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But don't worry! It'll all be ok! You can STILL keep in touch with news, updates, sewing classes and special offers over at Reddskin.
It's been a blast! Don't go changing.
But don't worry! It'll all be ok! You can STILL keep in touch with news, updates, sewing classes and special offers over at Reddskin.
It's been a blast! Don't go changing.
Sydenham Visual Artists Trail runs as part of Sydenham Arts Festival – a two week celebration of the Arts in and around Londons fabulous SE26 that runs every July. This year there are over 150 Artists taking part in Open houses across the Sydenham, Penge, Forest Hill and Honor Oak Park area. I'm only one of them!
You can meander through Sydenham using our handy Map of Artists available in shops around Sydenham but especially at our wonderful Kirkdale Bookshop.
The Visual Artists Trail runs this weekend 11am – 5pm on Saturday 4th July and Sunday 5th July and the following weekend 11th and 12th July where I will join forces with Twisted Vintage Jewellery. We promise to create a relaxed and friendly atmosphere for you to browse, chat or purchase at your leisure with a refreshing glass of Pimms should you desire. What a lovely way to spend your weekend!
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I remember sitting in my local Craft Emporium, Stag and Bow, during one of their legendary Friday Evening Socials having forgotten my sewing project (but remembered the wine…go figure). I was watching Big Daddy Cyrus juggle feeding their baby daughter Bertie whilst simultaneously hand sewing teensy hexagon shaped pieces of fabric around card. It looked fascinating (the sewing not the feeding…) I wanted to have a go. So Cyrus instructed me in the basics, whilst Bertie covered herself in hummus. Then he left me to it. I purchased a pack of small Quilting templates the next day and began in earnest. This was April 2014.
I cleaned out an empty icecream tub – an excuse to buy some more – and filled it with fabric, templates, scissors, thread and a needle. Sewing Warrior ready, I took my Crafty Quilting container almost everywhere. I quilted on the Tube and on the Overground. I quilted in cafes, in parks and on the beach. I quilted whilst watching House of Cards, Breaking Bad, Masterchef (two series) and The Great British Sewing Bee to name a few. I quilted in Banbury, Nottingham, Helsinki and Barbados.
My growing quilt never failed to spark a conversation. Others became fascinated by the colours, patterns and skill. They marveled at the tiny hand stitches and my patience. Complete strangers wanted to know what I was making. Many shared treasured memories of family or loved ones who had quilted or other types of sewing. Some said they wanted to go home and finish (or start) a crafting project. I loved those journeys.I quilted from heavily stressful times into hopeful ones. My quilt allowed me to move slowly but steadily through uncertainty and ill health to strength and encouragement. It grew and it spread and gathered momentum just as I was forced to make some major decisions about my own life. Every scrap of cotton reminds me of something I made, or a memory of the person I created an item for, or where I was when I bought it. The abundant variety and stunning colours never fail to lift my spirits. Each piece has significance, however small. I often wonder why I chose, for my first EVER quilting project, to attempt something so vast and potentially so daunting. Why didn't I just make a very simple cushion cover…or a placemat? It didn't actually occur to me. I just thought 'patchwork' and then 'quilt'. That was that really. I focused on the process, not the end product. I really loved watching my quilt grow, create its own space, until it almost developed a personality of its own.
It's now May 2015 and my Quilt of Wonder is complete. It took fifty-six weeks. Had I know this when I started I would probably never have done it. Over a year to sew something together? Bonkers! But I'm SO glad that I started. Not only has it been my therapy, its an absolute, all-encompassing beauty. And I made it. ME. *grins*
Credit: Cushion and lamp (just seen) by Arhinarmah
A little Forest Hill Fashion for y'all.
The first is by Videographer and all round good egg Aaron Seale. Featuring designers Madeleine McIndoe, Reddskinbags, Walterworks, Taslima Khan and The Middle Clash.
The second is a short featuring my designs by Media production company IndieVisual
Feeling blessed.
K x
Picture the scene. A skinny ten year old girl lying on the floor in her mothers bedroom. Underneath her slight frame a brightly patterned length of folded stretch chiffon in purple and pink. A borrowed felt pen in hand and an oversized pair of forbidden dressmaking shears nearby. She wriggles as she hastily tries to draw her rough outline from ankle to underarm on either side of her body. Stops briefly to listen to sounds of her mothers soft footsteps – just in case she is caught in the process of fabric butchery – especially as said fabric happens to belong to the unsuspecting adult. Reassured, markings complete, the excited youngster carefully cuts a hole for her head on the centre fold of the fabric and threads a needle with novice hands. Finally, rough back-stitch and half an hour later, The Most Beautiful Kaftan In The World is born.
Ok so it wasn't perfect. I (yes the youngster was me – how did you guess?) had completely overlooked the fact that I would need to actually move around in my creation so it was a little tight on the legs. But, oh, when I raised my arms and shimmied (hobbled) down my mothers bedroom catwalk, I felt like the most celebrated fashion designer slash model alive!
Fast forward 40 years. Having rejected 'Fashion Designer' as a viable career (too competitive for my inherently 'lazy' nature ) I chose Dance instead. Go figure. I continued to design and sew clothes for myself and later, my family, whilst a pursued my teaching career.
In February 2013 the first Forest Hill Fashion Week (FHFW) took place and I was lucky enough to become involved with my business Reddskinbags. September 20th – 25th 2013 saw our second event, it's bigger, brighter and altogether more glamorous sister.
A Live catwalk show took place at The Horniman Museum and Gardens in Forest Hill. The evening kicked off five days of talks, demonstrations and workshops related to craft and fashion. On the evening of Friday 20th September a magical Horniman conservatory was alive with vibrant stalls showcasing the creations of local talented designers, most of whom also had their unique designs in the show.
For my part, I had (finally) taken the plunge and designed a tiny collection of four pieces to accompany my bag designs. Undoubtedly, THE best decision I've ever made. It was a fan-TASTIC evening. The Forest Hill area exploded with Fashionistas and their friends eager to find out what the fuss was all about and support a wonderfully exciting event.
So much energy and enthusiasm converged to display a warm community spirit that was a pleasure and a privilege to witness. A huge thank you to Penelope Else, the visionary and driving force behind Forest Hill Fashion, and to the human dynamo Charlotte Cameron who organised the Catwalk Show and Cherrelle, bubbly stylist extraordinare.
These photos are a teensy snippet of my part in Forest Hill Fashion Week. There are many more pictures of the designers, characters and their work by London Photographer Sara and Belle Studio. Have a look. Take your time. Is 'history in the making' too grand an observation? Who knows?
How FHFW will evolve only time will tell. It wouldn't have been so successful without the time and efforts of many brilliant volunteers – take this as a Big Fat Thank you! *holds applause card up for a very long time*
What are the next steps for Reddskinbags?
