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FRD2014 Onboard The JOFF Big Rig In San DiegoWed 21 May 2014
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Food Revolution Day 2014 on the JOFF Big Rig Mobile teaching kitchen in San Diego had the students from Herbert Hoover High School �Rapping�, �Rainbow Salad Wrapping� that is.
Over 50 high school students in 3 different classes participated in FRD 2014. That along with the additional 20 participants from the community rounded out the 5 classes offered on the Big Rig on May 16.
The students enjoyed making such a simple recipe and while some of the students were not familiar with many of the vegetables in the recipe, they were all willing to �try something new�.
Many of the students commented that they enjoyed the crispness and fresh taste of the warp and that the �Minty Yoghurt Dip� complemented it nicely.
�That was so much fun!! It was great to cook alongside my class mates�
�I have never eaten a veggie wrap in my life but this tasted awesome�
�What fun! I would have never thought that cooking could be so exciting, especially with my friends.�
It was wonderful to see so many young people cooking for the 1st time and trying foods they never had before today. See you next year for FRD 4.0!
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That's because Dexter vastly improved when the producer changed. Instead of trying to be badass to appeal to nerds, the show has branched out successfully to other demos with great characters like Travis Marshall and Lumen Pierce, as well as Deb's epiphany that she views her brother as her soulmate. Ratings for the show are the highest they've ever been.
From a ratings and marketing standpoint, I have no criticisms of Breaking Bad.
Artistically, this never ending crime story is artificial and surrounds the most unlikable cunts I've ever seen.
Greg House is a deeply sensitive gentleman compared to Walter White.
So BB is artificial, but Dexter, a show where every other person in Miami is some sort of serial killer, is not?
BB is all about characters, you know, breaking bad. That is one of the best aspects of the show. Most of the major characters have done things which are frowned upon by society, but they show how the characters struggle with their morals. It is up to the viewers to still like the characters or not. But we get to see what drove them to those extremes. Walter White started out as a man who you felt sympathetic about but at this point in the story he has completely turned over to the "dark side". The show has shown his slow change perfectly with him really questioning his deeds in the early seasons. It is fascinating to watch.
Don't know when the producers of Dexter were changed but it would make sense to me if it was after season 4. Seasons 1, 2 and 4 were the peaks of the show imo and since then the show has declined. Last season was a bit of an improvement from 6 but the sloppy writing was still there. And the best parts of 7 were the characters of Edward James Olmos and Mos Def, not Travis Marshall. Don't really care that the ratings have improved. That just means that Showtime is making lots of money, doesn't prove that the show is improving.
Edit - Forgot to mention that, along with Mad Men, BB is one of the most beautifully shot TV shows of all time. The cinematography, music, hell even the sound design, is almost always perfect.
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Gorden James, a country artist, recently finished recording 'Better Land' at Music City Studio. The song was written for the Soles 4 Souls campaign and when it is released later this summer, as a single, the total proceeds will be going to the campaign.
James decided to write 'Better Land' after speaking with local Soles 4 Souls organizer Jim Belshaw of Roy's Shoes, about his project and the mission to help those less fortunate by providing them with healthy comfortable footwear.
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Hmmm, this isn't the original photo. It has been run through Photoshop. I wonder why.
Of course it was run through Photoshop. You think that "ABC News Exclusive" graphic gets there by magic?
Don't know. Nor do you. Gotta show the original. Any photo can be enhanced (ie, modified).
I'm an idiot.
Old news is old.
This proves that Zimmerman was in fear for his life the entire mile he chased Martin by car and on foot. That means Sarah Palin is automatically president, and Obama has to take over as host of the Glen Beck show.
Irrespective what the photo shows, Zimmerman is going to have to explain himself to a jury. The jury may or may not find him guilty. He would have been a whole lot smarter just leaving this up to the cops. But there are a lot of stupid people in the world.
"How bad could it have been if they didn't take him to the hospital [and] didn't stitch him up".
How bad will it become for the Martin family if they don't take their spokesman to the hospital and get his mouth stitched up?
A lot of legal and self-defense experts here… NOT!
The veracity ot the photo (allegedly taken from the iPhone of a witness on the scene) is easy enough to check out. The likelihood that Zimmerman was in fear of his life and/or well-being at that point in time will be discussed in front of a judge. A jury verdict will be reached. Depending on the verdict, riots may or may not happen. Then we'll all get back to our lives.
Not as bad after this thug was dispatched where he belongs.
anonymous, i'm not sure why you automatically dismiss this new piece of evidence ("photoshopped"). it seems as though you made up your made a long time ago and are no longer interested in looking at new evidence. and you aren't the only one.
let's hope that members of the jury are open minded. they are going to face enormous political pressure to convict. and they know that they will face possible violence if they don't convict. i wonder how long it would take spike lee or anonymous to post the jurors' home addresses/
"How bad could it be" A different question to ask is, how much of his skull has to be cracked open before he's allowed to shoot? This shows he was either hit from behind, or he was on the ground getting pummelled.
I think taking any discreet piece of evidence or discreet statement at this time is a mistake. Wait a bit for the whole story to come out.
Not dismissing this at all, Court won't accept photoshopped stuff. Why should anyone?
The bigger question is why was Zimmerman there in the first place? He shouldn't have been. And carrying a loaded pistol on a neighborhood watch? Easy to confront someone knowing you have that as the bottom line. Say in order to settle a possible dispute?
