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FanFaire Foundation has seen an expansion in its programs since its establishment in 2009. The programs are directly or indirectly EDUCATIONAL in nature. To date, these include the following:
1. Free Family Concerts Series – designed to foster music appreciation among the public and, whenever possible, to showcase local talents who are also excellent role models for young people in the community. The latest in the series was the very warmly received "From Paris to You", which featured two young Paris-based artists, pianist Zachary Deak and violist Virginie d'Avezac de Castera. They performed a thoughtfully assembled program of music for solo piano as well as for viola and piano duo. The program started in August 2011 with a series of concerts by the Orvieto Piano Trio whose members include Dr. BYRON CHOW, a practicing San Diego pediatrician with a background in molecular biology who is also an active pianist, violist and composer.
Also in 2011, FanFaire Foundation presented other free family concerts that included the FAMILY HOLIDAY SING-ALONGS (see below), as well as the Holiday Harp Music event sponsored by Point Loma Credit Union and the December Benefit Concert held at the Carlsbad Senior Center.
In 2012, the Series began with "The Harp and Alexandra Tibbitts", a solo recital of harp music presented in partnership with community libraries. These free family concerts often feature prelude performances by members of the Foundation's "KIDS Playing for KIDS" team, most of whom love both MUSIC and SCIENCE. Overall, the program strives to highlight the kind of creativity FanFaire Foundation seeks to nurture.
2. "KIDS Playing For KIDS" – launched in October 2011 at a concert sponsored by Point Loma Credit Union, the program presents youth concerts featuring San Diego's young musical talents, ages 6-17, many of whom also excel in science and math. They play solo and ensemble pieces to an audience of children, their families and community members at various venues in San Diego County, and beginning in Summer 2012 in Orange County as well. It is hoped that the young talents will serve as good role models for the children in the community, spark an interest in classical music, and nurture the kind of creativity the country needs today. In 2012, the program goes to Orange County. This program is envisioned to spawn FanFaire Foundation's "Kids Teaching Kids" program.
3. "Bring Kids to the Opera" - in cooperation with San Diego Opera's Education Department, FanFaire Foundation introduces students (from 3rd grade and up) to the unique art of OPERA. The program launched in February 2012, coincident with the West Coast premiere of Moby-Dick, the highly acclaimed opera by one of America's greatest living composers, Jake Heggie. FanFaire Foundation had the honor of presenting Mr. Heggie in October 2010 as a guest performing artist in its second Music Appreciation Concert (see 5. below). The program has two components: 1) a docent lecture on the featured opera open to students and their families and 2) attendance by students from participating schools at the opera's final dress rehearsal.
4. Bring Kids to the Concert / Music Appreciation Concert Series – launched in tandem in May 2010 when the first concert in the Series took place at the Neurosciences Auditorium. It was the Foundation's first event at the acoustically superb concert hall. The Music Appreciation Concert Series presents artists of international stature to the San Diego community in a program format that through audience interaction with the performers demystifies the various forms of classical music. The first concert, which highlighted chamber music, featured the much acclaimed Rossetti Piano Trio. The second concert "Writing Opera Today" focused on opera and featured no less than the great American composer of opera, Jake Heggie and the renowned mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzman. The program, conducted in partnership with local business, awards free tickets to students from participating San Diego County schools allowing them to experience and possibly be inspired by renowned artists performing in a world-class venue.
5. SCIENCE & MUSIC: CONCERTS & LECTURES – started in March 2009 coincident with the launching of the San Diego Science Festival. The series seeks to interest, if not inspire, students to pursue careers in science (or music) through lectures delivered by practicing scientists (or musicians) in a classroom setting of middle, junior high, or high school students. The first lecture, the "Physics of Waves", was held on March 18, 2009 at the Memorial Preparatory for Scholars and Athletes in Logan Heights.
The second, Gene Music | Music Gene, a signature event of the 2010 San Diego Science Festival held at the Point Loma-Hervey Library was presented in a concert-lecture format featuring both a scientist and a musician.
"Adventures in Science & Music" – spawned at the 2009 Inaugural San Diego Science Festival, this program features live musical ensemble performances that underscore the natural link between science and music. FanFaire Foundation's successful participation in the San Diego Science Festival's Expo Day at Balboa Park featured a jazz string and wing ensemble performance in conjunction with live demonstrations on the science of sound waves (such as those produced by string and wind instruments) and the use of common objects as musical instruments. An "Adventures in Science and Music" concert featuring orchestral music with a distinct science flavor performed by the newly-organized Greater San Diego Community Orchestra, directed by Dr. Angela Yeung was held in November 2010 as a satellite event of the Inaugural USA Science & Engineering Festival in association with Maritime/STEM at the Embarcardero Marina Park South. A similar event was held at the 2011 San Diego Science Festival at Petco Park.
6. COMMUNITY OUTREACH – consists in FanFaire Foundation's participation in activities or events that are community-based, i.e, characterized by active involvement of large segments of the greater San Diego community. The following are typical examples:
Sing-Along Concerts
1). Holiday Family Sing-Alongs These community activities are organized in partnership with local libraries such as the Escondido Public Library and Logan Heights Branch Library which co-presented the concerts in the 2011 holiday season.
2). Messiah Sing-Along Concert and Soloists' Competition – Held at the Neurosciences Institute Auditorium on December 3, 2010 and December 2 and 4, 2011 the concerts which featured the Greater San Diego Community Orchestra conducted by Dr. Angela Yeung were, in true holiday spirit, all warmly and happily received community events. The Soloists' Competition, held on November 13 and 14, 2010 and November 12, 2011 and open to ALL young and aspiring singers in the community, gave the winners the opportunity to sing with an orchestra (some for the first time) as soloists at the Messiah Sing-Along Concert.


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Forthcoming Events
The Pug-A-Doodle-Do launch party at The Alligator's Mouth children's bookshop last weekend was great – you can read Sarah McIntyre's full account here. And here's a list of other events I'll be doing this autumn. Click on the links below for booking details etc. (I'm still waiting for details of a few, so I'll update this post when I get them.)
Saturday 7th October: Cheltenham Literature Festival.
On Tuesday 24th October Sarah McIntyre and I will be at the Winston Churchill Theatre in Ruislip, NW London. It's the half-term holidays in that part of the world, so if you're looking for something to do as a family our Pug-A-Doodle-Show is at 2pm, and tickets cost just £2.
On Saturday 28th October I'm planning to be at Bristolcon, my favourite SF convention – I'm not doing any events there, but lots of lovely and interesting people will be, so it's well worth a look if you're in the area. And if you're desperate to get your copy of one of my books signed or just want to say hello you'll find me wherever the coffee is.
Saturday 18th November: Literary Leicester
I'll be talking about Railhead, Black Light Express etc at the National Space Centre. (SF writer Alastair Reynolds will be on the bill too, if you want to make a day of it.)

