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The American Dream (Poem)
The American Dream
It's as depressing as a dimple on your butt.
If you behave you'll get a nickel you can spend on some stuff.
And in time you'll get a dime if you impress your boss,
So you can buy another drink just to numb your thoughts.
If you behave a little longer you'll get some more stuff,
And you can upgrade to brick from that old straw hut.
You can put it on a loan if you impress the the bank,
and then share it online to up your social rank.
And on Monday at work you can wish away the week.
Cause when the Friday rolls around you are misery free.
But when you wish away your week, you wish away your time,
You fucking wish away your family and your friends and your ONE life.
Congrats you've been elected to the Hall of Shit-Your-Pants-and-Die.
Be careful what you wish because you are bringing it to life.


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New York Diary #1: How many calories can you burn walking across the Brooklyn Bridge?
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After possibly the longest trip of our life, we finally landed in New York City. We've been moving from a bagel to a cupcake to a cookie to a donut to pastas… Oh and we may have over-hydrated with Brooklyn Lager beer and hot chocolate. They say there's no place for gluttony like New York. New York, we love you! And now a few photos of us trying to burn those calories by dancing on the Brooklyn Bridge…
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May 13, 2018
Join Richard and Luke for the latest installment of their journey back in time to the world premiere of Pacific Rim Uprising.
This episode is the 4th part of a 5 part review of Pacific Rim Uprising. We talk: ear health, failed luggage companies, business zone and much more.
Warning, this episode contains numerous spoilers and a whole lot of conjecture.
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Apple green leaves backed and tipped rosy-pink. Nice feather tips of cilia. Small. Kayser & Seibert, 1966. (Spring photo)
Plants sent bare-root. We send a larger rosette and at least 2 offsets. If rosettes are small, we may send a clump of several rosettes instead. USDA Zone 4.


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This refreshing Bresaola Salad fuses together everything you love about an antipasto dish! Mixing together a lean cold meat along with fresh parsley, lemon and parmesan flakes, you are bound to fall in love with this light and easy creation that will leave mouths watering.
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Bresaola Salad Recipe
100-150g Bresaola
Bunch of fresh parsley (or rocket salad/arugula)
Extra virgin olive oil
1 lemon
A small block of Parmigiano Reggiano
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Flat round serving plate or chopping board
Small jar
1. Wash the parsley well and then chop into small pieces (If you are using arugula just leave it whole)
2. Pour 4-5 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil into a jar and the same amount of balsamic vinegar
3. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon into the jar, put the lid on and shake it together really well
4. Put the parsley into the mixing bowl and add the dressing, mixing it together with your hands
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The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Commission Jeff Dunn on Wednesday told state lawmakers it is seeking a $42 million funding increase to hire 500 new correctional officers and a 20 percent pay increase in in hopes of tackling the state's perennial understaffing issues at state prisons.
The request represents a roughly 8.8 percent increase for the next fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1.
"The Department of Corrections is undergoing unprecedented change," Dunn told legislators. The ADOC is, "transforming the department into the most respected and trusted law enforcement agency in the state…. Although our recruiting efforts have increased, we still are down to 50 percent or lower staffing levels in many of our major facilities. And there is a direct correlation between the shortage of officers in our prisons and the increase in violence."
According to Dunn, the 2018 occupancy rate is now 163 percent of capacity. His goal is to reduce that to 145 percent capacity. The overcrowding has led to violence within the state's prisons and prison officers and inmates have been killed and injured in a series of violent crimes behind bars.
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U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ruled in 2017 that mental health care in Alabama's prisons was "horrendously inadequate" and ordered the state to improve conditions. Since then the ADOC has been under federal court order to improve its mental health care and increase its security staff.


