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Technique to knock out mutant gene relies on fatty molecules to deliver CRISPR components to inner-ear cells.
Genome editing has been used to reduce hearing loss in 'Beethoven' mice, which carry a mutation that causes deafness in both mice and humans.
The research relies on a technique called CRISPR–Cas9 to knock out a mutant form of the gene Tmc1. In doing so, it lays out a potential pathway for treating other genetic causes of hearing loss. It also addresses a major problem facing the field of genome editing: how to deliver the protein and RNA needed for the CRISPR–Cas9 technique into the cells of a living animal.
In this case, the researchers encapsulated the CRISPR components in positively charged fatty molecules called lipids, which are capable of crossing cell membranes. They then injected those particles directly into the inner ears of the mice, where the lipids were taken up by the hair cells that sense acoustic vibrations. The results are reported this week in Nature (X. Gao et al. Naturehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nature25164; 2017).
The method could be used to enable gene therapy in people, if additional testing shows it to be safe and effective, says David Liu, a chemical biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a lead author of the study.
That could be an important step forward, says bioengineer Charles Gersbach of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. "The vast majority of papers that you see where they're using CRISPR to correct a mutation in an animal model, they are using delivery systems that aren't applicable to treating diseases in humans," he says. "Delivery is still a challenge."
CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing uses the Cas9 enzyme to cut DNA at a site dictated by the sequence of a snippet of RNA, called a guide RNA. To edit genes in the cells of living animals, researchers often use viruses to shuttle in the DNA that encodes Cas9 and the guide RNA. Once inside the cell, the DNA is expressed and the cell produces both components.
But those viruses have been carefully engineered for classical gene therapy, in which they are used to express a normal copy of a particular gene at high levels and for as long as possible. Researchers who are editing genomes instead prefer that Cas9 is expressed for just enough time to make its targeted change — and that it doesn't hang around long enough to raise the risk of undesired changes.
This was particularly important for the Beethoven mice, because the animals carry one mutated copy and one normal copy of the Tmc1 gene. The two versions differ by only a single DNA letter, and Liu's team wanted Cas9 to disable the mutated copy — not the normal one. Rather than use a virus, Liu's team injected the lipid-encased Cas9 protein bound to its guide RNA into one ear of each mouse and then tested the hearing in each ear up to eight weeks later.
In all the tests, mice with treated ears performed better than control mice that had not been injected with the gene-editing components. For example, eight weeks after the injection, untreated control mice did not react to an abrupt 120-decibel noise — roughly the volume of a rock concert or a chainsaw. Mice that received the treatment, however, were significantly startled by the noise.
"This is a nice extension of previous work," says Daniel Anderson, a biomedical engineer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. The ability to selectively knock out the mutant form of the gene, despite a difference of just one DNA letter between it and the normal form, highlights the potential of CRISPR–Cas9 gene editing, he notes.
It will take further tests in animals and people before it will be clear whether the same approach could work for humans who have TMC1mutations. (Liu is co-founder of the company Editas Medicine, also in Cambridge, which aims to develop therapies that harness CRISPR–Cas9 to treat genetic disorders.) Liu's lab is also hoping to test the technique in the eye, to tackle genetic causes of blindness.
The Cas9 protein and its guide RNA are unlikely to travel far from the site of injection, making the approach ill-suited to treating conditions such as muscular dystrophy, which affect large swathes of tissue.
"The delivery method very much needs to be catered to the exact disease and what cells you're delivering to," says Gersbach, who advises Editas. "This work is a step in that direction."
Picture: Treatment with Crispr was shown to preserve sound-detecting hairs in the inner ear of mice (white box, left). Without the treatment, these hairs disappear (white box, right). Photograph: Gao et al. /Nature 2017
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The Clyde Brown Estate sale in review
Nobody knew that Clyde Brown had treasures hoarded away at his home and in sheds. Not until after he passed away did his family realize the vast amount of his treasures. Outside of Hartford, Wisc. was an overgrown shed that was packed full of old cars. The family asked around and were told to call Yvette at VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC. She'll help you out. I received the phone call and they stated they had a shed full of old cars with raccoon droppings everywhere. I asked what type of vehicles. They answered some old Cadillacs. I proceeded to ask if there were any big "Fins?" Indeed there were! Clyde's wife sent a cryptic picture of a dark shed filled with covered and dirty cars. Just one glimpse of the huge tailfins and I knew that it wasn't junk, as the family thought, but a hidden trove of Cadillac treasures.They contracted for an "online only" auction in February with VanDerBrink Auctions, LLC.
In spring they dragged the cars out into the sunlight for the first time in a long time. I drove over to Wisconsin for pictures and to inventory and was amazing at the hoard of fins in plain sight. Eleven 1959 Cadillacs – from a rare 1959 Eldorado Biarritz Convertible to 4-dr. HT's and even a Limo. Afte they were all inventioried and pictures taken, I called Steve's Towing to hide 6 of the rare cars away for safety. The family came out and asked, "Is there anything here that someone would want?" It was amazing, to have so many rare cars in one place. A 1953 Buick Skylark Convertible which was 1 of less than 800 and two 1959 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertibles, 2 of only 1320 made and less surviving. 38 vehicles in all were tallied with four rare vehicles. The cars were put in an online only auction with national social media, and local promotion. Collectors were a buzz that this barn find was right in their backyard and they didn't know about it. Old Cars Weekly's Angelo VanBogart was given a personal tour and invitation from VanDerBrink Auctions.
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Today's episode was written by Chris Schwarz for the "Chris Schwarz Blog". It's titled "Make Your Own Dovetail Chisel". Originally posted June 30, 2009.
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|Donald Trump is a flag-hugger, not a traitor.
Mueller's report to Attorney General Bill Barr indicates no collusion between Trump's campaign and the Russians in 2016 and no evidence that Trump obstructed justice. Andy Surabian, a former White House official who also ran the 2016 campaign war room, said on Breitbart News Sunday on SiriusXM 125 the Patriot Channel on Sunday evening.
"I've been sitting here watching CNN and MSNBC all day long, and there's been so much water in the eyes of these anchors that two things could only be going on: they've either been crying before they go on air, or they're all lighting up fat joints before they go on air–but I don't think I've ever seen so many watery eyes on CNN and MSNBC,"
"For the last two years what we've witnessed is the biggest conspiracy theory in the history of the United States government propagated by rogue elements of the United States government, a political party in the Democrat Party, and the entire mainstream media from the Washington Post to BuzzFeed to MSNBC and all the rest–they've all been in lockstep pushing this conspiracy theory," Surabian added.
"They colluded together to perpetrate this conspiracy on the American people. And now that Mueller and his group of 18 Democrats are finally done, and they couldn't find anything to pin on this president…They couldn't find anything to pin on Donald Trump Jr. They couldn't find anything to pin on the president's campaign.
"They couldn't even find anything close to collusion to pin on anyone close to the campaign–not even any informal advisers that they could find anything on collusion on. After two years of these conspiracy theories falling flat, are any of these people going to apologize? Is Rachel Maddow going to go on TV tomorrow and apologize to her viewers for misleading them?"
Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was similarly critical of the fake narrative against Trump on this front.
"This whole narrative is total and complete nonsense. But the one thing that frustrates me most is I want to talk about our friend and my friend Donald Trump Jr. This guy is a total patriot. He's an amazing person. This guy fights for his country every single day and fights for the movement and for his father, and it is so sick what the media tried to do to him. Seriously. They tried to destroy him. They tried to wreck him based on total and complete lies. They drag him and the whole first family through the mud for the first two years. What's the recourse now? There is no recourse.
"And so, some people say, 'Oh, they should apologize.' No, no, no. There has to be penalties. I don't know what those penalties can be; smarter legal minds than me can come up with some pretty creative things, but this is so sick because those of us that were around during the campaign, those of us that have actually processed all the facts through the years, know that this was a total lie and a witch hunt all along.