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God gives us ideas and then we have to actually do the work. Amen? These couples have been friends for many years and "finally live in the same town". They are excited to have the opportunity to live out this greater calling on their lives together. How great is that??? Listen in and see what they are all about! Then head over to their website and order a table!
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Francesca Battistelli has been nominated for a 2016 Grammy Award for "Holy Spirit," the third nomination she's garnered in two years from her breakthrough 2014 album If We're Honest.
Battistelli was nominated for Best Contemporary Christian Music Performance/Song for the track that spent 15 consecutive weeks at No. 1 and topped 5 radio charts simultaneously over the summer, becoming Battistelli's third consecutive No. 1 following "Write Your Story" and "He Knows My Name."
"It's a huge honor to be nominated for another Grammy! I'm beyond thankful that this album has had so much life--to be nominated a second year in a row for the same project is incredibly rewarding."
The Grammy Awards will be presented Feb. 15 in Los Angeles. This is Battistelli's fourth nomination overall. She is currently on the road for The Third Annual Francesca Battistelli Christmas Tour, which resumes Thursday in Newnan. Georgia.
The tour will wrap up an amazing year for Battistelli, who is expecting her third child in March. She was voted Female Artist of the Year at the KLOVE Fan Awards last spring, received her first Billboard Music Awards nomination, took three more nods at the 2015 Dove Awards and has had a song at the top of the radio charts for 19 weeks this calendar year.
Click here for more information about the tour and to buy tickets! And don't forget to buy "Holy Spirit" on iTunes and stream it on Spotify.


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Ending Saturday mail delivery would save the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, which lost $8.5 billion in 2010, lots of money. But how much money, exactly? Enough to make a difference and stop the bleeding? The answer depends on who you ask.

The Postal Service says stopping Saturday mail, an idea that has been floated several times, and moving to five-day delivery would save the agency $3.1 billion.

"The Postal Service does not take this change lightly and would not propose it if six-day service could be supported by current volumes," the agency wrote. "However, there is no longer enough mail to sustain six days of delivery. Ten years ago the average household received five pieces of mail every day. Today it receives four pieces, and by 2020 that number will fall to three.

"Reducing street delivery to five days will help re-balance postal operations with the needs of today's customers. It also will save about $3 billion a year, including reductions in energy use and carbon emissions."

But the Postal Regulatory Commission says ending Saturday mail would save far less than that, only about $1.7 billion a year. The Postal Regulatory Commission also projected that ending Saturday mail would result in larger mail volume losses than the Postal Service predicts.

"In all cases, we chose the cautious, conservative path," Postal Regulatory Commission Chairwoman Ruth Y. Goldway said in March of 2011. "Our estimates, therefore, should be seen as the most likely, middle ground analysis of what could happen under a five-day scenario."

How End of Saturday Mail Would Work

Under five-day delivery, the Postal Service will no longer deliver mail to street addresses - residences or businesses - on Saturdays. Post Offices will remain open on Saturdays, though, to sell stamps and other postal products. Mail addressed to post office boxes will continue to be available Saturday.

The Government Accountability Office has raised questions about whether the Postal Service could realize $3.1 billion in savings by ending Saturday mail. The Postal Service is basing its projections on eliminating city- and rural-carrier work hours and costs through attrition and "involuntary separations."

"First, USPS's cost-savings estimate assumed that most of the Saturday workload transferred to weekdays would be absorbed through more efficient delivery operations," the GAO wrote. "If certain city-carrier workload would not be absorbed, USPS estimated that up to $500 million in annual savings would not be realized."

The GAO also suggested that the Postal Service "may have understated the size of the potential mail volume loss."

And volume loss translates into revenue loss.

Impact of Ending Saturday Mail

Ending Saturday mail would have some positive and plenty of negative impacts, according to the Postal Regulatory Commission and GAO reports. Ending Saturday mail and implementing a five-day delivery schedule, the agencies said, would:

save the Postal Service an estimated $1.7 billion a year, nearly half as much as the $3.1 billion projected by the agency itself;

reduce mail volume and result in net revenue losses of $600 million a year, far more than the $200 million in lost revenue projected by the Postal Service;

cause a quarter of all First-Class and Priority mail to be delayed by two days;

negatively impact business mailers, local newspapers that rely on Saturday delivery, residential mailers who would be affected by longer mail transit times, and other population groups, such as rural residents, the homebound, or the elderly;

reduce the advantage that USPS has over competitors that do not offer Saturday delivery, particularly delivering postal parcels on Saturdays at no additional charge;

and diminish USPS's image, in part by reducing public contact with carriers.

Ending Saturday mail "would improve USPS's financial condition by reducing costs, increasing efficiency, and better aligning its delivery operations with reduced mail volumes," the GAO concluded. "However, it would also reduce service; put mail volumes and revenues at risk; eliminate jobs; and, by itself, be insufficient to solve USPS's financial challenges."


