas about an age of catastrophic destruction, with the context of a modernist vision of the future. Perhaps it's a reminder that in the moment of losing everything we can be inspired to begin anew.
Aftermath: art in the wake of World War One runs until 5 August 2018.


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TD L12 Practice Test Reading Parts 5-7 Vocabulary Jess Lin P.1
HP.1-2: 1. register, sign up, enroll 2. conference, convention, meeting, gathering, forum, summit, seminar, workshop 3. resign, quit, leave, hand in your notice/resignation, retire, be eliminated, be terminated, be fired, be sacked, suspend, lay off, give someone their notice, lose your job, relieve someone of their duties/post 4. position, post, vacancy, job opening 5. CEO: chief executive officer, CFO: chief financial officer 6. CPA: Certified Public Accountant 7. steps, stairs, stairway, staircase, ladder 8. electric vehicle, hybrid car, sedan, SUV sport utility vehicle, SRV small recreation vehicle 9. a wide range/variety/selection of + N 10. redeemable, refund, return, replace, repay, reimburse, issue credits
HP.3-4: 1. confirm, reconfirm 2. enterprise, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial 3. confidential, classified, secret, I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you. 4. enclosed, attached, enclosure, attachment 5. code-of-ethics, code of conduct, dress code, casual Friday 6. be eligible for + N, be eligible to + V, be entitled to + V/N 7. gift voucher, gift certificate/card, prepaid card, debit card, luncheon voucher, coupon 8. due date, overdue, expire, expiration date, deadline, valid, invalid, void
HP. 5-8: 1. at stake, at risk 2. downsizing, layoff, restructuring 3. odds, chances, probability, prospect, likelihood 4. internal, external 5. reap significant payoffs, You reap what you sow. 6. productivity, profitability, produce, product, productive 7. agenda, schedule, itinerary, minutes
TD L12 Practice Test Reading Parts 5-7 Vocabulary Jess Lin P.2
8. consult, counsel, advise, consultant, counselor, advisor 9. meet the requirements, requirement, requisition, requisite, prerequisite, necessity, must, qualification 10. modify, adapt, alter, revise, vary, amend
P. 259-260: 1. durable, durability, durable goods, consumer durables 2. restoration, renovation, reconstruction, restore, renovate, reconstruct, fix up 3. make/give a presentation 4. thus, hence, therefore, consequently, as a result, as a consequence 5. moreover, furthermore, besides, in addition to, also, and, too 6. nevertheless, nonetheless, however, on the other hand, in contrast, instead, although, even though, though, while, despite, in spite of 7. human resources, personnel, staff, employee 8. file a complaint/lawsuit/petition, complain, file income tax, tax return 9. on strike, hunger strike 10. rival, competitor, opponent, competition, competitive 11. carbon offset 12. charity, charity organization, charitable group, donate, donation, volunteer, contribute.. to 13. vogue, fashion, trend, fashionable, chic, hot, hip, in, trendy, stylish
P.264-265: 1. as of + date, beginning in 2. district, area, commercial/business district, residential district, historic district, school district 3. initiative, take the initiative 4. candidate, applicant, job seeker, nominee
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Greenville County schools and offices will be on a 2-hour delay on Wednesday.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: 4-year-old kindergarten is not cancelled. It is also on a 2 hour delay. We apologize for the error/confusion.
Greenville County Schools plans to operate on a two-hour delay for all students and employees on Wednesday, December 12th. The ICE team will reassess roads in the morning. If conditions worsen GCS could extend the delay or cancel school. That decision would be communicated no later than 7:30am.
In addition to the delay, there will be no morning or afternoon bus routes on icy roads. Bus riders whose routes are cancelled due to icy conditions will receive a phone message this evening.
Greenville County is under a Winter Weather Advisory until tomorrow morning because of the potential for black ice. A delay will allow temperatures to warm up and buses to travel in daylight conditions.
No students or employees will be penalized for missing school or work due to unsafe conditions. Any employees who are unable to safely travel to work should notify their supervisors as soon as possible. All parents have the option to keep their children at home without penalty if safe travel is a concern. Parents should send a written note when students return to school.
