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Show and Shines have been around as long as motorcycles themselves.
The R.A.G.E. Annual Motorcycle Show and Shine started in 2013, the same year R.A.G.E. was founded.
This is our second year, and like anything we are learning and getting better each time. After moving the date of the show due to rain, it went off without a hitch.
O'Hanlon's and Downtown Regina are host/sponsors of the event. We shut down Scarth Street in front of O'Hanlon's for the event. In a few short hours the street is transformed into an atmosphere of motorcycles, music, and good times.
The show will continue to evolve as time goes on. It is for the whole family. This year we had face-painting, event t-shirts (with beer tickets sponsored by Labatt), door prizes and a whole lotta fun.
There wasn't an official head-count but there were over 40 motorcycles registered for the show. At any given time just as many were parked in the "motorcycle only" parking for the event. It is a casual day with people coming and going. Admiring the rides, talking to the owners and catching up with old friends was part of the action happening all day. It was a great place to be.
The music was fantastic. Eddie and The House Rockers are the house band at this event. They play a wide range of music and the crowd loves them. Don Fuller is a band member and the Strategic Lead for R.A.G.E.
Motorcycle Trophies for 1st in Class this year were hand-made by Cody Fuller. He did an amazing job, as always. Cody also has designed the "heart" of the show logo for the last 2 years. He is a Member of R.A.G.E. and a Local Director in Regina. The trophies would not happen without Sponsors. This year our sponsors were: Riders Gear Shop, Old Dude's Cycle, Agri Sports, Prairie Harley Davidson and Alsport Sales.
Throughout the afternoon there are door prizes as well. This year's prizes were thanks to the following: Intec Controls Inc., EZ Blast, Bushwakker's Brewing Co, Western Pizza on Broadway, The Tap Brew Pub & Eatery, Boston Pizza, G-Spot, Earl's South Restaurant, Norwood Clothing Store, Planet Caravan Tattoos, Gaslight Tattoo Parlour, Body Piercing by Elisa Wallace, The Last Straw Brew Pub, and Houston Pizza at 2815 Quance Street.
The event wouldn't happen without the tireless work of the Committee Members pulling everything together and the volunteers that are there working that day. Not to mention those who show up and enter the show.
So all-in-all a great Sunday, showing off our rides, supporting R.A.G.E. (our rights) and visiting with old friends and making new ones.
Thanks everyone, to another successful year.
See you all at the event next year!


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i am going to Switzerland with my 8 year old for 8 days.
Flying to and from Zurich and spending 7 nights in Lauterbrunnen.
i read that the Jungfrau pass is great and am considering that.
Now I found that the Bernese Oberland pass 8 days may prove better value and mean I can travel further afield too.
i am looking for recommendations and advice really please on what anyone thinks or any other options.
Hi Jimmydee,
As you note, it really depends on where you want to travel during your stay in Lauterbrunnen. It is best to plan out your itinerary first before deciding on a pass. Maybe all you need is the Jungfrau Travel Pass, but the Regional Pass - Bernese Oberland is a good option as well. You can also look at the Swiss Travel Pass (but it may no be needed if you don't plan on long trips from Lauterbrunnen).
Be sure to click on the Where it is Valid tab for each pass linked above - it will show you a PDF map
Once you have the itinerary, be sure to read our section on how to choose the best rail pass as well.
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The Shepherds Hut which was bespoke designed is set in its own area of the Grass Meadow of Holmebeck Barn and overlooks the tranquil ponds and garden. It is perfect for a romantic weekend away or well equipped to be used as a base to explore the beautiful North Yorkshire Countryside.
Three pubs and two Farmshops on its doorstep and a Market Town within seven miles or a secluded garden and Log Fired Hot Tub which will you do first??
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Market watchers warn of yuan depreciation
Onshore yuan trading at 6.6888 to the greenback, ahead 0.05pc, while offshore yuan in Hong Kong trading at 6.6769, 10 points stronger than Tuesday
China's yuan traded slightly stronger on Wednesday morning, despite concerns of a US rates hike, but market watchers warned depreciation risks still exist.
Onshore yuan in Shanghai traded at 6.6888 to the US dollar by 10.15 am, 0.05 per cent or 32 points stronger than on Tuesday. Offshore yuan in Hong Kong traded at 6.6769 to the US dollar, 0.01 per cent, or 10 points stronger than on Tuesday.
The People's Bank of China on Wednesday set the yuan reference point against the greenback at 6.6908, 98 basis points or 0.15 per cent weaker than on Tuesday. Traders are allowed to trade up to 2 per cent either side of the reference point for the day.
Stephen Innes, senior trader at Oanda, said he expected the US dollar to remain strong after upbeat data lifted the possibility that a US rate rise is moving closer.
"US rate-hike fever continues dominating the foreign exchange landscape," said Innes.
"The US dollar is trading favourably despite the next major catalyst, Friday's jobs report.
"With the US rate hike probabilities on the rise, I expect the Chinese yuan to be one of the significant casualties."
US consumer confidence rose to an 11-month high in August to 101.1, with households more upbeat about the labour market, in a further sign that the economy was regaining steam . Investors are now keeping a close eye on Friday's non-farm payroll report.
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My Favorite Place to Adventure - Baldur's Gate????
This week's question of "Where is your most favorite place to adventure in a video game" made me think quite a bit about my last blog entry for June. It might be a little surprising for some of our followers to know that Chrono Trigger is NOT my favorite place to adventure in…mostly because if you know me (@Pat_M514), you'll know right away that my favorite video game of all time is Chrono Trigger. However, Guardia, Zeal and all of the other places in my beloved game just aren't any of my favorite places to adventure in.
You all shall know my guilty pleasure - my favorite video game to adventure in, of all time, *drum roll* is Baldur's Gate.
Let me tell you why.
Baldur's Gate is different for me – and this harkens back to my love of tabletop RPGs too. From an early age, I have been a big fan of WOTC's Forgotten Realms…back when it was TSR's Forgotten Realms. I would spend many a time adventuring in Ed Greenwood's high fantasy world, and pretty much visited everywhere I could, critted as many Red Wizards as my sword could possibly reach, and teamed up my imagination with all of my source books and novels to try and put together a solid picture of Faerun in my head. In short, I grew up on Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft campaign settings.
So when I caught wind that I'd be able to actually SEE the Sword Coast, to take a character and actually walk around…Well...
Why does Faerun speak to me like this? It's the rich history and varied cultures that combine to create a detailed tapestry of a fantasy world that FEELS real – one that isn't a monotonous display of the same type of town, the same type of people, the same type of king, and let's not forget the Kleptomaniac Rule, etc… Faerun is like a real, living world, complete with landmarks, personalities and thousands of years of history that have shaped the world into what it is. As a setting, it holds so much more weight than most, if not all of the 8, 16, even 64 bit worlds that were present.
For a game to have access to this incredibly detailed setting, it seems almost unfair to compare the content of the other games of its time to Baldur's Gate. I'm all but certain when 98% of video game RPGs were made at that time, they weren't thinking about how detailed their world's history had to be…or if it had to measure up to the work done to the Forgotten Realms setting. But it is what it is…the setting, the polytheistic pantheon, the various types of characters…Faerun is pretty much any high fantasy storyteller's dream come true.
And Baldur's Gate was a dream of mine come true - I couldn't believe I was actually seeing the world of Faerun without my imagination filling in. Not that there was anything wrong with that, but I really wanted to see one of my favorite worlds as a tactile, visceral entity instead of something that only lived in my mind. Candlekeep, Cloakwood Forest, and of course the city of Baldur's Gate itself… even with its simple design, knowing that I was walking up and down the Sword Coast made the little RPer in me have a happy coronary. Any time I revisit the game in any way, even just by looking at pictures, I still get those goosebumps that I did all those years ago.
