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Lucas. posted a topic in General Off Topic DiscussionsDoing a drive to melb tomorrow to pick a part up if anyone hast anything needed either way send us a txt or call Has to be confirmed tonight leaving tomorrow at 1 from Murray bridge 0415917154
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Lucas. replied to B00sted180's topic in General Off Topic DiscussionsThis part and this whole episode describes mediums exactly
You keep making references as if I give a fuxk if it's labour, liberal greens shooters your mum. It doesn't matter. All I'm saying is, it's about FUXKING time they ALL were held accountable for corruption or anything of a sort. He needs to be made an example of simple. If he has nothing to hide, WHY DID HE f**king QUIT
You guys realise all he did was fail to report receiving a single bottle of wine right?? It's not like he deliberately disrupted and slowed down a federal investigation into misuse of union funds in order to protect one of his MP's and prevent himself from losing the top position. I mean, what kind of corrupt piece of shit would do that? In a position like his, he would sign piles of paper each day and probably receives multiple gifts each week. It is not beyond the realm of reality for a person to lose track of one gift they received. Was it sloppy and short sighted behaviour? Sure it was! Was it such an enormous a crime to the people of NSW that it would warrant a massive disruption to our government just for a bottle of fermented grapes? I'm all for reprimanding the guy, and giving him punishment for his mistake, but you people screaming for jail time clearly have a short memory. This is the biggest screw up to come out of NSW Liberals, now think about some of the massive f**kups to come out of NSW Labor. How many Labor MP's went to jail over a bottle of wine? Obviously a liberal supporter yourself and that's fine. I'm neither they are both corrupt. BUT, what your forgetting is this isn't just a bottle of wine. This is a bottle he received from a corrupt CEO... And then later that day quits his job? If he literally just forgot and slipped his mind, why has he quit? So later when they investigate deeper and realise his envolvmnt in the thing he is no longer in parliament and not destroying the libs credibility ?
My old man says he should be stripped of all his pensions But since he "quit" before he's found guilty he walk on by with his pockets full
Dodgey politicians. Barrey of**kwhit should be slammed and jailed. Corruption is such a "oh everyone will forget" like f**k Pisses me off
Hungry Jacks VOUCHERS!
Lucas. replied to BurtoN's topic in Australia - South AustraliaIt's like... Everyone ashamed to admit they eat fast food
How the eff does this annoy you? Thought you were riding solo anyway you homo. Trying to find a Kouki front bar for the S14. Doing my head in Correction. Ex woman. Get rid of her. Like I did Like.. Murder ? Right?
Cyclists in the hills. It is worst ten the rodent problem of '72
Why do police ask me how long I've had my car for?
Lucas. replied to s13k's's topic in General Automotive ChatCbf reading posts but it's the easiest way to catch out stolen cars that haven't been listen stolen.
Lucas. replied to GHOSTY's topic in General Off Topic DiscussionsHe said when he clicked on the "Contact seller" button it forwarded him to email me. Mr Chris Grant email@example.com in Alice Springs. On the mobile number #0459087398 he sent me a message to transfer the $50 into his partners account (said he couldn't access his at work) So I transfered the money to T Gai BSB 083-832 ACC 149668180. He said he would be posting it that day..... Hasn't answered his phone or email since. Couldn't/shouldn't this site give me his username at least? Normally I wouldn't be sending anyone cash in the hope I might get a part that I need. But foolishly I was more trusting of this guy because I thought I was dealing with a member on this forum. BTW I still need a TPS for an auto SR20det if someone has one. How much will I freak my auto out if I just ran a manual TPS anyone know? Cheers, Rob. Assuming it's his real number, go to a dero phone box In permi pen write "pills weed call *insert number*"
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Lucas. replied to Glynnside's topic in Members RidesAs if you want it slammed. Less attention= more run on the roads
Tow cars?
Lucas. replied to Shedog99's topic in General Automotive ChatWow really. 4x4? Dual cab? I towed with the standard single cab tray and it was the most gutless piece of ahit I have ever driven. And the brakes. Wow! Just terrible for a. Rand new car
Lucas. replied to jaker33's topic in Australia - South Australiaf**k you got ass fuxked Truck on here took through his old school ford. Loud as fuxk chunky as f**k wrong engine etc and not a question asked Same as me. Patrol 3" lift 3" exhaust . Fairly loud wrong engine and all they did was check and chane the numbers


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Thursday, 14 March 2013
Absinthe Antiques
There is no hidden significance in my use of the above photo in an article called "Absinthe Antiques!" From left to right, it shows me, Kamal Mukherjee of DrinkUp NY, Scott MacDonald (more about him in a second), and Maxwell Britten of Maison Premiere. We're at Maison Premiere here. It's a rare photo showing four absinthe "movers and shakers," none of whom seem to be drinking absinthe. To be fair to us (and our livers), some of us had started drinking absinthe a little earlier (Maison Premiere's Happy Hour offer of $1 oysters is a must) and some of us would be seen drinking absinthe cocktails a few hours later in Battery Park!
This was the first time one of the most important US absinthe retailers (Kamal) had met with one of the most important US absinthe mixologists (Maxwell). It was also the first time I had met with fellow absinthe forum member, Scott, and it is always great to find fellow absinthe lovers several thousand miles from home. Scott makes and designs guitars for a living (what a nice job!) and indulges his love of hand-crafted absinthe and the paraphernalia surrounding absinthe in many of his spare time moments. And now he is becoming well-known in his own right as the author of Absinthe Antiques: A Collection from la Belle Époque.
Scott kindly arranged an advance digital copy of the revised edition of Absinthe Antiques for me a few weeks ago, and I have been enjoying it enormously. If some people can derive a lot pleasure drinking absinthe by feeling that they are enjoying history (and absinthe has more than its fair share of history), then what better way to enjoy that history by drinking absinthe in antique glasses, using antique spoons, antique pourers etc? Sadly, however, while most of my readers can access good absinthe at a variety of prices, it is not possible for all of us to enjoy drinking them using antiques. Which is where Scott's book comes in. In sumptuous details, he shares with us an "orgy" of antiques, from fountains
through spoons
and glasses,
and many, many other types of advertising ephemera that you need to read about and to see to understand.
All with just the right amount of accompanied text to get the reader involved in the subject!
Eagle-eyed readers will have noticed that this is the revised edition. However, it's much more than just "the Director's Cut." At 221 pages with more than 300 photographs, it is more than twice as long as the first edition. This also has new chapters on postcards, art, antique bottles, the Pontarlier Museum's absinthe exhibit and the absinthe antiques market at the Absinthiades (sorry to say, Scott, that with the new Absinthe Museum opening in the Val-de-Travers in 2013, you may need to add a section on that too!).
I asked Scott what was his vision of the book, and his reply was illuminating. "What seems to happen for many reading it is this: they come away with a deeper understanding of what absinthe is and was, despite it being a book about the pieces used in its service. It's almost as if it is a round-about way of seeing absinthe through the eyes of its history. The spirit of the Belle Époque is clear in these antiques, as is the romantic way I feel about them."
And, to me, it's clear that Scott's vision has been achieved here.
To describe Absinthe Antiques as a coffee table book might be accurate, but it doesn't do the book justice. Yes, it's a great book to have at home to dip into from time to time. But it's also one of those rare books in which the passion of the author for his subject is clear on every page. You can see Scott's love for his antiques in the way he has organised his compositions ... the backgrounds, the lighting, the shots themselves and the whole layout of the book.
And at a time when many things are becoming smaller (iPad minis etc), it's nice to find it's a big book too, as this photo makes clear (11" x 8.5," so 17" wide when opened).
Two final comments.
Since it's a book about antiques, it might have been interesting to have told the reader how much the items shown actually cost (or maybe a range of costs). That would have made it an even more useful reference work, although I know it is not always easy to put an accurate value on antiques. And maybe the prices would have scared people! I put this point to Scott, and his eloquent response was that he did not want to talk about something that has nothing to do with the spirit and original purpose of the antiques. He prefers to celebrate the antiques, rather than to demean them with a monetary value. In any case, "For the price of a couple of bottles of absinthe, one can easily find a full service for two of very nice spoons, saucers and glasses!"
A nice detail for the French (and those in the French-speaking part of Switzerland): the book includes a complete French translation (by Marc Thuillier) via an appendix.
And here's my favourite photo, which serves so well to illustrate the care Scott has taken with details: an Everett upright grand piano, born between 1900 and 1905 in Boston, birthplace of the vintage American absinthe Butterfly of the same era (that's NOT a pre-ban Butterfly here!).
