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Captor Capital Continues California Expansion
Company announces purchase agreement to buy fourth California dispensary
TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Captor Capital Corp. ("Captor" or the "Company") (CSE:CPTR; FRANKFURT:NMV; USOTC:NWURF) is pleased to announce that it has signed a purchase agreement for Higher Level of Care dispensary in Castroville, California. The purchase is conditional on the successful transfer of Higher Level's license to sell recreational cannabis. As a result of this purchase, Captor will own not only one of the area's most popular dispensaries, but also have the opportunity to apply for a coveted delivery license.
"We are extremely pleased to have signed the purchase agreement for Higher Level of Care in Castroville, which is in a very high traffic area, providing us with lots of room for growth," said Captor Capital CEO, John Zorbas. "Not only would this acquisition add to our dispensary footprint in the lucrative California market, it would also give us the opportunity to obtain another extremely valuable delivery license, which would combine with our CHAI delivery license to provide us with a huge delivery area."
The Higher Level dispensary is located in the high traffic area of Castroville, which is approximately 30 minutes south of Santa Cruz, where Captor's CHAI dispensary is located. With delivery licenses for both CHAI Santa Cruz and Higher Level Castroville, Captor would have the ability to deliver a wide variety of Cannabis products throughout Monterey County, which is not only home to almost 500,000 people, but is also one of the most visited tourist destinations in the United States.
Castroville is a hub for the tourist destinations of Monterey County, which include world famous wineries, huge festivals, and the breathtaking Big Sur coastline. Highways 1, 156, and 183 intersect in Castroville, with Highway 156 connecting to the 101. Highway 1 provides access from Monterey and Santa Cruz, while Highway 183 connects Castroville to Salinas.
Once the purchase of Higher Level Castroville is completed, Captor Capital will own a total of four California dispensaries licensed to sell both recreational and medicinal cannabis. The Higher Level location will join MedMen branded and managed locations in West Hollywood and Santa Ana and the CHAI dispensary in Santa Cruz.
Subject to the deal closing, the company will pay a total purchase price of US$2,875.000 to acquire Higher Level of Care, Castroville. Of the total purchase price, US$1,500,000 will be paid upon the closing of the deal, while the remaining US$1,375,000 shall be paid pursuant to a promissory note, which has been issued for a term of one year at an interest rate of 9 per cent compounded monthly. In addition, the Company will make a cash payment for the cannabis inventory owned by the company, which will be determined upon the closing of the deal.
About Captor Capital
Captor Capital Corp. is a Canadian firm focused on the cannabis sector listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, the OTC, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. A vertically integrated cannabis company, Captor provides recreational and medical marijuana based products to consumers via its leading brands and dispensary locations. Listed on the Canadian Securities Exchange, the OTCUSA, and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Captor owns and operates advanced growing facilities which produce consistent high quality contaminant free marijuana for its customers, as well as other high demand cannabis based goods for consumption. ?The company follows a strategy of acquiring cash flowing established companies and organizations with growth potential that require capital to scale. Captor currently has a number of revenue generating cannabis investments including two wholly owned branded MedMen dispensaries – the world famous West Hollywood location and the showpiece Orange County dispensary in Santa Ana. Captor Capital is currently looking at additional revenue generating investments in the cannabis space and will be updating the market in due course.
Gavin Davidson, Communications
Captor Capital Corp.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains or refers to forward-looking information, and is based on current expectations that involve a number of business risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement include, but are not limited to availability of investment opportunities, economic circumstances, market fluctuations and uncertainties, uncertainties relating to the availability and costs of financing needed in the future, changes in equity markets, inflation, changes in exchange rates, and the other risks involved in the investment industry and junior capital markets. Forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof and the Company assumes no responsibility to update them or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances other than as required by law.


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Miotke tells her story to help save lives
When a Salem high school student committed suicide this winter, the first reaction for many was to not talk about it. Not for Bree Miotke.
Bree, a South Salem High School student, spoke in front of classes and at events.
She could imagine what that student might have been going through, because she had been there. Bree attempted suicide three times.
Help for her came from many places, including home, school and the Boys & Girls Club.
"I realized my potential and stepped out of my self-pity," she wrote in an essay explaining what the Boys & Girls club means to her. "I stopped hating myself."
Bree is preparing to share her story on a bigger stage. She will represent the Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties next month in the state Youth of the Year competition.
Bree was chosen from among four candidates by a panel of judges. I was honored to be among them. The other judges were Bruce Anderson, community affairs manager for Northwest Natural; Erica Jauregui, who works for the state; and Marrianne McKay, co-owner of the downtown boutique Olive. Jauregui represented the local club back in 1995 — when she was 14 — and advanced to nationals.
We were asked to judge each candidate on leadership qualities and service exhibited through home and family, moral character, community, school, the club, life goals, obstacles overcome, essays, poise and public speaking. We read their essays. We met with them for one-on-on interviews. We listened to their speeches.
Although we judges eventually chose Bree, the other three candidates were equally impressive.
Brandi described herself as quiet and contemplative. She quoted T.S. Eliot in her essay and focused on how the Boys & Girls Club and her church have brought her out of her shell. She wants to be a nurse, like her older sister.
Jessica revealed a heartbreaking childhood, having to get herself ready for school from the time she was just 5 because her mom used drugs and was in and out of jail. The Boys & Girls Club was a safe haven for her. She wants to be a psychologist.
Nick admitted how hard it was for him when his dad went to prison, and how he had to learn to do things on his own. But the Boys & Girls Club gave him the tools to succeed. He wants to be an elementary school teacher.
All four candidates had been involved with the club since they were youngsters. They are friends, which you notice right away by the high-fives between their speeches.
"They're all going to have opportunities to get up in front of people and tell their story," said Jessica Otjen of the Boys & Girls Club.
As Bree prepares for the state Youth of the Year competition, which is April 10-11 in Portland, she is eager to share what she has overcome in hopes of helping other teens. Today she has a 3.54 GPA and is involved in National Honor Society and choir.
She was diagnosed with clinical depression in sixth grade, when she attempted suicide the first time.
"Everything felt dull. I was just so sad," she wrote in her essay. "I was tired of hurting for no apparent reason, and I could think of only way to end the pain."
The day after coming home from the hospital, she filled out paperwork for a job as an administrative assistant at Boys & Girls Club.
"Everything got brighter," she wrote. "What would seem like boring desk work to most people gave me reason to carry on.
"If it weren't for the Boys & Girls Club, the staff always pushing me on, despite my extreme lows, I doubt I would be alive."
The other club in her life is Chain Reaction at South Salem. Its mission it to help put an end to teen suicide, depression and bullying by performing random acts of kindness, such as sitting with a student alone at lunch.
Bree's goal is to use her experiences to encourage others to overcome their obstacles.
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Youth of the Year
Bree Miotke is the 2014 Youth of the Year for the Boys & Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties. She will compete in the state competition April 10-11, with a $1,000 scholarship up for a grabs and a chance to compete at regionals. Five regional winners will each receive a $10,000 scholarship and advance to the national level. The national Youth of the Year receives an additional $50,000 scholarship and is installed by the President of the United States.