Now I will say this as an end note – people have told me that Neverwinter Nights is even better in terms of exploring Faerun…but I have never actually played Neverwinter Nights before. If I ever do, I may change my mind.
So my favorite place to adventure in a video game is Baldur's Gate. How about yours?


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I know there are people out there who loved being pregnant and those that hated it. But if I could be about 6 months pregnant for the rest of my life – I really would. Here's why:
5 months postpartum and with 2 c-sections under my belt, I feel like I'm wearing a coat made from soft, semi-sagging body parts. And even though people tell me I look fine; I definitely don't feel anywhere close to fine. Going from having total body confidence in pregnancy to almost zero body confidence is pretty tough.
In pregnancy you have a massive belly, growing thighs and bum. And it's a beautiful thing because you are growing another human being. After birth these things aren't welcome anymore and a whole load of pressure (mostly from yourself) is chucked on top of you to do something about it. It sucks. I honestly feel that I looked my absolute best when I was pregnant.
Mine were most recently referred to as "Fun Bags"….
BAGS!! I don't know if this is supposed to be funny, a compliment or a straight up DISS. Bags hang. Most bags need handles and they are usually empty until you fill 'em up. All mine seem to be filled with at the moment is "fun". What happens when the milk finally dries up completely? These bags won't even sell for 5p.
And I don't mean the baby bump! In pregnancy I had flawless, glowing skin. In that 9 months I forgot how dreadful my skin can get. Especially at that time of the month, I look like I'm 15 again! Not to mention that spots are painful man. Do I have time to be putting on concealer? Do I even own concealer? CAN NOT DEAL.
All the annoying symptoms aside; I genuinely really loved feeling and knowing that I had a little baby inside of me. I was in my own little bubble, feeling magical things that no one else could feel and loving someone who I hadn't seen or met yet. It was wonderful, mysterious and of course it is nice to get the baby at the end of it. But I wouldn't mind having the feeling of pregnancy forever.
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"All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the people of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work." (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
Here at Scotch Plains Baptist Church we believe in developing mature Christians for witness and service in God's kingdom and it all starts with knowing the Word. Our Bible Study groups meet on Wednesday evenings and Thursday mornings. All are welcome to participate.
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Save the Baltimore Poe House
Recently, the Baltimore Poe House and Museum revealed that the City of Baltimore cut all of their funding in July 2010. They have some dollars to keep running a bit longer, maybe until June 2012, but nothing is certain except the city has no plans to continue funding the site. The city has told the Poe House they must develop a plan for becoming a self-sufficient institution. Those of you familiar with my longstanding battle with Baltimore over the literary legacy of Edgar Allan Poe may think that this is the moment when I raise my arms and shout "I win!" But I'm not. The Baltimore Poe House needs to remain open and the way in which it is funded needs to continue.
Sign the petition, but just as importantly, pass the word about it. Email your friends. Post it on Facebook. Post it on Twitter. The budget for Baltimore has not yet passed, so if we raise enough ruckus, perhaps they will change their minds and keep funding the House.
Of course, it would be good for Baltimore Poe House to develop alternate sources of funding. But what do you think they've been doing for the past thirty years. All those birthday events and "Cask of Amontillado" wine tasting events and October shindigs have helped keep the Baltimore Poe House afloat. The bare bones budget for the House, currently funded by the City of Baltimore, just to pay one person and keep the doors open is $85,000. In a city budget of hundreds of millions of dollars, $85K is a drop in the bucket. That kind of outlay has zero effect on any other city services. Not to mention the work that has been accomplished by Jeff Jerome over the years that have brought tourist dollars into Maryland and Baltimore. Last year, according to Jerome, "The Poe House and Visit Baltimore received an award from the State of Maryland for bringing in print media advertising the equivalent of $1.9 million through the highly successful Nevermore 2009 publicity campaign." Hmm, $1.9 mil. $85K budget. I think the $85K was pretty well spent. If the City of Baltimore was spending millions of dollars on operating their Poe House, I could understand them wanting to make some budget cuts. But when they're only giving them enough to just survive AND they say they're going to just cut all of it, I am flabbergasted. In what economic world does any of this make sense?
Now, Jeff Jerome and I have had our little battles over the years about literary history, but that doesn't prevent me from seeing the kind of work he does is valuable to Poe's continuing public reception. Jeff Jerome, misguided though he may be about the literary legacy of Poe (Hey Jeff, Poe's a Philadelphia writer!), has nonetheless done an outstanding job for the past thirty years as caretaker of Poe's Legacy in Baltimore. My fear would be that any NEW system of funding the Poe House would leave Jerome out in the cold. The Poe House in Baltimore needs to stay open and it needs to have Jeff Jerome continue in his position. If only because for thirty years this way has worked.
So why can't the Poe House just find ways of making up that $85K? They are in a unique position. Plans that have allowed other sites, such as the Mark Twain House in Connecticut, would be extraordinarily difficult (read: impossible) in Baltimore. The Poe House is tiny, cramped and surrounded by a neglected neighborhood. It doesn't get tens of thousands of visitors through its doors every year. It doesn't have enough space for an adequate gift shop. It can't host programs and events. It has survived because many years ago, the City of Baltimore decided it was worth spending a very small amount of money to keep it afloat. It's worth even more now. Hopefully, some fat cats might be made aware of this situation and start some kind of endowment (don't bet on it). But even then, that money needs to be replenished year after year. That's why it makes sense for the city to cover the bare bones budget and then let the House do all it can to raise more money. If the House has to raise their own operating costs, they'll be closing their doors in no time. For the Poe House to even think about making enough to cover their own costs, they'd have to double their size and hire more staff. They can't do anything about their space and more staff just costs more and more money. We're not talking about a business here. We're talking about a literary historical landmark. How many readers do you think are left in this country who actually give a shit about our literary history? Answer: not enough to support a literary house in a bad neighborhood.
Shutter the Poe House now and in a few years, the talk will be, "Why even have it at all? Just tear the building down. We already have the grave at Westminster. Why do we need the house?" I can talk and write about literary history all I want. I can give talks to halls packed to the doors. But that's all just talk. I grew up in a city, Philadelphia, where we have been nurtured by the idea that the actual, physical places of history matter. Why do we need Independence Hall or the Liberty Bell? As long as we have the ideas they represent, why do we need their physical presence? Because if you can walk on the same streets and the same floors that our founders did, if you can touch a bell that represents our struggle, then you are in some way better connected to the legacy of your past. I feel the same way about our literary legacy. The Poe Houses in Philadelphia and Baltimore and NewYork and Richmond need to be preserved, so we can walk the same floors of a great American author, so maybe the blood, sweat and tears of his creative labors may be transferred to us.
So, it seems to me that the best scenario would be for Baltimore to continue giving the Poe House the pittance it already does. That's why there is a petition. To convince the mayor that enough people care about the Poe House that it would create too much ill will to stop funding it. The more people who are outraged over this, the better chance the city of Baltimore will change their mind, continue funding and hope no notices it was a stupid idea to stop funding in the first place.
Of course, if Baltimore's willing to concede, we can always dismantle the house and move it to Philly. Throw in the body and we definitely have a deal. But if you're not willing to give up Poe, then keep the House open. I need Jeff Jerome. Who else can I fight without Jeff running the Poe House?
For updates check here, but also check out the Poe Bicentennial site. And here's what the Poe Society of Baltimore thinks about the issue, as well.


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The Zombielands is an unity 3d side scrolling action shooter game, with lots of explosion, zombies, different characters and weapons to choose from. Så, the world faith is in your hands, so pick up some weapons and start killing zombies now!
