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Friday, 14 September 2012
Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt
It just so happens that a university friend of the wife's now does PR for Sainsbury's Great British Beer Hunt which takes place this Autumn. She got in touch and asked if I wanted samples and my answer was yes.
So finally after all these years of beer blogging, all these years of watching the young upstart bloggers haul in crate after crate of free beery delights I finally get sent some free beer (OK, it's my own fault really for not making much effort with social networking, plus beer blogging for the soul purpose of getting free beer is very bad practice).
So anyhow, six beers, six different brewers, my unbiased opinion, here it goes.
Nethergate Lemon Head 4%
Nethergate is a brewery I have rated highly for a long time. Both Umbel ale and Old Growler are old favourites of mine so I was expecting the 4% Lemon Head to deliver something at least decent. In short it certainly delivers on the lemon front, with a fair bit of ginger in there as well giving a nice bite to it. The finish is almost tonic-like with very subtle biscuity malt undertones. Great as a straight forward palate cleanser or one to knock back in the summer.
Wadworth Horizon 4%
Very pale gold to straw in colour, dry, savoury and almost pilsner-esque with a very faint hint of citrus. Drinkable enough, but other than that, not much going on.
Batemans Mocha Beer 6%
Promised much with the general description and a big mocha chocolate aroma (lovely volumptuous chocolaty stout like thing here we come). Not quite. Opens with boozy burnt grain in a heavy malt palate of dark chocolate and espresso notes. The finish gets taken over by that distinct powdered hot chocolate note you got in the aroma. Somehow its not quite all tied together and comes across almost artificial at times. Still a pleasent enough beer.
Wye Valley Dorothy Goodbody's Blissful Brown Ale 4.6%
Light chestnut brown and laced with sweet nutty grain and a light creamy mouthfilling caramelised malt texture. Slight almond note in the finish and balanced with only a whisper of hops. Also subtle and tasting a fair bit lower than its 4.6%. A sound beer, yet worlds apart from the big coloured malt laden Brown ales of the North East region. None the less here is subtlty done well.
Williams Bros Prodical Sun 4.1%
Now here's a Scottish brewer with a fondness of the unothodox. They don't shout about it the way others do but Williams Bros brew in a style of their own using a fair number of odd-ball ingredients along the way. This beer is no exception, although by far not my favourite Williams Bros beer it doesn't fail to be interesting. The mid golden liquid offers a peculiar initially plush mix of strawberries and cream, grainy toffeeish chewy ovaltine and a lychee-like slightly hidden hop bite. Quite difficult to pull apart but the finish quickly tails off to airy dry spruce notes. It's certainly worth a try.
Blue Monkey 99 Red Baboons 4.2%
In short a deep reddish black porter cross mild hybrid. Rich chocolaty dark fruit dominates over some yeasty notes, English hops and a bite of burnt grain in the finish that turns it a touch sharp. All in all very flavourful and well brewed.
It's good to see the supermarkets promote new beers. So remember folks Sainsbury's is a wonderful place. Their own brand ketchup is the finest around and occasionally they change their bottled beer range.
Don't miss the Great British Beer Hunt. There are 20 beers in the final which will be sold at stores across the country. Ten of those will go through to a Grand Final on October 5 when one beer will be picked as the best, and will go on sale for six months across the UK.
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- arn said...
Must try to catch up with some of the entries this year.
Although it doesn't sound like you think any of those above will storm it into the final top 3.
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The Nethergate and Wye Valley entries are great beers. The rest are at least decent. Would be interesting to see which ones make it.
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I'm back from my little trip to maison&object 2014 in Paris,
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Let's begin with the most simple and staying in my mind exhibition made by Japanese Nendo.
Can you imagine that in Japanese language word 'rain' has hundred of meanings depending on the condition and time of day, and also a season of the year ? To illustrate that, we had a 20 beautiful clear acrylic bottles and each of it contains a variation of rain. In front of every bottle was a little note with the word and description about the sort of rain …like "sigure" cold rain that falls in the end of autumn to early winter….Imagine , this serene space painted totally in white.