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The following players are scheduled for predraft workouts today at the Celtics' practice facility in Waltham: Southern Cal guard Nick Young, Fresno State guard/forward Quinton Hosley, Portuguese professional forward Joao Gomes, and Loyola-Chicago guard Blake Schilb.
It is an interesting mix for a number of reasons, not least of which is the fact that three are shooting guards. Young, in fact, is rated among the top two shooting guards in the draft and is projected to go anywhere from No. 11 to No. 22 in tomorrow night's draft.
With Danny Ainge traveling to Phoenix yesterday to watch Corey Brewer, Joakim Noah, and Jeff Green work out (again), and Young coming to Waltham today, there seems a possibility of a deal in the works involving Phoenix and Boston and/or a third team.
According to league sources, Phoenix forward Shawn Marion has long interested Boston, though one sticking point could be the $33.6 million remaining on his deal, with a player option worth $17.2 million for 2008-09. It wouldn't make sense for the Celtics to unload young assets like Al Jefferson, Gerald Green, Delonte West, or Tony Allen without any guarantee that Marion would be around longer-term. It is also worth noting that league and team sources have said Ainge is extremely reluctant to trade Jefferson.
Still, with the Suns looking to dump salary and picks, they could be the perfect trading partner for the Celtics, who have tried to trade the No. 5 pick since the lottery May 22. Phoenix has the No. 24, No. 29, and No. 59 picks.
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I want to underline the significance of an important legal settlement last week in which the Metropolitan police agreed to pay more than £200,000 to Mark Lewis, the lawyer who has represented scores of phone hacking victims.
I do so because the settlement has gone largely unreported outside The Guardian, meriting only odd paragraphs elsewhere.
So it bears repeating that Lewis secured the libel settlement after a senior Met officer effectively accused him of exaggerating the scale of the News of the World scandal.
It was a key example of the way in which those who were trying to expose the hacking scandal prior to the Milly Dowler revelation in July last year suffered from continual "official" denials of their (correct) allegations.
On Thursday, the high court was told that Lewis's action had been settled, with the Met agreeing to pay him £30,000 in damages plus all of his £176,000 legal costs. Even so, it did not mean, according to a Scotland Yard spokesman, that the Met were admitting liability.
The case goes back to September 2009, when Lewis gave evidence to the Commons culture and media select committee. He told MPs that there were 6,000 phone-hacking victims, which contradicted the News of the World's single "rogue reporter" defence.
Two months later, the Press Complaints Commission chair, Lady Buscombe, made a speech to the Society of Editors in which she said that the then Met assistant commissioner, John Yates, had passed her reliable evidence showing that Lewis's statement was incorrect.
Lewis sued Buscombe, the PCC and the Met on the grounds that he had been accused of lying to parliament and, in so doing, damaged his reputation. In November 2010, Buscombe and the PCC apologised to Lewis and paid him £20,000 in libel damages.
Following last week's settlement, Lewis said: "The Metropolitan police have spent about £250,000 unsuccessfully defending my claim, which could have been avoided if there had been a proper investigation into the activities in 2006 rather than one where only [journalist] Clive Goodman and [private investigator] Glenn Mulcaire were prosecuted."
Since the incident, both Buscombe and Yates have resigned from their posts. Lewis, meanwhile, continues to represent people who allege that they have been victims of hacking. And, of course, he represented Milly Dowler's parents too.
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While we all know that geeks and being a geek is not chic, certain French designers have taken a slightly softer view on this matter. They have used characters from DC Comics to create accessories that are remarkably funny, and well geeky.
If you would like to look elegant and chic, this is so not what you must be buying. Flash ballerina shoes, Plastic Man sunglasses, and others can be bought thanks to Bleeding Cool. The prices are on the higher side and range between 125 Euroes to more than a 1000 Euro.
Lanvin's Batman T-Shirt, Sonia Rykiel's Wonder Woman Dress, Pierre Hardy's Superman Bag, Balmain's Batman T-Shirt, Julian David's Superman Scarf, Roger Vivier's Catwoman Thigh Boots, Karl Lagerfield's Green Lantern Gloves, Thierry Lasry's Plastic Man Sunglasses, Maison Michel's Wonder Woman Headband, Repetto's Flash Ballerina Shoes, and Alex Mabille's Joker Bow Tie are some of the accessories that you could buy, if you are truly interested.
However I do not see any reason why luxury oriented people with taste for finer things in life would want to spend money on geeky stuff. It is a marketing disaster. Nevertheless, you still could go ahead and take a look at them.


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I Really Need Help To Fight The Cravings - I Dont Like Being Like This I Feel Disgusting - Need Help To Get Rid Of The Fat!Hi everyone,
This is the first time I have really spoken or posted anything about my body.
I really cant stand to look like this for much longer.
Clothes look awful on me and I can see myself being skinny I just need to get there.
I am 5ft 8 and am 9 stone 6 - which just feels awful.
I want my fiance to be able to pickme up easily, for clothes to look good on me.
The one thing I hate is my arms and back the fat is awful.
My thighs as well and my face, I just need to lose overall weight.
I drink 2.5 litres a day and consume around 1000 calories a day.
It just stopping the cravings it is getting too much.
I just need some support from someone who feels the same!
Doing it on my own just doesnt help and its lonely.
Please help!!
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I know what you feel. Because I felt that to before. In the first time you just cut your calories intake to 1000 calories per day. But If you are not careful, this will become a serious eating disorder where you always feel your self as a very ugly and fat woman. If your height is 5ft 8 and your weight is 9 stone 6, I don't think you are fat. Your weight is ideal for your height. But if you still want to loose some weight is still okay. Better to talk to the dietitian about that.
With this OCD either one gets get professional help and things might improve or or things will worsen indefinitely. This torture I would wish on nobody.


