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The first drop for The Ornament Society!
Dropped: Academy in OK
Number of ornaments: 1
Made by: Lilly (administrator)
Dropped by: Lilly (administrator)
When: 21, December, 2010
And Lilly (administrator) says: I finally was able to find a good place to do a drop! It was great fun and I hope to do it again soon! I can't wait to see what other people come up with in their drops! This ornament is supposed to be a pink pine cone. I am sorry about the bad close up picture, didn't have time to take a good photo!


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Tis the season to be jolly, fa la la la la, la la la la. Can you tell I'm starting to get into the holiday season? I made this card a while back and forgot to post it. So, it's a good thing I realized it so I can share it with you today.
Tis the season ...
I love the glimmer paper Christmas tree. It looks so pretty on the card, and I wish the picture did it justice. I'm using a lot more of glimmer paper, so stay tuned.
Ciao for now.

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All Tomorrow's Parties is coming to Copenhagen to take part of CPH:DOX – Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival – with concert and dj-set
On November 16th Fuck Buttons will play CPH:DOX's concert series AUDIO:VI- SUALS and bring along their hypnotising visuals. Afterwards there will be an All Tomorrow's (After)Party at the foyer where Barry Hogan will dj and Danish experimental band Age Coin will perform. The show is co-hosted by Smash!Bang!Pow! & Pumpehuset.
Tickets and more info here.
About CPH:DOX
Since the beginnings in 2003 CPH:DOX has rapidly grown to become one of the most influential documentary events, with an inventive and internationally recognized programme profile that borders on visual arts, experimental films and fiction – and on music performances and live events. We strongly believe in the artistic possibilities of cross-over events, and since 2010 CPH:DOX has explored the audiovisual hybrid field between music, film and art with the series AUDIO:VISUALS.
Other acts performing at this year's AUDIO:VISUALS concerts include Factory Floor, Fo?llakzoid,The Haxan Cloak, Omar Souleyman, James Ferraro, Holly Herndon, Dalglish, Linda Perhacs and more (entire lineup).
Last year, Fuck Buttons qualified to be the musical frontrunners at the Olympic opening ceremony in London.The musical athletes took part in Danny Boyle's soundtrack and fed the audiences with atmospheric and techno-inspired electronic music. Fast forward to summer 2013. Fuck Buttons releases its third album, "Slow focus", which once again is a musical demonstration of how Benjamin John Power and Andrew Hung challenge and expand their productions. The album has become one of the most critically acclaimed albums this year, and the duo has found the recipe for the perfect mix between badass electro-techno, piercing synth-noise and hip-hop beats.
Live their arsenal of instruments and ear-splitting drones will not just beat the hell out of your eardrums, your eyes will be well-challenged too, as Fuck Buttons will perform their own visuals at the show.


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Ottoman Turks often appear in Venetian painting between the Turkish conquest of Constantinople in 1453 and the defeat of the Turkish navy by the Holy League at the Battle of Lepanto in 1571. The relationship between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire is typically understood through commercial trade, naval battles and religious differences. This paper examines the representation of Ottoman Turks in Venetian painting, including portraiture, identifying a trend of increasingly negative representations, and discussing the extent to which pictorial changes reflected political and commercial changes in the Mediterranean.
Venue: Dulcie Hollyock Room, Ground Floor, Baillieu Library (Building 177), University of Melbourne, Parkville (map).
Date: Monday 11 August, 6:30pm.


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Bagborough Cricket Club is managed and run by volunteers.
Like most small village clubs, the committee is made up of players or ex-players who wish to give something back to the club by volunteering, our junior teams are run by team managers who are often (but not always) the parent of a child in the same age group.
Our volunteer team managers help to:
Any help is always very welcome, and in many cases you don't need to have any knowledge of cricket to help out. You can choose to help the club in any capacity, whether it be team management, coaching, scoring, umpiring, team admin or fundraising.
If you can or wish to help in any shape or form, please contact the Youth Representative (if you wish to just help your child in their particular age group) or contact the club secretary direct if you feel you wish to help with volunteering for other duties within the club.
Stephen Swinburne
Club Secretary
Just some of the juniors on a sunny tuesday evening


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Jennifer Tschida
Camp Programs Manager and Director of Camp Elk River
Jen has been a Girl Scout since 1980 and began her career at camp at the age of 16. She started working at resident camp during the summers, holding various roles from kitchen assistant to counselor and trip specialist to assistant camp director.
In 2002, she became the director at Camp Singing Hills, serving in that role through 2008. She then served as camp director for Camp Northwoods in 2009, and has been the camp director at Camp Elk River since 2010. In the non-camp season, Jen plans and manages camp operations, ensuring our camps are safe, fun, and appropriate to the campers' ages and abilities.
She loves witnessing the countless moments where girls challenging themselves to try new things and gain confidence in themselves. She hopes that at camp, every camper and staff member learns more about who they are and their ability to trust in their decision-making skills, and that they take with them the love of being outdoors.
Shannon Giere
Outdoor/Adventure Program Coordinator and Director of Camp Northwoods
Shannon (camp name: Shannanigans) grew up in the Twin Cities area and has been a Girl Scout since first grade. Shannon has worked for River Valleys camps for the past nine years and in leadership roles for the past six. She loves camp because of the atmosphere of friendship and adventure it creates for anyone who visits. Whether you are a Girl Scout Brownie, Ambassador, or an adult, there is always an opportunity for you to learn new skills, make new friends, and grow in confidence while at camp.
Hannah Gilbert
STEM Coordinator and Director of Camp Lakamaga
Hannah (camp name: Gilly) has spent most of her young adult and adult summers at camp. In her five+ years working at various camps, Hannah has led curriculum development, counselor training, and groups of campers ranging from pre-schoolers to high-schoolers! She's developed and implemented several outdoor STEM camps, getting youth excited to try rocketry, engineering, and biology while they do classic camp activities like archery and fire-building. When she's not the Summer Camp Director for Camp Lakamaga, Hannah is Girl Scouts River Valley's STEM Program Coordinator.
Her favorite thing about camp is the opportunity to bond through shared new experiences. Whether it's sailing your first boat, making your first fire-cooked meal, or leading your first song—the best part is doing it together. While Hannah loves working with girls of all ages and experience-levels (because girls are awesome), she especially loves working with girls who are new to summer camp.
Laura Bermudez
Program Coordinator and Director of Camp Singing Hills
Laura is from Colombia and has always been interested in working with youth and life-skill development. Working at Girl Scout camps in Indiana and at a camp in Texas fueled her passion for experimental education and its role in having an impact and helping make the world a better place. She is finishing her master's in Experiential Education at Minnesota State University, Mankato in May 2018. She believes camp is the right place for a person to grow and have a holistic development, both for campers and staff alike.