Finally, reader, beware. Some of the more unscrupulous online absinthe "dealers" exaggerate the completely irrelevant "drug" side of absinthe. Absinthe Antiques, however, could well prove addictive, and you may find yourself scouring the markets for antiques every weekend ...
Availability details for the book are here.
Santé, Scott, for an excellent, enjoyable (but maybe addictive!) book.
Posted by Alan at 14:53
Labels: absinthe, Absinthe Antiques, books, Butterfly, DrinkUp NY, DrinkWire, Kamal Mukherjee, Maison Premiere, Maxwell Britten, New York
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- Unknown said...
I am very fortunate to know Scott, and to be re-introduced to absinthe in the wonderful settings that he and other local afficionados provide. While enjoying their company and the different absinthe offerings, Scott always has wonderful stories to tell [along with the wonderful antiques]. All in all it transforms the evening into quite an atmosphere; for me, conjuring up visions of 19th century France. One can eat and enjoy caviar at one's kitchen table. But, the same caviar is enjoyed much more when dining in a 5 star restaurant. That is the absinthe experience with Scott.
Warmly, Jesse
- 14 March 2013 at 15:42
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Eunice Kennedy Shriver (July 10, 1921 – August 11, 2009) a member of the Kennedy family, sister to President John F. Kennedy and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Edward Kennedy, was the founder in 1962 of Camp Shriver, and in 1968, the Special Olympics. Her husband, Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., was United States Ambassador to France, the founder of the Peace Corps, and the Democratic vice-presidential candidate in the 1972 U.S. presidential election. Their daughter, Maria Shriver, was married to actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Born Eunice Mary Kennedy in Brookline, Massachusetts, she was the fifth of nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Fitzgerald.
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Kids might not mount a horse, yell out "Yah!" and ride into a sunset. But, if only for a blip of childhood before shiny new technology takes hold, cowboys can be the cool kings of imagination. "Kids are always going to love cowboys," says Douglas B. Green, aka "Ranger Doug" of Riders in the Sky. "There's just something about the rhythm, the look and, in our music, the lyrics. Kids don't know about broken hearts. They know about getting on a horse and riding around the West."
NOTE: Can localize with where next appearing Kids might not mount a horse, yell out "Yah!" and ride into a sunset. But, if only for a blip of childhood before shiny new technology takes hold, cowboys can be the cool kings of imagination. "Kids are always going to love cowboys," says Douglas B. Green, aka "Ranger Doug" of Riders in the Sky. "There's just something about the rhythm, the look and, in our music, the lyrics. Kids don't know about broken hearts. They know about getting on a horse and riding around the West." Riders in the Sky has built a three-decades-and-counting career from blending original compositions written in cowboy- and Western-music style with genre standards. It's Pixar's band of choice whenever the animation house needs that cowboy sound. The quartet touts itself as the sole Western-only group to take home Grammy awards, a total of two for children's albums related to the Pixar projects "Toy Story 2" and "Monsters, Inc." But this quartet isn't only aiming for youngsters enamored by the cowboy mystique. Since debuting Riders in the Sky with Fred "Too Slim" LaBour and former member "Windy" Bill Collins, Green has helped stir plenty of adult memories for entertainment grown from the great outdoors. "(Western music) is a kind of folk music, very complex in the way jazz can be a folk music," Green says. "It preserves the beautiful, poetic lyrics and a celebration of the West and the outdoors. To write in that style is really rewarding because you're helping to keep alive a tradition that would become static, or just become strictly nostalgic, without current creative input." Riders in the Sky will bring its traditional tunes, along with a silly sense of humor, to Sangamon Auditorium on Friday, with holiday numbers tossed in for "Christmas the Cowboy Way." (And because all good cowboys should ride with a sidekick, they'll be joined by "camp cook" Side Meat.) "Even if people have seen the show before, our humor will be something weird, something different, ad-libbed or improved," Green says. "Even we never really know." In the early 1970s, Green worked a day job at Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame to support singing everything from Dixieland to cowboy songs on the weekends. After seeing the Sons of the Pioneers, a cowboy group originally founded in 1933, sing at a 1974 Western-music festival, Green was blown away. "I really had not paid much attention to them since I was a kid, but I thought that was just priceless music that shouldn't be allowed to die," Green says. Green, who has a master's degree in literature, dove into research about Western singers and groups of the glory days. (Much later, Green would pen two books on the subject, the more-academic "Singing in the Saddle" and the coffee-table book "Singing Cowboys.") He also performed as a Nashville solo act with his guitar and yodel-ready voice. But when it came to the music's trademark harmonizing, Green was a lonesome cowboy. "Nashville, like many communities, has an acoustic musical underground with all the players who like old-time music," Green says. "These players tend to find each other wherever they are." Green knew LaBour (a bassist) and Collins from their work in pop/country singer Dickey Lee's backing band. Tabbed to fill in one night for a sick singer, Green decided he'd give them a call. "I asked Fred, 'Do you want to play some cowboy music this coming week?' He said, 'Sure, but I don't have a hat.' Well, I had an extra hat, he played the string bass and that was that." The trio laughed for days after a "pretty darn ragged and spotty show," but that November night in 1977 started something too appealing to not continue. Dates in local folk clubs and listening rooms picked up over the next few months, as did the buzz about Riders in the Sky. "It was about August 1978 that our respective employers started to look askance at us and say we had to commit to one thing or the other," Green says. Collins opted to stick with Lee, while Green, LaBour and fiddling newcomer Paul "Woody Paul" Woodrow Chrisman came aboard for what Green admits was a "wild chance" at a career. Since then, Riders in the Sky has rousted a fourth member for its posse — accordionist Joey "The Cowpolka King" Miskulin — and corralled any number of accolades and accomplishments. They're members of the Grand Ole Opry, six-time winners of the Western Music Association's Entertainer of the Year award and has become, in the words of Billboard magazine, "one of the most historically significant acts in the history of American music." They've performed more than 5,000 shows, appeared about 300 times on TV, and, in perhaps their widest exposure, three Pixar feature films. "Pure blind luck" is how Green describes the band's invitation by Pixar to record "Woody's Roundup," a theme song for Sheriff Woody's old-time TV show as seen in "Toy Story 2." "Randy Newman wrote the song, but if you've heard him sing, it certainly doesn't sound like a 1950s TV theme," Green says. "When we were asked, we looked at each other for one-eighteenth of a second and said, 'Yes.' " They've since contributed tunes to "Monsters, Inc." and last year's "Cars," and are hoping to be asked back for "Toy Story 3," tentatively scheduled for 2010. "The people at Pixar just love what they do, creating top-quality stuff that's enchanting, and that's sort of what we do," Green says. "Approach it with passion, humor, love and do it well. It's a good match." In the meantime, Green will continue hosting Classic Cowboy Corral, a weekly XM satellite radio show. And along with a busy 2008 tour schedule that will see Riders perform with the Boston Pops and Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the band hopes to complete two records: an album of ultra-traditional cowboy songs like "Streets of Laredo" and "Green Grow the Lilacs"; and a fan-requested album of Western spirituals like those written by former Sons of the Pioneers leader Bob Nolan. "It's not only great fun for us to play together," Green says, "but we're preserving this unique music or, as we call it, bringing good beef to hungry people." Nick Rogers can be reached at 747-9587 or email@example.com. Read his blog, Unpainted Huffhines, at blogs.sj-r.com/unpaintedhuffhines. BREAKOUT Riders in the Sky: "Christmas the Cowboy Way" WHEN: 7 p.m. Friday WHERE: Sangamon Auditorium at the University of Illinois at Springfield TICKETS: $26; available at the auditorium ticket office, by calling 206-6160 or online at www.sangamonauditorium.org.


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Kevin Costner knows a good Americana yarn when he sees it. And he saw one in the History Channel's lavish new miniseries "Hatfields and McCoys," which will air Monday to Tuesday. .
Costner's cinematic track record has seen him exploring various iconic moments in American history, real ("JFK," "Wyatt Earp"), embellished ("The Untouchables") and imagined ("Dances With Wolves"). So for his first major foray into television, it's not entirely surprising that he chose to produce and star in the cable network's attempt to build a sweeping, old school miniseries with a generational tilt around the decades-long feud between two Appalachian families that spilled blood across the West Virginia-Kentucky border and splashed headline ink around the country.
"I found it interesting that both states were going to go to war with each other," says Costner, who plays "Devil" Anse Hatfield, the tenacious patriarch of the West Virginia clan who in the decades following the Civil War pursued the feud against the Kentucky brood of his onetime friend and Confederate brother-in-arms Randall McCoy (played by Bill Paxton).