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Are you having trouble clearing levels on Candy Crush Saga and getting increasingly frustrated with consistently not being able to get rid of that last piece of jelly? Purchasing boosters on Candy Crush Saga can definitely help with that.
Here are some of the different boosters available for players on Candy Crush Saga and what each one is used for.
Lollipop Booster
This booster is used for smashing a single candy, jelly or layer of cream. So it can really help if you have one piece of jelly left and you simply don't have any other way of clearing it off the board. This booster becomes available to you once you clear Level Six.
Five Extra Moves Booster
As the name suggest, this booster grants you five extra moves when you purchase it. So if you are just a few moves short of winning a level on Candy Crush Saga, you can purchase this booster and get rid of those last few stubborn candies. This is a great asset when you know for certain that you need only one or two more moves to bring down your last ingredient or to clear the last couple pieces of jelly in order to win the level.
This booster becomes available to you once you have completed Level Seven of Candy Crush Saga.
Colour Bomb Booster
This is a rather powerful booster and when you purchase it, you will be able to begin the level with a colour bomb on your board. This means that you do not need to work in order to create one.
The colour bomb can completely clear a single colour of candy off the board. So it comes in useful for those "order" levels whereby you need to combine special candies, such as a striped candy with a wrapped candy. This is because with one colour completely extinguished from the equation, it'll be easier to find matches once the board has settled.
You can purchase this booster once you clear Level 12 of the game.
Coconut Wheel Booster
The coconut wheel has very powerful abilities, because when you exchange it with a candy, it turns these into striped candies, which will then simultaneously explode. This is very useful in clearing jelly, chocolate and any other sweet obstacles that get in your way.
This booster is available to you once you have successfully completed Level 14.
Extra Time booster
This is a very useful booster on timed levels, whereby you have to rack up a certain number of points in a specific amount of time – because it adds an extra 15 seconds to the time. This can make the difference between success and failure, especially when you need just a few thousand more points in order to pass the level.
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This booster is available to you upon completion of Level 98.
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Overwhelmed Member Book by Perry Noble was published by Lifeway in August 2014. The ISBN for Overwhelmed Member Book is 9781430032090.
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Hallmark Health's Pelvic Health Center provides patients with an integrated and interdisciplinary medical approach to identify and treat pelvic floor disorders and related conditions, such as urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse and pelvic pain.
While pelvic floor dysfunction affects both men and women, it is generally more prevalent in women. Studies have shown that one in three American women develop symptoms that can range from mild to severe at some point in their lifetime. The Pelvic Health Center doctors and allied health professionals work with patients to identify the source of the problem and then develop a coordinated, personalized treatment plan ensuring the best possible outcome.
Evaluation, diagnosis and non-surgical and surgical treatments are provided for:
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Pelvic Floor Disorders
Pelvic disorders can affect both women and men. The pelvic floor is the group of muscles, ligaments and tissues that support the organs of the pelvis. Pelvic floor organs include the bladder, vagina, and rectum. Pelvic floor disorders may be acquired due to tears, weakness, structural abnormalities, or poor coordination of the muscles, nerves, or organs in the pelvis. Examples of pelvic floor disorders include:
Urinary incontinence
This is a loss of bladder control leading to urinary leakage. Urinary incontinence affects one in three women. Two common types of urinary incontinence are urge incontinence (urinary leakage with the sudden need to urinate) and stress incontinence (urinary leakage that occurs with physical effort, such as coughing, sneezing or exercising).
Pelvic organ prolapse
These pelvic support problems occur when one or more of the organs in a woman's pelvis—the uterus, vagina, bladder or rectum—shifts down and creates a bulge in the vaginal canal, making everyday activities extremely uncomfortable. Women with pelvic organ prolapse may see or feel a bulge in the vagina.
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This is a loss of bowel control leading to leakage of stool. This problem can be caused by muscle damage during childbirth, constipation, anal injury, nerve injury or rectal prolapse.
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This condition refers to problems emptying the bowels. Symptoms may include the frequent and uncomfortable urge to have a bowel movement, constipation, and leakage of gas, diarrhea or solid stool.
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This term refers to a variety of conditions that lead to the inability to empty the bladder normally. Examples include weakness of the bladder muscle and mechanical obstruction.
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Hallmark Health's Pelvic Health Center offers a specialized rehabilitation program for individuals who are diagnosed with pelvic floor and continence disorders. The Pelvic Floor and Continence Rehabilitation Program is led by a specially trained and experienced physical therapist certified in pelvic floor and continence physical therapy. The program provides high-quality, personalized care for women and men. By age 55, nearly half of all women will develop some type of pelvic floor, bladder and/or bowel condition. Early diagnosis and treatment is the key to retaining normal function and quality of life as quickly as possible.
After being diagnosed, usually by a specialty physician, patients often are referred to physical therapy for further evaluation and treatment. The Pelvic Floor and Continence Rehabilitation Program's physical therapist works closely with patients and their referring physicians to develop the most appropriate treatment plan. The program offers a comfortable, private and compassionate environment. Patients have access to the most up-to-date therapies for pelvic floor disorders, including biofeedback, electrical stimulation, vaginal dilators, manual therapy and visceral mobilization techniques.
The patient is encouraged to check with their health insurer, but usually the insurance plan's coverage, deductibles and co-pays that apply to physical therapy will also apply to pelvic floor physical therapy.
The Pelvic Floor and Continence Rehabilitation Program is conveniently located at Hallmark Health System's Stoneham Outpatient Campus at 41 Montvale Avenue. The phone number is 781-224-5829. For more about our program, please read our pelvic floor brochure.
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In some cases, surgery is the best treatment option and considered when other treatments do not provide the intended results. Our surgeons use minimally-invasive surgery such as mini arc sling or sacral nerve stimulation utilizing the InterStim system.
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A few quick tips for running around during the Craft Brewers Conference (beyond the usual "hydrate, hydrate, hydrate" mantra I usually preach).
- Double-check the hours of an establishment or event before going, particularly if it's late.
- Eat when you can—with so many people in town and things happening, you never know when your next chance to grab a bite will be.
- Google Maps is your friend (particularly if you have a smartphone). It's easy to navigate the Convention Center, but in getting to/from the Conference and around Portland for the myriad events, having a GPS-enabled map app will save time and sanity.
These might be a bit obvious, until you find yourself lost, late and hangry. And now some pictures!


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Who's poisoning lawns in a San Jose neighborhood?
Updated 4:51 pm, Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Flyers posted on telephone poles in a quiet San Jose neighborhood offer a $1,000 reward for solving a most unusual string of crimes - the poisoning of dozens of lawns on the western side of the city.
The offense is virtually unheard of, say San Jose police officials, and the motive is equally puzzling.
Residents, some of whom have seen parts of their yards hit three times this year by what appears to be vandals spraying herbicide, have no idea who might be dousing the poison and why.
The theories vary, but they all seem to come up short - including speculation that the crime may be a case of eco-terrorism.
- SF Fire Department responds to a fire in the Castro District on Friday Sophie Haigney/SF Chronicle
- Fire breaks out in San Francisco's Castro District SF Fire Department
- Bob Melvin discusses Yusmiero Petit Susan Slusser, The Chronicle
- "Bait Bikes" help SFPD nab thief in the Mission SFPD Mission Station
- Snow in Placerville, Feb. 22, 2018 Carol Perez / Twitter: @BlogAmbiguous
- How is climate change affecting the Bay Area? SFGATE
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- Trump discusses removing ICE from California White House
- History-making African Americans with ties to the Bay Area Drew Costley
- Oakland A's manager Bob Melvin on Jake Smolinski San Francisco Chronicle
"Is someone mad because we have green lawns in a drought?" asked Moreland Way resident Greg Riggs, who organized a meeting among concerned folks in the neat, well-manicured neighborhood, hoping to get to the bottom of the dead-lawn conundrum.
He added, "We can't really use the drought theory, though, since this has been happening before the drought situation."
Neighbors say that more than a year ago, they began noticing strange brown streaks in front yards. They initially dismissed the die-off as a one-time oddity.
"We just thought some neighbor's dog was walking down the street and urinating on the grass and killing it," Griggs said. "(Or) it was just some teenagers having some fun."
When the vandals struck this month, however, they targeted as many as 30 homes and poisoned larger portions of people's lawns, leaving residents convinced that this was something they needed to take seriously.
One neighbor with a 1,200-square-foot yard said he's been forced to spend more than $5,000 to remove contaminated soil and plant new grass.
In a bid to stop the crime wave, community members are now helping each other watch the streets with surveillance cameras. They exchange information over e-mail. And they cobbled together a $1,000 reward to give to anyone who can point the way to the crooks.
Tony Athan, another Moreland Way resident who has been targeted, has installed cameras, but he says it's not easy to catch the perpetrators on video because there's lag time between the crime (spraying the poison) and the appearance of damage (the grass turning brown).
"It's not like you walk out your door and say, 'Oh, no. Look what happened!' " he explained. "It takes several weeks to notice."
Police say they just received word of the alleged poisonings this week. Because vandalism crimes are generally low priority and tough to solve, especially when there are no suspects, investigators aren't likely to spend much time probing the dead lawns, said Officer Albert Morales.
"Until there's more information to go on, it's a case we're not going to be working," he said.
The department may step up patrols in the neighborhood, depending on what information is developed, Morales added.
The office of San Jose Councilman Pete Constant, who represents the area, said it had also just begun hearing reports of the crime - and will see what it can do.
"We definitely want to help," said Jerad Ferguson, Constant's chief of staff.
Kurtis Alexander is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com Twitter: @kurtisalexander