As usual … watch this space!
K x
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What's with all of the decades-late sequels these days? Mad Max: Fury Road, Blade Runner 2049, Mary Poppins Returns… the list goes on and on. But as long as they're critical and financial successes, more will be made. One of the latest is Zombieland: Double Tap, a sequel to the hit horror-comedy Zombieland from 2009. And while it doesn't do much that the first one didn't, this follow-up is a rollicking riff with enough laughs and character to stand as a hearty, albeit tardy, sequel.
One of its coups is that all four stars of the original return, including Oscar-winner Emma Stone. She gives an intense and fully-committed performance here, as do the other three leads: Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin. The merry band of marauders they played before, trying to stay alive in a world overrun by zombies, have now become so good at running and gunning they've become bored. They need to get some of their mojos back now that zombies aren't all that much of an issue for them.
The opening set-piece finds them mowing down a horde of the running dead on the way to their new home – an abandoned White House. There are no longer any countries, armed forces, or any semblance of order. It's just those who are zombies and their adversaries struggling to keep from joining them. (You'll remember that it was Mad Cow Disease that ran rampant, turning the world's populace into Mad People Disease in the 2009 original.)
Somehow the four have endless rounds of ammunition, let alone access to all kinds of water and food, but the film is less interested in explaining this craven new world. Instead, it just wants to have fun. And fun it has for all.
Good ol' boy Tallahassee (Harrelson) is still a blustery, macho cowboy. Columbus (Eisenberg), our narrator in the first film, is still his nebbish lieutenant. Wichita (Stone), the romantic interest in the first one is now in an all-but-married relationship with Columbus. And Little Rock (Breslin) isn't so little anymore. She's now 19 and itching for independence. Wichita still has flight tendencies too, and readily runs off with her sister, abandoning the two men, just after Columbus proposed to her.
It may be fun roaming around the White House, using a painting of President Taft as wrapping paper for an early Christmas celebration, but Tallahassee and Columbus are going stir-crazy too. They make frequent sojourns outside their new home, visiting the mall to grab supplies and shoot down walkers in their way. Columbus, moping since Wichita's exit, likes to visit the candle shop to ingest smells that don't wreak of decay and rotting flesh. And there, he meets a comely newcomer who will quickly help him get over being dumped.
Madison (Zoey Deutch) is a teenager clad in a pink velvet tracksuit who has been living in the mall. Her introduction is one of the cheekier gags in the sequel. Her name is genuinely Madison, even though it plays off of the trope of characters using the moniker of their hometowns. And her being a permanent fixture at the mall is a hoarily old, but still funny commentary on teendom.
Madison dumber than a box of hammers, but she's sweet and wants to jump Columbus' bones, so they quickly become a couple. Deutch makes the most of the role, using her expert comic timing to make her bits land even if they're more than a bit obvious a majority of the time. Of course, she packs too much for the road and is oblivious to most of everyone's putdowns. She's both guileless and clueless. (She could be Elle Woods' younger sister (or cousin) from Legally Blonde.)
Things get dicey when Wichita returns, pretending her motivation is to stock up on ammo when in actuality, she misses Columbus. She's not happy that her ex has moved on in less than a month, and as Stone proved in The Favourite, she's stellar at tossing out bitter quips tinged by real hurt. Eisenberg plays comic bafflement better than just about anyone, here trying to manage his dueling love interests, while Harrelson tosses about pointed, snide putdowns like a redneck version of Groucho Marx or Bill Murray. (More on Mr. Murray later.)
The plot really gets going when Little Rock runs off with an unarmed hipster musician named Berkeley (Avan Jogia), and the others, including Madison, hit the road to find her. They're worried about Little Rock and her peace-loving love interest surviving against the new, super-powerful zombies running about out there in the wilderness and travel thusly in hot pursuit.
Like its predecessor, this sequel is essentially a road trip movie, and what makes this a worthy trip to the cineplex for audiences are all the fun stops along the way that director Ruben Fleischer and his screenwriting trio of Dave Callaham, Rhett Reese, and Paul Wernick have cooked up.
There's a great running gag about Tallahassee's frustrations with their mode of transport as he's constantly on the lookout for a vehicle than their family minivan. (His previous obsession with Twinkies gets nary a mention this time.) The Florida resident is also determined to visit Graceland as Elvis is one of his heroes, and it's exactly where Little Rock told Wichita she was headed in her goodbye note.
The tensions in the car amongst the two men and two women make for quick-paced and hilariously bitchy dialogue. Run-ins with new characters, played by Rosario Dawson, Luke Wilson, and Thomas Middleditch, are a stitch too, as is a third act showdown that takes place at a hippie commune.
Despite Tallahassee's put-downs of the lefty pacifists there, the movie has its cake and eats it too, showing that peaceful solutions can work just as well as creating bullet-ridden carnage.
If one is going to attempt a sequel ten years after the fact, let alone in a genre overrun by zombies, they should all be as easy and breezy as this effort. The four assume their roles and rapport with each other with unforced aplomb. They all look great too, barely aging at all other than Breslin who's grown into womanhood. And the story adds just enough twists to make this a hoot. The writers wisely avoid anything too heavy as well, resisting any attempts to become political or make too many editorial comments on society.
In fact, the most the screenplay acknowledges the rest of the world is only in brief cameos that show novel ways the foreign citizenry prevails over the zombie infestation in their countries. As in the previous film, director Fleischer cleverly incorporates animated onscreen titles to highlight Columbus' rules to survive such an apocalypse as well. And the director moves things along briskly, even finding time to revisit Bill Murray in a post-credit sequence. (His cameo in the first one has become something almost legendary.)
In the end, this fun outing even sets up what could be an ongoing franchise. If future entries are as fun as this, their returns will not be diminishing ones. Who knows, maybe they'll even figure out a way to cross-populate this property with one or two of those other late-returning sequels. Could Mad Max help Tallahassee, et al. annihilate the living dead? Undoubtedly, though he might not like being called Melbourne.
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Flying into America? Don't worry about that crackdown on laptops and similar gear in your carry-on luggage. It's no longer happening. No, instead, the US has something else up its sleeve.
New screening technology in airports will sniff out any bombs in your IT kit. So says Homeland Security boss John Kelly has, although he doesn't know exactly what that tech is.
Speaking on the opening day of the eighth annual Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday, Kelly said the ban earlier this year was triggered by credible intelligence that terrorists had developed a method of packing explosives into notebooks in such a way that conventional systems couldn't detect them. The terror bastards, we're told, had hoped to detonate the bombs mid-flight, committing murder on a mass scale.
