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Keepers have been inputted and draft order has been updated. You can view what picks you have in each round and your inputted keepers (check the final 2 rounds) on Yahoo by click "Draft Results" under the "Draft" heading near the top right of the league page.
I triple checked everything but if you happen to notice an error anywhere please post about it here or on Yahoo so I can correct it ASAP. If something ends up needing to be changed it must be done more than 2 hours or so before the draft or else the start time gets delayed.
The following teams did not submit keepers:
I have chosen your keepers for you based on who were the two highest pre-draft ranked players on your roster that were also keeper eligible for this draft. Those selections are noted in this post here.
If you see this and decide you want to select different keepers then make a post in this thread or on the yahoo board before 6pm and I should be able to make that change for you. Any later than that and Yahoo will go into "draft mode" and I won't be able to make changes anymore.
This poll is to determine whether or not to implement some of the changes that have been suggested by league members in the past.
The poll consists of two questions. I know its a lot of text but please make sure to read each question's accompanying blurb that explains how the results will be tabulated and how/when any potential change would be implemented before making your decision.
Question 1: How many keeper players would you like the league to have moving forward? Please rank your choices from #1 (first choice) to #4 (last choice). For example : 1A, 2B, 3D, 4C.
A) Increase to 3 keepers
B) Increase to 4 keepers
C) Increase to 5 keepers
D) No increase, stay with 2 keepers
Note On Implementation For Question 1:
If the result of the poll is to increase the number of keepers, regardless of the number we vote to actually increase it to, the number of keepers will only be 3 for this upcoming season (2021-2022). A potential increase from 3 to either 4 or 5 would be implemented the following year (2022-2023). If the vote is to leave it at 2 keepers then everything will remain the same as in past seasons.
Because there are so many choices relative to the smaller number of teams I will calculate the results of this question using a ranked-choice format. For those unfamiliar with the process that means I will tally up the #1 choice of every voter, then eliminate whichever option has the fewest votes. For those that voted for that last place option, I will then move on to their #2 choice and add those to the still existing votes. This process will then repeat until there is only 1 choice left.
Question 2 Background & Implementation: The head to head fantasy basketball format generally means that anything can happen in a one week matchup come playoff time. While this makes for great competition, it also sometimes means that an otherwise dominant regular season champion is upset by a much luckier lower seed. For this reason some paid leagues give a modest payout to this champion to go along with what would otherwise just be bragging rights. This is obviously not a paid league, but it might make sense to incorporate a small strategic prize to the winner of this league to similarly reward their efforts.
I figured rewarding the regular season champion with a "Voucher" for an additional year of keeper eligibility would be enough to grant them some tangible reward without upsetting the competitive balance of the league. This "voucher" could be held onto and used at any given point moving forward to extend the keeper eligibility of a player (who would otherwise have to be thrown back) by 1 year.
For example, this upcoming season would usually be the 2nd and final time Bramaca could keep Luka Doncic. Under this new rule, if he were to be the regular season champion, he could use the voucher he would win to extend Doncic's eligibility for an extra season.
If approved, this rule would take effect starting with this season (2021-2022), meaning that the champion for this upcoming year would be the first to receive a voucher. This question will require majority rule (50% of votes cast +1) to pass.
Question 2: Do you support the addition of a "1Yr Keeper Eligibility Voucher" as a prize for the regular season champion going forward?
A) Yes
B) No
I have sent the above poll out to everyone via DM on PSD AND as a league email on Yahoo. Please respond using whichever is more comfortable for you.
A response like: "1A, 2B, 3D, 4C, Yes" for example would be sufficient.
I've already got a couple responses which is encouraging, but even if you are generally indifferent it would be nice if you could still vote (or respond letting me know you are indifferent) just to show that you were aware of the poll at least.
I am going to set Friday, October, 15th at 11:59pm Eastern Time as a the poll deadline.
Other important dates:
-Saturday, October, 16th at 11:59pm Eastern Time is the Keeper Deadline (please choose 3 in preparation for a potential change depending on poll results - it is easier to remove one than to add 1 later on).
-Monday, October, 18th at 9:15pm Eastern Time is the tentative draft time. This gives about 8 days of a heads up from now but if anyone cannot make it please tell me ASAP either here or on Yahoo. As always nothing in guaranteed but the sooner you let me know the more likely it is we could change it to a better time slot.
1. Killersweet
2. Phil/Under My Capela
3. Jsumadchat
4. K Cab
5. Mike Noodles
6. Greg
7. Bob
8. Swoop
9. Bramaca
10. Six8TheWizard
I checked it 3x but as always if anyone notices an error please point it out to me ASAP
Draft is Monday, October, 18th @9:15pm Eastern
1. Six-8-TheWizard - 1. Durant, 2. Dame, 3. Anthony Davis | None Ineligible; Durant/Bam Kept Once Already
2. Bob - 1. LaVine, 2. Westbrook, 3. Randle | None Ineligible; Lavine/Collins Kept Once Already
3. MikeNoodles - 1. Young, 2. Embiid, 3. Tatum | None Ineligible; Tatum/Zion Kept Once Already
4. Swoop - 1. Vucevic, 2. PG13, 3. LaMelo Ball | None Ineligible; Mitchell Kept Once Already
5. KCab - 1. Jokic, 2. Fox, 3. Ayton | KAT Ineligible; Ayton Kept Once Already
6. Bramaca - 1. Doncic, 2. Ingram, 3. Tobias Harris | None Ineligible; Doncic Kept Once Already
7. Greg - 1. Booker, 2. Shai, 3. Brown | Kawhi Ineligible; Booker Kept Once Already
8. Jsumadchat/Ah Capela Choir - 1. FVV, 2. Mitchell, 3. Gobert | None Ineligible
9. Killersweet - 1. Steph Curry, 2. Michael Porter Jr, 3. Derrick White | Butler/Giannis Ineligible
10. Phil/Under My Capela - 1. Bam Adebayo, 2. Capela, 3. Lebron James | Harden/Beal Ineligible
Let me know if I made any errors with regards to eligibility.
Keeper Deadline is Saturday, October, 16th @11:59pm Eastern
Thank you to everyone who participated in the poll. The voting is now closed and results are being tabulated. I will update this post as I finish counting.
Total Responses: 6/9
Question 1: How many keeper players would you like the league to have moving forward? Please rank your choices from #1 (first choice) to #4 (last choice). For example : 1A, 2B, 3D, 4C.
First Round Vote Results:
A) Increase to 3 keepers
-2 VotesB) Increase to 4 keepers
-3 VotesC) Increase to 5 keepers
-1 VotesD) No increase, stay with 2 keepers
-0 Votes
Round 1 Outcome: Option D is eliminated
Second Round Vote Results:
A) Increase to 3 keepers
-2 VotesB) Increase to 4 keepers
-3 VotesC) Increase to 5 keepers
-1 Votes
Round 2 Outcome: Since no one choice D as their first choice, vote tally remains the same as above. Therefore Option C is now eliminated.
Third Round Vote Results:
A) Increase to 3 keepers
-2 VotesB) Increase to 4 keepers
-4 Votes
Round 3 Outcome: With C eliminated, the voter who chose C as their first choice moves to their 2nd choice which was B.
Final Verdict: Option B (Increase to 4 keepers) wins by a score of 4-2
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Question 2: Do you support the addition of a "1Yr Keeper Eligibility Voucher" as a prize for the regular season champion going forward?
Vote Results:
A) Yes
5-VotesB) No
Final Verdict: Option A (Yes, implement the voucher as a prize for the regular season champion) wins by a score of 5-1.
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Reminder that Keepers are due tonight (Satuday, October, 16th @11:59pm). Based on the poll results we have now confirmed that we will have 3 keepers this year.
See above post for the actual tabulated results. These are the key takeaways:
1. We will be going with 3 keepers for this current (2021-2022) season so please make sure to pick three players when you submit your choices.
2. The number of keeper players for the following season (2022-2023) and beyond will be 4 keepers, so keep that in mind as you draft/make roster moves this year.
3. Beginning with the 2021-2022 regular season champion, the team that finishes first in the regular season standings each season will receive a "voucher" for 1 additional year of keeper eligibility. This voucher never expires and does not have to be used immediately. I will keep track of it via the keeper eligibility posts that I make in this thread each year.
To be clear, the voucher can only be applied to one single player (e.g. if I have already kept Curry and Durant twice I can only use the voucher to extend the eligibility of one or the other, not both - the other player would be thrown back into the draft pool).
4. All the other keeper rules are staying exactly the same. Keepers will still slot into the final rounds of the draft and (the voucher notwithstanding) every keeper can still only be marked as "kept" by the same team a maximum of 2 drafts in a row.
Sorry, I just realized I missed the keeper deadline. I would be keeping Tatum, Williamson and Young.
