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Join REI, SORBA Chattanooga, Wild Trails, Southeastern Climbers Coalition & Southeast Conservation Corp Thursday, July 19th At OddStory Brewing Co (336 E. MLK Blvd) and talk trails over ales.
Happy hour is 4pm - 6pm and REI is picking up your 1st beer and providing one raffle ticket for each attendee.
Panel discussion and Q&A begins at 6pm.
Raffle for REI gear and OddStory swag to follow.
OddStory is a 21+ age venue.
More info via link below.
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On 24th January 2014 I ran a one day practical course on an "Introduction to Spatial Data Visualisation in R"
at the University of Leeds,
with the help of demonstrators Rachel Oldroyd and
Alistair Leak, who
came up from London for the event. The course is designed for people completely new to R, who
are especially interested in its spatial functionalities, and is based on a tutorial
developed by James Cheshire and myself. We decided to make a
pdf version of the tutorial available
for free online, and the latest version (which should continue to evolve) can be downloaded
from the projects GitHub repository.
For the benefit of people who could not attend in person,
the introductory talk by myself was filmed – as shown in the video below.
All in all the course went very well. Most people seemed to think the level
and pace of the tutorial was about right, and there was much flexibility to
work at one's own pace. Attendees were encouraged to ask questions focussing on how
R could best be used in their own research, and lots of face-to-face learning went on.
This is something that simply cannot be replaced by distance learning, no matter how good
the teaching materials are.
The great thing about this project is that it lives on. Rather than being a 'finished' document,
the tutorial is designed to be continually updated, based on comments from the users.
Also, it is possible for anyone with a GitHub account to edit the document directly,
by simply hitting the 'Edit' button when looking at the master .Rmd document.
Updates that we will include for next time, based on feedback from the 24th are clearer explanation of tricky
concepts such as subsetting with square brackets and an explanation of the input data. If you like the sound
of this course, the good news is that there will be more of the same, with an Introduction to Spatial Microsimulation
course available to sign-up to on 8th – 9th May.
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Chicago Cubs Lineup: Kris Bryant Gets the Day Off, Daniel Murphy Is the DH
The Cubs continue their push to the playoffs at noon today. Here's the lineup for the finale against the Sox.
Chicago Cubs Lineup:
- Daniel Murphy, DH
- Ben Zobrist, 2B
- Javy Baez, SS
- Anthony Rizzo, 1B
- Albert Almora Jr., CF
- David Bote, 3B
- Willson Contreras, C
- Kyle Schwarber, LF
- Ian Happ, RF
For his career, Carlos Rodon has been far tougher on fellow southpaws (.278 wOBA) than he has against righties (.329 wOBA). But this season, those stats are flipped (.313 wOBA versus lefties, .280 wOBA versus righties). I can't be sure without digging deeper, but I'm guessing it has something to do with the increased use of his changeup – a pitch he's used more and more every season in the big leagues.
2015: 9.3%
2016: 10.5%
2017: 12.3%
2018: 14.5%
Indeed, through four September starts, he's used his changeup an average of 16.2% of the time and it was 22.6% of the time his last time out! So I guess … beware of changeups today, Cubs.
As for the lineup, Kris Bryant is getting the day off with David Bote covering third in his place. Javy Baez continues to be the Cubs shortstop but Ben Zobrist will be his double-play combo today, as Daniel Murphy is the team's DH.
A win drops the Cubs magic number down to five – and, as usual, we'll have your full Pre-Gamin' closer to game time (1:10 CT).


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IKEA Merriam (in Kansas!)
There should be an entire college degree for navigating IKEA. Seriously. IKEA is finally here (in Merriam, KS) and I couldn't be more happy; IKEA could hold the title for most stylishly inexpensive store in which to vent your retail-therapy urges. I fell in love with IKEA thirteen years ago, when I had my first dose of European living (so small!) during our honeymoon overseas. My sister and I laughed (she lived in Germany at the time – I did NOT bring my sister along on my honeymoon!) all the way home in our ridiculously packed BMW sedan. I'm pretty sure if we had been in the States, we would have been arrested. And then the poor airline employees who had to schlep my large, heavy purchases to and from airplanes……..
And this just happens to be what I wore to the IKEA Media and Press Preview (and an amazing lunch!)
Keeping it real in this heat, though. This is how I transition to fall from summer: with boots!
Madewell Boyfriend Jean (on sale!)
Old Navy Perforated Suede Ankle Boots (on sale too!)
Madewell Eyelet-Inset Blouse
Once you've been a few times, and have gotten used to ALL THE THINGS, you start to create your own personalized awareness of how the store is laid out; think too hard about it and you might actually cry. I've been lost and turned around and perfectly willing to sit down and fill my belly with Swedish Meatballs in the hopes that staving off hunger will help me survive somehow. I've stopped and stared at signs, mouth half-open and pointing my finger in the wrong direction. I've also found that I know my way around a heck of a lot better if I cut back through the cashwrap (I think it might be against IKEA law or something, but they have to catch me first!!) Despite the confusion and sometimes need for a short nap, I still find myself going back. If nothing else, IKEA has wooden hangers (um, BUMERANG is the name y'all……) at a better price than just about anywhere (take that coupons and sales!) I love you IKEA, but frankly I'm afraid of your newness! Maybe in a month? Who am I kidding? IKEA is always busy! Good luck, I can't wait to see Midwestern homes stock full of what one friend referred to as "Adult Legos." If you can read those instructions and your piece of furniture stands, you deserve a small treat.
Did you see yesterday's post? I'm talking Vogue Magazine and fall trends!


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If you are looking for a beach that will give you a lot to do come stay at one of our manyLaguna Beach vacation rentals and enjoy one or all of our eight beaches. Our famed beaches which are carved into steep cliffs and dramatic promontories are perhaps the greatest treasures of our little town. The entire coastline of Laguna Beach has been declared a "Marine Life Refuge" to protect and preserve the rich variety of marine life forms for all to observe and enjoy. Because of the abundant 25,000 acres of green space around Laguna, we also enjoy some of the cleanest water on the coast—great for several water activities.
At Victoria Beach skimboarding is something you will see on a regular basis. Skimboarding began in Laguna Beach during the early 1920s when Laguna Beach lifeguards used to skimboard on flat pieces of wood. Since then, the sport has only gotten bigger and bolder. Equipment rentals are available from several surf retailers around town.
Snorkeling and scuba diving is very popular in Laguna Beach. There are several great beaches for snorkeling or scuba diving, including Shaw's Cove, Diver's Cove and Treasure Island. Bring your own gear or rent a snorkel, mask, fins and etc. from a local surf shop.
If you are and experienced diver or snorkeler check out the Shipwreck! Two hundred yards offshore lies a shipwreck, the Foss 125 better known as the "Cleo Street Barge." This ship met its rocky resting place in 1958, and is now home to an abundance of underwater sea life.
Now if you are in for a walk try your legs out on our Thousand Steps Beach. Located between 9th and 10th streets on South Coast Highway, Thousand Steps Beach is an intimate cove featuring views of some of the area's most magnificent private homes. It's one of Laguna's hot surf spots and is also known for sand volleyball. (Only 227 steps, it just 'feels' like a thousand steps!)
While you're out seeing the sites don't miss Seal Rock. Located about 120 yards off the shore of Crescent Bay sits Seal Rock, named after the seals and sea lions that often congregate there. Check out the barking seals from the shore or kayak out for a closer look.
If you're looking for an all day or even all week adventure. Immerse yourself in its three miles of coastline, wooded canyons, open bluffs, and offshore waters designed as an underwater park at Crystal Cove State Park. Swim surf, scuba, fish, mountain bike, or hike – this park truly has something for everyone. Explore on your own, or take part in a public tour of the Historic District. For more information visit crystalcovetstatepark.com.
But the most popular beach in this small town is, Main Beach, Laguna's "Window to the Sea," this beachfront park is located in the heart of downtown Laguna Beach. So when you get tired of having sand in your shoes and people watching in the water. Walk in land a little and enjoy the downtown shops, art galleries and fine dine restaurants.