"West Virginia was going to fight Kentucky. They sent militia to the border and it was a really out of control thing. It was just when the press was starting to take shape in America, and so the New York papers were writing about these 'hillbillies.' That's where it all started."
"It's one of my favorite times in American history," says Paxton of the enduring fascination with the families' blood feud. "There's something about the Civil War: it left a kind of haunted ghost over everything. It enriched our culture in a very gothic way, and that feeling, the hauntedness and the gothic nature of it, to me was kind of like Emily Bronte or something...I love the language, too. The language is fantastic, the way that these people express themselves. It wasn't so generic."
For executive producer Leslie Greif, creator of the TV series "Walker, Texas Ranger," realizing a large-scale projects about the Hatfields and McCoys has been a lengthy labor of love. "It's been a career dream," Greif says. "When I first started in television miniseries was the staple of TV: It was 'Thorn Birds,' 'Roots,' 'Shogun,' 'Rich Man Poor Man,' 'North and South,' 'Winds of War.' I thought, 'What would be a great, epic tale?' and I figured, 'How about the greatest feud in American history?' "
After Greif recruited Costner, he brought on his longtime friend and collaborator Kevin Reynolds ("Fandango," "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves," "Waterworld") to direct the project. He also took an active hand in luring in actors he'd either long wanted to work with – like Paxton and Powers Boothe– or had co-starred with before – like Mare Winningham and Jena Malone – to headline alongside him. Paxton and Costner became fast friends.
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"He's a consummate filmmaker," Paxton says of Costner. "I pride myself on my filmmaking, and so there was no trial run period. We got to Transylvania and we just dove into the deep end of the pool and we had each other's back. There was a comfort level with the two of us that was just instantaneous."
"Kevin called and said, 'I'm doing a mini-series about the Hatfields and McCoys and you're going to do it,' and I said, 'Yeah, I am, because I'll do whatever you say,'" laughs Winningham, who plays Randall McCoy's wife Sally. "I have worked with him before, and that's why I'm no dummy."
The cast roundly praised Costner for his willingness to take on any task on set to make the miniseries work, including stepping behind the camera as second unit director from time to time. Costner shrugs off the kudos: "You pitch in," he says simply. "You pitch in, in the areas that you think you actually know what you're doing…I started in the low budget world. I worked over at Raleigh Studios and I've never been afraid to pick up a sandbag or help move a dolly. It's a treat to be able to make movies. I've always kind of understood that. There are a lot of jobs that are mundane – and I've had them!"
Inspired by Costner's example to jump in with both feet, the actors found their own fascinations with the material. "Obviously the death and dying is what it's all about, in terms of why it persists to this day and why people are still talking about it," says Winningham. "But the way the writers and the filmmakers depicted each death, you don't become anesthetized. You become the opposite. It becomes harder and harder to take, and I think that was a really smart way of filming this miniseries: to make each death painful and each one worse than the next so that the cumulative effect is just so horrific that it ends up being a testament to anti-violence."
"It was an honor society, as opposed to necessarily a law society," says Powers Boothe of the lack of formal law and order that allowed to feud to fester and grow. "And that honor came out of your personal honor and your faith in God and all these other things. Those were the rules. My character – I play Kevin's older brother – is a judge and a lawyer. He tries to be a little more rational at some times, but then when push comes to shove, blood is blood. That's not I don't think far from what goes on today."
Indeed, Paxton says he thinks the story remains very relevant to contemporary audience. "I think there's a lot of timeless stuff: the nature of feuds and disharmony among different groups of people, family members or whatever," he says. "You have to be careful when obsession comes into things, starting to obsess on a hatred. My dad always taught me something that Buddy Ebsen said, and that was, 'While you're holding a grudge, they're out dancing.' "
"Hatfields & McCoys" airs at 9 p.m. on May, 28, 29 and 30 on History Channel.


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text: Back Calcium Other name(s): calcium carbonate, calcium citrate, calcium glubionate, calcium gluconate, calcium lactate, calcium phosphate, tricalcium phosphate General description Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the human body and the major component in bone. Most calcium in the body is found in the bones in a mineral form called calcium hydroxyapatite. Calcium is a fundamental building block of bone and tooth enamel. It is incorporated into bone and enamel as calcium hydroxyapatite and other related crystalline forms. Calcium is also essential for muscle contraction and relaxation. It plays a role in sending nerve impulses, controlling nerve irritability, and the clotting of blood. Calcium is also an enzyme cofactor that aids the endocrine and exocrine glands. Medically valid uses It is important to have enough calcium during periods of bone growth (childhood and adolescence), during pregnancy, when breastfeeding, and following menopause. Calcium is essential for the production of breast milk, and it is needed by the fetus for development. Too little calcium throughout puberty and as an adult may contribute to osteopenia and osteoporosis; both result in weak bones that fracture easily. Unsubstantiated claims Please note that this section reports on claims that have NOT yet been substantiated through scientific studies. Calcium is claimed to decrease the incidence of colorectal cancer, help reduce cardiovascular disease risk, reduce high blood pressure, relieve menstrual symptoms, aid in weight management, and prevent premature labor and birth. Again, these claims are not supported in current research findings. Recommended intake As indicated below, calcium is measured in milligrams (mg). Calcium is absorbed in small intestine, however only part of the calcium consumed in foods or supplements is absorbed. The RDA is the Recommended Dietary Allowance. Group RDA Infants (0 to 6 months) 200 mg Infants (6 months to 1 year) 260 mg Children (1 to 3 years) 700 mg Children (4 to 8 years) 1,000 mg Youth (9 to 18 years) 1,300 mg Adults (females 19 to 50 years; males 19 to 70 years) 1,000 mg Adults (70+ years) 1,200 mg Women 50 years and older 1,200 mg Pregnant or lactating 18 years or younger 1,300 mg 19 to 50 years 1,000 mg People with low stomach acid, such as the elderly, should consider taking calcium citrate since it is more easily absorbed than any other form of calcium. Calcium is available in tablets ranging from 250 to 1,200 mg. It is also available in the form of chews, capsules, powders, wafers, and liquids. Calcium exists in nature only in combination with other substances called compounds. These compounds contain different amounts of elemental calcium, which is the actual amount of calcium in the supplement. Calcium is found in many commercial preparations. Each form has a different percentage of calcium. Calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate contain the highest concentrations of calcium, with calcium gluconate and calcium glubionate containing the lowest. Selected calcium-rich foods Food Calcium (mg) Fortified oatmeal, 1 packet 350 Sardines, canned in oil, with edible bones, 3 oz. 324 Cheddar cheese, 1.5 oz. shredded 306 Milk, nonfat, 1 cup 302 Milkshake, 1 cup 300 Yogurt, plain, low-fat, 1 cup 300 Soybeans, cooked, 1 cup 261 Tofu, firm, with calcium, 1/2 cup 204 Orange juice, fortified with calcium, 6 oz. 200–260 (varies) Salmon, canned, with edible bones, 3 oz. 181 Pudding, instant (chocolate, banana, etc.) made with 2% milk, 1/2 cup 153 Baked beans, 1 cup 142 Cottage cheese, 1% milk fat, 1 cup 138 Spaghetti, lasagna, 1 cup 125 Frozen yogurt, vanilla, soft-serve, 1/2 cup 103 Ready-to-eat cereal, fortified with calcium, 1 cup 100–1,000 (varies) Cheese pizza, 1 slice 100 Fortified waffles, 2 100 Turnip greens, boiled, 1/2 cup 99 Broccoli, raw, 1 cup 90 Ice cream, vanilla, 1/2 cup 85 Soy or rice milk, fortified with calcium, 1 cup 80–500 (varies) Source: The 2004 Surgeon General's Report on Bone Health and Osteoporosis: What It Means to You. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Surgeon General, 2004, pages 12–13. Calcium is stable in foods and does not deteriorate with different types of storage or cooking. Additional calcium is beneficial during the rapid growth spurts of infancy, childhood and adolescence, and for both adolescent and pre- and post-menopausal women. In addition, certain conditions call for increased calcium intake, including malabsorption syndromes such as sprue, celiac disease, pancreatitis, and cirrhosis. People who are lactose intolerant and those with milk allergies need alternative dietary sources of calcium. People who consume moderate to heavy amounts of alcohol or caffeine, and people who are anorexic also need additional calcium. Calcium, whether from food or supplements, is absorbed best by the body when it is taken several times a day in amounts of 500 mg or less, but taking it all at once is better than not taking it at all. 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Do not take calcium supplements if your serum calcium levels are too high or your phosphate levels are too low (as determined by a physician). Do not take calcium supplements if you have kidney failure, are a pre-dialysis patient, or are taking thiazide-type diuretics (HCTZ, hydrochlorothiazide, indapamide). Since calcium (from supplements, not food) may cause kidney stones, do not take calcium if you are prone to developing kidney stones. Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding should consult a physician before taking any mineral supplements. Calcium binds with the tetracycline family of antibiotics, inhibiting absorption of both the mineral and the drug. The same problem may occur with norfloxacin. Excess calcium may also decrease the effectiveness of verapamil. Calcium also reduces the absorption of iron from the gastrointestinal tract. 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HAIR COLOR CHALKING: THE NEXT FEATHER EXTENSION? Well, the buzz that continues to build certainly indicates that the temporary color additional could have the same momentum that feather extensions had last year. One look at MODERN's most-popular articles and you can see that there is major interest in the technique. AND, guess what, you can charge for it, too.