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Situated in the Commercial zone "Futuria Center" at the doors of Arezzo, attainable in few minutes from the train station and from the motorway tollgate, the Hotel Truciolini, endowed with ample private parking; the hotel offers numerous services, of which the doorman 24hours a day and an open cafe all the night. The rooms are equipped with all the comforts: private services with shower, centralized air conditioning and direct telephone line. At the reception it 's possible to send/receive Fax and e-mails. We accept the major credit cards and Bancomat. Little domestic animals are admitted. All the rooms arrange of private bath with shower, conditioned air, direct telephone, tv sat. There is a snack bar to have breakfast, or a fast lunch.
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Hindu Women especially in North, North-west and Central India undertake a fast on the fourth moon day after "Sharad Purnima" in "Kartik Month" according to Vikram calendar known as " Karwa Chouth". She offers prayer seeking welfare, prosperity, well-being and longevity of her husband. This is a traditional festival where wife shows her love and respect for her husband.
This kind of everlasting love, respect, affection, dedication is prevalent in the Indian culture. It's unfortunate to see that now-a-days it is decreasing due to many reasons. Young couples think that they are entering into a realm where they will have a life of everlasting joy by entering into the institution of marriage. Sometimes and in present scenario with most of the couple it is not working out despite of best efforts to make it work.
If something is not going on the track in your married life, here are tips which may help you out:-
1) At the same time never be angry, If any of the partner is angry, maintain calm , listen silently and put your point when he or she is in a good mood.
2) Both husband and wife are life partners, prove your point with love to each other rather with arrogance. Make your partner understand your point of view with affection instead of argument.
3) Daily give appreciation to your partner on any one good thing, believe you me it will make your married life happy.
4) Whatever is your age or how long has been to your marriage find some time to flirt, it will do wonders.
5) Bedroom is not for any discussions, it is for sleep, physical relationships and bonding between both of you. Talk about love and affection; keep away everything whether related to work or any other person from your discussion. You must talk only about you two and none other.
6) Helping your partner whether wife or husband does not decrease your value in society, whenever you see your partner is overstressed or under work pressure, come forward to help him or her.
7) Go on a vacation sometimes alone. No relatives or friends to be included. Its for fun and relaxation from day to day life.
8) We all are human beings who frequently make mistakes, do not keep reminding the mistakes of your partner nor think about it otherwise will you come in trouble. Forget the past and live in present.
9) If any one of the partner has any kind of issue sort it out daily before sleeping with healthy and calm conversation. This will not pile up the issues which create psychological and emotion issues in future.
10) Do not be judgmental, be understanding partner before whom your partner must feel relaxed and natural to open up his/her mind without hesitation.
Suspicion is the biggest hindrance for happy married life, Please trust your partner and avoid any kind of suspicion. If you have any discuss in a healthy and calm way.
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Personalized beauty is about each woman being able to create her own makeup routine that complements her coloring and style. Bobbi Brown.
Polish photographer Ewa Zwierz loves what she does. That's all what is written about her on her website "Simply look photography". Beautiful models in beautiful environment, simply look.
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It's the first Wednesday of the month again, time for a post for the Insecure Writer's Support Group.
Some marketing gurus urge writers to have their own online domain (e. g http://olgagodim.com). They say it is more professional, but I don't have one. I blog on WordPress.com and I'm happy with the platform. It has all the features I require for my site and blog. Many others blog on Blogger, which I don't like as much, for various reasons, but both platforms have an advantage of being old (relatively) and free of bugs (almost). Thousands of blogs using both platforms have already forced their developers to clean up the code.
Occasionally, I log on to some writer's site hosted someplace else, with its own unique programming. Such sites are frequently original or funky, but more often than not, they cause my computer to hiccup or freeze altogether. I try to avoid such sites, even if the writers seem interesting. It's bad for both them and me; we both lose the connection. To avoid such a conundrum with my own blog, I decided to stick to WordPress.
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Most of our clients use a combination of employee drivers, contract vendors, master contractors and regional agents. The supply chain industry has a long history of establishing a "Chain" of companies in order to get from the factory floor to the customer's door.
It just makes sense to use a company who is already established and has current business in a market. If you are one of those established companies and you would like your company profile to be available to our network of supply chain logistics brokers, we would be more than happy to help. You don't have to be a client of FWF to service our clients ( but if you would like us to evaluate if you would be a good candidate, we would love the opportunity 🙂
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The Continuing Church of God has been the fastest growing COG in the 21st century. Though it traces its history from Acts 2, the Continuing Church of God (CCOG) was officially declared on December 28, 2012. What has been happening? What has been accomplished? Is the Continuing Church of God actually listening to God? Were there similarities between the start of the CCOG and the old Radio Church of God? Do dreams have anything to do with this? What about proclamation fruits? Never before have so few people been able to reach so many with so little money, prior to the formation of the CCOG. Dr. Thiel goes over some aspects of CCOG history, proclamation, size, growth, doctrine, and other matters related to the CCOG.
A written article of related interest is titled "CCOG's Five Years of Listening to God" URL: http://www.cogwriter.com/ccog-five.htm


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Last month I visited the Netherlands with my husband, sister and sister's boyfriend. We spend the first two days in Amsterdam, doing a little bit of site seeing.If you head to my Instagram page, I have a highlight page of…
The Nicole Richie Dress
This is a very special dress to me, because it was previously worn and owned by Nicole Richie. Nicole wore this nameless vintage dress at the grand opening of Diane Merrick's Boutique in 2006. Dress- Vintage Bag- Givenchy Shoes- Balenciaga …
Stripes with Polk-a-Dots
You can read all about my favorite little crossbody here. This beauty comes in multiple colors, which you can shop below: Sunglasses- House of Harlow 1960 Top- House of Harlow 1960 Bag- Chloe Jeans- Abercrombie and Fitch Shoes-…
Aditi and Lila
Sunglasses- House of Harlow 1960 'Daisy', Top-Winter Kate 'Aditi', Tank- Forever21, Shorts- Winter Kate 'Lila', Bag- Givenchy, Shoes- House of Harlow 1960, Jewelry- House of Harlow 1960 I have been loving my House of Harlow 1960 'Esperanza' cut…
Elephant Jumpsuit
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Catch 22 Art
Sunglasses- House of Harlow 1960 'Daisy', Men's Sweater- Primark, Leggings- H&M, Bag- Longchamp, Shoes- Nike, Jewelry- House of Harlow 1960 Location: Blackpool, United Kingdom Catch 22 Art
Shades of Green
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Whether it is a Mac, Android, iOS or any other OS, no operating system is safe from the countless threats that lurk around in the cyber space. What smart users do is that they make use of tools and software that help them protect against threats they are most vulnerable to. However, the problem is that, today one or two tools cannot do the job as the numbers of threats have increased drastically. That being said, there actually is one tool that can protect you against most of the online threats. That tool is called a VPN.
What is a Mac VPN?
Understanding a VPN is not too difficult, but it is very critical to know about what features it brings and how. First of all, a Mac VPN comes with anonymous IPs from servers that are installed around the world. A best Mac VPN offers a simple yet effective VPN client. By connecting to the client, the anonymous IPs replace users' real IPs when a VPN connection is established. This makes users invisible or anonymous as no one can track the real location of the device. Another benefit anonymous VPN provides is that it unblocks all the geo-restricted content, allowing the users to access what they otherwise cannot.
Apart from the IP switching, VPN services come with different features such as data encryption, split tunneling, DDoS protection, streaming booster, dedicated IPs and so on. Though not all services offer all of these features but the top ones do cover most of them. We have compiled a list of top 10 Mac VPN providers for you that offer adequate features to make your Mac secure, anonymous and restriction-free. Here it goes:
List of 10 Best VPNs for Mac
Let's narrow down the VPN list for Mac even more to find the best of the best service:
- PIA – One of the biggest VPN networks spread in more than 30 regions, offers Mac support with an incredible Mac VPN client, accepts payments through Bitcoin and all major payment modes, allows full P2P file sharing, Multi-Logins etc.