The missed days on Monday and Tuesday will be made up on 3/22/19 and 3/25/19.
Wednesday, December 12, 2018
Greenville County schools and offices will be closed Tuesday
Greenville County Schools will remain closed on Tuesday, December 11 due to dangerous travel conditions and ongoing power outages, downed trees, and fallen power lines across the county and at GCS schools, offices, and bus centers. Though some snow and ice across the district is melting today, many secondary roads remain wet, slushy and/or blocked by downed trees and power lines. The ICE team reported many impassable secondary roads across the county due to downed trees and/or power lines.
The National Weather Service forecasts the temperatures in our area to drop below freezing tonight through mid-morning tomorrow. Thawing will be slow, given the amount of moisture on the roads. Multiple schools have been without power in excess of 24 hours, allowing the interior temperature to drop significantly. Though GCS maintenance crews have been working throughout the day, we continue to have trees down at some school locations, a collapsed awning due to the snow, and significant slush in a number of bus loops, car loops, and parking lots, which will be ice until at least midday on Tuesday.
Many thanks to all the maintenance crews and utility line workers who are working to get us up and running.
The missed days on Monday and Tuesday will be made up on 3/22/19 and 3/25/19.
Tuesday, December 11, 2018
Greenville County schools and offices will be closed Monday.
All schools and offices in GCS will be closed tomorrow, December 10. Roads throughout the district are icy or slushy and temperatures are not expected to warm enough to melt areas of concern. Greenville County remains under a Winter Storm Warning until noon on Monday.
We have confirmed power outages in 18 schools with no estimated time of restoration. The assessment of our facilities is continuing. Wind chills in the teens and forecast gusts up to 35 mph will likely combine with wet snow, rain, and freezing rain to cause additional downed trees and power outages, and hamper the restoration of power and the cleanup necessary to ensure safe travel. We do not believe a delay would be sufficient in this situation.
Temperatures are forecast to be in the high 20s Monday night, so refreezing is a concern. Our ICE team will check roads and schools throughout the district tomorrow afternoon to assess travel conditions for Tuesday morning. A decision regarding the school district schedule will be made at that time or before 5:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Monday, December 10, 2018
Greenville County schools and offices will be closed Thursday. All activities are cancelled.
A Tropical Storm Warning was issued for Greenville County just before 4am in addition to a Flash Flood Watch and Flood Advisory. Our Inclement Conditions Evaluation team drove Upstate roads this morning and encountered heavy rains, standing water and scattered debris. Team members are also reporting power outages. The potential for strong winds gusting up to 35mph exists throughout the morning. It is our belief that this volatile storm could pose a significant safety risk for staff and students.
While we prefer to make decisions about cancellations the evening prior to school, we delayed until this morning because were not under a Tropical Storm Alert last night. We did not want to put students and staff at risk, but wanted to make the best possible decision with the most accurate and up to date information realizing the hardship to families when schools close.
This day will be made up on April 22, 2019. Stay Safe BVE!
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Greenville County Schools will be closed tomorrow, January 8, 2018, due to a winter weather advisory issued by the National Weather Service predicting icing on roadways and bridges during morning bus routes and student commutes. Because of the extreme cold over the past week, any precipitation that falls will cause dangerous road conditions. The advisory states: "The ice will result in difficult travel conditions, including during the morning commute on Monday. The freezing rain will change over to all rain during the afternoon." Based on the hourly forecast, freezing precipitation could continue until 11 a.m., which is too late for a delayed start time. With tomorrow's closing, all three built in GCS "snow days" have been used. At this time, all students should plan on attending school March 19, March 30, and April 27. As with any school closure after school and evening activities are cancelled.