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Ролевая игра живого действия Good News, Bad News прошла 15.02.2013. Ура..
Why am I skeptical about PPP
This article was written when I mentioned my skepticism regarding PPP to one of my colleagues and she was puzzled as CELTA had taught her to use PPP. It took, however, more than 3 months to write… Not because I was doing any research – this one is in no way a well-grounded scientific paper. It is, rather, some summary, more or les structures, of my thoughts about the subject. It's for my school's teachers, and anyone interested.
a). What do we present? How do we decide what language exactly is needed by the student? One option is to be based on the course book. Course books have been designed by clever people, you know. Respectable institutions are working on the syllabuses, why bother and invent the bicycle?
Without trying to underestimate the immense work done by linguists on developing standards and designing coursebooks, I have to admit that I personally have to amend at least 40 to 70(!) % of ANY coursebook I have used (and I have used a lot of coursebooks.).
- Too little attention is still given to widely spread patterns such as for-to construction, complex object, cleft sentences, emphatic constructions – you name it. This leaves the students handicapped until very late, upper-intermediate or even advanced stages, and if you keep noticing that, despite their hard work for a year or so, your pre-intermediate students are struggling and become demotivated, think – isn't it due to you following the standard syllabus which leaves so many useful, no – indispensable! – things – until later?
- The same is true about vocabulary, prepositions, set phrases with articles, etc, etc.
- No mother tongue specifics are taken into consideration. Yet, what is easy for a French person, may be beyond comprehension for a Russian, and vise-versa.
>One way I try to deal with it is introduce an array of useful patterns, normally taught at later stages, rather early, the result being SS slowly but surely acquiring more tools for expressing themselves, and the effectiveness improving.
> I try to make room for these additional patterns by omitting whole sections of a coursebook, such as too much work on narrative tenses, or reported speech, which can easily be simplified or done without (as we see real English used in real life). Some topics, some boring texts – lots can be, indeed, omitted harmlessly.
> I am still constantly faced with the ever-growing "syllabus tree", with the additional patterns I need, since every topic will call for more and more essential constructions. That eventually becomes difficult to handle, and better coursebooks are, perhaps, needed to help us cope.
b). When we base our presentation on recorded or printed texts, coursebooks force us to focus on the pattern in question, plus, maybe, a handful of topical vocabulary. Look at the text, however. There's in fact a wealth of useful and necessary stuff. The PPP lesson framework will simply allow no room for working with those. That will leave so many questions unanswered, so many hypotheses unverified and so many patterns unacquired. Is that efficient? I doubt it.
c).Some more recent coursebooks are trying to cope with these deficiencies by highlighting additional patterns. Yet, even all of those taken together, that is not nearly enough to really move from level to level. The extra tidbits will be highlighted – but what about acquiring them? Imagine we had to work with every single pattern we need using the PPP model. That will add at least several dozens of lessons to the course book. Is that possible at all? We therefore have to invent more intensive ways of getting SS to acquire the necessary patterns.
It is assumed that practice will make the subsequent usage of the patterns automatic. If the practice is meaningful, the usage is supposed to be meaningful. And automatic. There are different ways to practice whatever:
- Receptive practice (listening and reading comprehension highlighting the target structure)
- Written drills (gapfills, sentence transformations, etc)
- Oral drills (repetition, substitution, communicative drills)
- Writing paragraphs and longer chunks, etc.
However, armed with PPP as our main tool we will need to drill EVERY SINGLE variant that a student may need. Eg, make an "I'm wearing… " sentence with every single item of clothing they have learned, + repeat the same for other persons, singular and plural… Is that ever possible? Something like that used to be done back in the 60-ies as part of Audio-Lingual method and was largely abandoned (as too immense a task). A course book today will offer a couple of exercises of 7 – 15 sentences (phrases) in each per pattern plus a few in the workbook plus another one on-line, which is not nearly enough even for "rough" practice using PPP. Additional materials will help, but how much time will it take to drill everything that needs drilling? Will uttering/writing every possible variant once only be enough to make it automatic? The answer is, NO. What is the purpose of the practice exercises then? In no way is it also possible to do that within a 2-hour lesson. Every teacher has faced that.
"Why are some of my students coping so much better than others in the same group then – PPP seems to be working pretty well for them? " – you may ask. In my observation, those coping better are in reality at a different stage of their learning – eg, they'd been studying English for 4 years prior to enrolling in your group, but with fewer chances to practse their theory. What they are doing at your lessons is largely reinforcing and really practising the patterns. Others struggle.
Production is supposed to result from practice. IT DOES NOT.
- We have all seen and felt that the practice stage cannot fit into a 2-hour lesson, and that even huge homework may not be enough for the SS to stop making errors in the pattern in question, and that there is a wealth of patterns in English which can possibly not be practiced "audio-lingually" or in written form to ensure their automation.
- Production results from acquisition. Acquisition does not directly result from learning.
- Hence, production is not the result of learning (P – P – P fashion). (If puzzled – please consult the link. Then, come back).
Have you ever noticed sudden breakthroughs in your students? Sudden surges in understanding, insights, fluency rocketing overnight, as it seems, after months of "two steps forward – one step back" learning? If not – keep a closer eye on your students – and you will. On a graph, a learner's progress will most often be shown as a series of stairs rather than a continuous curve or a slanted line. Slow-slow-slow – ROCKET! Then, slow-slow again… We mothers have noticed that in our children learning their own language. The same is true about adults, in fact. Are those surges helped by constant practice? Yes and no. Rather, in my opinion, they are a result of very complex interactions of various cognitive and emotional mechanisms, of which logics and thinking are only a small part. And – EXPOSURE.
- PPP rushes the students into production far too early. It ignores the need to HEAR and SEE the target structures in comprehensible contexts many, many, many times prior to acquiring them and becoming capable of producing them.
- I have found that PPP works best with students taking the same level a second time. They SAW and HEARD the language the previous year – but, as should have been expected – were struggling using them. This time, having had enough exposure, they start actually using the language as PPP refreshes the knowledge, makes it more systemic, boosts confidence and fosters production.
What practical implications are there? – to be continued soon.
Paper or plastic?
Paper or plastic? The very first post on my very new lessonplans site.
It's a lesson based on a nice video I came across on youtube, with student's worksheets and teacher's notes.
Teaching TOEFL and IELTS essays – a technique students love
There has been a great discussion of a problematizing approach to correcting students' grammar on Scott Thornbury's blog (An A-Z of ELT). Well – this post has little to do with the debate itself, but one commenter there mentioned a problem with written assignments: it is hardly useful for the learner to receive the corrected paper full of red marks and crossed out words. Not only is it immensely discouraging, but it is also very brain-unfriendly. It's doubtful that the student will benefit at all.
This remark made me think I could write this post describing an approach that:
– teaches how to write better essays without intimidating or discouraging the learners
– is far more brain-friendly that the conventional "red ink method"
– results in significant improvement of the essays
– is loved by the students.
– does not require too much preparation to produce a good 2-hour lesson involving all 4 skills.
If you are too busy to read the notes below, you can simply download the file with all the 4 stages of the approach 🙂 The detailed notes are under the 'more' tag.
Weird jobs, funny jobs… A free downloadable and enjoyable lesson.
WEIRD JOBS! download the lesson handout Teacher's notes.
Level: high pre-intermediate – upper intermediate
Time: 60-90+ minutes as-is (depending on the level), or it could be split into 2 lessons and some controlled practice can be added.
Skills: speaking, reading, writing.
This is a lesson that emerged out of one of our English club sessions devoted to funny jobs. Therefore, it provides scaffolding to facilitate conversation rather than overt teaching. Anyway, it will be effective as a freer practice lesson after you covered the material necessary to talk about job duties, personal qualities, describing your experience etc. – i.e., the language useful to go through an interview. Alternatively, use it as an introductory task-based lesson prior to teaching those topics. Another option is to add some presentation and controlled practice tasks to make a PPP-lesson out of it (you may wish to split the lesson into 2 then).
As for the last task – making a mock job interview – there is a great and simple free simulation at http://bogglesworldesl.com/lessons/job_fair.htm that you can easily adapt to match this lesson since it is in the doc format.
The language areas involved are:
- Using present perfect to describe your experience.
- Using present perfect with superlative adjectives (the funniest job I have ever heard of).
- Patterns to describe work duties.
- A number of action verbs to describe a job (to test, to assist, to instruct, to procure etc).
- A model to name a job: noun + verb-er (a mule handler).
- Adjectives to describe personality.
- Patterns commonly used in a newspaper job ad.
Copyright note: I borrowed the list of crazy jobs from the Internet and since lots of sites have published it I guess it's open source information now .
Hope you have a good time teaching this lesson and drop me a line about how it went.
Catch a falling star…
On my club's blog I've just published a free downloadable song lesson based on "Catch a Falling Star" by Perry Como. Love the song, and my students invariably fall in love with it. I'm not duplicating it here as they say it's bad for the SEO :))). Feel free to visit the language club's site. The current version is for classes of Russian students, but a no-Russian version will be published very soon. In any case, you can edit the doc to match your students' L1, or simply remove all cyrillics 🙂
My English Speaking club in Moscow…
Been busy setting up a new enterprise – an English speaking club in Moscow, where I live. Almost up an running now. What do you think of the site? 🙂 Thanx in advance for your comments – I'd greatly appreciate some feedback (although the site is in Russian, but there are quite a few pages in English in the past sessions category (Что было?) – A BUNCH OF MATERIALS TO MAKE GREAT CONVERSATION/CLUB LESSONS.