1. Six-8-TheWizard - 1. Luka, 2. Harden, 3. Towns, 4. Dame | None Ineligible; Dame Kept Once Already
2. Bob - 1. Garland, 2. Middleton, 3. Collins, 4. Bridges | LaVine Ineligible; Westbrook/Randle Kept Once Already
3. MikeNoodles - 1. Embiid, 2. Young, 3. Mobley, 4. McCollum,| Tatum Ineligible; Young/Embiid Kept Once Already
4. Swoop - 1. Ball, 2. PG13, 3. Morant, 4. Derozan| None Ineligible; Vucevic/PG13/Ball Kept Once Already
5. KCab - 1. Jokic, 2. Edwards, 3. Beal, 4. Barnes | Ayton Ineligible; Jokic/Fox Kept Once Already
6. Bramaca - 1. Murray, 2. Siakam, 3. Bane, 4. Maxey | None Ineligible; Ingram Kept Once Already
7. Greg - 1. Butler, 2. Turner 3. Brown, 4. Shai | Booker Ineligible; Shai/Brown Kept Once Already
8. Jsumadchat/Ah Capela Choir - 1. Giannis, 2. Sabonis, 3. Gobert, 4. Mitchell| None Ineligible; Mitchell/Gobert Kept Once Already
9. Killersweet - 1. Curry, 2. Durant, 3. Haliburton, 4. Kawhi| None Ineligible; Curry/Porter/White Kept Once Already
10. Phil/Under My Capela - 1. Bam Adebayo, 2. Kyrie, 3. Davis, 4. Lebron | None Ineligible; Bam/Capela/Lebron Kept Once Already
1. Phil/Under My Capela
2. Killersweet
3. Six8TheWizard
4. Greg
5. KCab
6. MikeNoodles
7. Bramaca
8. Bob
9. Ah-Capela Choir
10. Swoop
Draft is Monday, October, 17th @ 9:15pm Eastern
I will keep Shai as my 4th keeper


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Here are the ingredients:
1 cup of respect
2 cups friendliness
3 cups love
1/4 cup patience
1 tsp working together
1 tsp working together
After practicing everything, mix together and enjoy!
How sweet. But I think people prefer real food recipes. I know I do. It's like, "Yum, a new recipe! Wait. Hold on. One cup of respect? Oh, it's a recipe-for-life recipe. Lame."
How sweet. But I think people prefer real food recipes. I know I do. It's like, "Yum, a new recipe! Wait. Hold on. One cup of respect? Oh, it's a recipe-for-life recipe. Lame."
But when I do happen upon a real recipe, I'll first comb through to see if it wants me to grind my own nutmeg or use a thermometer or blanche something. And what exactly is a cardamom pod? Hungarian paprika? My mind starts to drift at the mere mention of that stuff.
Although once I used "butcher's twine" (cooking string) to hold together a spinach-stuffed rolled-up meat thing. And it didn't turn everything greenish-blue like on Bridget Jones Diary. I actually made this recipe... not one, not two, but three times - rare moments of culinary genius.
But recipes that really suck me in are those requiring "one pot" and have the words "healthy" and "comfort food" magically thrown together somehow. And there are certain ingredients - oatmeal, buttermilk, cocoa, sour cream - that cause me to linger awhile, as in, "you had me at oatmeal."
Now, anyone hoping to get a real recipe out of this blog, today is your lucky day! And I'm pretty sure you already know the main ingredient. It's my mother-in-law's famous Oatmeal Cake, a.k.a. "Touchdown Cake" during my husband's high school football days. Simply amazing. Don't know why exactly. I guess it has all the right ratios. And it's a one-potter.
But real quick - back to "Recipes for Kindness." Can you imagine actually following one? If baked up just right, our social circles would be heaven on earth. But let's be honest, knowing me I'd end up replacing 1/4 cup of patience with 1/4 cup reality, and my party would fall flat or "taste" too salty or something. (Or just be really fun!)
At that point, I'd ask God to let His grace flow like the milk over a bowl of Reeses Puffs on a Saturday morning. That would more than make up for any ingredient shortage or mix-up. Maybe "unlimited cups of God's grace" should be added to all recipes-for-life?
At any rate, let's get down to business...
Karen's Oatmeal Cake:
1 cup oatmeal
1 1/4 cup water
--Microwave both together for 3 minutes.
Then add:
1 stick butter (Let butter sit in hot oatmeal a few minutes to soften before continuing.)
1 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
--Beat together one minute.
Then add:
1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
3/4 tsp nutmeg (Previously ground nutmeg.)
--Mix together, and pour into greased 9-inch pan. Bake at 350 for 45-55 minutes until done. Cool and sift (or sprinkle) powdered sugar over the top - be generous.
Oh, and don't forget to add a pinch of kindness. Enjoy!


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John is ill and we will reschedule this walk, likely for June. Please check back here for further details. Our March 6 walk is still on and the location details will be posted here 2 weeks ahead of the walk, so we can better assess trail conditions at that time. Thank you.
Join us for this first walk in the series at Codman North/Farm Meadow for a gently paced walk through nature guided by John Calabria. Unplug, disconnect from the world for a while and let your senses come alive in nature.
The series is organized for 55+, but all are welcome. Choose footwear and clothing appropriate for weather conditions. Walking sticks or walking poles can help for stability, if you have them.
For inclement weather, call the LLCT's general line at 781-259-9251 after 10AM the morning of the walk for direction.
Parking: Park in the back of Donelan's lot in the last row before the commuter lot begins.
John Calabria, yoga teacher, and expert in mindfulness and nature: Years ago John left a successful engineering career to help people find joy in their lives, and feel more connected to this most beautiful part of the world we live in. John spends as much time as possible in nature, noticing many things that others may miss. He cares for 60 bluebird nest boxes, forages for wild foods, and is a longtime teacher of mindfulness and Yoga in West Concord.
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Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA), 97-02-12
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From: The Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATA) Home Page at <http://www.telpress.it/ata>
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[01] EXODUS LIKELY TO INCREASE IN VLORETIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - The owners of over one hundred speedboats and power dinghies sequestered by police in the Vlore port, southwestern Albania, have taken them back from the Radhima port, where they were interecepted by the police, taking advantage of the lack of police control.
The owners of these speedboats, which have been used for illegal emigration towards the Italian coasts, are now reparing them.
This fact and the lack of public order and border control have added to the danger of the resumption of illegal emigrants traffic towards Italy, likely to reach the proportions of an exodus.
A great number of vehicles were seen on Tuesday in the port while loading the speedboats sequestered since two years ago.
Last night, the Vlore shore has been crowded as ever before with illegal emigrants. There are no reports of the number of speedboats leaving since last night.
For one week now, the Vlore creditors of the failed company "Gjallica" have been staging protests in demand of their own money. kei/lm/k
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[02] EXODUS LIKELY TO TAKE PLACE IN VLORETIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - The owners of over one hundred speedboats and power dinghies sequestered by police in the Vlore port, southwestern Albania, have taken them back from the Radhima port, where they were interecepted by the police, taking advantage of the lack of police control.
The owners of these speedboats, which have been used for illegal emigration towards the Italian coasts, are now reparing them.
This fact and the lack of public order and border control have added to the danger of the resumption of illegal emigrants traffic towards Italy, likely to reach the proportions of an exodus.
A great number of vehicles were seen on Tuesday in the port while loading the speedboats sequestered since two years ago.
Last night, the Vlore shore has been crowded as ever before with illegal emigrants. There are no reports of the number of speedboats leaving since last night.
For one week now, the Vlore creditors of the failed company "Gjallica" have been staging protests in demand of their own money. kei/lm/e
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[03] PRESIDENT RUGOVA MEETS U.S DIPLOMATSTIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - Kosova President Ibrahim Rugova met Tuesday the Charge d' Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Richard Miles and the diplomat Nikolas Hills, second secretary of this embassy, Information Center of Kosova reports.
During the meeting they talked about the situation in the region. President Rugova considered the situation in Kosova tense because of the murders, arrests and systematic repression against the Albanians.
"The Kosova people is resolute to realize its political will for independence by political means", stressed Rugova.
The Charge d'Affaires, Richard Miles, stressed that he came to Kosova to familiarize with the current situation and to express the concern of the State Department for this situation.
"The Kosova issue is of priority in the agenda of HBA", said Miles. /p.ta/l/eva/mt/E
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[04] VERIFICATION OF "ADI PETROL" DOCUMENTATION CONTINUES IN GJIROKASTERGJIROKASTER, FEB 11 (ATA)- By H. Cani, The prosecutor's office of the Gjirokaster district, southern Albania, in cooperation with a group of economic experts, is verifying the whole accountancy documentation of the enterprise "Adi Petrol", affiliate of the "Gjallica" company, which collapsed several days ago.
"Some 100 accountancy documents have so far been sequestered," the district chief prosecutor, Fatmir Kapllani, told ATA.
Regarding the departure of the chief of the finance sector of this tourist enterprise, Lela Selami, to an unknown destination, the chief prosecutor says that "No arrest order has been issued against him, as nothing is clear about his activity. However, the possibility of Selami's involvement in abusing with the money of the Gjirokaster creditors is not excluded."
Meanwhile, the tourist enterprise "Adi Petrol", is not functioning as a whole, as an inventory is being carried out in its supermarket.
Creditors of the "Gjallica" loan-taking company in Vlore have since a week ago been clashing with the police forces, demanding the money lostin this company. s.sh/eva/lm/E
GJIROKASTER, FEB 11 (ATA)- By H. Cani, The prosecutor's office of the Gjirokaster district, southern Albania, in cooperation with a group of economic experts, is verifying the whole accountancy documentation of the enterprise "Adi Petrol", affiliate of the "Gjallica" company, which collapsed several days ago.