>> Anonymous wrote : The bigger question is why was Zimmerman there in the first place? He shouldn't have been. << Oh I see… A resident of the neighborhood is not allowed to be there and not allowed to carry a legal weapon, but an outsider has every right to be there. Got it!
I'm not going to walk around my neighborhood after dark looking for suspicious people. You can, I'm not. If you do see one call the police let them check it out. And the neighborhood watch people aren't suppose to be carrying pistols anyway, are they?
Wonder who took that picture? Three minutes later. Weren't the police there by then?
Zimmerman did well on the stand. The advantage of TV's in the courtroom is that everyone can now see he's not "white." He didn't fall for the prosecutors attempts to intimidate him into making a mistake. (Particularly all the questions that started, "When you committed the crime…") This is one defendant who probably needs to take the stand to testify in his own defense. Given that he's been fully cooperative with the police, and frankly more respectful than the prosecutor deserved, I would not at all be surprised if the jury acquits him.
And yes, any photo that is prepared for broadcast AND a web page will almost certainly need to go through PhotoShop first. I'd be surprised if the original iPhone had the shot framed like that. I expect that it was zoomed and cropped at a minimum. The ABC News exclusive could be added in either with PhotoShop or this could be a digital screen capture with it added in at the time of broadcast. All the court needs is the original JPEG and they can do the zooming and cropping for the jury from the original.
If you've listened to the entire call between Zimmerman and the cops you hear that he stopped following Martin after the dispatcher asked him to. Apparently MArtin then confronted Zimmerman. NBC edited the calll sound as bad as possible on the racial aspect. It's also been distorted in other ways.
Dark and raining that night wasn't it? After 3 minutes rain would be washing blood down neck, clothing wouldn't it? Just wondering.
Ben Crump must be the village idiot. The issue is whether at the time of the confrontation was Z reasonably in fear of death or serious physical injury. If someone is being attacked and having his head forcibly thrust into a hard surface by an attacker most any competent doctor will tell you that such activity is a path to permanent serious to fatal injury. You are not required to wait till the injury reaches the extent of near death before you react to preserve your health and life. It'll be too late by then.
And still the question remains. Why was Zimmerman even there?
" Apparently MArtin then confronted Zimmerman "
Apparently? Really?
maybe TM was checking out his next burglary. they had found 12 pieces of jewelry and burglary tools in his backpack already (documented in school). TM had a reason to be aggressive …. Z had no reason, as he knew the police is coming.
Except that happened several months previously in another city (Miami). And even then the jewelry wasn't tied to any reported theft (according to Miami police). Nah, he was staying there. More likely the places (the townhouses) all looked alike. Don't think he was looking to do a burgulary.
"Depending on the verdict, riots may or may not happen."
There's a good chance the charge will be thrown out…If this, or an aquittal happens, it's inevitable that there will be a multitude of 'chimp-outs' across the nation…
ALSO THESE THINGS ARE NOT ILLEGAL: "PROFILING" whatever the hell that is supposed to mean or however the hell they came up with it. FOLLOWING SOMEONE ON A PUBLIC STREET. ACTING IN SELF-DEFENSE.
Ummm. Still, why was Zimmerman even there?
Why was ZImmerman where? On a public street? Is that supposed to be some sort of retort? Or is that your legal argument? hahahahaha
Riots will do nothing to reduce racism. I would hope that we are beyond such things now. But with the NBPP and Sharpton involved, their vested interests are to increase racism sadly.
@everyone above. Lets let the legal system work this. Lots of conjecture, lots of hype, lots of all sorts of stuff from all sides. The number of statements that have been made based on various biased sources of all sorts do not allow an objective determination at this point.
He'd called the police. Not up to him to confront a suspicious person. This was in a gated community, not exactly a public street.
And yes, why was Zimmerman there? Looking for a fight? Or what? Maybe he wanted to be a great hero, catching a (supposed) burgular? A wannabe policeman?
Violence is ALWAYS the first course of action in the African-American community. That's why this happened. Zimmerman was assaulted when a simple "hey… I'm here visiting my Dad's fiancee would have done."
Sanford is one of the most crime ridden places to live in the US… 1-in-15 chances of being a victim of crime there. Sanford is ranked '3′ on a scale of 1-to-100 with 100 being the safest. I can see why Zimmerman made that call that night.
The whole "we are all just framed by the racist police" excuse is really getting sickeningly tiresome.
it would not matter if they had a video of Trayvon beating Zimmerman, he has already been tried and found guilty by the media and the public ,the judge and jury will be to scared not to convict.
"not up to him to confront a suspicious person" What is that supposed to mean? Illegal? No, it's not illegal. Clearly you have no knowledge of the law, but plenty of ignorant opinions. What significance TO THE LAW do you think the fact that this took place in a gated community has? NONE.
What did the affiant admit to on the stand today (aka the prosecution for those who are morons: you) THAT THE PROSECUTION HAS NO EVIDENCE AS THAT Z "CONFRONTED" M. You see, you just made that up, because you're a racist. THEY HAVE NO EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE ALLEGATION OF "PROFILING" NOR IS SUCH ILLEGAL. They are racists too. Just like you.
Alan Dershowitz, Harvard Law Professor, but better known as OJ Simplson defesnse attorney,
"An affidavit that willfully misstates undisputed evidence known to the prosecution is not only unethical but borders on perjury because an affiant swears to tell not only the truth, but the whole truth, and suppressing an important part of the whole truth is a lie." He also opined that this is a politically motivated persecution, and that 2nd degree charges are bogus here, which is plain to anyone with the slightest knowledge of the elements of 2nd degree in FL.