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Friday, April 22, 2011
Easter Freebie Pack
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Oh Tammy, this card is sooo cute.ReplyDelete
Hugs Nat
This is adorable Tammy.ReplyDelete
oh love his little white fluffy tail such a cheerful Easter cardReplyDelete
Kate x
What a sweet, pun intended, card today Tammy.ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful Easter.
So cute...I love the chocolate bunny with the fluffy tail!ReplyDelete
Doesnt he look good enough to eat yummy Love it Tammy :)ReplyDelete
Hugs Janette
Stamping Dragon Designs
Adorable card Tammy! Love the brown bunny!ReplyDelete
Happy Friday!
An adorable card, I like the sweet bunny.ReplyDelete
Kevin xx
Such fun detailing on this sweet Easter bunny and basket!! Great design, Tammy!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 1:26 PM
Oh so yummy!! What a lovely Easter creation!! Hope you enjoy your weekend hun!! HUGSReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 22, 2011 at 1:51 PM
Loving what you did with the bunny. He looks like he is alive. Actually, Im in love with the card.ReplyDelete
You just have to love a card with chocolate, particularly at Easter and your bunny is so cute!ReplyDelete
That bunny is so gorgeous and so is your card TammyReplyDelete
Love your little chocolate bunny and his cotton tail. Great job on your Easter basket too.ReplyDelete
So cute Tammy....love the your chocolate Easter bunny. Probably tastes good too!ReplyDelete
(Sorry I haven't been around lately .... been out of town and now playing "catch up"!
that bunny is so cute! I love the way you've added a little ribbon to him!ReplyDelete


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"Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. We could refer to all the components of personal and family preparedness, not in relation to holocaust or disaster, but in cultivating a life-style that is on a day-to-day basis its own reward." (President Spencer W. Kimball)
Our ancestors knew the importance of preserving food. They did not have stores close by, they were lucky to go two times a year. They probably could not guess what life is like for us these days. As readily as things are available, we should not take this for granted.
Over these many years our lives have gotten busier and busier, the manufacturers saw this and created convenience foods, quick meals, quick clothing and there is nothing wrong with those things but we need to make sure we can do things for ourselves as well and teach our children too.
I know it is important to keep our skills up. Yes, it is true you can buy a loaf of bread fast but what if tomorrow you couldn't? What would you do? You would have to find recipes right? Then you would need ingredients. Okay, would you have those on hand? Then would you have the equipment? Pans, large bowl, measuring cups and spoons?
So you see being prepared means you would have all of that and the knowledge to do it. If your family isn't used to homemade bread they may think - "I am not going to try it." Especially if you don't know how to make it. The bread I first made was inedible and could have been a foundation block...yep.
I had a doctor once tell me when I mentioned I made our bread, that she wished more people would make their own bread there would be less mental illness. That is something to ponder, yikes.
So back to if you could not get bread. Yes, there are other things to eat, I was just using bread as an example. You would have a harder time if you had to gather ingredients and figure out how to make it and what to cook it in than you would if you were prepared for it.
I have a friend who would go into people's homes to help them budget better and was so surprised when they never had pots and pans. The ease of going out to eat had made them get rid of their cookware. I know this sounds extreme but we are not talking about one person, many did this so when working with them she had to teach them to cook and give them recipes. Can you imagine not being able to to do the most basic things? It is very important that we never let the ease and the fast pace of things prevent us from learning, knowing and doing.
So this is why when I give you the bread recipe for the bread machine which helps make it easy to make, I also keep saying to know how to make this bread by hand as well. - http://frugalmeasures.blogspot.com/2014/12/lizas-wheat-bread.html a fantastic recipe.
http://frugalmeasures.blogspot.com/2017/02/versatile-bread-mix.html....this is my favorite of all.
http://frugalmeasures.blogspot.com/2014/08/delightful-french-bread.html - this is truly delightful.
This was a test to see if I could do by hand. The bread was good as machine bread and there was no difference.
I was recently reminded of these scarves. There are many brands that make this type of yarn. You do not even need to know how to knit to make this scarf but it could help you to learn the knit stitch.
http://www.sewnews.com/blogs/sewing/2013/04/02/quick-easy-infinity-scarf-sewing-tutorial/ - this is another easy beginner project for sewing.
For crocheting -https://www.mielkesfiberarts.com/Diagonal_Hotpad.pdf these are step by step by step directions.
https://www.gracefullittlehoneybee.com/30-items-can-make-home-save-money/ I love this gal's stuff. So look around on her site for great frugal ideas.
https://www.gracefullittlehoneybee.com/35-frugal-recipes-to-make-when-youre-broke/ sometimes you just feel like you need helpful info, she has that.
https://www.gracefullittlehoneybee.com/25-copycat-recipes-to-make-at-home/ yum!
So keep working at your storage and skill building and comment below. We all learn from each other!