WHO'S DOING IT: Karen Gordon, MODERN Facebook fan and co-owner of Chicago's J. Gordon Designs, has now introduced hair chalking as a professional service called "Lock Chalking" in their salon. She was so kind to not only share the details of how she has added the service to her salon's menu, but Gordon, who is also on the board of directors for Cosmetologists Chicago, gave us the scoop on how to introduce it at your salon, who to market it to, how much to charge and how to make it more professional.
HOW DO YOU MARKET IT? "We are promoting Lock Chalking to three different demographics," Gordon tells MODERN. "First, to young kids and teens who have moved on from feather extensions and are looking for something fun and new. Secondly, we are marketing to a client in his/her 20s and 30s who is going out for the night and wants a look that is fun and funky, but not permanent. And the third demographic we will be attracting is our 40-plus client who wants to have one last fling with fun—and sometimes crazy—hair color, but doesn't want the color to last."
HOW MUCH DO YOU CHARGE? J. Gordon Designs charges between $15 and $50 for the service, depending on how much of the hair is chalked. And, her new talent stylists are typically the ones who perform the service.
PUT YOUR OWN SPIN ON IT: Though J. Gordon does use the non-toxic chalk for art supply stores that initially created the buzz in color chalking, they also use their our own custom line of GORDON:FACE Mineral Cosmetics. "There are several advantages to using mineral cosmetics including the safety of the product—hypoallergenic, paraben-free, not tested on animals, etc—but also the wide range of colors, which many contain shimmer, which looks great on the hair when "Lock Chalking."
INTERESTED? So, thinking you can make some money doing this service? One thing is for certain... this service is hot, hot, hot. AND, it's a great way for clients to experiment with color who, otherwise, may have been weary about trying a high-fashion shade—or even a natural-looking lowlight. Make this service your own!
HERE'S HOW TO DO IT, PLUS TIPS! Click here for the full story: Hair Chalking: The How-To for awesome inspiration and special tips on how to get the best effects... or, watch the video below to see how YouTuber Kandee Johnson does the look in this fun tutorial that appeared on MODERN SALON TV!
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HOUSTON (AP) -- Houston Texans running back Arian Foster will undergo back surgery next week and miss the rest of the season.
Foster didn't practice all week after injuring his back on Houston's first series against Indianapolis last Sunday. He also missed most of Houston's previous game with a hamstring problem.
Interim coach Wade Phillips said Friday that Foster had visited specialists about the problem. The Pro Bowl player gained 542 yards on 121 carries with one touchdown and had 22 receptions and another score.
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Adiyogi - The Source of Yoga
Adiyogi - The Source of Yoga
Over 15,000 years ago, predating all religion, Adiyogi, the first Yogi, transmitted the science of Yoga to his seven disciples, the Saptarishis. He expounded 112 ways through which human beings can transcend their limitations and reach their ultimate potential. Adiyogi's offerings are tools for individual transformation, as individual transformation is the only way to transform the world. His fundamental message is that "in is the only way out" for human wellbeing and liberation.
On the auspicious night of Mahashivaratri at Isha Yoga Center, an iconic face of "Adiyogi – the Source of Yoga" was unveiled by the Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Recognized as the world's largest bust sculpture by the Guinness World Records, the face of Adiyogi is 112 feet high, representing the 112 ways he offered for one to attain to wellbeing and one's Ultimate nature. Installed near the Adiyogi is the Yogeshwar Linga, which was consecrated by Sadhguru, as manifestation of five of the major chakras in the human system. Adiyogi, with the presence of the Yogeshwar Linga, has become a living entity.
Adiyogi - The Source of Yoga is situated 30 kilometers (20 miles) west of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Coimbatore, a major industrial city in southern India, is well connected by air, rail and road. Major airlines operate regular flights to Coimbatore from Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Train services are available from all major cities in India.
There are direct buses between Coimbatore and Adiyogi (view the timetable). Taxis can be booked from the airport as well as the railway station. Alternatively, contact the travel desk to book a taxi to the center.
There are several events that occur on a daily basis, such as Aumkar initiation, and the Isha Kriya guided meditation.
Adiyogi is open every day from 8am to 8pm.
Isha Kriya is a simple yet potent process rooted in the timeless wisdom of the yogic sciences. Offered by Sadhguru, it has the potential to transform the life of anyone willing to invest just 12 minutes a day.
Daily practice of Isha Kriya helps brings health, dynamism, peace and wellbeing. It is a powerful tool to cope with the hectic pace of modern life.
Visitors to Adiyogi can be initiated into the timeless and powerful mantra "Aum". The mantra activates and energizes the various sections of the body, reverberating through the whole system. Furthermore, it can bring peace and balance to the meditator's system, and is known to relieve people from numerous physical and mental ailments when practiced regularly.
As a way to become open to the energies of Yogeshwar Linga, devotees can make an offering of water and neem leaves to the linga.
Devotees can offer a vastram to Adiyogi by tying a black cloth on one of the trishuls surrounding Adiyogi.
An opportunity to become receptive to the Grace of Adiyogi, which can fuel one's striving towards ultimate liberation.
Every full moon night, Adiyogi is open until 12:00 am and a music concert is offered in front of Adiyogi from 10:30 pm - 11:30 pm
Every new moon day, traditional offerings are made to the Yogeshwar Linga by people from the surrounding villages. There is also an offering of traditional music and dance, followed by distribution of prasadam.
This face of Adiyogi will be an iconic presence to orient the world towards their liberation. Adiyogi is a reminder for humanity to shift from religion to responsibility. The form of Adiyogi will leave an imprint on your consciousness. No matter where you go, his face will stick with you in such a way that you will turn inward. This is about transformation beyond thought and emotion.Adiyogi will be a very important tool for those who are striving to liberate themselves. Adiyogi is a presence that people cannot miss – the greatest face on the planet. Greatest not in comparison to anything else but because of the possibility that it opens up. This is a fantastic gateway for those who are seeking liberation. Liberation from anything that binds you – this will be the nature of the linga. Adiyogi's iconic presence will inspire millions of people across the planet.
Adiyogi – an Iconic Inspiration
In this week's Spot, Sadhguru reveals plans for a 112-feet Adiyogi statue in the Velliangiri Foothills, and other plans for Adiyogi statues throughout India. "This is not a deity, this is not a temple of some kind, this is an iconic inspiration for people."
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Adiyogi, 112 ft tall in Coimbatore with backdrop of Vellingirii Hills, reverberating with energy, is a must visit spot.
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If Not for Plants, Could Rivers Bend?
By Catherine Clabby
Geologists strengthen the case that early rooted plants engineered the look of modern rivers
Geologists strengthen the case that early rooted plants engineered the look of modern rivers
For decades, the Canadian geologist Martin Gibling has been intrigued by the tough-to-prove hypothesis that land plants created the shape of modern rivers hundreds of millions of years ago.
Plant roots reinforced the ground, the thinking goes, creating stable banks that funneled what once were wide, shallow water flows into narrower and deeper channels. By extension, that set the stage for lots of significant Earth history events, including the rise of human civilizations in modern river basins so many millennia later.
Now Gibling and postdoctoral scientist Neil Davies, both at Dalhousie University, have strengthened this case. When the pair compared a much-improved plant fossil record with evidence of how rivers changed very long ago, the transitions matched up.
"As soon as the plants got a foothold on land and rooted vegetation started, that changed the landscape. Basically plants engineered that landscape as they evolved," says Davies. He and Gibling have published the findings in both Geology and Earth-Science Reviews.