"Why was Zimmerman there" is a perfectly legitimate question. You can't follow someone, pick a fight, and then claim "self defense" just because you start to lose the fight. That's not how it works.
Even if Martin threw the first punch, Zimmerman might have a hard time claiming self defense given that he chased after the guy and confronted him. If you or I were in Martin's shoes under those circumstances, we might justly say that WE were acting in self defense (his phone call with his girlfriend certainly seems to bear that out).
Bottom line is that Zimmerman is in a very tough position – and one that he created for himself. All he had to do was stay in his truck. I bet he's spent the last two months wishing he'd done exactly that.
you're clearly not a lawyer. a fact which continues not to embarrass you in your "i feel this way about it so it must be true" argumentation. again, you invent facts. Did Z pick a fight? How? Words? He throw the first punch? He chased the kid? FL uses trad self-defense as well as stand your ground. Both are available to Z. It is wholly irrelevant to those defenses whether Z followed M or not. Whether he asked M questions or not. Even if Z threw a punch out of nowhere and the first one it does not completely vitiate a self-defense claim. But clearly, you're not interested in hearing about the law or in educating yourself for five minutes before you opine so mightly on it. And well, what do we call people who base their opinions of others on sterotypes and the color of skin? We call them racists. You reveal yourself as one with your continued insistence on legally irrelevant matters.
" It is wholly irrelevant to those defenses whether Z followed M or not. ". Not really. Exactly why was Zimmerman there? He'd called the police. It was not for him to confront anyone, Particularly after he'd called the police. If anyone had the "stand your ground" right, it was M. Z chasing M doesn't look like self defense on Zs part. More like a thug carrying a pistol trying to act larger than he is.
So Z starts a fight (simply by virtue of the chase), doesn't quite turn quite out like he thought it would, then shoots the guy. Self defense? Hardly.
Looks like jury trials are passe now we can convict on the media and have all this fun doing it! Progress.
Zimmerman never initiated the fight, he was simply suspicious, I would be too, and decided to see what Martin was up to. Considering Martin was a want to be gangster, he picked a fight with Zimmerman, even though he is heavier, is shorter, and has asthma. He feared his life and killed Martin out of fear for his life. He is innocent. This trial is a waste of time for both parties.
Cite the law. You cannot. There is no such law. Thank god you will never be on a jury with your IQ of 2 and your reasoning that Zimmerman had "no right" to be "there". Where? You don't know. How does Z's location relate to the elements of the crime of 2nd degree murder? You couldn't possibly say. You're an idiot troll. What evidence does the prosecution have that Z "confronted" M? NONE.How do I know that? The appointed investigator said so today under cx-examination at the bond hearing; they have no evidence. This is why I don't talk to non-lawyers. And for your information you unamerican ****, stand your ground applies where one has either been attacked or has a reasonable apprehension of an attack of a certain calibre. If you think the law is relevant to the case in re Z's defense you are necessarily admitting that M attacked him. Which he did.
Zimmerman started the confrontation with the chase. It continued on when he got out of his car (truck?) with a loaded pistol and then continued on. The attack and the killing would not have happened if Zimmerman had waited for the police. The particular investigator who was asked that knew least about that aspect of the case and Zs lawyer knew that.
It isn't a question of who struck who first. The real question is why did Z initiate the confrontation.Why did he do that? Thats the question Z can not avoid, its a loaded question. A very loaded one. And he has to answer it. There is no choice on his part. And however he answers it (and it must and will be truthful), it will condemn him. His lawyer knows that. So does the prosecutor.
And the evidence? M is dead.
That's why I like WSJ for these kind of things. There are actually some individuals than know what they are talking about.
As to Z:
1)we don't know if he followed M or not and even if he did, it's completely irrelevant. Same as it is irrelevant if M followed him and started or did not start confrontation. Stand Your Ground is clear, so just read it and stop spewing nonsense.
2)if the photo is confirmed (and it most likely will be) it only make Z's case stronger and for anyone to dismiss this as irrelevant is nothing less than engage in selection fallacy. Doesn't impress me a bit
3)from the facts that are emerging I really don't see the case for 2nd degree, AT ALL (this might change but DA so far didn't show anything world changing)
4)DA should be questioned and/or investigated as to why these evidences were not included in affidavit (it's because of practices such as these that people (of all color and creed) end up on the death row/jail time while being innocent; I'm for one getting sick and tired of talentless prosecutors making careers on skewing facts. again, i'm not accusing her yet, but this should not be let go unchallenged).
5) For people that keep on asking why Z was there, it's not only irrelevant but ignorant – he was there b/c he has a right of free movement. I don't know if it was his neighborhood or not, but it's also irrelevant. Why was M there? See? Also irrelevant.
6) let the case play out in the court, i agree that we simply don't know enough to truly make a clear decision. that being said, for those who blindly say that Z is guilty or he is not guilty – express your opinions at will but remember that they are opinions and that you working with limited info. me personally, i'm not impressed with prosecution at all, and if nothing major comes up Z most likely will be found not guilty.
This"photo" is obviously done in crayon cheap newsprint by a 4 y/o. It also proves that Zimmerman was not punched on the nose.
Maybe it is real. To the genius who in these pages said Trayvon was armed only with a bag of skittles, Pretty good work for a bag of candy? Maybe this followed an ice tea to the nose.