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This is Jean's beautiful quilt that she began in a class taken in Palmerston North in 1998!!! Now that is a year or two ago. It took me some time to get my head around the plaids and strong colours and exactly what to quilt where. However, in the end I am pleased with the result and Jean is too, which is the most important thing. A happy customer is my aim after all. There are lots of photos as it was quite a large quilt...72 x 90 inches with lots of ditching to do and I found it hard to choose which photos to show you. I do have to apologise for the quality of some of them...couldn't find my camera and used my phone.
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Real Country Quilt finished from a class in 1998!
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Castlevania's 'Shadow'
Initially, my cautious optimism caused me to delay the purchase crosshairs on the game because there were a couple of paths it could have taken[3], so I held off while still keeping it in the back of my mind. After playing the demo, I was convinced to keep waiting because I was an idiot and made the classic mistake of offering up too much judgement by a demo alone. Then after finally snagging it for eighteen bucks through Amazon, I sat down over the weekend and dug into it properly. My general consensus is it's a great 3D action game with no desire to become a fantastic one. Part of me is a little hurt by that feeling, but the rational side outranks it in asserting that this game is not obligated to reclaim is former days of glory due to a misplaced sense of nostalgia on my part. There were more troubling things about the game that I think were far more pertinent regarding its overall experience, and the series's namesake was just a trivial matter in the end.
So, the first thing I wish to comment on is the frequency of times that I felt myself falling into approach of playing the game as I would have the previous console entries in the God of War franchise. I consider this a major problem as the game (Lords of Shadow) is good enough to stand on its own, but most of the time it simply makes no effort to assert that case. Some of this is a reflection on me too, as I felt myself slipping into autopilot in how I went through the motions regarding the game's various setpieces and formulaic action sequences. I also noticed that this weakness if you will---was typically offset by a strength which has always been an attribute the series possessed (which I've also always favored). That is of course, the artistic design of the series. The gothic-medieval aesthetic that's more or less defined the entire series since its inception is embraced full-bore in Lords of Shadow, and it's no slouch in this game either. Though it's somewhat generic, the presentation and attention to detail in the game is no less phenomenal. Even disregarding the admirable technical aesthetics, the implementation of things like the in-game bestiary went a long way in helping me connect with it. Added polishes such as the hand-drawn animations of combos and upgrades were small things that made tedious management in the game a pleasure to access.
The depth of the combat is contingent on a number of factors, and what I mentioned above (concerning my 'autopilot') bleeds into why I took away a more negative perspective from it and that was that the game doesn't really stress you to the point where you'll need to act with proficiency with the combat cross. Even though I went through and bought a couple of upgrades for myself, I still ended the game with more than 40,000 experience points to spend. I rarely felt the need to upgrade and half of the time forgot it was even available option to me until I got a trophy regarding passing a certain experience gain. Once I grasped the concept of parrying attacks (which I didn't really get pushed to do until about the 60% mark through the game), the game's setup of feeding more rune meters became the core rhythm of play for me (in a good way mind you, just not in terms of developing the potential of the combat mechanics). I didn't need any of the extraneous attacks and bought some of them based solely on how they looked rather than any real strategic purpose.
What I found out by the end of the game is that it actually does have a depth that's on par with the more heavy hitters such as Devil May Cry or Ninja Gaiden, but it's only there if you go out of your way to grasp it (which is a problem for me). I must stress again though, I didn't notice this at first, but after seeing how I transitioned from just whacking things with the cross in the first three to four chapters, to honed moments of timing in terms of dodging/counterattacking showed me just how much I was taking for granted in this game. It does go beyond the limits it sets up for itself, but it doesn't vastly exceed those limits for the most part; it spends more time trying to make the player think it does.