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FINLAND and China have announced their intention to increase co-operation in a number of sectors in conjunction with the meeting between Presidents Sauli Niinistö and Xi Jinping in Beijing on 14–15 January.
The Finnish Ministry of Culture and Education and Chinese Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Monday signed a letter of intent to enhance co-operation on culture and cultural tourism.
Business Finland and the Province of Jilin signed a letter of intent to increase co-operation on economy and winter sports, while the Finnish Patent and Registration Office (PRH) and Chinese intellectual rights organisation agreed to supplement their previous agreement.
No details were disclosed as to the content of the letters of intent or their projected ramifications for the operating environment of Finnish businesses in China.
Zhu Jing, a deputy director at China's Department of European Affairs, shed light on the content of the discussions after the official opening ceremony of the China-Finland Winter Sport Year.
Zhu said two of the main themes of the discussions were enhancing innovation-driven co-operation particularly in high technology and enhancing co-operation on China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an economic and diplomatic programme to improve regional connectivity.
He revealed the two countries will unveil a co-operation plan for the next four years to add a practical dimension to the co-operation launched during an official visit to Finland by Xi in 2017. The co-operation will encompass themes such as political and economic co-operation, sustainable growth and data connections.
The plan also lays out a clear timetable and practical measures for meeting the objectives of the co-operation, as well as can serve as a guideline for business-related negotiations, according to Zhu.
Aleksi Teivainen – HT
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Lending by banks to households continues to fall while deposits increase as the sector continues to deleverage.
Latest figures from the Central Bank show that Irish bank lending fell €264m or 3.6% in November compared to the same month in 2011. However, the falloff in lending activity is moderating. In October, bank lending was down €515m on the year earlier period.
Mortgage lending was down 1.6% over November while loans for personal consumption were down 9.1% in the same period.
Lending to Irish corporates fell 3.9% in the 12 months to the end of November, compared with 4.2% falls in each of the 12-month periods to the end of September and October. However, lending to Irish businesses rose €287m over the course of November, only the second monthly increase last year.
Irish banks built up excessive loan-to-deposit ratios over the boom years. Under the instructions of the troika as part of the EU/IMF bailout programme, Irish banks are now shrinking their loan books and increasing their deposit bases.
According to Central Bank figures, Irish private sector deposits rose at an annual rate of 2.2% to the end of November. Deposits from Irish households rose 1.4% over the same period.
"Although there has been some sign of improvement in the deposits side in the past few months, the ongoing underlying message from the Central Bank data is still one of overall weakness and difficulties in the banking sector. As we've said on numerous occasions recently, Ireland remains a long way from where it wants/needs to be as regards credit supply /demand to get the domestic economy moving again. At the end of the day, the lack of available credit will severely hamper the overall recovery prospects for the economy as a whole, and keep the unemployment rate higher than it would otherwise be," said Merrion Stockbroker economist Alan McQuaid.
At a press briefing to announce the end-of-year exchequer figures on Thursday, Finance Minister Michael Noonan said that the national savings rate was now 14%, compared with 1.5% during the Celtic Tiger years. If people spent more and brought the savings rate down to 10%, then it would add 1% to growth, the minister said.
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Oak Ridge Boys Celebrate 40 Years With Cruise, Planned TV Special
A stage musical based on the country group's story is also in development
Though the Oak Ridge Boys have been a force to be reckoned with on the musical scene since Wally Fowler formed the group in Knoxville in the mid-1940s, it has been the lineup of William Lee Golden, Duane Allen, Richard Sterban, and Joe Bonsall that has made the group a household name. With the latter being the most recent to join the group in 1973, the legendary vocal quartet are taking to the road -- and the seas -- to celebrate their 40th anniversary together this year.
"We've started out the year really rockin, so it's going very good," Bonsall told Billboard backstage at the Grand Ole Opry recently. "We've got a cruise coming up, and several Opry performances coming up. We are booking the year up big. In fact, our Christmas tour is already booked. Richard tore his Achilles tendon, and I think it's going to take him some time to get over it, but we're ready to celebrate with a full year of music."
Part of that year will consist of a career first for the Oaks -- a cruise. Beginning February 28, the group will be taking part in a four-night Caribbean cruise that will see the group in concert each night -- albeit with somewhat of a different wrinkle, says Allen. "All the shows on the cruise are going to be made up of requests. The ones that we are getting are pretty phenomenal. So, we'll have songs that people won't have heard for forty or more years -- including us."
Allen did say that some of those "deep catalog" gems might stay in the set list throughout 2013. "I' sure plenty of those songs will wind up in our show throughout the year. That's the way that it is when we relearn something. That's how we usually do things. When we do that, we discover why we cut it in the first place -- because it's a great song. Once we've done that, they are on call, or 'in the bullpen,' and we can call them out at anytime."
What does William Lee Golden – a member of the Oaks since 1964 – think about the request format? "Well, some we haven't sang for a long time, I may have to relearn some of them," he said with his trademark dry wit. "We're just excited to still be around, and to be together. Everyone is healthy – with the exception of an accident that Richard had. It's a recent one that he had, that has kind of put a wrinkle in his ability to run, ride his bicycle, and jump off of high platforms. He's been jumping off the stage, so it hinders his ability to jump off into the crowd," Golden joked. Though Sterban did have to take a few dates off, he is back performing with the group, bringing the Opry crowd to its' feet with his "Oom Papa Mow Mow" line from their 1981 blockbuster hit "Elvira."
Sterban, who celebrated his 40th year as an Oak last year, says time has flown by since he made the move from The Stamps Quartet. "You look back and you think 'It's been forty years? It's a little hard to believe. If you had asked anyone of us that we'd still be doing this, and doing it as the level we are, I don't think we would have believed it. We're still having fun, and that's the key to our future. As long as the Good Lord above keeps blessing us with good health, you're going to see us out there doing it."
Longtime manager Jim Halsey confirmed to Billboard that dates for the 40th Anniversary Tour were still being added, and that there were plans for a television special to air later in 2013 on PBS. There is also the development of a stage musical based on their story, as well. Halsey, who has been associated with the group since 1974. "I'm very honored to have been associated with them for that long, and we've always tried to do things that were the least expected for them to do. They are like no other act out there."
Bonsall hinted about how digging back into the group's rich musical well might even influence a future recording project. "I realized that we've got a lot of great songs that no one has ever heard much of on our albums that are gems. It would be cool to go back over all our old albums, and pick out one here and there, and re-record them. I don't know what you would call it, but I think it could be pretty cool."


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TALLADEGA, Ala. — Brad Keselowski pulled away in overtime Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway to earn an automatic berth into the third round of Nascar's championship playoffs.
Needing to win to stay alive in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, Keselowski, the 2012 Cup champion, came through with his series-best sixth victory of the year.
But Hendrick Motorsports' Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kasey Kahne were eliminated from contention. Kyle Busch could not recover from an early wreck and was eliminated from the Chase.
Joey Logano, Kevin Harvick, Ryan Newman, Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth advanced.
Keselowski had a triumphant ending to a tumultuous week in which he was fined $50,000 by Nascar for his role in a fracas at Charlotte.
Keselowski was in a deep hole in the second segment of the Chase because of a blown tire at Kansas and then a poor race last week at Charlotte. He faded over the final two laps and forced himself into a must-win situation Sunday.
"I know there's probably some people out there that aren't really happy I won," Keselowski said. "I can understand that. But I'm a man like anyone else and not real proud of last week. But I'm real proud of today."
Gordon is the lone Hendrick driver left in the Chase. Johnson failed in his bid to repeat as champion, missing a chance to match Richard Petty with a seventh career title. Earnhardt had won the Daytona 500 and two other races this season, putting up his best year in almost a decade and stamping himself an early championship favorite.
Busch was second in the points race entering Sunday and appeared in solid shape to advance until he was caught up in what proved to be a contention-killing wreck.


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A local Seattle talent and graduate of Cornish College of the Arts, Rob has been coloring pretty pictures to accompany his mind-blowing ideas for nearly a decade. Before his time at Deloitte Digital, Rob had the pleasure of working at Blast Radius, Platform Inc., Draft FCB, and Starbucks Global Creative where he mastered the art of social media, experiential advertising, mobile platform innovation, packaging, branding, and beer snobbery.
His clients include Starbucks, Coca-Cola, Mattel, Nike, HP, Target, and T-Mobile. Rob is a founder and partner of uglybogus(.com), where he creates eye-pleasing posters and tells the world about the irrefutable coolness of screenprinting. Rob loves snowboarding and would love to be better at surfing, but most of all, Rob loves beer. Er, his family.