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Fitzgerald debates 'pay-for-play' with Political Union
May 14, 2012
Northwestern's Political Union took a step away from its usual public affairs topics Monday to host NU head football coach Pat Fitzgerald for a discussion of the resolution that the NCAA should pay student-athletes.
Fitzgerald debated with about 25 students at Scott Hall, arguing in favor of the resolution. He said he has not embraced a particular proposal for paying student-athletes but generally supports the idea.
"I'm in favor of supporting athletes financially," he said. "(Football) is as strong as it's ever been and is watched as much as it's ever been because of the student-athletes. To minimize the impact of the student-athlete would be very unfair."
The discussion of "pay-for-play" is one that has heated up around college athletics in recent years, as new television contracts bring in billions of dollars for the NCAA and its associate universities. In 2010, the NCAA signed a 14-year, $10.8 billion contract with CBS and Turner for TV rights to the men's basketball tournament.
Proponents of "pay-for-play" argue some of this new revenue should go to athletes.
"This wasn't talked about in the mid-'90s when I was playing, when there was two football games on TV on a Saturday, " Fitzgerald said.
Additionally, a number of violations for improper benefits given to student-athletes have cast a spotlight on the fact that some top-level athletes, especially in football and basketball, are receiving compensation already. Fitzgerald spoke out against athletes accepting improper benefits but says sometimes student-athletes will accept these benefits if they feel the need to help support their families.
"Any impropriety and lack of integrity for personal gain isn't something that should be in sports," he said. "If you've got those kinds of financial difficulties at home, there has to be a mechanism to help that student-athlete. When your back's against the wall and you have to help your family, what are you going to do? You're going to help."
Proposals have varied on whether student-athletes should be compensated, and, if they are, what the plan should look like. The NCAA has considered a blanket $2,000 yearly stipend for all athletes. Fitzgerald argued against the stipend, saying it would simply be spending money for his financially sound players and would not be enough for those struggling to make ends meet.
Instead, Fitzgerald proposed a system in which money is distributed based on need, similar to the way many universities already handle financial aid, saying that could help curb instances in which an athlete feels pressured to accept improper benefits because of external factors.
Other students in attendance expressed different perspectives on the issue. Communication senior Kian Hudson spoke in favor of allowing athletes to pursue their own endorsements, which would keep the NCAA's current revenue streams in place and create new ones for athletes.
"When it comes to the general public's vision of NCAA athletes, they tend to focus on the stars, the guys who can play in the pros," Hudson said. "I think a lot of the problems that people have dealing with the great stars getting exploited would be alleviated a little bit if those guys could go out and sell used cars. The schools are making money off of those kids' names and faces, and I don't see why these young men can't make money off of their names and faces."
Weinberg senior Nick Ruge, the co-president of the Political Union, said the group invited Fitzgerald to speak because it values the opportunity to go beyond just political issues.
"We try to get a holistic, diverse perspective on a lot of very important issues," Ruge said. "Fitz is a huge part of this school, and he gives a lot back to the school. He's an expert on leadership and integrity and he really defines those traits, so it was fun to be able to be in a position to hear from him and learn from him."
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[dropcap]W[/dropcap]hen you talk or think of bees when it comes to a homestead or post collapse scenario, their job as pollinators for the crops or being a food producer themselves by giving us honey is what comes to mind first for many.
But throughout history, and even today, they have been used as a way to fortify your property and protect it. Currently, they are used in a few new applications by the military for innovations in agriculture and for tiny antiterrorism agents in a branch called entomological warfare.
Honey collecting has been around quite a while, with the first honey collectors depicted on rock paintings that date them to 15,000 BC. Collecting honey turned to cultivating honey by raising your own bees is recorded in Egyptian hieroglyphics showing bees as an important food resource. Bees and their honey are mentioned in the bible and many other religious texts and in epics such as Homer's Odyssey.
Beekeeping in spring video:
We have a great article on the uses of honey from food stuff to medicinal healing agent in pets for shock, but today to celebrate the multitalented bee for National Honey Month we will look at its diversity and some additional ways to use this producer of liquid gold for survival purposes.
Bees were used in many ways for defense, from basic strategic placement on the property or built into defense themselves, to being used as living heat seeking missiles that as anyone that has had a run in with bees knows, are hard to evade in anyway but fleeing.
Using the hives as a living barrier
In a tactic that Kenya still currently uses to curtail invasions by elephants, one way to use beehives to protect land is to hang them up and string them in a fencelike formation.
Elephants will raid crops and trample anything surrounding their target food they want. It turns out elephants will avoid bees as they get in their trunks and disrupt their equilibrium.
So Kenyans started wiring the hives on the borders of their farms and it has deterred the scavenging elephants, who consumed whole crops in one raid often stomping down housing structures in the process. The hives were given woven roofs for sun protection and basically make a living, tactical defensive fence.
This can be utilized by homesteaders and urban farmers. Make not-so-obvious beehives to protect the borders of your farm or land by camouflaging them into the natural barriers. Bee venom seems to affect everyone, and not many intruders or foraging animals stay the course when bees are present and the pain they can bring when disturbed.
Places to incorporate beehives can be:
- Around the garden to protect it from hungry passersby human and animals
- Near the door to dissuade solicitors or people casing the place from looking in windowsand doors
- Hang them as a barrier line to prevent intruders or hunting parties from accidentally coming onto your land and taking resources.
- Outline your homestead or secure the property to turn back predatorswith well-placed hives.
- Making Living Landmines by burying half of the hive can be a strategy for home owners.
Using the nest as an organic bomb
Besides the hive being placed strategically, the nest itself can be weaponized and has been documented in a few ways as throwing little heat seeking missiles in historic battles.
In an ancient text it describes the Mayans as making Trojan horse mannequin warriors to run off the soldiers overtaking the city in a siege. The mannequins had shields and spears and everything, but their heads were gourds were filled with bees, wasps, and hornets. When the invading parties came into the city and shot the mannequins the little guardians were released letting the Mayans reclaim their city. This technique was also used to reclaim the city of Alba from the Turks in the 18th century.
The Romans used bees extensively in catapults and as hand thrown weapons. King Richard in the 12th century used them as cannon fodder against the Saracens. When catapults were one of the only ways to scale the walls of a keep or a castle, we have heard of "plague dogs" being lobbed over, but there is documentation that they used bees to clear an area quick by using bee hives as a one lump of nasty living projectile that would be pretty upset when it hit.
In the 14th century the Moors and Portuguese used bees on both sides in their warfare. Back then they made woven baskets from grasses, straw, and cane called "skeps," and when it came to war these were collected and used as weapons.
This also worked the other way, instead of pouring hot oil or tar upon forces trying to invade the castle, bee skeps were dropped upon them as living grenades. Books such as Robbing the Bees mentions several examples of these "bee grenades" and hurling of the skeps unto enemies, with one of the oldest references going back before the birth of Christ by about 400 years!
For modern times both sides employed bee hives to reroute out enemy troops. In the American Civil War, troops would parallel bee farms and use cannons to turn back opposing forces into waiting troops.
Hang them in strategic spots as a living bomb. When danger is near, shoot them and drop the nest onto the path of emerging raiders or hostiles. Nothing can change the odds faster than a swarm of angry bees coming after a hostile and buying you time to get gone.
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Honey as a weapon
Beekeepers are aware that honey produced during certain times of the year or in certain areas that some strains of plants grow that may be poisonous when consumed by humans. Plants such as the azalea and rhododendron have strains that contain strong alkaloids when in bloom. Usually honey collected and produced during these periods would be removed so it doesn't contaminate the rest of the batch.
- In ancient texts it describes Roman troops from Pompeii coming upon a cache of honey and thinking it left in a hurry, they consumed it as spoils of war. Once the deliriousness set in and the vomiting began, the defending Heptakometes moved in and claimed an easy victory and defense.
- The Tiv of Nigeria uses bees coated in special poisonous dust were kept in horns and then released in the mist of warfare for a poison needle attack.
- Many survivalists say you can collect the venom of bees and make a super saturated toxin to put in the tips of arrows and defenses, for emergencies.
Entomological warfare
Because a bee's smell has been shown to be as keen as a dog's, training a dog takes a lot longer and is several thousand more dollars. In the USA bees are being used as explosive sniffing detectors. The US military is using bees to detect landmines and facilities that may be a manufacturer or supplier of explosives.
In Great Britain, the tests have been going on longer there and they have been using bees at airports such as the experiments conducted at Heathrow airport. The load 36 bees in hand detectors then pass that over the luggage and in personal searches. The detectors are equipped with infrared sensors that can tell when the bee sticks out his tongue, his sign for the presence of dangerous explosives or chemicals. A bomb squad is then called in to investigate further.
Using this system, the US is employing bees for passenger plane and cargo ship inspections. This training includes finding poisonous gases and biochemical agents. Training bees is a lot simpler than dogs too; they can be bribed with treats loaded with sugar. They expose the bee to the chemical or compound, and then follow up with a sugar loaded goody such as syrup. In less than 5 exposures the bees are said to associate the connection with the dangerous compound and the treat, classic Pavlovian response. So the odor of the compound or substance will elicit the bees to stick out their tongues, or proboscis, and that way the scientists or trainers can determine if the substance or compound is there.
In this fashion, bees are being trained in other realms and applications that a sharp nose can help.
In different scientific arenas the bees are being trained to detect:
- The lifesaving early detection of cancer
- Early detection of diseases such as dementia or TB
- Determining counterfeit products or substances
- Spoiled food sources
- Tampered supplies
- Decaying food
- Rot and fungus in wood such as timber to prevent collapses
- Tainted water
- Contaminated soils
In many ways a home beekeeper may be able to train his bees. Imagine if you wanted to find pure water or a source of berries. You could introduce it to your bees, and then treat him a few dozen times. Maybe use a dozen bees so you can follow them. He may buzz around then want his reward. Maybe then you can follow your little Seeing Eye dogs to new fresh resource.