If one steps back to look at the superficial similarities the games possess, it becomes clearer to see how easy it is to slip into this mindset. Some examples include:
- The QTE sequences in Lords of Shadow, an unpopular design choice that more or less began with the God of War titles (as far as the genre is concerned) are sprinkled everywhere throughout the game.
- The setpiece moments are akin to God of War as well, where the 'epic' production value of the two games can be taken as more similar to each other than they are with any other games in the relevant genre bracket.
- Piggy-backing off that last point, both Gabriel and Kratos are depicted as very distinct demigods who have been ordained by the Gods themselves to perform feats of extreme supernatural strength. This is very unlike the over-the-top craziness of something like DMC, and has more of a mood of a 'mere mortal' who has just breached the perimeter of the pinnacle of human strength and combat effectiveness. Both are single-minded men who are stubbornly focused on either revenge or redemption (and I'd even make the argument that Kratos works far better as a character in his game that Gabriel does in his).
- Visually, the Combat Cross will look more or less like the Blades of Chaos to anyone just glancing at the game. Functionally the two diverge quite wildly after Lords of Shadow's initial four/five chapters, but it doesn't help matters as far as this general perspective-alteration will go.
- God of War's marketing prominence works to Lords of Shadow's lack thereof as a detriment. Being one of the major mascots for Sony since the original PS2 game, God of War has more or a less become a premier title for Playstation owners at large. Lords of Shadow in comparison is a reinvention of a dated action-scroller that has had two mediocre 3D installments on the PS2 with this new game being a 'reboot' by a relatively unknown Spanish developer. The only people likely familiar with the series outside of its namesake anyway are older players too jaded to care giving it a further look, and I don't mean simply mean playing through the game either. I mean accepting a self-awareness of these things and addressing them mentally as they go through the game[4].
I do applaud the game's presentation and world[5], but the narrative itself is marred by by an arguably useless main character and a sense of gravity to the game's situation. Wygol village is the only area (other than the introductory village) off the top of my head in which Gabriel is even given any more human contact aside from Zobek, so it's kind of hard to grasp me and my quest to 'save the world'. Gabriel as a character is stoic, flat, and exists mainly as a reactive force throughout the entire game (defined only by a 'dogmatic will to move forth for the sake of love'), and the only factor which counteracts this is---Zobek. If I didn't have Patrick Stewart's voice narrating Gabriel's supposed thoughts and intentions to me after each stage, I'd outright hate the game's main character. This kind of tertiary character development is a good way to pick up the slack, but I don't think it was an intentional move; it would have helped so much more if the themes Zobek communicates throughout the game were in turn actually expressed by Gabriel himself, no matter how subtle. Having him simply reply '...no...' to his part in Claudia's death for example, is kind of missing the whole point. His damn-near motto to all the titular Lords of Shadow in the game can pretty much be summed up simply as some variation on the phrase:
"You will not stand in my way."Moving along, the puzzles in this paticular title were moments where I constantly found myself annoyed, not because I feel they're out of place on principle in this type of game, but because these paticular ones just didn't belong (that or they only exist to make me think the game is grander in scrope than it actually is). Every single puzzle in Lords of Shadow is an arbitrary time-waster that does more to hamper progression through the game (cheaply extending the game's length) rather than making one gain more appreciation for the world itself. The scrolls of fallen brotherhood warriors tries to fill this void somewhat, but it's simply not enough given this is a 20+ hour game for most people.
"Puzzle" is such a loose term in the case of Lords of Shadow, as what are set up as tests of logic have one obvious solution, or a solution that can be brute forced without much thought. There is an equal amount of lever turning and switch activating, sometimes while under assault. There are switch panels that will do damage if they are selected in the wrong order. There is a game of battle chess. Lords of Shadow is already a game of substantial length, so these activities do more to sidetrack the player than searching for a glowing ledge to leap over a wall. Well, all except one."[6]As a more positive note to that. Lords of Shadow also accomplishes three mechanical allusions to other series which I didn't expect at all. The Shadow of the Colossus 'shoutout' if you will---was the flimiest and comes out mainly through the three major titan battles that do more damage in perception (look above at that list I made) than good. The middle-ground one for me was the Portal callouts which is referenced humorously in two brotherhood scrolls and in-game mechanically as an entire sequence in the Necromancer's realm. The strongest was something I didn't even notice until late in the game as something I'd been taking for granted the whole time and that's Prince of Persia. the platforming in this game is abundant, yet fluid and enjoyable with very few wonky or weird areas. My only personal complaint on it works in tandem with the game's linearity. A glowing ledge will always show you the path you're to take next. The game isn't set up for exploration and that's certainly a topic worthy of discussion here.