"Some 100 accountancy documents have so far been sequestered," the district chief prosecutor, Fatmir Kapllani, told ATA.
Regarding the departure of the chief of the finance sector of this tourist enterprise, Lela Selami, to an unknown destination, the chief prosecutor says that "No arrest order has been issued against him, as nothing is clear about his activity. However, the possibility of Selami's involvement in abusing with the money of the Gjirokaster creditors is not excluded."
Meanwhile, the tourist enterprise "Adi Petrol", is not functioning as a whole, as an inventory is being carried out in its supermarket.
Creditors of the "Gjallica" loan-taking company in Vlore have since a week ago been clashing with the police forces, demanding the money lostin this company. s.sh/eva/lm/E
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[05] PRESS REVIEWTIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - Rilindja Demokratike reports: "Government draft law 'On state of emergency in cases of great violation of public order' refused". The paper also reports on the Tuesday protests in Vlore: "The protesters do not confront with the police". The paper carries a statement of Italian Foreign Minister Lamberto Dini, under the title "Italian initiative for international help (for Albania)". The paper reports that the Italian mafia has been participant in the last riots in Vlore, citing statements of the Chief of the Italian secret police Alessandro Pansa.
Zeri i Popullit reports: "Regime of Berisha leads Vlora and the whole Albania into mourning". The paper reports regarding the extraordinary meeting of the SP leading committee and the news conference after it under the title: "SP denounces the scenario Berisha-Meksi of holding the power with blood and terror". The paper also publishes an appeal of the Forum for Democracy led by Tirana citizens to participate in a peaceful rally in the Scanderbeg Square and boulevard "Deshmoret e Kombit", today at 12.00.
Republika reports: "The republicans withdraw from the government", regarding the National Council of the Republika Party which convened on Tuesday. The paper also reports" "Violence is threatening free press and journalists. The paper publishes a memorial of Vefa Holding citing its president Vehbi Alimucaj: Vefa strengthens its position. We will help Gajllica and other companies".
With regard to the protests in Vlore, Rilindja reports: "The DP headquarters in Vlore was set ablaze". The paper also highlights the meeting of President Berisha with the Chief of the General Staff of the Greek National Defence, general Athanasios Tzoganis, under the title: "High level of friendship and cooperation", as well as the meeting of President Rugova with the Charge d' Affaires in the U.S. Embassy in Belgrade, Richard Miles.
Albania reports: "The Austrian press uncovers a new track of the usuries crisis in Albania - the Italian mafia in the Vlora protests". The paper also reports "The crowd set fire on DP headquarters"", as well as "Vefa distributes the returns". The paper reports that the Mayor of Vlore was against the parliamentary draft law for the state of emergency.
Koha Jone reports: "The opposition Forum requests rallies in the whole country today at 12.00". The paper carries the editorial: "Conflict in DP. Many deputies against the army in Vlore. A new government is expected today".
Ushtria dhe Koha paper reports: "The army as part of the people understands the situation the loan-taking companies led us to", as well as "Slanders for the police forces have ill intentions". The paper reports on the visit of the Chief of the General Staff of the Greek National Defence in Albania.
Dita Informacion reports: "DP withdraws: No to state of emergency in Vlore", as well as "Manifestations even in Gjirokaster, Tepelene and Shkoder".
With regard to the situation in Vlore, Gazeta Shqiptare reports: The seven day of protests". The protesters have rushed in streets and squares until evening". Regarding to the draft law for state of emergency, the paper reports: "Government draft law refused". /kei/mt/E
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[06] BODYGUARD OF "KOHA JONE" ATTACKS DRIVER OF DIRECTOR OF "ALBANIA"TIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA)-Myslim Murati, the bodyguard of the director of the newspaper Koha Jone, Nikolle Lesi, beat on Friday Rajmond Tufina, driver of the director of the newspaper Albania, Ylli Rakipi, according to Wednesday's Albania.
Murati committed this act shortly after the main newspaper directors in Albania had decided to create a joint institution to defend reporters against violence.
The participants in the meeting, held upon the initiative of Nikolle Lesi, concluded that the Committee of Rescuing the Reporters should be created. This institution which would be represented by the two local reporters' associations would defend the physical integrity and tranquility of reporters, Albania says.
After the meeting, Tufina asked Lesi's driver to open the way which he had blocked with his car.
Instead of the driver, it was Murati, the bodyguard, who responded, saying he wouldn't open the way and threatened Albania's driver. Later, Murati attacked Tufina, the paper says.
The Journalists' League of Albania has issued a protest against the violence exercised on the driver of Albania's director. kei/lm/k
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[07] ALBRIGHT WARNS MILOSEVIC OF LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN KOSOVAPRISHTINE, FEB 12 (ATA)-The U.S. secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, through a letter addressed Saturday to Serb President Milosevic, draws attention to the concern the latest developments in Kosova has created in the U.S. and stresses that the outer wall of sanctions against Serbia will be maintained, according to the Kosova Center of Information.
At a news conference held Monday at the State Department, spokesman Nicholas Berns told reporters that the charge d'affaires in the U.S. embassy in Belgrade, Richard Miles, had handed over to President Milosevic a letter of the State Secretary, pressing for the approval of the law on the elections in Serbia, as well as the adoption of positive steps to resolve the Kosova issue.
Berns expressed the concern of the U.S. government over the deterioration of the situation in Kosova during the last weeks. He said that Albright's letter clearly stressed the U.S. position that Serbia should fully meet all the demands of the Dayton agreement, also including the extradition of the war criminals and Kosova.
Berns told reporters that the tone of Albright's letter, addressed to president Milosevic, was very harsh and dids not at all question the U.S. stand towards the outer wall of sanctions. p.ta/shq/kei/lm/k
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[08] 80TH ANNIVERSARY OF BIRTH OF DEMOCRAT POLITICIAN COMMEMORATEDTIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA)- By S. Sharrexhi, The 80th anniversary of the birth of the Albanian democrat politician, Musine Kokalari, was commemorated on Tuesday.
On this occasion, the "50 vjetori" school was named after "Musine Kokalari" and a meeting was held at the National Historic Museum in Tirana with deputy Uran Butka speaking of her life and activity.
"As a nationalist, she opposed fascism, nazism and communism. Together with the other nationalists she founded in 1943 the Albanian Social- Democratic Party, which created the possibility of a political and party pluralism in Albania," Butka said.
Musine expressed openly her views against dictatorship, and because of this she served 16 years in jail and 22 year in internal exile. Kokolari was killed by communism. sh.sh/eva/lm/k
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[09] SITUATION IN VLORE HAS PARALYSED ADMINISTRATION AND ECONOMIC LIFE IN THE CITYTIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - The grave situation in Vlore (southern Albania), created after the last events from the protests of Vlora citizens who have lost their money in pyramid schemes, has paralysed almost all the administration and economic life in the city.
The protests have started on February 5, 1997.
The situation is more critical in the market, there is a shortage of bread in many trade units, prices have increased for many food items and an alarming economic decline have been noticed.
Meanwhile in the coasts of Vlore some tens of traffickers have transport freely emigrants during the late hours of night.
This flux of movements of illegal emigrants has taken advantage of the lack of police control, as well as by the fact that tens of speedboats sequestered before by the police have been taken back by their owners. /sk/shq/eva/mt/k
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[10] SITUATION IN VLORE IS NORMALISINGVLORE, FEB 12 (ATA)- Today, the eighth day of protests in the Vlore city, the situation is getting back to normal.
For several days now the work has been suspended in all the local institution. Since Monday, by a decision of the district education department, schools have been closed until Sunday.
Meanwhile, all the police officers have been withdrawn from the public environments, as well as from the building of the police commissariat. Crowds of people continued their protests in various ways along the city's streets also today.
The SP leader, Namik Dokle, was also present at the square this noon.
As regards the presence of various exponents of the Albanian politics, the majority of the Vlora people are against politicisation of their protests because, as they say, there is no reason to play with the economic disaster of the citizens.
Also on Monday, the two reporters' associations in Vlora, that of the League and the other of the Professional Reporters, have pronounced themselves in a statement to be read in the local channel Tele Blu.
It stresses that no political force can manipulate the crowds at this moment of economic crisis sweeping the whole coastal city.
The demands of the Vlore citizens, the statement says, should be taken into account and resolved as soon as possible. However, this does not mean that these days the solution of the demands be required through destruction and terror in the city. a.ke/kei/lm/E
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[11] TENDENCIES FOR ILLEGAL RALLY IN SCANDERBEJ SQUARE IN TIRANATIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) By Atlant Frasheri: Groups of people intended to gather in the Scanderbeg Square in Tirana on Wednesday, but police did not allow because the rally was illegal.
The illegal rally was called by the Forum for Democracy, which, despite police efforts to disperse the crowd, kept on calling for crowding the square and the boulevard "Deshmoret e Kombit".
Unidentified persons, who spoke inside the SP headquarters, chanted anti-constitutional slogans to topple the current system in Albania: "To topple Berisha's regime through violence", "Youth should join us", etc.