"And it's really too bad to see good patriots like Don Jr. … go through all these calisthenics and these exercises when he had to go testify on Capitol Hill before the Senate Intelligence Committee for 20-plus hours, and yet, Hillary Clinton did not have to testify more than a couple hours based on her emails and Benghazi and the Clinton Foundation. It's really sick and really sad."
President Trump's former campaign manager, Corey Lewandowski, said the investigation wasted tons of taxpayer dollars to prove what everyone like him already knew: there was no collusion with the Russians.
"I think it's important that we recognize that the Mueller team has come to the same conclusion that I knew from day one, and it didn't cost me $25 million, one year, ten months, and six days to figure out that we didn't collude with the Russians," Lewandowski said on Breitbart News Sunday.
"As you know, this whole narrative–this whole hoax, this whole scandal–was perpetuated because of the fact that Hillary Clinton lost an election that everyone told her she was going to win. She took $5 million of her campaign money and hired an outside legal counsel, and then they went and created this false dossier, which is what launched this investigation.
"What the Democrats will tell you, what the left will tell you is that this investigation was launched because a campaign volunteer went overseas to London and had a conversation with some ambassador to a different country.
"If that's the criteria for launching $25 million of taxpayer money and having the President of the United States under investigation for two years, then every single volunteer on every single Democratic presidential campaign had better use caution."
Lewandowski added that there is "no question" there must be criminal investigations into the behavior and conduct of the players behind originating this hoax.
"Look, I have to tell you: sometimes, I'm lucky, and sometimes, I'm good, and I'm not sure which one it is, but I did write this great book called Trump's Enemies, and we outline in this book everything that has been going on.
"We asked the president–the only book that he sat for an interview with for the first two years of his administration–'Do you think Barack Obama and Susan Rice, his national security adviser, knew of this plot to stop him from becoming the president?' And his answer was, 'You bet they did,'" Lewandowski said.
He continued, "There has to be accountability. There has to be accountability, and I hope that Attorney General Bill Barr launches an investigation into the false FISA applications that were signed. We know they were lied on. We know that [Peter] Strzok and [Lisa] Page and James Baker, who was the general counsel of the FBI, and Jim Comey all should be reviewed for criminal referral.
"Andy McCabe already has a criminal referral. He's the former deputy director of the FBI. But that's not enough. We have to find out who was involved, including Bruce Ohr at the Department of Justice, if Rod Rosenstein was involved. The American people deserve accountability.
"This is the biggest scandal perpetuated on the American people probably in our modern lifetime. This whole thing was a hoax. It was all designed to stop Donald Trump from taking office, and now it is full vindication not just for the president, but his family and every person who served with me on that campaign."
Jason Miller, who served as communications director for the Trump 2016 campaign and for the transition team, said on Breitbart News Saturday this weekend that the "liberal tears over the past 24 hours have been nothing short of amazing."
"Tens of millions of dollars spent on this bogus effort, thousands of hours of speculative cable TV snowflakes making things up and attacking President Trump, forty Republican House seats lost in the midterms–all because of nothing. Let's talk about what this end result is: no collusion, no obstruction of justice, just sad, pathetic Democratic excuses for why Crooked Hillary lost in 2016."
Miller added that the media's credibility has now suffered a devastating blow.
"American news media will never be the same," Miller said. "It's forever ruined. It's over. The ultimate hoax has been exposed. Let's take a look at where this leaves us–and these are things you're not going to see on TV–we have an amazing economy. It will get even better with this special counsel nonsense out of the way.
"But the Democrats are still going. They still want to push forward with impeachment and their 81 bogus subpoenas that they're pushing to try to harass people, anyone involved in Trump world. But here's an important point: I think this 2020 Democratic field is in such disarray that I wonder if former Vice President Biden even gets in now. Does he really want his lasting legacy to be getting run over by the Trump train?"
Former White House adviser Cliff Sims was equally fired up on Breitbart News Sunday this weekend. "I think the first reaction everyone should have is it is a great day for America," Sims said.
"Frankly, if you disagree with that, I think it's worth coming to terms with the fact that you would rather see incalculable damage done to the American republic than you would see your political adversary–aka, your president–turn out to not be a foreign agent. But, unfortunately, that's the point that we're at, especially watching a lot of people in the media who have spent the last two years trumpeting this hoax.
When asked to explain why they hate Trump so much, Sims said what he saw "up close and personal" when he was by Trump's side for years is that he "really is a kind of an existential threat to the status quo that has existed in the media for so long, which is they are so big with the rare exception of Breitbart and a few others, they are in such total control of the narrative that they've been able to bully people into submission."
"There is finally somebody who by sheer force of will and personality and just flat-out refusal to back down who was able to counter that," Sims added of the president.
"And they can't abide by that. It's a threat to their very existence. What we have seen play out over the last couple of years, culminating in the report coming out here, is their credibility–whatever little bit of credibility they had left, and, look, the polling numbers already showed that people don't believe them; their credibility is in the tank already. I mean, this is an absolute disaster. They're facing a substantial reckoning the likes of which I don't know if we've ever seen before."
Arthur Schwartz, a GOP strategist who works closely with the first family and with the White House, said on Breitbart News Saturday that he recalls the fake news that CNN printed about former Trump communications director Anthony Scaramucci–a story that alleged he had ties to Russians and was under investigation.
It was all fake, and CNN retracted the hit piece, and three of its staffers involved were forced to resign. Schwartz said he hopes there will be similar levels of accountability media-wide, on a much larger scale, of course, now that the entire Russia collusion story has collapsed.
"There was some collateral benefit to that, for example, when someone on CNN would accuse Don Jr. or his father or someone in the Trump universe of being an antisemite and a homophobe, this, that–whatever 'ism' that they threw at our guys, we went back to our database of all their tweets, their blog posts, their radio hits, their TV hits, and we showed no, no, no, you guys are the ones spewing this hateful speech.
"You are the ones with the antisemitic tweets. You are the ones with the homophobic tweets. You need to apologize. So now, what we've got is this huge database of collusion truthers that have been telling us that their sources told them that 'this is going to happen,' 'Don is going to be indicted,' 'Jared is going to be indicted,' 'Ivanka is going to be indicted,' 'the president is going to jail.'
"So now, for the next two years, through re-elect and beyond, they're going to have to answer for all the lies and propaganda that they spilled, that they spilled knowingly or unknowingly, in an effort to create divisiveness in this country and slow the progress of this president's agenda. That ends today."
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Is there anything MORE painful than watching someone like Sally Kohn from the Left pretend she knows or understands anything about the Constitution?
When want ban everyone from Muslim countries but don't want background checks for guns, clearly motive isn't safety but discrimination.
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 5, 2017
Sally. We don't want to ban everyone from Muslim countries (there are only seven countries listed and Muslims live all over the world), and we already HAVE background checks for guns … this drama is ridiculous.
Always with the discrimination BS, and it IS BS.
We have background checks. Furthermore, immigration isn't a right but firearm ownership is. https://t.co/nhbJTtZLi3
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 5, 2017
And boom. So much boom that the boom stopped and then boomed even more loudly the second time.
FYI the constitution also bans discrimination based on religion. Or do you only believe that applies to some religions?
— Sally Kohn (@sallykohn) June 5, 2017
If Sally really understood the Constitution she would know first of all that it needs to be capitalized. Not to mention the ban is not based on faith but location, so she's really wrong here.
Not to mention she's trying to imply that Dana is a bgot.
What does this line have to do with your false claim that we do not have background checks?
— Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) June 5, 2017
Not a damn thing. Sally moved the goalposts as most progressives do when they're losing an argument.
Also, Constituion does not apply to non citizens. Or all 8 billion peple in world will have right to settle in USA
— Martin (@MartinS7504) June 5, 2017
Oh yeah, that tidbit too.
Sally is a Constitutional.
