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Creativity is reflected in human innovation and problem-solving endeavors throughout history. It is present in arts, education, technology, science, and in almost everything we do. Creativity encourages children's curiosity and helps them learn to think independently and critically. For adults, creativity inspires innovation, progress, and joy. As we evolve as a species, creativity helps us evolve as a society.
January is International Creativity Month. Founded by motivational speaker and author Randall Munson, International Creativity Month is geared towards celebrating the power of creativity across the globe. Sources in this month's newsletter illustrate how creativity is implemented in workplaces, in education, with food, with children, and across cultures.
Creativity in Work
100 Ways to Be More Creative at Work
Huffington Post (find it on the ipl2)
Arianna Huffington is a nationally syndicated columnist and author of ten books. She has done numerous guest spots on political talk shows and news shows. Her blog attracts many well-known political figures and celebrities who comment on various events around the nation. In the Huff Post business section, readers learn how to express creativity in their jobs by reading the list of 100 examples on how to use creativity in the workplace.
5 Benefits Of Hiring Creative Employees
NEW! Careerealism
Careerealism was founded in 2009 on the idea of helping people solve their career and job search problems. The site evaluates and approves all contributors to ensure their content is cutting-edge and relevant. There are many ways to use creativity in the workplace, but what are the benefits of hiring creative employees? It is important to understand what creative people can do for a company and how these people can make a business even better. This article provides information on the benefits of hiring creative people in the workplace.
Motivating Creativity at Work: The Necessity of Others is the Mother of Invention
American Psychological Association (find it on the ipl2)
The American Psychological Association is a Scientific and professional organization representing psychologists in the U.S. It promotes health, education, and human welfare. This article explains how connecting employees to end users and encouraging pro-social motivation can create a more creative work environment. For instance, creating events, circulating stories between employees and end users, along with collecting data on end users perspectives allows employees to become motivated to share creativity with future projects.
12 Ways to Be More Creative at Work
U.S. News Online (find it on the ipl2)
This site from US News and World Report contains a lot of free content. The World Report financial section discusses 12 in depth ways to be more creative at work. Some of the examples included in the article are embracing diversity, thinking like a boss, branching out, and writing your ideas down. The article helps working individuals understand that everyone needs to add creativity to their working environment.
12 Ways Tech Companies Boost Creativity
Inc.com Technology (find it on the ipl2)
Inc.com Technology is the premiere U.S. publication for entrepreneurship. The site provides hands-on advice, case studies, and big-picture overviews on the state of small business in the U.S. In this slide show of companies, users receive an inside look at the ways tech companies are boosting creativity on a daily basis.
Creativity in Education
Student Creativity and the Common Core
NEW! Catapult Learning
Student Creativity and the Common Core is an article provided by Catapult Learning, which is an organization dedicated to helping struggling students in K-12 improve their academic achievements. This source explains how students across America in K-12 compete globally through common core by encouraging students to think creatively and innovatively.
The Lego Foundation (find it on the ipl2)
The Lego Foundations and the Lego Group aim to encourage children to become future builders through the action of play. The Lego Foundations suggests that through play children are able to develop their skills as creative problem solvers, cultivate critical thinking, and establish a routine of collaboration. The Lego Foundation sponsors many international projects, from the World Robot Olympiad in Malaysia to robotics classes in Rural India, and from lectures on sustainable living in Copenhagen to creating global programs for children in environmental development. The Lego Foundation believes that play is training for the unexpected and attempts to give that training to children around the globe.
30 Ways to Promote Creativity in the Classroom
NEW! Innovation Excellence
This article discusses the research of creativity in education performed by Sir Ken Robinson, David Hughes, and E. Paul Torrance, all of whom are advocates for more creative educational environments. The article offers 30 suggestions that could cultivate creativity in the classroom ranging from embracing creativity as a part of learning, the use of emotional connections to create ties to the classroom material, the use convergent and divergent thinking when creating assignments, to simply giving students time to ask questions, among many others. The majority of these suggestions illustrate the value of creativity in the classroom.
22 Simple Ideas for Harnessing Creativity in the Elementary Classroom
Edutopia (find it on the ipl2)
Trisha Richie is a kindergarten teacher who offers 22 simple ideas for using young student's natural creativity to encourage learning and increase comprehension. She categorizes her ideas into game learning, artsy activities, creative activities for science, students' favorite things, and using creative time savers. Riche illustrates that creativity teaches students at young ages the art of innovation, thinking outside the box, improvisation, the benefits of taking risks, how to break the mold, and gives educators the chance of professional growth.
The Relevance of Creativity in Education
NEW! Johns Hopkins School of Education
Dr.Rosa Aurora Chavez-Eakle is the founder of the Washington International Center for Creativity and works for the Maryland State Department of Education's Council for the Gifted and talented. In the article "The Relevance of Creativity in Education" written for John's Hopkins University, Chavez-Eakle discusses creativity, how it affects the brain and a person's temperament, and how creativity can help childhood development for children. Chavez-Eakle suggests that the key to providing quality education is creativity.
The Art Junction (find it on the ipl2)
Art Junction is a website that promotes student arts and collaborative art making online through Web 2.0 technologies like blogs, wikis, podcasts, photo and video sharing, social networks, and virtually. Art Junction experiments with promoting art education through web 2.0, to create Art Education 2.0.
Creativity and Food
National Geographic: Photo Gallery: Photographing Food
National Geographic (find it on the ipl2)
Learn how to find and set up creative photographs of food. This National Geographic photo gallery of gorgeous and intriguing images offers tips and advice for capturing the stories and moments surrounding food.
The Food Museum (find it on the ipl2)
Explore the eclectic FOOD Museum for articles, videos and links to discover the creative things people are doing and have done all around the world with food, about food, and to food. From vegetable gardens, to food-inspired camper vans, to a performance of "Food, Glorious Food" from the musical, Oliver, you will find inspiring ideas for getting creative with food and the FOOD Museum!
NEW! Incredible, Edible Crafts
Learn how to make creative candy bouquets and interesting fruit and vegetable arrangements on this homey and informative site. There are also recipes and instructions for food crafts for children, creative food garnishes, and helpful tips for fun food presentation.
Food in the Arts (find it on the ipl2)
This site provides a survey of the creative arts in connection with food. Themes include food in movies, music, literature, and art. Includes short essays on topics such as the movie "Like Water for Chocolate," food in Puccini's opera "La Bohème," Hemingway and food, poverty, and still life paintings of food.
Poems About: Food
PoemHunter.com (find it on the ipl2)
Visit this section on PoemHunter.com to discover hundreds of creative poems, classic and modern, about food. This collection of poetry is broadly representative and useful for information, reference and research.
Creativity and Children
Kid's Crafts (find it on the ipl2)
The ipl2 provides an extensive list of resources focused on crafts for children. There are links to sites that offer free coloring pages, instructions for crafts, things to do with friends and family, and much more.
PBS Parents Creativity
NEW! PBS Parents
This site from the Public Broadcasting Company offers all kinds of resources for parents to help their children explore their creative side. The site is divided into sections to help parents find the right activities. There are plenty of hints, tips, games, activities, and more for both children and parents to use online and offline.