Back in the Cambrian period, which ended some 500 million years ago, the geologic record indicates that rivers were very shallow but wide things, almost floods that allowed rainwater to wash from largely barren solid ground to sea. Deposits left behind were preserved as sheets of coarse grains, some of which suggest these rivers were 1,000 or more times as wide as they were deep.
"There is probably nowhere on Earth where rivers form the way they did before vegetation," Gibling says.
But by the time of the Silurian- Devonian boundary, some 420 million years ago, the picture found in preserved sedimentary rock changes. The blankets of unconsolidated sediment found in earlier river deposits appear less frequently. It happens just as evidence of land vegetation with root systems also expands in the rock record.
In addition, more complex and diverse river remains emerge, including more traces of mud, probably due to the enhanced chemical weathering that plants assist; smaller-sized sand grains; and samples of organic remains. Significantly, shapes shift too.
Organized deposits become visible in the remains of highly sinuous, single-thread channels. Evidence of lateral accretion—the digging away of material at the outer bends of a river and the simultaneous deposition of material at the inner bends—is more abundant.
There is also variation that appears to be related to the local climate during the times that the rivers flowed. "Before plants evolved, it didn't matter if a river was in a polar region, a temperate region or an arid region, the rivers looked the same. Later you find differences," says Davies, who devoted two and a half years to this project.
Edward Cotter, a geologist long on the faculty of Bucknell University, was among the people arguing 30 years ago that rivers went through a big transition during the same period that Gibling and Davies emphasize. He observed it in sedimentary rocks in the central Appalachian Mountains dating from 450 to 250 million years ago. But unlike Gibling and Davies, he had limited evidence with which to extrapolate globally from his observations.
"They had a much richer database. They have a much healthier understanding of how rivers run. They went around to different parts of the world and looked with their own eyes," says Cotter, whose research Gibling and Davies cite in their publications.
Using funding from the Canadian government, Davies and Gibling reviewed 144 published reports describing river sediment preserved in the rock record, dating from the Cambrian to the Devonian, to build their case. They visited 34 spots themselves in North America and Europe. And they scrutinized experimental results.
One laboratory finding that impressed Gibling was achieved at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of Minnesota. Working in a tank, researchers there described how vegetation—in this case alfalfa sprouts that were allowed to germinate on banks—transformed a channel that flowed between multiple sandbars into one that self-organized into a single- thread channel.
"The strength of the roots of alfalfa was enough to completely change the whole pattern. That generated a meandering river with banks that migrate and are erosion resistant," Gibling says.
Dov Corenblit, an associate professor at the University of Paris who describes himself as a biogeomorphologist, says Davies and Gibling have delivered more than just insight into the history of rivers. They have expanded evidence that the biotic and abiotic features of this planet influence one another.
Their findings "may be considered significant progress in the comprehension of one of the most critical phases in the coupling between physical and biological processes on Earth," Corenblit says.
The Dalhousie University geologists aren't done. They want to explore whether any of the periodic mass extinctions experienced on Earth might have affected the shapes of rivers as well. They are scouring the literature for changes preserved from the end of the Permian, when a lot of plant life was wiped out.
"We'll look to see if rivers reverted to the older form," Davies says.
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"You've got to be taught to hate and fear, you've got to be taught from year to year"—so go the famous lines from South Pacific, arguably the stupidest ever to put to music.
The one thing we do not have to be taught is hate. Fear of what seems strange comes as naturally as protection for what is loved. What we have to be taught, year to year, is to recognize the rights of people we incline to fear; to create laws that extend to them the means to be included in a decent equality; to support a legal framework in which our inclination to preemptively attack one another is—how did Hobbes put it?—"restrained."
Which brings me to three items in the media last week, all about Israel's political psychology, all missing the point somehow, because they fail to acknowledge what is missing in Israel's law. The first are reports of the riot in Tel Aviv's Shechunat Hatiqva against African refugees, the second is Yousef Munayyer's op-ed in the New York Times about Israel's treatment of its Arab citizens, and the third is Bob Simon's report in "60 Minutes" about the Tel Aviv's "bubble." There are dots to be connected.
I won't recapitulate what each states or implies. Suffice it to say that reports of the riot focus on the alleged bigotry of Israelis, and Munayyer's op-ed highlights ways Israel's immigration officials target Arab citizens in ways that can only be called discriminatory. One would conclude that Israel is a small place, incapable of transcending a growing racism inherent in its "situation," which polls of youth tend to confirm. But then along comes Simon's report upending this idea, celebrating Tel Aviv elites as living in a "bubble" of cosmopolitanism, though indifferent to the suffering that's in their backyard. What are we to believe about Israeli attitudes?
The point is, Israel's problem is not attitudes but the absence of a constitutional frame, including methods of naturalization, that shape attitudes. Don't be misled by Simon's fascination with north Tel Aviv's cosmopolitan atmosphere. The latter is not home grown. The globalization of its young people, in their businesses and universities, has expanded their horizons, while the force of Israeli law otherwise closes them.
In contrast, a broad majority of Israelis—who cannot see beyond the law—cannot also not imagine a "them" that is not the counterpart of a racially or halachically defined view of "us." (Too many American "Zionists" like things this way.)
Look, if Israel were a democracy like France, Israelis might well think that the acquisition of Hebrew culture, the experience of the Jewish nation, and so forth, would (gradually) make one a part of that nation—i.e., make one "Israeli"—and, after a period of residency, qualify any immigrant for citizenship. Think of children of African, Thai and Filipino workers, born into Israeli life, embracing Israel like Kitty did at the end of Exodus. But a muddle of Israeli laws discourage this very train of thought:
If you are born in Israel to a Jewish mother, then you are, by law, a Jewish national and a citizen. You are also a Jewish national, and subject to immediate citizenship, if you are an immigrant who has not renounced the Jewish faith and are descended from at least one Jewish grandparent—a grandparent, that is, who was born to a Jewish mother who had not renounced her faith. Arabs and other nationalities born in Israel to a mother and father who are citizens are citizens. But if only one parent is a citizen then the child is subject to what Munayyer has endured. It is assumed that an Arab Muslim can never become a Jewish national the way, say, a Jew can become a Frenchman. If an Arab is born outside the country, he or she can forget about becoming a citizen.
The confusions go on. If you are born in Israel to a Jewish father only, then you are a citizen—but can only become a Jewish national, and enjoy its various material privileges, by sincerely converting to Judaism. A non-Jew can also become a Jewish national by converting, like the child born in Israel to a non-Jewish mother, but unlike that child, cannot be a citizen without converting. Then again, the interior minister can just make you a citizen. Clear?
Calling Tel Aviv a bubble in this context confuses the issue. North Tel Aviv is the part of Israel not in a bubble, that is, not disconnected from the liberal world. It is the rest of Israel that is increasingly in a bubble, or more precisely, a ghetto of its own making, afflicted by the "claustrophilia" Arthur Koestler once warned about.
You can feel a mounting danger in the attacks on Sudanese refugees in south Tel Aviv, or against Palestinian Arabs in Jerusalem's Malcha Mall after a football game at nearby Teddy Stadium. The attacks won't end—and didn't begin—with them. The Israeliness Simon implicitly valorizes, however much it swims with global currents, cannot swim against the mental atmosphere engendered by Israeli law, nor can Tel Aviv's lovely elites compete with orthodox families in producing off-spring.
What Israel needs are legal changes, now, to extend secular standards, valorize equality in Israeliness, and curb the privileges of the Orthodox rabbinate and educational systems. Mofaz and Netanyahu have the votes, for now. Do they really have the will?


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IdeaPlane is a startup that brings enterprise social networking to companies in regulated industries, such as finance, that might otherwise have been reticent about embracing social technologies.
I caught up with CEO and founder James Fabricant, himself a former executive at MySpace, to find out more about his vision for the company and the future of the industry.
In one sentence, what is IdeaPlane?
Built in partnership with one of the world's biggest investment banks, IdeaPlane is an enterprise social network that provides the best of both worlds: easy-to-use social tools combined with enterprise-grade security, compliance and privacy controls.
What problems does IdeaPlane solve?
I truly believe that enterprise social networking (ESN) can aid collaboration and knowledge sharing among employees in the financial sector and in regulated companies such as law firms.
While ESNs are catching on quickly in many kinds of businesses, improving internal collaboration, it has been difficult for companies in regulated industries to tap into this trend because of concerns over security, compliance and privacy controls. Until now.
When and why did you launch it?
We launched about two years ago. As a former MySpace International executive, I experienced first-hand the power of social networking. However, I was always intrigued to find out how this power could be harnessed in a business environment.