Monday, January 8, 2018
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
SCHOOL CLOSED and OPEN HOUSE CANCELLED on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2017
Due to the ongoing threat of severe weather, widespread power outages, and storm damage, and after consultation with law enforcement and other emergency responders, all Greenville County Schools and offices will remain closed on Tuesday, September 12, and all after-school activities are cancelled. With high winds forecast to continue through 4 a.m., repair crews will be unable to restore power, clear secondary roadways, and ensure working traffic signals across the county before the start of school, even under a two-hour delay. We also know that additional traffic generated by student and employee commutes strains law enforcement and hampers response and repair efforts.
As of 5 p.m. we have eight confirmed GCS sites without power, but security alarms indicate power outages at numerous other facilities. Those will be confirmed by district security, facilities, or maintenance personnel, but we will not be able to thoroughly inspect and restore all locations between the end of the predicted threat and the beginning of morning bus routes. Additionally, we have been advised that gusts approaching 30 miles per hour may be expected even after the conclusion of the wind advisory.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause families and businesses, but the safety and security of students and employees is our first priority.
Monday, September 11, 2017
SCHOOL CLOSED and OPEN HOUSE CANCELLED on MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2017
Due to the threat of severe weather and wind from Hurricane Irma, all Greenville County Schools and offices will be closed on Monday, September 11, and all school-associated activities are cancelled. Though this storm has taken a significant turn to the west compared to last week's projected path, its size and intensity is expected to produce significant wind and intense weather in the Greenville area Monday afternoon and possibly into Tuesday. Forecast winds in excess of 30 miles per hour will exceed limits for the safe operation of school buses and other high profile vehicles. Combined with significant rainfall, the wind is expected to cause downed trees and flying debris, which will lead to widespread power outages and dangerous travel conditions. The three-hour window needed to safely deliver bus riders to their homes, in combination with the imprecise science of weather forecasting, prevents us from attending for a half day. District officials will continue to monitor weather conditions and forecasts before making a final decision about Tuesday's schedule. This missed day may be made up on March 19, as indicated on the District's calendar, but due to the widespread impact of this storm, it is also possible that the day will be forgiven by the State.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause families, but the safety and security of students and employees is our first priority.


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New Tech for Parental Peace of Mind and Fun Learning
Connectivity and time savers are great for everyone, but they can be supercritical when you're a parent. Making every minute count doesn't always have to be life or death, but carving minutes out of your day for yourself does matter for peace of mind. Personal time can take the form of moments where your kid is busy learning or playing, when you have the time to listen to music, or do some yoga while she is securely napping. With these in mind, we've put together some devices designed for infants, little kids, and the grown ups living with them.
Indoor plants are great for all sorts of reasons: they look great and smell nice too, and you benefit from a living thing even if you have a no-pets lease. They've been shown to reduce stress, encourage energy flow, and remove toxins from the air while increasing oxygen levels in your home. That sounds great, but if you have a black thumb then you've probably gone through the heartache of perpetual plant-killer guilt. Some plant kits can help with that, and make them much more kid-friendly too. A self-watering pot like Grobal's takes much of the guesswork out of the process. Not only can your family reap all the benefits from flowers or herbs growing nearby, they can learn about plant biology, and the responsibility of taking care of something that's alive. It's also much less work than a puppy!
Whether houseplants are your thing or not, more likely than not you enjoy music or podcasts while spending time at home. But if you have little ones around, you may not want to shut out ambient noise in case someone wakes up from a nap or slips and falls. The neck speaker is a great in-between when earbuds are too anti-social while you also don't want your tunes on your full-sized home system. SoundWear Companion by Bose is a high-end version of this category that has a nice, neutral design as well.
For a device that straddles the toy and decor categories, Hyko is a polar bear-shaped lamp that teaches your kid about energy usage. The Dutch company has created a companion app for phone or tablet that has interactive stories explaining climate change, and encourages kids to turn the lights off to save power. The light source/night light uses LEDs, and it pairs with your phone via Bluetooth, so you can adjust the color, brightness, and timer. If your kid wakes up in the middle of the night, he can shake it and it turns on to function as a flashlight. The bear also can be used to help with sleep habits - you schedule bedtimes and wake-up times, and Hyko turns red for sleep, off for the night, and blue for the morning.