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Real estate teams can provide new agents the opportunity to pay their dues and learn the ropes before clients trust them with a deal that will forever impact their financial future. But do teams come with a dark underbelly? Are they a nightmare to work with? Here, two industry pros give their seasoned and dueling perspectives.
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Warriors capitulate in shambolic defeat to Gold Coast Titans
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- Sunday, 29 July 2018, 6:30PM
The Jekyll and Hyde Warriors put their NRL finals hopes in jeopardy after capitulating 36-12 to the Titans on the Gold Coast today.
The Auckland outfit led 12-8 at halftime but clocked off in the second half as the lowly Titans roared back with five unanswered tries to claim their first win over the Warriors at Cbus Super Stadium since the 2010 finals series.
The Warriors had plenty of time to turn things around but their big playmakers failed to inspire a comeback and their defence fell to pieces as the home side ran riot.
The Warriors might have been missing Kiwi international forwards Issac Luke (calf), Tohu Harris (knee) and Adam Blair (suspension), but still had enough attacking weapons to launch a comeback. However, their halves pairing of Shaun Johnson and Blake Green, as well as fullback Roger Tuivasa-Sheck, were easily contained.
After starting their campaign with five straight wins, the loss heaps further doubt on the Warriors ability to go on and secure their first playoff appearance since 2011.
The Warriors remain in eighth spot on the premiership ladder but they are left vulnerable with Wests Tigers lurking four points behind with five rounds remaining in the regular season.
It doesn't get any easier for the Auckland-based outfit who have now suffered back-to-back losses for the second time this year ahead of next Saturday's daunting away match against the St George Illawarra Dragons in Wollongong.
The Warriors will now need to face up to some brutal home truths regarding their fragile form and urgently find some answers while they remain in camp across the Tasman ahead of meeting the Dragons.
It took just six minutes for the NRL's worrying trend of controversial refereeing decisions to rear its head again when Warriors defender Joseph Vuna was impeded by Titans decoy runner Keegan Hipgrave in the lead-up to Konrad Hurrell scoring the Titans' first try.
Video referee Henry Perenara decided "minimal contact" had been made and gave the green light to help the Titans claim a 6-0 lead, before the Warriors levelled the scores following their first try through Johnson.
The Titans edged ahead with a penalty goal to fullback Michael Gordon but the Warriors hit back with bench hooker Karl Lawton scoring against his former club to put them four points ahead at halftime.
The Warriors had looked the better side until the second half began with Titans centre Brenko Lee turning the game when he created a try for wing Anthony Don before stealing an intercept to run in their third to put them eight points clear.
The home side continued to grow in confidence with a fourth try to playmaker AJ Brimson, and a double to left-wing Phillip Sami closing the door nine minutes before fulltime.
Titans 36 (Phillip Sami 2, Konrad Hurrell, Anthony Don, Brenko Lee, AJ Brimson tries; Michael Gordon 5/6 cons, 1/2 pens)
Warriors 12 (Shaun Johnson, Karl Lawton tries; Johnson 2 cons)


text: Alternative Therapies for Arthritis Treatment: Part 2Roberts, Dottie MSN, MACI, CMSRN, RN, BC, ONCHolistic Nursing Practice: May-June 2004 - Volume 18 - Issue 3 - p 167–174 FEATURES Buy Abstract Author InformationAuthors Although modern medicine has been successful in managing infection and saving victims of multiple trauma, healthcare providers have offered little relief to individuals with chronic diseases, such as arthritis. Many patients with arthritis are seeking help with disease management from alternative therapies. When used along with allopathic medicine, these therapies may, in fact, increase quality of life for patients with arthritis. This article, second in a two-part series on alternative therapies, returns to the seven fields of practice identified by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore additional treatment options for individuals with arthritis. Part 1 in this series was published in the September/October 2003 issue of Orthopaedic Nursing. This article was previously published in Orthopaedic Nursing, Volume 22, Issue No. 6, pp. 412–418 (2003). Rehabilitative/Medical Services, Palmetto Health Baptist, Columbia, SC. © 2004 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.


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Dean Hann is the property manager for Rebecca Gorman's Yabtree West farm, just 40 minutes west of Wagga Wagga in NSW. Dean runs the almost 3,000-acre property with over 320 breeding herd of Angus Beef Cattle.
Dean and Rebecca chose to install the Jain Tank Monitoring Kits to reduce the time and resources they were spending having to physically check each tank's water levels and ensure stock had water. Now, they've come to value the peace of mind that comes from being able easily log in to their farm's portfolio and check water levels for each tank site, direct from their mobile phones, using Jain Logic. Whether they're off-site or in another country, Jain Logic allows them the freedom to remotely monitor their farm and set up water level alerts if the tanks levels hit their alert thresholds.
Before installing the Tank Kits, Dean was used to getting up and checking water levels every morning, ensuring; there were no leaks or blockages, tanks and troughs had water and that cattle hadn't damaged anything.
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Jain Logic software captures the data collected from each tank, graphs it and provides valuable insights for users wanting to make informed decisions. Percentage readings show how much water cattle are drinking each day, especially in summer where surprisingly Dean found that cattle were drinking a lot more than he thought. He goes on to say..."In the summer they're drinking a lot more water than we all think a cow would drink, on a hot day 1800 litres of water."
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Verizon Cloud Video Unit Aims to Simplify OTT
Looking to streamline and simplify video workflows for OTT providers and other digital video distributors, Verizon Digital Media Services (VMDS) has introduced an overarching "content intelligence system" under the Verizon Media Xperience Studio umbrella.
From a digital media services standpoint, the launch is the biggest on the product front since VDMS acquired and put together the technologies and systems from upLynk and CDN provider EdgeCast Networks back in 2013, according to Jason Friedlander, director of marketing communications for VDMS.
He said the new product set streamlines, integrates and aggregates data and other traditionally disparate components under the same umbrella. Customers can use pieces of that product mix or tie them all together.
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YCT Announce 2010 Primary Endorsements
AUSTIN, TX—The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT), the most active youth organization in the state of Texas, with 30 years of activism and campaign experience, announce their endorsements for the 2010 primary cycle.
Where Does YOUR Incumbent Stand? YCT Releases Ratings of the 81st Legislative Session
AUSTIN, TX—Since 1975, Young Conservatives of Texas have provided Texans with reviews of the voting records of legislators as a public service. YCT strives to measure each representative and senator's fidelity to conservative principles. YCT is proud to release the 18th installment of our Legislative Ratings, the longest running and most respected legislative ratings in the state of Texas.
YCT Call on Hopson to Tell the Truth About His Liberal Voting Record
The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT), a non-partisan grassroots organization, which produces the oldest legislative ratings in the state of Texas, are calling on State Representative Chuck Hopson to tell the truth about his liberal voting record and are opposing his switch to the Republican Party.
YCT Question UT-Dallas President's Actions
In a periodic newsletter sent from the desk of University of Texas at Dallas President Dr. David E. Daniel to students, and a select group of alumni, friends, faculty, and staff, Dr. Daniel praised Proposition 4, and encouraged those who received the newsletter to support the proposed amendment.
Young Conservatives of Texas Oppose Proposition 4
AUSTIN – The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT), a non-partisan grassroots organization, has announced their opposition to Proposition 4, a measure that would create a constitutionally dedicated fund called the National Research University Fund (NRUF).