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Encyclopedia - Spandau Gun
The Spandau Gun - otherwise known as the Maxim LMG 08/15 and nicknamed "the Devil's paint brush' - was deployed by the German air service as a replacement for the Parabellum Gun. The latter had not proved suitable for use with new Interrupter Gear, a device which enabled (initially German) pilots to forward fire machine guns through the aircraft's propeller blades.
Weighing 12kg - somewhat heavier than the Parabellum - the Spandau Gun, which was so misnamed by the Allies because it was exclusively produced at the German Spandau arsenal (and was a modified form of the widespread infantry MG08) - had a theoretical cyclic firing rate of 500 7.92mm rounds per minute. Production of the gun increased rapidly throughout 1916 with some 23,000 produced by the armistice.
Key modifications over the Parabellum saw the removal of the stock, pistol grip and rear sight. The gun's water jacket was perforated to facilitate air cooling; however later wartime models featured a purpose-designed air-cooling jacket.
In order to allow the pilot to fly the aircraft with one hand while operating the gun with the other, the cocking and reloading device (the 'Klingstrom') was incorporated onto the right side of the weapon. Fed via a 550-round fabric belt a counter was attached to the rear of the gun so that the pilot was made aware of the status of ammunition supplies.
By 1918 German pilots flew with two Spandau guns in place on each aircraft.
Battle Police were military policemen deployed behind an attack to intercept stragglers.
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Butterfly Earrings with Rubies and DiamondsItem# 470-00035
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These easy to wear, unique butterfly earrings are composed of .78 carats of round brilliants, which surround .51 carats of oval-cut rubies. The delicacy and vibrancy of the butterfly is further enhanced with hand-painted iridescent red enamel.
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This past week, I've been eating healthy {most of the time}.
Below are some of my good eats from the past week:
|Breakfast: Hard boiled egg, turkey sausage and raspberries.
|Snack: Yellow and red bell peppers.
|Dinner: Turkey sausage, asparagus, yellow pepper and onions with rice.
|Dinner: Portabella mushroom pizza with diced peppers and fresh basil.
|Dinner: Tortellini with diced tomatoes, garlic and fresh basil.
|*Splurge* Old fashioned oats, peanut butter and chocolate chips.
Readers, what are some of the good things on your plate this week?


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Hi! I'm Gary Burger at Burger Law, here to talk about uninsured motorist coverage. So, if the negligence of another driver injures you or a member of your family and they do not have insurance, you have insurance for your own policy called uninsured motorist coverage. It's required by law in all 50 states. In Missouri and in Illinois, it's $25,000 minimum.
So, if someone hits you and you're not insured, you have a claim against your own insurance company for uninsured motorist coverage and you treat that as if it was the other side's insurance company. You go to the doctor; you get your medical care; you continue to treat; you have damages for your medical expenses, damages for your wage loss, damages for any disability you have, any scar you have, damages for your pain and suffering. And, you make that claim against your own insurance company. And many times the property damage adjuster is different than the adjuster for an uninsured claim. So, if the other side doesn't have insurance, you want to make sure you advise your insurance company about that and you tell them you have that you have an uninsured claim.
We have many uninsured claims because sometimes unfortunately insurance companies are a best source of business. They don't pay you. They don't pay you fairly. They want to pay you 50%, 60% of your damages rather than the 100% that I insist on getting for my clients, or they will discount some of your damages, or they'll say you delayed in treatment too long, or any one of a myriad of things.
So, just because you have an uninsured claim, that doesn't make it any less of a claim. It doesn't change your damages or doesn't change your suffering or what you're going through, so make sure you're as vigilant and zealous about your uninsured claim as your regular claim, and you will provide them the proof of your wage loss, the medical damages, all those other things to make sure that you advise them all your damages.
When we take uninsured claims, we're very aggressive with them. We make sure we get maximum recovery. We file suits against the insurance company. We sue them, and then the defendant at trial is the insurance company and not the insured, and if you've been paying premiums to an insurance company for a long time, you ought to get fully compensated when you eventually have a claim.
Thank you. If you have any questions, contact the personal injury lawyers at 314 542 2222 or www.burgerlaw.com. Thanks.


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Jan 20, 2018 (Past event)
What does a town of 3,000 do with "gently used" Christmas trees? We throw a party with a bonfire of course! Spontaneous Combustion is a community celebration, which features a bonfire and fireworks, as well as beverage and chili sales to benefit the Summit Nordic Ski Club, which has been providing access to Nordic skiing for Summit County's youth for nearly 50 years. Outer Range Brewing Co. will also be on hand selling their highly lauded local beer.
Saturday, January 20, 2018
- Bonfire 6:00pm
- Fireworks at 8:00pm
At the corner of Marina Road and Summit Boulevard/Highway 9 in Frisco
How We Fuel the Bonfire
Frisco's Spontaneous Combustion Community Bonfire is fueled by recycled Christmas Trees in the B1 Parking Lot at the entrance Frisco Bay Marina at the intersection of Marina Rd. and Summit Boulevard (map). Through January 20, 2018 at 4:00 pm, the Town of Frisco is accepting Christmas trees to fuel the Spontaneous Combustion bonfire. Trees must be stripped of all lights, tinsel, garland, tree stands and decorations prior to drop off at the Frisco Bay Marina dirt lot at the corner of Summit Boulevard/Highway 9 and Marina Road. Only real trees will be accepted, and no other materials will be accepted including, but not limited to building supplies and packaging. The tree drop off is open 24 hours a day.
For further information about dropping off a Christmas tree or the Spontaneous Combustion Bonfire, please contact Nora Gilbertson at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 970-668-9132.


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My creative process isn't always planned-out in advance. Sometimes I have a photo in mind that I was to highlight in a project, which in many cases, I don't know what that project will be. Could be a decorated canvas, a tin box, a wood object or…well, let's just say I have a LOT of options for embellishing things.
This project was purely to start to use my stash of junk. And I use the word "junk" in a loving way, as much of what I love about alter-art is all the doodads you slap together and make something unexpected. My favorite inspirations are the creating dolls or human forms out of random found objects (like tin boxes, eating utensils, screws and whatever else they found) or the steampunk projects. Just love those.
I'm super new to alternative art and found art. I've been doing scrapbooking for over 15 years however that was really just sticking to paper and the fairly standard Michaels supplies. Don't get me wrong, as I did make shaker boxes and mosaics out of photos, created new die cuts and really did some creative things (that I am super proud of) but I only recently started playing with water color mediums for created new custom background pages. Once I started using my old art supplies, this is when things really started to bloom.
This project was put together to see how everything glued together and how to really work with the various glues and the newer "toys" that I had been slowly collecting in order to do more of the altered boxes. Years ago, a friend gave me a ton of matt board (I bought a bunch on sale for like ten cents each small piece and had piles of that stuff for years) so I've been trying to use that up before really going to town on the canvas. It's cheaper to play with this board and if I screw up, it's not hard for me to chuck it without thinking I just wasted $3 or more on it.
What I've been doing lately is grabbing random elements and objects, then a "base" (whether it's a canvas, cardstock, board, or whatever), and then I just start moving the objects around on the base to see what fits and looks interesting to me. The objects I find I try to look for possibly similar colors (or the ability to color them the same way) and shapes that can be layered or placed next to each other easily. I also look at my paint stash to see what haven't I used in a while, what is super old and needs to be used ASAP. One of the big things I've been noticing is some of my paints and inks are drying up and many, I have NEVER used. I hate that. So, I am really going out of my way to use up this stuff.
This project, I had some laser cut wooden dies (words and gears), a game spinner, some floral pics (I bought a crapton of them on sale at Michaels), some cogs, arrow and gears (small ones are Tim Holtz, the large one was a find at a flea market in Chicago), a weird plastic clock face (Dollar Tree), a jewelry element of a clock face with wings (7gypsies) and some keys (Tim Holtz). Dylusion inks (Ranger) were something I can bought on sale and they had been sitting in my art tote forever. I was determined to use the orange and red as much as possible and to experiment with all the gesso that I have. I wasn't sure at the time, if spraying Dylusions would look ok on the wood die cuts or if I needed to put gesso down beforehand. This was my big experimental project.
First thing I did was put down gesso on the board and most of the elements I was planning on using. I dried the board with a heat gun lightly to help speed up the process.
I laid down my "Gears" stencil (Tim Holtz) and began spreading more gesso across the stencil (drying in between as well) until I got what I liked.
When everything was dry, I started spraying the Dylusions inks across the board and the gessoed elements, blending the colors (Orange and Red). After everything dried, I ended up layering more gesso through the Gear stencil, and then, sprayed across it again for color blending (and that was wet ink and wet gesso). I used the excess gesso and ink on a blank piece of matboard as I didn't want to waste the materials. I put that aside to use for a future project.
I had some Inka Gold, Hematite, that I started using on the edges of some of the wooden elements to make them pop and wiped some of it across the faces of them as well.
As I was shuffling objects around, I realized that I would need to add some posts to the gear in order to lift is from the matboard and allow me to slide other objects under it as well. I had these little wooden squares that I glued together and used as posts.
Then I just started assembling everything together. I punched several holes for the keyhole I had (Tim Holtz). I found some decorative brads to attach it to the board. For the 7gypsies winged clock, I used some of my flowers to tie it down through the holes.
I used a glue gun to attach the majority of the objects, but later (after this shot) a few of the elements fell off, so Gorilla Glue was used (any sort of metal element needed some hefty glue to keep it down.
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lemon drops
- 1 cup butter
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest juice from half a lemon
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Preheat oven to 375 F. Beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk, sour cream, lemon juice, and vanilla.
- Sift together flour, lemon zest, and salt. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture.
- Fill cookie press with dough, then form circular cookies on ungreased cookie sheets. Lightly brush oil on rubber stamp, imprint onto pressed cookies. Reapply oil onto stamp after 3-4 cookies.
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Spoke Art & Vintage Bike Show
The third annual Spoke Art & Vintage Bike show will take place at the Fremont Center for the Arts in downtown Cañon City. Please join us for the opening reception for the art show on Friday, September 6th, or peruse the artwork during the month of September.
Call for Artists / Collectors
Call for artists/ collectors: If you have artwork that is inspired by biking or Royal Gorge Region, we'd like to welcome you to submit a work to the show. Photographs, paintings, sculptures, mixed-media, pastels, and many other types of artwork will be happily accepted. We would also like to invite vintage bike collectors to display their cycles! Cost is $20 per submission for FCA members and $25 for non-members.
Please submit the prospectus by August 23rd in order to be considered for the show. Artwork will be displayed from September 6 - September 28th.