— Blame Big Government (@BlameBigGovt) June 5, 2017
Immigration is FAR from a right. Moreover, Trump doesn't need the Executive Order to bar National Security threats: https://t.co/HtjgsyDWGU
— Matthew Kolken (@mkolken) June 5, 2017
Exactly. BUT MUH DISCRIMINATION.
Sometimes you just cannot have civil discourse with someone who is a blind ideologue
— Tess46 (@tess46) June 5, 2017
Nope. Some folks are just so wrapped up in their agenda they can't see beyond it.
Bill of Rights seems to be a mystery to many. What is going on in our schools?
— Molly Schliemann (@MollySchliemann) June 5, 2017
They've gone from educating to indoctrinating, which is why we need Betsy DeVos but that's a different story.
@sallykohn There are background checks though? But I'll agree EVERYTHING is discrimination OBVIOUSLY.
— akp. (@Palmerism) June 5, 2017
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VILE: Gravedancer Shannon Watts exploits victims of Orlando shooting, calls gun owners terrorists https://t.co/U7NcHo86gc
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 5, 2017
It's like every time Sally tweets she's getting embarrassed. *shrug*
WOW: Ben Shapiro EMBARRASSED Sally Kohn for defending political correctness after #LondonAttacks https://t.co/t6X8DbA6ys
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Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 350 points to scale a fresh intra-day record in early trade on Tuesday, tracking gains in index-heavyweights Reliance Industries, HDFC twins and ICICI Bank, amid a positive trend in global equities.
After touching a lifetime intra-day peak of 52,957.13, the 30-share BSE index was trading 374.92 points or 0.71 per cent higher at 52,949.38 in initial deals. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty surged 115.05 points or 0.73 per cent to 15,861.55.
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In the previous session, Sensex ended 230.01 points or 0.44 per cent higher at 52,574.46. Similarly, the Nifty advanced 63.15 points or 0.40 per cent to 15,746.50.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) were net sellers in the capital market as they offloaded shares worth Rs 1,244.71 crore on Monday, as per provisional exchange data.
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US stocks finished sharply higher with Dow and S&P 500 recording 1.4-1.8 per cent gains as investors focused on strengthening of the US economy and strong corporate earnings, Modi noted.
Elsewhere in Asia, bourses in Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo were trading with gains in mid-session deals, while Hong Kong was in the red.
Further, India's daily caseload falling below 60,000 and ramp-up in vaccination programmes offer comfort, Modi said, adding that expectations of sharp improvement in high frequency key economic indicators from the current month supported by ease of business curbs in various states should continue to offer support to corporate earnings.
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UVA Law Professors Preview Supreme Court Case Involving Affirmative Action in College Admissions
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday will hear oral arguments in Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, a case that could affect the use of race in admissions policies and procedures at public colleges and universities across the country.
A number of University of Virginia law professors — including experts in education law, race and law, constitutional law, the Supreme Court and equal protection — weighed in on the case and its potential implications.
Kim Forde-Mazrui
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"The forthcoming case before the Supreme Court on affirmative action in higher education, Fisher v. University of Texas, will reveal whether the conservative justices take strict constructionism seriously. That philosophy of constitutional interpretation holds that policy choices by the democratic process ("will of the people"), especially at the state level ("states' rights"), are constitutional unless the text or original meaning of the Constitution forbids them. Even state policies that are unwise are lawful unless the Constitution, as strictly construed, prohibits them.
"A strict constructionist approach would uphold the University of Texas' affirmative action program regardless of whether it is wise policy. The democratic process of the state of Texas has chosen to pursue diversity through paying some attention to race in college admissions, and the text and original meaning of the Constitution do not forbid that practice. Indeed, adherence to precedent, another hallmark of conservative judicial interpretation, also supports the affirmative action policy as the Supreme Court upheld a similar program at the University of Michigan Law School in Grutter v. Bollinger in 2003. Accordingly, if the conservative justices vote to strike down Texas' affirmative action policy, they will reveal that they are not strict constructionists after all."
For a fuller account of Forde-Mazrui's observations, listen to a podcast of his debate with Ward Connerly, sponsored by UVA Law's Federalist Society on March 22, 2012, titled "Affirmative Action Revisited: Fisher v. University of Texas." (More)
Professor Kim Forde-Mazrui's scholarship focuses on equal protection, especially involving race and sexual orientation.
James E. Ryan
"The conservative justices often embrace the principle of judicial restraint, which involves trusting local and state officials to do their jobs and hewing close to the language and original understanding of the constitutional text. To second-guess the decision of the public officials running the University of Texas, and to do so based on a constitutional provision that clearly was never meant to stand in the way of affirmative action, would run strongly counter to the principle of judicial restraint.
"You might love or hate affirmative action as a matter of policy. But that's just the point: it is a policy question for the legislature, not the courts. If the Supreme Court strikes down the plan, it will be as activist a decision as any from the Warren Court and should be seen for what it is: legislating from the bench."
Professor James E. Ryan is an expert in education law, civil rights and constitutional law, and is the author of "Five Miles Away, A World Apart: One City, Two Schools, and the Story of Educational Opportunity in Modern America."
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"In Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, the Supreme Court will decide whether to stand by its decision in Grutter v. Bollinger holding that race may be used in university admissions so long as it is one factor among many that together help to predict whether a prospective student will increase diversity, broadly understood, in the classroom and on campus. Were the court to say that it may not, we would find ourselves in the odd position that a university may consider almost any other factor about a student except race. Under such an approach, UT could consider the fact that a student plays an uncommon sport (a discus thrower for the track and field team, for example), speaks an unusual language in the home, or is challenged by a disability, but not race. If a student's race were truly meaningless in today's society, then perhaps this interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause would do no harm. But of course this is not the case.
"It would be ironic indeed if the Equal Protection Clause were interpreted to make racial diversity the only form of diversity that could not be recognized and validated in the admissions process at public universities."
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The Biggest Little Farm
The Biggest Little Farm
- 1h 32m
- 2019
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The Biggest Little Farm chronicles the eight-year quest of John and Molly Chester as they trade city living for 200 acres of barren farmland and a dream to harvest in harmony with nature. Through dogged perseverance and embracing the opportunity provided by nature's conflicts, the Chesters unlock and uncover a biodiverse design for living that exists far beyond their farm, its seasons, and our wildest imagination. Featuring breathtaking cinematography, captivating animals, and an urgent message to heed Mother Nature's call, The Biggest Little Farm provides us all a vital blueprint for better living and a healthier planet.
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Critics Consensus: Uplifting, educational, and entertaining, The Biggest Little Farm is an environmental advocacy documentary with a satisfying side dish of hope for the future.
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Common Sense Says
Poignant, thought-provoking docu about sustainable living.
What Parents Need to Know
Parents need to know that The Biggest Little Farm is a poignant, multi-year-spanning documentary about Southern California filmmaker John Chester (an Emmy-winning documentarian) and his wife, personal chef Molly Chester, who embark on a journey to go back to the land and run a traditional farm. With help from an expert mentor and a team of both experienced and new-to-farming staffers, the Chesters deal with the ups and downs of starting an organic, biodynamic farm just an hour north of Los Angeles on a 200-acre plot that was initially parched earth. While there's no sex, language, or substance use, you can expect several potentially upsetting scenes of dead animals, including some blood left on the predators. Animals also die due to environmental reasons and giving birth, and John is shown loading a gun and chasing a coyote. A beloved dog dies after several years, a human friend's death from cancer is discussed, and there's wildfire-related fear. Families will have lots to discuss after the film, from the importance of eating locally, supporting farmers, and understanding how farms work to character strengths like teamwork and perseverance.
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- Genre:Documentary
- Release Date:April 5, 2019
- Languages:English
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Joe Mauer On The Streets Of Detroit (Photo)
Minnesota Twins first baseman Joe Mauer, originally a catcher, is considered one of the best hitting catchers in MLB history and was once considered one of the game's best present-day hitters. Mauer, the 2009 AL MVP, is a three-time AL batting champion and three-time Gold Glove winner, who received all of his honors while playing behind the plate. The St. Paul, Minnesota native is easily the most famous Twins player of this generation.