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Previously, when it had seemed but a mere prank gone wrong, Bruce had been the biggest gascon of the bunch, but he now sat stoically while he waited for the jury to announce their verdict, and the judge explained the bright-line rule for sentencing with a rather frightening birr applied to the crucial word "death, by hanging".(by wordgirl)
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Antique Regal Pottery Co. Tea Pot, Made in England, Poppy Pattern #A3145, Circa 1925-1931.
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The Benefits of Massage Therapy
Neck Pain Fleming Island, FL: All about the neck.
Everybody experiences neck pain from time to time. It could be the result of something simple, such as sleeping in a strange position. Or it could stem from some sort of trauma such as a car accident or sports injury. Either way, neck pain can make going through your daily routine a whole lot tougher. When your neck is stiff, sore, or a combination of the two, even the simplest tasks can become a nightmare to perform. People who do try to overcome neck pain without proper treatment often end up doing more damage than they started with and that can have a serious impact on how the healing process goes in the future.
When discussing neck pain it's often good to do a quick overview of the neck and what it's made of. Visiting a chiropractor, such as those at Fleming Island Family Chiropractic, is a great way to learn more about how the neck works. In a general sense, the neck is the part of your body that connects your head to your torso. It is very important because it is also the top of your spinal cord which connects to the skull. Think of the spinal cord as an information super highway made up entirely of muscles, bones, ligaments, and most importantly, nerves. The spinal cord is the main connection through which your brain controls body movement. There are seven bones in your neck that comprise the cervical vertebrae, which is responsible for all of the neck's movement in any direction.
Other than forming the top of the spinal cord, your neck is mostly made of soft tissues and ligaments which are very susceptible to strains and sprains. Whiplash is one of the most common neck injuries and it occurs when the neck is jerks in a violent manner without the person being able to brace for impact. When the muscles of the neck are sprained, it can cause inflammation, pain, and stiffness. The medical terms for whiplash are hyperflexion and hyperextension.
Studies show that nearly one million people suffer from whiplash every year, but those are only reported cases. Even cars going slowly can cause whiplash. Chances are a lot more cases occur but those individuals do not seek medical help. While whiplash might not be a death sentence, it is still worth visiting a chiropractor to make sure everything is in working order. If you suffer from whiplash and don't get it checked out, you may be setting yourself up for chronic neck pain down the road.
Back Pain Fleming Island, FL: A Guide To Back Pain
One common misconception when it comes to back pain is that it's all the same. In reality, nothing could be further from the truth. There are several different classifications of back pain depending on the location, severity and duration of the pain. It's part of a chiropractor's job to be able to identify all of the different forms back pain can take in order to set the most effective treatment course. Most all adults will suffer from back pain at least once in their life so it's important to know the different forms the pain can take.
The first thing to recognize is the location of the pain. The back can be divided into four main parts; the neck, middle back, lower back and tailbone. Each area can experience pain stemming from either muscles, nerves, or bones in the spine. Since the spine is an incredibly complex network, pain that starts out in one area can often move up or down the spinal column. Acute back pain is when a strong pain is pinpointed in one specific area of the back. Acute lower back pain, also called lumbago, is one of the most common reasons people visit their doctor or chiropractor.
There are also different terms for the length of time the pain is felt. Acute pain generally only lasts four weeks or less before it goes away. Subacute pain tends to linger between four and twelve weeks, while chronic pain is anything that lasts for more than twelve weeks. The duration of pain is a significant part of how the pain is treated.
Most causes of pain, particularly lumbago, are the result of everyday life. Strains and sprains become more likely as we age, thus back pain is more common among older generations. Tweaking your back most often means that there is inflammation along the spinal column which can last anywhere from weeks to months, it entirely depends on the patient. It will obviously take longer to heal if you do not take it easy until the pain subsides.
Going to the doctor to treat back pain may not be the most effective method. Medications such as muscle relaxants or opiates will work to mask the pain temporarily, but not alleviate it completely. That's when going to a chiropractor is your best bet. Chiropractors practice tried and true methods for relieving pain such as physical therapy, massages, spinal adjustments, and even acupuncture. All of these methods work to alleviate the pain, not just cover it up.
Back pain can make living your day to day life completely awful. Knowing as much as you can about what may have caused the pain, where it is located, and how long you've been in pain can be very helpful in the diagnostic process. Those who are experiencing back pain in Fleming Island, FL should seek out a professional, such as the chiropractors of Fleming Island Family Chiropractic. They'll get you back on your feet in no time at all!
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Massages Fleming Island, FL: Optimal Health Achieved through Massage Therapy and the Advice of a Professional Chiropractor
While it's true that massages are a pleasurable experience, the idea of massages as a mere indulgence is inaccurate. Massage therapy from a licensed, seasoned and professional chiropractor can have amazing positive effects on a person's overall health. Many people will exclaim how much better their body feels after a thorough massage. A chiropractor can manually move core soft tissues in your body in ways that will make your body move painlessly, and more fluidly. If you feel like you haven't been at your best lately, for instance at work, or while playing recreational sports, then you should seriously consider massage therapy to get your body back in solid working order.
Your body moves because a vast network of muscle fibers and soft tissues like tendons and ligaments work together to make movement happen. These tissues often get sore because they are excessively stretched and even torn over time and as people age, muscles can dry out and become rigid and uncomfortable. A massage therapist from your local chiropractor in Fleming Island can correct this issue by moving your muscles around manually to reintroduce your body's natural lubrication and regain flexibility and comfort in your body. Your joints, ligaments, and muscles need this special attention at least once in a while because they constantly at work for you. The average person does so much in one day that it is unrealistic to expect your body to maintain its structural integrity without some special care.
Sleep is also important for the health of the soft tissue in your body. Sleep is a restorative time where your brain does not have to focus on any inputs from the outside world. Your brain is able to run a sort of systems check to make sure any problems in your body are corrected. Getting many good nights of sleep for a long period of time can help an active person's body maintain a very high level of performance. Your brain can repair torn muscles, restore lubrication and heal internal wounds while you sleep. The problem that so many people face is that in their active lives of schooling, working, exercising and studying, they forget the importance of a good night's sleep. If you have noticed your body being less responsive then you should take a look at your sleeping habits and prioritize sleep a little more and see if your body responds. The results might surprise you.
Another concern that chiropractors have for their patients is water consumption. In our world of sodas, juices, energy drinks and coffees, sometimes people lose sight of the most important beverage, water. Our bodies are almost completely made up of water being used in many different ways in our body. We can lose this valuable water quite easily from day to day contact with the Sun, from working for a long time without drinking and from drinking dehydrating beverages like soda. While other beverages offer their advantages, like sugar for energy and caffeine for alertness, we have to keep in mind the most important drink to our bodies is water. Everyone should have at least two bottles of water every day and even more if in a hot, harsh climate like Florida poses.
Chiropractic assistance can be a big help to your everyday life. Keep your body in working order by consulting DR. KRISTEN BURKE for massages in Fleming Island, FL and see how they can help. You will be feeling 100% better in no time.
Sports Injury Chiropractor Fleming Island, FL: Get Sports Injuries Treated Now, for a Happier, Healthier Future
Sports are a natural part of everyday life. If you lead a healthy life every day or if you are looking to lead a more healthy life, exercise is crucial and recreational sports like basketball, football, tennis, and soccer are some of the most preferred ways to exercise. Sports injuries are very common when exerting one's self in such an activity, and they do not scare people as much as they should. Any injury is serious business, and not treating an injury will mean bad news for your body. Even if we don't realize any immediate problems, they will come back to haunt you later, it's just a matter of time. If your body is not accustomed to bending or folding in a specific way and it ends up doing so in a sport, you should feel the need for treatment and rightly so. Professional treatment for injuries will enhance your chances of a safe and wholesome recovery.
The average person, when fully immersed in an exciting and fun sport has many different chemicals constantly flowing through their body while playing. Adrenaline, Lactic Acid and Endorphins are among the most common. The soreness, the panting and the tiredness are normal feelings when playing sports because of these chemicals and your overall exertion. When you twist your ankle on a sprint, dislocate your shoulder on a collision, or even hurt your back from falling, your body will naturally act as if it can continue without a problem because of the chemicals it is inundated with. You will be fooled into feeling like you're ok, but you are not. There is no shame in pulling yourself out of an activity because you're hurt. In the long term, a little injury can go a long way, especially with backs. The way you address and injury is imperative to how it will affect you.
If you continue exertion on an injured body part, you are exposing that body part to a world of disaster. You could harm critical tissues or cause muscle damage and even joint damage. Your joints are the only things that keep you moving around and agile, and thus they are constantly being stressed when playing sports. In addition, your back and spine are the only things that let you move around at all, so not taking good care of them in event of an injury will be disastrous. Professional chiropractors like Dr. Kristen Burke from Fleming Island Family Chiropractic have seen it all. She can tell you from experience how important getting professional treatment for serious sports injuries are to your continued health and your spines longevity.
We know when we have just experienced a serious sports injury, and we own the responsibility of taking care of it. Prioritize your health and safety and take care of your body in the event of serious injury. Chiropractic care can give you the counseling, therapy and help you need to heal the right way, right away. A spine or neck related sports injury in Fleming Island, FL needs the knowledge and experience of a chiropractor to prevent long term chronic pain. Get help; don't gamble with your health contact Dr. Kristen Burke today.
Chiropractor Fleming Island, FL: Allow yourself a Healthy Pregnancy with Chiropractic Care
A pregnancy is one of the most beautiful and exciting things to happen in a woman's life. The idea of bringing another life to this world is a very enlightening one. The process, however, is one that can seriously alter and harm the female human body permanently and painfully if the right steps are not administered. While the fetus develops there will be so many changes both in the chemistry and the structure of the pregnant woman's body that once the baby has been delivered, the body can never be the same afterwards. This is a scary thought, but the truth is that the permanent changed can be kept to a minimum with the proper chiropractic care.
If you are pregnant, you should be perfectly realistic with yourself. You are going to change, very much over the next nine months. You will not come out the same as you entered. What you should ask yourself is: how would you like your body to end up afterwards? If you think you can handle the changes without support and without some serious professional help, your local family chiropractor would implore you to reconsider. You should visit professionals on muscles, joints, back pain and how a pregnancy can have so many adverse effects on these areas all around your body. Some easy to see examples are your spine, back and ankles and knees. Your spine, because as the baby develops and as the womb grows, the amount of added weight to the lower front of the body will shift your center of gravity and slowly pull your spine to a more curved stance. Your ankles and knees, because the rapidly added weight and shifted center of gravity will not let your bones and joints adapt they will be forced to handle the changes on their own, making joints sore and weak. Back muscles, because the muscles in your lower back are the ones responsible for allowing you to stand up straight and even those with the strongest of back muscles cannot possibly expect to be able to cope with the added localized weight.
Those are just some of the more obviously affected areas on a woman's body during a pregnancy. Professionals like Dr. Kristen Burke of Fleming Island Family Chiropractic will tell you that once the baby has been delivered there will be some permanent changes. As your body releases hormones and other chemicals to your muscles and joints, they will be allowed to flex, bend and open to angles and positions that make it easier on a pregnant body, but that doesn't mean they have to snap back into place just because the pregnancy is over. Rather you might have some muscles and joint return to normal whilst others stay awkwardly bent, and you could have a catastrophe of misalignment in your body. It's all about alignment.
If you are pregnant, contact Dr. Burke at Fleming Island Family Chiropractic and let her take an experienced look at your body and your structure and tell what you will have to worry about during your next nine months. She will keep your structure properly aligned, your joints properly lubricated and your muscles properly relaxed so that as your body changes and your baby develops, both you and your unborn child have a safe, happy and healthy delivery.
Family Chiropractic Care Fleming Island, FL: Natural Healthcare Solutions That Are Safe and Family Friendly.
When it's possible safe and natural healthcare solutions are naturally a family's number one choice. Family chiropractic care provides a family a multitude of healthcare options that are friendly for every member of the family. Chiropractic care is even beneficial for unborn babies whose mothers are receiving the care. Throughout this sensitive crucial time, a mother experiences a great deal of hormonal changes as well as physical changes. Constant chiropractic care during every stage of pregnancy is recommended because it effectively assists the body as it transitions through these difficult stages. By examining the spine and pelvis, chiropractors are able to ensure proper function to mitigate pain as the mother nears the time of delivery and during labor. Clinics like Fleming Island Family Chiropractic and Dr. Kristen Burke provide their expecting mothers the benefits of the latest chiropractic techniques designed to relieve and ease back pain felt as they support the mother towards an easier pregnancy.
The benefits of chiropractic care are not only limited to the mother in the family. Infants and children alike also benefit from today's chiropractic techniques. Today the first subluxation is thought to be caused by the process of birth in a lot of patients. When babies are born with misaligned backs the health issues that can develop can be quite extensive. Everything from, respiratory problems, ear infections, constant unsettledness, consistent crying, colic and reflux, can all be stemming from an issue concerning the misalignment of the infant's spine. Because infant chiropractic techniques are not only safe but gentle as well, infants tend to respond very well to the chiropractic care and improve in happiness as well as health.
As children grow everything from their first step to strenuous sports will produce pains and aches that we typically ignore in society today. The fact is if these issues are not examined and addressed early when things can be done to correct or improve them, the child can reach adulthood and experience irreversible discomfort. Don't let your young adult end up experiencing the pain and discomfort middle age to elderly people experience. Attending regular chiropractic appointments on a periodic basis helps catch and address strains, aches and stresses that are experienced on our day to day ritual. Regular appointments are especially important when seeking to recover from a recent auto crash or work or sport related injury. With regular care from professionals like Dr. Kristen Burke patients experience enhanced vitality, a reduction in back pain, improved health and increase in energy.
Patients in retirement also experience substantial improvements to their vitality and mobility through steady chiropractic care. No matter your age or situation, consistent chiropractic care goes a long way to ensure long term health and wellness as a whole. You only get one spine. Safeguard it and take care of it and it will serve you well throughout your life. When you're ready to experience the substantial benefits of chiropractic care contact Fleming Island Family Chiropractic and get your health priorities aligned.
Massage Therapy Fleming Island, FL: Your Body is an Engine.
The human body can be likened to a vehicle's engine in that, we are all made up of thousands of moving parts, valves, pumps and lubricants that must work together in perfect harmony in order for the body to operate properly. Just like an engine, these facets of our body must be properly maintained in order for the system not to deteriorate. Massage therapy for your body is like your car's scheduled maintenance. It just needs to be done if you want to get the most out of your body with the least cost to you. If you decide that massage therapy isn't important and you do not need it, your body stands vulnerable to muscle problems, joint problems, soreness, straining and back injury. The most serious of these problems potentially causing a hospital visit which would cost you more in the long run anyway. You have to keep your body running properly by keeping it in working order using massage therapy.
Tense muscles only exist in your body where muscles that used to be separate and well lubricated have dried up with age or stress and have stuck to other muscles and caused tension or even pain. Back problems can be the result of tensed muscles in your back putting a strain on your spine. Headaches and migraines are usually a result of your overall body's stress level. Massage Therapy is designed to alleviate all of these similar problems one by one by targeting stressed areas and attempting to restore some of the fluid that used to lubricate those muscles. You will want to relieve your overworked or stressed muscles and joints early on or they have the potential to cause much long term injury and stress which could lead to very serious problems.
Visit Fleming Island Family Chiropractic just once to try it out could prove to be more beneficial than you might expect. It is not only restorative to your body but it's a relaxing experience mentally, and will leave you feeling revitalized and ready for your next move, whether it be work the next day, a workout session, or even an upcoming vacation. It's an experience that you cannot starve your body of or you will not get the most out of your muscles and joints and lose a lot of overall productivity in your life. Your work ethic, energy level, personality, etc. all stand to deteriorate if your body is not properly aligned.
Chiropractors like Dr. Kristen Burke at Fleming Island Family Chiropractic understand that being properly aligned makes for a more successful, relaxing and functional overall being. No matter what the age, daughter, son, niece or nephew, all stand to benefit from massage therapy. Even if you want to try it once for a special "treat" to yourself, you will not be disappointed, and you may even come to realize how great the benefits of regular massage therapy are to keep your body in top working order.