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Ben Gordon recently spoke with Jorge Sierra of HoopsHype:
There's not much buzz about the Pistons despite having you and Charlie Villanueva on board now. How do you feel about that?
BG: It's very clear that the position in which Detroit now is a rebuilding stage. If you look at the team all the way back to 2004, when they won the championship, every year since the team has been competitive. Last season, they took a dip. Joe Dumars realized there were some changes that needed to be made. He kept some of the guys of the team that helped win the championship, but all the while it was time to get some new blood and get ready for another run. It's only right and natural that we're under the radar right now cause we've got to prove ourselves and establish ourselves. It's not going to happen in one year, like I said. This is something that we're trying to build over the next few years.
Do you expect your role to be similar to the one you had in Chicago? Got any idea if you're going to start or come off the bench?
BG: A lot of that comes from the coach. I learned that early. It's going to be the coach's decision at the end of the day. I've been on teams where I led the team on scoring, but I was coming off the bench. I've been on teams where I started. It's just whatever makes the team better and the coach feels is more helpful for the team. In Detroit, what I'm expecting is to show my overall game a little bit more. Not just be somebody who can score, but also one who can make plays for his teammates and make them better. That's something I'm looking forward to.
Also, LeBron James isn't the only NBA player starring in a documentary about his life -- the interview reveals that Gordon is in the midst of shooting one, as well.
They have been shooting a documentary about your life. How did that come up?
BG: It was one of my good friends that I grew up with. He came up with that idea, that we did a documentary. Especially this past season, it was such a big year for me that you kind of wanted to capture that and show what it's like for a player going into a contract year and then making the transition to a new team. I think is going pretty good so far.
Do you feel comfortable around the cameras?
BG: I feel more comfortable because I'm doing it with one of my childhood friends. Working with him on this makes the whole thing easier for me. Other than that, I don't want my life to be put in front of the cameras. But with him, it's easy.


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Conceptual Modeling: Foundations and Applications -- Essays in Honor of John Mylopoulos. Volume 5600 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 2009.
The goal of data integration is to provide a uniform access to a set of heterogeneous data sources, freeing the user from the knowledge about where the data are, how they are stored, and how they can be accessed. One of the outcomes of the research work carried out on data integration in the last years is a clear architecture, comprising a global schema, the source schema, and the mapping between the source and the global schema. Although in many research works and commercial tools the global schema is simply a data structure integrating the data at the sources, we argue that the global schema should represent, instead, the conceptual model of the domain. However, to fully pursue such an approach, several challenging issues are to be addressed. The main goal of this paper is to analyze one of them, namely, how to express the conceptual model representing the global schema. We start our analysis with the case where such a schema is expressed in terms of a UML class diagram, and we end up with a proposal of a particular Description Logic, called DL-LiteA,id . We show that the data integration framework based on such a logic has several interesting properties, including the fact that both reasoning at design time, and answering queries at run time can be done efficiently.
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Etna Voragine - the plume of August 8th / morning, illuminated by the rising sun - photo Boris Behncke
Since August 6, the webcam of the Observatorio Meteorologico Nunziata di Mascali shows an incandescent Voragine of Etna. On 7 and 8 August, night glow and a visible plume rise are still observed.
A minor eruptive activity is beginning on August 8 to the Voragine crater of Etna, according to Boris Behncke.
The tremor signal shows no significant changes.
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Etna - glow in the Voragine 07/08/2016 - Webcam of the Observatorio Meteorologico Nunziata di Mascali
The Dukono presented an eruption this Sunday, August 7, accompanied by an ash plume rising 800 meters, depending on the BNPB.
Following the activity of Dukono, the Aviation Indonesian authorities have decided to close the airport Malamo Gamar, Galela, in the North Moluccas this Monday, August 8 at 10:30 CET until Tuesday, August 9 at 11 am CET.
Note that the Gamalama was the seat of explosions on August 3; ash have forced the temporary closure of Ternate airport.
Sources: DPDT Kab Blitar - link
In Sumatra, the explosions are occurring at an almost daily rate in Sinabung, where the dome continues to growth.
The PVMBG has communicated an explosion on 7 August at 12:49 and on 8th at 11:03 local time; they were accompanied by ash plume amount to 2,000 and 1,600 meters respectively above the summit.
Source: PVMBG
The instability that marks the hydrothermal system of Nevados de Chillan since early August continued with ash emissions yesterday, August 7th.
Source: webcam and earthquake SERNAGEOMIN
Guatemala's Santiaguito is still in activity. This August 8 morning, the Caliente dome had a degassing, accompanied by a white plume rising to 3,000 meters asl. without explosion. Light ash fall are reported on San Marcos Palajunoj, Loma Linda El Palmar and Quetzaltenango.
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Do I really need a letter of support by a TU Professor?
Yes, applications without the required letter of support will not be considered.
Can I apply if I am an Assistant or Associate Professor?
Yes, IPODI is open to all female researches fulfilling the eligibility criteria.
How many IPODI fellowships are available?
The sixth call for applications offers four fellowships.
In case my proposal is rejected, can I apply again?
Yes, it is possible to submit a revised proposal in the next selection round.
How many proposals can I submit?
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Skye + Kris planned for an intimate Oceanstone wedding, one of my favourite venues just outside of Halifax. After an emotional ceremony, the two decided to visit the iconic Peggy's Cove for a few photos, and much to our surprise, we ended up having the entire place to ourselves! Never in my years of being a wedding photographer have I been to Peggy's Cove, especially on a Saturday, to find it completely empty. It was such a treat to let Skye + Kris explore the rocks alone.
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" This is one of my favorite Bon Appetit recipes of all-time. I make it every summer — the lamb fat seeps into the pita (in a GOOD way) so it gets extra tasty. Also, so easy. Love love love. Careypolis Brooklyn 10/31/17".
Thank you Careypolis for your ringing endorsement. I could not agree with you more. I came across this recipe, which Bon Appetit first published in 2014, quite by accident. Its author, Anissa Helou, lives in London where she writes, teaches and cooks the food of her native Lebanon and the Middle East. It's safe to say she knows a lot about lamb. And this recipe certainly is a tour-de-force. The Bon Appetit description is as follows: "As the lamb cooks inside the pita, the fat will render into the bread, creating a crunchy, compact, vibrantly flavored meat pie that's unlike any burger you've ever had". I'd add this to any summer grilling repertoire in a heartbeat. And you don't even have to have a grill to make it.
For absolute recipe purists, I confess to having altered Ms. Halou's. I was starting with one pound of ground lamb, not the original 2 ½ lbs of lamb shoulder its author used. I didn't vary the ingredients and used every one. It was the quantities that I re-jiggered to compensate for my use of less lamb. Nevertheless, I wanted every bit of onion and parsley, and coriander and cumin are two of my favorite spices with lamb. So I didn't cut back using them. I ended up with an absolutely superb flavor. I also used a stove top grill both times I cooked them. I am sure that firing up the Weber will produce a glorious result as well. So please do add these to your next summer get-together. They need to chill an hour—or up to 8. And you can put the lamb into the pita an hour before you're going to cook them. I used enough lamb in each Pita to make a patty about 3/8 of an inch thick.
Alongside the Lamb Burgers, I served grape tomatoes, sliced in half and dressed in Balsamic Vinegar and Olive Oil, then showered with parsley. I also made Tzatziki, a great tart accompaniment to the burgers. In lieu of an exact recipe, here's what to do: Tzatziki an easy thing to put together: Peel a whole cucumber, dice it into bite sized pieces, then mix in a container of Greek yogurt. You can add a clove of finely minced garlic. (I use the microplane to mince the garlic.) The add dill or mint or even parsley. Salt the mixture and then taste.
Here is the recipe for the Burgers, adjusted to make 4-6 servings depending on how much lamb mixture you want to use in your Pitas.
Spicy Lamb Burgers from Anissa Helou
Full of flavor, these are an exceptional addition to summer grilling even if it's done on a stovetop.
- 1 pounds ground lamb, preferably shoulder
- 1 medium Vidalia onion, very finely chopped
- ¾ cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
- 1 tablespoon ground coriander
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon kosher salt
- 1½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1/8 cup olive oil, plus more for grilling
- 4 – 6 inch pita breads with pockets
- Step 1 Using a fork, mix lamb, onion, parsley, coriander, cumin, cinnamon, salt, pepper, and ¼ cup oil in a large bowl. Cover and chill at least 1 hour.
- Step 2 Prepare grill for medium heat and oil grate. Working one at a time, open each pita pocket by cutting along seam, halfway around perimeter. Spoon filling into pitas, spreading to edges. Close, pressing on filling to seal.
- Step 3 Grill pitas until filling is cooked through and bread is crisp, about 5 minutes per side.
- Step 4 DO AHEAD: Filling can be made 8 hours ahead. Keep chilled. Pita breads can be stuffed 1 hour ahead. Cover and chill.