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Resources for Information Security: A Constant Struggle
Many of my friends (as well as myself) are chief information security officers (CISOs). Whenever we talk, the topic of resources for information security (or, more precisely, the lack of resources) seems to come up. CISOs who have served in this position for a while get a kind of gut feeling concerning the level of resources needed to reduce information security risk to an acceptable level. Inevitably, the amount they request never matches the amount needed. Information security professionals are constantly struggling to obtain a sufficient amount of resources.
How much is enough? There is no set answer to this question, but a good starting point is determining how much it costs to reduce residual risk to an acceptable level. No precise way to determine this exists, however. The best that a CISO can do, therefore, is to make an educated guess, something that may prove too imprecise for MBA-educated, numbers oriented senior managers. Another possible approach is to look at the amount of funding allocated to information security practices in other organizations, especially peer organizations (e.g., in the manufacturing arena, the financial arena, and so on). In the IT security receiving three to five percent of the overall IT budget is not uncommon, except in the financial arena, where receiving seven to nine percent of the overall IT budget or sometimes even more is not unusual. This amount of funding generally allows a CISO to hire a reasonable number of information security staff and initiate and/or maintain several projects designed to better control risk in areas such as user identification and intrusion detection/prevention. At the same time, however, it still leaves the CISO frustrated because of knowing that some potentially serious risks are not being adequately addressed because of lack of funding.
Too often the lack of information security resources can be attributed to failure to "make the sale" to senior-level management. As I have discussed in previous blog entries, senior management is likely to be naïve regarding information security-related risks and thus disinclined to invest much in addressing these risks. "Mental accounting" often occurs—in the mind of too many senior managers, ten thousand dollars spent on information security seems like more money spent than ten thousand dollars spent on a new business initiative. Getting senior management to hop aboard the information security bandwagon, is the best solution, but doing this is no easy or quick matter.
In the absence of sufficient resources, CISOs simply have to do the best they can do with the resources that are available to them. Certain initiatives will invariably have to be scuttled or cut back. The information security steering committee is likely to be able to offer wise counsel concerning initiatives perceived to be of lower priority and thus that are better candidates for shoving to the backburner. Additionally, effective CISOs leverage resources in related areas such as physical security and network operations to get some tasks done despite a lack of information security resources. Building highly cooperative relationships with managers in these areas is thus imperative. Outsourcing may also help in reducing expenditures somewhat, leaving some resources available for other initiatives that might not otherwise get underway. Automating functions such as log inspection and user provisioning may also serve this purpose.
Information security professionals may perpetually complain about the lack of resources available to them, but the fact of the matter is that even in good economic times, there is likely to still be a funding shortfall in information security. Face it—information security is just one of many proverbial mouths to be fed in a typically organization. What is really important, therefore, is not to despair and complain that too few resources are available, but instead to view managing an information security program well on the resources that are available as a challenge to be relished. In my mind, the CISO who views the problem in this manner and manages available resources accordingly is one of "the few, the proud," the type of person who is most deserving of professional recognition.


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Daft Punk: Pentatonix A Cappella Mashup Style!by Free Britney at . Updated at . Comments
Ever wonder what the electro-hits of Daft Punk would sound like in a cappella form?
Arlington, Tex., based quintet Pentatonix has answered that time-honored question.
The group, who achieved quasi-fame on the reality show The Sing-Off, is known for its a cappella covers of music you would never expect to hear that way.
It's their thing. But this effort raises the bar for sure, especially with the added factor of the crazy outfits and blue contacts they're wearing whilst performing.
You've never seen a "Stronger" performance by an a cappella group than this one, so "Get Lucky" and check it out "One More Time" (sorry) below!


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Report NEP-CNA-2009-11-07This is the archive for NEP-CNA, a report on new working papers in the area of China. Zheng Fang issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
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- Item repec:pse:psecon:2009-42 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Hongbin Cai & Yuyu Chen & Hanming Fang & Li-An Zhou, 2009. "Microinsurance, Trust and Economic Development: Evidence from a Randomized Natural Field Experiment," PIER Working Paper Archive 09-034, Penn Institute for Economic Research, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania.
- Mu, Ren & van de Walle, Dominique, 2009. "Left behind to farm ? women's labor re-allocation in rural China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 5107, The World Bank.
- Bao, Shuming & Bodvarsson, Örn B. & Hou, Jack W. & Zhao, Yaohui, 2009. "The Regulation of Migration in a Transition Economy: China's Hukou System," IZA Discussion Papers 4493, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).