Monday, amid the Twins visit to Detroit for a series against their AL Central rival Tigers, Michigan based iFolloSports.com correspondent Lance Martinez posed for the above photo with Mauer, after spotting the six-time All-Star in downtown Detroit.
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Is Facebook About To Kill Periscope & Meerkat!
Facebook Mentions is the app that many people see on the App Store but very few people actually know what it does. It is the app for Facebook verified celebrities to manage their digital presence.
On August 5th Facebook announced a new feature coming to the Mentions app, Live Streaming. This feature allows certain users to stream video right to people's timelines. That means you can watch celebrities and other people live from your favourite events.
So far only celebrities have access, however, according to a recent post on Techcrunch the Mentions app will also be rolled out to all verified users giving them access to Facebook Live. This includes people such as musicians, actors, athletes, politicians, etc.
Does this mean we can expect to see Facebook Live eventually rolled into Facebook proper? Maybe, it depends on the success and how the audience responds to the new feature.
Facebook is known to test new features with small groups of users first before they roll them out globally, so could this be a test before unleashing the streaming functionality to everyone?
Facebook Live has two major competitors that have already been around for a few months and have become the most popular apps when it comes to live streaming: Meerkat and Periscope.
Both apps offer more features than you would find with Facebook Live but Facebook's entry into the competition is new and with the massive following of public figures and celebrities on the platform it would be of no surprise if Facebook Live quickly leapfrogged its competitors!
Meerkat is one of the most popular live streaming apps as it allows anyone to stream live video to their twitter followers. That is right, anyone can use it, you don't have to be a celebrity.
This is big for anyone who doesn't have enough Facebook followers to be an influencer. Meerkat sends notification to your Twitter followers when you schedule a stream. When Twitter bought Periscope, Meerkat took a hit. It has snapped back though.
Periscope is an app that Twitter bought and has the same purpose as Meerkat. Periscope wants to allow people to discover the world through other's eyes.
Periscope will be the biggest competition for Facebook Live, why? well first of all its backed by Twitter, Periscope is also compatible with both Android and iOS devices, all of the others only work on iOS devices.
Seeing as how more and more users are using Android devices compatibility for those is necessary. Periscope have also recently announced they have hit 10 million users with 350,000 hours of video being streamed everyday!
Will Facebook Live kill its competition? Facebook seems to love killing its competition but it hasn't always been possible. Facebook Poke, designed to go head-to-head with SnapChat, failed. In order to take charge of the niche Facebook will need to start allowing anyone to stream and develop a version of the app that is compatible with Android.
Facebook Live does offer one feature that none of the other service do. You can watch the recorded stream on a celebrity's timeline after they have finished their stream. This allows people who were at work or otherwise occupied during the original streaming to still watch the most recent news.
So far there is nothing to show that Facebook will get a leg up on the competition . Facebook Live is too focused to be able to move either off their standing for now. However with more people than ever before sharing, discovering, and engaging with video on Facebook it would be of no surprise if they win the video battle on all fronts.
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For a year, we used cloth diapers and loved them. Honestly. The Bum Genius Freetimes were our diaper of choice, and the OsoCozy liners made disposing of solids very easy.
Are you picking up that I am using the past tense here? Have you noticed Mazen wearing disposables in my Instagram photos? Sadly, for the moment, we are off of cloth diapers.
Up until 12 months things were humming along just fine. And then all of a sudden, the solids were no longer solids. What used to be easy to drop into a diaper pail via a liner was now a disgusting mess. The poop went beyond our liner's edges, and I found myself cleaning it off the diapers with wipes, dunking them in the toilet (I will never do that again) and trying to figure out the best way to clean the edges before putting them in our wet bag.
I asked my friends if this change in poop style was normal. They said yes. I cried.
They weren't entirely right. We switched to disposables for a week and then one day – the poop was back to normal. I happily chalked it up to teething or a new food and we went back on cloth. Two days later, I found myself with more messes. The cloth were just not working.
It's been about a month now and we're still on disposables. While M's poop is back to the "good kind" (ha), we haven't gone back to cloth. I'm just too afraid that the next diaper will be the gross kind again. And after a month in disposables, I've been spoiled. I'd also like to add that I'm never talking about one poop a day. Nope, my child is a poop machine.
I'm glad that I can change his disposable while holding him down with one hand (something I can't do with all the snaps on the cloth).
I'm relieved not to have to do 3 extra loads of laundry each week, even though they were never that much of a pain.
And honestly, most of all, I'm so glad his 12-18 month pants fit properly.
On the one hand, I feel like a failure because I am just not brave enough to continue with the cloth.
On the other hand, I'm proud of the fact that we kept approximately 2,500 diapers out of the landfills by using cloth for the time that we did.
I definitely want to cloth diaper our second baby, if and when we have one. Pre-solid food poop was no big deal, and the solids for the first 6 months were simple to clean up. We may not be done with cloth with Mazen. Maybe we will use them again during potty training, for example. I just don't know. But for now, we've put them on hold.


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One of the oldest existing copies of the rule book of football has sold for almost £57,000, auction house Sotheby's said on Tuesday.
The auctioneers logged the final price on its website as £56,700 ($77,200, 65,900 euros), saying the bidding had been driven by its historical significance and the insight it gave into the development of the modern game.
The hand-annotated pamphlet, discovered in a Victorian scrapbook, was printed in 1859 after a series of meetings held by Sheffield Football Club to formalise the game, Sotheby's said in a statement.
The only other surviving copy of the rule book was part of the Sheffield club's historical archive, which was sold in its entirety for £881,000 in July 2011.
Established in 1857, Sheffield Football Club is acknowledged by both the English association and football's international governing body FIFA as the world's oldest club.
The club had a key impact on the development of the game, innovating set-pieces like the indirect free kick and the corner kick, as well as crossbars on goals.
The pamphlet shows changes to the rules written by hand, including the hardening of conventions against handling the ball.
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"This exceptional piece of sporting history takes us straight back to the origins of 'the beautiful game' over 160 years ago," Gabriel Heaton, Sotheby's Books and Manuscripts Specialist said.
"As well as being an important artefact in its own right, the pamphlet also gives us a unique insight into the development of the rules of the game through hand-written annotations."
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Before I get to the attempted electoral college coup, the world now knows dirty cop, Robert Mueller, has finished his witch-hunt into an alleged NON-crime. Collusion is not a crime but that was never the intent of Mueller's mission.
This waste of DOUBLE DIGIT MILLIONS of borrowed dollars with that debt slapped on our backs was two-fold:
Cover up all the illegal and criminal activities of Hildebeast Clinton, the pig she's married to (The Clinton Foundation, Uranium One) and all the now known dirty players in the FBI and DOJ.
Remove a legitimately elected president.
Bongino Implicates Comey, Brennan, Obama in Fake "Collusion" Narrative – Bongino is very good and thorough.
As expected, the mentally deranged fools in the media and Congress have been screeching like stuck pigs since Friday. Nitwits, imbeciles, ignorant asses and political power-hungry scum are screaming for 'transparency'. Hypocrites all.
From loving Robert Mueller because the aforementioned hordes believed without any doubt Mueller would get Trump ousted from office to now condemning him for not finding what was never there to be found. Except in the brainwashed heads out there screeching and throwing hissy fits.
2020 Democrats Demand Mueller Report's Public Release
MSNBC'S Joy Reid on DoJ Handling of Mueller Report: 'It Feels Like the Seeds of a Cover-Up Are Here'
Andrew McCarthy: We need full disclosure of Mueller report and material about his investigation
This from the POS who lied about his military service (stolen valor) to get elected senator for Connecticut. Shame on the stupid cattle who voted him into office. A proven, deceitful liar:
Dem Sen. Blumenthal: Mueller Report 'Likely to Show a Lot of Criminality' That Isn't Indicted
The Mueller report should be rejected and not believed – it's fatally flawed – Might shock you but the author is an attorney who has represented the Democratic/Communist Party USA as trial counsel.