The voice screaming for help on the 911 call tape was not Trayvon according to Trayvon's father. At least the first time he heard it.
Why didn't Trayvon just walk home to eat his candy? Home was less the 100 yards away. if he went home and called 911 he would have been told to stay in the house as there were two suspicious characters playing hide '
n go seek. No way Trayvon could have been caught running., short of a bullet in his back.
Does the autospy show drugs in Trayvon?
Too many unanswered questions. No video of the strange lights seen in the sky by reliable UFO trackers.
The point being that Z did not have free movement. Isn't one of the primary rules of the neighborhood watch program is to report something to the police and let them handle the situation? Z can't claim ignorance. He was in charge of that program in his community.
Fact is, it is legal to follow another for a short period of time, creepy, but legal. Paparazzi and private investigators do it all the time.
Wonder why those scrapes (or whatever they are) weren't visible in the video taken when Zimmerman got out of the car at the police station. No blood, no bandages. They do look very, very minor.
I've been banged up more in high school football practice than Zimmerman apears to be. Physical condition, blood and all.
There was obviously a scuffle, witness says he saw Trayvon on top of Z. Looks like the self defense will stand up based on this damaging photo and the eye witness. Probably why he was not charged in the first place by the Sanford police dept.
Was that blood on zimmerman his or martins
look at the picture
If you just killed someone your first see if he is still alive.
You would have blood on your hands.
Most pepole put there hands on there head when they done
something bad
Let me get this straight….Trayvon punched him,broke his nose and knocked him to the ground.Then he got on top of him,started banging his head on the ground and punching him in the face at least a dozen times.If this was true,he would have needed to go to the hospital…If he was getting beat so bad,how was it (being on the bottom) that he was able to reach down and get his gun? Wasn:t Trayvons leg in the way of him getting the gun ? If he was being overpowered by him the whole time,how was it that he was able to overpower him from the bottom,all of a sudden,and get the gun ? How could he not know if he shot him (thought he missed him) at such close range ? Something is not right.
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Theatrical Release Date: May 31, 2013
Rating: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and some disturbing images
Genre: Action
Run Time: 100 min.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Sophie Okonedo, Zoe Kravitz, Glenn Morshower
Science-fiction fans are having quite an early summer. First up was the Tom Cruise vehicle Oblivion, which took some of the more interesting themes from director Duncan Jones' little-seen but excellent Moon and packaged them, with mixed results, in a high-budget, moody thriller. Then came the high-gloss Star Trek Into Darkness, where sci-fi themes and ideas played second fiddle to Spock, Kirk and a strong villain. After a slightly disappointing opening weekend at the box office, Into Darkness held well in its second week—a sign that word of mouth on the film is helping its financial performance.
We're still not into June, but the summer movie season has given us another sci-fi epic—After Earth, featuring one of the world's biggest box-office stars, Will Smith, and his son Jaden Smith, who earlier acted with his dad in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006). After Earth is much closer in spirit—and in its measured pacing—to Oblivion than it is to this summer's Star Trek entry, and it succeeds on its own terms more often than either of those two films. Most promising of all, After Earth marks a rebound for director M. Night Shyamalan, whose previous film, The Last Airbender, was such an atrocity that not even his longtime defenders (this critic included) could go to bat for the filmmaker.
Co-written by Shyamalan and Gary Whitta (The Book of Eli), and based on a story by Smith, After Earth starts with a spaceship's crash landing on Earth—"Paradise before we destroyed it," in the words of the ship's prime commander, Cypher Raige (Smith)— more than 1,000 years in the future. The narrative then backtracks three days to show us how the crew ended up on Earth's surface.
Cypher, prime commander in the United Ranger Corps, longs to return to his home on Nova Prime, and to spend more time with his wife Faia (Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda), and teenage son, Kitai. "I want my family back," Cypher declares, even as Kitai is not so sure he wants his dad back. The son, who has aspirations to be a Ranger, knows his father will be disappointed to learn Kitai's Ranger trainer won't promote him because he "falls apart in the field." By contrast, Cypher is an honored, admired hero of battle who has learned the art of "ghosting"—fighting without a trace of fear—while battling alien creatures and other foes.
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MOD Movies: Brahm's Quartet
Four films in the shadows by director John Brahm
John Brahm was part of the grand flight from Germany during Hitler's reign. Born Hans Brahm, he trained on the stage and shifted to cinema, making his directorial debut in 1936 (a British remake of "Broken Blossoms") and his Hollywood debut a year later. His legacy rests on a pair of early gothic film noirs, his handsome 1944 remake/revision of Alfred Hitchcock's "The Lodger" and the 1945 follow-up "Hangover Square," both starring the great character actor Laird Cregar, a longtime heavy that Brahm promoted to dark, troubled leading man status. Both of those are on DVD from Fox (in a box set with his earlier B-movie production "The Undying Monster"), but until recently that was almost all that was available of his film work. Thanks to the proliferation of manufacture-on-demand releases, his available features on disc have about doubled.
At his best, John Brahm had a handsome sense of design, a strong feeling for interesting women characters, and a Gothic sense of the shadows hanging over life, just threatening to move in and swallow us.
That's right up front of "Let Us Live" (Sony Pictures Choice Collection), a 1939 proto-noir with Henry Fonda as a taxi driver arrested, convicted, and sentenced to death for a crime he didn't commit (Fonda's second time, after "You Only Live Twice"). It anticipates Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man" in a low key, but with an emphasis on heroine Maureen O'Sullivan, the tirelessly supportive girlfriend turned plucky investigator who teams up with a maverick police detective (Ralph Bellamy).