Art Safari (find it on the ipl2)
Part of the Museum of Modern Art's website, this activity walks children through paintings and lets them explore and create stories as well as learn about the history behind some famous paintings.
Writing with Writers: Poetry (find it on the ipl2)
Listen to poets read their poems aloud, print up activity worksheets, or write and share your own poetry! This Scholastic site has resources for children, parents, and teachers. It also offers hints from famous children poets like Jack Prelutsky, Karla Kuskin, and Jean Marzollo.
The Lemelson Center for Invention and Innovation (find it on the ipl2)
This site offers resources for young people and curiosity seekers of all ages. There are videos and audio files as well as stories about inventions, articles, printables, and classroom activities. Anyone who wants to know more about inventions and how creativity has helped push people to make the world a better place will enjoy browsing all of the interesting parts of this site.
Creativity Across Cultures
Creativity Across Cultures (find it on the ipl2)
This source provides a PowerPoint created by Jingya Huang, Danielle Latta and Katie McCarney at the Temerlin Advertising Institute, in which they explain what creativity is, how it differs between Eastern and Western cultures, how different cultures use creativity differently in advertising, the process models for creativity, and how creativity affects society.
Understanding Creativity, Across Sectors and Across Cultures
NEW! Phys.org
The CREATIVE project is an EU funded research venture that analyzes creativity across cultures. The Project is led by Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg, Germany. They will first document cultural differences in five different countries, then analyze reasoning skill when solving complex problems, then by analyzing the result they are able to create models for business or to encourage development. Phys.org covers how professionals are applying creativity and innovation to the fields of science, technology, and medicine.
Why Diversity is the Mother of Creativity
NEW! Innovation Management
Innovation Management is a current and professional website that discusses how creativity can cultivate innovation in multiple disciplines. It provides informative articles written by international professionals in the fields of marketing, public relations, communications, consulting, and education. This article looks at how professional diversity can encourage creativity, creative thinking, and problem solving in people's personal lives, on team projects, in companies, and how managers can coordinate creativity in team members.

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What is a Credit Report?A credit report is a collection of information held at one or more Canadian credit bureau service providers. Banks and other businesses that lend money access this information with your consent. This information is compiled into a single report that helps lenders determine if you are a good financial candidate.
Your credit report is referred to when you apply for credit and includes the following information:
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As a responsible lender, American Express reviews credit reports of our customers on a regular basis. The information reflected on credit reports is taken into consideration to manage your account.
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A good credit rating is necessary in order to apply for credit in the future. For example, lenders will evaluate your credit report prior to approving your request for car loans, mortgages, lines of credit and credit cards. In addition, a strong credit performance can be viewed positively by your employer and landlords because it demonstrates your ability to manage your responsibilities and pay on time.
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From Mario Batali, superstar chef and author of Molto Italiano and Italian Grill, comes an eating tour throughout Spain with his friend Gwyneth Paltrow.
Spain...A Culinary Road Trip is the companion book to the prime-time public television series Spain...On The Road Again. The premise is simple: Mario Batali and Mark Bittman are single-minded, food-obsessed friends who are constantly on the lookout for the food, wine, and cooking that is unique to Spain-and in this series they will find it. Gwyneth Paltrow and the Spanish actress Claudia Bassols are eager to enjoy all the pleasures the country has to offer, and each pair will be lured into the worlds of the other.
The foursome take the ultimate road trip adventure, showcasing the pleasures of Spain, the country's regional cuisine, art, history, and culture, as they've never been seen before. Hundreds of gorgeous and candid photos, anecdotes, and more than seventy recipes from Mario appear in this scrapbook of the dream vacation through Spain.
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Yosemite National Park, California (CNN) -- They look like cumulus clouds rolling through the park -- puffy and white. But they are more sinister than that.
The clouds are from a huge wildfire in northern California, which is threatening Yosemite.
The Yosemite Conservancy says the Rim Fire has consumed tens of thousands of acres in the park, but it has so far had little or no direct impact on Yosemite Valley, a popular spot for tourists and home to many of the famous cliffs and waterfalls in the park.
Firefighters hope to keep it that way.
Yosemite fire: Blaze spreads to national park
"This is going to be a tough fire. It's going to continue for a few more weeks," said Tom Tidwell, chief of the U.S. Forest Service.
Crews are doing their best, but just a spark or two could send the inferno raging.
These are scary times for the folks of Tuolumne, a picturesque community threatened by the blaze.
"It is dangerous for them right now," Cal Fire Division Chief Mike Ramirez said. "When you're on a ridge like this and the fire is below you, that is a recipe for disaster."
Tuolumne is on the northern edge of the Rim Fire, a monster of a wildfire that has charred more than 192,000 acres. It's the seventh-largest blaze in California history, requiring the efforts of more than 4,500 personnel.
The blaze was 30% contained as of evening Wednesday.
Although humidity was relatively high for the area at roughly 24%, Ramirez said fire crews were concerned that thunderstorms could create erratic wind patterns that might complicate firefighting efforts.
In Tuolomne, Laura Murphy was poised to evacuate.
"To be this close is to be scared," said Murphy, a wildlife rehabilitator who lives in the threatened town with her husband. "But we're ready; we're packed; we've already moved the animals."
Despite the threat, the fire is fascinating.
"We will leave when we have to, but it's amazing to watch," Murphy said.
A threat to the Bay Area water supply
Nearby Yosemite Valley and its iconic attractions, including the El Capitan rock formation, currently are safe, miles from the Rim Fire's reach. However, the blaze was on the edge of the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, which serves 2.6 million customers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
The fire is wrapping around the south side of the reservoir and extends about 3/4 of a mile past O'Shaughnessy Dam to the south and east. Firefighters are at Hetch Hetchy protecting critical facilities, the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission said Wednesday.
Water quality remains unchanged, despite ash that has fallen on the 459-square-mile reservoir, because the water is drawn from a depth of 260 feet, the commission said.
The city was already transferring 275 million gallons of water daily from Hetch Hetchy to other reservoirs because Hetch Hetchy is full, but as a precaution, the city increased that amount by 27 million gallons, a Tuesday statement said.
The commission said it was confident the Rim Fire would not affect the reservoir: "Due to the rocky, granite terrain and limited brush along the perimeter of the reservoir, there is little risk for direct water quality impacts."
The fire could threaten the area's hydroelectric generators, which provide much of San Francisco's electricity.
Because of the approaching flames, officials shut down the generators, and the city -- more than 120 miles to the west -- temporarily is getting power from elsewhere.
"All of San Francisco's municipal electric customers continue to be fully supplied; there will be no interruption in electric service," the commission said.
More evacuations possible
The Tuolumne County Sheriff's Office, meanwhile, issued evacuation advisories for Tuolumne and nearby Ponderosa Hill, said InciWeb, a federal website that collects information from agencies like the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. It was not clear how many residents were covered by the evacuation advisory.
Evacuations also remained in place for areas south of Highway 120 (including Scotts Ridge), north of Old Yosemite Road and along the Highway 108 corridor between Tuolumne City and Pinecrest.