The Kamel knows full well this is garbage but it sounds good on the campaign trail: Harris wants Barr to testify on Mueller report as 2020 Dems call for its release
Kamala Harris: 'White House should not be allowed to interfere' with Mueller report – And, pray tell, Kamel – just how is Trump or his staff supposed to interfere with Mueller's report? She is such a pimp.
Schumer: White House must not be allowed to 'interfere' on Mueller report – Do I hear an echo? Chuckie Schumer is another corrupt long-time member of the U.S. Senate who keeps getting reelected by mental midgets who vote.
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) continues to earn his reputation as not only an idiot, but the biggest liar in Congress and that's saying a lot. That jackass needs to be put in a straightjacket. More of his vomit:
Schiff says there is still 'significant evidence of collusion', plans to subpoena to see Mueller report
MSNBC's Chris Matthews livid over Mueller report: 'How could they let Trump off the hook?' Well, Chris, it's about something called evidence and not 'get Trump at any cost'. Another gas bag stinking up cable networks.
One thing completely overlooked in all this by design and ignorance are the legal restrictions governing what a Special Council and can not do regarding releasing a final report.
Victoria Toensing was Chief Counsel of the Senate Intelligence Committee and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Department of Justice. She is in private practice with her husband, Joseph deGenova in DC. I have a great deal of respect for both of them. The column below should be read in full because the legal restrictions are valid and should not be ignored to further the goals of the Democratic/Communist Party USA.
Victoria Toensing: Why Mueller's report (no matter how much Dems clamor for it) must be kept confidential
Mueller Cannot Seek an Indictment. And He Must Remain Silent. "The unusual situation facing Robert Mueller does not justify a repeal of well-established traditions of confidentiality by Ken Starr who served as independent counsel during the Clinton presidency."
Confident Trump and anxious Washington wait for AG Barr's report on Mueller's key findings – It appears Barr is going to make some sort of report but will he release Mueller's report in full? Who knows.
Just about everything Americans need to know has already been exposed. More than enough to indict Hildebeast Clinton, Mueller, Comey, Loretta Lynch and the whole damn cabal of crooked, corrupt "public" servants out to get Trump at all costs and cover up their own attempted coup.
Confirmed: Dirty Cop Robert Mueller Destroyed Peter Strzok's Text Messages Before He was Fired
Media Ignores Major Story About the Dossier—Again (We can thank John McCain for getting the ball rolling. John McCain, the most moderate Democrat in the Senate with a filthy, dirty legacy too long to list here. Not a typo. McCain was no more a Republican than I'm the Queen of England. Like Clinton, McCain was a career criminal.)
John McCain Aide Tried to Keep Paper from Naming Christopher Steele as Dossier Author
Carter is a very good investigative journalist with solid sources: Sara Carter Finds Skeleton In Deep State's Closet, Ruthlessly Exposes It – This is a short video everyone should watch. The same for Solomon.
John Solomon: Top Prosecutor Has Proof Ukraine Colluded with Hillary Campaign in 2016 Election
FBI clashed with DOJ over potential 'bias' of source for surveillance warrant: McCabe-Page texts
Dershowitz: Comey committed fraud on FISA court – Newly released warrants show crucial information withheld
Corrupt Russia Dossier Hoaxer Christopher Steele Allowed to View Sealed, Classified US Documents – That Are Hidden from US Citizens
I have no faith in the newly minted Attorney General, Bob Barr. Toensing and her husband, Joe diGenova do and have repeatedly in interviews strongly stated they believe without a doubt he will do the right thing. Time will tell. The real 'right thing' is indictments and convictions of all the dirty players – including Mueller.
Barr also needs to stop this kind of injustice. No one is above the law:
IG: DOJ Declined to Prosecute FBI Agent Who Worked for FBI Contractor, Filed False Financial Disclosures, Sexted on FBI Phone
Latest Political Stunt – Electoral College
The cattle grazing out in America are being prodded once again. Slick political whores, er, activists and elected officials are doing their best to herd them in the 'right direction'. This time it's the electoral college.
Due to utter failure of government indoctrination centers (all planned) called public schools in teaching America's children about the history of our country and all that goes along with it, dumbed down parrots out there have no idea what they're talking about. Off to college to finish the brainwashing with the inability to think for themselves.
Liberals Think Electoral College is a Real College –
Yes. One really did fly out of the coo-coo's nest only now it's a flock:
Jemele Hill Claims Electoral College Was Created to 'Preserve Slavery' – Another empty headed twit
Rep. Cohen: Electoral College Was 'Conceived in Sin,' Meant to Perpetuate Slavery – I do believe I hear an echo again.
CNN Uses Blatant Lie To Help Democrats' In War Against Electoral College
Art. II, Section 1, Clauses 2 & 3 of the U.S. Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land
Each state shall appoint, in such manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress: but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.
The electors shall meet in their respective states, and vote by ballot for two persons, of whom one at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same state with themselves. And they shall make a list of all the persons voted for, and of the number of votes for each; which list they shall sign and certify, and transmit sealed to the seat of the government of the United States, directed to the President of the Senate. The President of the Senate shall, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, open all the certificates, and the votes shall then be counted. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be the President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed; and if there be more than one who have such majority, and have an equal number of votes, then the House of Representatives shall immediately choose by ballot one of them for President; and if no person have a majority, then from the five highest on the list the said House shall in like manner choose the President. But in choosing the President, the votes shall be taken by States, the representation from each state having one vote; A quorum for this purpose shall consist of a member or members from two thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states shall be necessary to a choice. In every case, after the choice of the President, the person having the greatest number of votes of the electors shall be the Vice President. But if there should remain two or more who have equal votes, the Senate shall choose from them by ballot the Vice President.
Delaware House Passes Bill to Give State's Electoral College Votes to National Popular Vote Winner
Delaware was one of the original 13 states who were parties to the Articles of Confederation and then the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on December 7, 1787. Now, their legislature has stomped on their honorable past and is trying to skirt the U.S. Constitution.
Colorado joins effort to elect presidents by popular vote, go around Electoral College – Colorado is the latest state to join a group pledging to elect presidents based on who wins the national popular vote
Colorado. I lived there eight years. One of our most beautiful states. The old west. Now a liberal toilet infested with useful fools.
The Electoral College is a roadblock for our democracy — It's time for it to be removed – More fools since America is not and never has been a democracy. Democracy is MOB RULE and that's exactly the agenda for the Democratic/Communist Party USA.
This is the biggest joke of all:
Washington Senate passes bill that would keep Trump off 2020 ballot unless he releases tax returns – Really? Nowhere in Art. II, Section 1 does it specifically state any criteria for keeping a presidential candidate off the ballot having to do with financial matters.
All political prostitutes who love career criminal Hildebeast Clinton and impostor criminal president, Hussein Obama and hate Donald Trump.
Read: The Electoral College (Why We Use It and Why It Matters) and California moves popular vote closer
If you'd like more information on the Electoral College, click here. Or, order the book "The Evolution and Destruction of the Original Electoral College."
I suspect most of the state legislators who have gone off the rails know this will never withstand a court challenge but it's good for an election year horse and pony show for votes.
I'm not an attorney but I believe this is election fraud and should be reported to the Department of Justice as they oversee this kind of chicanery. AG Barr needs to come down on any state trying to pull this off. No doubt in my mind the Republican National Committee and likely Trump will file a lawsuit to stop it at some point.
These people make me sick. For all the problems in their own states they waste their citizens time and money for a repeat circus that will close its tent in the long run.