The organizations for gathering by SP have started in the early hours of morning, through some members of the Albanian Eurosocialist Youth Forum, who have gone in high schools of Tirana and have called on the pupils of these schools to rally in the square, violating the school rules.
The same thing has happened in the Institute of the Fine Arts.
For the time being the situation in the Scanderbeg Square is calm and the public order forces have taken all the measures not to allow the illegal meeting. /a.ke/kei/mt/E
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[12] ALBANIAN PUPILS REFUSE EUROSOCIALISTS' CALLTIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - By P Shuteriqi: All categories of schools, except for the university, official sources of the Education and Sports Ministry report, had a normal day today. According to the director of the 8 form education department in this ministry, Bashkim Berisha, "the classes have continued normally and the pupils and teachers have held classes according to the program."
Reports show that today the Forum of the Eurosocialist Youth appealed through ZP to all pupils of secondary schools in Tirana and throughout Albania "to boycott classes until a political solution is reached ..."
This appeal was ignored because in 70 eight form and secondary schools of the capital, tells the chief of the control and qualification sector in the Education Department of this city, Caci Simoni, the classes continued normally with the exception of the Petro Nini Luarasi secondary general school."
"We talked with a 3 member representation from the pupils of this school, who said that 'we have no complaint or any relation with the political demands. Our protest is simply to say No to Violence,'" said to ATA reporter the director of this secondary school, Gjergji Konomi.
Some pupils were lighting candles and singing in the school yard. In fact a group of eurosocialists, pupils of this school, tried to give a political character to the interruption of the classes.
Sources from other districts, with the exception of Vlora, reported that classes today have continued normally. kled/xh/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[13] PEACEFUL PROTEST IN GJIROKASTRAGJIROKASTRA, FEB 12 (ATA) - Hysni Cani: About 300 people from Gjirokastra today protested calmly for the lost of their money in fraudulent pyramid schemes.
The people, who started their protest at 12.00, marched in the main street of the 18 shtatori city quarter, launching slogans which are now so commonly heard.
After 45 minutes, the protesters massed in the square in front of the stadium and then dispersed peacefully.
During that period, police blocked the traffic. There were no clashes with forces of order although the rally was illegal. ake/kled/x/h/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[14] FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY PROTESTS FOR NOT BEING ALLOWED TO HOLD A RALLY- Police considered the rally illegal - TIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - By Agim Baci: Today, the leader of the parties which are members of the Forum for Democracy protested because police did not allow them to hold an illegal rally in the Skanderbeg Square.
"We demand that police do not prevent us from our right to protest," said the three Forum leaders.
The calls from the SP headquarters to go to the Skanderbeg Square did not find support among the citizens.
"Permission for the leaders to hold the rally was rejected for security reasons for them," said an official of public order.
The forum hailed the decision not to introduce emergency rule in the Vlora district.
"This shows that there are real democrats in the Democratic Party. The imposition of a state of emergency would mark the end of Meksi Government," said the leader of the Forum, Kurt Kola.
The Forum has insisted in the resignation of the Meksi cabinet and creation of a technocrat government.
Regarding a report on RTV last night that Mafia too has a finger in the pie (referring to the question of pyramid schemes) the Forum leaders accused the state for a tendency to shift the responsibility.
Italian papers, citing the Italian chief prosecutor of anti-mafia, Pier Luiggi Vigna, have stressed that 'we have information that groups of Italian crime are involved in the financial scandal of Albania." The other Forum leader, Daut Gumeni, has stressed as an urgent need the request for dialogue.
Asked whether concrete names for the technocrat Government proposed by the Forum have been discussed or not, Kurt Kola said: "We are for a Technocrat Government, but no names have been mentioned. But a pluralist government may also be discussed," said Kola.
Asked about the basis of the declarations by the leader of the Forum that foreign soldiers have been seen in the city of Vlora, they said:
"We have heard them say 'Stoj'. The people have caught some but have let them free again (!)"
The Albanian Defence Ministry has refuted the report for the existence of any foreign soldier in Albania. ssh/kled/xh/sh/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[15] PEACEFUL PROTEST BY FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY IN TEPELENATEPELENE, FEB 12 (ATA) - By H Cani: As warned by the Forum for Democracy, a peaceful protest with the participation of hundreds of people, was held today at 12.00 in the main square of Tepelena, Southern Albania.
Opposition leaders repeated the already known demands for the resignation of the government, creation of a technocrat government and the 100 per cent return of the money invested by creditors in loan-taking firms.
The participants in the really launched slogans such as "Vlora-Vlora, " "Down with the Government," etc.
Although the rally was illegal, something also admitted by the Forum for Democracy, police did not interfere but followed the situation in distance. An illegal peaceful rally was also held in the town of Memaliaj.
After protesting for about 30 minutes, the participants in the gathering left calmly.ssh/kled/xh/sh/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[16] EXTENDED NATIONAL COUNCIL OF ALBANIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY DISCUSSES SOLUTION TO CRISIS IN ALBANIATIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - By R Floqi, A Frasheri: The extended National Council of the Democratic Party of Albania, which convened today afternoon in the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, discussed for about 4 hours the options of the Democratic Party to bring the country out of the situation created by the collapse of pyramid schemes.
So far, no decision has been taken. Participants in the meeting have voiced various opinions regarding a solution to the situation. The DP Council denounced the terrorists and the recent violent acts encouraged by left wing forces.
"The meeting anlysed the causes and defined the responsibility" said deputy Bashkim Kopliku, "but there were also opinions that the government has responsibility and requests for its resignation."
At the beginning of the meeting, President Berisha addressed the meeting and "was openly in favour of the idea of resolving the question and not giving directives."
Most of the opinions expressed were for a complex analysis and for the solution to the crisis in favour of the people, through a dialogue to be held on through all possible alternatives.
Asked whether he meant the opposition option for a technocrat government, Mr Kopliku said that "We must make clear to some people that a DP government is the best possible option, because with a strong democratic government, which accepts the mistakes, which addresses the people, the DP is for the moment the best option."
The DP extended National Council, consisting of 105 elected members and of the deputies of the Democratic Party, will discuss more extensively the question and will adopt concrete decisions after an hour break, from 18.00-19.00 hrs. ssh/kled/xh/sh/
Albanian Telegraphic Agency
[17] ALBANIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY REFUTES A DECLARATION OF THE FORUM FOR DEMOCRACY CHAIRMANTIRANA, FEB 12 (ATA) - Regarding a declaration made today on the Voice of America by the chairman of the Forum for Democracy, Kurt Kola that soldiers in Vlora are foreign, they are Serbs, Bosnians, the spokesman of the Defence Ministry of Albania, states as follows:
The Defence Ministry refutes this report as untrue, deliberate, ill- willing and anti-national. This is an open and indignant provocation for the Albanian Army and Albania. This is the greatest offence to the dignity of the soldiers, the sons of the Albanian people, of the army and the entire Albanian nation.
Serbian and Bosnian soldiers are in plenty only in the "Army of the Forum for Democracy."
Asked about the basis of the declarations by the leaders of the Forum in a news conference some days ago that foreign soldiers have been seen in the city of Vlora, they said: "We have heard them say 'Stoj'. The people have caught some but have let them go again (!)"
The Defence Ministry has sent a report in the Prosecutor's Office about Kurt Kola with regard to his declaration.
By a decision of the Parliament, limited army units, less than 1 per cent of its effective, have been engaged to guard the main state institutions.
The spokesman of the Defence Ministry declares that all the army is in garrisons today.
Forum for Democracy chairman Kurt Kola accused the Albanian government today on the Voice of America that it has mobilized Bosnian and Serbian soldiers to restore order and tranquillity in the city of Vlore. Kola did not hesitate to declare before reportsers' microphones that "We want to go to Europe. One cannot go to Europe with police, with army and quarrels. Bosnian soldiers have been captured in Vlora. Stoj, they said, stoj, they did not know Albanian."
The declaration of Mr Kola was opposed by none of the leaders of the political parties present in the news conference recently as members of the Forum for democracy. ssh/kled/xh/sh/
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Publisher: Second Wind Publishing
(Release Date): February 2010
(Genre): Historical Romance
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When suitors are baffled by Miss Fiona Fairmont's scientific turn of mind her mother tearfully predicts that her daughter will be doomed to spinsterhood—until Lord Henry Featherstone comes along. Nicknamed "the Mad Scientist," Henry appreciates Fiona's mind as well as her face. Fiona thinks she's found the perfect husband in Henry until notorious Lord Albert Beaumont crashes through her neatly laid plans.
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Fish Chowder
4 slices bacon, chopped
1 small onion chopped fine
1 carrot chopped fine
1 celery rib, chopped fine
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon paprika
8 ounces bottled clam juice
1 cup water
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 russet (baking) potato (about 1/2 pound)
3/4 pound halibut skin discarded, cut into l-inch pieces
2 tablespoons minced fresh parley leaves
In a heavy saucepan cook bacon over moderate heat
stirring, until crisp and transfer with a slotted spoon to paper
towels to drain. Pour off fat and in pan cook onion, carrot, and
celery in butter over moderately low heat, stirring occasionally,
until softened.
Sprinkle flour over mixture and cook, stirring 3 minutes.