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Hi friends!
We meet yet again! (Gosh patootin' yeah!)
So I've got another project to share with you. And once again, this bad boy uses some new products from My Favorite Things' July release. Can you handle it? I hope so. 😉
I went kinda crazy here, using a whole bunch of products from MFT's July release. (By the way, the release lands at MFT on July 8th.)
So let's keep it simple and give it to you in list form today:
* Confetti Background Stamp (to stamp on the circle)
* Pinking Edge Circle STAX Die-namics (to cut the circle)
* Bring on the Cake Die-namics (to create the cake)
* Delicious Birthday stamp set (to the stamp the sentiment)
* Happy Birthday Background stamp (to stamp the text on the black paper)
Whew. That was a lot stuff, but GOSH… I had fun!
So that is what I have today. Be sure to hit the MFT blog to see who else from the DT is sharing projects today.
And thanks for stopping by, guys! You are the best!


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Understanding PTSD flashbacks and triggers
PTSD is essentially a memory filing error caused by a traumatic event. When you experience something really traumatic such as a physical attack, burglary, miscarriage, or car accident, your body suspends 'normal operations' and temporarily shuts down some bodily functions such as memory processing.
During trauma, your brain thinks 'processing and understanding what is going on right now is not important! Getting your legs ready to run, your heart rate up, and your arms ready to fight this danger is what's important right now, I'll get back to the processing later.'
As such, until the danger passes, the mind does not produce a memory for this traumatic event in the normal way. When your brain eventually goes back to try to process the trauma, the mind presents the situation as a memory for filing, but as it 'does not exist' in your memory yet, it sees it as a situation in the current timeline, and so it can be very distressing.
The distress comes from the fact that the brain is unable to recognise this as a 'memory' as it hasn't been processed as one. As such, the facts of what happened, the emotions associated with the trauma and the sensations touch, taste, sound, vision, movement, and smell can be presented by the mind in the form of flashbacks – as if they are happening right now..
You probably have experienced your senses being attached to your memories before: the smell mulled wine can bring back memories of a great Christmas party,, or a song can remind you of a great night out you once had. Most people have so-called flashbulb memories of where they were and what they were doing when something momentous happened: When Princess Diana died, when they heard about the events of 9/11 etc – so it's clear that a memory is an all encompassing event, and a traumatic memory is no different.
Today, you are reading this page. What if I said 'tomorrow, I shall ask you to recall the memory of being on this website, and reading this page'. When you came to recall it, you would (consciously and unconsciously) recollect the whole event – not just the reading. You would perhaps be able to tell me where you were sitting, who you were with, that the tv was on in the background, that you were wearing your pyjamas, that you could smell your soup cooking in the kitchen, that you would hear your neighbours dog barking etc. The memory of 'simply reading a website' would contain lots of smaller details, all related to that event.
Now imagine if reading the website was a trauma which caused PTSD. The next time you smelt soup cooking, or heard your neighbours dog barking, your mind would go to find a memory associated with those things (much like smelling suncream evokes memories of a great holiday), and the first thing it might come across is the unfiled event (the trauma) which it serves to you – but as this hasn't been filed as a memory, it assumes it is a real life event happening now: it can't distinguish between the two. So in your mind, you are right there, reading the website, hearing the TV in the background, and wearing your pyjamas. This isn't something you can 'snap out of' – your mind has presented this to you as fact, and a real situation you are in now – and so you're reliving that trauma over and over again.
Because of this, PTSD sufferers can have many 'triggers' – sounds, smells, tastes, things you see, emotions you feel etc can all bring back the trauma, presented as real life – a flashback.
In order to combat and reduce flashbacks, it's important to understand your triggers.
Triggering flashbacks
A trigger can be anything—a person, place, thing, or situation—that reminds you of the trauma. For some people, it's easy to identify their triggers (for example, a person involved in a car accident may be triggered simply by being in a car, a burglary victim may be triggered by hearing breaking glass, a military veteran might be triggered by loud noises that sound like gunfire). Other triggers may take some time to identify and understand. For example, maybe a song was playing during your trauma, and now that song or even others in the same genre of music are triggers; an assault victim may be triggered by the smell of alcohol if their attacker had been drinking etc.
It's important to understand too that emotions, internal feelings and sensations can also trigger PTSD symptoms.
Identifying your triggers
As looking at your triggers may be upsetting (and potentially start a flashback) where possible, it's best to look at listing your triggers with a loved one. Try to write a list of triggers that have previously led to flashbacks one by one. If you're then aware of them, it will allow you (until you have had treatment) to take steps to avoid or minimise them.
Flashbacks are a difficult part of PTSD, but knowing when they may happen, and what helped (or didn't help) during and after than are key.
To understand more about the science behind PTSD, and why it causes flashbacks, read our science of PTSD information.
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Your Participation Matters
There is something for everyone to get involved in at YWCA Greater Lafayette. Every programs works together to further our mission to eliminate racism and empower women. Choose YWCA programs and you make a difference in the lives of women and girls in our community.
From attending an event to participating in a recreational program, every dollar raised through programming and events goes back into the community.
- Funds raised help operate our Susan Lisack Center for survivors of domestic violence.
- Funds raised pay for mammograms, cervical cancer screens, and treatment for uninsured and under-insured women.
- Funds raised help low income families afford child care during school breaks through scholarships to our Fall, Winter and Summer Break Youth Day Camps.
Attend an Event
YWCA events throughout the year benefit the organization and help raise awareness and money to fund the vital work we do for women and girls in our community. Attend an event and get involved in our mission.
Register for a Program
Did you know choosing Y-Dance or Performance Point for your child's recreational and competitive activities helps combat domestic violence and encourage early cancer detection for low income women?
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Further evidence that the fight over health care reform is more of a referendum on Obama, and not really about health care. CNBC did another poll asking people for their opinion of health care reform, but they did something interesting. "In CNBC's third-quarter All-America Economic Survey, we asked half of the 812 poll respondents if they support Obamacare and the other half if they support the Affordable Care Act."
And here is where it gets ironic. 46% of the respondents oppose Obamacare, while 37% oppose the ACA. Even though they are exactly the same thing. Likewise, 26% support Obamacare, but only 22% support the ACA.
Gender and partisanship are responsible for the differences. Men, independents and Republicans are more negative on Obamacare than ACA. Young people, Democrats, nonwhites and women are more positive on Obamacare.
Another factor is that 30% don't even know what the ACA is, while fewer people — only 12% — say they don't know about Obamacare.
Polls done in the past show that when asked about the separate provisions of the ACA, people are more supportive than if they are asked about the reform bill itself.
It seems like many people have no clue about health care reform, they are just expressing their opinion about Obama (both positive and negative). Even so, recent polls show that Americans are opposed to defunding Obamacare/ACA, especially if it means shutting down the government. According to one Republican pollster, Americans seem to be saying (whether they support it or not) "It's the law of the land. Let's give it a try."