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Lady Charlotte Guest is one of my heroes. She not only ran her husband's business, she brought a great deal of Welsh folklore to light by translating and publishing the Mabinogion.
I've read her biography and diaries, and let me tell you, this woman practically jumped out of bed after giving birth to her ninth child and got to writing. She was racing to get her work out and published before a rival, later revealed to be a fraud, plagiarized her research. Seriously, not two hours after popping out the kid and she was back to work.
She was also responsible for promoting the so-called Welsh national dress. In this case, calling it a national costume (which generally one is not supposed to do) is a little more appropriate, in that the outfit was largely invented in the nineteenth century.
In honor of Lady Charlotte, I present a Welsh knitter.
You can read more about Lady Llanover here and here.
Friday, October 03, 2008
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16 May 2019 (teleSUR)* — The Brazilian Union of High School Students (UBES), the National Union of Students (UNE) and the National Association of Graduate Students (ANPG) jointly called for Wednesday the Second Nationwide Strike in Defense of Education, which will be held on May 30.
"We need to show Bolsonaro the students and people's strength," UNE president Marianna Dias said on Wednesday night, adding that this week's demonstrations are just "the beginning of the bitter pill which Bolsonaro will swallow."
Her words reflected the indignation felt by millions of Brazilians when Bolsonaro called them idiots and dolts. They did not, however, leave street demonstrations until late at night.
"If you ask them about the water's formula, they do not know anything. They are useful idiots, dolts, who are being used as a mass-of-maneuver by an experienced minority which makes up the core of many federal universities," said Bolsonaro, who was paying a visit to former U.S. President George W. Bush in Dallas, Texas, while his country was undergoing a new round of unrest.
On May 15, the streets of over 200 Brazilian cities were occupied by at least two million protesters. This massive uprising was a response to budget cuts announced by the Education Minister, Abraham Weintraub, on April 30. Besides affecting elementary schools, high schools and universities, Bolsonaro's policies contemplate restricting public resources allocated for scientific research and scholarships.
"The great demonstrations against education budget cuts… opened a cycle of unstoppable struggles which will have political repercussions," commented local media Brasil 247.
"Throughout Brazil, students are these demonstrations' protagonists. Due to the lack of scholarships and investments in education, the days are numbered for many needy students seeking to attend college," said Anderson Luiz, a UNE regional vice president, when asked why there was massive participation of elementary, middle and high school students in May 15 demonstrations.