What Brahm brings to the film is a terror born of official indifference -- neither the District Attorney's department nor the police will look into possibly exonerating evidence after Fonda and his equally innocent buddy have been handed the death penalty -- and he turns the race to stop the execution into a battle with bureaucracy. It's not a matter of corruption, merely the banality of power and privilege over compassion, and the distinction is not lost on Brahm. In place of a happy ending, he leaves a man broken by his ordeal and a film without any faith in the system or the gatekeepers who are supposed to be more interested in justice than job security. Sony has a great track record with their MOD releases and this is no exception. It's a solid, well-mastered B&W print.
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False psychology belief #10:
You are not right-brained, you are not left-brained, you are whole-brained. (Hopefully.) The whole notion that some people are left brain hemisphere-dominant vs. right brain hemisphere-dominant is a bit simplistic and not really true.
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The e-book tsunami
E-Books are racing through milestones. In July, Amazon announced that e-books for its Kindle outsold hardcover books in its latest quarter; in January, it expanded that and said e-books were now outselling all books. And in February, Borders filed for bankruptcy.
How long do traditional book retailers have to adapt to an e-book-centric industry? Two years. Tops.
That's the forecast from Barnes & Noble executive Marc Parrish, who spoke Wednesday morning at GigaOm's Structure Big Data conference in NYC.
"The book business is changing more radically now, and quicker, than movies or music or newspapers have, because we're doing it in a matter of months," he said. "In next 24 months is when this business will totally shift."
In 2011, analysts forecast e-reader sales of 18 million units, and 35% market penetration. That is, among all those in the U.S. who read one or more books a month (a depressingly small percentage of the population), more than one-third of them will have a device they use for reading e-books.
For right now, most readers are print-and-pixel hybrids: They read some books on their Nooks or Kindles or iPads, and others on paper. But the tide is turning fast, and Parrish's presentation had a sense of urgency. The clock is literally ticking for retailers, who have to come up with a new strategy to stay relevant and implement it extremely quickly. Otherwise … exhibit A: Borders.
"The question then is, what is the retail portion of the business in business for?" Parrish asked.
He offered up one partial answer: When B&N polls its e-book buyers to learn where they found out about the book they purchased, 34% say they spotted it in a bookstore — then went online to buy a digital copy. "In a sense, the stores are becoming a huge advertising model for publishers, a discovery model," he said. "We've already seen that on e-readers people buy a narrower range of books, because they can't discover what's out there."
Bookstores are perfect for browsing — but I can't see B&N spending millions each year to keep hundreds of fully stocked bookstores around just to serve as billboards for its online e-book catalogue.
The retail book industry has been declining for decades. Most of my favorite independent and secondhand shops are gone or giving off death rattles. If Parrish's prediction is true, the e-book sea change is going to be a wipeout. -Stacy (who is currently reading Cloud Atlas on her Nook)


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Got a second? That's all you need, with mPulse! The world's first handheld 'point and shoot' LIBS metal sorter mPulseTM, celebrates its first year on the market. Now part of Oxford Instruments, mPulseTM will be on show at ISRI Show 2014.
Oxford Instruments, a leading provider of high-technology tools for industry and research has recently acquired Andor. Andor is a market leading supplier for the physical science and life science industries.
Uedem, Germany, 12/11/2013 – Oxford Instruments introduces a new portable arc / spark metal analyser, the PMI-MASTER Smart. It is the only true portable and full range optical emission spectrometer in the market.
New approaches for testing meat are being developed at the Institute of Food Research (IFR) that use molecular spectroscopic techniques, principally nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), to analyse the fatty acid composition of food samples.
David Willetts, Minister for Universities and Science visits Oxford Instruments, global leader in the supply of nanotools to research and industry.
Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis announced today a new technical application report now available for Ag on PTZ ceramic compliant with the ISO3497 and ASTM B568 standard by using the X-Strata920 X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) benchtop analyzer.
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The new integrated camera allows Oxford Instruments' X-MET7000 users to accurately position the portable analyser on the samples, store images for future reference and include them in the analysis reports. Available for the X-MET7000 eXpress and X-MET7500
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Oxford Instruments is proud to launch a new, faster handheld XRF analyser for high performance measurement. The NEW X-MET7000 eXpress delivers the high performance that is needed when measuring trace elements without compromising on time.
The Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Mr Taner Yildiz, experienced a firsthand demonstration of Oxford Instruments' portable XRF analyser X-MET7000.
Oxford Instruments Industrial Analysis announced a new agreement with NDT Products Ltd. to sell and service the handheld X-MET7000 Series XRF analyzers within Canada.
Oxford Instruments handheld XRF analysers support recyclers of automotive catalytic converters to determine precious metals fast and accurately whilst ensuring environmental compliance.
A large global multinational leader in the metal refining industry chooses Oxford Instruments X-MET7000 handheld analysers to reduce costly downtime and to make decisions on the spot.
As part of the Oxford Open Doors weekend Oxford Instruments displayed its X-ray Fluorescence (XRF) analyser at the Ashmolean Museum providing visitors an opportunity to have their antiques and objects of interest analysed in front of them.