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With only one chance to live
why not smile and believe
that something extraordinary
could happen.
Why not forget the worries
and forget the pain
and focus only on the spring breez.
Why not stop waiting
for a reason to make us smile,
why not smile even when it is raining.
We only live once
to make our dreams come true
so let it be with a smile
and not with a frown.
With only one chance to live


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Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine that originated in ancient China. It is the practice of inserting thin needles along the body's meridians (energy vessels or acupoints) to relieve tension and help treat arthritis, headaches, asthma, carpal tunnel syndrome and other ailments.
Learning Acupuncture in Toronto
Acupuncture regulation in Canada indicates that health care practitioners must be trained in acupuncture in order to practice it as a complement to their own professional training.
In Canada, standards for training are set by the regulatory bodies for each health care profession.
Anyone interested in a career in acupuncture can enroll in an acupuncture course offered by a College of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). There are many accredited acupuncture colleges in Toronto that offer full-time and part-time courses in acupuncture.
Certificate And Diploma Programs In Acupuncture – Toronto
Through the certificate program offered by TCM colleges/institutes, regulated health care professionals can learn acupuncture in Toronto as an adjunct therapy to their primary method of treatment.
Healthcare professionals like naturopaths, podiatrists, nurses, physicians, chiropodists, etc., can learn acupuncture in Toronto.
To become a registered acupuncturist in the province of Ontario, you need to have a diploma in acupuncture. A diploma can be completed in 2 years full-time or 3 years part-time.
Reasons to Learn Acupuncture In Toronto
Quality Education: Toronto is a major Canadian city and also the capital of the province of Ontario. Colleges of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in Toronto are some of the best in the whole of North America.
When you learn acupuncture in Toronto, you will be trained by faculty with a lot of clinical experience.
Ongoing Support: Some of the TCM colleges in Toronto even offer loans or grants under student assistance programs. Your instructors guide you throughout your career as an acupuncturist.
Flexibility: Most of the colleges offer courses with flexible schedules. They also have onsite teaching clinics to serve the local community; students can gain a lot of practical experience here.
Clinical Training And Advanced Learning: Toronto colleges incorporate practical training into their curriculum. Some of the acupuncture colleges in Toronto offer affordable internships in China so that students get greater clinical experience.
Broadens Your Horizons: Toronto attracts a lot of international students too that you can interact with. You can learn other Chinese techniques like moxibustion, Chinese herbalism and Tuina while learning acupuncture.
The Future of Acupuncture in Ontario
As acupuncture and Chinese medicine become more and more commonly used in the treatment of many health concerns, there are more opportunities to collaborate and connect with professionals in other areas of health and medicine.
A lot of medical practitioners and healthcare professionals are offering acupuncture as alternative therapy to their patients. By using acupuncture, patients can avoid using addictive painkillers.
The future is bright for anyone wanting to learn acupuncture in Toronto.


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Ex-Barclays Cartel member told "life isn't fair" as he was shown the door, court hears
A former Barclays trader was told "life isn't fair" shortly before being fired, a court heard today.
Chris Ashton was disciplined by the bank in April last year. He was previously a member of "The Cartel", a chat room used by senior traders at a number of banks to share information in a bid to shift currency benchmarks in their favour.
Barclays claimed Ashton flouted its code of conduct by using offensive language and sharing confidential information.
However, Ashton has argued that his firing was unfair, that he had blown the whistle on the improper use of chat rooms by traders and that he was made a scapegoat so the bank could pacify watchdogs.
Read more: Barclays chief warns of UK digital deficit
The ex-Barclays banker argued during his April disciplinary hearing that it was not fair to apply the standards which had resulted from the rate-fixing scandal being made public to his actions which had taken place long before.
According to Bloomberg, Ashton told the court that Justin Bull, the bank's former chief operating officer, "leaned forward, spread his arms and said 'Well, life isn't fair'".
Ashton added: "I found it not only unfair, but entirely unreasonable and deeply offensive."
Read more: Six UK banks downgraded by S&P over Brexit concerns
The ex-Barclay's employee was promoted in October 2013, a year after he alerted his employer as to how the chat rooms were being abused and four months after the rate-fixing scandal had broken more widely to the public.
Ashton claimed his promotion gave the bank a way to "pin the blame" on him for the scandal.
A statement from Barclays read: "Barclays does not comment on matters which are subject to on-going litigation except to confirm that we will be vigorously defending this case."


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Disney princesses are everywhere, and the toy aisle is super saturated with their altered visages. (I'm not including Anna & Elsa in this group – they've yet to go through the princess machine.)
Meanwhile, lurking in a straight to DVD purgatory are the Disney Fairies. Why? I just don't get it. The Tinker Bell movies are great, and I've long been arguing that Tinker Bell, with her "tinkering" talent, teaches kids that it's cool to be an engineer. And now with the introduction of Zarina, a/k/a "The Pirate Fairy," it feels like we're actually getting closer to STEM talent fairies.
The Tinker Bell movies take place in the world of "Peter Pan" – the fairies are denizens of Neverland, and reside in Pixie Hollow. Each fairy has their own "talent" that helps keep things moving along in Pixie Hollow, as well as the rest of the world. In other words, they a) have JOBS and b) have to work together to make things happen, like, the seasons that we mortals on the "Mainland" count on. In the middle of Pixie Hollow is the Pixie Dust Tree, from which, you guessed it, flows the pixie dust that the fairies rely on for everything. And, as we learned in Tinker Bell and The Lost Treasure, the tree needs an infusion of blue pixie dust to keep pumping out the glitter. Blue pixie dust is serious business and extremely potent. You don't mess with it.
Zarina (voice of Christina Hendricks) is a dust-keeper fairy with an insatiable curiosity about how pixie dust works, and spends her days experimenting with her own rations of dust trying to change its composition. Questioning authority gets her into trouble, and she runs away from Pixie Hollow to join forces with… gulp… pirates. (Fairies HATE pirates.) After Zarina steals the supply of precious blue pixie dust, Tinker Bell (voice of Mae Whitman) and her friends set off to find her, and end up head-to-head against a band of pirates led by a cabin boy named James (voice of Tom Hiddleston), who eventually turns into the Captain Hook we're all familiar with.
The movie has plenty of nice nods and tie-ins to the original Peter Pan. Tom Hiddleston is fabulous as young Hook, and does justice to Hans Conried, the original voice of that old Codfish. And we're even treated to the origin story of the Tick-Tock Crocodile. Plus, Zarina, declaring that her new talent is Alchemy, becomes a great jumping off point for teaching kids about basic laboratory techniques, theory, and experimental method in general.
I'd love to see the Disney fairies get more recognition. When we go to Disneyland, cast members always make sure to greet little girls with a hearty, "Hello Princess!" (Which, as an aside, kind of drives me nuts, because if they are princesses, then cast members should be referring to them as "your majesty.") I'd rather be a pixie than a princess. Especially when the pixies are working hard, changing the world, and being sassy.
The Pirate Fairy comes to Blu-ray/DVD on April 1st.