Nowadays most of us use social tools regularly, whether it's LinkedIn for professional networking or Facebook for socialising with friends. But the use case for businesses has never been entirely clear.
How are you funding the company?
The company is privately funded at the moment; we have a number of high profile investors such as Kevin Eyres and Clare Flynn Levy are currently looking to complete a first major funding round.
Who is your target audience?
I believe that most businesses will be able to extract significant value from enterprise social networks. With our focus on security and control, we are specifically looking to target regulated industries such as those in financial industries, banks, law firms, and life science companies.
What are your immediate goals?
The market for ESNs is growing fast. IDC has forecast that spending will grow at a compound annual rate of 42.4% from $0.8 billion in 2011 to $4.5 billion in 2016. McKinsey also estimates that the use of social technologies within enterprises could contribute $600 billion to $867 billion in value annually.
We think we have identified a gap in the market and so will be looking to educate companies in these sectors as quickly as possible to secure first mover advantage. From the conversations we are having at the moment, it seems as though there is significant appetite out there from companies that, until now, would have been cautious.
What were the biggest challenges involved in building IdeaPlane?
Education is a big part of what are looking to achieve at the moment. This is a disruptive technology and challenges businesses to think and act in new ways. One we have proved the business case and demonstrated that IdeaPlane is built with security and compliance as part of its DNA, the decision to deploy is relatively simple.
How will the company make money?
We operate a simple licence model that allows companies to deploy and implement IdeaPlane across the business very quickly and are currently running an exclusive Alpha Programme for a select number of forward thinking companies looking to work with us to shape the future of enterprise social networking.
We will offer our solution to these special companies at £100 per month for the first year of deployment.
Who is in the team and what does it look like?
I lead a fantastic team of 13 people that have significant experience in start-ups, technological development and compliant industries. Prior to founding IdeaPlane, I was an executive at MySpace International and played an integral part in its global expansion, including launching MySpace in 17 languages across 30 countries.
Our CTO, Francesco Bovoli, oversees the engineering and development of our platform. He brings 10 years of experience in technology development and more than six years experience in financial services consulting. Prior to joining IdeaPlane, he worked as a technology consultant at Accenture, Google and Cisco.
Customer experience is very important to us and our VP of product and user experience, Edward Kind, has over 10 years experience working for My Space and Mubi. He lives in San Francisco and is an active member of Silicon Valley's startup community.
Where would you like to be in one, three and five year's time?
We expect to see a massive shift as broad adoption of enterprise social networks takes hold across financial services companies. Eventually we expect all companies to have a 'social engine' at their centre, where users will discover information most relevant to them.
Regulated industries have only scratched the surface in terms of harnessing the power of social networking. Once companies know there are secure, compliant solutions with the necessary control to reflect working habits in highly regulated environments, then the potential to unlock corporate value will begin to be realised.


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Hi guys, I had a great Mother's Day! My husband and kids got me a Gypsy (WOW) and took me shopping at Micheals!! Loved it I had a great day:) I was thinking of doing video's on You Tube. Any suggestions on how to get started, maybe a few tips from anyone would help. Thanks and Ya'll have a great night:)
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BWO's Meanie's Mischievous Shenanigans is listed as a Goldust card but it doesn't have Goldust's logo.
Thanks, I'll look at doing an update this weekend if time permits, I know it's been a while.Plus I can add all those scans you provided, thanks again for that, Mitch!CREED
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Funeral Services Assistant – Service Corporation International
Overview & Responsibilities
SCI is certified as a Great Place to Work ® by the Great Place to Work Institute. In a recent survey, our associates said that their work has special meaning and is not "just a job". We currently have a part time opening for a Funeral Services Assistant at Rock Funeral Home in New Bedford, MA. This is the opportunity to be part of the Dignity Memorial® provider network and grow your career in the funeral, cremation and cemetery services business. For us, there is no greater responsibility than celebrating each life like no other and making a difference in the lives of people we serve.
This position interacts directly with client families during their time of need and is responsible for creating and maintaining a premier level of client family satisfaction. The Funeral Attendant will set-up and assist with viewings, funeral services, memorial services, etc.
• Performs a variety of tasks during funerals and visitations to assist funeral directors and ensures that services run smoothly as planned
• Directs calls to appropriate team members
• Greets and receives client families and/or other persons entering the office for information and assistance
• Maintains a friendly attitude while offering assistance and guidance to all persons entering the location
• Assists passengers in and out of limousine with special emphasis and patience given to the handicapped and elderly
• Assists the Funeral Director in the movement of the casketed deceased and other related paraphernalia in and out of the visitation area, funeral home chapel, church or other place of service
• Drives the hearse, family limousine or other vehicle in the funeral cortege and/or other funeral related activities
Requirements & Qualifications
Applicants must have a flexible schedule, professional appearance, good attitude, and be a team player. The candidate must share in the idea of growing market and maintaining a premier level of customer satisfaction.
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Self-starter and team player
• Compassionate towards others
• Ability to lift 75lbs SCI Overview
Who we are. What we do.
We're more than North America's largest provider of funeral, cremation and cemetery services. We are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, sons and daughters who are devoted to the communities where we live and work. We are more than 20,000 dedicated individuals who provide caring assistance to families in need, honor veterans and public servants and deliver lifesaving programs to help keep children and seniors safe.
We operate under the umbrella of the Dignity Memorial network of 1,800 funeral homes and cemeteries. Dignity Memorial providers care for more than 300,000 families each year and understand the importance of thoughtful, personalized arrangements. We believe creating meaningful ways to pay tribute to a loved one begins with compassion and is shaped by the understanding that each life is truly unique. For us, there is no greater responsibility than honoring and preserving the story of one's life.
SCI offers advanced on-line training resources, career advancement opportunities in the largest organization in the industry, attractive benefits, and a wonderful community to serve with plenty of culture and personality. For additional information regarding our company, please visit our corporate site at www.sci-corp.com .
Interested in applying? See full details and how to apply here


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@ Marissa ... It's a different place over there, Interesting and fun but really busy! I loved it and really want to go back! I lived there for almost 3 years.
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Introduce yourself!
Hi, I'm Brooke and I live in Ohio. I was just introduced to this site from a friend and one of your designers. I'm very excited to be a part of this.
Welcome ladies! Glad to have you here!
Hi There! My name is Rebecca, I am 27 years old, live in California and have 2 babies-a girl and a boy (both under 6). I actually found this site by accident soon after I started digital scrapbooking (which was a little under a year ago)...before that I had been traditionally scrapbooking for over 11 years. It was a hard change for me but I am slowly getting the hang of it! I love this site and would like to say a HUGE thank you to Marisa and Jordan for creating such a wonderful site!
Welcome Reba! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi to all. My name is Theresa, I have been scrapbooking for about 8 years now and I really enjoy it plus lots of albums, cards hybrids etc. I'm a housewife married for almost 30 years. My twin boys are 26 years old, when they moved out I was heartbroken..my only child (my boys) left home that was 3 years ago. Now with all this free time, I have been starting about 10 different projects every day. No kidding around. I look forward to all your new ideas, etc.
I have a new layout to upload for the January challenge due on the 31st but looks like I don't have enough community points. Oh Well
Hi Theresa... welcome... if you post a few more posts here in the forum or even if you just post thank yous for the assets you download you'll boost your community points and you might even be able to get enough before the 31st... you just need 15 more points and you get two points for each forum post (and I think you get three points for starting a topic so if you have something you want to share feel free) and one point for each asset comment so you should be able to boost your number fairly quickly... We love to encourage folks to participate and it's great that you completed a challenge so I'll keep my fingers crossed that you manage to get enough points in time for it to qualify.
Hi Everyone
My name is Lindsay and I live in South africa with my hubby and a hoard of pets.I started off digiscrapping in 2009 and then after that started designing...I love this hobby and so does my hubby...he says it is not as messy LOL
Hello. Mi nombre es Elena y vivo en Jijona (Spain). Me encanta el Scrap y aun que no hace mucho tiempo que lo practico me encanta tu pagina web, tiene mucha inspiración para mi.
Hello. My name is Elena and I live in Jijona (Spain). I love Scrap and even that not so long ago that I practice I love your website has a lot of inspiration for me.
Hi! My name is Heather, and I am an American living in Belgium. I love to scrap and to design! I am really enjoying Pixel Scrapper! The cutie in my profile picture is my daughter Luna, who will be 3 soon!
Hi! I'm Sherri B. and I just discovered your site this morning. I'm a 51-year old empty nester and I've immersed myself in photography and PSE for the past two years. I've fallen in love with digital editing and am now trying to learn how to merge and enhance my own visual art/photos in PSE. The possibilities are so endless and I am soaking up as much knowledge as I can about the whole process. This looks like a wonderful site for learning and I look forward to exploring the forum and tutorials. Thanks in advance for the inspiration I'm sure I'll find here!