Just want to close by asking you pray for our fellow Americans drowning in states like Nebraska and Iowa from the recent flooding. It's absolutely massive and heart breaking. Besides the human misery, it is going to affect some food supplies.
Pets, Livestock Among Victims of Midwest Flooding: "U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Fox Business Network on Tuesday that the governors of Nebraska and Iowa told him that up to 1 million calves may have been killed."
Note: For a thorough, comprehensive education on the Fed, the income tax, education, Medicare, SS, the critical, fraudulent ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment and more, be sure to order my book, Taking Politics Out of Solutions. 400 pages of facts and solutions.
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Important Links:
Byron York: Five things that didn't happen in the Mueller investigation: "Mueller did not charge anyone in the Trump campaign or circle with conspiring with Russia to fix the 2016 election, as was the subject of intense media speculation in the last year.'
Judicial Watch is suing the DOJ "for all of Rod Rosenstein's communications around the firing of James Comey & the appt of Special Counsel Mueller
Still more classified emails retrieved from Hillary's stash – Judicial Watch exposes another 756 pages she tried to 'delete or destroy'
Mueller report appears likely to validate Trump claim of 'no collusion' with Russia to win election
WTF? Now Comey 'Doesn't Know Or Care' If Mueller Probe Confirms 'Russian Collusion'
Top 10 Propagandists Who Pushed Russia Collusion Hoax
Breaking: Andrew McCabe-Lisa Page Text Messages Released — Show Pushback and Concern over FISA Abuses
Dirty Cop Mueller's Right Hand Man Weissmann Threatened Witnesses for Telling the Truth – That poster boy for prosecutorial misconduct should have been disbarred decades ago.
Sen. John McCain: The Ultimate "Rhinestone Hero"


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As Spain is a member of the European Union (EU) the health service will be (at least) as good as you are used to from your "home" country.
The Spanish public health system is called "Instituto Nacional de la Salud" (INSALUD), and covers almost the whole population.
For non-residents from EU on a temporary visit treatment is free provided you carry form E111 (issued by the health authorities in your home country prior to travel).
For residents from EU form E121 will secure free treatment. This form should be applied for before you leave your home country.
In addition to INSALUD there are a number of non-public "pay-as-you-go" hospitals with very high medical standards.
Many foreigners living in Spain have private health insurance and can choose among some very highly qualified private doctors and hospitals when the need arise.
If you need prescription medicine – or simply pills to cure a headace – the place to go to is the FARMACIA. You find farmacias by looking for the green or red cross dispayed by the shop.
Hospice care in Spain
The only purpose-built hospice we know opened its doors on June 8th 2003 is on Costa del Sol. See www.cudeca.org.
Some public hospitals have wings which are dedicated to meeting the needs of the terminally ill, notably in Mallorca & Cataluña. The Madrid Ministry of Health's recommended solution is to outsource terminal care using hospital-based teams, typically consisting of 2 doctors, a nurse, an auxiliary carer, a social worker and a psychologist.
There are 95 such teams in Cataluña, more than 20 in Madrid – and just 2 or 3 in Alicante province.
Residencias de Ancianos – Homes for the Elderly are often reluctant to accept entrants known to have a terminal illness because they will spoil their statistics on average length of stay!
While a great deal of help may be obtained from the voluntary sector, involvement with the final stages of life requires training and commitment which may not always be available free-of-charge.
Because of this, one charitable organisation in the Valencian Community, of which Torrevieja is a part, contracts qualified professionals, from consultant level downwards if they deem it necessary, to respond to the needs of terminal patients and their families.
Subject to the availability of funds and suitably qualified staff this group, ASOCIACIÁ"N CARING TOGETHER, places no barriers in terms of age, type of illness, race, religion or nationality. It sets itself to be just as responsive to the emotional and spiritual needs of family members and friends as to those of the patient, knowing that there may be great distress for all concerned.
ASOCIACIÁ"N CARING TOGETHER co-operates with the public and private care sectors with the object of making each remaining day worth living for the patient. It is especially interested in assisting in cases where loss of family income due to the illness of a principal family member could result in break-up of the family unit.
For more information, visit www.caringspain.com. Email email@example.com , Postal address Aptdo 267, E-03570 Villajoyosa (Alicante). Tel/fax 96 589 4240 Mobile 649 956 365.
To ask for the FREE HOME CARE NEEDS EVALUATION SERVICE offered by ASOCIACIÁ"N CARING TOGETHER (Costa Blanca only) for a patient who is not expected to recover, call the Director of Mosaic, the Association's contracted Home Care Service, during normal working hours please, on 619 216 270.


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In Spring 2016, a team of students from Texas A&M's Bush School of Government and Public Service, with faculty member Silva Hamie, sought to answer the question:
To what extent are NGOs in Jordan instrumental in responding to the Syrian refugee crisis?
To what extent are NGOs in Jordan instrumental in responding to the Syrian refugee crisis?
The Syrian refugee crisis has spurred donors from around the world to provide support to the government of Jordan through non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Some of these entities lend aid in the form of expertise, while others contribute funding.
This ConDev-funded capstone project addresses the NGOs' response to the refugee crisis in Jordan amid criticism that the humanitarian response has been poor and uncoordinated (Guterres, 2015). In particular, this study will examine:
The findings of this study will provide standards for training and learning practices as well as additional recommendations specific to NGOs.
The Program on Conflict and Development seeks to improve the effectiveness of development programs and policies for conflict-affected and fragile countries through multidisciplinary research and education.
ConDev uses science and technology to reduce armed conflict, sustain families and communities during conflict, and assist states to rapidly recover from conflict.
ConDev's research focuses largely on mitigating conflict related to four program areas, which were hand-picked based on their potential to combat key drivers of international conflict:
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Eyelash Extensions in The Woodlands, TX
If you are in the market for lash extensions then you are in the right place for finding the best eyelash extensions in The Woodlands, TX.
Making our clients delighted is our number one concern, that is why at One Stop Lashes we Pre-Screen all of our lash artists in The Woodlands. Would you like to substantially enhance the visual appeal of your eyes without a great deal of fuss? Can you picture kicking off your day out in The Woodlands looking astonishing without investing a moment in front of the mirror? Are you seeking to find your very best look? One Stop Lashes can serve to help you do that.
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Is Getting Eyelash Extensions A Great Idea For Me in The Woodlands, TX?
Eyelash extensions are the latest secret for beautifying your eyes in The Woodlands, TX.
If you are sickened of paying for mascara and utilizing lash curlers then hurl them simultaneously away and get eyelash extensions to enrich the appearance of your natural lashes. You are going to wake up appearing amazing, brilliant and all set up to go in The Woodlands, TX then go to sleep later that evening and repeat the next day. Eyelash extensions are for females of all ages. Many models, stars, and professionals get them. Lash extensions are great for ordinary life in The Woodlands. But they are also nice for special occassions such as special days and special birthdays.
Your early morning regimen will become uncomplicated. Eyelash extensions are going to enable you to wake up looking vivid and all set to take on the day while conserving time each and every morning . Forget really needing to trouble with mascara, your lashes will definitely appear amazing with zero work on your part. You can now obtain a little added sleep in the morning hours or wake up earlier to take on your day in The Woodlands.
At One Stop Lashes in The Woodlands, TX we have only the finest eyelash extension professionals that are exceptionally qualified and have applied thousands of eyelash sets through the years. We prescreen all of the best lash extension professionals in The Woodlands One Stop Lashes provides our clients the outright finest in the The Woodlands Area.
Are you wanting to get rid of your time consuming eye curlers? Are you eager for your lashes to appear eye-popping at all times? You should give a One Stop Lashes professional a call if you want to customize the way you look and appear stunning even without having eye makeup?
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Natural - Extensions which are shorter are administered by the inner most area of the eyes whilst a mixture of longer and short extensions are put on through the outermost and middleareas of the eyes to improve the lashes with a far more beautiful and natural look and feel.