Stir in paprika and cook, stirring, 30 seconds. Add clam juice,
water, and cream and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
While mixture is coming to a boil, peel potato and cut into
1/4 inch dice. Add potato to mixture and simmer chowder uncovered
12 minutes, Stir in fish and simmer until just cooked
though, about 5 minutes. Stir in parsley, bacon, and salt and
makes 1 1/2 cups.
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Move flexibly and conveniently through the city – while still protecting the environment? In many large cities this is not a problem: the high-quality bikes of "Call a Bike" are available around the clock at fixed pick-up points. After a one time registration customers can rent a bike anytime – nationwide.
The bike is then returned at either a pick-up point or at any desired intersection. In the past the latter has sometimes proven problematic: bikes were parked on private property or had vanished without a trace.
Implementation of a flexible usage concept by INSIDE M2M
In order to be able to know the location of the rental bicycles at any time, DB Kommunikationstechnik, the German-wide specialist of the Deutschen Bahn AG for IT systems, contracted INSIDE M2M GmbH to develop a complete system for tracking them using GPS.
For the "Call a Bike" wireless solution, DB Kommunikationstechnik acted on behalf of the DB Rent GmbH and was responsible for the project, choice of the project partners and the overall integration within the DB AG. The specification of the hardware to be used and the needed software were carried out together with INSIDE M2M.
Overview of the solution
The software interrogates position data of the bicycle through the built in GPS chip set, gets the current rental return data from the bicycle control unit and transmits this information to the M2MGate server through GPRS. The server stores the data in a database which can be accessed through the web front end of the "Call a Bike" booking and management system. All data is visualised through a web portal based on M2MGate from INSIDE M2M. "Call a Bike" system administrators can access the password-protected admin section of the portal without needing additional software, either from within the local network or worldwide through the Internet.
Benefits for the Call a Bike customer
The new system allows customers to reserve and rent the closest bicycle at any time. To give even more flexibility to the customers, a mobile app is available in addition to the "Call a Bike" website. This makes it more convenient for customers to access the "Call a Bike" service when they are travelling.
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Dermatofibromas are usually red or brown firm nodules in the skin, commonly found on women's legs.
They can also be on the arms, back or torso in men or women. They occur from the growth of excessive scar tissue after a minor injury to the skin, such as an insect bite or an ingrown hair. These growths are not cancerous, but they do not go away on their own.
People sometimes desire removal for reasons of unsightliness or difficulty shaving. Dermatofibromas cannot just be shaved off of the surface, they do need to be excised with and stitched to be completely removed so they don't grow back since much of the growth is below the skin. Excision does cause a scar as well, although usually the scar may be flatter and less noticeable than the dermatofibroma.


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Virginia County health rankings from 2015 based on these criteria:
- Clinical Care (access to mental and physical health facilities)
- Health Behaviors (smoking, physical activity, obesity, etc.)
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Remembering my brother Eddie who passed on to be with the Lord around this time in 1996.
My faith tells me that one day, I will see those that have passed on to be with the Lord. I was blessed to know that my brother committed his life to God when I got a call from him six months prior to his death. He sounded joyous. His voice was peaceful. No one had to tell me what he would be telling me. He was a different person.
You see, my brother battled with alcohol for a decade or so. When he was in his early twenties, he helped manage a hotel. My brother was the guy that would take tourists all over Mexico City and show Japanese businessmen or German entrepreneurs how to have fun in a city alive with the worst of enticements throughout the evening.
This business of showing tourists a good time, along with his addiction, brought a heavy chain like abuse he could not stop.
I had been praying for my brother to find peace. Peace only Jesus brings. I know it sounds cliché saying this nowadays. But the truth is the truth no matter how popular it is.
You see, Jesus tells us that he brings life and more abundantly to those who call and place their faith in Him.
Jesus comes to give anyone who asks, a new life. A fresh start and a powerful ally who can take whatever addiction or bad habits a person has, and make them an added tool to our spiritual arsenal. My brother committed himself to this peaceful but powerful faith. But, his new committed faith would come too late. His body was too beaten with all the problems of his life. My brother had abused his body way past its limits. He would go home to be with the Lord.
His decision to ask Jesus into his life. To commit to Jesus' teachings and Lordship had saved my brother from eternal catastrophe. He made his decision to follow Christ in the nick of time.
I am forever grateful for this and to the person who led him to a changed spiritual walk.
Today, I want to new courage to take the time to look at your life and see where it's headed.
If you are struggling with things that are keeping you down or frankly enslaving you, ask Jesus into your life. Ask Him to forgive you of everything that you have done wrong. Any sin you want to get rid of. Make a commitment to changing your life with His help. It is the only way that you will break the chains that are dragging your life into a mediocre existence.
Once you do this, seek a Christian who you know is truly living like a disciple of Jesus. Ask that person to help you with your new commitment. And ask the person to help you learn more about Jesus.
You will see that your burdens will be lifted. Why, because this peaceful but powerful Person, will help you by taking the load off you, and carrying it on Him.
You will find that His yoke is easy and His burden is light. Don't wait, tomorrow is not promised to anyone.


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Apple has just announced this morning the latest version of their photo management and editing platform, Aperture 3.0.
Aperture 3 brings some of the most loved features of iPhoto into their professional level software package. Features like Faces and Places, but also add higher end features like non-destructive edge aware brushes for applying selective adjustments to your photos.
Some of the other features include:
- Adjustment presets
- Video Support
- More Advanced Photo Packages
- Full Screen Browser
- Simplified Import
- Adjustment presets on Import
- GPS support
Overall Apple lists over 200 new features in this new Aperture.
Aperture 3 should be available immediately and you are also able to download a fully functional 30 day trial.
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A face I could never forget. That of a popular figure at the Holy Spirit Academy of Laoag when I was a student. The parent-teacher association leader and also the doting mother to a former classmate — Mrs. Mary Cu Ang. (My own mom seldom attended PTA meetings when I was in school because she was too busy teaching English, Statistics, Rizal, etc. at the Divine Word College of Laoag, sewing dresses for Laoag's glamorous ladies and designing/sewing/beading a thousand gowns for her school's graduation and Cadena de Amor, fulfilling her social obligations, attending to the family's needs, all at the same time, year in and year out.) And it still amazes me that Tita Mary, the lady who has left a mark on me, continue to fill many roles like no one else does. What is more remarkable is that her kindness and zest genuinely stem from the heart. Today, the retired businesswoman, a non-politico, is still busy as ever, juggling her duties as a director of the Philippine National Red Cross Ilocos Norte Chapter, a director of the Ilocos Norte Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, an active member of several organizations such as Zonta, a concerned citizen of the province of Ilocos Norte and so on and so on.
The amazing 70-something lady, with her signature natural platinum blonde hair, was once again awarded for her undying spirit in helping the less fortunate, people in need, and the society at large. The most recent one, together with Dr. Roberto C. Licup Sr., Bro. Martin Francisco, BSMP, Bacolod Chamber Volunteer Fire Brigade, and Sr. Eva Fidela C. Maamo, SPC, MD, they were awarded by the Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA) as Outstanding Volunteers of 2012, who "magnanimously devoted their tireless efforts in the service of the depressed area residents, the indigenous Filipinos, the environment, the rehabilitation of drug addicts, and the fire victims." No less than Presidential sister Mrs. Pinky Aquino-Abellada, honorary chair for the NVM Steering Committee for 2011-2012, awarded her the recognition in a ceremony at the Crowne Plaza Galleria Manila in December, 2012.
Let us not forget that the proactive widowed Mary Ang, who has volunteered a chunk of her lifetime for social action, is a mother of three highly successful, lovely daughters, namely: Jennifer, a surgeon at the Makati Medical Center, Jessica, a licensed physician in the country and a practicing nurse in Las Vegas, and Janice, the Assistant Manager of the ChinaBank Laoag branch. And she still performs better than PSY aka Park Jae-sang. Truly an Ilocano icon that inspires.
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Italy, Spain, US, Canada, Greece and UK were MECASOLAR's main markets.
Italy, Spain, US, Canada, Greece and UK were the main markets for MECASOLAR in 2011, a year in which the company manufactured more than 5,169 solar trackers, installed in 203 solar farms equivalent to 61 MW.
Of MECASOLAR sales in 2011, 85% were exports.
The multinational company has manufactured and supplied 343 MW in trackers that have been installed in 498 solar PV farms worldwide since its establishment. Since 2005, MECASOLAR has delivered 27,169 solar trackers.
The company has manufacturing plants in Spain, Italy, Greece, US and Canada, and branches in UK, Germany, France and China.
Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and India are going to be strategic markets for MECASOLAR over the next years.
MECASOLAR, a multinational company that designs, manufactures and supplies solar trackers, fixed structures and foundation screws, delivered 5,169 solar trackers, equivalent to 61.4 MW, and fixed structures for 203 PV solar projects in 2001. Italy, Spain, US, Canada, Greece and UK were MECASOLAR's main markets. The firm's solar trackers and fixed structures have also been installed in solar PV plants in France, Australia, Colombia, Egypt, Libya, Algeria, Turkey, China, Lithuania, Sweden and Portugal. In fact, of the company's total sales in 2011, 85% were exports.