- HideMyAss – Servers installed in 210+ locations, service compatible with all versions of Mac and other operating systems. It gives multi-protocols for as low as $12.95/month.
- PureVPN – Supported on Mac Devices and gives unlimited bandwidth with 5 simultaneous connections and 30 days money back guarantee for as low as $9.96/month.
- Strong VPN –450+ servers in 22+ countries for unrestricted internet access, pricing plan starts from as low as $16.95 per month.
- IPVanish – Wide network consisting of 2900+ servers, compatible with Mac, free package available as well.
Mac is no different than any other operating system but unfortunately not all the VPNs are designed perfectly for it. We tried and evaluated dozens of VPN services on our Mac devices to compile a list of VPNs that work best with this platform. We have done our job, now it's your turn to select one of the top 5 Mac VPNs for your security and privacy.


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Its flowing updates these days. Just yesterday, we saw Nexus 4 running un-official leaked Android 4.3 OS, and now LG has officially announced that LG Optimus L7 will be getting Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS Update in India. The LG Optimus L7 was announced back in February this year, and now it is getting Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update
According to the official statement by LG mobiles, the Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean OS on LG Optimus L7 will bring better browser, better notification system, the latest Google Now and UI enhancements. The update will be available via LG PC Suite.


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Melanie Bassett, M.ED., CCC-SLP
In 2011, I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. For graduate school, I attended the University of Virginia and earned my Master of Education in Speech Communication Disorders in 2013. I have experience working in a variety of settings, which include public, private, and charter schools. Further experience is in a private practice, a skilled nursing facility, and an early intervention speech and language preschool. In those various settings, I have worked with children with articulation and phonological disorders, receptive and expressive language delays, pragmatic language delays, fluency disorders, and auditory processing disorders. I am very excited to be a part of the team at KidSpeak, LLC and look forward to making a positive difference by helping children successfully communicate! (Melanie joined the KidSpeak, LLC team the Spring of 2017.)
Megan "Liz" Balettie, M.S., CCC-SLP
I graduated from the University of North Texas with a Master's in Speech-Language Pathology in 2014. I have experience treating patients from infancy through childhood with a variety of diagnoses and developmental delays: receptive and expressive language disorders, articulation disorders, autism spectrum disorders, feeding difficulties, pragmatic disorders, fluency disorders, ADHD, and more. I am passionate about early childhood language development and I love helping children communicate within a fun, play-based environment. I joined the KidSpeak team in 2014 and have thoroughly enjoyed working with so many wonderful children, families, and other therapists!
I have been married to my husband, Andrew, since 2013, and together we have a toddler son, Cole. I love doing yoga and spending time with my family. (Liz joined the KidSpeak, LLC team the Summer of 2014.)
Diana Kelly, M.S., CCC-SLP
I am a 2011 graduate of the University of Kansas, where I received my Bachelor of Arts degree in Speech-Language and Hearing Sciences. In 2013, I graduated from the University of Tulsa with a Masters Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. I moved to Texas and have been working as an SLP with elementary aged children in McKinney ISD ever since. I have worked with children with autism spectrum disorders, hearing impairments, expressive/receptive language impairments, articulation and fluency disorders as well as, pragmatic language disorders. I have always had a passion for children and their communication needs, so I am thrilled to be joining the KidSpeak team! (Diana joined the KidSpeak, LLC team the Summer of 2017).
Kristen Jones, M.S., CCC-SLP
I graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 2010 with a degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders. In 2011, I graduated from the University of Texas at Dallas with my Masters in Communication Disorders. After graduation, I worked as a Speech-Language Pathologist in Richardson ISD and in private clinics with both elementary and preschool-aged children. I greatly enjoy working with children both individually as well as in groups. I have experience working with children with a variety of disorders including autism and impairments in language, pragmatics, articulation, hearing, and fluency. I am excited to join KidSpeak and help children to better communicate and understand the world around them.(Kristen joined the KidSpeak, LLC team in the Summer of 2013. She then took a break from KidSpeak, LLC in the Summer of 2015. We are so very pleased to have her rejoin the KidSpeak, LLC team starting this semester - Spring of 2018.)
Michelle Bergy, M.S., CCC-SLP
I received my undergraduate degree in Brain, Behavior, and Cognitive Science from the University of Michigan in 2011. I then attended Northwestern University in Chicago and received my Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology in 2014. I lived and worked in Chicago from 2014 to the summer of 2017, gaining experience in a variety of settings including home health, hospitals, private practice, and schools. These opportunities allowed me to work with a wide variety of age groups and address many different areas of need including dysphagia, literacy, receptive and expressive language, and articulation. After relocating to Dallas, I took a job working with school-aged children in Lancaster ISD. I thoroughly enjoy working with children to help improve their social engagement and communication skills. I look forward to new experiences as a member of the KidSpeak team. (Michelle joined the KidSpeak, LLC team the Summer of 2018.)


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The trailer is gorgeous, and the story line even moreso:
A little magic helps her understand
that she can only save herself
by saving the world in which she lives.
The TFF description:
Little Sister is a gorgeous film based on one of the earliest versions of the beloved story Cinderella. In this enchanting version drawn from ancient scripts – which filmmaker Richard Bowen discovered in a Beijing museum – we are transported to a time and place where boys are valued over girls.
Inspired by the two Chinese daughters he and his wife adopted, Bowen has skillfully created a family-friendly film that celebrates an important moral – that girls are as good as boys.Watch the trailer, and if you are lucky enough to view it this Saturday, please report back here promptly!


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Is there a reason not to visit New Zealand? Well, if you have the visa and money to spend, then why not come and visit the place? There's much to do in New Zealand. You will surely have all the options. Whatever you want to do fits in this country. So, start booking for a tour and pack your things.
Quick facts
Before proceeding to the highlights of the tour. It would be great to know some facts about New Zealand. These things might not be necessary for your tour, but you may find it interesting.
- Pretty sure that you are very much familiar with bungee jumping. Well, you are about to step into the place where it originated.
- In the northern part of New Zealand, the people are closer to the Polynesian.
- In the southern part of New Zealand, the people are closer to Scotland.
- You can find the world's largest population of Polynesian in Auckland.
- In New Zealand, playing rugby is not only for sports, but also for the Kiwis to gather around.
- Hiking won't really harm you because untamed species are not there.
- You will come to experience four seasons in just one day.
- The country is populated with 15% of Maoris.
- You can find 1/3 of New Zealand's population in the northern part of the Bombay Hills.
- If you see a backward sign on the road, do not think that you are in the wrong direction because you are on the right tract.
Activities to do
The tourist spots that you may visit in New Zealand will depend on the type of activities that you would like to do. You can go for heart racing, adventure or relaxing activities.
- Heart Racing Activities
How would you feel using a rubber band while bungee jumping off the bridge? That will surely make a zigzag and you might think like you will fall on the river. You may also enjoy paragliding, kart racing, canyon swinging, snowboarding, skydiving, skywire, skyjumping, rafting, jet skiing and zorbing.
- Adventure Activities
For fun and adventure, you can go to the forests, move around rocky terrains, offroading, sailing, fishing, biking, kayaking, canoeing, hunting, shooting, surfing and hiking.
- Relaxing Activities
Do you want to just move slowly and relax? Therefore, enjoy horseback riding, fly with a hot air balloon, go to the museums, have window shopping and play golf.
Sites to Visit
Fiordland National Park
This is a real beauty and you can enjoy this site by simply walking along the park. You can walk along the tracks in the park, such as the Routeburn, Milford, Kepler and Hollyford. And then, you can see the heritage sites of the place with blue rivers, birdlife, waterfalls, green lakes and mountains.