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Real time scanning: A barcode ticket scanner is used at one or multiple venue points of entry. As the tickets are scanned, the barcodes are verified and a real-time message is returned regarding barcode validity. For duplicate tickets, the staff member scanning sees a "INVALID"
The admission tickets are scanned at the door and their barcodes are checked for validity. Each barcode can only be used once to enter and copied tickets are rejected.
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The decadent centerpiece of all weddings: Delicious. Sweet. Beautiful.
The tradition of cutting the cake dates back hundreds of years, and is a photo opportunity that graces every wedding album. The cutting of the cake represents the first activity done as a couple, and is the focal point of all weddings.
More than just wedding cake!
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Not Engaged Yet? Sleep With A Piece of Cake!
Sleep with a piece of cake under your pillow! It has been believed a person sleeping with a piece of wedding cake under their pillow will dream of their future spouse. This custom dates back almost 300 years. We won't tell if you sneak a slice of Frost Me Sweet's wedding cake and tuck it under your pillow…


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"Fun Run" to Santa Paula Airport
PCA - California Inland
Registration closed May 2, 2019 11:59 AM on May 2, 2019 11:59 AM PDT Registration ends May 2, 2019 11:59 AM on May 2, 2019 11:59 AM PDT Registration opens April 17, 2019 12:00 AM on April 17, 2019 12:00 AM PDT Registration runs from April 17, 2019 12:00 AM to May 2, 2019 11:59 AM
California Inland Region's "Fun Run" Santa Paula Airport - Sunday, May 5, 2019
The first Sunday in May is set aside for car clubs, and we are scheduled to display our Porsches on the airport grounds for visitors to view. The airport, established in 1930, is one of the last remaining airfields in California representing the golden age of aviation. The airport comes alive during Sundays open house for you to explore each privately owned hangar and speak with owners about their vintage aircraft and other memorabilia from antique radios to racecars. You will see all types of vintage aircraft in flight, so bring your cameras!! The tarmac will have booths offering items of interest for purchase. They also have an extensive museum of aircraft memorabilia which you can visit. The restaurant at the airport "Flight 126 Café" is now open for those who want to experience a great breakfast or lunch.
Time and Place: 6:30 am at Albertson's parking lot at corner of 10th Street W and W Palmdale Blvd. We will then caravan to the Walmart Super Center parking lot from the West Rye Canyon Road entrance at approximately 7:30-7:45 am to meet members from the southern part of the region.
Try and be at our first meeting place because the run via San Francisquito Rd is very exciting!!
Please RSVP to Bob Gordon at 818-216-3296 or firstname.lastname@example.com
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Having a wedding or a party to attend? Give your hair an amazing look with a flower crown.
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1) Bohemian Flower Crown
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Some women love simple and light crown. Simple crown is made only of grass and leaves with little white buds. It looks sweet and simple.
3) Garden Rose Crown
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4) Daisies Crown
Want to keep hair loose with flower crown! Then daisies are something you are looking for. Daisies look gorgeous with loose hairs. You can ask your hairstylist to put them in your hair as a crown style or you can get daisy crown.
5) Flower Crown With Feathers
Give amazing touch to your crown with feathers. Feather with thin jewelry chain in your flower crown will make it look amazing.
6) Floral Headband/ Flower Headband
Looking for something different then flower crown then floral headband is perfect for you. In floral headband there is a big flower on the one side of your hair or cluster of flower at one side. It is best for suited when you want to look cute and pretty but also have to run for things at the same time.
7) Berry Crown
Not flower types of lady, then you surely are a berry lover. Berry crown gives amazing texture to your with their red and purple color. Berry crown is more of woods than flowers.
8) Tropical Flower Crown
Finding something special to wear on wedding, so go with tropical flower crown. Tropical flower crown is inspired by local flowers and blooms. This crown stays for longer time. And it is best for sunny day wedding.
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10) Woody Wedding Flower Crown
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Give romantic touch even to your hair. Make a romantic crown with daisies and roses. These daisies and roses in light color make your crown looking very pretty.
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Go green with simple leafy crown. In this leafy crown add a single subtle color flower to make it attractive. It is simple and light weight crown for wedding.


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September 7, 2019
I've been following Justin Jackson for a while now, got the chance to do a quick interview with him on SlopeFillers, and have since thoroughly enjoyed his and Jon's story as they've built Transister.fm.
His Saturday morning newsletter asked what books everyone had not just read recently, but purchased.
And rather than a cursory tweet, I figured I'd check the "write a blog post this week" box off my list and talk about a book I bought a few weeks ago that I've since recommended to nearly a dozen people and has changed the way I think about running a business.
The Other Traction
There are a lot of books by this same name. But to be clear, the one I am referring to is by Gino Wickman that has some form of cover like this one.
Here's the thing. In business, it's not super difficult to identify what you need to do. A quiet afternoon walk can usually tease out what is wrong and why it's important. Things like:
- We need to move faster to keep up with competitors.
- We need to clearer goals so we can align our work to what matters.
- We need better metrics to know if what we're doing is working.
- We need fewer meetings because they're taking too much time.
The challenge comes in knowing how to do these things.
And not just do one, but do all in a way that they all work in unison rather than against each other. How to weave them into a sort of operating system for your business.
My Status Quo
I work for a company called Inntopia. We make ecommerce and CRM software for resorts.
Our company is full of honest-to-goodness great people. Smart people. People trying their absolute best to make things happen.
But despite all those best efforts, we feel stuck. We move slow. We lose sign of our goals. We easily fall behind where we need to be and don't realize it until too late. We find ourselves in the same meetings talking about the same thing every month, quarter, year, and beyond.
Why I Love Traction
Before reading this book, I had a list of 10-12 things I knew we needed to fix. I had the what and why.
What Traction did is outline a simple, clear framework for how to do all those things. One-by-one, Traction checked each item off the list. And it wasn't just "you need a vision" like typical business books, it was:
"Yes, you need a vision. And here's how to create one that you can actually use: set aside two hours with your senior team, print this off, everyone needs to come prepared with X, Y, Z. Start by…"
In other words, it provided the how as well.
I've since learned that two of the companies I admire most I've since learned use Traction. Is it a perfect system? Probably not. But is it significantly better than most leaders can come up with even if they're doing their absolute best? I think so.
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Compromised Oil Supply Line Prompts Recall from Mack Trucks
Mack Trucks, Inc. is issuing a recall for vehicles due to a potential oil leak.
The manufacturer is voluntarily recalling certain model year 2010-2016 Granite (GU), LR, and TerraPro (LEU, MRU) trucks. The affected trucks have engines with a turbocharger oil supply line that may contact or interfere with the turbocharger inlet elbow, clean air intake clamp, or the air fuel control tube, and result in an oil leak.
If the turbocharger oil supply line oil leaks in the proximity of the engine exhaust manifold there would be an increased risk of a fire.
Mack is including about 2,500 vehicles in this recall.
Engine manufacturer Cummins Inc. will notify owners on behalf of Mack, and dealers will inspect for oil supply line interference or damage, eliminating the interference and replacing the oil supply line, as necessary, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin November 30, 2015.
Owners with questions about the recall can contact Cummins at (800) 343-7357 or Mack customer service at (800) 866-1177.