MECASOLAR relies for commercial and technical support on PROINSO's International Network of Qualified Installers, which has 1,900 members offering their services to customers in more than 60 countries. Thanks to the 2011 figures, MECASOLAR reached a total of 343.4 MW supplied since it was established in 2005. The amount is equivalent to 27,169 solar trackers manufactured and installed. Currently, the company's single- and dual-axis solar trackers and its fixed structures can be found in 498 solar PV farms around the world.
The multinational company has manufacturing plants in Spain, Italy, Greece, US and Canada, and branches in UK, Germany, France and China.
According to MECASOLAR sources, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and India are the target markets where the company is planning to start operating in the near future. Also, the firm is considering product diversification strategies to include other solar technologies using tracking systems.
Specifically, throughout 2012, MECASOLAR will focus mostly on the recently launched 114.4 kWp polar aligned tracker. The new product is modular and scalable, and can be assembled on site, which 'allows for easy transport and installation and reduces costs down to those of fixed structures approximately,' sources said.
Management sources have announced the upcoming launch of new products that 'improve the PR of installations, thus making them more profitable.'//
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MECASOLAR specialises in the design, manufacture and supply of single- and dual-axis solar trackers, fixed structures and foundation screws for solar PV facilities. It has manufacturing plants in Spain, Italy, Greece, Canada and the USA.
All MECASOLAR devices use cutting-edge technology. Its dual-axis trackers can increase solar PV energy generation by over 35% as compared to fixed installations. Its single-axis azimuth trackers improve output by 28% as compared to fixed structures and need a comparatively small space — 2.51 ha/MW (6.2 acres/MW). The company also manufactures fixed structures that can adapt to all kinds of surfaces and power. Together with the universal foundation screw MECASCREW, they provide customers with a global solution.
The MECASOLAR single-axis polar tracker, launched in December 2011, has a capacity of 114.4 kWp, improving PR and reducing investment per Wp, thus increasing the profitability of installations.//


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If you love real estate, you could open a real estate business that will service individuals as well as companies. You could help people find properties and office space. You could even buy properties, renovate them ad resale. You could also buy properties and rent them out to other people, people will always need a place to stay and businesses will also need a place to set up.
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Event Details:
The 3rd Annual Clean Software Summit, hosted at Google, will take place from June 19-20,
2018, at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
The Summit will be held on the Quad Campus at 379 North Whisman Road; Mountain View,
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The topics are still being finalized, but will have a heavy emphasis on ad networks, changes in
Google policy, and evolving behavior in the monetized software industry.
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For this CSA/Google meeting, we've acquired a room block for meeting attendees at the Santa
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In the beginning there were healthy, whole foods packed full of nutrients. Today half the world is plagued by starvation and the other half from too much nutrient-depleted, calorie dense food. Times have changed and so must the way we look at food, nutrition and our health.
The modern day processed "white foods" such as sugar, bread, white rice, seed-"vegetable" oils and processed breakfast foods are full of empty calories and low in nutritional value. Unfortunately these foods now make up a large portion of the average Western diet. Meanwhile, most people rarely consume there required intake of fruit, vegetables, nuts, beans and other nutritious food. When they do consume vegetables, often it is in the form of over-processed potatoes without the nutrient-dense peel, and deep fried in "cholesterol and saturated fat free over processed vegetable oils". The average American, British or Australian eats only one or two vegetables serves per day, a couple of pieces of fruit and a lot of over-processed and nutrient-depleted foods. These nutrient-depleted foods often require nutrients in order to be digested, absorbed, utilised and eliminated from the body. The cost of this may actually deplete the body of nutrients rather than providing them.
It is generally recognised that our bodies require some 90 essential nutrients which include:
16 vitamins;
12 amino acids;
3 essential fatty acids; and
20 or so minerals or trace elements.
As well as a growing list of phytonutrients such as antioxidants.
Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes, cardio-vascular disease cancer and other chronic illnesses continue to be linked to a growing consumption of refined grains, added sugars and "empty calories", as well as a major nutritional deficiencies. Refined grains, processed vegetable fats, and sweets are inexpensive, palatable, and convenient. However, they can also be energy-dense and are low in vitamins, minerals, and other micronutrients. The World Health Organization has found sufficient evidence to link high consumption of energy-dense foods to the global obesity epidemic and chronic illness.
Concerns that the standard Australian/American diet (SAD) has become energy-rich but nutrient-poor have been expressed for many decades now. Unfortunately, the food industry has consistently slowed positive change and confused the situation even more. Claims like "low fat", no "added sugar" or "protein enriched" are just perplexing the situation more and causing long term harm. We now know that saturated fat, salt and cholesterol in food is not so bad for us and definitely not the demon it is made out to be by dietetic organizations who derive large sums of money from the sugar and vegetable oil industry. For example, eating foods with cholesterol is not bad for you according to the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) of the US Government. So it is not bad to eat eggs, particularly given that they are relatively nutrient dense and they are much better for you than cereal breakfast foods. Protein enriched breakfast foods also translates to added gluten, the protein linked with gut conditions including celiacs disease. Just recently the sugar industry has been discovered subverting policies to restrict sugar consumption by blocking information linking sugar with tooth decay over many decades. The sugar industry is now attacking the World Health Organisation who want to lower the recommended sugar consumption by even more.
Calorie counting is another example of a distraction from nutrition. Most of the diet programs count calories and barely even touch on nutrition. This is the root cause of why these program don't work. People make judgments on the foods they eat based on calories, "low fat" or "no cholesterol" rather than eating healthy nutritious foods. Having tunnel vision and simply focusing on these issues at the cost of giving consideration to any of the other food issues is absolutely wrong and will never have a positive effect on your health and wellbeing. Simply counting the calories and balancing it with your exercise is a sure way of developing nutritional deficiency and illness that goes with it. The trick is to choose foods with high nutrient density that fill both needs at the same time. Whole foods tend to have the most nutrients for their calories.
Attempts to translate dietary guidelines into practice, as formulated by professional associations and expert panels have also tended to focus on the negative. In many cases, healthy foods are defined by the absence of problematic ingredients like fat, cholesterol, sugar, and sodium, rather than by the presence of any beneficial nutrients they might contain. In the UK the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute defined healthy foods by low amounts of fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, and sodium per serving. The definition of healthy foods adopted by the American Heart Association was also based on the virtual absence of fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol and on a low sodium content per serving. The demonization of these ingredients has occurred at the expense of more sugar and processed omega 6 fats being added. Both which are inflammatory and linked with many forms of chronic illness. Processed fats and sugary foods don't have the nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that your body needs to be healthy. That's why we call these calories empty. "The World Health Organization has cautioned against the excessive consumption of energy-dense foods, notably those high in sugar and fat.
The National Cancer Institute included in its former definition of healthy foods all fruits and vegetables in their natural form, with the exception of avocados, nuts, olives, and coconut. The exclusion of avocados, now rescinded, and was based purely on fat content and did not take the beneficial nutrients in avocados into account. But going against any common sense and science they still restrict nuts and coconuts. The research on avocados, nuts and coconuts is overwhelmingly positive. It seems these professional guidelines are just opinions.
The key to optimizing your health and achieving your ideal body weight is to eat predominantly those foods that have a relatively high proportion of nutrients (non-calorie food factors) to calories (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins). Adequate consumption of micronutrients—vitamins, minerals, and many other phytochemicals—without excessive calorie intake, is the key to achieving excellent health and weight loss. The nutrient density in your body's tissue is proportional to the nutrient density of your diet. Dietary guidelines now recommend that consumers replace some foods in their diets with more nutrient-dense options.
Unlike food labels which list only a few nutrients, nutrient density scores are based on many more important nutritional parameters. Nutrient density refers to how many nutrients you can obtain from food, given the number of calories it contains. Similar to the way energy density focuses on calories per serving, nutrient density is a simple way to highlight the link between nutrient content and calorie count. Foods that are nutritionally dense provide the most nutrients for the fewest number of calories. Any systematic nutrient dense score should include fiber, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, copper, manganese, selenium, vitamin A, beta carotene, alpha carotene, lycopene, lutein and zeaxanthin, vitamin E, vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, folate, vitamin B12, choline, vitamin K, Omega 3 and 9 fatty acids as well as other phytonutrients and antioxidants as a percentage of their Dietary Reference Intake (DRI).
Not surprisingly the most nutrient dense foods tend to be plant foods, in particular leafy green vegetables. Also, because phytochemicals (plant based chemicals) are largely unnamed and unmeasured, these rankings may underestimate the healthful properties of colorful, natural, plant foods. The nutrient density of natural whole foods may be even higher. Nutrient density scores demonstrates the nutritional power of green vegetables, particularly compared to processed foods and animal products. Even though attention should be placed on these nutrient rich foods, it is also important to achieve micronutrient diversity.
While there are many challenges associated with nutrient density, it is by far the best indicator of the nutrient base of foods. In reality the energy density of foods is not always determined by their sugar and fat contents. Often, energy-dense foods are simply those foods that are dry. Water, which provides weight but no calories, influences the energy density of foods more than any macronutrient, including fat. Examples of dry energy-dense foods are potato chips, whole grains and cereals. In contrast, fruit, vegetables, and milk are energy-dilute. Although the overall inverse relation between energy density and nutrient density may hold, not all energy-dense foods are necessarily nutrient-poor or vice versa.