Speaking of sleeping schedules, if your infant is napping you may often be tempted to check on them, but don't want to wake her up. The CloudTot from Swedish company DockATot monitors your baby's sleep with a smart lounger complete with sensors and a speaker to improve sleep quality while ensuring safety. The app tracks movement, and alerts you when she's breathing too fast or when there's no motion for more than 12 seconds. The dock has pegs that gently nudge when there's no movement from breathing, and has a conductive fabric that sends a message to you if there's a diaper leak.
The monitor lets you know when your child is restless, and you can play soothing sounds through the built-in speaker direct from the app. You don't even have to enter the room. You can also play music, a useful feature for when you're spending time together. DockATot will release the CloudTot upgrade soon, a sensor pad and monitor pod kit that works with the lounger, which is currently available.
Though we've survived flu season, there's many reasons to keep track of an infant's temperature. Since the usual way to get a temperature is rather disruptive and invasive, why not redesign a familiar product that comforts your little one instead? The Pacifier Thermometer from Summer Infant has a digital readout on the front, and reads in either Fahrenheit or Celsius. It also glows when it detects a fever temperature, and lights up, so parents can view it at nighttime.
There's many ways that tech can help parents: safety and location apps, educational and personalized games, and even smarter monitoring devices like cameras. While some of the above items are really just for kids, we included some devices that will be great for non-parents too. We're certainly thinking how cute that polar bear lamp would be on our own nightstand!


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The Embedded Vision Academy is a free online training facility for embedded vision product developers. This program provides educational and other resources to help engineers integrate visual intelligence―the ability of electronic systems to see and understand their environments―into next-generation embedded and consumer devices.
The goal of the Academy is to make it possible for engineers worldwide to gain the skills needed for embedded vision product and application development. Course material in the Embedded Vision Academy spans a wide range of vision-related subjects, from basic vision algorithms to image pre-processing, image sensor interfaces, and software development techniques and tools such as OpenCV. Courses will incorporate training videos, interviews, demonstrations, downloadable code, and other developer resources―all oriented towards developing embedded vision products.
The Embedded Vision Alliance™ plans to continuously expand the curriculum of the Embedded Vision Academy, so engineers will be able to return to the site on an ongoing basis for new courses and resources. The listing below showcases the most recently published Embedded Vision Academy content. Reference the links on the right side of this page to access the full suite of embedded vision content, sorted by technology, application, function, viewer experience level, provider, and type.
The CogniVue SmartEBC analyzes data from a single rear-view camera to track objects and perform feature detection and distance estimation.
CogniMem's Chris McCormick, application engineer, demonstrates how pattern recognition can bring enhanced gestures to the Microsoft Kinect.
This demonstration pairs a Freescale i.MX board and CogniMem Technologies CM1K evaluation module and shows how to use your eyes as a mouse.
Not the Eye But the Heart for ADAS Vision: Analog Devices Enables Mass Deployments of Camera-Based ADAS
Making the automotive environment safer by reducing injuries and fatalities is always a hot topic of the automotive industry.
When a driver starts a car, he doesn't think about starting an intelligent analytics system; sometimes, that's precisely what he's doing.
BDTI Senior Engineers Eric Gregori and Shehrzad Qureshi deliver the techology trends presentation at the March 2012 Embedded Vision Summit.
Meeting the needs of practically any conceivable type of vision application, TI has a wide selection of processors.
Accurate skin-tone reproduction, important in conventional photography applications, is also critical in embedded vision implementations.
Analog Devices, BDTI, DARPA, Texas Instruments and Xilinx participate in a panel discussion at the March 2012 Embedded Vision Summit.
OpenCV, an open-source software component library for computer vision application development, is a powerful algorithm prototyping tool.