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Pit Bracelet 0616 and the Six Degrees of Springsteen Separation
On Tuesday, after Bruce Springsteen's birthday gig in the swamps of Jersey, A.M. Saddler, one of the photographers at the concert, went on a search. An internet search no less, equipped with a photograph, words, and over 1000 twitter followers.
His quest was to locate a woman who was stage left that night, wearing red nail polish, a pink pit wristband with the number 0616, and more importantly was holding Bruce's hand during the opening song; "Out In the Street." Would the vagabond performance photographer be successful? How long would this quest take? How may retweets would it require? Does the six degrees of separation exist in the twitterverse?
Happily in under 24 hours, through the help of twitter, the E Street Nation, Facebook and message board posts, the woman with the red nail polish was found. As the story goes, Janice Ball, who was number 0669 on that fateful day in Jersey, located the person wearing pit bracelet 0619, who in turn knew number 0616; the women with the red polish.
The lucky woman with the beautifully manicured fingernails now has a wonderful memento of Bruce's 63rd Birthday Party in Jersey. As she explained in her email to A.M. Saddler:
Someone had emailed me an hour or so ago saying a photographer had a picture of Bruce holding my hand and was looking for me, and I had a great laugh, thinking it was a joke because my facebook status said my hand was in a lot of pictures with Bruce, but none of the hand hold or anything else. And then she sends me the link, and literally I started screaming the minute I saw your photo. The rubber bracelet you mentioned was one given to me Friday night by a friend, it says Wrecking Ball Tour 2012. I tossed it on with the rest of my black bracelets ;-) Below is a picture of what I was wearing on my wrist that night – including the coveted wristband! – so you know I'm not pulling your leg. I've seen Bruce over 60 times since 1980, and while my #1 bucket list item is to have my picture taken with him, this is going to be as good as it gets – and it's DAMN good!!!
YOU HAVE MADE MY DAY. No – scratch that, it's so much more – this is AMAZING, I am feeling everything you wrote about, this is one hell of a keepsake of a moment that made my knees go weak, and I am so happy and thankful you reached out to the Bruce community to find me. I swear I am just about speechless….
xxxxx- aka "#0616″
Having been in that position, Night 1 at Metlife (ok I admit, I had my hands on Bruce's thigh, my friend Joy was holding hands with The Boss) I know having picture proof of the hand holding would make me smile, post the picture on every social network site I subscribe too, write a blog post about it, and make the remembrance of that day even more special. Kudos to A.M. Saddler for putting that smile on a women with beautifully manicured fingernails, and letting those of us on Twitter join in the search.


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Vostok-Europe is the official watch of the SSN-571 Submarine Alumni Association. The 571 is the hull number of the world's first Nuclear powered submarine and the first submarine to complete a submerged transit of the North Pole on August 3, 1958. The watch was designed and executed in cooperation with the Alumni members and is also intended to honor all veterans of the US Submarine Service. This striking new line is based on the style known and "Atomic Punk" to capture the spirit of the era and the connection to the use of nuclear power. The second watch to utilize stand-up tritium tubes, this constant illumination technology is an essential element to the watches design. All watches in this collection are true, professional-grade dive watches as they are 200-meter water resistant or more and have a uni-directional rotating bezel. The case design is unlike any other Vostok-Europe to come before. It has a rugged look with a multi-level dial and aggressive lugs befitting the watch's inspiration. The caseback is a 3D relief of an early prototype of the 571 and honors the veterans of the submarine service. This is truly a "must-own" watch from Vostok-Europe. The watch comes with two straps -- leather and silicon -- and comes in Pelican dry box.
Limited edition: 3000
Movement: Automatic Seiko NH35A
Case: Stainless steel, diameter: 46 mm
Water Resistance: 300 m (30 ATM)
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Suneet Kumar, BIBA store manager – Business Interview, Good morning enterprises of India – podcast GMEI4Published on 20 December 2014
Hello! Today I interview Suneet Kumar, the store manager of the BIBA store at Ranchi. BIBA creates ethnic clothes for women and has understood the power of internet. This brand publishes an e-commerce website.
Hello! Today I interview Suneet Kumar, the store manager of the BIBA store at Ranchi. BIBA creates ethnic clothes for women and has understood the power of internet. This brand publishes an e-commerce website.
May you introduce yourself, you brand BIBA? www.biba.in and Facebook's page: https://www.facebook.com/BibaIndia
What make BIBA's products very different of competition?
What is the strategy of BIBA for the conception of the products?
Let's talk about customer experience: in one sentence, may you give the customer experience that you want to gift to your customers?
Before to continue: give us a picture of BIBA enterprise.
How you became the store manager of this BIBA outlet?
What was the requirement of BIBA head team to be selected as a store manager?
What was your previous experiences?
Today, as a store manager, what is your strategy for your store?
Can you explain you work, how you communicate with the head office in New Delhi?
What is the protocol?
How you understand customers' needs today? How you feel your customers?
How you report it to your head office?
Which IT tools are you using for the management?
How your head office stays in touch with your customer? – because, they are far. Far from customers.
What is the BIBA's products cycle life time?
India has a very competitive market. How you target your customers?
How you develop sales?
How you convince customers? How you behave in front of objections?
In 2015, 30% of Indians will be connected to Internet.
Now, let's speak about digital strategy. BIBA develops a digital strategy, with online store, using Facebook and social media to communicate.
And I wanted to get your point of view about it.
What is your personal point of view of digital strategy? Digitalization? In what it helps your sales?
Since you are store manager, what is the biggest revolution you have saw happening in India?
Suneet Kumar, may give us what is the 3 qualities must have a store manager to success?
How we stay positive day after day?
How we become store manager?


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What is repentance?
Repentance is a change of mind that leads to a turning away from sinful (ungodly) things and a turning toward God. It has to do with the realization that you have sinned against a Holy God and have broken His laws. With this realization comes a broken heart and sincere sorrow for being God's enemy.
And he [God] is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else. From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live. God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
'For in him we live and move and have our being.' As some of your own [Jewish] poets have said, 'We are his offspring.' "Therefore since we are God's offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone – an image made by man's design and skill. In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. – The Apostle Paul, Acts 17:25-30 (New Testament, The Bible)
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Dogs @ Dornafield
As a family we have all been dog owners so we know the importance of providing good areas for our four legged friends to enjoy. Both dog areas are fully fenced and we provide bags for dog waste and bins at the entrance for their disposal.
Dogs must be on a lead at all times on the park but within the dogs areas they can slip the lead and have fun.
Blackrock Copse
Approximately just under one acre accessed via the Blackrock Copse car park so very central to this part of the park, the area is quite flat but has good views over parts of the park.


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Controversial left-wing activist Linda Sarsour joined Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) on the campaign trail last week to promote the Democratic Socialist's stalling bid for the presidency.
"At a time of a startling rise in white nationalism and anti-Semitism, I would be so proud to win," Sarsour told a crowd in Brooklyn, New York at a Sanders campaign rally. "But also to make history and elect the first Jewish American president that this country has ever seen and for his name to be Bernard Sanders."
While Sanders has recently referred to himself as a "proud Jewish person," the Vermont senator has largely distanced himself from Judaism. Not only does he refrain from observing Jewish customs, he is also not a member of any congregation and doesn't attend a synagogue.
"I'm not actively involved with organized religion," Sanders revealed to reporters in 2016.
Sanders, however, has used his status as an ethnic Jew during his second bid for the presidency, especially when discussing his stance on the U.S.-Israeli alliance and Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He has been especially critical of Israel and its treatment of Palestinians, even threatening to withhold billions of dollars in aid to Israel to combat what he calls "racism" on behalf of the Jewish state.
The Sanders campaign shared a clip of Sarsour's speech on his official social media account, identifying Sarsour as a "Civil Rights Activist, 2020 Bernie Surrogate."
"Bernie Sanders believes in us and he believes in our worth as a people," Sarsour said. "We all deserve health care and access to higher education, an economy where we can all thrive and not just the top one percent, and a transformative foreign policy."
"One that is centered on peace and diplomacy, a foreign policy that sees Palestinians as human beings deserving of human rights and self-determination," she continued. "Bernie doesn't ask us how much these things will cost because only people who don't believe we deserve these things will ask us to pay for things like health care but never ask us how to pay for endless and unjust wars."
Sarsour, a Palestinian-American activist, has been dogged by allegations of anti-Semitism since she rose to prominence as a co-founder of the Women's March. She is a vehement supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement which seeks to punish Israel by economically and politically starving the Jewish state.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has referred to BDS as "the most prominent effort to undermine Israel's existence." Accordingly, the Israel Knesset passed legislation in 2017 that bars foreign BDS activists from entering the country.
The Israeli government cited the aforementioned legislation in August when it blocked noted anti-Semitic U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) from traveling to the Jewish state. Sarsour has been a vocal supporter of the two freshman congresswomen, routinely defending the duo against frequent allegations of anti-Semitism.
The Women's March faced widespread backlash after its co-founders, including Sarsour, refused to denounce the Nation of Islam's anti-Semitic leader Louis Farrakhan and promoted the BDS movement during the march. Consequently, more than half of the event's sponsors pulled out of the 2019 event and attendance dropped significantly from the previous year.