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Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck
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Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: April 2015
Duration: 6 hours 48 minutes
The get ready, get going guide to navigating career change and doing work you love!
New York Times bestselling author Jon Acuff has drawn millions of online fans who love his refreshing mix of humor, honesty, and wisdom about the world of work. Now he offers his most important book yet, a guide to making big career changes—by choice or necessity—and escaping the horrible feeling of being trapped in the wrong job.
Acuff finds it amazing that people spend more than eighteen years studying and preparing for college but little or no time honing their careers between graduation and retirement. He offers an empowering tool he calls the Career Savings Account, which will change the way you think about your skills, relationships, character, and work ethic. He also shows that if you're on the wrong track, you already have what you need to change it—even if your family and mortgage mean you can't simply pick up and move for a new opportunity.
Throughout the book, Acuff features inspiring and funny true stories—not merely his own but those of friends who restarted their careers after a layoff, an extended maternity leave, or simply the realization that they were suffering fifty weeks a year just to pay the bills and enjoy two weeks of vacation. Everyone can benefit from Do Over, from new graduates to fiftysomethings and beyond.
"In this lively business manual, Acuff sets readers on the path to 'intentionally building a career' using a tool kit he calls the Career Savings Account…Brimming over with sound, practical advice, this book will benefit individuals looking to take charge of their careers at any stage."—Publishers Weekly


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We were so excited to have the opportunity to shoot our second wedding at the Lakeside Ranch. With its breathtaking views of Hauser lake, it is one of the most beautiful venues in Helena. What truly makes it of our favorites though, is Helen. Helen is the owner and caretaker of the Ranch and is SO great to work with! She is so much fun and incredibly easy going. She is constantly checking on everyone (vendors included) making sure they are doing okay and offering to help (she saved our butts with some extension cords when we forgot ours!). It's such a joy for us to work with such wonderful vendors who love on our couples just as much as we do!
The fall colors gave the perfect backdrop to Brice and Danielle's unique wedding. If we had to describe their style we would say it was a mix of antique glamour (think rich gold tones, bouquets of gold and black brooches) with a much darker side (think skeletons, dramatic lights, The Nightmare Before Christmas). You're probably thinking...how do those go together?!? Well, they did it in a way that only Danielle and Brice could and it was AMAZING.
Danielle and Brice are one of our favorite couples. From our first get together over beer, we hit the ground running (and laughing!). Danielle loves to laugh and has a heart of gold while Brice is a bit more reserved (until Jason and he get together) but still just as fun. From the gorgeous unique decorations, to the unbelievable desert bar, this wedding was a PERFECT reflection of them.
Danielle + Brice you two are a blast! We love watching the love that you share and the light you are to this world.
Ceremony/Reception: Lakeside Ranch
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The subject matter reflects the wide ranging, challenging, topical and relevant nature of Economics, and the aim is to develop the ability to understand, analyse and convey economic ideas and relationships in literary, mathematical and diagrammatic forms and evaluate the likely success of economic models and theory. Given the above, and the opportunities for group work, ICT based research and individual/small group presentations, Economics is an ideal vehicle for nurturing and demonstrating key BLP skills relevant to higher education and the world of work.
Staff Names and Roles
- Mr K. Jackson. Subject Leader for Economics, Key Stage 4 Enrichment Co-ordinator and Leader of Floyd House
Useful Websites to support your son's learning
- Tutor2u
- The Economist Online
- The Royal Economics Society
- The National Institute of Economics and Social Research
- The Institute of Economic Affairs
- HM Treasury Department
- Telegraph
- Guardian
- Independent
- Economics UK
- Bloomberg Europe
Opportunities outside of lessons
- Visits to University of Birmingham and University of Nottingham take place in June/July of Year 12.
- The King Edward VI Aston Economic Society meet on a fortnightly basis. Speakers from local industry and local universities are invited in to school to discuss and debate topical economic issues.
- The KE Aston Economics book club meets on a regular basis throughout the academic year. Students of all ages meet to discuss a wide range of economics based books. This book club provides an excellent opportunity for students to carry out wider reading in preparation for Oxbridge/University applications and for younger students interested in Economics to develop their understanding of topical issues.
- Year 12 students are also encouraged to attend Masterclasses at local universities. They are usually a lecture style session focusing on one aspect of economics.


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When the Pittsburgh Steelers failed to make the playoffs in 2009, they came back with a vengeance the following season and made a run all the way to the Super Bowl where they fell to the top-seeded Green Bay Packers.
Look for a similar scenario in 2013. Yea, that's right. The Steelers will make the playoffs after a mediocre 8-8 season… hopefully that caught your attention.
Many fans and analysts are concerned about the Steelers' defense. Others are concerned about the offensive line. Some may even feel that a void was left empty once wide receiver Mike Wallace signed with the Miami Dolphins.
Dear Steeler Nation, relax.
Allow us to discuss the cold hard facts.
The schedule once again favors this team. Seeing as how the Baltimore Ravens will struggle to play .500 this season, Pittsburgh can very well sweep them and the Cleveland Browns. Worst case scenario, they go 4-2 in divisional play this year with the Cincinnati Bengals being the biggest of tests.
Outside of the AFC North, the only games that would be of some concern would be against the New England Patriots in Week 9 and Green Bay in Week 16.
Granted those two games are later in the season, the Steelers have a very good chance going into New England with a strong record of 5-2. Win or lose against Tom Brady and the Patroits, Pittsburgh will go on to play back-to-back home games against the Buffalo Bills and the Detroit Lions. Then they will head to Cleveland for their first game against the Browns. Do the math, this team could be 8-3 by the time they head to Baltimore in Week 13.
Next on the list would be the defense.
Who did this team lose other than Casey Hampton and James Harrison? It is mind-boggling to know that people do not give this defense a chance in 2013. Defensive coordinator Dick Lebeau is still a genius and rest assured, he is aware of the losses of those two players.
Ike Taylor is still one of the best cover-men in the NFL. Jason Worilds has been looking for a chance to step up and prove himself and he finally has that chance. He will do just fine replacing Harrison (who by the way was being trash-talked and labeled as "washed up" throughout last season). Ryan Clark and Troy Polamalu are still one of the league's most dynamic duos in the secondary when healthy.
This defense will be just as good as the offense allows them to be.
Now, time to analyze that offense.
Ben Roethlisberger is a proven quarterback. He has two rings and still has plenty left in the tank. The most impressive thing about him is that he does this in a city that is full of bipolar fans. Great, passionate fans, but bipolar nonetheless. They will wear his jersey in pride when he is winning and throwing touchdowns left and right, and they are just as fast to dismiss him when he throws an interception.
One could not even help but bringing up his past and slandering him as an "off-field problem."
One lonely girl in Georgia who was craving for some attention managed to place a tag on the man who led this team to three Super Bowls in six years. Are you kidding me?
This is a guy who plays through every injury known to man. He is 31 years old and feels he has a lot more to give during the next few years. On top of that, he is coming off a 2013 campaign where he threw over 3,200 yards, 26 touchdowns and eight interceptions while sporting a 97.0 QB rating in 13 games.
For many years, the Steelers have been caught in an identity crisis. Are they a running team or a passing team?
Well, this writer's only concern this season is the running game. Without Le'Veon Bell for the first few weeks, Head Coach Mike Tomlin will be counting on Isaac Redman for the second straight season opener as the team's starting running back. They did add some depth by signing LaRod Stephens-Howling, but they missed out on an opportunity to sign a tailback who can handle the work load (Michael Turner, Ahmad Bradshaw).
So yes, Big Ben will be called upon to post some more spectacular numbers this year. The fact that they were able to keep Emmanuel Sanders on this team is a blessing. Sanders is entering his fourth season and is another X-factor for Pittsburgh. He has played in the shadow of teammate Antonio Brown and will finally get a chance to start on the opposite side.
"But Jeff, what about the Steelers' offensive line? Isn't that the biggest concern this season?"
Allow me to answer that question with a question. "When is the offensive line NOT an issue?"
Pittsburgh has the luxury of having a quarterback who can actually scramble out of the pocket, and without a doubt the best in the NFL at extending a play. I'm pretty sure the offensive line was a concern during their Super Bowl runs in recent years.
Keep this in mind. The Steelers did not have the best team on paper in 2005-06 when they beat the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XL. They went into that season with what looked like a mediocre receiving core, a banged up offensive line and a trio of running backs that no one would have put money on. Think about it. Would you have bet on starters like Cedric Wilson and Willie Parker?
This roster looks somewhat similar. They are all role-players who are hungry to prove to this city that they indeed can have a short memory.
The bottom line is that this team has a great chance of posting a better record in 2013, and they will make the playoffs via wild card. They will not however, beat Cincinnati for the division crown.
Pittsburgh has just a few "must-wins" on their schedule (Opener against Tennesse, Miami, Oakland and Buffalo). As long as they do not play down to their competition this year, the sky is the limit for this team.
Now that this rant is over, below are AFC North standings in January if one cares to look into the future.
Ekiert's prediction:
AFC North
y- Cincinnati (11-5)
x- Pittsburgh (10-6)
Baltimore (8-8)
Cleveland (6-10)
y- division champ, x- wild card