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Son accused of torching parents' house
Dec. 10, 2013 at 6:10 a.m.
Updated Dec. 11, 2013 at 6:11 a.m.
A resident of a Victoria home that caught fire Monday night was charged with arson.
Jerry Garner, the stepson of the homeowner, Artie Haynes, was arrested about 8:45 p.m. Monday and taken to the Victoria County Jail, City Fire Marshal Tom Legler said Tuesday.
"We believe the fire was not accidental," he said, declining to release more information about the case.
The investigation is ongoing, he said.
Garner, 19, flagged Legler and a Victoria police officer down in the area of Hanselman and Sertuche roads, according to a complaint filed with Justice of the Peace Precinct 3 Robert Whitaker.
Garner told Legler he was at the home that burned in the 1100 block of Sertuche Road and was upset because he was recently in jail, according to the court document.
Garner told Legler he used an electric stove in the kitchen to ignite a newspaper. He then set the newspaper on his mother's bed. It caught the blankets on fire, and Garner fled the scene, according to the court document.
Arson may be a first-degree felony if it is shown at trial that what caught fire was a habitation, according to the Texas Penal Code.
Whitaker set Garner's bond at $50,000, and Garner requested a court-appointed attorney.
Artie Haynes, meanwhile, fished his cellphone out of his pocket multiple times Tuesday morning answering calls from people offering to help him.
A little after 10 a.m., a man wanted to meet up to give him some clothes.
"They (the Red Cross) ain't going to put you in a motel forever," he said to the person on the end of the line, "but it does help."
His wife, Glenda, was at work.
Haynes said the couple was shocked when police told them Garner may have caused the fire. They were first told that investigators thought the fire was caused by an electrical shortage in a TV cord in their bedroom, he said.
Garner was not at home when Haynes left for a job interview at Wal-Mart. His mother, Glenda, was also working, Haynes said.
"She (Glenda) doesn't believe it in a way," Haynes said. "She loves her kids, but there's only so much you can do. Right now is not a great time because we don't have any money."
Garner has been in trouble with law enforcement before. He was also diagnosed with a mental illness, for which he is taking medication, Haynes said.
Garner was arrested by deputies Nov. 25 on a warrant charging him with violation of probation in a unauthorized use of a vehicle case, according to a Victoria County Sheriff's Office report.
Garner has also been convicted in Victoria of theft of property between $50 and $500, unauthorized use of a vehicle and possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram, according to court records.
Haynes said he appreciates all the help he has received from the community so far.
He went inside the home after firefighters left and found the wall board had melted, making many items unsalvageable.
"We could use everything. We could use money, but everybody can use that, too. ... I just want to get some help with a place to move into so I can start over," Haynes said.


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Since I arrived in Eugene, I have been spending every Saturday morning volunteering at the University of Oregon's Urban Farm. After putting in a couple hours of work, the director lets me take home a backpack full of goodies. The backpack seems to overflow more and more each week as we enter the full swing of garden season.
The work I do there is the same kind of somewhat mundane garden work I would normally be doing on my urban homestead: weeding, trellising beans, watering, composting, more weeding. The interesting thing about the love for gardening is that we tend to love these mundane activities just as much as we love the exciting planting times. The repetition of care gives us quiet time for thinking. There is peace I find out there digging among the tomatoes and zucchinis that I have a hard time finding when I am surrounded by people.
My own garden is not even remotely where I would want it, but I blame that on old seeds and a really late start. Meanwhile, I am still enjoying zucchini blossoms stuffed with herb goat cheese, purple and "dragon's tongue" pole beans, pitty-pan squashs, and soon the jewels of summer: tomatoes. I can hardly wait to start digging this Saturday!


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American Splendor
Architecture & Interiors
Travel + Leisure magazine's Design Awards issue is one of those annual editorial events guaranteed to make even self-proclaimed sophisticates feel like they've missed the boat, somehow. Its survey of the best and brightest in far-flung places is usually a baleful reminder of all the places and things we've never seen, and if we're honest, probably will never see.
Fortunately, here at 2Modern, we're capable of shelving our remorse (for the weekend, at least) and simply surrendering to the voyeuristic pleasures of ravishing photographs, like these, of Chile's Hotel Tierra Patagonia, an obvious slice of eco-tourism heaven, named by T+L as the best resort of 2013.
Tierra Patagonia's design, executed by the Chilean firm Cazú Zegers Arquitectura (and how nice that the job was so brilliantly done by a local team), centered around the notion expressed by the Chilean poet Nicanor Parra, who wrote, "Chile, before a country, is a landscape." And what a landscape! The Torres del Paine National Park and the shores of Lake Sarmiento are the backdrop for Tierra Patagonia's sprawling, amorphous form, clad in native Lenga wood, built to "merge with the metaphysical landscape, not interrupt it, reminiscent of an old fossil, a prehistoric animal beached on the shore of the lake."
Wood figures prominently in the hotel's interior spaces as well, lending warmth and intimacy to the clean-lined modernist furnishings, kept to a luxurious minimum (we particularly like the inclusion of Isamu Noguchi's Akari lamps in the private spaces), but no competition for the 360 degree, jaw-dropping views of natural splendor. "This architecture," says Cazú Zegers Arquitectura, "does not set out to be a protagonist, but to enter into an amorous dialogue with nature." Truth be told, that's a conversation to which we'd love to be privy.
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Football Manager 2015-CPY | Size 1.7 GB
Platforms : Microsoft Windows PC
Language : English, Czech, Danish, Dutch,French, Italian, Norwegian, Greek, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, Russian, Korean
Genre : Simulation, Sports
Publisher : SEGA
Developer : Sports Interactive
Football Manager is the most realistic, in-depth and immersive simulation of football management available, putting you in the hot-seat of almost any club in more than 50 countries across the world, including all of Europe's biggest leagues. Football Manager 2015 will allow you to live the life of a real football manager – you decide who plays and who sits on the bench, you're in total control of tactics, team-talks, substitutions and pitch-side instructions as you follow the match live with the acclaimed 3D match engine. Pre-order Football Manager 2015 now to enjoy access to a fully-playable 'Beta' version of the game roughly two weeks prior to the official release date.
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Parnali drew with 3rd seed IM Vikramditya Kulkarni (ELO 2346) while Supriya forced 2nd-seeed FM Akash Thakur (ELO: 2297) to share points. (Agencies) Latest News from Sports News Desk
On the top-board, FM Thakur was lucky to escape with a draw against Supriya from the White-side of the Colle System. It was advantage all the way for Supriya who was unable to find the correct continuation and settled for a draw after 47 moves.
Former National Challenger's champion, IM Kulkarni tried every trick in his book but was unable to break the stubborn defense of Parnali. The players signed peace treaty after 48 moves.
Having faced 3-IMs, Aditya Udeshi, Vikramaditya Kulkarni and Rakesh Kulkarni, Parnali remains unbeaten to record a career best performance.
On board two, Deepak Katiyar of Delhi and Karnataka's Likhit Chilukuri decided to play safe and called for a truce after 37 moves in the French Defense game.
IM-elect Rakesh Kulkarni joined the five-strong lead bunch, that includes Supriya, after grinding out a win against 15-year-old, Atharva Madkar from Pune.
Top seed Udeshi, after suffering reverse in round 3, bounced back into contention with an easy win over T Purushothaman from AP and moved jointly into the 2nd spot with a score of 4/5 points, which he is now sharing with a big pack of eight players.
With four rounds remaining in the 3-lakh prize fund tournament, the fight is expected to hot up for the championship in the next few days.
Parnali drew with 3rd seed IM Vikramditya Kulkarni (ELO 2346) while Supriya forced 2nd-seeed FM Akash Thakur (ELO: 2297) to share points.
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'In the last days of Narnia .... there lived an Ape.....and his name was Shift.' These words are from the opening of the last of The Chronicles of Narnia. Shift thinks of himself as very clever and indeed the original idea of deceiving the Narnian's was his idea, but soon he has let evil Calormen leaders into the secret and they slowly but surely take control of Shift and all but a few Narnian's who are still staunchly faithful to their king. When Tirian the present king of Narnia and his great friend Jewell the Unicorn realise that things are going dreadfully wrong in the kingdom, and that Aslan is supposed to be ordering dreadful things, they prepare to do something about it. Sadly Tirian and Jewell are captured and Tirian tied to a tree where he calls out to Aslan and the children who have helped his land from the time of its birth.
Jill and Eustace return to Narnia but despite their best efforts things go from bad to worse. Never fear though, Aslan is there, though they might not know it, right to the surprising end.
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The State Department received word today that on Egyptian named Bark Mirsil was sentenced this week to 15 years hard labor for the sander last July of Stephen Haas, a Philadelphia Jew.
Hass and his wife were tourists in Cairo when an angry mob attacked and killed Mr. Haas. Mrs. Baas escaped injury. State Department press officer Michael J. Mo-Dermott said today that he understood Mrs. Baas is thinking of filing a claim against the Egyptian Government. Two other persona on trial with Mirsil ware acquitted, Mo-Dermott said.