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Easy And Enjoyable Bodybuilding IdeaHave you been working on building up your muscles? If you are like most people, you might not have been doing all you can to get those muscles where they need to be. Here are some simple tips that work for building muscle. Use them and you will see results.
Eat a lot of protein. It's a well known fact that the more protein your body can store, the more muscle you can build. Try to have at least one gram of the protein you need for every pound that you weigh. For instance, a 150 pound woman should attempt to eat approximately 150 grams, meat and other protein, every day.
Stay active on your rest days. Being active increases your blood flow, and will help you to recover more quickly. The activity can be as simple as going for a walk. You can also go swimming, biking, or even get a massage. Engaging in these kinds of activities is significantly more effective than simply lying in bed all day.
In order to effectively build muscle, eating often is required. However, if you have a busy life, it can be difficult to find time to eat. Meal replacements are a great way to fulfill the need to eat if you do not have the time to prepare real meals. They provide a sufficient amount of protein and nutrients, and can also help you avoid eating unhealthy fast food alternatives.
If you want to build muscle, give yourself enough time for recovery. It may seem tempting to go full steam ahead, but your body needs time off so you do not hurt yourself. Stick to a muscle-building routine that is about three times a week; beginners may need to start with twice a week.
Train using many repetitions and sets as possible during your training session. Do at least fifteen lifts while taking a break of less than a minute in between. This constant working will increase lactic acid production and flow, thereby stimulating the growth of muscle. Repeat this during your regular number of sets for optimum results in your muscle development routine.
If you are wanting to add more muscle definition to your body, try compound exercises. This is especially important when you are just starting to build muscle mass. Compound exercises are ones that exercise several muscle locations simultaneously. Once you have built your base muscle mass and strength, it is okay to start introducing more isolation exercises into you muscle development workout regimen.
Eat plenty of protein when you are on a muscle-building regimen. Be sure to eat whole proteins with every meal. A good rule to follow is to ingest one gram of protein for each pound of body weight. Good sources of low-fat protein include fish, low-fat milk and lean red meats.
Make the "big three" a part of your daily workout routine. These three exercises include: the deadlift, squat and bench press. These particular exercises are known to help build bulk, strength and condition your muscles each time they are done and should be included in your routine for maximum muscle development success.
Make sure that your diet has enough protein when you are trying to build muscle mass. The maximum amount of protein intake you need is about one gram of protein for every pound of your body weight on a daily basis. Slightly more or less protein does not matter too much, but you do need to intake as much as possible.
Make sure that you aren't forgetting your back. A lot of people train just the muscles that they can look at in a mirror. Because of this, they often have chests that are big and strong, but their backs are small and weak. You can solve this problem by working your back using barbell rows and pull-ups.
Keep protein going into your body both before and after a workout for maximum weight training effects. About half an hour to an hour before working out, make sure to consume a good 20 grams of protein. alimentos dieta cetogenica can easily be accommodated with a couple of glasses of milk or protein shake. Do the same an hour after your work out also, and you will enhance your muscle-building efforts!
When you want to get bulky, focus on big weights, like squats and dead lifts, as well as bench presses. These exercises will whip you into shape quickly. You can fill in your routine with other exercises, but these should be the foundation.
Make sure Read Homepage are getting enough protein. The ideal diet for bodybuilding contains one gram of protein for every pound of your body weight every day. For most people, this can be achieved through diet alone, and protein supplementation is not usually necessary. Supplementing your daily protein consumption beyond this will usually yield no benefit.
Make sure you are getting enough proteins in your diet. You need about one gram of protein for each pound of body weight every day. If you cannot eat enough meat, think about drinking a supplement such as soy milk or even taking a powder supplement. Eating more proteins than you need will not help you build muscles faster.
Focus on the negative. Everyone focuses on the lift when they are trying to build muscle, but it is equally important to place emphasis on the negative, or downward, move of each repetition. When you do this, you help to stretch the muscle while creating tension, which can lead to just the right amount of muscle fatigue to promote future growth.
Building muscle can be done with time and effort, but you also need the right kind of information and training. Let the tips in this article be your guide; apply them to your bodybuilding regiment and watch for results. Stay patient and you will soon be one of those bodies you used to envy.


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TORONTO (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar weakened to a session low against the U.S. currency on Monday after data showed the value of Canadian building permits dipped sharply in September.
The currency was at C$0.9975 to the greenback, or $1.0025, minutes after the release, after trading around C$0.9964 just before.
The data from Statistics Canada showed lower construction intentions in all three components of the non-residential sector.
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Unfortunately, the BSVTA ran out of time to finish the bill for the 'veterinary technician licensing' for the 2017 legislative session. What does this mean? It means that we have most of the hard work done, and can now start the fine tuning process! We understand that there are still many questions about this bill in general. If you have any questions, please contact Marica via firstname.lastname@example.com
Click here to view the UNOFFICIAL bill draft | October 2018
September 2017 Update
BSVTA along with the MVMA Veterinary Technician Committee is continuing to work on drafting a bill to present to the 2019 Montana Legislative session to license Veterinary Technicians under the Montana Board of Veterinarians. We have held regional meetings across the state to educate and obtain feedback from those that will be impacted by this.
There were a lot of the same concerns mentioned at all of the meetings:
- Will there be enough Licensed techs for the demand, especially in rural areas
- Will support personnel no longer be able to perform the duties they are now
- Will the licensed tech be legally responsible for any support personnel that they are supervising
These are valid concerns and we hope to address all of them. We will be working through this winter to finalize a bill and hope to again hold regional meetings early 2018 to inform and gain support for the bill.
Where we go from here:
- MVMA Veterinary Technician Committee and the BSVTA Legislative Committee will meet, discuss the concerns and ideas presented at the regional meetings
- Formulate a plan to move forward with the draft and discuss who to approach to sponsor the bill
- Identify those that may oppose the bill and reach out to them to discuss their concerns.
- Begin reaching out to the public at job fairs, county fairs, etc to educate them on what a veterinary technician does.
Below are previous dates for the Montana Board of Veterinary Medicine meetings;
They can also be found HERE, or below for easier convenience
October 30, 2015 – Agenda / Minutes
January 27, 2016 – Agenda / Minutes
February 8, 2016 – Agenda / Minutes
June 3, 2016 – Agenda / Minutes
August 25, 2016 – Agenda / Minutes
December 16, 2016 – Agenda / Minutes