text: Elaine Storkey is a philosopher, sociologist, and theologian, who has held university posts at Kings College, London, Stirling, Oxford, and the Open University. She is a Fellow of Aberystwyth University, Senior Member of Newnham College, Cambridge, and a former Vice President of the University of Gloucester. She has lectured in Africa, Asia, Haiti and across Europe been involved with BBC and other broadcasting companies for 30 years. Her writing includes eight books and hundreds of journal articles. She has long been involved with the World Council of Churches, and in advocacy for women in many networks, boards and councils. Elaine's presidency of the NGO, Tearfund, spanned 17 years and enabled her to focus on the issues women face across the world. Listening to women who have endured multiple forms of violence in different continents brought home how violence becomes culturally institutionalized and how much these forms have in common. It also pushed her to write Scars Across Humanity: Understanding and Overcoming Violence Against Women, published in 2015 and updated for the USA this year.


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On the Isle of Mull in Scotland, I received a beautiful gift from the Great Mother.
Two years ago in September of 2016, I visited Scotland and many of her sacred isles on a specific mission with eighteen woman and a baby. We gathered in Scotland to anchor in the divine feminine, especially the divine feminine as connected with Mary Magdalene. Each woman was spiritually attuned to Mary Magdalene and the Christ essence in such a way as to create the poignant conditions for us to create a sacred container for extraordinary experiences. I received many incredible gifts and experiences on that trip! Here's a sweet story about a spontaneous ceremony with three rainbows also connected with the Great Mother from that same trip.
Our amazing leader, Alison McLean of the Scottish McLean clan, was powerfully spiritually aligned and fearless in leading us to sacred sites. She guided us to experience Scotland in a way of opening ourselves to deepen into our spiritual lives as divine women. Many spontaneous powerful ceremonies occurred on our journey.
My visit from the Great Mother was unexpected!
About halfway through our trip, we stayed at a beautiful farm house on the Isle of Mull for many days. On one of these days, we had a little down time, which was rare. I decided to take a nap in the room I was sharing with a remarkable woman known as Goldenbear.
Almost immediately as soon as I came into a place of relaxation, I was taken on a journey into the earth. This was more than a dream or what some might call a lucid dream for I could feel my body while I was on the journey.
During my inner spiritual journeys, there are often no words spoken, yet the information is simply known. I knew the Great Mother was leading me to her temple deep inside the earth. The space was mostly dark except for light shining around an altar.
I felt the Great Mother's presence all around me, and yet my sense was she was also hovering just up to my left as a witness to the process.
At the center of the earthen temple was a sacred altar. The altar was waist high, and made of polished stone unlike anything I had ever seen before. The stone seemed to be made of hard sandstone, and was glowing with golden light from the inside. At the center of the altar was a large polished lingam.* The astonishing aspect was atop the lingam was a large clitoris! The clitoris was a sweet stone mound, seeming more like flesh than stone, and embraced the tip of the lingam — the divine feminine was embracing the divine masculine on this amazing altar!
The Great Mother's earthen temple, at that moment, was in celebration to sacred union!
At the base of the altar was a carved circular pathway cut into the stone about a foot from the base of the lingam. This pathway was similar to a circular water channel, and filled with crystal clear water.
After I pulled my attention from the altar, I noticed several women from our group were surrounding the altar like high priestesses.
Next, the Great Mother gave us Hawthorn berries. One story I know about Hawthorne berries in connection with Mary Magdalene is the story of Joseph of Arimathea traveling with Mary Magdalene and many disciples of "The Way" to England. When they reached Glastonbury, or the Isle of Avalon as it was known at that time, Joseph stuck his staff in the ground prior to climbing Glastonbury hill. Blossoms spontaneously grew from his staff! These were the blossoms of a hawthorn bush.**
Back to the inner journey . . . Each of the priestesses crushed the hawthorn berries between their fingers, and collected it as a wine into small containers. After creating the wine, we offered it to the altar by pouring it atop the clitoris lingam in celebration of divine sacred union! We also poured the hawthorn wine into the circular waterway until the water turned pink and red from the berries.
Then we were instructed, from the Great Mother, to do a dance in celebration of sacred union. Our cups disappeared, and we began dancing. We held out our arms with hands palms up in front of us as if offering our souls to the altar. Then we rocked forward, moving our arms in an upward arc toward the sacred union stone, and turning our hands around palms faced down, we blessed the altar, and rocked back into place. Over and over again we made these devotional movements.