However, no one, certainly no airlines, were totally happy about that crackdown, so it was shelved in favor of scanning people's electronics with a new thing called CT. However when asked what that actually meant, Kelly was fuzzy on the details.
"It's a new kind of technology," he said [PDF]. "I don't know what CT stands for, but let me put it this way, when you go through your airport check in your bag goes through today, it goes through X-rays, your baggage checked goes through, for the most part CT technology."
Thankfully, John Pistole, the former administrator of the US Transportation Security Administration, was on hand to enlighten Secretary Kelly and explained that CT stood for computer tomography. After hearing this, Kelly called Pistole a "nerd," and got a laugh.
This chat with Homeland Security boss John Kelly about detecting bombs in laptops is something else pic.twitter.com/rEVEcmwNbv— The Register (@TheRegister) July 20, 2017
Terrorists could have a blowout
Computer tomography, which is widely used in medicine, involves taking multiple x-rays around an object to get a clear image of what's inside, as opposed to today's top-down shots taken by airport scanners. Kelly said that he was confident that the new technology – whatever it's called – will protect aircraft and passengers onboard.
Kelly said that the laptop ban covered cabin use of electronics – but not storing them in the hold, because the intelligence community had told him that although an undetectable bomb could be made for laptops, a remote trigger could not.
He said that, given his military background, he'd been skeptical that you could pack enough explosives into a laptop to destroy an aircraft. But after seeing tests carried out on a pressurized aircraft hull he had been convinced.
Kelly said the DHS wants to see greater use of sniffer dogs at airports and will be introducing a requirement for an advanced biometric passport to be required for flights coming into the US.
He also wants to see biometric scans introduced for those crossing US borders on land. He envisaged a system whereby car drivers could be scanned by a camera and simply waved on through if their faces were on the nice-guy register. It seems he doesn't know a lot about the failure rates of such systems either.
During the Q&A section of the talk, Kelly was asked why the enhanced security measures and partial travel bans didn't affect citizens from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates, since those three countries provided the vast majority of terrorists who attacked the US.
Kelly replied that the travel ban was more to do with countries that didn't check travelers against criminal databases, whereas he was satisfied that Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates did do background checks before allowing their citizens to travel to the US. ®


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DENVER (AP) — Gov. Bill Owens won a second term Tuesday on his record of tax cuts and education reform, defeating Democratic businessman Rollie Heath.
With 723 of 3,269 precincts reporting, Owens had 282,688 votes, or 66 percent, and Heath had 131,154 or 31 percent. Owens said the election was a reaffirmation of his agenda. "We kept our promises and tonight the people have renewed our contract for four more years," he said.
Owens said the message from voters for his next term was clear: "Be bold. Now is not the time to coast."
He said the goals for his administration will be to seek affordable health care coverage and create jobs.
In his concession speech, Heath said Owens will have a big job getting the economy rolling again. "I wish him the wisdom to see us through these challenging times," Heath said.


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The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has empowered the Delta State Commissioner for Information, Mr Patrick Ukah, to reorganize the state chapter of the body.
A letter, dated August 1, 2017 and signed by the President and Chairman of Council of the Institute, Dr. Rotimi Oladele, reads in part, "please kindly reorganize the Delta State Chapter of NIPR, and dissolve the outdated/unapproved leadership structure you might have come across over there".
According to the letter, Mr. Ukah was given 60 days from the date it was signed to conduct a credible election of the Chapter's Executive Committee as laid down by NIPR laws.
The letter further stated that "the Council has absolute confidence in your person as a senior member of the institute and also in your office as the Honourable Commissioner for Information in the state as well as the Supervisory Commissioner for NIPR in the state ".
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New research reveals that the majority of children's sports coaches are unqualified and underpaid.
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The Vision for Sport in Wales is clear: To have An Active Nation Where Everyone Can Have Lifelong Enjoyment of Sport. Our mission: To Unleash the Benefits of Sport for Everyone. The School Sport Survey evaluates the activity of sport in young people, understanding their enjoyment of sport, and informs...
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Sun, 09 Jan 2011
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This report presents new research that offers us the opportunity to begin to understand the causes of low levels of physical activity among girls. It explores the views of girls and boys about physical activity, sport and PE, and the influence of schools, friends and families.
A New Strategy For Sport: Consultation Paper
Fri, 14 Aug 2015
This consultation highlights ten themes that together capture the headline issues that DCMS want to address.
A New Strategy For Sport: Consultation Paper
Mon, 10 Aug 2015
This document highlights 10 themes on which individuals and organisations are being invited to submit evidence over a 9-week period to help shape this new direction for sports policy
A Review Of The Social Impacts Of Culture And Sport
Tue, 10 Mar 2015
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The Culture and Sport Evidence (CASE) programme is a joint programme of strategic research led by the DCMS in collaboration with the Arts Council England ACE, English Heritage and Sport England.
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Mon, 26 Aug 2013
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Designed To Move: A Physical Activity Action Agenda
Fri, 09 Nov 2012
Just a few generations ago, physical activity was an integral part of daily life. In the name of progress, we've now chipped away at it so thoroughly that physical inactivity actually seems normal. The economic costs are unacceptable, the human costs are unforgiveable. Designed to Move is a framework...
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Mon, 09 May 2011
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Podcast 106: The barbershop and hypertension — a little off the top
OK, now what can be done to control hypertension among African American men? What about recruiting barbershops to put a shoulder to the wheel? They're community centers, trusted sources of gossip and advice, and places of relaxation. In Texas, a group of researchers undertook a randomized trial in black-owned barbershops in which barbers took blood […]
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Podcast 99: Blacks' higher rate of stent thrombosis apparently has a genetic basis.
It was thought that the increased risk among blacks undergoing stenting had to do with factors such as comorbid conditions and socioeconomics. But in a study in Circulation, their rate of stent thrombosis was higher than non-blacks, even after adjusting for those factors (and despite the fact that as a group, black were more adherent […]
February 12th, 2010
Podcast 74: How two SSRIs apparently interfere with tamoxifen therapy.