An innovative new nanomanipulator with a resolution of 10 atoms is generating interest across a wide spectrum of industries. The OmniProbe 400, Oxford Instruments' latest tool, is optimised for accuracy and high speed.
A large global multinational company in the healthcare industry chooses Oxford Instruments handheld XRF instruments for improved quality control and RoHS compliance.
On July 27 2012, Oxford Instruments successfully held its first China Metal Analysis Forum in Jinan, Shandong Province, China. This event marked the start to a series of metal analysis forums to be held across China within the next 12 months.
Oxford Instruments' X-MET7500 Scrap Metal Analyser is the ideal tool for reliable identification of scrap metal for on-the-spot sorting and valuation, in the most rugged conditions.
Oxford Instruments' X-Supreme8000 complies with the new ISO test method (ISO13032) to determine low concentration of sulfur in automotive fuels
New X-Strata920 from Oxford Instruments offers rapid and reliable XRF coating thickness measurement and materials analysis, combining sleek new design with improved stability and reliability, making a truly cost effective package.
The British Museum in London recently offered its visitors an opportunity to have their antiques analysed by Oxford Instruments as part of the Museum's Science Day on the 18th March 2012.
Oxford Instruments is proud to launch a new faster, lighter and smaller handheld XRF analyser - the X MET7000.
The new FOUNDRY-MASTER Xpert is the ideal cost-effective Optical Emission Spectrometry analyser for foundries and metal producers.
Oxford Instruments introduces the new UVTouch OES probe, an essential tool for PMI (Positive Material Identification) work at high level.
Oxford Instruments and Verichek Technical Services form new strategic business alliance for the sale of X-MET handheld XRF materials analyzers into the Scrap and PMI markets in the USA.
Oxford Instruments' MAXI X-ray detectors will be part of the launch to the International Space Station on 13th June 2009. X-ray detectors, developed by Oxford Instruments in Finland.
The UK's Business Superbrand programme has announced the country's strongest B2B brands.
Oxford Instruments' launches a powerful, new, easy-to-use EDXRF spectrometer – designed for operation by anyone!
Oxford Instruments is pleased to announce the launch of its new CMI153 and CMI250 Coating Thickness gauges developed for the Paint and Powder Coating Industry.
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Deb Mortillaro and Dreadnought wines takes us to South Africa for this voyage.Priory October (Al Fresco - Hopefully!) Wine Tasting
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The North Side Chronicle's Alyse Horn covered the Priory Hotel's "Stash Bash" party celebrating the Priory's affiliation with Stash Hotel Rewards, a nationwide network of indpendent hotels which offers a rewards program where guests can build up points toward fee stays. Stash Hotel Rewards is affiliated with more than 180 indpendent hotels nationwide.
Stash Hotel Rewards is a program which allows you to earn points towards free rooms at The Priory Hotel and other unique independent hotels all across the U.S. It's free to join - so click the logo and start earning points today!
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Business as usual is anything but usual at the Priory Hotel. For frequent travelers, used to seeing the same faux wood headboards and factory-produced art at cookie cutter hotels around the country, the Priory, with its elegant, individually appointed guest rooms, high ceilings and huge windows offers an experience which is unique unto itself. There's no other place just like the Priory Hotel – it is a one-of-a-kind place blending a historical structure with modern conveniences.
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aquarians have a deep, ethereal enchantment about them that blends with refined intellectualization. they are quite adept at switching off from the world and operating on time bubble auto-pilot. nothing frustrates an aquarian more than people who wallow in their own self pity or stubbornness. likewise, they detest being restricted from truly expressing themselves
"Love is a bird. Set her free. Let her soar into a vibrant sky."
my spiritual story (a very abridged version)
I have received several requests to describe my personal spiritual journey, so I am taking a moment to address my experiences in this post.
I was born into an Italian-Polish family. I was baptized, made my First Holy Communion, went to Reconciliation (confession), and finally, was confirmed in the Roman Catholic faith by the time I was 12. I attended Catholic high school, though I had stopped attending Sunday Mass, and church in general, at that point. As anyone may gather, I was spoon-fed my religion and didn't really have a say in the matter. I was not exposed to other Christian denominations or other world religions/beliefs; I was informed by family, teachers, and members of holy clergy again and again that Catholicism was, and ought to be, at the root of my life.
I did attend a private Catholic university, but how much or little you participated in worship, etc. was your prerogative (I will note they had several classes that discussed other faiths). I began making a lot of personal changes in my life at that time, and I'm not even sure I had much of a relationship with God. I only knew what others had instructed me to believe. I began the path of seeking.
It wasn't until I was 20 years old when I began opening myself up more to the Universe. I fell away from the box labeled Catholicism, and decided I would just be spiritual, open-minded. I still believe in God, Jesus, angels, and many others things Christians do, I just choose not to conform to one system. I was dissatisfied with my romantic life and the types of people I was attracting. So, in 2011, I began praying and meditating… something I had neglected. I was essentially sending out a call, letting God know I was ready to work on loving myself so that He could deliver my soulmate to me. And it worked; I met my twin flame in August of 2011.
I've written another post about all the synchronicities we encountered during that time, but to be brief, his experiences *totally* aligned with mine. He was seeing 13… I told him about faith, hope, and love - the Corinthians 13:13 verse which I always intended to use at my wedding. I sent him a Taylor Swift (I know, lol) video, and he realized 13 was the lucky number written on her hand. Over and over, it all became very intense. We had many emotional moments and continued experiencing signs (still do), in the material form and from human messengers. I started having vivid precognition and dreams that all came to fruition. It was like I was awake for the first time in my life; I left this earthly existence, and remembered my true identity as an eternal soul capable of great love. It all made sense - why I was so opposite of my family, why I could hear or sense voices/presences, my creativity and imagination (photography, art, music, voice imitations), and my empathetic and sensitive nature.