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Parvati valley, located in Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh, draws its name from the Parvati river flowing through the valley. Encompassing various villages, Kasol, Tosh, and Kheerganga are the three most known places to visit by a traveller. The unseen trail to Grahan village, on the other hand, is secluded and serene and is an ideal weekend getaway for people looking for total isolation in the valley. Housing not more than 30 traditional Himachali houses, Grahan village falls en route mighty Sar Pass trek and is the hidden treasure for travellers in the Parvati valley.
The Unseen trail, with one day in Kasol and Grahan each, is a perfect getaway for beginners looking for an adventurous trek in the lower Himalayas. Widely popular for its dense pine forests, natural hot water springs (Manikaran), Grahan waterfall, short hikes and the valley's natural beauty, Grahan gives the travellers an opportunity for a peaceful retreat. The crisp mountain air coupled with delicious Himachali & Israeli food with the smell of burning herbs coursing through the otherwise unpolluted air makes Kasol the so-called "Amsterdam of India". One can also take a short hike further ahead to Grahan to see the Pir Panjal mountain range.
Location: Himachal Pradesh
Duration: 2 Nights / 3 Days
Difficulty: Moderate
Highest Altitude: ~ 7700 feet
Avg. Temperature: 12°C
Day 1: Kasol – Manikaran
Upon reaching Kasol, after a tiring journey, check-in at The Hosteller Kasol at 11 AM. Located 5 minute away from the city centre, The Hosteller Kasol offers serene mountain view, comfortable rooms and various local experiences. After settling down, one can walk down to Kasol village for grabbing delicious Israeli or local food. Our trip coordinator would then meet you at the city centre for a 3 hour Manikaran gurudwara tour. Once back, one can enjoy with other travellers around the bonfire or can make themselves comfortable in the cozy rooms. A delicious vegeterian dinner is served in The Hosteller cafe around 9 PM. One can also register for Jungle walk at the reception (timing: 10 PM – 12 midnight).
Meals: Dinner
Day 2: Kasol – Grahan
Post breakfast around 9 AM, one should put on the hiking shoes and leave for Grahan trek (around 10 KM from Kasol). Our highly experienced local trek guide awaits at the reception to start the trek. Grahan trek, almost parallel to the riverside, is one of the most beauitful short treks in the Parvati valley. One cannot miss the mesmerising sights while traversing through dense pine forests, finding spots to catch breath, hidden waterfalls and a few wild animals, too. One cannot stop clicking selfies on this trek. Post reaching the homestay in Grahan and settling down, one can visit the waterfall, local temple or the village. A delicious vegeterian dinner (around bonfire) sums up the day for a peaceful night under a million stars.
Meals: Breakfast, Dinner
Day 3: Grahan – Kasol
The day begins early with breakfast served at 8 AM. Post breakfast, our trek guide takes you further ahead from Grahan in search of fresh snow. For photographers, Grahan offers much more than mountain selfies. Having spent a few hours in Grahan, one should descend down to Kasol along with the trek guide. The trip ends here.
Meals: Breakfast
Meals & stay as mentioned in the itinerary
Camping & trekking equipment
Expert trek leader and guide
Forest permit charges
Lunch on all days
Local transfers
Any personal expenses and needs
Any unforeseen fees/costs due to natural causes
Trekking shoes
Comfort clothing
Personal ID
Q: What is the best time to do this trek in the year?
A: March – December
Q: What is the difficulty level of this trek?
A: This trek is ideal for both beginners and experienced trekkers.
Q: What should I pack?
A: Refer to our "Things to carry" section.
Q: Would I need to buy camping equipment and accessories?
A: No, you don't need to buy anything except items listed in "Things to carry" section.
Q: Who would lead us on the trek?
A: Our highly experienced local guides would lead the trek.
Q: How would the weather be during the trek?
A: March – June (Bright & Sunny), July – August (Sunny & Rainy), September – October (Bright & Sunny), November – December (Snowy)
Q: What all activities would be involved apart from trekking?
A: Apart from trekking, you would also be learning how to set up your camps, lighting a bonfire, jungle survival techniques, stargazing and much more.
Q: How do I pack?
A: We recommend you to pack light while trekking. Keep essentials in a small backpack and leave the rest of the luggage at the base location.
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Region: Parvati Valley, HP
Best Time to Visit: October – June
Avg. Temp: 22 C (Daytime) – 8 C (Nightime)
Famous for: Cafes, Trekking, Adventure, Weekend getaways
ATM: Kasol, Manikaran (Carry enough cash due to the shortage of ATMs)
Nearest Airport: Bhuntar Airport (30 KM)
Nearest railway station: Chandigarh (250 KM)
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Best smartphone cameras compared: iPhone 6s Plus vs Nexus 6P, Galaxy Note 5, LG G4, Moto X Pure Edition, HTC One A9
Some say that the best camera is the one you have. Perhaps that's why point-and-shoot cameras are on their way to extinction, while smartphone photography is more popular than ever. Smartphones are always at an arm's distance. Dedicated cameras aren't. On top of that, smartphone cameras are fast, easy to use, and take great photos; they've improved dramatically over the past few years, both in quality and features.
However, while it is clear that most of today's smartphones are very capable shooters, it is not easy to say which one's the best among them. At the same time, most people are very, very interested to know how well a phone's camera performs prior to getting it. Of course, comparing a whole bunch of smartphones to find out which one's camera is best can be hard work. But not too hard for us.
By now you should know where this post is headed. Yup, it is camera comparison time! We've chosen to compare the cameras of six very capable smartphones in attempt to pick the best in the bunch. These are the iPhone 6s Plus, the Google Nexus 6P, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, the LG G4, the Moto X Pure Edition, and the HTC One A9. As far as camera specs go, here is what these phones have to stand their ground with:
And now comes the really interesting part. Let's have a side-by-side look at actual images taken with these six handsets. Keep in mind that we've shot the images for each scene under conditions as identical as possible. However, there could be slight variations in the framing of the shots due to the different aspect ratios, fields of view, and focal lengths of the cameras being compared.
Scene 1 – the comfy couch
Fun fact: while the Android mascot has no official name, it is internally referred to as Bugdroid. Here we have him resting on our comfy couch, posing for our first test image. Right from the start, we have a trio of phones standing out – the Nexus 6P, the LG G4, and the iPhone 6s Plus. In this particular scene, they have produced images with very good details and mostly realistic colors. We have placed the G4 behind the Nexus for the burned highlights in certain areas and for its slightly overblown colors. The iPhone 6s Plus also stands a point behind, having captured details that are a tad lacking in clarity.
Surprisingly, the Galaxy Note 5 did not perform as well as we expected it to. Details in its photo could have been clearer and there's some burning going on in lighter areas. Same can be said about the Moto X Pure Edition. It has gone for the highest ISO level of all phones in this comparison, ISO400, which could be an explanation as to why details in its photo are softer. As for the HTC One A9, its image is detailed, but unnaturally cold and with too much contrast.
Scene 2 – the peaceful pathway
Daytime scenes, where natural light is plentiful,should be handled with no troubles by any modern camera. Images in such cases are shot at low ISO and high shutter speed, which results in little noise and lack of motion blur in the produced photo. Sure enough, the cameras we're testing did not disappoint. Or at least most of them didn't.
Overall, the Moto X Pure Edition grabs the cake – details in its photo are nice and clear, colors are rather faithful, and dynamics are handled pretty well. The image from the Galaxy Note 5 is also one our eyes quite like, although a closer inspection shows that the camera has sharpened the image a bit too aggressively, thus hurting fine details. The Nexus 6P has also snapped a really, really pretty picture, with great details and very likable colors.
The iPhone 6s Plus and the HTC One A9 are presenting us with a slightly different look of the same scene, although the passing clouds could be to blame for that. Color representation aside, both cameras have captured a really good amount of detail.
Surprisingly, the LG G4 did rather poorly in this scene. The image it produced is overexposed and blurry across the right side for some reason. Could this be a glitch related to its OIS setup?
Scene 3 – The honorable hobbymasters
And that's another strike for Motorola's flagship! Overall, the image that the Moto X produced grabbed our attention the most with its pretty, natural colors and plentiful details. Seriously, zoom in on the photo and see for yourself – details are clear across the entire frame and noise is pretty much absent. The iPhone 6s Plus, Note 5, and LG G4 come in close behind Motorola's flagship. All of them have done a great job at capturing the scene faithfully, although there's the noticeable, and a bit too aggressive, sharpening present in the Note 5's image.
Then comes the Nexus 6P. The good thing is that it has captured a very, very detailed photo. The not-so-good news is that the image needs a tad more exposure and its colors are slightly off. And in last place we have the HTC One A9. Its photo looks fine, at least at a glance, but once you zoom in, it becomes clear that details aren't as good-looking as they are in other phones' photos. Besides, colors are somewhat inaccurate, with a slight greenish tone to them.
Scene 4 – The cute coffee table
As we know from experience, a camera that excels under ideal conditions might struggle in a different, more challenging situation. An example of that would the the Moto X PE, which can't pick up details so well when light isn't plentiful. Still, the phone's camera has plenty of pixels to make up for that, so its image looks detailed enough as a whole. Also, the Moto X has done a pretty good job at setting the white balance, unlike the iPhone 6s Plus. For some reason, the iPhone has produced an overly warm photo – the image looks fine, but isn't exactly life-like. Nevertheless, the 6s Plus has captured a good amount of detail.
Yet overall, we'd say that the Galaxy Note 5 deserves the highest score in this scene. It has produced an image with accurate colors and good details despite the less-than-perfect light conditions. The LG G4 and Nexus 6P, both of which have captured the scene in very high detail, would have been tied with the Note 5 had they produced a bit more accurate colors. As for the HTC One A9, it is presenting us with an image that's fairly detailed, but a tad cold in tone and a bit too high in contrast.
Scene 5 – The setting sun
Well, what do you know: that iPhone 6s Plus shoots pretty well in low light, as it becomes clear from this shot. Actually, all of the phones we're testing did a pretty good job at snapping this scene, but in our opinion, the 6s Plus did a bit better than the rest. Its image is very detailed and has the most pleasing colors.
But again, the rest of the bunch also please the eye with their images. The LG G4 and Note 5, in particular, deliver pleasant colors and a good amount of details, although the Note 5's tendency of adding extra sharpness to the image is evident. That could be a good thing in some scenes, but might ruin others, as it could mess up the fine details in the shot. Then we have the Moto X, which, for some reason, has produced pretty good details in some parts of the shot, but very poor ones in areas that aren't lit as well. The HTC One A9 has captured an overall decent image, with satisfactory color representation and a good amount of details. It is only the Nexus 6P sticking out with its odd-looking image. We can't complain about the details it contains, but the phone seems to have boosted the shadows and reduced highlights' intensity, and we feel like we're looking at a poorly-made HDR image. Besides, the color of the sky in its shot just doesn't look natural.
Scene 6 – The rolling rock
Once again, we're shown that all of the phones we're comparing handle low-light situations quite okay. But if we had to pick a favorite, that would be the LG G4. Its camera strikes a good balance in exposure between the bright areas of the scene, such as the glowing window signs, and the shadows to the right. And zooming in reveals a good amount of details. Close behind the G4 stand the Nexus 6P and iPhone 6s Plus. Their images are also exposed well and reveal a lot of fine details.
Then there's the Galaxy Note 5. Its photo is detailed indeed, but could have been exposed a bit better – much of the dark area has remained underexposed, presumably because the camera has prioritized the light areas when setting the exposure. The One A9 has taken the opposite approach and is presenting us with a photo that's a bit overexposed. And if you zoom in, you'll see that details are quite blurry. Blur is also easily noticeable if you zoom in on the Moto X's photo.
Scene 7 – 8:00 in the evening
And here we have another set of night-time images shot outdoors. Overall, all six handsets produced good-looking photos, but, to no surprise, some did better than the rest. The LG G4, in particular, stands out in this scene with its bright, vivid image. Some of the highlights in the image have suffered because of that, but as a whole, the G4's photo looks very pleasing to the eye. We're also pleased with the photo snapped with the Nexus 6P. It is exposed pretty well and has a lot of detail despite the tricky lighting conditions.
The iPhone 6s Plus is once again treating us to a pretty picture, with good details and decent exposure. What's also worth mentioning is that the iPhone managed to snap the shot at ISO100, which minimizes the presence of digital noise. In contrast, the Moto X and One A9 captured the scene at ISO500, which is surely among the reasons why details in their images don't look quite as good from up close. Although the two phones' photos do look presentable as a whole. As for the Samsung Galaxy Note 5, we see a very good amount of detail in its image, but a bit more exposure would have been welcome.
Scene 8 – Firing the flash
And here's our old buddy Bugdroid, posing for a photo again. This time we're testing the phones' flash modules and their performance in low light. To be more specific, we've taken the shot in darkness from a distance of about 4 feet (1.2 meters) away from the subject. The good news is that all six phones managed to set the focus right; some cameras still struggle when focusing in the dark, but these six aren't among them, apparently.
The HTC One A9's image easily stands out with its even lighting – all areas are illuminated pretty well, without that vignetting effect seen in other phones' images. Colors are only slightly off. On the downside, it looks like the phone had to boost the ISO quite a bit to achieve the even lightning we mentioned, and as a result, details have suffered a bit. But not too much.
It is the opposite case with the Nexus 6P – its image could have really used more exposure and just doesn't look nice overall. The inaccurate color reproduction makes matters even worse.
We were also expecting more out of the iPhone 6s Plus. While its photo delivers a good amount of details, there's too much vignetting going on and colors look very washed out.
The LG G4 is once again reminding us that when its flash is used, colors are easily thrown out of balance. The overly greenish tone in its image just doesn't look cool. But details have been preserved relatively well, we'll give it that.
Then we have the Moto X. Its image actually looks pretty nice overall with its warm, pleasing colors. Zoom in a bit, however, and you'll see that fine detail is mostly missing, as was the case with the Moto X in previous low-light shots.
As for the Galaxy Note 5, it has managed to snap a pretty decent photo, with accurate colors and a good amount of details. It is not perfect by any means, but looks most usable of all photos of this scene.
We started working on this article with the intention to pick a favorite, most reliable, overall best camera among the bunch. Now that we have the final scores, however, it becomes clear that we can't elect a sole, definite winner of this camera comparison. That's because we have not two, but three handsets sharing the top spot, namely the iPhone 6s Plus, the Nexus 6P, and the Galaxy Note 5. Two other phones – the Moto X Pure Edition and the LG G4 – come in at a close second. And the HTC One A9, although in last place, is pretty close behind its competitors.
There's one simple conclusion we can draw given the results of this camera comparison – most of the modern high-end smartphones are all pretty good shooters. They're not perfect, and perhaps they'll never be, but they're definitely capable enough to meet the needs of the average consumer. But we must also make it clear that a phone camera's performance might yield different results, depending on the shooting situation. An example of that would be the Moto X Pure Edition – the phone's camera performs marvelously, producing very clear, very detailed images, but only as long as conditions are optimal. In low light, the Moto X is usually outperformed by its high-end rivals, although its images are still more than usable.
The iPhone 6s Plus has a very reliable camera – one that gets the job done in pretty much any situation, one that you just aim and shoot with. More often than not, you'll end up with a pretty photo with a good amount of details, giving you the freedom to zoom in on or crop your photos. The thing about the iPhone is that it tends to skew colors towards the warm side. This practice yields favorable, eye-pleasing results in some cases, but might not work well in others, especially if you value color accuracy.
As for the Google Nexus 6P, we'd say that we're more than pleased by its shooter. In fact, this has to be the best camera to ever grace a Nexus-branded smartphone. Given enough light, the phone takes great photos with pleasing colors and a good amount of detail in the. Low-light and night-time shots turn out quite likeable as well, although there is some room for improvement, especially when it comes to scenes where the flash is used.
If you're an owner of a Galaxy Note 5, or if you're planning to become one, then you should have no worries about its camera's performance. The shooter is right on top of its game, and you'll be snapping pretty pictures with ease, without the need to tinker with modes and settings. Although you are free to do so thanks to the camera's advanced software and manual controls. But if there's one thing we would have changed about the Note 5's camera, that would be its sharpening strength. Some of its shots look great, others are a tad oversharpened.
The LG G4 may have been around for over six months, but it still packs one of the better smartphone cameras around. Even at night, it can produce a pretty picture. And let us not forget that it is also among the few phones giving you full manual camera controls, just like the Note 5. Its weak spot, if we could call it that, is the reproduction of colors – they're mostly fine, but sometimes have an extra bit of saturation added to them, which might not work well in all scenes. Oh, and the performance of its flash leaves room for improvement.
And lastly, there's the HTC One A9. There's nothing seriously wrong with its camera – it takes decent photos, as our comparison and review articles show. But we do wish that the One A9 was a bit better when settings its white balance as it tends to shoot slightly colder-looking images. Also, details aren't on par with what other cameras with the same megapixel count can produce, presumably because HTC's phone aims for higher ISO values when shooting. But if you only need a camera that gets the job done and is simple to use, the One A9 should do the trick.
Source: Best smartphone cameras compared: iPhone 6s Plus vs Nexus 6P, Galaxy Note 5, LG G4, Moto X Pure Edition, HTC One A9