We talk with Dr. Catherine Kelly about her study in BMJ showing serious interference of some SSRIs with tamoxifen therapy in breast cancer. The study was conducted using Canadian provincial databases. Reach us at 1-617-440-4374 or by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. Interview article: BMJ study Physician's First Watch coverage Medical news links: Back pain guidelines Inflammatory bowel disease and venous […]
January 8th, 2010
Podcast 69: Eating soy foods and survival after breast cancer
I've been on vacation, and I hope that you've managed to sneak some time away as well. In December, JAMA published an article associating increased survival after breast cancer with eating even modest amounts of soy food regularly. The work was done using a cohort in Shanghai, and the study's first author agreed to an interview. If […]
November 22nd, 2009
Podcast 66: Niacin versus ezetimibe in the face of high cardiovascular risk — a conversation with the ARBITER 6-HALTS trialist Allen Taylor
One of the more intriguing pieces of research presented at the American Heart Association this week (and simultaneously released online in the New England Journal of Medicine) shows that extended-release niacin outperforms ezetimibe in high-risk patients. We talk with Dr. Allen J. Taylor, the study's first author. Contact us at 1-617-440-4374 or write firstname.lastname@example.com. This edition's links: […]
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Podcast 34: An interview with Cheryl Bushnell of Wake Forest about her paper in BMJ concerning migraines during pregnancy and the possibility of their relation to strokes and other vascular problems.
BMJ's paper on the possible association of migraine during pregnancy and stroke (and other vascular problems) is the focus of this week's interview. We speak with first-author Dr. Cheryl Bushnell. And then there's the week's news, plus a message from a listener! It could have been you, if only you'd called 1-617-440-4374 and made a […]


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Press Conference: UVA football coach Mike London
UVA football coach Mike London talks with the media on Monday. The Cavaliers (5-6, 3-4 ACC) play at Virginia Tech (5-6, 2-5 ACC) on Friday in Blacksburg.
Press Conference: Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden
Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden talks to the media on Thursday. The Redskins (3-6) host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (1-8) on Sunday.
Bubble man rescued on run to Bahamas
Didn't know you could run to the Bahamas, did you? Well, turns out you can't, despite the best of intentions, as peace activist and endurance runner Reza Baluchi discovered this week.
Herring brings $1.15B suit against banks for defrauding Virginia taxpayers
Attorney General Mark Herring today announced a historic lawsuit against some of the largest commercial banks in the world for fraud committed against Virginia taxpayers during the height of the real estate bubble.
Press Conference: Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden
Washington Redskins coach Jay Gruden talks with reporters at training camp in Richmond, Va., on Aug. 10.
Carolina Mudcats ride short game to 5-1 win over Salem
The Carolina Mudcats used 14 singles to post five runs in a 5-1 victory over the Salem Red Sox Tuesday night. Mudcats Adam Plutko was outstanding from start to finish in the victory.
Andy Schmookler: We see now more clearly all that the Supreme Court stole from the American people in Bush v. Gore
The decision in Bush v. Gore was so disgraceful on the face of it that the Court itself warned against using its "reasoning" in other cases. The five conservative justices elected Bush president.
Observations from Greensboro: The latest on ACC Baseball
Virginia, Florida State are top eight national seeds: Virginia (RPI 1) and Florida State (RPI 4) are merely playing for positioning in the top eight. Their Saturday night game could be a College World Series preview. (Funny how neither can play on Sunday in the ACC championship game with what has already happened here.)
Press Conference: New Jacksonville Jaquar Luke Bowanko
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Bubble Watch: Did NC State play its way in with win over Syracuse?
NC State has 21 wins, 11 in the ACC, and its signature win is also its most recent, a 66-63 victory over Syracuse in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals. Did the Pack play their way into the NCAA Tournament with the win over the Orange?
Has Florida State's NCAA bubble burst?
Florida State sure could have used a win over ACC regular-season champ UVa. in the ACC Tournament quarterfinals on Friday.
Pitt has played its way off the NCAA bubble, right?
Twenty-four wins, 12 in the ACC. An RPI rating of 44. Pitt has nothing to worry about when it comes to Selection Sunday, does it?
Florida State and the NCAA bubble: Where do they meet?
Going into the 2014 ACC Tournament, Florida State was a first four out team in ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi's rendering of the NCAA Tournament field. The 'Noles knew they needed at least a win on Thursday in the second round against Maryland to get on the right side of the bubble. Not that FSU coach Leonard Hamilton is admitting that he even gave it a scintilla of thought or anything.
Chris Graham: What do we learn from UVa. loss at Maryland?
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My Clean Kitchen: Pumpkin Butter-Easy, Simple Thanksgiving Treat
I've been trying to figure out what to bring to my in-laws for Thanksgiving. Jessica and I discussed a couple of options and came to the Pumpkin Butter idea! It worked out perfectly because the local Farm Market had these amazing Heirloom Pumpkins that were grown locally.
Chris Graham: Anti-government zealots on the public dole
Ken Cuccinelli loves quoting Ronald Reagan. Well, Ken, Ronald Reagan would say that you're part of the problem, because you're from the government, and you're here to help.
What does Virginia need to do to secure NCAA invite?
The short answer: win, early and often. Virginia (21-10, 11-7 ACC) is still listed as one of the last four teams in the NCAA Tournament field by ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi, but that is far from being the consensus feeling from those in the know.
UVa. rallies, stuns Maryland, 61-58 in OT
UVa., down and apparently out in terms of its hopes for an NCAA Tournament bid, trailing by as many as 17 in the first half, somehow reversed fortune in the second half, forced an overtime period, and then got just enough in the extra session to win 61-58 over Maryland on Sunday.
Chris Graham: Is UVa. back on the NCAA bubble?
The short answer: no, not yet, anyway. A review of the various self-appointed bracketologists still has UVa. getting an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament anywhere between a #9 seed and a #11 seed, which is significant because that means the Cavs are not being considered one of the final four teams into the field.


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What started out as a study project, has become a true international sensation. Thanks to their very diverse productions, remixes and their collaborations with the biggest names in the music industry, the dynamic DJ / producer duo Firebeatz(Tim Smulders and Jurre van Doeselaar) has reached millions of people around the world.
Firebeatz has become a respected name within the dance-scene.Over ten years ago, when they both producers were still students at the School of Arts' Rock Academy in Tilburg, the Netherlands, their instructor assigned the boys a project: create a track together. It became an instant hit that marked the beginning of their music career. Tim and Jurre haven't stopped working together ever since. Even though they quickly became more and more successful, they both continued their studies and graduated with flying colours after completing their thesis: working out a plan to get Firebeatz at the top. They definitely succeeded in that since they've now played all across the globe & at some of the biggest events as well. Check out Firebeatz at the Crazyland stage at Dance Valley 2019!


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Jakarta – On Friday August 30 the Metro Jaya regional police arrested two people on charges of treason (makar) for allegedly flying the Morning Star flag in front of the State Place during a rally on Wednesday August 28.
The two arrested activists are Anes Tabuni and Charles Kossay. During the demonstration, Tabuni is accused of acting as the action coordinator, making the invitations, mobilising the protesters, preparing the flags and giving a speech from a command vehicle.
Kossay meanwhile is accused of acting as the action coordinator during a rally in East Jakarta and like Tabuni, of giving a speech from a command vehicle.