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Amazon has just announced a new mobile browser called Silk, a browser "built for the era of cloud computing". The browser is built into its new tablet, the Amazon Fire.
The browser's USP is that it features split-rendering that does the heavy lifting of rendering in the cloud.
According to Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos:
"Silk, as a "split browser," will take out a lot of the delays in loading a website"
Amazon Silk browser will predict your browsing habits and cache pages in advance. You can view a full FAQ here or watch the video intro below.
For more gear, gadget, and hardware news and reviews, follow Plugged on Twitter and Flipboard.
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On my weekly visit to the MSU Libraries new book shelf, I've been running into books that in some way or another bring up Franklin Roosevelt and his presidency. One of my more recent finds is Professor Scott Myers-Lipton's Ending Extreme Inequality: An Economic Bill of Rights to Eliminate Poverty (Paradigm Publishers, 2015).
Myers-Lipton looks at the proposed Bill of Rights put forth by Roosevelt in his 1944 State of the Union address and builds the chapters around the six rights:
- The Right to a Job
- The Right to a Living Wage
- The Right to a Decent Home
- The Right to a Good Education
- The Right to Adequate Medical Care
- The Right to Adequate Protection from Economic Fears of Old Age, Accident and Unemployment
As Myers-Lipton reviews each of these rights he updates us on the current economic status in employment, wages, housing, etc. In each section he reviews the history, earlier attempts to address the issue, and some currently proposed solutions. He is not an armchair scholar nor a pessimist. But that doesn't make him an optimist either. He has helped raise the minimum wage in San Jose where he teaches from $8 to $10 an hour and founded the Gulf Coast Civic Works Campaign, an initiative to develop 100,000 prevailing wage jobs for local and displaced workers after Hurricane Katrina.
In his short two page epilogue, he makes a compelling argument for using the Economic Bill of Rights as a framework for ending extreme inequality.
The United States takes pride in being a democratic nation and the leader of the free world. However, I argue that if the United States is to continue on the path of becoming "a more perfect union," it must now turn its attention to implementing the constitutional commitments first set out by President Roosevelt seventy years ago in his 1944 State of the Union address. Otherwise, the United States is destined for plutocracy, where the top 1 percent of income earners controls the vast economic wealth and political power, and the 99 percent are left with economic scraps and little political power. For as Louis Brandeis, a former Supreme Court justice, postulated, "We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."(p.135)
In addressing the question that many pundits and critics would lob at him, how will the nation pay for it, especially with a projected deficit of $492 billion in 2014 and a deficit of $17 trillion he responds.
It is my belief that once people begin to organize around the implementation of an Economic Bill of Rights, and begin to educate and convince the majority of the US population that this is a necessary step in the country's development, the nation will find the money. And we will find it because we will develop a sound tax policy that has shared responsibility, where corporations and the economic elite pay their share of taxes. Just sixty years ago, corporations paid over 30 percent of all federal taxes, and the 1 percent had a top marginal tax rate of 90 percent and an effective tax rate of 60 percent. Today corporations pay 9 percent of all taxes, and the top 1 percent now has a marginal tax rate of 39.6 percent (up from 35 percent from 2012) When there is more shared responsibility, our nation's deficit will be decreased, and the pundits will not be able to claim that the nation cannot afford an Economic Bill of Rights. (p.136)
I wish our Michigan Legislature and the governor would read this book as they have been assaulting the low income citizens while relieving the business and economic elite of responsibility. They have recently passed legislation outlawing prevailing wage contracts by cities/and counties in the state. They are proposing total elimination of the Earned Income Tax Credit that benefits the working poor stuck at minimum wage. And they have all but eliminated business taxes in recent years. No wonder they can't repair the roads, funds the schools, or help those struggling to house, feed, and care for their families.Their playbook is destroying our communities and creating ever greater gaps between the poor, the middle class and the elite.
Which brings me to another tome I stumbled upon and finished recently. The Unsustainable Presidency: Clinton, Bush Obama and Beyond (Palgrave/Macmillan, 2014) Political science faculty members William Grover and Jospeh Peschek review the role of recent presidencies in the context of dominant theories of the presidency within political science.
What they argue is fascinating. Their concluding chapter begins with an interesting hypothesis:
"If Senator Bernie Sanders(I-VT) were elected president in 2016, "what do you think that would do?"
As they demonstrate in the review of recent presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama, the presidency is captured by forces of power, that regardless of political rhetoric or party, is constrained within narrow bounds of acceptable actions. While they demonstrate how this works across recent presidencies, their take on a president sanders election is most compelling.
On the morning after his election they note, "The most predictable immediate impact of a Sanders victory would be the sharp decline of global financial markets, as investors registered their displeasure, possibly panic, at the "reckless" decision rendered by US voters…. FOX News would be apoplectic with visions of impending "communism", even terrorism leaping out of every news report…. The one economic bright spot would be a spike in sales of Sanders book The Speech, the full account of his historic December 10, 2010 senate filibuster, where for more than eight and one half hours he spoke against the agreement between the Obama administration and congressional Republicans that extended the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, lowered estate taxes for the superrich, and diverted revenue from the Social Security through a payroll tax holiday."(pp.141-2).
Grover and Peschek go on to describe in more detail how the powers that be would completely hamstring the Sanders presidency as they have Clinton, Bush, and Obama before him. Unlike Professor Myers-Lipton they seem more pessimistic.
"In short, we live in a catastrophic world. And unless a president — emboldened by a long term social movement and acting in concert with other world leaders __ is willing to challenge the interests of corporate power and financial capital that underlie our political economy, the office of the presidency will remain wedded to outmoded and destructive definitions of economic growth and national security. And theories of the presidency within Political Science will remain as intellectually imprisoned as Lindblom warned they were at the dawn of the Reagan Revolution. Neustadt once referred to Eisenhower as a sort of "Roosevelt in reverse," discounting the possibility that public expectations for the president could ever be lowered save for very limited periods of time. Reagan also was characterized the same way, for mobilizing the powers of the office in the pursuit of conservative purposes. But for the American presidency to be really sustainable — for it to survive as anything more than a Kabuki drama off spectacle and self-defeating partisan ends — we need not a "Roosevelt in reveres." Rather, we are in dire need of a Roosevelt reconfigured, a Roosevelt redefined. Absent that type of transformational leadership, the American presidency is likely to remain our Catastrophe-in-Chief — an unsustainable catastrophe of an office, situated in a catastrophic world. " (p.154)
Which is why Myers-Lipton's recipe is all the more compelling. But given Peschek's and Grover's keen analysis of the presidency those Bernie Sanders for President fans will need to more than get him elected.
They will need to build a movement that pushes him and the other elected representatives to act on behalf of ensuring an economic bill of rights becomes the practice, not simply an idea.
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Mushroom Salisbury Steak
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes6 servings
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 cans (10-1/2 ounces each) condensed beef consomme, undiluted
- 1 jar (6 ounces) sliced mushrooms, drained
- 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon seasoned salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper, optional
- 1-1/2 pounds ground beef
- Hot mashed potatoes or cooked noodles
- In a large bowl, combine the cornstarch and consomme until smooth. Stir in mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce and basil; set aside.
- In another large bowl, combine egg, bread crumbs, onion, seasoned salt and pepper if desired. Crumble beef over mixture and mix well. Shape into six oval patties; place in a shallow 1-1/2-qt. microwave-safe dish.
- Cover and microwave on high for 3-5 minutes; drain. Turn patties, moving the ones in the center to the outside of dish. Pour consomme mixture over patties. Cover and microwave on high for 6-8 minutes or until a thermometer reads 160°. Let stand for 5 minutes. Serve with potatoes or noodles.
Editor's NoteThis recipe was tested in a 1,100-watt microwave.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 294 calories, 15g fat (6g saturated fat), 113mg cholesterol, 698mg sodium, 12g carbohydrate (3g sugars, 1g fiber), 26g protein.
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Jul 30, 2018
Hubby and I had tasty wonderful results with this recipe. Mainly because I baked it the traditional way. In the oven. I especially enjoyed that splash of worschershire sauce. Perfect for the ground beef and other ingredients. VFE. Glad I have 2 more in the Freezer.
Jan 31, 2017
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Sep 4, 2016
I didn't really care for the way the patties cooked in the microwave, but that is just a personal preference and nothing wrong with the recipe itself, so I'm still giving it 5 stars. Instead of connsumme and bread crumbs, I used homemade beef stock and saltine cracker crumbs, and I eliminated the seasoned salt. I don't think my changes hurt in any way, as this was quite tasty. Very simple prep, and I will definitely be making this again, but I will probably prepare it in a skillet on the stove top, as a reviewer before me mentioned.
Sep 16, 2015
Gonna make this, this coming Sunday. I bought 2 cans of beef consomme and didn't realize there was only 1 1/2 # ground beef. Going to triple the recipe for 10 people. I have brown gravy so going to add that for the rest of the beef consomme I will be lacking. Also I have canned and fresh mushrooms so going to saute fresh mushrooms. I think it will be more flavorful.
Mar 19, 2014
My family loves this so much that I make a big batch of the patties in the oven, then freeze. It makes a really fast meal to thaw and prepare the gravy any time when need a quick and delicious meal.
Jan 12, 2014
love this , stovetop for us, haven't found a better flavor for salisbury steak
Feb 5, 2013
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Dec 16, 2010
LOVE this !!Made it in the oven.
Dec 10, 2010
I prefer to make this in a skillet rather than a microwave. It takes a little longer but we like it better that way.
Mar 10, 2009
This recipe is delicious. I did not have the consomme so I used two pkgs. of brown gravy mix.