Lakes of Wanaka
The lakeside of Wanaka is ideal for hiking. You will also have a chance to explore the Rippon Vineyard that is on the Mount Aspiring Road, and then the Siberia Valley and Wilkin River Valley. Anyway, you can find jet boats for a ride after long hours of walking or hiking. You can also find here some biodynamic wines.
You can find this in the south island. You would surely enjoy swimming with dolphins and watching whales. A range of marine life is found in this island, such as whales, dolphins, seabirds and albatross.
Abel Tasman National Park
This is a beautiful park with sandy beach and clear water with a bushland of wildlife animals. It will be a good spot for hiking, bush walking, climbing and kayaking.
You can find here an Art Gallery, a magical Botanical Garden and the Hagley Park. This is a type of city that is multicultural and also contemporary. So, you might find it vibrating.
The peninsula of Coromandel is in the eastern part of Auckland. You can find a huge number of various artists and also craftspeople in the area. You can come here to enjoy swimming, fishing or surfing. And then, you will find the Cathedral Cove in Hahei and then the Hot Water Beach for a thermal spa in the southern part of Hahei.
For a real breathtaking journey, pass along the State Highway 94, which is in Fiordland. You will find here mountains and steep valleys. It is also on this spot, where you can find the great view of Milford Sound. You better get a boat for a better experience.


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I recently started following a blog called Study Hacks, from computer scientist and academic, Cal Newport. Study Hacks is about decoding patterns of success and looking at why it is that some people have successful careers and are able to lead meaningful lives, whilst others are continually seeking after their life's passion. Newport argues against the passion hypothesis and instead believes that finding fulfilling work is about honing your craft.
I first encountered Newport's blog via a post he wrote about why he has never joined Facebook. In fact, Cal Newport doesn't use any social media at all (unless you count blogging as social media, which I would argue it is). In reference to Facebook, Newport asks – what problem do I have that this solves? The answer, for Newport, is that it only offers something new, it doesn't solve a pre-existing problem.
I spent the last year working in social media and I now spend two days a week volunteering with an environmental organisation, developing their social media presence. I loved my previous job and I love the work that I am currently doing. I've found working in social media to be more fun than I ever expected any job to be and I enjoy using social media in my free time. Through blogging and Twitter, I've made connections with a lot of great people who share my obsession with nature and thanks to Facebook I get to catch up with my family back in the UK on a daily basis. However, I have to admit that I also have some underlying doubts and concerns.
Unlike Cal Newport, I've signed up for just about every social network under the sun: Facebook (I have a personal account and a Page), Twitter (x2), Blogspot, WordPress (x2), Google+, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Flickr, Goodreads and Instagram. Part of the reason I've done this is out of curiosity – I'm genuinely curious about how social networks function and how to engage with them. But there is also another reason – my career. I felt that in order to develop my career in social media, I needed to be able to demonstrate that I know how to use every social media channel out there. Of course, I'm not, in actual fact, using every social network out there. I'm not using Snapchat, for instance, despite the fact that it piques my curiosity.
I recently read a blog post by Adam Singer called How To Start A Career In Social Media. Singer offers this advice:
[C]reate something that shows you're passionate about your industry on social channels. Create your own brand of media (like a blog), build a web application… or start a simple skunkworks project… The point here is to go beyond merely maintaining a presence on Facebook and Twitter. Using Facebook and Twitter by themselves is fine, but at this point not remarkable.
In fact, it was Singer's blog post that prompted me to do something I have long wanted to do – start a social media blog. Eventually, I'd love to go beyond simply blogging about social media and develop a project that would be useful to the social media community. I'm not sure what that project is yet, but I'm mulling over ideas in the back of my mind. The thing is, developing a project like an app or website would require time and skills I don't have.
Why don't I have the time? Partly because I waste a lot of it on social media. Updating all of my social media accounts takes time and what's more, it's a case of quantity over quality. I very rarely post anything to my Pinterest account and I never check to see what the people I follow have posted. I post my latest blog posts to my Facebook Page and Google+, but that's about it. I also occasionally post on Tumblr, but I very rarely spend much time on it.
I spend a lot of my working time advising people on how to use social media and one of the things I constantly repeat is the importance of having a social media strategy and of considering how and why you want to use social media. I generally advise people – depending on their resources – to start small, perhaps starting with just one or two social media channels and building up from there. I would never advise anyone to sign up for every social media channel available and then consider their strategy. Yet, that has been my own approach to social media.
To return to Cal Newport's own question – what problem did I think this approach was going to solve? Well, I thought it would help to grow my career in social media. Now, I'm not so sure. As Singer points out, just being on social media isn't enough any more. Having a presence on 11 social media channels isn't remarkable – or at least, it's remarkable for the wrong reasons. What's more, as I pointed out, I'm not really happy with the quality of my output at the moment. Yes, I could take the time to invest more in social media. I could create a personal strategy for all 11 channels and really dedicate myself to growing my presence on them all. I could, but even for someone like me, who loves social media, there are limits. Even I start to glaze over when I spend too much time on Twitter.
Newport argues that hard work and honing your craft are the keys to a fulfilling career. I would like to have a fulfilling social media career. I would also like to have a fulfilling writing career, start a book group, start my own literary magazine, learn Dutch, learn to build websites, read more, spend more time in nature, take up jogging again, dedicate time to helping conserve nature and spend more time with my partner and friends. There is only so much time.
So, I'm going back to basics (sort of). I've deleted my Tumblr account, I've deactivated Pinterest, I've left Google+ and I've decided to get rid of the Twitter account I set up specifically for this blog. That brings the total social media count down to two blogs, two Facebook accounts, one Twitter account, one Flickr account, LinkedIn, Goodreads and Instagram. I still have some way to go in terms of streamlining by digital life. For instance, I still have over 2,000 unread emails in my inbox. But for now, this feels like a good start and with the click of each 'delete/deactivate' button I felt a slight weight lifting off my shoulders.


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BFC Teaser
Nedelja, 16. maj 2010
A short teaser for the upcoming and still unnamed BFC film.Locations include Winterberg Germany, Wanyi Park Belgium, Compeigne France, Koln Germany, Edinburgh and many of your favourite UK spots.
Riders include the BFC usual's as well as Matt Brind, Jed Hornyold, Ryan Slater, James Sleigh, Tuai Lovejoy, Ollie Morrison and many others.
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Key City Public Theatre presents Annapurna October 4th-20th
"What if you had experienced the defining moment of your life – but couldn't remember it? After 20 years apart, Emma tracks cowboy-poet Ulysses, to his grungy trailer park, where he's working on his magnum opus, hooked to an oxygen tank, and cooking in the buff. Their reunion, charged by rage and compassion, brings back the worst and best of their former bond in this comic and gripping duet."
Written by Sharr White
Directed by Allen Fitzpatrick
Starring Denise Winter & David Natale
Tickets available at KCPT box office or online.


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Last Minute Lodging in Paris
Hi, I am going to France for the first time and have decided at the last minute to add some days in Paris thinking that at my age I may never get back to France! My trip is a river cruise from Marseilles to Lyon. I will be in Paris for 3 1/2 days...4 nights (Aug 1st - 5th). I have looked through websites and through travel guides (Frommer's, Fodor's, Rick Steves), but am still perplexed. With such a short time, I want to see the major sites (Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Arch do Triumph, the Louvre, Sacre Couer, possible one more museum if time). Then just hanging out at some cafes and drinking cafe au lait while eating a pastry or so. I'm not interested in shopping, except for a scarf.
I am used to traveling alone internationally, having a loosely structured agenda, and making my way around, but at nearly 71 I have lost a bit of my fearless attitude. My only physical limitation is energy if there are lots of stairs.
Paris is so large, I cannot decide even what area I should be in!
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This song titled "Da Da Dasse" (Full) Song is from the film Udta Punjab, sung by Kanika Kapoor & Babu Haabi. Udta Punjab movie starring is Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Diljit Dosanjh.