Metro Jaya public relations division head Senior Commissioner Argo Yuwono said that the two stand accused of committing crimes against the state and attempted treason. Tabuni and Kossay have been charged under Article 106 in conjunction with Article 87 and or Article 110 of the Criminal Code (KUHP).
"It is strongly suspected that they committed crimes against state security and or conspiring to commit crimes against state security and makar", said Yuwono when sought for confirmation on Saturday August 31.
Despite this, Yuwono did not provide further details on the arrests.
During the arrests, police also secured evidence including two mobile phones, a banner, a T-shirt and a scarf with pictures of the Morning Star and a megaphone.
The arrest of Tabuni and Kossay has triggered a reaction by scores of Papuan and West Papuan activists who went to the Metro Jaya regional police headquarters on Saturday afternoon.
They plan to surrender themselves to police as a form of solidarity with their two colleagues because they took part in the action jointly.
"Overnight we communicated with all of the groups from Papua and West Papua calling on them to gather [at the Metro Jaya headquarters], we will go there and surrender ourselves, we also took part in the rally so please arrest us [too]", said Papuan student public relations officer Ambosius.
Based on information from Ambosius, police arrested Tabuni and Kossay at around 7.30 pm when they were at the Lanijaya student dormitory in Depok.
Ambosius said that police had earlier interrogated 19 people before eventually taking Tabuni and Kossay to the Metro Jaya police headquarters. (gst/vws)
[Translated by James Balowski. The original title of the article was "Pengibar Bintang Kejora di Depan Istana Dijerat Pasal Makar".]
Source: https://www.cnnindonesia.com/nasional/20190831120920-12-426348/pengibar-bintang-kejora-di-depan-istana-dijerat-pasal-makar


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For Honor's release date is getting close, with less than a month left to go until its release. The Ubisoft developed and published game is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. For those that were looking into picking up the game for PC, Ubisoft has officially revealed both the minimum and required PC specs for the game.
This information came courtesy of the official Ubisoft blog, which also included details on supported video cards.
OS: Windows 7, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 (64-bit versions only)
PROCESSOR: Intel Core i3-550 | AMD Phenom II X4 955 or equivalent
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX660/GTX750ti/GTX950/GTX1050 with 2 GB VRAM or more | AMD Radeon HD6970/HD7870/R9 270/R9 370/RX460 with 2 GB VRAM or more – See supported List */**
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Video Preset: High
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PROCESSOR: Intel Core i5-2500K | AMD FX-6350 or equivalent
VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce GTX680/GTX760/GTX970/GTX1060 with 2 GB VRAM or more | AMD Radeon R9 280X/R9 380/RX470 with 2 GB VRAM or more – See supported List */**
*Supported NVIDIA cards at time of release::
• GeForce GTX600 series: (minimum) GeForce GTX660 or better | (recommended) GeForce GTX680 or better
• GeForce GTX700 series: (minimum) GeForce GTX750ti or better | (recommended) GeForce GTX760 or better
• GeForce GTX900 series: (minimum) GeForce GTX950 or better | (recommended) GeForce GTX970 or better
• GeForce GTX10-Series: (minimum) any GeForce GTX10 card | (recommended) GeForce GTX1060 or better
**Supported AMD cards at time of release
• Radeon HD6000 series: (minimum) Radeon HD6970 or better | (recommended) none
• Radeon HD7000 series: (minimum) Radeon HD7870 or better | (recommended) none
• Radeon 200 series: (minimum) Radeon R9 270 or better | (recommended) Radeon R9 280X or better
• Radeon 300/Fury X series: (minimum) Radeon R9 370 or better | (recommended) Radeon R9 380 or better
• Radeon 400 series: (minimum) Radeon RX460 or better | (recommended) Radeon RX470 or better
In addition to the specs, Ubisoft also revealed the gamepad support, both fully and partially supported ones. Fully supported at mouse and keyboard, Xbox One controller, Xbox One Elite controller, Xbox 360 controller, and PlayStation 4/PS4 Pro controller.
The partially supported ones, which may require third-party drivers, include third-party Xbox compatible controller, Logitech Chillstream, OUYA controller, Steam controller, and the PS3 controller. Supporting the OUYA controller is definitely odd, but they see to have most everything covered.
For Honor will release for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on February 14.
- This article was updated on:March 8th, 2018


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Hello, my lovely friends. March has been a very busy and exciting month, with nine publications, radio shows, reviews, and poetry readings. I'm so pleased to share with you all the latest and greatest:
I usually make these round-ups chronological, but I am just so excited about this one, it's going front and center: I am the featured poet in the latest issue of Loud Zoo, with five poems and the most thoughtful, in-depth interview I've ever had the good fortune to participate in, starting on page 39. The five poems are, "Garbage Pail Kids," "Southpaw," "Linda Martinez and Ed McMahon Say Hello from the Afterlife," "No, I don't have a foot fetish," and "Grandma's Fan."
But that's not the coolest part. The coolest part is the amazing music composed by Tripp Kirby of The Electric Lungs to accompany the poems! They can be listened to on the magazine site, or go directly to Sound Cloud.
Special thanks to Tripp for the awesome collaboration! If you haven't listened to his music, I highly recommend Don't Be Ashamed of the Way You Were Made. I might be a little obsessed. Also, big thanks to editor Josh Smith for pulling this all together.
I had three poems appear in The Woven Tale Press, "Crystal River," "Super Blue Blood Moon," and "Buddhas on Death Row." They are on pages 9-10 of the digital copy. The print version is available here. "Buddhas on Death Row" was also accepted for their monthly spotlight. Many thanks to their team for continuing to support my work.
For those who don't know, "Buddhas on Death Row" was inspired by my pen pal, Moyo, who has been on death row in Texas for 18 years. While incarcerated, he has become a Buddhist and an artist. His work has been displayed in various galleries in the US, Finland, and the UK. He is currently working with at-risk youth, and taking classes to become an educator. Learn more about his art at www.buddhasondeathrow.com.
My poems, "Therapy" and "The List" appeared in Alien Buddha Press.
"Bug Out" and "Low" appeared in Anti-Heroin Chic.
I had two short stories in Ariel Chart Magazine, "Astronomical Events" and "The Little Holly Market." Editor Mark Antony Rossi messaged me to say, "Your fiction pieces are ranked 2 & 3 this month in reads. That's not the norm. Usually poetry beats fiction. Thanks for being so damn good." I want to give a shout-out here to Mark, who has published my work before. He also the force between the Strength to be Human podcast.
"Moon Song," "Faces," and "The Nostalgia Project" were published on Stanzaic Stylings. This rounds out the series of six that were published on that site. Thanks so much to editor Joanne Olivieri, it's been fun! "The Nostalgia Project" also appeared this month on Duane's PoeTree Blog.