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These are the practical steps that I outlined in my message on how our intimacy with God can begin to intersect our daily lives and lead to influence. This is the Great Commandment leading to the Great Commission!
1) Cell Phone Intercession. Use the contact list in your cell phone as a digital prayer list. When you're in line at Wal-Mart or waiting for your ticket after lunch, find someone in your address book to pray for! If you're technically minded, you can create a quick text that simply says, "I prayed for you today" (or "I prayed 4 U 2day" :) and send it to whomever you prayed for!
2) Say the Blessing! No, not "God is great, God is good..." When you are at a family or social gathering and it's time for someone to pray over the food, volunteer to do the honors and use the time to pray a blessing over those who are present. If you're at lunch with a friend, ask him/her what you can pray for on his/her behalf and then spend some time in prayer for them during the blessing. You can even do it if you're eating alone - think of someone who could use a prayer and lift him/her up as you ask God to bless the food. Most of us pray every time we eat... let's make the "blessing" a real blessing for someone else!
3) Leverage Existing Influence. You probably already have someone in your life over whom you hold some amount of influence already. Use that influence to pray for them. Not sure what I mean? For instance, I teach nine music students. As their teacher, I have a weekly time where I can pray for them at the beginning of the lesson. I use my influence as teacher as an opportunity to intercede for them. Maybe you're an employer, a supervisor, a parent, a carpool driver, or a friend. God wants to use your existing influence to impact others for the Kingdom.
4) nineFifteen Prayer & other Prayer Meetings at the Prayer Chapel. If you attend Heritage Church, I encourage you to attend some of the prayer meetings that are already happening all around us. You can meet with me and about 6-10 other folks every Sunday morning at 9:15AM in the Cry Room in the corner of the sanctuary for our nineFifteen Prayer. We pray for the speaker for that Sunday and then go and pray over every chair in the sanctuary. We're always done in time for LifeTouch at 9:30AM. If you can't make it on Sunday mornings, call the front office of the church (891-321) and ask Mrs. Patti to tell you what prayer meetings are scheduled in the Prayer Chapel (there are at least two every week). These are great opportunities to get away in a great atmosphere for prayer and reflection and simply talk with God. If you would rather pray privately, Mrs. Patti can schedule a time for you to pray alone or with a few friends. She'll give you all the instructions you need to use the Prayer Chapel.
Sunday, June 22, 2008
Practical Ways Intimacy can Lead to Influence
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The Red Tea DetoxJessica Hendricks has worked as a professional journalist for CBS and ABC Information within the areas of health, fitness and diet. In discussing detox foot pads made by Takara (a large producer of the product) a distributing website, , warns towards using the pad over different areas of the physique, particularly open wounds, mucous membranes, or the eye area. Acupeds, a manufacturer of the detox foot pad, supplies a FAQs section on its web site. Another FAQ indicated that a shopper of the Acupeds detox foot pads experienced joint ache when utilizing the product. Pregnant girls are suggested by Takara to not use detox foot pads till their third trimester, but they don't clarify why it's secure at that point in being pregnant.
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Israel Bike Ride 2010 – It's Hot on day one
Posted by rabbiart on October 22, 2010
For a country with so much high tech, it has been surprisingly difficult to get a good internet connection, even at outrageous hotel prices. So I'm behind in blogging the ride.
Carol and I have been blessed throughout our marriage in that we almost always see things the same way. My brother Shep in some conversation, as we were answering some questions of his and blurting out identical answers, even once asked "do you guys rehearse these answers"?
When we got to Israel we were both thinking that this would be the last time we would do the Israel ride. By the first day of the ride we discovered we had each changed our thinking to 'let's do this again in two years'.
The first day of the ride – October 20 – was the hottest day in October in the entire history of Israel – 113 degrees Fahrenheit. This was due to unseasonably hot weather plus a sharav which is a hot, hot, hot, hot wind. After obtaining permits for the route six months in advance, the organizers were informed only a day before that the police had changed policy and a significant part of the day one route could not be used. Things happen for a reason. This cut the intended route from 70 miles to some 45 miles (figures not exact). We rode the downhill leg out of Jerusalem for 7.5 miles, stopped, were bused to breakfast, and then bused to where we continued riding. This cut out a big climb out of the valley outside Jerusalem. By nine am we were riding in a furnace. A lot of the details are fuzzy for me, but after a couple of pit stops/rest stops I had ridden some 20 miles, and although it was hot, and I couldn't train for four weeks before the ride, I was doing OK.
On a reasonably gentle climb, I went from feeling OK to "I must get off this bicycle right now or I will have heat stroke, and if I have to simply wait to be picked up that could be dangerous." This was in five minutes tops. Fortunately, I was right behind a lead rider who called for my bike and me to be picked up. I don't remember waiting at all before two vehicles pulled up behind us. I went to get in a van to discover all seats were full with riders who had also been sensible and stopped riding. I ended up in the staff van being driven by one of the Arava alums, along with another alum (Devira and Timna), with two of our security guides in the back seat. They made room for me up front where I could have the AC pouring cold air on me, and after about 20 minutes of sitting and sipping water, I was able to eat some salty foods.
As a result I got to have a very nice conversation with Devira and Timna about the Arava, what they are doing now, family history and so on. I think we solved all the problems of the middle east as well. Timna said her father's solution is that most of the cultivation in the west bank should be devoted to the 'evil weed' and it should be legal to smoke it there. Then everyone would mellow out and the violence would fade away. The conversation was so comfortable that at one point the two young women got on to the subject of Israeli men and commented – about one of the Arava staffers – that he was really handsome, but immature. Their general observation, the Israeli men that are charming are also childish and not in a good way. (This was cracking me up).
There are always three riding groups, and one group rides in the morning and does a tour in the afternoon. I was thinking that I would join the tour in the afternoon in order not to ride any more on day one, in order to be better equipped to ride the full 72 miles on day two. At lunch they announced an option to be bused directly to the hotel in Ashkelon, which is on the beach and has a nice outdoor pool. Guess which option I chose. Done guessing? You're right. On the bus, to the hotel, with Carol following immediately behind in her rental car (more rental car adventures coming later). To our delight we discovered our room was ready. Up for a shower, then down for a dip in the pool, and pretty soon I was feeling decent, although I definitely had the strong sensation of my brain being fried.
During dinner our friend Edna Granot from Melbourne came up behind me and started massaging the top of my shoulders and asking me how I was feeling. When I mentioned that my lower back was aching she offered to work on that area (she's a certified massage therapist). So we took some oil from the buffet in a glass up to our room and Edna came and gave me a massage on the troubled area, which then felt a lot better.
One sad note; a couple of riders wiped out on the big downhill in the morning, and one broke both wrists, one of which required an operation, and she's flying home on Sunday.
One inspirational note; a woman in our age bracket (maybe older) who has bone cancer, is doing the ride in a three wheeled recumbent bike. When she isn't riding she needs a cane to walk! So my tooth extraction adventure just seems like such an incredibly trivial thing, and I have a renewed sense of gratitude for my generally good health, especially from the neck down. OK, I don't like having to wear glasses all the time, and I've lost a bit of hearing, and I have a missing front tooth, but nothing worth complaining about at all.
It seems to me that whenever I focus too much on my own PLIP (petty little insignificant problems), HaShem places someone in front of me so that I am reminded how truly blessed and fortunate my life is.