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CAIRO — Egypt's highest court joined a judicial rebellion against President Mohammed Morsi on Sunday, Dec. 2, by declaring an open-ended strike on the day it was supposed to rule on the legitimacy of two key assemblies controlled by allies of the Islamist leader.
The strike by the Supreme Constitutional Court and opposition plans to march on the presidential palace Tuesday take the country's latest political crisis to a level not seen in the nearly two years of turmoil since Hosni Mubarak's ouster.
Judges from the country's highest appeals court and its sister lower court already were on an indefinite strike, joining colleagues from other tribunals who suspended work last week to protest what they saw as Morsi's assault on the judiciary.
The last time Egypt had an all-out strike by the judiciary was in 1919, when judges joined an uprising against British colonial rule.
The standoff began when Morsi issued decrees on Nov. 22 that granted himself and the Islamist-dominated assembly drafting the new constitution immunity from the courts.
The constitutional panel then raced in a marathon session last week to vote on the charter's 236 clauses without the participation of liberal and Christian members. The fast-track hearing pre-empted a decision from the Supreme Constitutional Court that was widely expected to dissolve the constituent assembly.
The judges on Sunday postponed their ruling just before they went on strike.
Without a functioning justice system, Egypt will be plunged even deeper into turmoil. It already has seen a dramatic surge in crime after the uprising, while state authority is being challenged in many aspects of life and the courts are burdened by a massive backlog of cases.
"The country cannot function for long like this; something has to give," said Negad Borai, a private law firm director and rights activist. 'We are in a country without courts of law and a president with all the powers in his hands. This is a clear-cut dictatorial climate," he said.
Mohamed Abdel-Aziz, a rights lawyer, said the strike by the judges will affect everything from divorce and theft to financial disputes that could involve foreign investors.
"Ordinary citizens affected by the strike will become curious about the details of the current political crisis and could possibly make a choice to join the protests," he said.
The Judges Club, a union with 9,500 members, said late Sunday that judges would not, as customary, oversee the national referendum Morsi called for Dec. 15 on the draft constitution hurriedly voted on last week.
The absence of their oversight would raise more questions about the validity of the vote. If the draft is passed in the referendum, parliamentary elections are to follow two months later, and they, too, might be without judicial supervision.
The judges say they will remain on strike until Morsi rescinds his decrees, which the Egyptian leader said were temporary and needed to protect the nation's path to democratic rule.
For now, however, Morsi has to contend with the fury of the judiciary.
The constitutional court called Sunday "the Egyptian judiciary's blackest day on record."
It described the scene outside the Nile-side court complex, where thousands of Islamist demonstrators had gathered since the early morning hours carrying banners denouncing the tribunal and some of its judges.
A statement by the court, which swore Morsi into office June 30, said its judges approached the complex but turned back when they saw the protesters blocking entrances and climbing over its fences. They feared for their safety, it added.
"The judges of the Supreme Constitutional Court were left with no choice but to announce to the glorious people of Egypt that they cannot carry out their sacred mission in this charged atmosphere," said the statement, which was carried by state news agency MENA.
Supporters of Morsi, who hails from the Islamic fundamentalist Muslim Brotherhood, claim that the court's judges remain loyal to Mubarak, who appointed them, and accuse them of trying to derail Egypt's transition to democratic rule.
In addition to the high court's expected ruling Sunday on the legitimacy of the constitution-drafting panel, it also was expected to rule on another body dominated by Morsi supporters, parliament's upper chamber.
Though Morsi's Nov. 22 decrees provide immunity to both bodies against the courts, a ruling that declares the two illegitimate would have vast symbolic significance, casting doubt on the standing of both.
The Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice party, sought to justify the action of its supporters outside the court as a peaceful protest. It reiterated its charge that some members of the judiciary were part of Mubarak's autocratic policies.
"The wrong practices by a minority of judges and their preoccupation with politics … will not take away the respect people have for the judiciary," it said.
It failed, however, to calm the anger felt by many activists and politicians.
"President Morsi must take responsibility before the entire world for terrorizing the judiciary," veteran rights campaigner and opposition leader Abdel-Halim Kandil posted on his Twitter account about the events outside the constitutional court.
Liberal activist and former lawmaker Amr Hamzawy warned what is ahead could be worse.
"The president and his group (the Muslim Brotherhood) are leading Egypt into a period of darkness par excellence," he said. "He made a dictatorial decision to hold a referendum on an illegal constitution that divides society, then a siege of the judiciary to terrorize it."
Morsi's decrees gave him powers none of his four predecessors had since the ouster of the monarchy 60 years ago. Opposition leaders countered that he turned himself into a new "pharaoh" and a dictator worse than his immediate predecessor, Mubarak.
Then, following his order, the constituent assembly rushed a vote on the draft constitution in an all-night session.
The draft has a new article that seeks to define what the "principles" of Islamic law are by pointing to theological doctrines and their rules. Another new article states that Egypt's most respected Islamic institution, Al-Azhar, must be consulted on any matters related to Shariah law, a measure critics fear could lead to oversight of legislation by clerics.
Rights groups have pointed out that virtually the only references to women relate to the home and family and that the new charter uses overly broad language with respect to the state protecting "ethics and morals" and fails to outlaw gender discrimination.
The decrees and the vote on the constitution draft galvanized the fractured, mostly secular opposition, with senior leaders setting aside differences and egos to form a united front in the face of Morsi, whose offer on Saturday for a national dialogue is yet to find takers.
The opposition brought out at least 200,000 protesters to Cairo's Tahrir Square on Tuesday and a comparable number Friday to press demands that the decrees be rescinded. The Islamists responded Saturday with massive rallies in Cairo and across much of Egypt.
The opposition is raising the stakes with plans to march on Morsi's palace Tuesday, a move last seen Feb. 11, 2011, when tens of thousands of protesters marched from Tahrir Square to Mubarak's palace in the Heliopolis district to force him out.
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CSUF Grand Central Art Center
125 N Broadway, Santa Ana, California 92701
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27TH (6:30-8:30pm)
with local poets, Javier Pinzón & Odilia Galván Rodríguez
Event Description:
The reading will start with an open mic session featuring six local poets paying tribute to the late Francisco X. Alarcón. Odilia Galván Rodríguez will read her writing along with a selection of the works in the "Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice" anthology published by The University of Arizona Press in 2016. Alarcón's life partner Javier Pinzón will close with his own work.
The reading will address a wide variety of themes, including racial profiling, xenophobia, cultural misunderstanding, violence against refugees, shared identity, and much more. "Poetry of Resistance" is a political call for tolerance, reflection, reconciliation, and healing.
Flor y Canto poets:
Iuri M. Lara
Jesus Cortez
Marilynn Montaño
Jose Morales
Natalie Sánchez Valle
David Lopez
Before the reading (6:30-7:30pm), a special poetry workshop with maestra Odilia Galván Rodríguez! Email email@example.com to reserve a spot. All ages over 16 years-old are welcomed.
The reading (7:30-8:30pm) will be followed by a book sale and signing. GCAC Artist in Residence, Sarah Rafael García will host the reading.
This literary reading is supported by Grand Central Art Center and in part by Poets & Writers through grants it has received from The James Irvine Foundation and the Hearst Foundations.
About the featured poets:
Javier Pinzón came to the United States from Mexico in the eighties. He has had his poetry published in Bay Area community newspapers of San Francisco, and various literary magazines among them, Revista Mujeres, of the University of California at Santa Cruz, and La Palabra, at the University of California, Davis.
Odilia Galván Rodríguez, poet, writer, editor, and social justice activist, is the author of six volumes of poetry, her latest, The Nature of Things, along with photographer Richard Loya. She is co-editor, along with the late Francisco X. Alarcón, of Poetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice, from The University of Arizona Press. Odilia has worked as an editor for various magazines, most recently as the English edition editor of Tricontinental Magazine in Havana, Cuba. Her activist work stems several decades with organizations such as the United Farm Workers of America AFL-CIO. Currently she facilitates creative writing workshops nationally, and is a moderator of Poets Responding to SB 1070 and Love and Prayers for Fukushima, both Facebook pages dedicated to bringing attention to social justice issues that affect the lives and well-being of many people. Her poetry and short fiction has been anthologized in many anthologies and literary journals in print and on-line media.
Saturday, October 29th at 7 PM - 10 PM
Avenue 50 Studio
131 N Avenue 50, Los Angeles, California 90042
Message from Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo:
Hi everyone! I'm excited to share that my book, POSADA: OFFERINGS OF WITNESS AND REFUGE, will be released from Sundress Publications October 15th, and I will be holding a release party on Saturday, October 29th at Avenue 50 Studios in Highland Park.
POSADA: OFFERINGS OF WITNESS AND REFUGE celebrates my family's immigration story from Jalisco, Mexico to Los Angeles, CA in the 1950s while also giving visibility to those currently crossing into the country from Central America and the human atrocities occurring at the Arizona-Mexico border.
The night will include readings from badass writers Ashaki M. Jackson, Kenji Liu and Melissa Chadburn, a collective building of a Día de los Muertos altar for those who have passed along the border, music from Angela Spiñorita Blanca, food, and of course a book signing. A collection will be taken to support the work of No More Deaths/No Mas Muertes.