And my last publication was in the TOUCH issue of memoryhouse, two poems: "Brain Ghosts" and "Resonance."
Voice of Eve Magazine, which had previously published my poetry, gave West Side Girl & Other Poems a five-star review.
I can also be heard on Songs of Selah, an online radio show. I called in during the open mic portion in the second hour of the March 12 episode and had a fun conversation with host Scott Thomas Outlar and featured poet, Duane Vorhees. I read my poems, "Kitten Love" and "New Year's Eve Talamada."
I was at the Last Monday poetry reading at the Penn Valley Quaker Center. It's a monthly open mic that's been running for almost thirty years, and one of my favorite groups. If you're in KC sometime, I hope you stop in for a listen!
And finally, ICYMI, I posted three reviews on my blog this month, (Letters to Joan, Dead Celebrities, Ghost Train), as well as a micro-essay (Supernatural). If you haven't read those already, I hope you do.
My blog schedule is always a moving target, but what I have planned for the near future are: more poetry reviews, another micro-essay and maybe some O4S-related stuff.
Thank you, as always, for your readership!


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Language-training website Babbel describes itself as "the shortest path to a real-life conversation in a new language."
But the company's 100 linguists know that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing, so they \compiled a list of expressions and words that travellers commonly use abroad, but which can actually be awkward, or even rude. Some might surprise you. Some you (us) may have used.
- Bon appetit (French) – this near-universal pre-meal expression is actually taboo in polite French society. It literally invites diners to 'a good digestion,' suggesting they are so hungry that they are willing to jump at any food offered.
- Mamma mia! (Italian) – this clichéd Italian exclamation is antiquated, and best used solely for referring to Abba. So really, best not used.
- Du (German) – don't get the formal 'Sie' (you) mixed up with the informal 'du' while speaking to a policeman in Germany; calling a government employee by 'du' can earn you a fine of EUR 500.
- Garçon (French) – sometimes misinterpreted by diners as the appropriate approach to a French waiter, the term 'garçon' is actually considered patronizing and snobbish. Kind of like a French waiter. (Did we say that out loud?)
- Wie geht's? (German) –With many Germans this common expression which we might think of as a 'How's it going?' will result in a lengthy explanation of everything going on in their life.
- Zut alors (French) – A native French person will find this outdated phrase bemusing at best. But it sounds great, so we're not going to stop. Zut alors!
- Sacrebleu (French) – see above. And in Canada you can safely include 'tabernacle' as well.
- Hasta la vista! (Spanish) –As opposed to a triumphant victory cry while shattering a frozen nemesis into pieces, this is actually a cheery way of telling a Spanish-speaker you're looking forward to seeing them again. And don't add 'baby' unless you mean it.
- Ooh la laa! (French) – in France, this is an expression of negative surprise, rather than sexual innuendo. (Oh, that explains a lot.)
- Voulez-vous coucher avec moi? (French) – according to Babbel's cunning linguists, the come hither words conveyed so convincingly by Patti LaBelle sound strange to the French ear,. Zut alors! We've been doing it all wrong! Sacrebleu!


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If, like me, you are a little afraid of the aisles in the center of supermarkets, where the boxed foods are, you will find your apprehension validated in Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us. In a blistering, extensive examination of the food industry in the US, the author shows how it exploits our natural tastes for salt, sugar, and fat to concoct products that are entirely unhealthy, and sell well. This is no conspiracy theory. After all, the food giants are not exactly forcing us to buy Pepperoni & Three Cheese Calzone Hot Pockets (I certainly would never consider it), but they find it convenient to pile on the sugar in kids' cereals while removing the word sugar from their names, to hire the best chemical engineers to mix pyrophosphates and orthophosphates (don't wince: it's Jello!), and to deftly customize salt flakes to match the food they will adorn (thank you, Cargill). All that while the executives of said companies follow healthy diets and exercise regimens.
Perhaps the euphemistically called health classes forced upon high school students could review the effects of high-fructose corn syrup or the differences between food and treats?
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'His time at Celtic have been deleted from history' – Hibernian's Lennon defends Ambrose signing
After work permit stood in his way of securing a temporary move to English Championship side, Blackburn Rovers, the 28-year-old opted against fighting for a place in Brendan Rodgers' Celtic by sealing an 'emergency loan deal' to Hibs.
Now back with the man responsible for his move to Scotland in 2012, the defender has been praised for his impact in the past rather than the usual criticisms of his recent 'high-profile mistakes'.
The 45-year-old gaffer said that his wonderful first years 'at Celtic have been deleted from history'.
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"He has quality. He has been at Celtic for four or five seasons now and, while it maybe hasn't gone as well as he would have liked in the last couple of seasons, under me he was fantastic," Lennon told Capital City Press.
"I think the first four years of his time at Celtic have been deleted from history, with the way people talk about him now. This is a guy who played in all my Champions League games and made the last 16.
"People always talk about the mistakes he has made of late, the high-profile mistakes, but we have all made them. I have made plenty! I played with Bobo [Balde] who had a few in his time – but I don't think he gets derided as much as people tend to mock Efe.
"What I want to do is get him back playing and being successful for us and then go back to Celtic full of confidence.
''Efe was a guy who was at the heart of a lot of unbelievable results at Celtic. He has won the African Nations Cup with his country so he has great pedigree. He is only 28, he is at his peak and he will be fresh because he has not played much football recently.
"We are very lucky to get him. I also think it is a coup for us that he wanted to come."
"It's not up to me to decide what Efe's priority is. I want him to come here, get promotion and win the Scottish Cup.
"Whether he uses it as a shop window, I don't know. It is important for him to get some games. Whether he wants to leave Celtic, or go back to fight for his place, I've not had that discussion with him. What I do know is that I've got a very good professional in this building and someone who will be a great example to the rest."


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Last week, we learned that Roberto Orci was stepping down as the director of Star Trek 3, and I greeted this news with cautious optimism. On the one hand, it seems like Paramount came to its senses in not letting a guy who hadn't even directed a YouTube short film to take the reins of a major blockbuster, although previous reports say that the script was the big problem, not his glaring lack of experience. However, it's not like he was kicked off the lot or even off the project.
Orci confirmed his continuted involvement on the website Trek Movie, and also commented on the rumors regarding the script and the current status of the film. Hit the jump for more. Star Trek 3 is currently scheduled to open in summer 2016.
In the comments section on Trek Movie, Orci told fans, "I will be very involved:)", and never has a smiley emoticon been so threatening. I've made my feelings clear on Orci's involvement in the franchise, and if I'm taking him at his word, it's discouraging to hear that he'll still have sway, especially since it's been rumored that he was able to weasel his way into the director's chair by implying that he would undercut any other director.