Cute - To offer the appearance of much larger eyes the outer parts of the eyes are emphasized. Shorter extensions are put towards the inner most area of the eyes and the outer most areas of the eyes are lengthened for an impressive look and feel for bigger eyes.
Sexy - Those looking for their eyes to have a deep set attractive look and feel. Short extensions are administered all throughout with an attention on the far edges of the eyes. This creates a deep set beautiful look and feel.
Gorgeous - This kind of style is great for those who want length and curl in their lashes.
C-Curl - Is the firmest and toughest type of curl. It really adds gorgeous volume to your lashes. With the C-Curl you are going to look like you curled your lashes or you are using mascara. If you have straight eyelashes then the C-Curl would most likely be the curl you would want so you can produce a glamorous, amazing appearance.
J-Curl - Assuming that you are searching for a natural look that incorporates definition and volume then J-Curl is for you. If you are desiring a lash style which compliments any. natural lash that looks sophisticated and lovely J-Curl is an excellent style for you.
The Most Common Questions About Lash Extensions The Woodlands, TX
How are eyelash extensions put on?
Lash extensions are placed on one by one and never directly on the skin. The good thing about lash extensions is that you can choose whether you desire a subtle more natural look or a visible remarkable appearance.
How long does it take to put on the lashes?
Generally 45 minutes to a couple of hours is how long it will take. It depends on the type of lashes you are desiring etc.
Are eyelash extensions bad for my eyes?
Eyelash extensions are not hazardous they are no worse than applying mascara.
Will it hurt to have lash extensions put on?
The majority of clients go to sleep during the application of their eyelash extensions so no they aren't agonizing.
Do I need to make an appointment?
Accomodating walk-ins is difficult to do so if you live in The Woodlands, TX you would need to make an appointment. Please honor your appointment time so we can prevent long wait times and also so we can ensure quality lash application.
Is there anything I should do before my lash appointment?
On or around your eyes ought to be no makeup. If you are eliminating makup from around your eyes you must avoid utilizing eliminators that are oil-based. For the lashes to adhere correctly effectively your lashes have to be clean.
During the procedure is it ok to use contacts?
Your contacts prior to the treatment. For the totality of the visit your eyes have to be kept closed and having contacts in might make your eyes feel dry and irritable.
How long do eyelash extensions usually remain in tact?
The average for eyelash extensions is 2-5 weeks, all of it actually depends on how well they are preserved along with aspects like hair quality and weather.
Can I do certain things to make my extensions last the longest amount of time possible?
Do not get the extensions damp for the very first 24 Hr after your consultation. Your natural lashes need time to bond to the adhesive so we recommend staying out of swimming pools, steam rooms and saunas. Avoid oil based makeup and makeup cleaners and try not to rub your eyes or tug at your lashes.
Will it be alright for me to utilize makeup and mascara?
We do not suggest using mascara considering that it is very hard to get rid of from the extensions without pulling at your natural eyelashes. While you have eyelash extensions you must use oil free removers for makeup close to your eyes.
If I wish to curl my lash extensions can I do that with a eyelash curler?
We do not advise using an eyelash curler since it will break the adhesive bond on your extensions and it will harm your natural eyelashes.
Are all extensions the same length and thickness?
Normal lash extensions vary from 8mm to 15mm in length, and 0.15 mm to 0.25 mm in thickness.
How frequently do I have to get them touched up?
We advise clients in The Woodlands, TX come in for touch ups every 2-3 weeks. If you want to keep a very full look it is suggested customers come in once a week.
Can I remove my own lash extensions?
It is suggested that the lash artist who put them on likewise remove them. It is best to setup an appointment to have your lash extensions removed by an expert with a special removing solvent. If you wait for your natural lash cycle to finish your extensions will fall off naturally.
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Chef Jack Hennessy
Meet one of our newest Taste of the Wild contributing chefs
With a culinary background including the West Coast's famed Elk Public House, Jack Hennessy now lives with his wife in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. Jack is a passionate denizen of the outdoors and is the author of the food blog "Braising the Wild". He has also penned an outdoors column titled "Game Gourmet" that appeared weekly in a Minnesota newspaper. Jack's approach to preparing meals for his friends and family centers on the experience and joy of hunting, and connecting this to a meal crafted from something truly wild. Jack was also one of the distinguished chefs featured on the wild game cooking stage during the 2017 Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic held in Minneapolis, Minn.
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Well, better late than never:
Follow my blog with Bloglovin here. (Although I should note that I'm astounded that there are 369 of you that already follow me. Are my sporadic unedited ramblings really that interesting? No wait; don't answer that.)
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A short essay on why Sonic the Hedgehog and Amy Rose are my one One True Pairing. The wind, strong and forceful, but ephemeral and fleeting. The rose, charming and influential, but has all these painful-ass thorns on it, which no one acknowledges until the last minute. But the wind doesn't seem to mind. In fact, the rose often gets bent over backwards when they meet. Why? I have no damn clue. But here's why SonAmy is the best pairing in the history of ever. Amy likes the positivity, but needs the negativity. "I love him because he's like a father to me. Is that weird?" Ever since Sonic first saved her, she had always seen him as her knight in shining armor, and had always strived for their relationship to be straight out of a Nicolas Sparks novel. But despite his solemn promise of comradery, and the strong unlikelihood of him ever bothering to find someone better, Sonic never believed he owed her the confirmation, so he'd quickly shoot her down whenever he felt she had overstepped her boundaries. It was frustrating and disheartening, but it encouraged her to be more independent, and more confident in her romantic advances, as well as in-general. Sonic likes the negativity, but needs the positivity. "I'll show HER crazy; in more ways than one!" Sonic loves to butt heads with her. Hell, the day wouldn't be complete without her chasing him and/or threatening to, at the very least, put him in a sling because of something ill-advised he did. He could more than handle it; he relished it. He made a living weaving in and out of trouble, for crying out loud. But sometimes the complicated pressures of being a hero (nevermind his current, less-than-stellar public image) would become unbearable, and he'd find himself needing her childlike wonder and enthusiasm, despite how psychotic and manic it may be. He IS a mascot after all. I usually don't like to get so deep into the romantic endeavors of fictitious characters, but I thought this was an interesting concept, and certainly felt it made the games more endearing. TLDR: Amy is a crazed, and obsessed fangirl, but has a good heart. Sonic loves putting her in her place, but won't ever reject her, because the WORLD rejected him. Best video game romance of the year, all years. Any comments?
The story of Gordon Freeman
Since I was the last person to post in the "Freeman's Mind 2 Reactions" thread, and since double posting causes everyone to ignore what you facking said, I figured I'd post this here. Alyx: "Gordon! I had a feeling I'd find you here." Freeman: "Right, among the zombies, turrets, and massive bloodstains. Hey, what made that door explode?"
$60 says this is Chell
mehdawg654 replied to mehdawg654's topic in Valve Games / Valve StuffIt's Chell. It fits the timeline. This is sometime long before the Resonance Cascade. All the alternate dimensions overlap. The DLC itself is a slightly brighter alternate dimension where the GLaDOS project was shut down.
I wish they made it more apparent that the soldiers were getting curb-stomped. The retreat sorta catches you by surprise. I hope fixing things like this in a later patch isn't out of the question.
Freeman's Mind 2 Reactions
mehdawg654 replied to mehdawg654's topic in Freeman's MindFreeman shouldn't genuinely care about Alyx until she proves her worth to him somehow, but he SHOULD hold Eli, Kleiner, and Barney in SOME regard.
I don't think I present myself very well. My voice is kinda monotone, and I'm constantly breathing through my mouth. I'm worried people think I'm retarded or something.
Someone needs to make a mod surrounding Valve HQ.
mehdawg654 replied to mehdawg654's topic in Valve Games / Valve StuffI wonder if it'd be at all possible to make the building in Source, across several maps.
During your tour of Valve, Xen aliens start popping up and begin attacking the staff. Find the experimental displacement reversal tech before everyone is killed, and the rights to Half Life are bought by EA!