Authorities say the Rim Fire started on August 17. The cause is under investigation.
"There's a lot of concern, and there's a lot of work to be done," U.S. Forest Service spokesman Lee Bentley said.
Firefighters were able to build fire lines in several locations Tuesday. The forecast is also looking favorable as daytime highs sink into the 70s over the Labor Day weekend, a break from the temperatures in the high 80s firefighters were facing Wednesday.
"Access and difficult terrain remain concerns for crews and equipment," said an incident report. "Rapid fire growth and extreme fire behavior are hampering suppression efforts."
As many as 20 helicopters and air tankers were aiding the efforts.
A top priority is stopping the fire from spreading farther in Yosemite National Park.
The Merced and Tuolumne giant sequoia groves, while not in imminent danger, were closed as firefighters conduct preventative measures to protect the majestic trees.
Yosemite, with hundreds of campground sites and lodging units, had nearly 4 million visitors last year, the National Park Service said. The park typically has 15,000 visitors on a busy summer weekend.
About 4,500 structures, many of them vacation homes, were under threat, InciWeb said. The fire has cost more than $39 million to date.
Thirty-one residences and 80 outbuildings have been destroyed.
Wildfire threatens 90-year-old cabin
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December 3rd was a beautiful Saturday afternoon at the Food Bank. We had a clear sky, the sun was shining, and a father and son arrived on a tandem bicycle…pulling four full shopping carts full of food to donate!
Cargo race winners and tandem cyclists Eric Downing and his seven-year old son Cooper Sprocket Downing were not alone. They were part of the 201 bicyclists participating in the 6th Annual Supermarket Street Sweep! Each year, participants crisscross the city visiting local supermarkets and bringing back thousands of pounds of donated groceries. This year, everyone was excited about the results: almost 7,990 pounds of food was collected and $9,652 was raised.
The Downings were an impressive sight, hauling their train of shopping carts engineered to move and turn in unison on their bicycle-built-for-two. Eric, an architect and former professional cyclist, has passed on his passion for cycling and charitable work to his son Cooper Sprocket (who is named after the toothed wheel a bike's chain rides along). This was their second year in the race – they came back to avenge their narrow defeat last year by hauling in even more food to donate to the Food Bank.
Eric told us, "This is an extra special race. Jennifer [Oh Hatfield] is phenomenal. She puts this whole thing together. We are indebted to her for creating a race that supports the Food Bank." While there are lots of bicycle races out there, Eric told us "This is the most selfless race I've ever participated in, it's wonderful!"
Jennifer Oh Hatfield who organizes the race every year (with co-organizers Kacey O'Kelly, Jonathan Koshi, and Mike Spencer) wanted to create an event that was "…both a fun and useful way for Bay Area cyclists to help a great cause." She was impressed by Eric and Cooper, telling us, "It's great that we have families come out. Eric and Cooper were determined to do well this year and they showed up with an ingenious shopping cart train to win the cargo race!" Proud of her racers as well as her volunteers, Jennifer added "We are successful because of our great participants, our volunteers who come out to count food and help organize things, and of course our sponsors — a ton from the Bay Area and even nationwide."
It's always fun to see how different groups of people pair their interests with charitable acts. The Supermarket Street Sweep is an exciting, competitive way to get cyclists involved with food justice and the Food Bank. "I would like to see this type of race for charity in every community. There are cyclists across the U.S. just as there are people in need across the U.S.," Eric Downing said.
Finally, when asked what he would say to people to encourage them to join the race next year Cooper Sprocket said "F-U-N-Z-O! Because it's funzo!"
Race results by year:
2006: 80 racers – 1,172 lbs of food
2007: 110 racers – 1,595 lbs.
2008: 150 racers – 5,266 lbs.
2009: 198 racers – 7,507 lbs.
2010: 171 racers – 6,920 lbs. + $4,877
2011: 201 racers – 7,990 lbs. +$9,652
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Kevin Hoover's Arcata Eye usually boasts an eclectic array of letters to the editor, and the current issue is no exception. The collection starts off with letters from someone who doesn't like full page ads, someone else who doesn't like capitalism, several someones who will lose their will to live if an elderberry tree is pruned, and some deeply felt but poorly executed rant from Jeffrey Schwartz, whose burgeoning career seems to allow a suspiciously huge amount of time for letter-writing.
But our favorites were toward the end, including this inspirational missive from Maureen Kane.
May I ask you who your heroes are?
My heroes tend to be those persons who have been willing to speak truth to the ruling elite.Many of whom have been imprisoned and/or assassinated for doing so.
Such as: Socrates, Jesus, Shakespeare, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Thoreau, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva, Noam Chomsky, Amy Goodman, etc….
Do you think any of us would be here now- or even want to be-without the intelligently courageous souls who have persisted in speaking out in promoting truth and justice for all?!?
Two of these souls are living right here within our community. They are Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap and David Cobb, co-creators of Democracy Unlimited of Humboldt County.
Socrates, Jesus, Mahatma, and Kaitlin. Don't look now, but we have goosebumps!! Readers who enjoy the taste of their own vomit can find the rest of the missive at the Arcata Eye.
Another letter, titled "Humboldt Baybasher," is included here in its entirety.
So I was walking home today from Farmers' Market and as I walked past the Arcata Community Center I saw a frightful thing! Beer cans, plastic cups, root beer cans (really), cigarette butts as far as the eye could see and all other sorts of revelry-induced garbage ALL OVER THE GROUND. In the bushes, in the street, on the sidewalk… everywhere.
I stopped to consider what might have caused such a mess so close to a public playground and the Community Center of all places and then I remembered: The Baykeeper's Earth Day Bash was last night!
According to their mission statement, "Humboldt Baykeeper was launched in October, 2004 to safeguard our coastal resources for the health, enjoyment and economic strength of the Humboldt Bay community through education, scientific research and enforcement of laws to fight pollution."
"Be a part of what they say is their 'first Earth Day Bash,' and watch Bernhard and his band do wrong right for the right reasons on Earth Day 2011."
My neighborhood feels pretty polluted right now, and the gutters at the Community Center drain right in to the bay/creek, correct? I'm really jazzed that the Baykeeper charged people between $25 and $40 to come out and (literally) trash the areas surrounding the Community Center.
Beth Mason
No doubt Kaitlin and David took a few minutes away from creating the philosophical underpinnings of western civilization to clean that shit up. That's the stuff heroes are made of.
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BEIJING, November 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bitauto Holdings Limited ("Bitauto" or the "Company") (NYSE: BITA), a leading provider of Internet content and marketing services for China's fast-growing automotive industry, today announced that the previously announced private transaction between certain existing pre-IPO shareholders and AutoTrader Group, Inc., operator of the largest digital automotive marketplace in the United States, as well as Bitauto's senior management team, was consummated on November 17, 2012. Upon the consummation of the transaction, AutoTrader Group beneficially owns an approximately 21.8% stake in the Company. Concurrently, certain members of Bitauto's senior management team increased their ownership through the purchase of an approximately 2.4% stake in the Company.