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Nino Million – "Bumpa"
You know…sometimes you just wanna track that's gonna set the whole party loose – and that's what you get here with "Bumpa," the new single from rapper Nino Million. Not only does it have that wild electro-club beat driving the energy of the track, but the music-video for "Bumpa" turns up the heat while you turn up the volume! Seriously…check this out, this is hot stuff! Nino Million's "Bumpa" is all about rhymes & good-times – enjoy!
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to whom much is given, much is required...
I'm sitting in my living room, listening to the many words being spoken about the passed Ted Kennedy, and that was one of the quotes that stuck in my ear. To whom much is given, much is required.
The Lord blessed Ted Kennedy with such an amazing family, and with such compassion and passion for his causes...
The Lord has blessed me... He's given me much...
...and much is required of me.
The world is waiting on me.
I'm coming.
Friday, August 28, 2009
Another August, full of loss... R.I.P. Senator Kennedy
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From burnt-orange days to night skies pitched with a million stars, this desert region is a place of ancient heritage and geological grandeur.
Things to do in the Southwest to get the real thing.
- Take New Mexico's High Road and pick up a churro blanket woven by Chimayo artisans
- Wake up before dawn and venture to Yaki Point for sunrise on Grand Canyon's South Rim
- See Slab City, the California desert "free place" of outsider artists and nomads
- Tour the mythic landscape of Canyon de Chelley on horseback with a Navajo guide
- In Moab, hit Milt's Stop and Eat for a chili cheeseburger and read a bit of Desert Solitaire
"Standing there, gaping at this monstrous and inhumane spectacle of rock and cloud and sky and space, I feel a ridiculous greed and possessiveness come over me. I want to know it all, possess it all, embrace the entire scene intimately, deeply, totally."


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Translanguaging and code-switching use within new language teaching approaches
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Tutor/Supervisor; University.DepartmentUniversitat Jaume I. Departament d'Estudis Anglesos
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I could hardly summarize all the set of knowledge learned in the "MELACOM" master's degree, but in the present assignment I will try to clarify those aspects that were most significant to me. Throughout my short ... [+]
I could hardly summarize all the set of knowledge learned in the "MELACOM" master's degree, but in the present assignment I will try to clarify those aspects that were most significant to me. Throughout my short career as a teacher of different subjects in different schools and backgrounds, I have experienced the English language teaching from different perspectives: as an individual subject, as part of an immersion project and as a complementary item. All this led me to question about many of the myths that are believed even by many foreign language teachers such as: "children are better at learning a second language" (Stern 1984); "the British English should be the only goal in class" or that "classes must be conducted exclusively in English". Sometimes I used Spanish or Catalan to quickly solve a student's doubt, felling guilty about that, other times I rejected a correct answer just because it was not formulated in the target language and I noticed that it was not fair. Somehow I suspected that there should be something else behind the use of other languages in the English lessons. When I first heard about the translanguaging phenomena in subjects as "SAY-014 Intercultural communication" or "SAY-016 Intercultural education" I thought that this was what I had been thinking about. Carefully treated and pedagogically oriented, the use of more languages within the English classroom may become a powerful and versatile learning tool that should accompany students during their livelong and prepare them for today's globalized world. Another of the contributions I was offered in the master through subjects as "SAY-017 Discourse approaches to English language teaching" and "SAY-025 Curriculum design", was the throughout study of the new classroom's activities and how to design a fruitful lesson plan. Although I had studied something about before, and some of them seem to be in the forefront of education (CLIL); the use of tasks for the development of foreign language has been one of the items that caught my interest and, for sure, I will continue studying them and putting into practice whenever possible. According with Cummins (2008) and Jessner (1999), teachers are claimed to adquire a research thinking and some train in academic investigation. This research orientations led me to combine both issues of interest to create a teaching proposal that confirmed what theories say about the translanguaging and code-switching used in a task-based approach but first it is compulsory to introduce the topic. [-]
Màster Universitari en Ensenyament i Adquisició de la Llengua Anglesa en Contextos Multilingües | Máster Universitario en Enseñanza y Adquisición de la Lengua Inglesa en Contextos Multilingües | University Master's Degree in English Language Teaching and Acquisition in Multilingual Contexts | Enseñanza del inglés | Multilingüismo | Aprendizaje | Lingüística aplicada | Multilingüisme | Llenguatge i llengües | Anglès - Ensenyament | Llengua segona | Lingüística aplicada
Treball Final de Màster en Màster Universitari en Ensenyament i Adquisició de la Llengua Anglesa en Contextos Multilingües (Pla de 2013). Codi: SAY031. Curs: 2013/2014