I'll wrap things up by stating that I'll glady purchase a sequel if MercurySteam feels up to it, Lords of Shadow at the very least proved to me that they know what they're doing. I'll take their 'rebirthing' of the franchise for as long as they can develop it and I'll far prefer it to the likes of any future God of War entries[7]. If they can find a more lasting method of melding the Prince of Persia-style platforming with the battle system (while making the latter a more engaging learning experience), it will easily be a favored game setup in my eyes. As is, Lords of Shadow is still a more-than-worthy entry into the series and I'd go as far to say I enjoyed it more than the majority of the older titles.
1. The term is known as 'Metroidvania' and not 'Castleroid' for a reason, and was used trenchantly in the days of SotN's heyday as a pejorative and not the mark of design prowess it typically carries now.
2. Notice how every game (mostly portable) after SotN tried to be SotN too? Yeah, that didn't do well to gain my favor in the long run.
3. See my initial post(s) on the game's announcement a few years back. [http://snakelinksonic.blogspot.com/2010/09/castlevania-lords-of-shadow-worth-being.html]
4. I can't imagine Lords of Shadow pulling great sales figures in mostly for these very reasons. One also has to consider that even under the assumption it 'has to', is it only because of its namesake?
5. Despite the mass hordes of demonic and satanic forces in video-games (in addition to the plethora of titles using Christian mythos), I enjoyed an actual confrontation with Satan himself. That is a surprising rarity in video games at large. This came at the expense of however, my treasured encounter with series mainstay 'Death' (who is still in the game as a major character, but never actually fought).
6. Andrew has a far more generous take on the game's combat, but I think he's using 'assert' in a slightly different manner than I am, because I found myself still agreeing with the gist of his post.
7. And I'm assuming an inevitable competition there as people will continue to waste time comparing the two when it belongs in a separate league. I suppose there are worse comparisons like Skyrim and Dark Souls to worry about though. As long as it remains there however, I'll continue to instigate the drama with Castlevania's superiority. ;)


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Here we are with another Vfx pac man Video. Do you remember our first "Pac Man Giant Robot" video? …that one over Hong Kong? This time we located our Video on the amazing Venice! It took us a nice but long day in the super turists crowded Venice to shoot all the video footages. We filmed all using our DJI… Read more →
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The Tonaki Song June 1, 2010Posted by Elisa Hough in Language, Music.
Tags: awamori, Herman Hesse, hogen, iia za za, recording, Siddhartha, Tonaki Island, yubi bue
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One night on Tonaki Island, we went out to this seawall with Sigrunn, new friends Kinjo and Saya, the pink guitar, the recorder, two bottles of awamori and some panda chocolates. Here was the result:
This song utilizes some traditional elements of Okinawan folk and pop music:
1) Hogen phrases (akisamiyo = oh my god, deji = very)
2) Musical battle cry "iia za za!" (a vocable = lyrics with no lexical meaning)
3) Finger whistling (yubi bue)
4) Lyrics about a drunken creeper (a.k.a. Yamada Denki)
5) Power derived from distilled liquor (and chocolates)
Now to wax poetic. (more…)
Contemporary Sanshin & Kachashi Dance April 20, 2010Posted by Elisa Hough in Music.
Tags: awamori, Haisai Ojisan, kachashi, Naha, sanshin
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The other day we saw a supposedly famous Okinawan singer, Yogi-san. She's a prime example of classical music in a contemporary context.