We danced and bathed the altar with the essence of our souls moving out from our hearts and hands. Moving our hips in connection with our feminine power connected with the earth, we danced in this motion for some time. Such jubilation!
When I awoke back into my body from this experience, I felt so blessed to be visited by the Great Mother in such a powerful way. And to also feel the presence of the women in the group coming together to support sacred union with the divine feminine and divine masculine within each of us, and within the earth's rhythms too! I was in a bit of shock for some time afterward.
The story didn't stop here! The ecstasy was about to arrive!
Many days later, after we had traveled to the sacred Isle of Iona, and left the farm on the Isle of Mull, Alison, our beloved spiritual tour guide, led us to a very sacred place near Fortingall known as The Christic Academy.
The Christic Academy is a field of large stones cropped into groups. Perhaps this doesn't sound like much, but in Scotland and Ireland stones and standing stones carry their own strong magic. I walked through the gateway stones, or so I felt them to the be a gateway, and over to the third crop further afield. Many women found rocks to be with along the way. In the third crop of stones I noticed one of them calling to me. I hugged it, and placed my third eye on its gritty surface.
After a short while, I saw with my inner eye how the sacred geometry of the Christic Academy was laid out around the stones. Beautiful golden and green interlocking concentric circles created the auric boundary of the land, and led all the way up into the sky creating a dome as well as deep into the earth.
The three crops of stones created a triangle. At the center of the triangle was open field, and was also a portal. A great portal of white light connected the earth with the sky as well as the sacred geometric boundary. Amazing! The vibration of the Christ essence was very strong in the stones, the grass, the sky, and the earth beneath my feet.
We all spent quite a long time there taking in the energy of the land. At one point, it became clear the Great Mother wished for us to do our priestess sacred union dance at the portal. I mentioned this to Alison, and she called a few women who were near to join in.
There were about twelve of us from the group who joined hands, and felt the Christ energy moving from the land and through our bodies. Then we did the dance. We bathed the portal with the love and connection in our hearts. Moving with our hips, and raising our arms then blessing the portal just like in the dream journey!
When we were doing the dance, I felt strong and good. I didn't think about why we were doing what we were doing. It simply felt good and right. It wasn't until later I realized we were activating the portal of sacred union within the Christic Academy, the land, the stones, and the sacred geometric field encompassing the area. Wow!
After the dance, many of the women left or went to visit other stones except for me and two other women — Goldenbear and Sophianada. We didn't speak a word to each other, and simply came together at the center of the portal. We hugged close together, eyes closed, and connected our third eyes together.
Pure ecstasy released from within the portal, within our bodies, and out through the crowns of our heads! Each of us began yipping and hollering feeling the divine ecstasy of the Christ portal bathed in sacred union moving through our entire bodies! We stayed connected for as long as possible: hugging, and yipping allowing the divine ecstasy to move within us and through us.
We were experiencing the immaculate conception of Christ birthing within us!
Then we celebrated by jumping around, dancing, and yipping. For me, the experience was phenomenal. I felt all of the cells of my body lit up with the Christ essence, and also felt attuned to the Christ essence in the stones, the grass, and the portal. Everything was singing with Christ's delight!
The Great Mother had given me a gift. A gift of sacred union. A gift of everlasting connection with the pure essence of Christ. Activating me with Magdalene's Christic Diamond Heart. There are truly no words to describe my gratitude and humility in receiving such a profound gift. I was very grateful to have shared the Great Mother's gift and the dance with the women on the trip. I feel blessed to have experienced us coming together in spontaneous connection to bathe the Christic Academy, and activate the portal of sacred union.
As I'm reflecting on the experience in writing this, I realize I never asked Goldenbear or Sophianada about their experience. We just walked back to the bus, got on, and went to our next destination. Of course, I was buzzing and buzzing for hours and hours afterward, and it felt like everyone on the bus was singing!
The experience with the Great Mother, and feeling the ecstasy of the Christ essence in All things created the keystone in the bridge of my spiritual life's journey.