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3rd December 2015
Dear Parents,
I have written to you earlier in the year regarding the safety of the children at the school gates before and after school. While there has been an improvement, it is still an issue of concern to all involved.
As you are aware, the centre lane is designated for traffic flow and there are spaces for set down on either side of this lane. This morning as the centre lane was being used incorrectly, an incident occurred that compromised the safety of others.
I have contacted a security company to help with the traffic situation in the mornings and evenings, along with the parking in the Community Centre. I hope this will be a short term arrangement and that we can all ensure the safety of children and parents before and after school.
As previously mentioned, the school cannot be responsible for the safety of the children outside the school gate. We strongly advise that children are accompanied by an adult on their way to and from school.
I hope we can be pro-active in relation to the safety of our children and not have to react to anymore incidents occuring outside the school gates. Please do not use the centre lane for setting down and please free up the limited parking spaces in the morning and the evening.
I thank you for your co-operation and continued support on this matter. Please feel free to contact me if you have any queries in relation to any of the above.
Le meas,
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Whether you are a person who thoroughly enjoys active sessions of morning jogs and runs, or someone who would rather be at the gym, you need to have strong hip muscles. For a regular workout, rigorous exercises, running and jogging, it is imperative to steer clear of physical injuries. One simple way to avoid injuries is by strengthening your hip muscles by easy hip exercises. Strong hips make the body resilient and minimize the impact of many injuries. So, it is not enough to purchase those fancy running shoes and accessories, one should devote a few minutes every day for hip strengthening. Let us examine the importance of having strong hips and then have a look at some easy and quick ways to achieve those toned and strong hips that we have always fancied.
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Importance of Hip Exercises for Runners
While strong hips would be beneficial for everyone, they are especially important for athletes and runners because they put their body weight on both hips one by one as they sprint. Since the typical fitness routine of runners does not include hip-strengthening exercises, they are more prone to an injury during a fall or during a workout.
It has been scientifically proven that there is a clear correlation between lower extremities injuries due to overuse and weakness in the hip muscles, which is typical for runners. If they do not regularly perform exercises to boost hip strength, they might be even more prone to severe injuries. You should even involve in hip strengthening exercises for a fitter and stronger body.
Lifestyle and Hip Weakness
One common factor that contributes to the weakening of hip muscles is a sedentary lifestyle. Most of us would agree that we spend more time sitting than we should. Despite knowing the cause of our hip problems, we are unable to find time and motivation to minimize our hip problems.
How to Combat Weak Hips?
It is a myth that we need expensive equipment or a lot of time to strengthen our hips.
What we really need is just a few daily minutes of regular hip exercises and we will put many hip problems to rest. We will now discuss the most effective ways to specifically target the hip area and increase its strength:
Would you believe if we told that just a 10-minute hips workout every day will surely strengthen your hips? Surprised? Well, it is the truth! This workout is suitable for everyone and is sure to give results.
The best part is that these are very simple exercises and do not involve any additional equipment. So, you can do these at home. Here's what you have to do:
1. Side Jumps
- Stand with your hands on your hips and jump about three feet to your left, landing gently on your left foot while bending your left knee slightly.
- Bring your right leg down to touch the ground. Repeat the above step for your right side now.
- Do the above two steps for fifteen times each side.
2. Squat Kick
- Stand with your hands on your hips and kick the right leg in the air in front or side of the body, then bringing it down and squatting gently.
- Place both feet together and stand straight.
- Repeat for the same leg fifteen times before switching the leg.
3. Standing Side-Kick
- Stand with feet apart at hip width and place your hands on the hips. Gently lift the right leg sideways in three counts so that the thighs are parallel to the ground and hold this position for one count.
- Gradually bring back the leg to the ground in three counts.
- Repeat fifteen times for one leg and then switch to the other leg.
4. Bird and Dog
- Balance your body on all fours and extend one arm in front of the body, and at the same time, extend the opposite leg straight back., without bending either the arm or the leg.
- Bring the body back to its starting position.
- Do this for the other arm and leg, and repeat for about ten times per side.
5. Leg-Raise / Donkey Kicks
- Get down on four limbs and lift your right leg in a way that the inner thigh faces the floor and the knee is bent at right angle.
- Kick your leg so that the heel faces the ceiling.
- Return to all fours and repeat ten times before switching to your left leg.
6. Side Leg Raise
- Lie down on one side and place your legs over each other, straight.
- Lift one leg as high as you can without bending the knee and bring it back to the original position and repeat ten times on the same side before switching the leg.
7. Single Leg Hip-Lift
- Lie on your back and bend both knees so that the feet are fully touching the ground.
- Lift your hips and release the left leg so that the left knee is not bent at all and hold this position for one count.
- Repeat ten times on one side before switching legs.
Repetition of each exercise should be done for a small number of times in the beginning and increased gradually so as to avoid over exertion and injury.
Exercises for Hip Mobility
Like any other joint in the body, the hips also require regular mobility to remain functional. Prolonged periods of sitting or staying in one position adversely affect the mobility of the hip joint, leading to weakness in the hip area and its muscles. One can increase hip mobility by some very simple hip exercises that are described below.
1. Lateral Squats
- Stand straight with your feet about four feet apart and your hand on each side of your waist.
- Move your body weight to your right leg and bend your waist and knee so that the knee reaches close to the left ankle.
- Hold this position for one count before returning to your original position.
- Repeat eight times on one side before switching legs.
2. Traditional Split Squats
- Stand with your feet at about one feet distance and place your left foot ahead of the right foot by about two to three feet.
- Placing your hands on each side of your waist, bend down so that your right knee touches the ground, just before your left foot, and then stand up.
- Repeat for eight times before switching the legs.
Increasing General Body Flexibility
Admit it, your hectic lifestyle has made your body inflexible!
It is a great practice to increase the flexibility of the full body along with performing area specific exercise. This can be done by some very easy yoga postures that involve stretching of hips and improve their flexibility. Few of these yoga postures are described below:
1. Hip Flexing Pose
- This pose involves sitting on both legs such that both knees are bent at right angle and the upper side of the feet touches the ground.
- Slowly lift your right leg towards the front so that the knee remains bent at ninety degrees but the sole touches the ground.
- Place both hands on the right knee and hold this pose for about thirty seconds.
- Go back to the starting posture and repeat for both legs alternately for a up to five times per leg.
2. Making the Digit 4
- Lie down on your back with legs and arms extended downwards.
- Bring your right leg up so that the knee is bent in a way that the thigh is parallel to the ground.
- Support the thigh with both hands and place the left foot on the right knee.
- Hold this position for about thirty seconds before returning to the starting position.
- Repeat for up to five times per side.
3. The Butterfly Pose
- Sit on the ground such that both the knees are bent in a way that the soles of both feet touch each other and the ankles are as close to the hips as possible.
- Hold the feet with both hands and gently flap both knees up and down together for about thirty seconds in total.
- Repeat after pausing for ten seconds and do up to five cycles.
Modifications to Traditional Exercises
While traditional hip exercises make the body work out in one direction at a time, a more holistic workout can be developed by modifying the exercise so include motion in more than one direction. For professional athletes, hip strengthening exercises work better if they are combined with some kind of equipment like foam rolls, foam balls, weight and resistance bands. In this section, we will discuss the different variants of hip exercises for professional runners.
1. Modifications in Lunges
Rotational lunges and lateral lunges can be made more intensive by holding weight in the arm while doing them. Similarly, adding a TRX to the lunges will make the work-out heavy duty.
2. Modifications in Step-ups
Lateral and rotational step ups can be made to flex more muscles if we hold weights in our hands while performing them.
3. Single Leg Hip Lift with Weights
The single leg hip lift exercise that is explained above can be modified for runners to provide a high-intensity hip workout by carrying weights.