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FIRST PICTURE: Scarlett Johansson Works Out in NYC Post-Nate Naylor Split
One way to move on after a breakup? Focus on yourself for a little while.
Scarlett Johansson is doing just that in the days following her split from her boyfriend of about a year, Nate Naylor.
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After a trip to her gym in NYC Wednesday, the Avengers actress, 27, grabbed Chinese takeout. Johansson, sporting mirrored Wayfarers, covered up most of her world-famous curves in an oversized black hoodie (though she did show off her toned legs in Nike running tights).
On Monday, a source close to the Hitchcock star confirmed her split from NYC-based ad executive Naylor, 38, to Us Weekly.
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Johansson and Naylor were first spotted getting cozy together in February 2012; at the time, sources told Us they had already been dating about five months.
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The Oscar-nominated beauty, used to romancing stars like Sean Penn and Ryan Reynolds (whom she divorced in 2010), discussed her relationship with the non-celebrity in Vogue's May issue.
"It must be very strange for him," she admitted. "It's totally bizarre . . . It's an adjustment -- I mean, it's got to be an adjustment for him way more than it was for me at nineteen. But he's remarkably good about it."
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More than 100 Hawaii-based soldiers are on their way to Afghanistan.
A deployment ceremony was held at Wheeler Army Airfield Tuesday morning.
Soldiers from the 45th Sustainment Brigade headquarters, 8th Theater Sustainment Command are heading to Kandahar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. They are expected to be there for roughly nine months.
For Sgt. John San Nicolas, this will be his second time to Afghanistan. "This time it's easier, since we already know what to expect," he said. "The last time I was gone longer, so we're already mentally prepared in a way just because I've already been there."
The soldiers will replace the 82nd Sustainment Brigade. Their duties will include enabling base closures and transfers and orchestrating the reduction of military equipment, like vehicles and supplies.


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Teaching, leadership and student behaviour have all been praised by school inspectors after their visit to Goldington Academy.
Ofsted inspectors visited last month, and graded the school as 'Good' for achievement of pupils, quality of teaching, behaviour and safety of pupils, and leadership and management.
The report said: "Teachers plan lessons that are demanding and interesting.
"In the best lessons teachers' expectations are high and they ask searching questions to keep pupils on their toes and continually check their understanding."
It added: "In most lessons there is a strong focus on helping pupils to become independent learners.
"Teachers encourage pupils to investigate, and both teachers and classroom assistants give pupils with special educational needs regular opportunities to work by themselves in order to build their self-confidence."
Headteacher Francis Galbraith said: "We are delighted with this report which not only highlights a huge number of good and outstanding features of the school, but also suggest a small number of areas for us to focus on.
"The information provided by Ofsted is invaluable to both parents and schools and by acting on their advice we can ensure that on their next visit we will be truly outstanding in all areas."


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Thank-you and Goodnight!
Well firstly, as the title of this article goes, this is my own personal thank-you, and judging by the Talk Of The Tyne forum, I'm not the only one fan grateful for what he has done for the club.
Hughton is a sincere person, he is visibly hurt when results don't go his way, and again, visibly elated when results are going the right way, but his personality was one of a seemingly shy person, certainly not vocal and some will say ludicrous like Kinnear, nor bullish in his achievements, unlike Fat Sam, he could manage Barcelona don't you know...
Hughton has won us over, and if you don't agree with me that's fine, but he surpassed anything I ever thought he would by taking us back to the top flight. His balanced post match comments may do nothing to inspire anyone but, surely it was better than the rubbish that some have spouted in the past?
The future however, for Hughton was always uncertain, you can't help feeling that his stint in the top flight was a stop gap for us, a kind of test but a test that would always end in him leaving the club, he has done well but we've been erratic and his ability to bring in players will be, and has been questioned, his motivational skills though, seemed to be working, we've never witnessed a team spirit for a long time, but we have had one, the players have said as much and the Sunderland game was an example of what can be done.
His failings will be the ability to bring in new players, don't go blaming his lack of charisma, Alex Ferguson is hardly charismatic, but his ability to attract, pick, and get the best out of players can not be questioned.
The failings I mention are not all down to the man himself, his transfer kitty during the close season was virtually nothing in this day and age, so we can level some or a lot of the blame on the heirachy, and I do, I still blame Ashley for all that is bad about NUFC right now.
So to sum Chris Hughton up, a nice man, balanced, but without the ability to bring in players, partly due to finances, I feel he has been hard done to, but can understand the reasons we are looking to replace him.
As I write this and feel I'm being harsh on Chris, I have to check myself, because I honestly thank the man, he brought some balance to the team, his manner kept the press from the door and we settled into a normal way of footballing life to a certain extent.
Lurking in the background however, Mike Ashley and co are like the kids at school who plan to beat you up as soon as the school bell goes, they don't tell you, you might have a suspicion, but you never really know what's round the corner or when it's going to happen, for this reason, I still do not back Mike Ashley, time will tell if this decision is good for the club or not, for his sake I hope it is.
I feel that Hughton was always going to go, the poor run of results is not so much the reason, as the trigger point to minimise the public discontent, some saying, 'results arent good enough, he had to go' I'm not one of them, we sit is a decent position in the league, and that is down to Hughton.
Moving forward I see the need for a manager that has pull, but, I can't thank Chris enough for what he has done, and Ashley, well the words disgraceful keep entering my head whenever I see or hear his name.