In addition to the precog and dreams, I can see auras and channel (though I am still on the practicing side of mediumship), I enjoy astrology, numerology, tarot studies, Buddhism, dream interpretation, chakra energy healing, and so much more. To conclude, I am incredibly grateful for God's blessings and to my angels for always guiding my twin and I to the highest good. I have more stories I intend to share, so keep checking back!
~Namaste, sparks.
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I want to elope to a small town chapel in the middle of nowhere. I'd prefer Italy, but this would be just as good. I need to get a dress and find a place!
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the flame in twin flames
Yes, twin flame/twin soul relationships are incredibly beautiful and romantic; when you find your twin and become immersed in the relationship, the happiness is insurmountable. But in most unions, there is a lot of darkness and tragedy before you get to the really good stuff… like learning about trust and loyalty, and discovering the power of unconditional love. Unconditional love has the fortitude to withstand any storm, but that's why I'm here to tell you it's so important to work on yourself before you meet your other half. One of you will undoubtedly be more spiritually advanced than the other, and the other will act as the "runner" or devastate your life in ways you've never dared imagine. You're going to have to understand and remind yourself of your wholeness and perfection, that the issues between you and your counterpart are opportunities for healing and transmutation. It is my belief that both halves are whole in their own divine right, but your soul is, in a sense fragmented, if you are without your twin. That is my opinion, at least. I like Plato's interpretation: "…the pair are lost in an amazement of love and friendship and intimacy and one will not be out of the others sight even for a moment." Once you come to experience that joy, it is difficult to not forgive, to not stay in love.
Today my aunt picked a cookie out of the tray. It happened to be a cookie that was baked onto another, so they were conjoined. She exclaimed "oh, twins!" My dad said, "soulmate cookie." Synchronicity much???


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Though she's a little bored of the anarkalis floating around, Kunjal is surprised to see that people still love them. She suggests giving your simple anarkali a sexy twist with a deep plunging back!
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At this point, it is a common story. So common, in fact, that there is an entire show on Discovery Health about it:
I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant
Even still, every time a story like this comes up, it is shocking. Amanda Burger of Iowa rushed to the hospital last week with severe stomach pains and ended up leaving with a baby.
She had been 36 weeks pregnant.
The baby girl they named McKinlee is healthy and the parents seem happy, but one cannot help but wonder: how does this happen?
The first questions one might ask when they hear a story like this are obvious:
Was she morbidly obese? In this case, no. She claims people came up to her in the street and asked her if she was pregnant, but still she did not know. From the photos following the birth, she was a thin woman to begin with.
Didn't her period stopping clue her in? She claims she continued to mentruate as normal.
Didn't she feel the baby moving? The doctors and Burger were expecting a stillbirth because she had never once felt the baby move.
Why didn't she take a test? She claims she took six and all were negative.
If I believe everything I just wrote, then maybe I can believe that she did not know (maybe). I don't get it. I knew I was pregnant both times almost from the moment the sperm met the egg, so it is hard for me to imagine missing those signs.
Still, she says she was not sick and had no symptoms (although people asking you if you are pregnant seems like a "symptom" to me). She already has an 11-year-old son, so she knows what pregnancy feels like. Every pregnancy is different.
So, maybe it is possible?
What do you think?
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Yeah I think it's possible. I went to high school with a girl who didn't know she was pregnant until she went into labor. And I also couple of more people were just like this girl in high school who had no clue either,
I don't think it's possible. I think they're in DEEP denial.
I guess nothing is impossible... but it's hard to believe she experienced any symptoms of pregnancy without consulting a doctor. Not least of which is a belly so huge, strangers off the street come up asking questions. Given she was still having her period, and feeling no movement, I think she would be even more concerned with such rapid, unexplained physical changes. If she wondered enough to take six pregnancy tests over the nine months, why wouldn't she consult her doctor? the most disturbing thing to me is there are women who disregard body signals and health to the point, they can BE pregnant for 36 weeks and not have a clue.
on that show most of the women have irregular or light periods. which is spotting not a period. most of them are overweight which would explain how they don't look pregnant or don't notice the weight gain. some of them don't feel the baby move because they are obese which makes it harder for them to feel the baby move. doctors say that you can get a false negative pregnancy test. the only way to know for sure is a blood test. my sister took pregnancy tests and they said she was pregnant but wasn't. i think if someone asked if you're pregnant then i'd go to the doctor to ask why i was gaining weight or to see if something was wrong with me. i think these women ignore the signs of pregnancy. some of them get morning sickness,gain weight,feel the baby move,get back pain and all kinds of stuff. they blame it on other things though.
Could be possible if you've never had a child and there are little to no symptoms but this woman had a child and people were asking if she's pregnant? I'd go to a doctor and have a blood test if I looked pregnant. I also don't believe the "I never felt the baby move" story. I'm sorry but if you have a smaller frame you are going to feel a 9 month fetus move inside of your body. There is no way around it. I've had two babies with anterior placentas (on top of the uterus) and the movements were very hard to feel until the baby got bigger and then they kicked the crap out of me. Are you telling me that no once did she drink or eat something with sugar or caffeine that gets a baby moving around? I think many of these people are lying. Just like a high schooler not knowing she was pregnant is probably a case of knowing and being scared to death to tell anyone so she denied it to herself.