The automatic assignment of all energy-dense foods into the "bad" category seems arbitrary and is not based on any particular metric or scale. Furthermore, what can be included in the nutrient density scores is only what is currently available from various databases. For example at present it is limited in antioxidant data.
For maximum effectiveness, nutrient density models need to be transparent, based on publicly accessible nutrient composition data, and validated against independent measures of a healthy diet and should be based on 100 kcal and serving sizes performed better than those based on 100 g.
Nutrient density also has the advantage of shifting attention from diets back to foods and people don't need a calculator or an advanced degree in math or nutrition to calculate what constitutes a healthy diet.


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Have you ever thought about all the little things we do to keep our lives running smoothly - like vacuuming? It makes a room feel fresher and more comfortable. We may not consider that we're also prolonging the life of the carpet by keeping it clean. But Melvindale drivers don't always extend tho... Read More
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Log in right here to view present presents and purchase tickets. Secondly, I feel we need to set up a gentle database of theater lovers who want to watch our performs and then finding out the very best means to achieve out to them (e-mail, snail mail whatever.) Creating a subscriber base is a standard follow of many community theaters, however since we do not have an everyday schedule of shows deliberate properly forward, it is troublesome for the viewers members to plan their schedule around it. And finally, it is the audience who should feel the urge to go to the theater.
In a typical modern arrangement: the stage is commonly a square or rectangular playing space, usually raised, surrounded by raked seating. This immersive format takes traditional moviegoing a step additional, by surrounding the viewers with a 270-degree panoramic visual and putting them in the heart of the motion.
Current stories submitted to Pollstar's BoxOffice embody a offered-out April 12 present at New York's Beacon Theatre that bought 2,746 tickets and grossed $210,712 and a June 27 gig at Berlin's Tempodrom that sold 1,329 tickets and grossed $105,957 (95,024 euros).
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Creating a home theater system requires research. Musicals are plays which might be carried out in fully in music and dance kind. Residence theaters programs could be completed on a variety of budgets, but people usually don't want to sacrifice on the standard of two things: the television or projector and the sound system.
Speakers are the sound projecting gadget for computer systems, cell telephones, music players, television and so forth. There could be no sound sans speakers. Theater Alliance is a beautiful rarity among theaters: a team of artists who cares less in regards to the bottom line, but moderately places its huge talent and vitality into crafting high-notch theater for DC audiences.
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Our theater presents a top quality entertainment expertise for deaf, laborious of listening to and imaginative and prescient impaired visitors. The play may be staged in a dilapidated constructing; it could be set up as a treasure hunt across city or could even usher the viewers from room to room. Theatre or theater a is a collaborative form of positive art that uses reside performers, typically actors or actresses , to current the experience of a real or imagined occasion before a reside audience in a selected place, often a stage.
Tickets go on sale Friday, July 26 at 10 a.m. local time. After we watch stay theater on stage we can really feel ourselves, we are able to see ourselves – once we watch a good theater we nearly undergo a life altering expertise. In contrast to the opposite arts, music just isn't a readily tangible type of expression and is only validated when its sound patterns are skillfully interwoven right into a format that's each evocative and interesting to the ears.
The Corkscrew Theater Pageant offers a lineup of performances from underrepresented creatives. We have to develop and produce performs that can replicate our personal lives on stage, and only then will our folks be excited by coming to look at their very own plays. Sometimes known as a "Black Box" theatre, these phases are sometimes huge empty packing containers painted black inside.
A seventy five-minute efficiency of The Comedy of Errors tours to 18 parks throughout the town. The ability of stage is gigantic – as a result of it's real, it is not fake as in the films.


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AMD (NYSE:AMD) was doing their usual counter-IDF demos in San Francisco last week, complete with 28nm GPUs and Trinity laptops. No specs were disclosed, but insiders tell SemiAccurate that both chips are in good shape.
28nm GPUs up and running
What you are seeing here is a 28nm Southern Islands/GCN/HD7xxx laptop chip running in a bog-standard AMD mobile development board. The card itself is an MCM, but that is about all AMD would say, no specs or release dates. Luckily, we know the dates already, and insiders tell us it is Tahiti silicon. (Note: Yes, I know about the rumors, but I'll take my sources' word any day). These parts tipping up in December, subject to the whims of ODMs and OEMs (Note 2: I know those rumors too, some 'journalists' seem unfamiliar with how to use a calendar, December is actually still in 2011).
Not really a fair fight
The other interesting bit is another showing of the Trinity laptop again. This time it was not just a simple 'raincoat' demo(1), it was a full system running Deus Ex at speed. Next to it was an iSomethingmeaningless laptop, and the results were not pretty. If you think Intel has acceptable graphics, you haven't played with a Llano system, and Trinity ups the bar significantly. Then again, you can actually find an iSomethingmeaningless system……
Joint Samsung/AMD 'Nate' demo
The last demo was a slick one, we call this one 'Nate'. Nate was playing a game in 3D on one of the new Samsung 120 HZ 3D 27″ LCD monitors. This monitor is simply one of the best ones I have yet seen, it is truly stunning in person. The 3D side is pretty forgettable because it is 3D, but if they offer this model sans glasses, take a long look at it. As you can see, it is making Nate smile.S|A
(1) Raincoat demo: Where a presenter runs out, flashes something at you, and before your jaw (hopefully) stops hanging loose, they close the raincoat and run away.
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An Adaptation of the Online Users block
Fourteen days ago, I set out to modify Andy J. Davis' Online Users block. My objective was to make my Moodle site more engaging. I think that with the generous help of PHP developer, Matteo Scaramuccia of Italy, and Stephane Gully's Shoutpro Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License code, the objective has been achieved.
New Features of the Online Users block
I started out with the challenge to make the Administrator invisible on the Online Users block. Well one thing led to another and this challenge has turned into a programming quest to make the Online Users block more engaging and visceral to users. I have since, with invaluable help from Matteo, added these features:
- The student (Student, Teacher and Administrator) is able to make himself or herself invisible.
- The Administrator can see how many students at any one time are invisible, but not who they are on the Online Users block. Hint: As Administrator, you can still detect who is logged on by checking the Live Logs. Alternatively, you could install the Chat Console to see who has logged on.
- The student is able to choose from a fixed list of moods (mostly positive moods) set by the Teacher or Administrator
- The student can display a custom text mood on the block.
- The student can display a fixed set of animated GIFs on the block alongside the username
- The student can choose to display an animated GIF by supplying the URL of any animated GIF file from any website. The sky's the limit now.
- Both Features #4 and #6 are filtered by a profanity list (what!? why!??). This is to make sure that any custom text displayed is suitable for educational consumption (clean). It is also to ensure that no adult or unsavoury GIFs are chosen by the student.
Figure 1: Static picture of my Moodle 1.9.15 Website
Live Demo – Moodle 1.9.15
For a live demo, surf over to: http://www.moodurian.com
Username: alex
Password: alex
Figure 2: Static picture of my Moodle 2.2 Website
Live Demo – Moodle 2.2
For a live demo, surf over to: http://moodurian.com/m2
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They're Open!
Fairmont Hotels in Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper and Whistler Officially Reopen
BANFF, AB June 1, 2020 – 132 years ago today, the iconic Banff Springs Hotel opened its doors to guests for the very first time. So it is fitting that Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in Canada's Western Mountain Region – Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, and Fairmont Chateau Whistler – today reopen their doors to guests and visitors after temporarily closing on April 10.
"For many years, these hotels have been the setting for adventure, celebrations, romance, and many more unforgettable memories," stated David Roberts, Fairmont Banff Springs General Manager and Regional Vice-President for Canada's Western Mountain Region. "We are the caretakers, these are your hotels. Feel welcome."
"The hotels' top priority remains the safety, care and wellbeing of our Fairmont family. Welcoming, safeguarding and taking care of others is at the very heart of what we do and who we are," continued Roberts. "Today, this means keeping our guests and employees safe by preventing the spread of COVID-19 – partnering with top experts to implement new standards of safety and enhanced operational protocols and procedures which are among the most stringent in the hospitality industry." Detailed information on the new operational standards being implemented at Fairmont properties across North & Central America can be found online at AllStayWell.com.
Reservations at Fairmont Banff Springs, Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge, and Fairmont Chateau Whistler can be made online or by calling 1-800-441-1414.
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts is where occasions are celebrated and history is made. Landmark hotels with unrivaled presence, authentic experiences and unforgettable moments have attracted visitors to Fairmont and its destinations since 1907. The Plaza in New York City, The Savoy in London, Fairmont San Francisco, Fairmont Banff Springs and Fairmont Peace Hotel in Shanghai are but a few of these iconic luxury hotels, forever linked to the special places where they reside. Famous for its engaging service, grand public spaces, locally inspired cuisine and celebrated bars and lounges, Fairmont promises a special brand of thoughtful luxury that will be remembered long after any visit. With a worldwide portfolio of more than 75 hotels, Fairmont also takes great pride in its deep community roots and leadership in sustainability. Fairmont is part of Accor, a world-leading augmented hospitality group offering unique experiences in 4,900 hotels and residences across 110 countries.