In connection with the consummation of the transaction, the Company appointed Mr. Dallas S. Clement, the executive vice president and chief financial officer of AutoTrader Group, to its Board of Directors, effective November 17, 2012. Meanwhile, Ms. Rong Lu has resigned from the Company's Board of Directors, effective November 17, 2012.
"We are very pleased to welcome Dallas to Bitauto's Board of Directors," commented Mr. William Bin Li, chairman and chief executive officer of Bitauto. "With his experience in the strategic operations of the largest digital automotive marketplace in the United States, Dallas brings to Bitauto a deep understanding of the new and used car online marketplace as well as software solutions for automotive dealers. This is an exciting step forward in support of the strategic investment that AutoTrader Group has made in Bitauto. I would also like to sincerely thank Ms. Rong Lu for her tremendous support and the experience she has brought to Bitauto over the years as a Board Director."
"I am delighted to join Bitauto's Board of Directors," commented Mr. Clement. "I look forward to working with the Bitauto team to help Bitauto continue to grow in China's rapidly emerging automotive industry."
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How to Communicate With the Dead
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Some people feel the intense need to communicate with someone who is dead. Usually, they desire to contact a loved one that they have lost or some simply harbor a fascination with death or the dead. When one wishes to reconnect with the presence of someone they have lost, they may turn to methods involving communication with the dead.
When one is interested in contacting the dead, there are a few techniques that can be followed, according to a Dr. Raymond Moody, who claims to be quite an expert when it comes to near-death experiences, as well as the afterlife. Moody suggests a technique that was used during ancient times for those who wanted to receive a vision. It is said that Nostradamus used this approach when he was foretelling the future. It simply involves a large mirror, as well as a variety of suggestions to ensure a positive and successful line of contact. Below you will find a checklist to follow when you want to attempt communication between the dead.
1) To gain a clear state of mind, one should refrain from consuming products that contain dairy and caffeine the day before an encounter is attempted. Fruits and vegetables should be the only simple foods that are consumed.
2) When attempting to contact the dead, you should position yourself in the quietest section of your dwellings. Watches and jewelry should be removed; loose clothing should be worn. Relaxation is the key for those who wish to contact the dead. Distractions, such as clocks and phones should be unplugged. When complete silence is achieved, a large mirror should be placed in front of you. The mirror should be at an angle that promotes comfortableness.
3) If you are having trouble reaching an altered state of mind, looking at artwork or listening to calming music can achieve a sense of awareness conducive to this type of act.
4) If you are trying to contact a loved one, you should surround yourself with some of their photographs, as well as their personal items. Touching the objects will bring you closer to who you are trying to contact. Some of the items you may choose to set about you may include family films, photo albums, old letters, glasses, a piece of their clothing, as well as a few of their favorite things. Anything that evokes feelings or memories should be used.
5) Light a candle and put it behind you. When dim light is used, it is best that it be placed behind your body. It is said that twilight hours is the best time to communicate with the dead because many people experience altered states. Some can mirror gaze surrounded by bright lights, but this takes time to get use to, as well as achieve.
6) When you are ready to mirror gaze, you should be in a comfortable, relaxed position. You will gaze into the mirror without trying to see anything; it will be similar to looking at something that is located far from view. You may start to feel a tingling within your fingertips.
7) The mirror may seem cloudy after some time, while others have reported that the mirror becomes darker in color. When things within the mirror do not seem as clear as they did before, you may be ready to experience contact with the dead.
8) Complete silence should still be maintained. Allow yourself to view the images that appear to you within the mirror (if you are lucky to experience this phase). The images that you may encounter will probably last for only less than a minute. Some people are able to view images for as long as 10 minutes, but this may take some time to develop. Sometimes you may not see a thing, but will instead hear the voice of your loved one. Some have claimed to actually feel their touch. Experiences with mirror gazing can be quite varied.
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We each learn and as we learn we grow. Those that are given just a little yearn for more and start to research, read and learn. That is fantastic! You are open. It's as if you were in a closed box and you poked your finger into the side of it which created a tiny hole. That tiny hole lets light in and makes you want to see more... so you open up a larger hole....You then want more.... until finally you step out of that box into Enlightenment.
Don't be discouraged if sometimes you feel as if nothing is happening. If you feel your in a slump you truly aren't, you are developing. Keep meditating, reading and learning. You will grow and as you grow you will want to learn more. It's like a child waiting for Christmas, anticipating that day to finally get here and then the thought of the presents (our gifts) under THIS tree...PRICELESS.
There is so much we can do that we are not even aware of. We are created with just a mere fraction from the light of our creator and are a part of the whole. We are limitless. Do not put limts on yourself. Each of us can do and be.
ALL THE GIFTS THAT PEOPLE SPEAK OF, WE ALL HAVE INSIDE OURSELVES. Each and everyone of us, just let them come to you.
Believe that we are limitless...
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momentsb4 I have channeled my own past lives, so just ask, sit and wait and listen.
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and please do tell me how to channel your past life. im soo currious about it. im obsessed with nazi germany and i really am convinced one of my past lives has something to do with it.
Posted 05 June 2012 - 05:35 PM
I have been sensitive all my life as well and with the turn of events that have been happening here mixed with the 10 pages of answered questions, we got a paranormal group, which was small~ containing two members, to investigate. They wound up giving us more unanswered questions but did inform us there were more than one present. There was one they felt from the audio that was keeping them here. With this being said, they arrived for their third and final time and we have since moved onto another group <containing 35 members including a priest> as the events have continued and picked up in the physical manner anyway while we sleep. THIS MORNING in fact was the second time I woke up to being choked and the taste of sweet ashes in my mouth/throat.
Hope that the white sage candle could help those of you interested as it did me....
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Posted 05 June 2012 - 08:33 PM
I have copied and pasted from one of your posts below:
Spirits appear in many ways and act in many ways. If you see one, I suggest that you, first, pay close attention to your gut feelings. Fear is normal, but dread or bad visions are not (dread can suggest a negative spirit, bad visions - such as visions of blood, death, etc. are also not a good sign). If you feel fear (which is typically normal, at first), but also feel a sense of calm or peace, you most likely have a good spirit on your hands.
With this being said, I have to admit that although I am NEW to this site, I did not want to comment earlier on this section but I have to now. I have to know... I have had these visions you speak of including blood and a very close friend of mine has had the same one, just slightly different than mine but close enough for me to get the message, and was wondering what this would mean!?!?!?!? Why would this be a bad thing?! I know I have learned to trust my instincts and my visions and let's just say we on edge round here trying to find answers but we are pretty sure by our placing two vials of holy water on either sides of the bed and since these attacks come at night when we sleep that this must be more of a poltergeist than a demon. Any and all help is greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!
Dk Phoenix
Posted 14 July 2012 - 03:34 PM
Gigi, your post was so interesting. Wow!
I want to see a spirit but then again i don't. I am really really scared. I think i will actually just run. When they come what do they generally tend to do when they appear. Do they smile at you or just have no face expressions at all? I am so interested!