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I try and celebrate every milestone for the reason that life is just a compilation of all of those moments. Each success contributes to who we become and what "successful" path we build for ourselves. It's hard to write a story thats untold. Hell its hard to be an entrepreneur. You are alone in your fight. The only way to make it is to fear nothing. No fear of failure nor a fear of success. Yes, fear of actually succeeding is part of it as well. It means that you reached something or somewhere you've always wanted to be… and then what...
My concept behind Silver Lining by S was to help others find happiness in the little things. The daily wins that make us who we are and allow us to truly enjoy life. Through discovering those, I turned to fitness and health and my story became about that. With the evolution of me, so has come the evolution of SLBS to TFF. My goal has always been and will remain to be encouraging each of you to find happiness daily but this time through a healthy lifestyle. I am speaking to those driven, independent, hustling girl bosses who want to achieve and who believe they are capable and worthy of their full potential. They want to kick ass and look good doing it.
It's how I want to live my life. It's how I stay motivated. Its how I wake up. This is The Fit Fatale.
The Fit Fatale is that girl who can have it all and still works to be more, from health, family, career and social life. I've mentioned this to you all before but this brand is so far from being an intimidation, it's a realization that you're capable. It's to help YOU realize that YOU ARE capable. Because you are. I'm still a work in progress like all of us, but I've seen a lot this year. I've been sick from stress, a burn out I never really imagined possible at 25, only to dive my energy into the gym that brought me a life rocking injury, my concussion. Someone asked me the other day what I was afraid of. I said nothing, besides hitting my head. You know whats funny is I quit my corporate job, my stability, my identity for some, to kinda.... work out and write in the simplest of terms. Just when I did this I got my concussion from an accidental fall.... and that was one of the biggest life changing moments.
I was dedicating my energy to something else, something healthier, but my approach was still the same. Too stressed, making decisions FOR others and not myself. Yup it sucked, but I learned a lot about myself. I had already decided on the new website, the new name, the new feel. But because of that injury I learned to embody who that brand was to be.
"The Fit Fatale is flirty and witty. She is fitness obsessed. She would prefer to talk avocados than shit. She is always well dressed (even in yoga pants) and smiling. She's happy."
What's important here is that The Fit Fatale cares for herself first and foremost which allows her to go above and beyond for others. This is how she finds ultimate happiness.
When I was younger I used to write short books. Fictional stories of this girl who was "perfect". The perfect job. The perfect boyfriend. She wasn't so emotional and self-conscious as I was. She wasn't as unsure. She was certain of who she was being. She believed. So I wrote these books because it made me feel like I was her. It was a way to make my dreams reality. The Fit Fatale is that girl. That same experience of idealism. But through what I went through the past year, through the struggles of a changing body, mind, heart and soul, I can say I am that girl. As I write this I laugh because I'm so far from perfect. Thats half the fun. If the story was over I'd have nothing to say. My house is a mess right now, I have a ton of work to catch up on and lets be honest, I totally ate a pizza last night. But that doesn't change who I am. That doesn't make me less of The Fit Fatale. And the same goes for each of your stories. If you care about your health, your fitness and ultimately those around you, you too are her.
I started to slow down and love myself... Truly love myself... and part of this came from leaving the wrong work environment for me, part of this came from changing my mindset, part of this has come from my health coaching and learning to coach others along with myself, changing the words that poured out of my mouth.... If you think you're fat you will find a way to make yourself fat. You want what you believe to be true. When I started to believe I was capable and LOVE, I found the most incredible people around me. Some had been there but others started to come.
I still take a second everyday and think to myself how lucky I am to be surrounded by those people. They keep coming the more I love and care for my mind and body.
The Fit Fatale knows her worth. You need to believe in yourself to be this woman.
You need to decided you are going to be happy and healthy. Pick whats important for you. Not everyones happy will be on a spin bike, but the more you care and love your body the more you can find WHAT that happy is. Mentally and physically. Your body actually shows you and you become so in tune with listening to it you know what is right and wrong.
In fitness shoots it's kind of funny because every time I do a new shoot that I love, I feel like I can never post the old pictures. I feel like my body progresses and changes... That was a month ago, I don't look like that.... I SAY THIS ALL THE TIME. But this shoot featured here below was about two months ago and I love it. I went back on a spin bike for the first time in two months the day before this shoot. I WAS SMILING EAR TO EAR. No headache. If you've had a concussion you know how hard the recovery is and how hard getting back into cardio can be. I was lucky enough… no I was BLESSED, to have had that happen when I did leave my job and did get to recover properly. I made up my mind to take off that much time and care for myself… two months. I couldn't write, work out or travel. I just sat. I listening to pod casts and I turned on my phone to post once a day since I couldn't look at it. Oh, and I baked a lot.... But the glow in my skin and the smile from ear to ear in this picture, knowing I was back at it was everything. I decided I was going to be committed to happiness and being the absolute healthiest happiest ME. I was prepared to bring happy to my body, mind and soul and that was untouchable. It was my own decision to LIVE as The Fit Fatale. As that girl in the story.
So, with somewhat of sorrow I say goodbye to Silver Lining by S. Sometimes, you need to love the past and let it go to get to the next level of greatness. I will always tell the story of finding your silver lining in life, I just found mine and she is THE FIT FATALE.
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Spinach and saltfish
Requires: 1lb Baby spinach, 3 cloves garlic, 1 tomato, 1/4 teaspoon black pepper, 1 sprig thyme, 1 scallion, 1 medium onion, 1/2 cup salted cod bits, 2 tablespoon vegetable oil, 1/4 scotch bonnet pepper, 1 scallion (green or spring onion)
Method: Chop the garlic, onion, scallion, thyme and scotch bonnet pepper. Make little bundles with the spinach leaves and cut into shreds about 1/4 inch thick.
Prepare the salted cod (I used boneless for easier work). All you have to do is place the salted cod in a pot with water, bring to a boil and allow to simmer for 20 minutes. Then discard the water, rinse with new water and allow to cool. Then shred into bits.
Heat a saucepan on low heat, add the vegetable oil, then the salted cod bits. Allow this to cook for about 5 minutes. It will start to go brown on the edges and stick to the bottom of the pan, so scrape and move around. The idea is to build a base of flavour for the spinach.
Add the sliced onion, scallion, thyme, scotch bonnet pepper and garlic. Make sure the heat is on low, as we want these items to sweat down and further infuse the dish with flavour.
After 4-5 minutes, turn up the heat to medium, add the black pepper and the chopped spinach to the pot. Place the lid on the pot, turn the heat down to low and simmer for 20 minutes.
After 20 minutes remove the lid (remember to stir every 5 minutes as it cooks), turn up the heat to burn off any excess liquid which may still be there and add the chopped tomato to give it some colour. Taste for salt. Note that we didn't put any salt in the dish as in most cases the residual salt from the salted cod bits will be enough to season the entire dish.


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Here is a video clip from the Red Square concert of 2003. Once again, music is the unifying influence, a remover of barriers. Who in the height of the Cold War would have imagined such a concert ever taking place?
Here is a BBC News report of May 23, 2003.
Thousands of Russians have packed Red Square to see rock legend Sir Paul McCartney perform his first-ever concert in the former Soviet republic.
McCartney told the audience, "We have come here tonight to rock Red Square", before kicking off the show with the Beatles' classic All My Loving.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who earlier gave Sir Paul a personally-guided tour of the Kremlin, was among the audience.
The show marked the first time an ex-Beatle had played in the famous Moscow venue, after the band was prohibited from performing there by the former Soviet regime.
The BBC's Nikolai Gorshkov in Moscow says people in the audience wept and hugged each other and many called their less lucky friends on mobile phones to let them hear the concert.