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BASEL 2 vs MAN UNITED 1
MANCHESTER United manager Sir Alex Ferguson blamed wayward finishing after a shock defeat at Basel condemned them to a catastrophic elimination at the group stages of the Champions League.
United needed only a point to ensure their place in the last 16, but goals in each half from Marco Streller and Alexander Frei sent them tumbling prematurely for only the third time in 16 years – and the first since 2005.
Not for them the lucrative and glamorous nights against the Continent's elite; instead they will take a financial hit of more than £10m and resign themselves to regular Thursday fixtures in the Europa League.
To make matters worse, Nemanja Vidic will be out for several months with a knee ligament injury. Striker Wayne Rooney's Swiss nightmare is not over yet, meanwhile; he faces an appeal hearing against his three-match Euro 2012 ban today in Nyon.
"We had so much of the ball, and so many really good opportunities in the last third of the field. The finishing part, you have to say we let ourselves down," said Ferguson.
"Of course we're disappointed, there's no other way you can feel. You have to deal with disappointment. These young players will feel the disappointment tonight but they'll have to cope with it. It's a loss because it's the best tournament in the world. It's a marvellous tournament."
Needing at least a draw, Ferguson sent United out intent on winning, with a line-up including Rooney, Nani, Ashley Young and Ryan Giggs, but their early buoyancy was punctured after just nine minutes.
Xherdan Shaqiri drilled a cross from the left that goalkeeper David de Gea could only divert to Streller, whose volley into the ground found the net.
Rooney could only miskick from virtually under the crossbar when Nani's teasing low cross begged to be finished on 30 minutes, and United's troubles deepened before half-time when Vidic was carried off with a knee injury that left him on crutches.
Still it seemed unthinkable the visitors would not overturn the deficit in the second half, but the closest they came was when Basel full-back Markus Steinhofer volleyed a cross onto the underside of his own bar.
Six minutes from time Basel struck the killer blow, Shaqiri again the source of a telling cross missed by both Jonny Evans and Chris Smalling but not Frei, who stooped to head in at the far post.
Phil Jones gave United hope with an 89th-minute header, but their attempts to avoid the ignominy of elimination died with a whimper.