Exercises for Hip Problems
In case you already have a hip problem like inflammation or soreness of the muscle, it should not stop you from exercising.
So what can you do about the hip pain?
Gentle exercise for hip problems helps in getting relief from pain and discomfort. One thing to keep in mind when doing any exercise while having an underlying physical problem is not to exert yourself. One should refrain from doing any strenuous exercise and stop if the body doesn't feel good. Here are some easy exercises that can be safely done when you have an existing hip problem:
1. Knee Bending while Lying Down
As the name suggests, you lie down on the back and bend your knee of the side where you have soreness. This position should not be maintained for more than two seconds before bringing the body back to the starting position.
2. Knee Lifting while Lying Down
This is the next step after the above hip exercise where you lie down on your back and bend the knee of the sore side while pulling the knee towards the chest. Maintain this position for a maximum of three seconds before returning to the starting position.
3. Leg Press while Sitting Down
This exercise is a variant of the butterfly pose described above. The difference between this exercise and the butterfly pose is that the ankles are not pulled too close to the hips but left at a distance that is comfortable. Also, instead of flapping the knees up and down, you only have to gently press the knees towards the floor and release.
4. Leg Raising Exercises
These exercises should be done with the help of a chair. Hold on to a sturdy chair for support and keeping your knee straight, lift out your leg on the sore side of the body as much away from the body as you can, before returning to your starting position. You can extend the leg backward instead of sideways too.
Hip strength is crucial for maintaining overall fitness and making the most out of our workouts and exercise regimens. There is a right hip strengthening exercise for all of us according to our age, physical fitness levels and intensity or workout desired. Which hip exercises would you like to include in your routine? Let us know.
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Neighborhoods United is at a crossroads.
The grassroots organization that for decades has brought quality-of-life issues and concerns over criminal activity in New Bedford's neighborhoods to the forefront has dwindled in membership as it has aged.
The organization has about 10 hardcore, committed volunteers and is led by Jerry Pinto. Although their numbers are small, the group's heart beats strong. They remain committed to improving neighborhoods and sponsoring programs that benefit the community, such as National Night Out and holiday tree lightings.
"We reach out to hundreds and hundreds of kids," Pinto said.
However, as the years have passed, the ways neighbors interact have changed, too.
"People stopped coming to meetings. Everyone is connected nowadays — phone, emails, through the internet, Facebook," Ken Resendes, head of the Bullard Street Neighborhood Association, said at a recent roundtable meeting with neighborhood leaders and a Standard-Times reporter at New Bedford Police Department headquarters. The group also included Pinto, Joy Trudeau and Celeine Saraiva.
Neighborhood groups that have fallen by the wayside include the Parker Street Neighborhood Association, Acushnet Heights, Caroline Street Apartments, Brooklawn Park and the Far North End, members said. They said they are still organized in about a half dozen city neighborhoods.
Asked to describe the condition of Neighborhoods United as a whole, Resendes went so far as to say, "struggling, on life support."
"No young people come to our meetings. It's all older people," said Resendes, who is 68 and has been a neighborhood volunteer for nearly 20 years.
Neighborhoods United isn't on social media with many of its members unfamiliar with navigating the internet highways. However, all is not lost. Across the city, younger residents who care about their neighborhoods, often with the same mission as Neighborhoods United, are coming together in the digital world.
'Only as strong ...'
Neighborhoods United was a passion for Suzanne Braga, one of its founders and the woman who ran it for 25 years until 2013.
"A lot of it was door-knocking when I knew there was an issue," she said. "What's an issue for one neighborhood is not an issue for another neighborhood."
Sometimes neighborhoods change and she returned to a neighborhood and organized it again, she said. She also worked with the PTOs at the schools. "It was a lot of work, but it was a lot of fun," she said.
Scott W. Lang, the city's mayor from 2006 to 2012, said Neighborhoods United works with the purpose of moving the city forward.
"You're only as strong as your strongest neighborhood. No one knows their street better than the people who live on it," he said.
Neighborhood groups were the first to recognize the problem of thieves stealing copper from abandoned homes, Lang said. And their concerns about the cleanliness of the city gave rise to volunteer Operation Clean Sweep, which is still going strong.
"It's all driven by neighborhood-action groups. How do you produce the best quality of life for the city? Take a leadership role in a certain area, and you can help the move city forward," he said. "It is a great model. It's important it not go the way of the streetcar."
Police Chief Joseph C. Cordeiro agrees. The Police Department works closely with Neighborhoods United in identifying problems in the neighborhoods — noise, licensing issues around bars and restaurants, and so on.
"Unless it is communicated to us, we don't know to deploy resources and have a conversation with the owners," he said.
Community police officers regularly attend monthly neighborhood meetings as well as those of Neighborhoods United, and NBPD headquarters on Rockdale Avenue is often used for Neighborhoods United activities.
"I'm very appreciative of the work they have done over the last 20 years," he said.
'Bowling Alone'
Mayor Jon Mitchell likened the problems Neighborhoods United is facing to the demise of social capital that Robert D. Putnam wrote about in his 2000 book "Bowling Alone."
"It's not just here in New Bedford, but everywhere in America," Mitchell said.
He noticed in his last political campaign that more people watched the debates with challenger Charlie Perry online than they did in person.
"There's no silver bullet here," the mayor said. "What's afflicting neighborhood groups are the same set of trends that affect voter turnout, church participation and participation in sports leagues. Showing up matters. Make a difference and have fun in getting to know people.
"Life is not a spectator sport. You have to jump in and that includes making your neighborhoods a better place."
Ward 6 Councilor Joseph P. Lopes said he attends meetings in his ward and has noticed attendance is not what it once was. He noted that attendance depends on the issue and if there is a guest speaker.
"There is an importance for residents and neighbors to have a meeting and discuss matters," he said. For Lopes, he gets a sense of a problem, enabling him to get to the bottom of it.
What the future holds
Henry Bousquet, the former Ward 3 Councilor and the outgoing leader of the Mount Pleasant Street Neighborhood Group, said he doesn't know if the current format of Neighborhoods United is worth saving.
With people able to contact officials via social media, the organization is not as effective as it was 10 to 15 years ago. "The format is not as viable as it once was," he said.
He envisions Neighborhoods United living online, maybe via Facebook, with city councilors and department leaders' contact information while continuing to host community meetings and events that bring people together.
Steven Froias, who runs New Bedford Now, a local arts and community website, said he believes there is a need for neighborhood groups, but thinks their future is a combination of an online presence and face-to-face meetings. "I think it really has to be a mix," he said.
"Online is useful for sharing information, not useful for solutions. That's where the face-to-face comes in," he said. "I think it's 50-50. Putting a name to the face helps you evaluate their information."
Lost in translation?
John Theriault of Mattapoisett, a social media expert and principal in Truventis, said many cities and towns have community pages online and many organizations are going to digital spaces to encourage participation.
In some cases, these town forums are the primary form of communication that relays breaking news. "It definitely has become a means where people in a town stay in touch with one another."
But these forums have inherent dangers, he said. The information has to be vetted for its truthfulness and accuracy. "There is no context online. No history. It's difficult to vet info," he said.
"Something is lost in translation," said Chief Cordeiro, who has his own problems with the information posted in online forums. "It's not good in building relationships."
Online neighborhood groups like New Bedford Neighborhood Watch, which post police scanner reports on Facebook pages, have popped up in recent years. Lisa Luebking, one of the New Bedford Neighborhood Watch founders, said the group has 13,700 members with more joining every day.
Luebking the group has members from different backgrounds who guide members to a solution. Councilor-at-large Ian Abreu watches the board regularly and responds and interacts with members quickly and members know their thoughts are being heard.
Many people want to be involved, but just don't have the time, she said. "Social media and online forums make information readily available to a wide audience. A lot of individuals have scheduling conflicts that prevent them from going to meetings in person so they are often are out of the loop," Luebking said.