Some times they smile and talk, some times they are hard to make out, some times they don't speak, some times they touch. However, some times they are missing limbs and are not in good shape and that can be starling. The frst time that happen I thought I was going to wet myself, lol. But I soon grounded myself and felt that he was in desprate need of help. Just like if you saw someone become injured, you would rush to help. They do get frustrated when you ask them to come and you become affraid. The know you are a fraid and if you are dealing with good spirits then they well respect you and even help you along.
However, there frustration comes when they are trying to deliver a message and you become frightened and freak. Some times they want come back.
One piece of advice I got from a very well know medium was this " never get a big head that you can sommunicate to the spirit world, because you are just a telephone to them". However, being a good communicater with the spirit world is one that I feel honored to be apart of. So boasting or bragging is not seen as cool in the spirit world.
Just like in our physical world communication is the most important part of any type of relationship.
Don't be affraid, you are always in control ( or need to be) you ask them to leave and they well. It's important to know that if you ask them to leve they my do so for go. So be direct like when I'm really sleepy and just want to sleep. I tell them " Please, I need to sleep to be stronger to communicate with you, please come back tomorrow". I'm very respectedful, polite but strong all in one.
I wish you luck and hope I have helped.
Hello there Gigi!
I was just wondering have you happened to have had a circumstance where IT is apparently a SENT entity of some sort in order to torment you, your pets <the living>, and drain you? Like a shape shifter <most likely> that is very intelligent, sadistic, negative energy mass, never showing ITS TRUE face, only forms it takes and tried manipulating? For example: We have had 2 paranormal investigation groups here. We are awaiting for the evidence to finish being processed from the second group as to their findings, but have received pics and audio from the first group. I'm a new member and can't post pics right now but we do have 2 of this black mass from the first group. Not really a shape to it but you can tell it is there. However, this black mass has taken the form of a male faceless shadow figure <not wearing a hat like typically described in my researching of the subject of shadow people>, it has appeared several times as a female faceless shadow figure, and attempted to take shape of an animal running across the floor on all fours with NO tail, NO face, etc. as our cocker spaniel has chased it from the back of the trailer to the front.
However, I know we have spirits here and evidence of that and we sense it is keeping them here for a backup energy feeding supply when it can't feed off of us. It attacks our psyche', emotions, thoughts, words, and ANY form of energy. I am a FT student and Kevin works a FT job <nights leaving me here at home first 1/2 of the night with the dogs & "visitors">. This has attempted to scare us. Kevin started out being scared until just here recently. I DID have it banished from the trailer and sealed it off. Somehow, it is back and we are sensing this is being sent from Kevin's dark witch ex that is dark wiccan and practices Voodoo as well. Yes, there have been TWO dolls found <I handled those though and all that remains is the pictures of them> amongst other things. I do have a team of friends working to try to help us from Cali to New York. . . This thing has been here for years feeding off Kevin's fears and appears to him at night when I am sleeping. Some say my conscious mind is too strong/powerful for this thing to appear to me face 2 face. However, I can say with the second group's visit/investigation, they had me come into the trailer upon the "witching hour" as they call it to dig deep inside and get it to show itself <after experiences were shared amongst several that night>. I did so. I commanded it in ITS God's name to move something or show itself so we all could see. At this point, the dark shadowed male figure appeared to us all in the window in between the computer desk and couch....three times. If you have tried saging, commanding it to leave without skipping a beat, etc. and they still don't depart, would this be more of a good sign that someone is SENDING IT to you <or someone in the home>?
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I think we are relics, fossils in the shale.
I first heard that from a professional photographer in the late 50's. He was a well known news photographer, grousing to my class of 15 year old wannabees as he demonstrated his 4x5 Speed Graphic kit. You know, enormous silvery reflector with immense flash bulbs. And bellows, and sheet film holders. Goddam kids with those Nikons were degrading the profession. My first inkling that obsolescence is usually a choice, not a requirement.
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Sermon delivered February 1, 2009.
Those of us who live and drive in Minnesota can appreciate the following short story. A hesitant driver, waiting for traffic to clear, came to a complete stop on a freeway on-ramp. The traffic thinned, but the intimidated driver still waited. Finally, an infuriated voice yelled from behind, "The sign says to yield, not to give up."
In the rest of our life, how often do we take the first sign of an obstacle as a message to quit trying? I studied hard, but didn't get a good grade. I must be dumb or stupid. I didn't get that job I wanted, so I'll have to be content with this boring, dead-end one. I tried to exercise and diet but didn't lose hardly any weight, so I'm just going to forget it. Someone ignored me, someone criticized me, my girlfriend/boyfriend broke-up with me, my spouse left me, my friend betrayed me. I must be unlikable or unlovable. God must want me to be lonely.
I would guess that this might be even more pronounced in our faith relationship with God. I prayed for help and I didn't get any. I prayed to be healed from my illness and I was still sick. I prayed for my terminally ill friend or family member and they still died. I attended Liturgy and received communion and I didn't really feel different. I went to confession and I still sinned again afterwards. Why bother? God doesn't love me. I wonder if He even exists. Those who say religion and Church are just man-made, patriarchal systems are probably right.
Before we go down these roads any further, let's take a look at the Canaanite Woman from today's gospel reading, the 17th Sunday of Matthew 15:21-28. Jesus was journey to district of Tyre and Sidon (v.21) and the Canaanite woman comes to Him shouting, pleading for Him to heal her daughter of a demon (v.22). How does Jesus respond to her? He completely ignores her. It says, "He did not answer her at all" (v.23). How often do we bring our concerns, our pleas for help, to God and we hear nothing? No answer, no sign of hope, nothing comes our way. Either in desperation or in anger, we begin shouting at God and still nothing. Do we give-up at this point?
The Canaanite woman does not. Even after Jesus' disciples tell Him to send her away (v.24), she draws very near to Him and kneels before Jesus saying, "Lord, help me" (v.25). Does the Christ help her now? I mean after all, she's persistent, she's humble and she's self-less, asking for someone else's healing. He should heal her now, right? Christ responds by saying, "No." Worse yet, He likens her to a dog, "It is not fair to take the children's food and throw it to the dogs" (v.26). How often has God told us, "No"? How often have we felt that He is even kicking us while we're down? Do we give up at this point?
The Canaanite woman does not. Accepting Jesus' canine label, she does not accept His rebuke but comes back at Him with some profound words, "Yes, Lord, yet even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their master's table" (v.27). In other words, "I'm not giving up. I'll take whatever little you will offer to me." How does Jesus respond this time? Finally, He openly acknowledges her great faith and grants her wish and heals her daughter instantly (v.28).
Someone might ask, why is Jesus playing this game with the Canaanite woman? She's obviously sincere. She came to Him. Why didn't Jesus just heal her daughter right away? St. Theodore of Mopsuestia implies that Jesus, by delaying His answer, is giving her opportunity to deepen her faith. Is it any different than how we raise our own children? Do we give them what they want as soon as they ask for it? No, we usually delay in one way or another to build their character and deepen their appreciation for whatever they receive. Lev Gillet, in reference to this passage, says, "Our Lord often acts in way in order to test the strength of our faith. Even if Jesus seems to put up a decisive refusal, we must redouble our faith, come near to Him, worship Him and beg for His help." We must be like Abraham who pleaded five times with the Lord to spare Sodom and Gomorrah on behalf of the few righteous people that remained among the abominable sinners (Genesis 18). We must be like Jacob who struggled with God and was rewarded for his effort (Genesis 32).