My English is very poor. I hope you understand what I write (it is translated with Firefox).
My name is Silke, am 47 years old and live with my husband and my (almost adult) daughter, two dogs, a cat and four mice in a small village in Germany.
Before 2 1/2 years I have discovered PSP. For two years now I'm in a PSP school.
I like to tinker with images PSP go, and then I craft sometimes on its own Scrapkit.
I'm just getting started with my "Scrapkunst" and I have a lot to learn.
My second passion is hiking and nature.
I have brought you to match the winter a small image that I made. (I hope it is allowed).
Hi, I hope I am doing this right. My name is Cathy and I have been stamping/scrapping for about 18 years. We are Itinerant Ministers (yep, some people don't like that but that's what we are , We travel all over the U.S. and are going International this year. My wonderful, best in the whole world, best friend and husband and I have been married 20 years. He is sure a keeper and always makes sure we have room in our Ford Explorer for some of my crafting stuff. I have a House Mouse Rubber Stamping list for 13 years and have lots of scrappers on there so will be sharing the goldmine I have found here. We are now in Iowa, in the cold, wet, snowy, place for a few months but our heart is to be and we have been for many years until we were called to this, our hearts are to be back in Arizona. I have 3 children , 7 grandchildren and 1 natural and 1 adopted Great granddaughter. I love making cards and scrapbook pages for them. I never want them to forget how special they are to me. I have one grandson, Matt, who is in Afghanistan as a mine sweep , I wonder why he didn't sign up to be a cook. He just turned 20 years old. I just want him home safe and in one piece. Thank you again for allowing me to join and I am so sorry I rambled on. Hugs, Cathy K
Welcome ladies! Thanks so much for stopping by and saying hi!
@Cathy: Where are you and your husband off to next?
Hello everyone,
I have been looking (maybe lurking a bit I guess) around this blog and site for a while now.
We recently returned to our home - Wellington, New Zealand, after living 4 years in Sydney, Australia and am still trying to sort myself out so I will get back to Digital Scrapping and hopefully some paper scrapping when my stuff is properly unpacked. I started digi just over a year ago and am still learning - mainly to archive our life a bit better. I only really started scrapping seriously after we moved away from family and had to pack down the family home and live in a big city in a 'shoebox' (kidding a little here - we had a lovely older 2 bedder, but NZ'er are used to more space).
I play with a mix of family layouts and art journal these days and look forward to participating here. What I like about digi scrapping is to keeping on learning new things and having a go.
Welcome Debra! Thanks for saying hello!
I have been an elementary teacher for over 21 years now. (Yikes!) We live near the picturesque shores of Lake Michigan, so I love beach and sunset photography. I love to let my creative juices flow through photography and making jewelry. I enjoy the challenge of learning a new craft, so I am just jumping into the Photoshop world. I used to spend hours with my friends at scrapbooking gatherings, when that was all the rage, but that was several years ago. I need to do some catching up since my daughter is almost graduated from college! I am hoping to learn to digiscrap and maybe even learn how to make my own papers and elements!
I'm Holly and I live in the Midwest, USA with my husband, two kids and nine pets. I'm 50 and have more interests than I have hours in each day.
I made traditional scrapbooks for years. Then I discovered the internet and Photoshop. Scrapbooking got put on the back burner as I gleefully explored what I could do with PS and all the toys available for it on-line. I got a new digital camera recently and it finally clicked that I can combine playing around in PS with my family photos and make scrapbooks again! Wheeeeeeeee!
I stumbled upon Pixel Scrapper by a serendipitous Google search of some sort, and was immediately intrigued. It's a lovely feel-good concept that I am happy to be a part of, and I am looking forward to getting to know everyone in the community a bit better and seeing the awesome projects y'all are making. I also hope to give back by sharing my PU & CU creations or maybe I can help with PS questions.
Welcome ladies! So glad to have you here!
Hey everyone! I can't believe I just found this site I've been digi scrappn' for about 3 years... and paper scrapped/stamped for about 10 before that. I'm 33 (okay, so I'll be 34 in just a couple of weeks!)... I'm married with 2 step children who are totally amazing. I work as a radiation therapist... and hoping to be a digi kit designer sometime soon. I love taking photographs, but I love designing layouts more! We are super busy with the kid's sports and activities and super involved with our church... glad I'm here!
Hai all... I'm Vanny, from Indonesia I'm 20 YO now, and I do like designing layout, photography, drawing, or painting sometimes (as hobby). I've been working as designer layout (only freelance). But somehow, I thought my skill is stuck - so I must improve my design, I must looking for inspiration, and share the ideas with another designer all around the world. I hope I can learn much from this community. And I also hope, that you can give me advises to increase my skill Thank you very much. Keep in touch and have a nice day
Welcome! I hope you enjoy Pixel Scrapper as much as we do
Hi, I'm Andrea. I live in Florida with my husband and 2 kiddos. Right now I am at home with my youngest, but I have taught Chemistry for 10 years and will be returning to that field soon. I am brand new to digital scrapbooking. I love that it is so much less messy than paper scrapping. Right now I'm using GIMP until I decide if it's worth it for me to upgrade to Photoshop.
I love your designs, Marisa, and greatly appreciate your generousity! And I love that you studied Physics!
Hi Everyone! My name is Jodi. I AM one of your long time admirers and am so happy to see the evolution of your site, how exciting! Cannot wait to keep looking around and make new friends!
Hope I'm doing this right. Michelle. married. 1 kid living at home. 2 grown step kids, and a granddaughter.
been paper scrapping since 2000. love the release that paper scrapping gives me, don't love how very time consuming it is, or how much stuff i've accumalated, the mess. recently (as in the last 6 months) started digi scrapping. tried to use shutterfly to make a vacation album and the perfectionist in me couldn't do it. it didn't give me enough freedom or choices. i've made less than a dozen pages. each one tends to be a long process cuz i know what i want, but i don't know how to get it without a lot of research and tutorials online. but the more i use it the more comfortable and quick i will become. anyways, lucked onto this site thru pinterest. am looking forward to exploring it.
Hi, My name is Renee. I am a 24 year old stay at home mom of 2 little girls living in Buffalo NY. Art and design has been a major part of my life since 2001 when I acquired a copy of Jasc's Paint Shop Pro 7 on accident. I taught myself how to use the program on a crappy (but reliable and very well used) HP Pavillion from 2000 that ran windows ME, that I only just upgraded last year! That computer got major usage! So now I am in the process of starting up my own business doing graphics and paintings. I love using vectors in PSPx4. I used to be a brush person but I rarely use them anymore. Mostly in part of not being able to find quality ones. Anyways, I ramble on and on. That's me.
Welcome ladies! Thanks so much for saying hello! Great to have you here.
Hi, I am Dorothy. I live in Preston, Lancashire, England, a retired Medical Secretary and doting grandmother of 5 wonderful grandchildren. I started digital scrapbooking shortly after I retired. I needed an interest as my husband was still working at the time and I had time on my hands. I attended a digital scrapbooking course at the local university and became hooked. I have followed your site for a couple of years and enjoy it very much, especially the tutorials.
Thanks for a great site.
Hi! My name is Heather. I'm 25, married, 3 dogs, & living in a tiny town with a political science degree so I'm just a housewife/substitute teacher for the time being. I started scrapbooking with my mom and sometimes with a group of ladies in 2002. I started digi-scrapping on and off in 2009. Excited to have stumbled on your site.
Welcome ladies! Thanks for saying hello.


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Below is a letter from a test-taker seeing advice for GMAT preparation (some names have been changed to maintain the person's anonymity):
My name is Nunya and I am currently planning to apply to MBA programs. I am struggling with the GMAT and am looking for any suggestions on study strategies that you may have to offer.
Last year, I took a six week GMAT prep course that the University of Malawi offered through their College of Continuing Education program. The course ended on July 19 and I took the GMAT on August 30. I will admit that my study schedule between the last class and the day of the test was not consistent and I could have devoted more time to it. My overall score was a 530 with a 32 in Verbal and 31 in Quantitative.
This year, I decided to get more serious about the test. I took an eight week Kaplan course that ended a few months ago. From the day that the course ended until last week (3 months), the day of my test, I studied three hours a day and took one practice exam almost every week. Most of my studying was focused on the quantitative area. When I first started taking the practice exams, my scores were all over the place from 490-590. In the last four exams, my scores were consistently at 590, however, I never scored in the 600s. On the day of the exam, I scored 540 overall with a raw score of 29 in verbal and 35 in quantitative.