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Are Years What? (for Marianne Moore) – 1967
"Are Years What (for Marianne Moore)", is the first sculpture Mr. di Suvero made entirely with steel I-beams. Its main feature is a steel V-shaped angle that hangs and swings freely in space, counteracting the solidity of its two vertical and four sprawling diagonal beams. (The tall beam from which it hangs—itself held in place by thin cables—is 40 feet long.)
Are Years What is part of the Hirshhorn Museum Collection.
What Are Years?
By Marianne Moore
What is our innocence,
what is our guilt? All are
naked, none is safe. And whence
is courage: the unanswered question,
the resolute doubt,—
dumbly calling, deafly listening—that
in misfortune, even death,
encourages others
and in its defeat, stirs
the soul to be strong? He
sees deep and is glad, who
accedes to mortality
and in his imprisonment rises
upon himself as
the sea in a chasm, struggling to be
free and unable to be,
in its surrendering
finds its continuing.
So he who strongly feels,
behaves. The very bird,
grown taller as he sings, steels
his form straight up. Though he is captive,
his mighty singing
says, satisfaction is a lowly
thing, how pure a thing is joy.
This is mortality,
this is eternity.
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Girls, at hour of the day does your s e x u a l desire peak? For me it is between 10:30 am and 1 pm.
S e x u al thoughts and body sensations start coming out of nowhere and I could basically make love every single day at this hour.
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my peak is usually around 9pm-12am...i'm a night lover ;)
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It's 4th July for me
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My GF is usually horny about about 10am
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Come on over!!

Im ready to go at just about any hour.

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But actually for me it varies. There are times where sex is not on my mind

and there are times Im ready. For me the late afternoon or the eveining

is the most likely time for me to be most ready to go and have it on my mind.
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mines 6am and 2pm and my husband has to sort me out, or im a ***** alday
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you got in one lol
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Ok, ill be round between 10:30 and 1:00. ;)
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Round up a bag of birdseed and packets of unflavored gelatin and root through your cupboards for cookie cutters, then you're set to go.
Makes 4 to 6 bird treats.
2 envelopes ( 1/4 ounce each) unflavored gelatin, such as Knox brand
1/2 cup boiling water
1 1/2 to 1-3/4 cups birdseed
Baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper
4 to 6 heart-shaped cookie cutters, roughly 3 inches by 4 inches.
2 straws, cut into 3-inch pieces
String or twine
To prepare birdseed: In large bowl, adult should pour boiling water into gelatin. Stir until gelatin dissolved. Add 1 1/2 cups birdseed. Stir until birdseed is coated. (Note: If mixture is too watery, add more seed.)
To prepare baking sheet: Meanwhile, arrange cookie cutters on paper-lined baking sheet.
To shape birdseed: Spoon birdseed mixture into cookie cutters. Using back of spoon, press down to compact mixture. (Note: Or cover mixture with wax paper and use fingers to compress mixture.) Insert 1 straw piece into each shape to create hole for hanging. Leave straw in place.
To chill, dry: Chill baking sheet in refrigerator for 2 hours. Remove from refrigerator. Let stand in dry room, turning cookie cutters over occasionally, overnight or until shapes harden.
To hang birdseed hearts: Carefully pop each treat out of cookie cutter. Remove straws. Thread string or twine through each hole. Hang hearts from tree branch, fence or deck railing.
Variation: Extra birdseed in your bag? Roll pine cone in peanut butter until completely covered. Roll in birdseed. Tie string around cone. Hang outside.
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Brushing my beagle's teeth, is a chore. When I was offered an opportunity to try a dental chew normally offered through veterinarians, I said why not. We live in the country and our nearest VET is a half hour away. So our family was thankful for the opportunity.
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This is CET VeggieDent Chews by Virbac Animal Health. We recieved them from Entirelypets.com. They are dark brown, and look very dense. Since we have a little boy
we kept these out of reach and in a cool place.
The package recommends giving my beagle one chew a day. This is suppose to help reduce plaque and loosen tartar. Candy would need to chew it, not gulp it down.
Our beagle loves to chew, so I knew that wouldn't be a problem for her. Its a very thick, chew. So our beagle would have to chew it slowly. I started giving these to her once a day, in mid afternoon.
Candy did take her time chewing these. She does look forward to getting this during the day. My husband and I did notice that her breath did improve. She likes the smell and looks forward to getting this as a treat.
I tried to see if I skipped a day brushing her teeth, if this product would make a difference in
her breath.
The package does say you can skip a day brushing your dog's teeth. The product did help with her breath. After that I went back to her teeth brushing routine.
One of Veggie Dent a day can help with teeth problems
It is soluble so it wont cause digestive problems
Candy loves them. So its Candy Approved
One bag contains 30 chews for $10.99 on the Entirely Pets.com. That is a savings
considering that other chews for that amount can cost a bundle
Only time can tell if this product can help Candy's teeth.
Chewing is important for the chews to work on your dog's teeth. If your dog has trouble chewing, you will need to break it up for them
to chew. If your dog gulps the treat down, it can be harmful.
Very little all-natural
Made in Vietnam. One of the biggest cons to me. As I really love supporting products
made in the USA, and made with more all natural ingredients.
Maybe hard for older dogs to chew, depending on how good their teeth are.These chews are thick and very dense. It even took some time for our beagle to chew.
Candy does enjoy these chews. Her breath does improve when we give these to her once a day. Only time can tell me what the overall effects will be on her teeth.
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