She also offered a beginners' lesson in kachashi, the traditional folk dance. This was after a full day of awamori taste-testing, so most of the people in this room are pretty soused.
Lo-res is the best res. Not really, but that's all we've got for video.
Post-Fishing Pork Soba March 9, 2010Posted by Jojo in Food and Drink.
Tags: awamori, Motobu, Pork Soba
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There's no better way to treat your hangover and food coma from the previous night than drinking more and eating tons of soba and pork spare ribs for breakfast the morning after. This restaurant in particular was perfect because not only was the food hell of good, but the atmosphere was absolutely serene.
Tom and Elisa chilling.
Me and Sigrunn excited for our generous helpings of soba. We also got 70-year-old awamori on the house because Kashima was friends with the owner!
Ben and Takeshi didn't get the greatest night of sleep.
Takeshi and Kashima getting genki'd up.
Booze Schmooze March 5, 2010Posted by Elisa Hough in Food and Drink.
Tags: awamori, Naha, Okinawan alcohol, sake
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The other night we went to a fancy party in Naha celebrating the launch of a new brand of awamori, the Okinawan version of sake. Whereas sake is made of fermented rice, awamori is distilled Thai rice. It has a kind of floral taste, it doesn't burn your throat, and my dad swears it can't give you a hangover. I can stand to drink it, which means a lot coming from me.
The other girl here is Sigrunn, our fellow intern from Norway. Here's her Japan-trip blog — it's fun to try to read Norwegian! Together we ate about 40 two-inch sandwiches each and schmoozed in broken Japanese with some businessmen speaking broken English.


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But, when you run your own business
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Or, now this project is more important.
Everything stops when you hit the road.
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Here are a few pictures of my journey.
I love these girls. Melody, Marie and Jen.
And all the other girls too. Jo, Jen, Letty,
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Stoke midfielder Michael Tonge admits his future lies away from the Britannia Stadium.
The 27-year-old has failed to make an impression under Tony Pulis having played just 14 times since joining from Sheffield United two years ago and he has not featured in a Barclays Premier League match since February 2009.
"I'd like to be playing again this season, but it looks as though it might be elsewhere," Tonge, who spent last season on loan at Championship sides Preston and Derby, told The Sentinel.
"I am in a bit of a strange situation but I'll be at Stoke getting fit for the new season and will speak to the manager.
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We left the car outside and took the train and as in each city here too street "artists" had done their work.
My beloved Rhine looked all grey
I didn't recognize the station at all it had been completely renovated
I tried to make more pictures but it was impossible, the wind was so strong that you could hardly walk !
But I could take a picture from the Rhine
In front of the station I saw this huge "tent" looking like building. It was the Musical Dome which is a unique theater because of its extraordinary glass and concrete construction and at the same time an architectural landmark directly on the Rhine River promenade.
The market place and the shopping streets hadn't changed
I noticed a new statue of a singer who only sang about Cologne with very funny texts. He also had composed the most famous carnival songs.
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We then had lunch in an old Brewery near the Dome.
One thing I have to say, I have never seen so many sorts of cake, cookies, or bread like in Germany
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EstimationAugust 31, 2009
Microsoft does it again…May 11, 2009
Microsoft is criticizing OOXMLs supposed incompleteness.
Microsoft chooses to attack the messenger and ODF, going so far as to call for Rob Weir to step down as co-chair of the ODF Technical Committee.
You can read more about his and Microsofts ongoing efforts to delegitimate the OOXML standard on groklaw.net
Groklaw cite a former strategy paper of Microsoft which seems to be a guide for Microsoft
Our mission is to establish Microsoft's platforms as the de facto standards throughout the computer industry…. Working behind the scenes to orchestrate "independent" praise of our technology, and damnation of the enemy's, is a key evangelism function during the Slog. "Independent" analyst's report should be issued, praising your technology and damning the competitors (or ignoring them). "Independent" consultants should write columns and articles, give conference presentations and moderate stacked panels, all on our behalf (and setting them up as experts in the new technology, available for just $200/hour). "Independent" academic sources should be cultivated and quoted (and research money granted). "Independent" courseware providers should start profiting from their early involvement in our technology. Every possible source of leverage should be sought and turned to our advantage.