Orci reassured fans that the movie will still be out on time, and that they're currently searching for a director, although he didn't confirm if Edgar Wright was on the studio's shortlist.
And as for the rumor that the script, which will now be scrapped, involved time travel, Orci says "no time travel was ever considered, fyi", and I suppose that's fine. I would honestly settle for a script that made sense, didn't parasitically latch on to a more popular film, and wasn't a Truther movie. That would be nice, but as long as Orci is in this movie's orbit, I'm not boldly going for the next Trek.


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Home›Advocacy›Federal Legislation & Regulations›Florida
Florida – HB 357/ SB 420 (Licensing)
Issue: Consumer and Contractor Protection
Affects: Those who build pools/spas
Bill Summary: This bill updates the definition of 'contractor' to include any person who performs, contracts to perform, or promises to perform services described in that subsection, or who provides or performs, contracts to provide or perform, or promises to provide or perform goods or services, respectively, related to a residential home and the extended parcel of land on which the home is located, including, but not limited to, driveways, lawns, trees, gardens, landscaping areas, walls, and other vegetation or fixtures located thereon, without regard to the licensure of the person.
A contractor who receives, as initial payment, money totaling more than 10 percent of the contract price for the repair, restoration, improvement, or construction of or addition to residential real property must now start the work within 30 days unless the person who made the payment agreed to a longer period of time.
In addition to this, a contractor who receives money for the repair, restoration, addition, improvement, or construction of or addition to residential real property in excess of the value of the work performed may not, with intent to defraud the owner, fail or refuse to perform any substantial work for any 30-day period after the date all necessary permits for work, if any, are issued.
Status: Both bills died May 3, 2019.
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It's been a busy 2017 so far for the Marigold Chain.
We have started a new business, helped 12 school children with their education fees, bought science materials and built a stadium!
We couldn't have done it without your help.
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A big part of our ethos is to help young people start small businesses to help them stay in Nepal and not feel pressured to leave their homes for employment in the Middle East. So after careful consideration a buffalo was purchased for two young adults, brothers from a lower caste. They currently work for a farmer attending to his crops during planting and harvest time but have little funds to start a business. The buffalo will provide milk to be sold to the nearby milk factory. This will give their family a small daily salary and after eight months they'll have saved enough to buy another buffalo to carry on with the business. There is a milk shortage in Pokhara so we are hopeful this will be a healthy success.
We strive to help the communities in Lwang Ghalel. Festivals, celebrations, dancing and competitions all play an important part in Nepal's culture. Sadly as many families migrate to Pokhara or leave to work in the Middle East the village population dwindles. It is important to keep the communities together for without local help the much needed farming industry would dissolve. The Marigold Chain recently contributed towards a stadium in Ghalel, which is now a focal point in the village. To showcase the New Year festival the stage was used for the five day party, and villagers from the region took part in dancing, singing and enjoying a volleyball tournament to welcome in 2017. In the future this will be used for presentations, training, medical gatherings, as well as celebrations.
Teenagers in Grade 10, aged 16 – 17 have to study hard for their end of middle school exams, for three months the pupils live in a hostel provided by the school, here they take extra classes in preparation for their exams. The school charges the parents 30,000NPR, £222 for this service. It is a struggle for most parents to find this money especially as some families only earn £1 per day. If they can't raise these funds, the parents are forced to take drastic measures; to sell land, take a bank loan or the child is forced to leave school. The Marigold Chain sponsored seven children from two schools so they could complete their studies and take the Grade 10 exam. Best of luck guys.
Ghalel Middle School, is requested by the education authorities to teach its pupils science, but the Government doesn't have the funds for equipment. Imagine that, learning science without any experiments! We bought the school science materials and lockable cabinet. We hope science will now be more interesting and much more fun.
Lumre Junior School is a wonderful school with really positive teachers. The school needs to ask the parents to contribute £1 a month towards school fees as the Government can only provide a small amount of funding. Often schools depend on charities donating equipment but sometimes they send unusable items without speaking to the school. One charity sent a box of books including four copies of the 'Life of Bill Clinton' to this junior school. Yes this is really true! The Marigold Chain offered to pay the annual fee for five children from impoverished families. We hope the school can use some of the money to buy suitable reading books for its little ones to enjoy.
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Artificial-Lift-System Selection Guidelines for Horizontal Gas Wells
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This article, written by Special Publications Editor Adam Wilson, contains highlights of paper SPE 181229, "Defining the Artificial-Lift-System Selection Guidelines for Horizontal Wells," by J. Valbuena, E. Pereyra, SPE, and C. Sarica, SPE, The University of Tulsa, prepared for the 2016 SPE North American Artificial Lift Conference and Exhibition, The Woodlands, Texas, USA, 25–27 October. The paper has not been peer reviewed.
Many different artificial-lift systems (ALSs) are used in horizontal gas wells. Basically, most of them were adopted and evolved from those used in oil wells. This study presents a methodology to define the most-adequate artificial-lift technique on the basis of technical limitations, a suitability coefficient (based on an attributes table), and economic analysis toward horizontal well configuration.
The objective of the ALS in gas wells is to remove liquid from the wellbore, which is referred to as deliquification. The ALSs or deliquification techniques can be categorized into two groups, passive systems and active systems. Passive systems take advantage of reservoir energy. These ALSs include velocity strings, plunger lift, and foam lift. These methods are used when the gas velocity is insufficient to carry liquid naturally from the wellbore but sufficient energy remains in the reservoir to operate the method. The active systems include sucker-rod pump, progressing-cavity pump, electrical submersible pump, jet pump, and wellhead compressors. These methods add energy to the system and are generally used when the reservoir is depleted.
Recommended Guidelines
The development of the recommended guidelines is based on physical limitations of each ALS, well and field constraints, and a quantitative assessment of the attributes involved in the selection processes. Three main screenings are performed in the decision-making process. The first screening is based on the ALS's limitations, including depth, flow-rate constraints, gas requirements, pressure requirements, well-integrity issues, and field conditions. The first screening rules out the unsuitable methods and leaves possible methods. The second screening is based on an attribute table that assigns a score for each attribute considered. In this screening, an average suitability factor is calculated for each feasible artificial-lift option, and the artificial-lift methods are ranked. The third screening is an economic assessment of the methods being evaluated. The net present value (NPV) and other economic parameters are calculated in this screening.
Technical Limitations of Methods.
Several parameters affect the ALS selection process, and they need to be considered to accomplish the main goal of the first screening, which is to rule out the unsuitable choices and provide a list of remaining methods that can be candidates for implementation. The strategy is based on defining simple rules to conduct the elimination process. These rules include limitations listed in typical-attribute tables, quick calculations, common reasoning when selecting an ALS, and typical "rules of thumb" based on experience for specific field conditions.