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Coral Springs celebrates the holiday season
November 11, 2017 by Lisa
Coral Springs will be celebrating the holiday season this year with shopping, a parade, and an annual running event.
Downtown Coral Springs will kick off the season with a four-hour Downtown in December evening. There will be free parking, food trucks, free milk and cookies, and other holiday activities and treats. There may even be a little snow.
A couple of weeks later, the Holiday Parade will be marching down Sample Road. The parade will feature over 60 entries, including themed floats, high school bands, marching units, mascots, and of course Santa. This year's theme will be 'A Tropical Holiday'. Floats will be vying for the coveted Mayor's Cup, Commissioner's Cup and Vice Mayor's Cup.
Before the parade, runners can get out and take part in the Coral Springs Holiday Mile. Awards will be given to the top three finishers in 20 age categories, the most members on a team, and team with the best time.
Photographers around town will be taking plenty of pictures for next year's holiday poster printing.
Downtown in December will be December 2 at the ArtWalk from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The Holiday Parade will step off December 13 at 7:00 pm on the corner of Coral Springs Drive and Sample Road. It will then proceed to City Hall. The rain date will be December 14.
The Holiday Mile will begin at the parade starting line on December 13 with a start time at 6:15 pm.


text: MISHAWAKA - Clyde was the last of five children of the late Fred and Ida L. (Grove) Snyder of Mishawaka and Granger. He was especially proud of being the oldest living descendent of the Snyder family. He died Monday, February 12, 2007, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center in Mishawaka. On February 27, 1933, he married Bertha M. Vervynckt, at the home of his sister, Mildred B. (Snyder) Hertel, in Mishawaka. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. In 1937 Clyde and Bertha moved to Orange Avenue in Mishawaka with their children, in a house that he had helped his father build in 1925 and never moved away. Â?BertÂ? & Clyde would have been married 74 years. He is survived by his wife Bertha; a daughter, Patricia A. (Robert) Sloan of Mishawaka; a son, Gary L. (Margaret) Snyder of Davenport, FL; and a son, Dean A. Snyder of Mishawaka. Also surviving are three granddaughters, Laura A. (Michael) Hiles of Lafayette, IN, Rebecca A. (Douglas) Overmyer of Montrose, CO, and Deborah A. (Keith) Mosley of Apopka, FL; two grandsons, Brian M. (Kristi) Sloan of Mishawaka and Brent D. Snyder of Portsmouth, VA. Also five great-grandchildren, Brady and Matthew Overmyer, Christopher and Connor Mosley, and Kourtney Sloan; a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Maurice and Helen Scheyving of South Bend. Clyde was preceded in death by a daughter, Lois A. Snyder; three sisters, Hazel Marie, Alice May, Mildred B. Hertel; and a brother, Gary Dale. Except for second grade in a one-room school in Colorado, Clyde attended Mishawaka schools from 1917-1929, graduating from Mishawaka High School Â?Class of 1929.Â? Just weeks before graduation he was sent to a new industry at 400 S. Byrkit, Â?American FDY Equipment Co.Â? who occupied the former Â?Amplex Motor Car Co.Â? plant. They needed a part-time draftsman for a couple of weeks. During a 50-year-plus tenure at the same location, Clyde held 11 different job titles in engineering, sales and research while the company name changed three times, eventually becoming Â?Wheelabrator Corp.Â? He ended his Â?part-timeÂ? career in 1980 as assistant director of research and development, and consultant. He was the author or co-author of several patents, mostly Â?Improvements in Bag-type Dust Collectors.Â? He was Â?the boy who stayed.Â? Friends may call from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, February 18th, in Bubb Funeral Chapel, 3910 N. Main St. Funeral services will be held in the funeral home at 10 a.m. Monday, with Rev. Don Comstock officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to a charity of the donor's choice.


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Our feet are often subject to daily wear and tear. It receives the most impact from standing, walking, or running. Constant exposure to various factors may cause dead skin on your feet. However, the most common cause of dead skin is usually due to lack of moisture which leads to dry and scaly skin.
Most of us experience this at some point. How about you? Do you notice any dead skin on your feet?
In this tutorial, I'll share with you some tips and advice on how to remove dead skin from feet.
Here are some of the ingredients you'll need
- Vinegar
- Lemon
- Epsom salt
- Oatmeal
- Paraffin wax
- Water
- Foot scrub
- Basin
How to Remove Dead Skin from Feet
Home Remedies to Help Eliminate Dead Skin
Here are some solutions you can do in the comfort of your own home. You can easily collect can some of these ingredients from your kitchen pantry.
1. Vinegar.
This cooking ingredient is also an effective solution in removing dead skin. Vinegar can make your skin softer and smoother.
Pour a mixture of vinegar and water in a basin. Soak your feet for about 15 minutes. Use a foot scrub to get rid of the dry and dead skin cells on your feet.
Wash your feet to eliminate the smell of vinegar and let it dry. Use petroleum jelly on your skin to keep it moisturized.
2. Paraffin wax.
A paraffin wax is known to be effective when it comes to removing dead skin cells. It makes your feet softer by retaining the natural oil of your skin. Applying a paraffin wax on your feet can prevent dry, cracked, and scaly skin.
Put the paraffin wax in your microwave oven and warm it up. Add a bit of coconut oil in the wax then spread on the mixture directly on your feet. Be careful when smearing it on your skin because it can be hot at first.
Let the wax sit on your skin overnight. Wash it off the next day.
3. Epsom Salt.
This kitchen ingredient is another effective solution of getting rid of dry skin on your feet. It removes contaminants from your skin and improves the circulation on your feet to make it more relaxed.
Pour water in a basin and add the Epsom salt. Dip your feet and soak it in the solution for at least 10 minutes. Pat your feet dry and slather on some petroleum jelly to keep your feet moisturized. Do this repeatedly for at least three straight days.
4. Lemon.
A lemon is known for its acidity. This makes it fit for eliminating dead and dry skin on your feet. At the same time, it keeps your skin softer and smoother.
Pour warm water in a basin. Add lemon juice on it. Let your feet soak in the solution for at least 15 minutes. Once your feet softens, use a foot brush to remove the dead skin. Wash your feet and dry it off completely.
5. Oatmeal.
Not only is it good for breakfast but oatmeal is also a good choice for treating dry, scaly, and dead skin. This ingredient helps moisturize the skin leaving it supple and smooth. You can even use it as a foot scrub.
Mix water and oatmeal in a container. You can opt to add milk in the mixture to soften your skin. Apply the oatmeal mixture d on directly your feet.
Spread it evenly so that your entire feet is covered with oatmeal. Let it sit for at least 30 minutes then use a foot brush to scrub your skin. Wash the oatmeal and pat your feet dry. You can repeat this process every other day to make it more effective.
The Key to a Flawless Skin
Just follow any of these steps to improve your chances of having beautiful, flawless, and silky feet. These home remedies are simple, easy, inexpensive, and very convenient to do. It will only take 15 to 30 minutes of your time. Plus, the results are definitely worth the effort and time.
If you enjoyed this article and find it useful, please share this tutorial with your friends. If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to drop me a message and I'll answer you as soon as I can.