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Call edition 2012
A new edition of the Prize of the Belgian Development Cooperation has been launched. This call is open until March 31st, 2011. You can read in the regulations whether you comply with the criteria for participation.
In this thesis, the author develops a model of the economic burden of acute diarrhoeal illness based not only on the direct costs but also on the indirect costs for the family and for Peruvian civil society as a whole. Direct costs are the costs of preventative medicine initiatives or initiatives aimed at improving health, like the cost of consultations at the local health centre, the price of laboratory tests, the price of medicines or special diets a child will need to keep to, all of which are generally easy to evaluate. The indirect costs, however, are far more difficult to identify and calculate. On the basis of structured surveys carried out on 77 Peruvian families in the Andean and Amazonian regions, the author has sought to identify the costs and loss of revenue to which the illness gives rise: trips for regular visits to the health centre, stopping work or reduced hours of work for the close relatives of the child, expected loss of physical and intellectual capacities in the sick child in the future and loss of future human capital for the country.
By subsequently evaluating the economic model in two mountainous regions and in two plateau regions in Peru, the author calculates the economic burden of acute diarrhoeal illness in children under three years of age at one million American dollars for the Peruvian society, in 2002.
In relation to health care, some will claim that it is not realistic to make one single economic evaluation of the indirect costs of an illness. The model formulated in this thesis has its limitations – and these are in fact highlighted by the author – which is why researchers are generally forced to consider several different ways of expressing indirect costs. The choices made by the author are nevertheless worthwhile. This thesis, which is very structured and methodical and is written in a fluid style, can serve as a starting point for a new approach in the definition of a public health policy in a country like Peru.
Even though this study was carried out in Peru, the thesis is relevant to the development of many poor countries. Acute diarrhoeal illness remains a major public-health problem in areas that are not highly urbanized, where, besides the fact that food is not always available, there are clear shortages in health services and problems with access to drinking water. For both the families and the state, calculating the real cost, particularly the indirect cost of tackling the illness, constitutes a very powerful argument for encouraging a state to develop a more efficient policy for prevention and treatment.
At a time when international co-operation policies are aimed at the sectoral financing of health rather than financing per project, this work is also a plea to encourage those providing the capital to dare to exceed the boundaries of the health sector and take a more global approach to the financing of developing countries. As such they would allow the states to put in place a policy for indirect support to the health sector.
Report: Prof. A. Robert, Head of the unit for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Operational Methods in Public Health, Université catholoque de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium


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You might not be very well-versed with the systems in your computer especially if you are an ordinary non-tech user rather than a tech geek. You probably have no inkling, nor the need to find out about your Motherboard specifications, CPU name, memory capacity, network information, scheduled tasks or even software applications installed. Of course you can easily intercom some technical staff to assist you when you face problems. But having some basic understanding or "survivor skills" about the system you are working with can be priceless and save you a lot of inconvenience. SIW Standalone is a cool application to equip you with the know-how of your computer system. This interesting stand-alone utility will put everything you need to know about your computer system at your fingertips.
Users can download the application via the direct link here. The file size is approximately 1.46MB. Users can run it directly from a USB flash drive, a CD, a network drive or a portable hard disk without any installation. SIW (System Information for Windows) will scan through your computer system and report to you whatever information required: everything on software, hardware and network. It tells you your current operating system, what programs have been installed, network information, system directories, passwords hidden behind asterisks regional settings, loaded DLLs, drivers, etc. This tiny program also features a monitor test function to allow users to test the monitor color.


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Inclusion Reference Group
The cities of Holdfast Bay, Marion and Mitcham have joined together and partnered with Mission Australia to establish an Inclusion Reference Group. The aim of the group is to assist in shaping an inclusive community and giving people a voice in influencing services and matters affecting them.
We are looking for individuals with strong community connections that reflect the diversity of our community:
- People with disability, including mental health
- People from a multicultural background
- Aboriginal people
- Unpaid carers or a family member of a person with disability
- Interested residents
- People with experience of issues affecting older people
- People who identify as LGBTIQA+
You will be part of a diverse team that provides valuable information to Councils and the community. You'll connect with community members to share experiences and learn from each other. You'll be provided with training in self-advocacy and other topics as decided by the group. You'll be creating a more inclusive and supportive community.
Members will be appointed for a 1 year term. Committee meetings with be held monthly, sub-committee meeting frequency will be determined by the Inclusion Reference Group members
If you require further information about the Inclusion Reference Group please contact Andrea Gray at Mission Australia on 0436 687 596.
Dementia Friendly Holdfast Bay
In 2016 the City of Holdfast Bay was the first South Australian Local Government Authority to commit to becoming a dementia-friendly community. In a joint project with Dementia Australia (previously Alzheimer's Australia), the City of Holdfast Bay signed a commitment and developed an action plan to implement a series of changes within the organization, focusing on becoming a dementia-friendly organization as the first step in the commitment toward being a dementia-friendly community.
Dementia awareness training was delivered to all employees across all departments. This was followed by additional training for management on how to recognize and support employees with early memory loss.
A purpose-built community information kiosk using dementia-friendly design principles was established at the Brighton civic centre, enabling older adults to call into the kiosk for individual support to access My Aged Care and other support services in a friendly, non-threatening environment.
Other actions included participation and support for the inaugural Memory Walk & Jog at Glenelg; hosting 'Hidden Places, Hidden Lives' an art exhibition in the Bay Discovery Centre and development of an intranet site with support material to assist staff to deal effectively with people living with dementia.
In 2018 the City of Holdfast Bay, in partnership with Flinders University undertook a broad consultation with local residents to ask the provocative question; 'How dementia-friendly is your community?'. The 'Imagining a Dementia-Friendly Community' report provides unique insights into the lived experience of local residents and will be used to increase awareness of the needs of people living with dementia and inform further actions towards becoming a dementia-friendly community.


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Migraine is a prevalent episodic brain brain disorder, affecting three times more women than men. The disease is typically characterised by disabling recurring attacks of severe headaches and associated neurological features. WHO ranks migraine as the seventh most disabling disease overall and third among women. With women's increased participation in the labour force migraine may not only cause disability but also hamper career development for women.
Whereas migraine is a multifactorial disease involving several factors such as, e.g., genetic predisposition, in women the occurrence of migraine attacks is highly related to hormonal changes such as during menarche, pregnancy, menopause or menstruation, making a prominent role for sex hormones likely. We have chosen to specifically investigate the role of female sex hormones in the pathophysiology of migraine since evidence on mechanisms involved is limited [1]. A recent study suggested that, in the late luteal phase of the menstrual cycle, female migraine patients have a more rapid decline in estradiol compared to healthy women [2,3]. However, the relationship with occurrence of migraine attacks was not clear. Besides, there is knowledge on neither other sex hormones, nor on changes over lifetime of the sex hormones in female migraine patients. Most importantly, it is not clear how to change sex hormones levels to prevent attacks although some small studies suggested that oral contraceptives might be protective in women with menstrually-related migraine. Finally, migraine women have an increased cardiovascular risk and oral contraceptives increase this relative risk but especially when women also smoke. Thus, it is also crucial to study how sex hormones affect the vascular function in women with migraine. This knowledge may be important when treating migraine women with oral contraceptives.
We hypothesise that migraine attacks in females are triggered by changes in sex hormones.
Our ambition is: i) to unravel the role of sex hormones in the provocation of migraine attacks; ii) to develop targeted preventive strategies for migraine attacks in female migraine patients; iii) to unravel how sex hormones affect vascular reactivity in women with migraine.
For this we set up five projects to investigate:
1) which characteristics of female migraine patients are likely to affect outcomes;
2) the role of sex hormones in provoking menstrually-related migraine attacks;
3) the role of sex hormones in provoking migraine during perimenopause;
4) hormonal treatment in female migraine patients;
We can make a major contribution to the area of migraine prevention in women as we have unique access to large well-characterised migraine patient populations, state-of-the-art methods to measure sex hormones and vascular reactivity, and a unique collaboration with world leading experts in the fields of migraine and female sex-hormones.