I am going to retake the exam, but I undoubtedly need a new strategy. Is there anything that you would recommend? Any suggestions or feedback is greatly appreciated.
Thanking you in advance,
Nunya B.
Dear Nunya,
Let me first give you my observations based on your scores and comments.
First, GMAT scores (especially practice tests that are not from GMAC) are approximate and any score should be thought of as a range, so basically you scored exactly where you were scoring in practice (assuming all practice tests have a margin of error of 30 – 50 points up or down). Your quant is up (as you had been focusing there) and your verbal is flat (again not surprising). So your performance held true. This is actually exactly what you want, so you know that you have to see growth in your practice scores before you take the official test again since you are consistent in how you score on real and practice tests (when you take into account the margin of error).
None of your commentary speaks to causes of your score. You mention the score and the amount of time you've put in, and the courses you took but you never provided an analysis or mention of what you think has prevented you from reaching the 600 level. You should dig into that a bit more. You can only really make progress by understanding what the roadblocks are. Every time you get a question wrong you need to know why you got it wrong (is it Knowledge, Recognition, or Execution) and then how you are going to prevent the same mistake next time (what practice will you do, what skill do you need to develop, what formula do you need to memorize, what indicators existed in the problem that would have told you the proper approach?).
I'm not sure exactly what new strategy I could give you, since I don't know what strategy you've been using. It seems that since your score is reflective of what you've been doing in your practice, you need to analyze how you've been practicing and how to further increase your effectiveness, and how to get out of the score range you are in. I have a few suggestions (really questions and considerations since I don't know you well enough to give firm suggestions). From my observations most test-takers who get stuck in the 33 – 38 quant range or the 29 -35 verbal range, tend to have trouble transitioning from memorizing to applying, have trouble balancing strategy and content in order to make a clear choice as to the best approach based on the problem at hand, or have trouble combining multiple approaches/strategies/formulas. You need to assess who you are as a test-taker and then work on making that you better.
1. Spend as much or more time in analysis of your errors as you do in doing problems or looking at explanations. Explanations are only good if they relate to how YOU did the problem and provide insight into how you make mistakes. You don't care how someone else would do the problem you only care about how you did it and what was good and bad in what you did.
2. Analyze the amount of content understanding you have. Kaplan is big on strategy but tends to leave you on your own for learning much of the content. You need to know how well you actually understand the rules.
3. Identify the primary drivers in your score.
Once you identify the primary drivers in your performance we can start to figure out how to fix it. That answer might be a tutor but a tutor may not be effective if he/she doesn't have the ability or incentive to help you diagnose whats going on, as the diagnosis of the causes of your score and recommendation of solutions is the hardest part of tutoring. If your only trouble is content, then its much more likely you will be successfully with almost any tutor, as teaching the content is easier, though teaching how to apply that content can be a bit trickier.
I hope this helps, let me know if you need any clarification.


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Congress may have done its part to sort of save Internet radio back in September, but the higher webcasting royalties that land in February 2009 are resulting in an industry shakeout. Yahoo today announced that it is handing over the reigns of its LAUNCHcast web radio network to CBS Corp.
The battle over an extreme hike in royalty rates for webcasters has been raging for over a year and a half now. In early 2007, the Copyright Royalty Board, an arm of the Library of Congress, proposed a new flat, per-streamed-song fee that would not only double in price over the next five years, but would apply retroactively for all songs streamed back to 2006. This new royalty structure, which traditional radio broadcasters lobbied heavily for, would bankrupt most webcasters out of existence. Congress finally got involved, and in September it passed the Webcaster Settlement Act of 2008 that, despite its decisive name, merely extended the royalty deadline to February 2009. Extra time isn't the silver bullet that webcasters were probably hoping for, but it at least gives them the breathing room they need to try and negotiate more reasonable deals with the labels.
Regardless of the deadline extension, Yahoo has become the second major webcaster to hand its network, LAUNCHcast, over to a third party. In fact, Yahoo picked the same sugar daddy that AOL did for its struggling AOL Radio service back in June this year: CBS. After a series of web-related acquisitions in the past couple of years, including music community Last.fm in 2007, Wallstrip.com, and being the first national broadcaster to distribute content on Joost, CBS is gunning for a music presence on the web in a major way.
LAUNCHcast's merger into CBS Radio will happen in February. While Yahoo employees will continue to manage the service's 150 channel catalog, CBS Radio will power and sell advertising for the network. Further, some of Yahoo's high-trafficked news and sports sections will adopt big-hitting CBS stations like WFAN in New York and KNX-AM in Los Angeles.
Of course, Yahoo arguably shot its LAUNCHcast service in the foot through negligence this year during its flailing in the aftermath of a failed Microsoft takeover attempt. By October, LAUNCHcast's base had shrunk to 2.9 million US users (a loss of 43 percent from the year before), while Pandora, an Internet radio competitor, has grown by 58 percent to 5.3 million users. Yahoo aims to shave $400 million from its operating costs, and salvaging LAUNCHcast on its own clearly wasn't in its sights.
In light of an official recession and the looming royalty hike in February 2009, though, Yahoo's move could be among the first in a new wave of webcaster consolidation. Yes, smaller webcasters may still be able to negotiate better deals, but many of these companies, including even Yahoo, were already operating on thin profit margins in the first place.


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Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Lohan, allegedly, has had thinning hair issues in the past, and this got us thinking at TheHairStyler.com about other women with similar hair conditions and the kinds of haircuts that may be appropriate. Thinning hair and hair loss in women is quite common and can be the result of a variety of causes. If it's something that's happening to you then relax, because we've got some solutions that might help.
Recent statistics show that one in four women in the US has thinning hair, and some of these cases are permanent and others aren't. Causes can be genetic (90% of hair loss for women is apparently genetic) as well as physical and emotional stress. Another big cause of hair conditions like hair loss in women is pregnancy related and in this case women may temporarily lose some hair during pregnancy or immediately after birth (for more information see our article "Hair Care Advice for Pregnancy"). Medication that alters your hormones may be another factor in hair loss, as could lack of iron and protein in your diet and even lack of sleep.
It's normal to lose small amounts of hair every day, but if you're experiencing an unusual amount of hair loss, there are a few things you can do to help your hair condition. Check out some of our hairstyle suggestions below, as well as these hair loss remedies:
- Speak to your doctor about medication for your hair condition.
- Try an anti hair loss dietary supplement.
- Use hair volumizing products.
- Some thickening shampoo may work.
- Scalp tonic is a possible remedy too.
- Disguise temporary hair loss with hair accessories.
Hairstyles for Women with Thinning Hair:
If you have thinning hair, temporary or permanent, there are some hairstyles that effectively disguise your thinning hair and make the most out of your strands.
Short Hairstyle
If your hair's thinning, cutting it into a short hairstyle is a good option for a few reasons. It will eliminate weight (which can drag the hair down and promote increased hair loss), it will give your hair a chance to grow back without any stress from styling, and a short hairstyle will make your hair appear thicker. The example above has top layers that are longer and heavier, making the hair look thicker and allowing it to fall into a more defined shape (that looks blunt, solid and thick).
Bob Hairstyle
If short hairstyles aren't your thing you could try a chin length bob hairstyle like the example above. The important factor here is how the layers are kept all one length because this provides the illusion of thicker hair and creates a hairstyle that falls into a solid shape and will remain looking that way. A bob hairstyle like this also requires very little styling, meaning less hair products that could potentially damage your hair.
Medium Curly Hairstyle
A way to make medium length hair appear thicker is by changing the hair's texture from straight and fine to curly. Of course, unless your hair's naturally curly you need to use chemicals- so speak to your stylist and doctor. Curls look good because, by their very nature, they create body and bounce and make your hair appear fuller and thicker. Curly hairstyles also allow your hair to be layered without looking flat. We recommend slight scrunch drying because it's less damaging.
Straight Long Hairstyle
If you really can't come to terms with cutting your hair shorter, then try a minimum hair cut to your shoulders. To make the most out of your thinning hair it should be left all one length and cut straight-across (i.e. the sides and back should be cut at a horizontal line). This style works well because when the hair is sitting on the shoulders it will keep its shape and not fan out- looking thicker; also, a straight-across line effectively creates the illusion of width.
A hair condition like thinning hair is a reality for many women, but there are some things that can be done. Try some of our tips and perhaps one of the hairstyles described above, and most importantly, speak to your doctor and your hairstylist.