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|Review: Carpe Tenebrum - Majestic Nothingness
|Majestic Nothingness
Label: Head Not Found
Year released: 1997
Duration: 43:33
Tracks: 7
Genre: Melodic Black Metal
Rating: 3.5/5
Review online: March 10, 2007
Reviewed by: Lars Christiansen
for:Majestic Nothingness
Rated 3.5/5 (70%) (4 Votes)
Carpe Tenebrum features only two members in its line up, both of which have made their mark in the Norwegian black metal scene. Nagash and Astennu both used to feature in both Dimmu Borgir, as well as the weirdo black turned goth band The Kovenant alongside Hellhammer. This album was the debut release for their lesser known melodic black metal outfit (which strangely enough, unexpectedly turned into a brutal death metal band come their third and final album), and was the best of their releases in my opinion.
At times bordering on the symphonic styles of Dimmu Borgir (albeit earlier Dimmu, without the real symphony orchestra extravagances!), 'Majestic Nothingness' certainly has a more severe, haunting edge than the majority of melodic black metal, reminding at best of 'Aspera Hiems Symfonia' era Arcturus (including the occasional clean vocals, and with an almost 'real' sounding drum machine kicking out speedy to mid-paced rhythms). There's a great deal of melody on offer which comes from the guitars rather than synth work, which makes a nice change. The guitar work is proficient, with good solos and clear cut riffage set fairly high in the mix allowing everything to be heard clearly without getting muddy. Nagash's 'black metal' vocals are fairly strong in the usual throaty hissing style, but do not really stand out as a highlight. Similarly, his clean vocals are so so, not managing to be a touch on Garm's near perfect pitch which it tries to emulate, but still, it works well enough not to grate on the ear. The synths add extra body to the riff-work, without being as in your face as say, Limbonic Art, so all in all, it works well.
So generally speaking, it's pretty much 'Enthrone Darkness Triumphant' era Dimmu Borgir worship. That said, it's a little less clichéd and more po-faced than Dimmu ever were. Carpe Tenebrum are worth a look, but at the same time, they're nothing groundbreaking.
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How do you decide between the CoPilot app, which reduces the time taken for London Air Ambulance's pilots to be dispatched to emergencies by two minutes, a portal and app helping people to work out if their drinking is risky and to get instant online help, and the Buddy app, a digital service helping mental health patients stick with their treatment?
That was my unenviable task recently as a judge of the Tech4Good awards. For me, however, there were three standout winners. Startup Open Bionics has developed 3D printed bionic hands, which can be created in five days for £1,000 – far cheaper than the traditional £20,000-£80,000 price tag and half the weight, yet with a similar range of movement. It offers an affordable prosthetic to the millions of hand amputees worldwide who use a hook, or nothing at all.
The awards were announced on Tuesday, and other winners included a group of 14-year-old students at Stratford girls' grammar school who built an app to support teenagers exploring their sexuality and gender. In terms of sheer dedication and going beyond the call of duty as well as technical wizardry, Rachael Moat was a worthy winner of the IT volunteer of the year. Moat, principal clarinettist with Lancashire Chamber Orchestra, is also a music teacher who volunteers at Seashell Trust, a school for children with complex needs and severe learning difficulties, who often have little or no verbal language. Moat realised she could do more for them than play a tune. She programmed a Skoog (a squishy cube) with musical sounds to enable pupils to be active participants in her sessions, and then developed other customised technology for individual pupils. One student doesn't like touching things or taking instructions and has a restricted diet, but loves music. So by coating a metal bowl in electric paint, Moat was able to develop a way for him to experiment with touch and taste. Every time he dunks his hands in the bowl when it is filled with water, custard or spaghetti, it plays music.
Technology with a social purpose seems to be flourishing. Nesta, an innovation charity, has announced the 10 finalists in its first Inclusive Technology prize, the US awards for tech that benefits humanity announces its winners in November, and the Nominet Trust 100 will open nominations for its 2015 awards in the summer.
Already there are plenty of possible contenders. An app to monitor the health of people with epilepsy is launched on Wednesday. The EpsMon app, a collaboration between the charity Sudep Action, engineers at Plymouth University, and Royal Cornwall hospital and Cornwall NHS trust was developed to support adults with epilepsy following cuts to NHS funding for epilepsy monitoring by GPs. It aims to allow them to take better control of their condition and hopes to save lives by giving them a seizure checklist that monitors their risk levels and alerts them when to go to their doctor. Epilepsy is among the top 10 causes of premature death, with at least three epilepsy-related deaths a day. GPs used to be funded to monitor the condition, as recommended by Nice guidelines in 2004, but NHS financing for these annual reviews was cut in 2014.
And last week, an app was launched to help girls and women in the UK at risk of, or living with the consequences of, female genital mutilation. Over 20,000 girls under the age of 15 are estimated to be at risk of FGM in the UK each year while 66,000 women are living with it. Furthermore, 60,000 girls aged 14 and under have been born in England and Wales to mothers who have undergone FGM, and these girls are thought to be at risk.
But for many, digital inclusion remains a pipedream. According to the Office for National Statistics, in May, 27% of disabled adults had never used the internet, compared with 7% of non-disabled adults. And last month's report by the Extra Costs Commission found that part of the reason disabled people typically face £550 in extra living costs is due to the lack of ability of many of them to shop around online. Too many sites are not accessible to those with disabilities.
The government's digital inclusion strategy is a step in the right direction, but does not mention what it intends to do to force companies to make their websites more accessible. Matthew Hancock, the lead minister for digital inclusion, should look to Norway, where in 2013 the government passed regulations requiring all new websites to meet minimum accessibility standards by 2014 and all old sites to do so by 2021. The government should be developing apps to make public services accessible to all, not just the tech savvy.


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The hype for the iPhone 5 is in full swing. Preorders for Apple's latest product surpassed two million orders in just 24 hours. Simply put, the buzz has been immense. However, not all of the talk surrounding the new iPhone 5 has been positive. Even Apple's most faithful customers stated they were disappointed by the lack of innovation and were dismayed to see that Apple's most prominent new features are ones rival companies already have.
Well played, Samsung. Samsung's ad for their Galaxy S III is a brilliant jab at Apple and their waves of followers. From stating that the iPhone 5's features are ones that Samsung has already had to illustrating technology the new iPhone still won't be able to do, Samsung's ad really drives home the point that Apple is no longer the leader in new technology.
The tables have been turned on Apple. Previously it was Apple users looking down on their friends and their outdated technology. Now, the market has not only caught up but has perhaps surpassed Apple in terms of technology, leading to this campaign that looks down and scoffs at Apple fanatics.
My favorite part has to be man waiting in line for his parents. A simple, yet brilliant stab at Apple's core following that would tremble at the thought that their device is now standard for people over the age of 40 and is no longer the hip product on the market.