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Seat Leon Cupra R has arrived
This latest Seat Leon Cupra R has undergone a number of bespoke styling modifications
This latest Seat Leon Cupra R has undergone a number of bespoke styling modifications, inside and out, to elevate its kerbside appeal and deliver the necessary air of exclusivity demanded by what will be an elite hot hatch. The changes include the addition of sporty twin central exit exhaust pipes within a customised rear diffuser, discreet extended high level rear spoiler, subtle 'R' badging and the careful application of gloss black highlighting inside and out.
The interior of the Seat Leon Cupra R is equally impressive with new ebony black front seat backs with prominent 'R' logo incorporated on the seatbacks leaving no one in any doubt about the identity of this super-quick Seat.
The Seat Leon Cupra R 16V petrol engine features a new, high-pressure fuel pump injector to satisfy the greater performance demands and allow it to meet strict EU5 emissions standards while revisions to the electronic engine management system, plus increased maximum turbo pressure complete the powerplant changes beneath the Seat's bonnet.
The Seat Leon Cupra R is by all means a very good car, the speed handling and drive is one which will put a smile on the face of even the most aggressive drivers while having a price bracket which is very competitive for the market.


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Is it possible to isolate Helium's volume setting to be just in the program? Right now when I adjust the volume in Helium it adjusts my main Windows volume to match as well.
This is currently not possible. Sorry.
Could this please be changed? This is really annoying, since I need to open Window's Volume Mixer to change only Helium's volume and keep the volume of any other source I am currently listening to...
We will review if this can be selectable by the user.
Wether it is possible or not to implement relies on the underlying soundsystem (might also differ between DirectSound and WASAPI) so this will require some analysing & testing.
Quick moves here, this will be implemented as an option in our next release.
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All 31 US banks have passed the first hurdle in the Federal Reserve's latest round of annual "stress tests" to see how they would cope in the next economic crisis.
The central bank said the banks had enough capital to keep lending during a severe global recession, BBC reported.
This was the first time since the tests began in 2009 that all banks had a capital level above the minimum amount. But some Wall Street giants were among the worst performers.
Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan Chase were among the five banks with the lowest readings for a capital ratio of at least 5%.
The ratio compares capital – a bank's ability to withstand losses – with the loans it has issued, which are weighted for their relative risks.
In the next round of tests, the Fed will determine whether the banks can maintain those capital levels and still return money to shareholders.
On Wednesday, the central bank will approve or reject requests for increases to shareholder payouts such as dividends.
The tests were designed to restore confidence in the US financial system after the government had to provide a $700b bailout package to stabilize hundreds of banks during the global financial crisis in 2008.
Hope for Bigger Payout
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s cushion of extra capital in the latest Federal Reserve stress test isn't enough for the firm to match the dividends and share repurchases it rewarded investors with last year.
The Fed projected Thursday that Goldman Sachs's total risk-based capital ratio would fall to 8.1 percent in a severe economic downturn, weaker than what the central bank estimated in last year's test and barely above the 8 percent minimum. The figure was below Goldman Sachs's own calculation of 13 percent, as well as those of analysts such as Credit Suisse Group AG's Susan Roth Katzke, who estimated 11.3 percent.
Goldman Sachs's narrow buffer in the Fed's eyes probably will leave the New York-based firm with less than $1 billion in excess capital to pay out to shareholders beyond the dividends the firm has been disbursing. That's dwarfed by the $5.47 billion it returned through buybacks in 2014, and the $6.5 billion that Katzke estimated the bank would return over the next five quarters.


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The injury suffered by Shikhar Dhawan in the match against Australia came as blessing in disguise for Rishabh Pant. BCCI choose Rishabh Pant as the replacement and he was asked to join the Team in England as early as possible.
On the other hand, Dhawan will continue to travel with his Teammates but he won't be part of the squad until he recovers. May be, He could play again after the completion of League Matches.
India will be playing against New Zealand on June 13th and Pakistan on June 16th. If Rishabh Pant gets into the Team, KL Rahul will open the Innings alongside Rohit Sharma. When Pant will be available for selection in the Playing XI is going to be the key as BCCI has to complete paper work because he isn't part of the initial 15-member squad.
Ishant Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Axar Patel and Navdeep Saini are other players in the stand-by mode. May be, Rayudu could be playing the match against New Zealand and Pant will replace him for Pakistan match.


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Be Prepared! Experiences in Pre-Crisis Market Mapping
Value chain analysis has long been a fixture in economic development programming, but, in more recent years, market assessment tools have been adapted to the post-emergency context. Today, market analyses are a standard part of humanitarian response to sudden-onset crises, but they can also be of benefit before crisis hits.
Launched in 2014, the Pre-Crisis Market Mapping and Analysis (PCMMA) guidance helps humanitarian and market development practitioners (1) map the functionality of critical market systems; (2) estimate the likely effect of a crisis on those markets; (3) determine whether markets can be used to deliver relief (i.e. through providing cash or vouchers or procuring items locally); and (4) help to inform risk mitigation measures. PCMMA was developed jointly by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Oxfam with the generous support of USAID/OFDA and ECHO.
This Microlinks Seminar featured experiences and on-the-ground learning using PCMMA from Catholic Relief Services (CRS), the IRC, and Oxfam. It was of interest both to market development practitioners as well as those working in the humanitarian response, disaster risk reduction, food security, and livelihoods spheres. Participants left with a better understanding of PCMMA and the potential benefits of employing it.
Emily Sloane joined the IRC in January 2015 as Emergency
Markets Officer. In this role, she manages activities to develop and promote tools, approaches, and dialogue linked to market analysis in the humanitarian community. Emily recently returned from Pakistan, where she co-led and captured learning from the IRC's first Pre-Crisis Market Mapping and Analysis Assessment. In 2014, she helped to lead an EMMA training with Oxfam in South Sudan. Prior to joining the IRC, Emily managed and evaluated a range of cash, voucher, and agricultural programs for both Oxfam and ACF in Jordan as well as various sub-Saharan African countries. She has produced several reports that have helped to promote cash as a legitimate modality for humanitarian response. Emily's academic background is an environmental one, involving a Master's in International Environmental Policy from the Monterey Institute and a Bachelor's in Natural Resource Conservation from the University of Montana; however, her strong interest in the human side of environmental issues has drawn her to the food security and livelihoods world.
Emily Farr is Senior Advisor in Emergency Food Security and Vulnerabl
e Livelihoods at Oxfam America. She has worked with country programs across Africa, Latin America, and Asia as well as throughout the Oxfam confederation to prepare for and respond to emergencies for over 10 years. Emily's areas of focus include market-based programming, analysis and response, capacity building, resilience, gender, and ICT. Before moving into the humanitarian field, she spent several years working with local organizations committed to food security and decent housing in the United States. Emily has an M.S. in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from Tufts University and a B.S. in Geography from Penn State.
As head of CRS' Food Security and Markets Team, Geraldine (Dina),
supports CRS programs as they prepare for and respond to emergencies through market-based approaches, including cash and voucher programs. Her support involves proposal development, technical assistance in implementation, tool development, trainings, and assessments with a focus on market-based approaches in food security. Dina has over 10 years of experience in international agriculture, environment, and food security programming. She holds a Master's degree from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.