Lynn Henderson
Regional Director, Public Relations
Fairmont Hotels & Resorts, Canada's Western Mountain Region
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Isoniazid Drug Information
Isoniazid (brand names include: Laniazid / Nydrazid / Isokin / Isonex / Isoniazid / Isozid / Pycazide / Rimifon / Tibinil-I) belongs to a group of medicines known as antitubercular agents.
Isoniazid is used for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis, including the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI).
Isoniazid Directions and Recommendations
Follow the directions for using this medicine provided by your doctor. Take Isoniazid exactly as directed.
Isoniazid Precautions
Tell your doctor before taking Isoniazid, if:
you are allergic to any medicines;
you have any serious medical conditions;
you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
Isoniazid Ingredients
Active ingredient: isoniazid.


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Today is the OFFICIAL start day of my three (3) month Giveaway of kitchen items, all types of gluten free, paleo, raw "you name it" cookbooks, as well as books of all kinds that are diet or nutrition-related and no strings attached! This is in essence my 2015 Gluten Free and Paleo Lovers Three Month Giveaway.
You may ask, "Why the heck are you giving all these away Tina"? Well, there are a few reasons and one being that I have far too much stuff I have not used and want others to be able to use and benefit from. Another reason is that we are fast approaching the season for giving, friendship, gathering and family and if you know me I always love to give; and last but not least I am phasing into and expanding into new areas in my work and am doing a little cleaning house so to speak, even though it is the kitchen.
Every few days or weeks there will be 2, 3 or more items up for grabs. Whatever I place up on my blog and/or my social sites will have a photo and description of what I am giving away. The details are VERY simple and you just need to be sure you are signed up for the RSS Feed which is the FURTHEST TOP RIGHT ORANGE button above my "search" box on the home page. Hit that button (or click the above RSS Feed link) and fill in the form and you will have access to each and every one of my giveaways which will not be on my actual Giveaway Page. These are JUST FOR YOU!
So, do not miss out! The very first Giveaway is beginning and ALL the above images are a taste of what is to come!
Of course if you want to enter my regular giveaways which ARE on my Paleo Giveaway page just go to that page.
Fun, fun, fun! Happiest of holidays to you all!
If you have any questions or suggestions just email me at Tina (at) Paleomazing.com.


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Preschooler play: why it's important for movement and motor skills development
Play is one of the main ways that children learn, develop and grow. Play is good for all areas of your preschooler's development, including his motor skills development.
Playing with your preschooler each day strengthens her muscles and bones and gives her the chance to practise physical skills. It's also good for your toddler's confidence, as she tests her abilities and discovers that she can climb higher, run faster and jump further all the time.
And when your preschooler gets lots of physical activity into his day through play, it's good for his overall health and wellbeing.
Australian guidelines say that preschoolers should be active for at least three hours every day, but this doesn't mean three hours of running around until your child is exhausted. Active play can range from running and jumping to quieter activities like putting toys away, helping with everyday household tasks and going for walks.
What to expect: preschoolers and movement
Children of this age generally enjoy being active, although different children prefer different types of play and physical activity.
At 3-4 years, your preschooler will probably:
- start to dress on her own
- use scissors quite well
- ride a scooter
- ride a tricycle by four years and start trying to ride a bike
- jump over small objects and swing independently on the swing
- walk up and down stairs without using a hand rail
- be more coordinated – for example, she might be able to kick a ball using her right or left leg
- be able to stand on one foot for short periods of time (both right and left).
At five years, your preschooler is more coordinated and stronger. You might find your child can:
- hop well on both his left and right foot
- learn to skip
- dress himself without your help
- learn to tie shoe laces
- throw, hit a ball with a bat or racquet, and bounce and catch a ball.
At this age, your preschooler might want to play organised games with simple rules with other children. These might be games like chasey or piggy in the middle.
Small bumps and falls are common as your child pushes physical skills to the limit. This is a normal part of how children learn and develop.
If your child doesn't seem interested in interacting with other children or is mostly inactive, it's a good idea to talk with your child and family health nurse or GP about your child's development.
Play ideas to get your preschooler moving
Here are some play ideas to develop your preschooler's movement skills – and to help you have fun together!
- Give your preschooler some child-friendly sports equipment, like balls, bats or throwable beanbags.
- Give your preschooler some large cardboard boxes. Your child can climb on top of them, crawl through them and push them around.
- Borrow or buy a balance bike or a bike with training wheels – your child might want to try this at about four years. And if it isn't too far, walk, scoot or ride to get places – just remember your child's helmet!
- Make time for outdoor play at a park or playground, in the backyard, on a beach or at a football ground. Moving around on different surfaces develops strength, balance and coordination.
- Listen to music that your child can dance to. You can also learn or make up actions to the songs together. If you give your child some fabric to wave with the music, it can get her moving her body in new ways.
- Do some rough-and-tumble play. Preschoolers are the biggest rough-and-tumblers and enjoy wrestling, rolling and climbing all over you, or over their siblings and friends.
- Go for a nature walk. This gets your child moving, and he can also collect leaves, sticks or pebbles for craft or pretend play when you get home.
Quiet, gentle activities are just as important for your preschooler's development as play that's loud or energetic and encourages bigger movements. For example, preschoolers can practise coordinating the small movements of their fingers through play activities like:
Children learn from watching their parents. So if you want your child to be active, it's good for you to be active too.
Screen time and physical play
Sometimes screen time can mean children sit still for too long without a break. But it doesn't have to be this way – you can use screen time to get your child moving. For example, you can try things like:
- planning a walk with your child using a digital map
- videoing your child learning a new skill like riding a bike, and replaying the footage so your child can see herself learning
- choosing video dance games or virtual sports simulators.
And remember – healthy preschooler screen time is all about balance. It's good for your child's development to do lots of different activities, which include physical play, pretend and creative play, social play and reading, as well as digital play.
It's worth thinking about how much time your preschooler spends sitting still – for example, in a car seat or stroller. This should be no more than one hour at a time.


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Good sleep is a cornerstone of health. Six to eight hours is good for most people. However, surveys have shown sleep related issues (can't get to sleep, can't stay asleep, not fully rested in the morning, etc.) are chronic complaints today.
Impaired sleep can weaken your immune system. It can also increase heart disease, digestive disorders (ulcers bloating constipation and more), mood disorders (depression, anxiety, decreased motivation, etc.) Sleep deprivation can cause premature aging by interfering with the benefits gained during deep sleep.
If you sleep well don't change whatever your routine is. Continue to support those successful actions!
The following tips have worked for some people who DO have sleep issues. Pick out one or two at a time and give them a try.
1. Don't change your bedtime. Even on weekends you should go to bed and wake up at the same times each day. This helps your body establish a sleep rhythm.
2. Establish a bedtime routine. This could include meditation, deep breathing, using aromatherapy or essential oils or indulging in a massage from your partner. The key is to find something that makes you feel relaxed, then repeat it each night to help you release the tensions of the day.
3. Don't drink any fluids within 2 hours of going to bed. This will reduce the likelihood of needing to get up and go to the bathroom, or at least minimize the frequency.
4. Go to the bathroom right before bed. This will reduce the chances that you'll wake up to go in the middle of the night.
5. Eat a high-protein snack several hours before bed. This can provide the L-tryptophan needed for melatonin and serotonin. Both are neurotransmitters that help you get a good night's sleep.
6. Eat a small piece of fruit. This can help the tryptophan cross your blood-brain barrier.
7. Avoid before-bed snacks, particularly grains and sugars. These will raise your blood sugar and delay sleep. Later, when blood sugar drops too low (hypoglycemia), you may wake up and be unable to fall back asleep.
8. Take a hot bath, shower or sauna before bed. When your body temperature is raised in the late evening, it will fall at bedtime, facilitating slumber. The temperature drop from getting out of the bath signals your body it's time for bed.
Article adapted from Health Freedoms.


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Fall 2021: Court Martial at Fort Devens
The Theatre Academy at Los Angeles City College is one of the most highly respected theater training institutions in the United States. Since its founding in 1929, this professional Theater training program has been dedicated to developing the skills, crafts, and attitudes of students to prepare them for careers in professional theater, as well as television, film, and other areas of the entertainment industry.
Acting and Advanced Acting
Costume Design
Technical Theater Entertainment Technology
All prospective Academy students are required to apply for admission to the Theatre Academy.
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Online Acting Program Application
Costume and Technical Program applicants will also interview before being accepted to the Theatre Academy.
Applicants will be contacted by the Head of Costume or of Entertainment Technology for an interview appointment.
If accepted to the Academy, students must also apply and be accepted to Los Angeles City College
!!Slow connection? Having trouble with the online application? You may also download a printable application and mail it to:
Theatre Academy
Los Angeles City College
855 N. Vermont Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Printable Acting Program Application
Printable Costume Program Application
Printable Technical Theater Program Application
Students completing their training will have developed a respect and appreciation for all aspects of Theater, and strengthened their talents and skills to move directly into the profession.
Check out Theatre Departmental classes
See our Theatre Archives for photos of past productions!
The LACC Theater Arts Department and Theatre Academy foster student learning in creative exploration through robust conservatory training in the fields of acting, costuming, and technical theater.
Welcome Fall 2021