You may have heard it said, I certainly have said it before that God answers prayer in three ways. Number one, "No." Number two, "Not yet." And number three, "Yes." The question we must ask ourselves is do we give up our faith in God after the first answer? How about after the second answer? We must trust God that whatever answer He gives and whenever He gives it, He does it to build our character, to make us stronger, to deepen our appreciation for Him and everything we have. One of my favorite bible verses is from today's Epistle reading for St. Tryphon the Great Martyr, Romans 8:28-39. It's the first verse 28, "All things work together for good, for those who love God." Love God, no matter what answer He gives you, no matter how He answers you, no matter when He answers you. Love God, don't give up. Amen!
Fr. Richard Demetrius Andrews is the pastor of St. George Greek Orthodox Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Fr. Andrews is the past president of Minnesota Eastern Orthodox Christian Clergy Association (MEOCCA), and a volunteer chaplain with the St. Paul Police Department.


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Around 8 a.m. Saturday, police say Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend and then drove to the stadium where he shot himself in front of staff there. NBC's Thanh Truong reports.
Updated at 8:15 p.m. ET: KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend several times after an argument and then drove to Arrowhead Stadium, where he committed suicide, authorities said.
Standing in the parking lot of the team's practice facility, Belcher held a gun to his head and spoke to his coach and general manager, thanking them for all they had done for him. Then he pulled the trigger.
NBC Sports: Agent remembers Jovan Belcher as 'a happy, proud father'
Authorities did not release a possible motive for the murder-suicide, although police said that Belcher, 25, and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Kasandra M. Perkins, had been arguing recently.
The two are parents to 3-month-old Zoey. Belcher's mother, who reported the shooting at the Kansas City home, had moved in with the couple to help care for the infant.
The team said it would play its home game against the Carolina Panthers as scheduled on Sunday at noon local time "after discussions between the league office, Head Coach Romeo Crennel and Chiefs team captains."
A spokesman for the team told The Associated Press that Crennel plans to coach on Sunday.
NBC Sports: Chiefs to play Panthers at regularly scheduled time
Belcher was a native of West Babylon, N.Y., on Long Island, where he had played football but wasn't recruited to play college ball, according to the Boston Globe. Rather, he was a star wrestler who kept trim -- 6-foot-2 and under 200 pounds.
In 2008, Belcher told the Globe: "I do like being the underdog because you can come up and surprise people."
At the University of Maine, Belcher became the team captain and was named national defensive player of the year.
"When he got to campus, he was a phenomenally impressive young man, in how he conducted himself in and around the young men in our program," Maine coach Jack Cosgrove told the Globe at the time. "We were fortunate nobody else recruited him."
Cosgrove described Belcher's "infectious smile" and said he was a great role model who worked well with children -- the football player had been a child development and family relations major.
"His move to the NFL was in keeping with his dreams," Cosgrove said Saturday.
Belcher wasn't picked up as a possible draftee by the NFL. So he signed with the Kansas City Chiefs as an undrafted free agent, made the team and stayed with it for four years, moving into the starting lineup. He'd played in all 11 games this season.
He also stayed connected with his college passion. The Kansas City Star newspaper has video of the linebacker reading with a third-grade boy.
"I love doing stuff like this because I went to school to work with young adolescents," Belcher told the Star. "I feel like I can connect with kids real well."
Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt issued a statement Saturday, saying, "The entire Chiefs family is deeply saddened by today's events, and our collective hearts are heavy with sympathy, thoughts and prayers for the families and friends affected by this unthinkable tragedy."
A member of the Kansas City Chiefs has reportedly died after shooting himself at the team facility early Saturday.
NBC Sports: Chiefs' owner Clark Hunt 'deeply saddened'
The NFL also released a statement expressing sympathy: "We have connected the Chiefs with our national team of professional counselors to support both the team and the families of those affected. We will continue to provide assistance in any way that we can."
Saturday breakdown
Authorities reported receiving a call Saturday morning from Belcher's mother, who said it was her daughter who had been shot multiple times at a residence about five miles from the Arrowhead complex, an identification that initally led to confusion.
"She treated Kasandra like a daughter," said Kansas City police spokesman Darin Snapp. Perkins was pronounced dead at a hospital.
Police then received a phone call from the Chiefs' training facility.
"We kind of knew what we were dealing with," Snapp said. The player was "holding a gun to his head" as he stood in front of the front doors of the practice facility.
"And there were (General Manager Scott) Pioli and Crennel and another coach or employee was standing outside and appeared to be talking to him. It appeared they were talking to the suspect," Snapp said. "The suspect began to walk in the opposite direction of the coaches and the officers and that's when they heard the gunshot. It appears he took his own life."
The coaches told police they never felt in any danger, Snapp said.
"They said the player was actually thanking them for everything they'd done for him," he said. "They were just talking to him and he was thanking them and everything. That's when he walked away and shot himself."
At Belcher's mother's home on Long Island, relatives declined to talk to reporters. A purple SUV in the home's driveway was flying a small Kansas City Chiefs flag.
Perkins' Facebook page shows the couple smiling and holding the baby. Jennifer Ashley, a friend of Perkins, told the Star that Perkins was a student at Blue River Community College in nearby Independence and that she wanted to be a teacher.
Ashley told the Star that Perkins was introduced to Belcher by the girlfriend of another Chiefs' player.
The young mother updated her Instagram account regularly with photos of baby Zoey and Belcher. On Friday, she posted photos of Belcher smiling and kissing their daughter.
Football tragedies
Belcher is the latest among several players and NFL retirees to die from self-inflicted gunshot wounds in the past couple of years. The death of the beloved star Junior Seau, who shot himself in the chest in at his California home last May, sent shock waves around the league.
Seau's family, like those of other suicide victims, has donated his brain tissue to determine if head injuries he sustained playing football might be linked to his death.
Belcher did not have an extensive injury history, though the linebacker showed up on the official injury report on Nov. 11, 2009, as being limited in practice with a head injury. Belcher played four days later against the Oakland Raiders.
Earlier this year, the NFL provided a grant to help establish an independently operated phone service that connects players, coaches, team officials and other staff with counselors trained to work through personal and emotional crises. The NFL Life Line is available 24 hours a day.
Kansas City Mayor Sly James said that he spoke to Pioli after the shooting.
"It's unfathomable ... Think about your worst nightmare and multiply it by five," James said.
The season has been a massive disappointment for the Chiefs, who were expected to contend for the AFC West title. They're just 1-10 and mired in an eight-game losing streak marked by injuries, poor play and fan upheaval, with constant calls the past several weeks for Pioli and Crennel to be fired.
Chiefs quarterback Brady Quinn told The Kansas City Star that when the team met later Saturday morning, Crennel broke the news to them.
"It was obviously tough for coach to have to tell us that," Quinn said. "He really wasn't able to finish talking to us. We got together and prayed and then we moved on."
But Quinn said the team was so stunned, it was hard to digest what had happened.