The problems to online neighborhood watch groups can be managed with proper administration, she said.
There's also an app — "SeeClickFix," which can be tailored for any community — that allows residents to report potholes, graffiti, needed tree trimming and other quality-of-life issues to their elected officials and department heads, according to city officials.
"This is a new medium for people to speak up and voice their concerns," Abreu said. "I fully embrace [the Neighborhood Watch] page because I believe that social media is the way people are going and we have to adapt."
Finding a new way
Bousquet said he believes Neighborhoods United's model remains workable. "The model is still viable, but it's changing and evolving. Each ward has different parts and different issues. You can learn the pulse of what is going on in that part of the ward," he said.
Abreu said the future of neighborhood watch groups is a combination of old-school methods and new-school technology. "An online presence and monthly meetings," he said.
That said, Abreu said the value of Neighborhoods United cannot be understated, explaining they have been instrumental in addressing issues of absentee landlords, neighborhood violence, trash and litter and many other concerns.
Councilor-at-large Brian K. Gomes, chairman of the council's Committee on Public Safety, said neighborhood groups have helped to make New Bedford a safer place to live. But there is no going back from social media sites like Facebook, which are now "part of our lives."
Gomes said it's worthwhile looking into the possibility of some local online groups joining forces with Neighborhoods United to bring new energy to it.
Gomes wants to meet with the leaders of Neighborhoods United to see what the city can do to help. "It's a voice for the people in the neighborhoods," he said.
Mitchell agreed, adding that he has the "utmost appreciation" for the neighborhood leaders in New Bedford and the time they commit to the city's betterment.
"If only we could clone them. It's a testament to their dedication to the city," he said.
Pinto acknowledged they have "to modernize." They are planning to distribute fliers at school open houses during the fall in hopes of creating awareness and increasing membership. "It's a start. Maybe we have to go to the people instead of the people coming to us," he said.
"We have a nice system. We just need the help. There's not enough of us to do it."
Follow Curt Brown on Twitter @CurtBrown_SCT.


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But if Ziggy Palffy hadn't hoisted the injury-riddled Kings onto his shoulders and carried them back into the playoff race, they wouldn't still be undecided about how to proceed before the NHL trade deadline next Tuesday.
They would be cleaning house.
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Seven days before NHL rosters are set through the end of the season, the Kings still have four players eligible for unrestricted free agency -- Aaron Miller, Bryan Smolinski, Craig Johnson and injured goaltender Felix Potvin.


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I was the opening act for Wings back in November 1979 on the British
'Back To The Egg' tour, and so got to know the McCartneys. I believe I was
the ONLY opening act that Wings ever used. How I managed to get on the tour
I still don't quite know, but I think it was something to do with Paul
looking for a SOLO act to open the show that wouldn't be intimidated by
audiences of up to 10,000, so that the show could continue without the
interval to reset the stage that a band would have required. Wings drummer
Steve Holley, seeing me perform at a vast open-air festival that summer,
thought I'd be suitable.
Strangely, it was only last December that I bumped into Mary, their younger daughter, now a photographer like her mother, who works for the McCartney Music company.
Naturally, I got to know Linda quite well at the time. In public, I remember previously seeing pictures in newspapers and magazines of her looking rather sour-faced. I soon discovered that pulling faces was her way of poking fun at the other photographers who incessantly demanded poses from the band. She was anything but sour.
As I've told people who complained about her being in the band ever since that time, she would have been the last to suggest that she was much of a singer, let alone a keyboard-player. She was in Wings only because Paul wanted her there. It seemed to me at the time that she'd have been quite as happy just being 'Mum'. Indeed, the 'roadies' who work with celebrities ALL the time and are thus not impressed by them had a nickname for the McCartneys, which was 'Mum and Dad', which tells you a lot about the atmosphere of the tour. The kids were with us all the time, and everything was very relaxed.
There was NOT a lot of drugs around. However, although I didn't see either of them smoke grass, Paul was always smoking Senior Service cigarettes, a very strong brand of tobacco, and it's tragically ironic that it is now Linda who has succumbed to Cancer.
We had vegetarian catering on the tour, of-course, and it was already an established tradition that, when we reached Liverpool, we had to go to one of their houses...it may well have been Paul's original home, I don't know, to drink some of Linda's celebrated pea soup, which was GREAT, by the way...
Nobody treated her like a star; she mucked in with everyone and was often ignored in favour of somebody else in the pecking order. She never pulled rank! Indeed, she was often funny, with a very self-deprecatory sense of humour.
Certainly, she always made me feel both part of the tour and indeed very welcome on it, which, from my own experience on other tours, is certainly not always the norm for 'opening acts'. The whole touring-circus became a big family, musicians and roadies alike.
Years later, I happened to have a gig in the area where they lived, near Hastings. It was a Sunday afternoon in Summer and I took the liberty of dropping by unannounced. Just like any ordinary family, they were sitting in the garden of a little circular house they used to live in. There WAS a swimming pool, but not a grand Hollywood one; just a little one for the kids. As before, I was made to feel welcome. It happened to be JUST before Paul was doing a World tour. Of-course, I knew nothing about this at the time, but they made jokes
They invited me to the pre-tour try-out show in London's West End, where I saw many of the same people working for them backstage as I'd known in 1979, over a decade later. By now, the two daughters, Stella and Mary, who had been 9 and 11, one blonde and one brunette, and dangerous as kids
Nevertheless, their demeanour was somewhat shy and certainly NOTHING like the archetypical image of a celebrity's offspring as seen in Hollywood. They'd been brought up like any other childreen and had never been spoilt with lots of money. Paul and Linda lavished TIME on them instead.
Celebrity can be a barrier. You are always scared of intruding, so I never became close friends with the McCartneys, but I always sent a Xmas card, never expecting one in return. However, 3 or 4 years ago, on Xmas day, I received a 'phone call. It was Linda. She was going through the cards and thought she would give me a ring and see how I was. I chatted to her and Paul, little knowing I'd never speak to her again.
By 1997, I'd heard about the cancer, but her daughter Mary seemed to think, last December, that it had been beaten. Sadly, she was wrong. The whole family must be together at home now, trying to come to terms with their grief, but I'll be writing to them soon...if I can think of somerthing to say...
When you really stop to think about it, The Beatles were not only famous, they were more famous ANYWHERE around the world than just about ANYONE since..I don't know..Charles Chaplin. Moreover, they somehow DEFINED a whole decade. It's difficult enough to achieve a good lasting marriage anyhow, but to walk into that sort of lunacy and fall in love as if everything were normal AND make it all last for over 25 years, is quite remarkable!
Remember, in England, back in the late 60s, the appearance of Linda Eastman on the scene was not exactly welcomed. I mean, she wasn't even British! Paul, after all, HAD a girl-friend, Jane Asher. However, whatever the fans might have thought at the time, Linda DID turn out to be 'Miss Right', as time has proven.
Linda and Paul enjoyed over 25 years of happy marriage and parenthood, somehow creating a private life we would all envy and one almost unknown in the world of showbiz. The pain for the family must seem unbearable at the moment and 56 is an obscenely young age to die, but, I suspect that many of us would settle for 25 years of marital bliss like that. Thank goodness, she didn't know the end was coming, or didn't seem to. Happily, the suffering must have been short.
Linda McCartney was a woman with strength, humour, love, commitment to important causes and impressive courage, as her last months have demonstrated. Most of all though, she was a GOOD person! Doesn't that sound very 'exciting'? Well, maybe not, but while there are lots and lots of people lauded with and maybe deserving superlatives, how many of them deserve also to be called plain GOOD, I'm not so sure! Linda McCartney was certainly one of them.
I'm honoured to have known her.
Earl Okin