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I am so excited! As you all know, we are a Disney family so I was very excited to find out that Disney on Ice is coming to our area next month! We get to be there on opening night and I can't wait to see the look on my boy's faces!
Get ready to rock out with some of the most magical idols of all in a musical showcase that features the hottest tunes and talent from across the kingdom in Disney On Ice presents Rockin' Ever After! Jam to a Scottish jig as a group of royal contenders from the latest Disney'Pixar film, Brave, competes to win the heart of headstrong, sharp-shooting Merida, making her ice debut! Experience a show-stopping performance as Sebastian breaks out of his shell for one night only to make waves with Ariel. A chorus of harmless hooligans from Tangled unleashes musical mayhem when they get a visit from the sassy and spirited Rapunzel and her charming ally Flynn. And, get your feet moving as the Beast and his castle's enchanted entourage take center stage in a spectacular show for Belle.
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Here are answers to some of the questions which are frequently asked at our Resource Centre:
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Have a look at our Find us page.
What are the opening times at Station House?
Devon in Sight offers an appointment based service with our Sight Loss Adviser. Please ring 01392 876 666 to make an appointment.
Tel: 01392 876 666
Who do you help?
We help anyone affected by sight loss, whether or not they are registered as blind or partially sighted. We also provide support to families, friends, carers and anyone working with people with sight problems.
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There are two parking spaces next to the building.
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We offer booked appointments where we can spend longer discussing your needs, and where you can spend time trying out a particular piece of equipment.
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The Resource Centre and all ground level rooms including a disabled toilet can be easily accessed by a wheelchair user.
Do you sell second hand equipment?
We do not sell second hand equipment in the Resource Centre but we can display your advert on our notice board to facilitate direct sale/purchase with the seller/purchaser.
I would like to learn to use a computer – can you advise/recommend suitable packages?
At present we offer Assistive Technology sessions the first Thursday of the month on a booked appointment basis where you can discuss your requirements with an expert.
Do you charge for your Eccentric Viewing and Steady Eye services?
No, these sessions are free and take place usually Wednesday afternoons but other times are available on request – please call the Resource Centre to make an appointment.
How do I make an appointment for a Low Vision Assessment?
In order to get an appointment for a Low Vision Assessment you need a referral either from your GP, your Optician or your Consultant who will process your request through the Devon Access Referral Team (DART). You will then be sent an appointment to attend the LVC in your area.
Where can I get information about services for people with sight loss as I am new to the area?
If you ring our Resource Centre our staff will try to put you into contact with the relevant organisations. We can signpost you to the Sensory Team, Action for Blind People, Age UK, Macular Society, Guide Dogs, Talking Newspapers, The British Wireless Fund for the Blind, Talking Books, the local Blind Clubs and many more. You might like to look at the information section of our website.
Where can I get more information about the benefits that I am entitled to as I am registered partially sighted?
We have information booklets in the Resource Centre, you can talk to the Sensory Team ROVIs after a Low Vision Assessment, or look at the page about registration as blind our this website.
Where can I get more information about Eye Conditions especially Macular Degeneration?
We hold a large selection of informative free booklets about a variety of eye conditions in Large Print. We also have a website page on common sight conditions.
I am registered partially sighted – do I have to pay the full price for my purchases?
Most equipment specifically designed for people with sight loss is VAT exempt, although you need to sign a declaration to confirm eligibility.
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Thursday, July 5, 2012
Yesterday was my and Kevin's 10 year anniversary. Holy cow! Since we have not been together for the full time and have been so off and on at times, two years ago on July 4, we made it official this time with a new anniversary day and everything.
We celebrated with an amazing dinner at RA, which is a sushi place in Baltimore. It was seriously the best sushi we have ever eaten. The atmosphere and drinks were awesome, too! If you haven't been, I would highly recommend it! RA sushi.
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text: MARJORIE I. McINTOSH, 64, 1414 Pleasant St., Mobile Home Estates, Tavares, died Tuesday. Born in Corning, N.Y., she moved to Tavares from there in 1982. She was a retired secretary and was a member of First United Methodist Church of Tavares. She was a member of the Secretaries Association. Survivors: husband, Virgil; sons, James, Rochester, N.Y., Kenneth, Oxford, Ala., Scott, Mayport; daughters, Laura Cotturone, Rochester, Sylvia Root, Elmira, N.Y.; brother, Melvin Callahan, Painted Post, N.Y.; sister, Isabelle Moore, Gainesville, Ga.; six grandchildren. Hamlin and Hilbish Funeral Directors, Tavares.


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Data Round-Up: PMI Ends 2017 on a Robust Note; Construction Picks Up
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Obama Speaks: A Presidential Assessment of Obamacare
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Market vs. Medicine goes beyond diagnosis to consider how sustaining and disruptive innovation will make U.S. healthcare better at diagnosing and treating illness while developing care management capabilities that promote prevention, behavioral health and chronic disease management. In the epic battle underway, market-driven reform, more than regulatory change, will transform and improve America's broken healthcare system.
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Many believe Big Data's capabilities will transform healthcare and they're probably right. Big Data's ability to remake industries is awe-inspiring. Big Data's enthusiasts, however, often lose sight of this basic truth: data analytics are nothing more than a performance improvement tool. All data has noise. Big Data generates sonic booms. Big Data cannot transform healthcare until health companies get "Little Data" right.
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TOE Alert: Court Injunction Probably Just Delays, Not Prevents, Nuke Restarts
Key points: - Court decision ordering shutdown of two nuclear reactors will likely just delay, rather than prevent, restarting many of Japan's reactors - High courts will likely maintain their past rulings that lower courts must defer to the expertise of the nuclear regulators - Still, the decision could lead to other court cases causing further delays and more costs for the utilities - If the courts make the utilities add additional safety measures, that could lead the utilities to lessen the number of reactors they find financially viable - Tomorrow is the fifth anniversary of the march 2011 Fukushima disaster, and only two nuclear reactors are back in operation, far less than any pro-nuclear policymaker to whom we spoke expected by this time - The Abe administration policy is to have nuclear power supply 20-22% of all electricity in Japan by 2030; this goal is unlikely to be met
Raising Profits without Raising Sales - What's the Bottom Line?
Japan's firms, particularly its 5,000 largest firms, have mastered the art of producing growth in profits without growth in sales. They've done this by cutting costs, particularly labor costs.
TOE Alert: Machinery Orders up a Lot, But Beware of Monthly Gyrations
Japan-watchers got very excited because core private machinery orders in October were up 10% on a month-on-month basis, However, the monthly movements in orders have very large gyrations, even though the most volatile elements are removed from core orders. Bottom line: core orders could be a genuine "green shoot," or one month's surprising number may be misleading us.
Getting to 2% Real Growth Productivity Revolution
Richard Katz's December issue of the Oriental Economist includes reports of Getting to 2% Real Growth Productivity Revolution, How Much Productivity Growth is Needed? Talk with MOF's Top Official, Japan's Software Industry - What Went Wrong? Taking the Lead on Climate Change - New Energy Model for PRC, Development Aids Climate Goals, and Cheap Yen, Lots of Buying - Tourism Explodes.


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if you want to know more: http://www.lanadminsystem.de
beware, it´s in german - the game itself can be easily translated via xml-files.
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