Words cannot express how much joy and humility I felt in becoming so aligned with the Christ essence as a gift from the Great Mother, and to have shared it with divine women. Whew! Tears of joy are arising from within my heart in acknowledging such profound Grace.
In Gratitude, so it is.
* A lingam is based in Hindu spiritual traditions associated with Lord Shiva, and his divine penis! The lingam represents the generative power of the divine masculine.
** There are several accounts of the Hawthorn tree in Glastonbury. One explanation along with simply a fabulous read is in the book: The Secret Teachings of Mary Magdalene by Claire Nahmad and Margaret Bailey (2006) Watkins Publishing: London.


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EPA May Get Muzzled by Murkowski Afterall
The Environmental Protection Agency may lose its greenhouse gas emissions regulating power -- at least temporarily -- thanks to an amendment introduced by Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R- Alaska.
Senate leadership has agreed to allow a vote on Murkowski's amendment to temporarily block the EPA's regulation of GHGs, The Hill's E2 Wire blog reported last week. Argus Media later confirmed with Murkowski's office, the vote on the amendment is expected once the Senate is back in session. The vote is scheduled for Jan. 20 and is part of the Senate's consideration of a resolution to raise the federal debt limit. Murkowski's amendment calls for a one-year moratorium on EPA regulations, except for motor vehicle standards.
Murkowski, spurred into action by the EPA's recent GHG endangerment finding, announced last month a plan to file a disapproval resolution to stop the government agency from regulating carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act. This followed a failed attempt last fall by Murkowski to place a one-year regulation moratorium on the EPA. The disapproval resolution has yet to be introduced.
Murkowski's reason? Time. Meaning, she wants to give Congress the time it needs to hash out a legislative solution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Now she just needs 60 votes -- the required number -- for the amendment to pass and the pressure to push through climate-change legislation will fade away, for at least a year.
For additional BNET Energy coverage of the EPA:
- Food fight: Big Beef Challenges EPA Climate Change Finding
- Copenhagen and the EPA's Unlikely Endangerment Finding Coincidence
- EPA to Formally Declare CO2 Emissions a Danger
- Climate-Bill Stimulus: EPA Sends Greenhouse Gas Finding to White House
- Cow Burps OK: House, Senate Block EPA From Regulating Livestock Emissions


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Iranian authorities confiscate a church and turn it into a shrine.
According to details, this issue has been raised in Iran's parliament by a Christian parliamentarian Jonathan Bet-Kelia. He had strongly condemned the regime's vicious attitude towards the religious minorities in the country.
Jonathan Bet-Kelia who represents the Assyrian community in Iran's parliament, complained against the confiscation of an Assyrian church in Tehran the capital city. The Iranian governmental authorities want to convert the church into a Shi'ite shrine or 'Hussainiya'.
In a New Year's speech in the parliament, Jonathan Bet-Kelia criticized the Iranian regime's attitude towards the religious minorities in the country. "What is the use of our presence in a Parliament that considers us apostates?" he questioned.
In line with details, the property belonging to the Iranian Assyrian community's Chaldean Catholic Church in Tehran's Patrice Lumumba Street was confiscated by the authorities two years ago, while still the authorities are refusing to hand the church back to the Christians.
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Moreover, regarding this issue, Jonathan Bet-Kelia said that he also ventured to approach Ali Younesi who is a special assistant to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on ethnic minorities' affairs. Ali Younesi utterly refused to help him.
While in this regard, Ali Safavi- Spokesman for the National Council of Resistance of Iran said, "The brazen admission displays first and foremost the discriminatory and sectarian policies of the regime vis-à-vis Iran's religious minorities. At the same time, it speaks to the failure of Western policy to accommodate the regime in the futile hope that it will promote moderation and tolerance on the domestic front."
Furthermore, the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) stated that the case of confiscation of the Assyrian church is just a single example of a series of anti-Christian violence where "the ruling clerics have systematically suppressed people of different faiths and even denied the minority Sunni Muslim population their basic rights."