"It's hard mostly because I keep thinking about what I could have done to stop this," he said.
This article includes reporting from NBC News staff and The Associated Press.
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Managing the Audit Process – What to Do and How to Do It
November 27, 2019 - November 28, 2019
Venue: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Kingdom Relations (Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken), Turfmarkt 147, 2511 DP Den Haag, the Netherlands
Organizer(s): European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA)
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Language: English
Contact: Ms Belinda Vetter, Programme Organiser
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Do you dread the experience?
Do you feel that you never get any benefit from the role of auditors?
Are you under pressure to spend public funds effectively?
You are not alone!
This new EIPA course will help you understand the evolving role of auditors in the current challenging environment and how they can help you deliver better infrastructure and better services for citizens.
In this course we are working with auditors from the Netherlands Court of Audit (Algemene Rekenkamer) to share with you current best practice approaches from across Europe.
It will help you to understand what auditors do and why and how they do it and thus help you to work with auditors in a way which brings you benefits beyond the statutory discharge of accounts.
How will it help you?
By the end of the workshop you will:
Better understand the role of auditors in the public sector;
Better understand how auditors undertake financial and performance audits, including compliance and value for money aspects, systems audits and transactions audits at all stages of the financial and performance management audit cycle and the key idea of risk-based auditing;
Help you to prepare for audit visits to maximise their value to your organisation.
Course methodology
To help you to do so we will give you:
Input with presentations on key issues in auditing;
Examples/case studies to show you what happens in audit practice across the EU at national and sub-national level;
Exercises to reinforce your understanding of the practical application of auditing;
Adequate time to discuss with our experts and other participants issues arising in your situation.
Who will benefit most?
This workshop is for officials from European institutions/agencies, ministries, national executive agencies, regional governments, municipalities and other public sector bodies such as:
Finance staff responsible for discharge of accounts;
Service managers responsible for planning and managing services;
Internal auditors responsible for auditing financial systems and transactions and operational procedures;
External auditors who can help public sector bodies improve how they control finances and plan and manage services more effectively.
It could also benefit professional advisers to public bodies, those working in the NGO sector and academics in the field of auditing.
If you are a finance professional, service manager or auditor in the public sector, come and share experiences with your peers and learn from our experts to deal with the difficult challenges you are facing.


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When Boy Scouts leaders get a free second from teaching our country's male youth how to tie knots/not be gay, they love to argue that they've done all they can to prevent sexual abuse.
Now, however, the organization has announced its intention to start notifying police departments across the country about suspected abusers — not out of sheer goodness and an urge to help others "be prepared," but because the Scouts have been court-ordered to release an internal list of pedophiles that they've used to keep known sex offenders away for decades. According to the AP, "That has prompted Scouts spokesman Deron Smith to say the organization will go back into the files and report any offenders who may have fallen through the cracks."
Ah, the "cracks" that appear when you try to cover stuff up.


text: Vanbelle 156 Posted December 22, 2012 (edited) I recently read an article on mTOR inhibition. This article is very detailed but could possibly steer people in the wrong direction. I'll put a link to it, and add some thoughts as well. mTOR, which stands for mammalian target of rapamycin, is an intermediate in all the factors you need to worry about: cell growth, cell proliferation, cell motility, cell survival, protein synthesis, and transcription. Healthy functioning mTOR allows your body to be anabolic and growing, and this extends to skin cells, and how specific foods can have compounded activation of mTOR with other chemicals that ignite sebaceous biosynthesis. Knowing more about mTOR and how it interacts both inside the cell and outside the cell is very important, including cell signaling of different growth factors (like IGF-1, which is a buzzword for you guys). Both benzoyl peroxide and isotretinoin have mechanisms for inhibiting mTOR, which can reduce cell proliferation and decrease sebum production. This can help explain why they can be effective at preventing acne and comedogenesis (see: mTORC1 and Comedogenesis). The interesting part about this article is that it ties in many ideas that everyone here likes to talk about: how to reduce proliferation of keratinocytes and how to reduce production of skin oil. However, it's only hyperproliferation of any of these things we really need to prevent. Being healthily anabolic and growing is good. The opposite of that is of course, dying. And what's more, hyperproliferation of sebocytes with bad lipid composition and cell proliferation in combination with systemic inflammation is the bad part. What you really need to focus on to prevent your body from growing unhealthily and from overriding and upregulating growth factors in the process is understanding what a healthy dose of anabolism is, and it all starts in the context of a low inflammatory diet (that should be obvious). On a final note, some foods you should not be consuming, and they run in same theme of this article: Oleic acid (olive oil) or peanut oil. These have a tendency to shut off inflammatory markers. I know what you're thinking: good right? Wrong. Some inflammatory markers help with a hormonal cascade of your body's own defenses against the original cause of inflammation. Hopefully more research will be put out on foods that aren't necessarily anti-inflammatory, but override inflammatory signals that your body intentionally has. There is a difference. If you're wondering: oleic acid and peanut oil specifically override inflammatory intermediates that allow insulin to work again. So you're body is trying to prevent more insulin production, and these oils help kick up that process again. Instead you should be focusing on the foods that ignited that inflammation in the first place and eliminating them. Do not consume long-lasting insulinotropic foods with a high glycemic load. This would be the difference between white and brown rice: white rice is high glycemic, so it spikes insulin and insulin drops fairly quickly. Brown rice has a high load of carbs that will be digested for quite a while, keeping insulin high for extended periods of time. If you're worried about reactive hypoglycemia, women generally have a good ability of regulating blood sugar through slow release of glycogen, so this most likely this will not happen. Intaking some fat can help if men are more concerned. Low-glycemic load while being low on the index is not really a problem, because the carb count is so low. So vegetables are OK. Following these two recommendations and you're eliminating lots of vegetable oils and less-refined carbs like wheat bread, brown rice, beans, etc. These eliminations also do another number of beneficial things to the body I need not mention, as everyone with eyes and who's read in the nutrition section should know about. http://www.landesbio..._full_text=true http://www.lipidworl.../content/8/1/25 Edited January 2, 2013 by Vanbelle Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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This week, AnyMeeting exhibited at the (LAVA) Los Angeles Venture Association's 2012 Investment Capital Conference. AnyMeeting was among over 50 companies to participate in the event, which was held at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. Of all the companies exhibiting at the conference (including one that used live angry birds), AnyMeeting was chosen the winner of the event's "People's Choice" Fast Pitch session. The winner was selected by a vote of the attendees, and invited to present to the audience.
Held annually, the conference is designed to bring companies and investors together to share experiences and look at new technologies. This marked the second year in a row AnyMeeting has participated in the event.


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Pre-K campaign spending heavy
San Antonians can expect a "robust TV campaign" in coming weeks to promote Mayor Julián Castro's preschool initiative, organizers say.
The Pre-K 4 SA campaign has raised more than $363,000 since July 1, with most of the money spent on television time for ads that will soon air, campaign manager Christian Archer said.
The contributions and expenses were listed in a campaign finance report released Monday. The campaign also will be required to file reports eight days and three days before the Nov. 6 election.