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Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16)
The word "fervent" means to have intense feeling and enthusiasm for something. In the book of James, the writer uses it in the context of effective prayer. Effectual is the producing of or being able to produce a desired effect.
Righteous means to be morally right or justifiable. To be virtuous. To act in accordance with Devine or moral law. To be righteous is to be right with our Father, God. Remember not to confuse righteous with self righteousness. If one is self righteous, it goes against the will of God. A pure and honest heart is a very crucial element of being righteous. Psalms 51 speaks about creating in me a clean heart, and renewing a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit away from me.
The definition of renew is to return to, begin again, restart, or recommence.
The word "availeth" is the Greek word "ischuo" from the root word "ischus." God's Word is its own context for study. Ischuo is used 28 times in the New Testament.
Acts 19:10 says that for two years the believers continued learning and speaking God's Word and that All of ASIA heard the Word. In Acts 19:20 the word of God grew in the lives of the believers until it prevailed. It had great effectiveness. People were healed and the adversary was conquered in their lives.
We who are righteous in Christ Jesus. We have God's Word and the spirit of God living within. When we pray for one another, our prayers have power. They are effective, and powerful and shall be done with all sincerity.
Who is your source of power? Below are a list of Bible verses. Please read through these Bible verses and go to God in prayer. We are able to ask God for the wisdom and knowledge of how He wants us to pray, as well as, what He wants us to pray for.
Psalm 107:28-30 Then they cried to the LORD in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were hushed. Then they were glad that the waters were quiet, and he brought them to their desired haven.
Matthew 7:7 "Ask, and it will be given to you, seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Matthew 21:22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."
Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
John 14:13-14 Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
Mark 9:29 And he said to them, "This kind cannot be driven out by anything but prayer."
James 5:14-16 If there is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayers of a righteous man has great power.


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The Mystery Cat
By T.S. Eliot
Illustrated by Arthur Robins
32 pp. Faber & Faber. Paper, $9.95. (Picture book; ages 4 to 8)
True to their subject matter, the dozen or so whimsical poems T.S. Eliot published in 1939 in "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" can never quite be counted out. He wrote them to amuse his godchildren, but by now they have slunk their way through the lives of countless children and adults alike. This month we are getting not just a Broadway revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber's seemingly deathless "Cats," which is based on the poems, but the first of a series of new editions of individual picture books featuring Eliot's feline characters, with illustrations by Arthur Robins. "Macavity" reintroduces perhaps the most adored of Eliot's cats, an elusive ginger-colored rascal — a "master criminal," in fact, who's "broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity."
It's rare that a poem not meant for a picture book translates so smoothly into the form, but "Macavity" does, coming in at the perfect length and with ample opportunity for illustrations to help build out the story. There's a refrain — after each dastardly deed we learn about, we're informed that "Macavity's not there!" — that makes it a good read-aloud. And the character himself is, of course, the kind of blithe rule-breaker children love hearing about. In fact his "crimes" resemble the kind of thing a kid could get in trouble for: He snatches the milk; he breaks the greenhouse glass. And "they say he cheats at cards."
Cats are inherently mysterious, of course, but anyone expecting Eliot's cats to suggest the moody depths of the rest of his poetry may be surprised to find not a lick of seriousness in "Macavity." The mystery the cat presents is of the broadly humorous "Call Scotland Yard!" variety, with bumbling mustachioed detectives and a criminal more nuisance than threat. There is no hint of the deeper enigma presented by, say, Dr. Seuss' Cat in the Hat, that equally entertaining, equally unknowable but much more profound creature who makes adults and children alike wonder, "What does he want with us?"
But if there is no philosophical or moral content to "Macavity," there is still some real delight to be found in Eliot's language, which is funny and elastic. Playing with the rhyming possibilities of his hero's name, he sneaks in big vocabulary words in a way that will make children curious about their meanings: "He's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity." There are lines likely to make adults reach for the proverbial dictionary, and possibly a few will even cringe at what we now call "cultural insensitivity": "His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare," we learn.
Arthur Robins, a British illustrator whose many credits include "My Granny Is a Pirate" and a wonderful version of "The Teeny Tiny Woman," gives Macavity a wide-faced, grinning demeanor. On a few pages we catch glimpses only of a tail. With their high-spirited, wavery lines and casual, splotchy color, his friendly illustrations call to mind Quentin Blake, but with perhaps a bit more innocence to them. Like Eliot's verses, they present a world of mischief and hilarity, where cats, true to their nature, lurk, but dark shadows do not.


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Open yourself to the peaceful and loving energy of your heart and be inspired to believe, speak and act from this wholesome vibration.
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Your sight is one of your most precious senses, allowing you to see all that life has to offer. Whether it is taking in the natural beauty of a gorgeous sunset, the exciting action of your favorite sport, or the sweet smiles of your family and loved ones, you count on your eyes to connect with it all. So it is especially important to be aware of the risks that threaten them. Your eyes and vision can be affected by a variety of diseases and other conditions. You can find out more about the most common ones here on the North Bay Blog. Twice a month I will be posting information about various problems that can affect your vision and eve health.
Starting today with the most common cause of vision loss and the main cause of blindness in the world for people over 40; Cataracts.
Cataracts begin small and slowly grow to blur your vision. Like you are looking through a cloudy glass. A cataract is a clouding of the eye's natural lens, which lies behind the iris and the pupil. The lens of the eye works much like a camera lens focusing light onto the retina at the back of the eye. The lens also adjusts the eye's focus, allowing us to see things clearly both up close and far away. The lens is mostly made of water and protein. The protein being arranged in a precise way that keeps the lens clear and allows light to pass through it. But, as we age, some of the protein may clump together and start to cloud a small area of the lens. This is a cataract and, over time, it may grow larger and cloud more of the lens making it harder to see.
As cataracts worsen you may notice some or all of these problems:
- Blurred vision that cannot be corrected with a change in your glasses prescription
- Ghost images or blurred vision in one or both eyes
- Glare from sunlight and artificial light including from oncoming headlights when driving at night
- Colors appear faded and less vibrant
It's hard to know for sure if cataracts can be prevented but it has been suggested that maintaining good nutrition (see my blog on Nutrition and Eye Health) may reduce your risk of cataracts. It has also been suggested that wearing protective sunglasses, when outdoors, that block 100% of the sun's UV rays, can reduce the risks of cataracts.
If you begin to experience or "see" these symptoms call for an appointment with one of our eye specialists at North Bay right away.
I hope this was helpful. Look for more information on various common eye diseases and eye health issues in the weeks and months ahead.