You're covered in fur You really shouldn't be wearing clothes in the first place STOP MAKING THIS AWKWARD *source? for research*
You're covered in fur You really shouldn't be wearing clothes in the first place STOP MAKING THIS AWKWARD *source? for research*
With all due respect, that was your problem.
Sorry. But, yeah. It's been thoroughly proven that this franchise unironically being edgy and 90s-ish isn't working, at least not anymore. Kids today just see right through it. Let's be optimistic, and say that the devs/writers aren't stuck in a time warp, and that the cheesiness is just a part of who Sonic is. Unless, he's encountering someone even more obnoxious, like Jet, an IGN rep, or to a lesser extent, Amy. Then he gets mean.


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Inside NATURE – Cuba's Wild Revolution
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Cuba piqued the interest of filmmakers who hoped to capture the wildlife of an island widely unknown. To capture intimate details of the nation's wildlife, filmmakers had to explore dark caves full of bats, cockroaches and boas.
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ACS NFL Sunday Challenge September 28, 2014
Welcome to the weekend and some football! Because few things say MEN like Football and Cigars, we here at A Cigar Smoker's Journal are combining them! Take your best shot at picking the Sunday NFL games by entering our A Cigar Smoker NFL Sunday Challenge each week during the 2014-2015 Season!
The winner of Week 4 will receive a 5-pack assortment of Señorial Cigars from José Blanco and Las Cumbres Tabaco!
José Blanco introduced this new Dominican cigar in June 2014 to great reviews and has been well received! If you would like to buy Señorial Cigars you can purchase them here. Shipping is free and 5-packs of all styles are available!
So how do you enter? Simply copy and paste the Sunday games below as a comment and write in your pick at the end of each line who you think will win the game. The person with the most correct picks takes home the prize!
In the case of a tie we will default to the combined score of the Monday night game. The person who guesses the closest without going over will be selected as the winner. Good luck! Make sure to fill in the combined score of the Monday Night game in your post!
While you are here, look at some of our reviews!
Sunday, Sept. 28
Carolina at Baltimore, 1pm (CBS)
Green Bay at Chicago, 1pm (FOX)
Buffalo at Houston, 1pm (CBS)
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1pm (CBS)
Detroit at N.Y. Jets, 1pm (FOX)
Miami at Oakland (London), 1pm (CBS)
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 1pm (FOX)
Jacksonville at San Diego, 4:05pm (CBS)
Atlanta at Minnesota, 4:25pm (FOX)
Philadelphia at San Francisco, 4:25pm (FOX)
New Orleans at Dallas, 8:30pm (NBC)
Monday, Sept. 29
New England at Kansas City, 8:30pm (ESPN)
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1. Why do we read?
2. Why do we read old books?
3. Why study literature?
4. How should we read literature?
5. Why don't we just watch movies instead?
In order to get you thinking about some intelligent answers to those questions, watch the seven minute video above, "How and Why We Read: Crash Course in English Literature" when you are not within Moeller's Youtube.com ban zone. And then -- your first assignment -- read the two articles below:
"Why Read Old Books?" by Mitchell Kalpakgian (PDF)
"Why Study Literature? The Top 25 Reasons" (PDF)
In order to get into the habit of annotation, be sure to read these article in PDF Annotator -- or, better yet, print them off and annotate them with real pen on paper. You will be responsible for this material on Friday, August 22 (A) / Monday, August 25 (B).
For next class - Aug. 25 (B3) /26 (A2)
- Quiz on Intro to Reading articles (see above)
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School districts would be able to free themselves from some burdensome state rules and regulations under a package of bills passed by the Michigan House on Oct. 11.
The bills, sponsored by Reps. Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, and Tom Meyer, R-Bad Axe, would allow schools to negotiate exemptions from virtually any requirement the schools deem to be too restrictive in return for agreeing to adhere to a school improvement plan that increases student achievement. To apply for so-called "Educational Flexibility and Empowerment Contracts," districts would submit applications to the state superintendent of public instruction.
The bills are modeled after a current federal program that allows school districts to apply for waivers from federal regulations in return for adherence to performance-based contracts.
For text and analysis of the bills, visit
New Ritalin Rules Proposed
Public and charter school administrators and teachers would be prohibited from recommending the drug Ritalin for students under a bill approved unanimously by the House Education Committee in October.
The legislation, which now heads to the House floor, would bar teachers from diagnosing "Attention Deficit Disorder"-a controversial diagnosis often given to students with behavior problems. Teachers also would be prohibited from recommending that parents put their children on Ritalin, a psychotropic drug that alters brain activity and is thought to have a calming effect on children.
Under the legislation, teachers would be allowed to discuss behavior problems with parents, refer children for evaluation if they believe the child has a learning disability or emotional impairment, and recommend that a child be evaluated by a health-care provider.
The committee also approved a bill that would create a commission to investigate whether schools are pushing psychotropic medication for students who may not need it.
For text and analysis of the bills, visit
Bill would stretch school
construction dollars
In October, state Rep. Robert Gosselin, R-Troy, introduced three bills that would repeal prevailing wage requirements and union-only contract requirements for school construction. The bills were discussed at a House Employment Relations, Training, and Safety Committee hearing in mid-October.
At the hearing, supporters of the legislation said that allowing prevailing wage exemptions for school construction projects would leave schools with more money for teacher salaries and other classroom expenditures.
Charlie Owens, Michigan director for the National Federation of Independent Business, testified on the legislation at the hearing: "With more than a billion dollars of ongoing school construction projects, $100 million a year could be saved."
In 1997, Ohio exempted its schools from its prevailing wage law, saving schools an average of 10.5 percent in construction costs, according to the nonpartisan Ohio Legislative Budget Office.
Representatives from Michigan construction unions testified against the bills, saying the changes could reduce wages and benefits for construction workers.
The bills are awaiting action in the committee.
For text and analysis of the bills, visit
Also, see the commentary, "Michigan's prevailing wage law forces schools to waste money," by Dr. Gary Wolfram at www.eduactionreport.org/pubs/mer/article.aspx?ID=3909
Consolidating school and local elections
School board elections would be consolidated with regular local elections under a package of bills introduced in the Michigan Senate in October.
Among other things, the bills would remove from school districts the power to administer and operate elections, and require that school elections be conducted by local units of government under the Michigan Election Law. The legislation also would require school districts and intermediate school districts to place an estimate of the cost of repaying bonds on the ballot when submitting a bond question to the electors.
Bill sponsors include Sens. Hammerstrom, R-Temperance; Steil, R-Grand Rapids; McManus, R-Traverse City; and Bennett, R-Canton. Supporters of the bill say the changes would increase voter turnout at school elections and save schools and cities money by consolidating election expenses.
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CREDITSElizabeth Collard, Guest Curator
Elizabeth Collard is the author of Nineteenth-Century Pottery and Porcelain in Canada (1967 and 1984), The Potters' View of Canada: Canadian Scenes on Nineteenth-Century Earthenware (1983), and numerous papers that have been published in well-known periodicals. She was born in Sawyerville, Quebec and educated at Mount Allison University, the University of Toronto and the University of Maine.
A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a member of the English Ceramic Circle, she is the consultant on ceramics to the Canadian Museum of Civilization and the honorary curator of ceramics at the McCord Museum, McGill University. Mount Allison University conferred on Mrs. Collard an honorary LL.D. in 1971 for her international recognition as a ceramic historian. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 1987 for her contributions to Canada's material history.
Mrs. Collard died on December 31, 2001.
Mr. Chrestien was the Assistant Chief in Archaeology at Parks Canada from 1980 to 1985, when he joined the History Division of the Canadian Museum of Civilization.
Mr. Foster has two Arts Canada postage stamps to his credit, the latest one featuring the Bill Reid sculpture The Spirit of Haida Gwaii, which is housed at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C.