Monday's report shows only $56,179 on hand. But Archer said the campaign already has raised an additional $137,000 and has $130,000 more in commitments.
The Pre-K 4 SA campaign, which is advocating a one-eighth-cent sales tax increase to fund a pre-kindergarten initiative, has benefited from a series of high-dollar contributions. At $100,000, the largest contribution came from H-E-B. The campaign also received $50,000 contributions from Rackspace Chairman and CEO Graham Weston, Valero Services Inc., and H-E-B Chairman and CEO Charles Butt, who served as co-chairman of a task force that recommended the pre-K program.
USAA, whose CEO, Joe Robles, also was co-chairman of the task force, contributed $25,000 to the effort.
Nustar PAC contributed $15,000, and Whataburger gave $10,000, the report shows.
Archer said support from some of the city's largest employers shows that the business community understands the need to increase educational achievement here.
"They're willing to pay good salaries," Archer said, "but they need educated employees."
The city's seven chambers of commerce and its living mayors have endorsed the proposal.
The campaign also has support from the grass-roots level, Archer said. It has raised $1,218 from contributions of $50 or less. Scores of those, which don't have to be itemized under campaign-finance regulations, were for $7.81 — a symbolic gesture, since it's the same amount that the sales-tax increase would cost the median household in San Antonio annually, Archer said.
Playing on that theme, state Sen. Carlos Uresti, D-San Antonio, made a $781 contribution. The campaign also received several contributions ranging from $100 to $5,000.
The campaign spent $239,557 on advertising, $52,346 on consulting and $16,686 on printing between July 1 and Sept. 27, the report shows. That includes $32,000 to Adelante Strategy Group LLC., Archer's consulting firm, which also manages the campaigns of Castro and his brother, Joaquín, who is seeking a seat in Congress.
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Top contributors to Pre-K 4 SA
Graham Weston, chairman and CEO of Rackspace, $50,000
Charles Butt, chairman and CEO of H-E-B, $50,000
Valero Services Inc., $50,000
Nustar PAC, $15,000
Whataburger, $10,000
Jim Bodenstedt, $10,000
Bill Greehey, $10,000
Source: Pre-K 4 SA contributions and expenditures report
The report also lists a $25,000 polling expense for a baseline survey but doesn't include a second poll the campaign has done recently.
Julián Castro, who was traveling home Monday from a West Coast fundraising trip for the campaign of President Barack Obama, could not be reached for comment. He has staked his mayoral tenure on the success of the pre-K campaign, saying he's not willing to wait any longer for the Legislature to address shortfalls in public education.
Castro and pre-K supporters say the program, which has an initial eight-year period, would better prepare children for learning throughout their school years. Ultimately, it would produce a more highly educated work force that would create and attract jobs that pay more, they say.
The program targets children who meet certain financial, language and family guidelines, though 10 percent of the slots would be reserved for children who don't meet those criteria.
The effort is under attack by local conservatives, including the Coalition for Responsive Government and the South Texas Alliance for Progress, headed by former local tea party president George Rodriguez. He said campaign signs popping up in the community that say "Yes to kids, no to taxes" are paid for by the San Antonio tea party. The coalition and the alliance recently held a news conference on the steps of City Hall to criticize the pre-K initiative.
Rodriguez said a strong grass-roots effort is under way, though he acknowledges it has yet to receive a campaign contribution.
Opponents are attending meetings where pre-K is being discussed, he said, and handing out fliers made on personal computers and home printers.
Going up against a big-money campaign machine doesn't matter, he said.
"We have truth and facts on our side. As silly as that sounds, that's what we have," he said. "We're just asking for the facts, and we are expressing the facts as we see them."
Rodriguez, who said he believes he and his movement will defeat the pre-K initiative, likens their struggle to historic wars.
"We feel like we're the minutemen vs. the big British army," he said, "or the Texans getting ready to fight the Mexicans."


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This indicates detection of the S7 Plus Set Multivar command.
S7 Plus is a proprietary communication protocol by Siemens. It is run between PLCs of the Siemens S7 family for PLC programming, data exchange, data accessing from SCADA systems and diagnostic purposes. The S7 Plus protocol includes more feature like a session ID and encryption to prevent replay attack.


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When veteran broadcaster Alistair Cooke died in 2004 few suspected that he was yet to uncover his greatest story. What happened to his body as it lay in a funeral home would reveal a story of modern day grave robbery and helped smash a body-snatching ring that had made millions of dollars by chopping up and selling-off over 1000 bodies. Dead bodies have become big business.
Each year millions of people's lives are improved by the use of tissue from the dead. Bodies are used to supply spare parts, and for surgeons to practice on.
Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts and uncovers the growing industry and grisly black market that supplies human bodies for a price.
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Universal Cooker Hood Grease Filter with Saturation Indicator Stock Number: ES188196
Will this part fit my Appliance?
This product is compatible with:
- Cooker Hoods - With Appropriate Dimensions (Please See The Description)
High Quality Compatible Cooker Hood Grease Filter with Saturation Indicator (cut to size)
Keep cooking grease smells and residues to a minimum with this universal high-grade grease filter for your kitchen extractor fan. It can be cut to size to fit your cooker hood, and features a saturation indicator so you know when it needs to be replaced.
Once a red discolouration is showing on your filter, it's time to replace it to keep your kitchen fresh and clean.
- Also Known As: Paper Filter
- High-grade active filters absorb all cooking grease
- Dimensions: 47 x 114cm
- Type: Paper
Fitting instructions:
- Open your cooker hood according to your user manual and remove the old grease filter.
- Cut the new filter to the appropriate size - you can use the old filter as a guide.
- Fit the new grease filter with the red saturation indicator lines facing upwards.
9 Questions and 10 Answers
which way up does the filter go 2 Answers
this filter is different to the old one and i am sure which way round it goes
- So confused ... saturation indicator upwards ... ??? Which way please , if I look up through the holes do I see stripes or plain ?
Rory at eSpares says...
Hi there. This filter is cut-to-size, and it fits with the patterned side facing downwards. This way, you can tell when the filter is saturated and needs to be replaced - the pattern will turn from grey to a reddish colour.
Chris at eSpares says...
Yes it is important to always have a grease filter but optional for a carbon filter to absorb the cooking smells.
Hello, My hood has the exact same filters ( charcoal and grease) as in the film. Is this correct that grease filter is used in summer and charcoal filter added for winter to save heat lost from open hood? Thank you very much. Kind regards
Chris at eSpares says...
The only purpose for the charcoal filter is to absorb cooking odours especially if recirculating the air and not venting it out.
which way round? 1 Answer
I have bought the grease filter and carbon filter as my air gets circulated back into the kitchen. I don't know which layer goes where in the hood? So, if i were to look through the little holes, would I see the black charcoal filter, or the grease paper?? Thanks - no vidoes show this!
Chris at eSpares says...
The grease filter first in contact with the grill so air passes through this first and you can see the indicators when they change.
Is there any particular way the red lines on one side of the filter have to face when fitting, inwards or outwards? 1 Answer
Chris at eSpares says...
You should be able to see the indicators through the vent grill to be able to monitor when the filter needs changing.