Of course it's possible. Much crazier things are possible.
In a two month period, TWO women in my town had this happen, and one of them is actually a friend of mine.
Amazing, people. She 'claims' this. She 'claims' that. Wow.
I absolutely believe this happens everyday.
You people honestly think they are in DENIAL. Good grief.
I didn't know i was preggo until i was almost 4 months along with my second and someone said something to me about pregnancy and at that moment i realized I hadn't had a period in a couple months and my clothes were getting a bit tighter. I was so pre-occupied in my life and what i was doing and places i was going-basically pre-occupied to think about it. So i say "Yes" i think it is very possible.


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The book, How To Be Exceptional: Drive Leadership Success by Magnifying your Strengths, ranks No. 4 on the list. "Performance management systems in most organizations and our own self-improvement efforts are invariably focused on shoring up weaknesses. That habit persists, despite the recent studies showing that boosting strengths is more likely to catapult us to success," Schachter described in his earlier review of the book. "Four consultants from Zenger Folkman, a leading research-based firm for leadership development, add to our understanding with a new book that clarifies when to work on strengths or weaknesses, and if you are trying to boost your strengths, how best to go about that not-necessarily-obvious task."
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Household Chemicals in the Kitchen continued...
Now, just drinking out of a leaded glass goblet shouldn't be a problem because the drink doesn't stay in the glass long enough to absorb anything. "But if you store brandy in a leaded-glass decanter, the longer you store it, the more lead will leak into the alcohol," says Paul Blanc, MD, MSPH, chief of the division of occupational and environmental medicine and the endowed chair of occupational medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
So if you must use that gorgeous lead-glass decanter, pour your brandy or whiskey into it right before you entertain, and pour any remnants out at the end of the evening.
Household Chemicals in the Bathroom
"I've heard that the average woman uses about 12 personal care products every day," says Woodruff. Add them up: soap, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, lipstick, mascara, blush, lotion, baby oil -- the list goes on. Are these products safe?
Two types of chemicals that are found in some of these products, and the containers they come in, are phthalates and parabens. (There are a lot of these in baby care products as well.) Like BPA and its relatives, they are also endocrine disruptors. How bad are they for you?
"It's hard to tell," says Woodruff. "If all you ever did was use a shampoo with phthalates, that's probably not a big deal. But the fact is that people are exposed to multiple phthalates, and also parabens and lots of other chemicals. Science tells us that if you get exposed to multiple chemicals on top of others, you get enhanced effects."
She advises seeking out cosmetics, shampoos, and skin care products labeled "paraben free" and "phthalate free" whenever possible.
What about that baby powder you use on your little one's tender skin? If you choose to use baby powder, pour it out carefully and keep the powder away from baby's face. Talc or cornstarch in baby powder can cause breathing problems.
Another item found in your bathroom that poses potential hazards is petroleum jelly. You may remember that mom would rub it around your nostrils when you had a cold to ease the pain of a nose raw from running and rubbing. That's fine over a short period of time, but if you do it for many weeks or months at a time, the jelly you inhale without realizing it can cause a gradual buildup of lung damage. Doctors call this "lipoid pneumonia." Try using a vaporizer or humidifier in your room instead.
Household Chemicals Under the Sink
Many household cleaning products harbor dangerous chemicals -- that's why parents lock the under-sink cabinet in order to keep small children out.
One of the most hazardous household cleaning products isn't a single product, but a combination. It happens when you mix a bleach product with a product such as ammonia. This produces toxic gases, including chlorine gas.


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IMMOKALEE, Fla. - Hundreds of families in Immokalee are getting some help spreading Christmas cheer this holiday season. People lined up at the Salvation Army early Wednesday morning to sign up for Christmas and Thanksgiving assistance.
The crowd grew steadily throughout the morning, but near the front was Francico Galindo. The father of seven got here at 5:00 a.m., just to make sure he was ready to register for holiday assistance.
"It doesn't matter the price, it's the joy of giving them something instead of nothing," he said.
That joy is something he says is tough for many in this community to provide on their own. Galindo works in agriculture, a job that doesn't always bring in a steady paycheck. wWth an income of less that 14 thousand a year, he says he's thankful for all Salvation Army does.
"When it comes to the toys, the Salvation Army does give the helping hand that, to us they're our guardian angels," he added.
Leaders say, last year, this program helped more than 25,000 people. They're prepared for even more registrations since Toys for Tots is not operating this year. While it's a lot of work, Major Dan Proctor say he's just excited to be able to spread the joy of the holiday season into this community's homes.
"There are a lot of folks who are having a difficult time now... we want to help people no matter what they're problem is in their lives," he said.
"Without them, our kids would not have a Christmas this year," Galindo said.
The Salvation Army in Naples, serving Collier County, does not have a location for their Christmas Food and Toy Distribution Center. They are asking the community for assistance by providing space to accommodate the distribution center. They need at least 15,000 square feet of publicly accessible, air conditioned and secure space with adequate parking to provide food, clothing, toys and personal care items to our community for the holidays.
The Space is needed by October 15th, 2013 through the first week of January, 2014. If anyone has space available, please call Maria Ramos at 239-775-9447, or on her cell at 239-273-2001. You can also reach her by email at firstname.lastname@example.com