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Guided stretching and manual manipulation (acupressure, massage, cupping, warm stones and heat application) are forms of bodywork used to decrease and eliminate fascial adhesions. Fascia is connective tissue that surround internal structures of the body. Restrictions from fascia occur naturally due to overuse, structural imbalance, lack of movement and trauma (physical, mental, emotional). Fascia can bind in a fashion similar to the way an external wound is wrapped in gauze. This restriction inflicts pressure on structures and surrounding areas causing referred pain, nerve impingement and misalignment. Stress reduction is a profound and nurturing effect of intentional healing touch. In an atmosphere of serenity and nonjudgement we enhance our ability to surrender into a deep state of relaxation, meditation and affirmation. A holistic effect of bodywork is the decreased dichotomy between body, mind and spirit.
Subtle and profound release of spinal and muscular tension may be experienced through a yoga practice customized to meet our unique needs and goals. Mental and emotional release may also be attained through mindful breathing, movement and meditation. Yoga is a luminous practice, through integration of breath, movement and stillness, that cultivates wellness, acceptance and clarity.
As far as possible, without surrender, be on good terms with all persons.
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If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there
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BRGNS Customer Appreciation Day: The staff and volunteers at Black River Good Neighbor Services thrift store in Ludlow invite all customers and clients to drop by on Wednesday, April 18th for their annual Customer Appreciation Day. There will be free snacks and coffee, door prizes, and great deals on merchandise. The thrift store is located at 37B Main Street behind the Ludlow Community Center and provides funding for the many food and service programs that they operate. The thrift store relies on donations of gently used merchandise from local area residents and re-sells items at great value. Doors open at 10:00 a.m. and all are welcome. For information about the store, about food or financial programs, or about volunteer opportunities, please call Audrey at 802-228-3663.
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A Season in Plot #22, Chelsea Community Garden
...I'd erased almost all memories of the time before her death. I only know what she looked from snapshots in the family album and have little sense of what it was like to have a family or to be a child. What I do remember are visual details of that house where we lived on Litchfield Road in Port Washington, New York.
It's bad enough, I suppose, that I never had a chance to understand just how much a mother's death matters to a daughter, but another really bad thing started happening. If I were given to hyperbole, I'd say that planet earth was knocked off axis and started spinning the wrong way because of the jolt my father got when he met the nurse who brought my mother home on the plane so she could die in bed.
Her name was Lou and she didn't look like any woman I'd ever seen. She wore pancake, rouge, mascara and eye shadow, drew on eyebrows and lips and polished her nails bright red. Her nose was too big and her eyes a bit small and her hair color varied slightly depending on the box of dye, though it was always some version of brown. Tiny pearls were sewn along the neck and down the front of her angora sweaters and she wore falsies to fill them out. Her skirts were narrow and her heels high. She had a second husband in Chicago, but she wanted a new and different life as along as she kept the old one. She would leave and come back for the six years that she was entangled in my father's life. And mine.
Another major change happened that year. My father's parents sold their house in Indiana and came east to live with us. Probably my father's mother decided her son needed her help taking care of me or perhaps he was out of his mind and actually asked them to do this. Grandma was a tiny worried woman, tight-lipped. A teetotaler. Grandpa was tall and his skin was gray-blue from a last ditch treatment with mercury for his chronic stomach problems. He was quiet and kind.
By the time I was thirteen, Lou had divorced her second-husband and my father had quit his job at the International Statistical Bureau on the 26th floor of the Empire State building. He wanted to start a business. To fund this new venture, he sold the large house that my mother had loved.
He married Lou that June in a formal wedding at the Congregational Church in Manhasset. And then the five of us, my father, Lou, grandma, grandpa and I moved into a tiny Levitt town house in Rosalyn Heights. I had never seen the cartoon of a drunk man standing on the sidewalk peering at the doorways of a row of tiny identical houses wondering which one was his and couldn't have imagined that one would be ours.
Lou took me to Chicago for that summer to stay again with her now ex-second husband. Just before we left, grandpa dug two strips along the wire fence in that tiny plot back-to-back with all the other grass plots in back of all the other houses on that block and the adjoining. Tiny leaves had just appeared and I didn't think all his effort was going to amount to much.
Lou's ex-husband didn't know she'd married my father and it was important that he not find out. I was told to call her Lou out loud and whisper mother when he wasn't around. Finally the summer ended and Lou took me back.
I was amazed when I saw grandpa's garden – red, orange, yellow, pink flowers, so many beautiful flowers. Years later I understood that he'd bought packets of seeds, cosmos, zinnias, marigolds and how easy it is to grow a mass of color, but still, the memory of all those flowers symbolizes grandpa.
I believed he loved me perhaps because we sat together on the couch that had been my mother's and laughed as we watched Gorgeous George wrestle on the tiny TV that my father had bought a year before she died. We liked it when Gorgeous George jumped off the ropes and onto some guy whose head he bashed into the canvas while sitting on his chest. We clapped when he strutted around the ring and were happy when he inevitably won.
That following spring grandpa's stomach problems were no longer kept under control by Pepto-Bismol and he went into the hospital. The surgeons discovered cancer. Perhaps he lived three weeks. He was eighty-five when he died.
If life was fair, grandpa would have lived and grandma would have died. Then years of quiet, continual conflict between grandma and my father over his love of Scotch would never have happened. And grandpa and I could have continued watching the Golden Age of Wrestling, sitting together on the couch.


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Upgrading to a new air conditioning unit or furnace can be an exciting prospect. However, before you get too excited, it's well worth your time to stop and think about who you'll choose for the installation work. After all, the quality of the installation often dictates the quality of a unit's performance long after the technicians have left. That's why it's a good idea to enlist the help of Custom Heating and Cooling LLC.
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Courtesy of the Automotive Service Association
The following simple and inexpensive preventive checks will greatly extend the life of the vehicle, ensure safer operation and even benefit the environment.
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Cooking on a Budget
Instructor: Mike Garry
· Basic kitchen supplies
· Food prep made simple
· Making a healthy meal easily and inexpensively
· Sneaking veggies in your diet
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Rosa M Corrales, Edgar Espana, Charles Slonim, Esmeralda Cardosa, Drey Coleman, Ronil Patel, Barry Butler; Measurement of inflammatory mediator gene transcripts on the ocular surface of patients with Graft versus Host Disease (GvHD). Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2016;57(12):5694.
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The primary objective of the study is to compare the number of transcripts of inflammatory mediators on the ocular surface of healthy individuals with no ocular symptomatology to the number of transcripts in patients who have been diagnosed with the ocular manifestation of GvHD and have not received therapy for ocular GvHD to determine whether biomarker testing might be used to detect early onset of the disease.
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Eleven GvHD patients and six age and sex-related controls were evaluated. OSDI questionnaire and clinical tests (corneal and conjunctival staining, and Schirmer test) were performed. Conjunctival cells were collected using an EYEPRIM™ device 5 minutes after instilling a topical ophthalmic anesthetic. The device was placed on the bulbar conjunctiva near the limbus and held for 5 seconds. After collecting the cells on the membrane, the membrane was placed in a tube containing storage medium and stored at 4°C. The RNA was isolated; cDNA synthesis was performed and samples were analyzed using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. The number of transcripts of human leukocyte antigen-DR (HLA-DRA), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) genes were measured. The student t-test for independent samples was used to compare means between groups.
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HLA-DRA, IFN-γ and IL-6 transcripts levels were increased in GvHD patients compared to controls (1830.03 vs 189.44 (p=0.04), 64.46 vs 32.93 (p=0.004) and 43.52 vs 3.23 (p=0.03), respectively). There was a positive correlation between corneal fluorescence and lissamine green staining (R=0.79 and p=0.006).
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Analysis of ocular surface for markers of inflammation such as, HLA-DRA, IFN-γ and IL-6 can be used diagnostic tool to detect early onset of the disease as well as preventative test post BMT, for which there is no standard diagnostic test. Further studies are needed to use the level of mediators as diagnostic markers of the disease.
This is an abstract that was submitted for the 2016 ARVO Annual Meeting, held in Seattle, Wash., May 1-5, 2016.
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Letter From Home Practice
I'm trying to slowly get back into the groove after the previously discussed elbow issue. This is an excerpt of me practicing Letter From Home (Jason Vieaux arrangement of the Pat Metheny song). It's recorded with a Fuji XT-3 using the onboard mic, so the sound is a bit inferior and noisy compared to my usual condensers. The final version will be with a good condenser mic or two and I'm thinking I'll use this as my audition for the Berklee Online guitar program.