You can read the whole strategy paper here on groklaw.net.
Windows 7 ReviewJanuary 23, 2009
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VMware executive: Windows days are numberedAugust 24, 2008
Harapin's [VMware exec] not just thinking servers though. He's thinking the end of all "large commercial operating systems." Instead, we'll use special-purpose computers that are customized to run a particular application or set of applications. "They essentially package that up as an appliance, a running server or a running application, and they send it to you."
Basis of this applications is gnu/linux. The whole article can be read on blogs.computerworld.com.
Source: lwn.net
Wall Street Journal: Make windows open sourceJune 9, 2008
It seems that the advantages of open source are becoming more and more appreciated. In an online article of The Wall Street Journal, author Lee Gomes, suggests and hopes that Microsoft is make the code of their windows product open for everybody to see.
Open-source software such as Linux is traditionally seen as the opposite of proprietary software from the likes of Microsoft and Apple. But that's a false dichotomy.
Why can't Windows be proprietary, for-profit and copy-protected — while at the same time be open for user control and inspection?
If Windows were a car, you'd never be able to open the hood and see what was underneath.
Well maybe he is talking more about transparency than open source…. Hard to tell.
The making of WineApril 16, 2008
"We are completely rewriting the Windows operating system from the ground up," he says. "Basically we took Microsoft's crown jewel, that they've had billions of dollars to develop using tens of thousands of developers, and we, the open source community, have essentially re-implemented that. We are the scrappy underdogs. Here's where the Hollywood music comes up."
This is what White (the CEO of CodeWeavers) is telling about Wine.
Wine is a software application which aims to allow Unix-like computer operating systems on the x86 architecture to execute programs that were originally written for Microsoft Windows. Wine also provides a software library known as Winelib which developers can compile Windows applications against in order to port them to Unix-like systems.[1] (wikipedia)
The interviews goes on
So, in 2008, the 1.0 version will hit the streets and the timing could not be more perfect. White admits that not every Windows application will work flawlessly on Wine, but many a critical one for the enterprise has been specifically optimized. These include Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Microsoft Project and Visio, graphics applications like Macromedia Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, and Adobe Photoshop. Several Linux distros ship with Wine, too, White says.
As I'm using Wine now and then for windows programs (for example to test webpages with Internet Explorer on linux) I know how helpful wine can be.
Give it a try!
Source: Lwn.net
Ubuntu installer for WindowsApril 9, 2008
Wubi is a Ubuntu installer for Windows users that will bring you into the Linux world with a single click. Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other application. If you heard about Linux and Ubuntu, if you wanted to try them but you were afraid, Wubi is for you.
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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 22, 2019) – The California State Teachers' Retirement System today announced that Global Equity Director June Kim has been selected as one of 22 Finance Leaders Fellows at the Aspen Institute, part of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. Fellows are nominated by a third party; each class of Fellows is made up of high-integrity, highly diverse individuals who have something to teach and to learn from the others.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 20, 2019) – The California State Teachers' Retirement System today announced the opening of its eighth member center, in Fresno's Civic Center Square.
Other CalSTRS service centers are in Glendale, Irvine, Riverside, Redding, Santa Clara, San Diego, and at the CalSTRS headquarters in West Sacramento.
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. (May 15, 2019) – The California State Teachers' Retirement System today announced its acquisition of the majority interest in Fairfield Residential Company LLC from Brookfield Asset Management. Brookfield retained its interest in the investment manager of Fairfield's affiliated real estate funds. Recently CalSTRS adopted a Collaborative Model for investments across all asset classes in its portfolio. This approach supports identifying and investing in strategic opportunities, such as the acquisition of real estate operating companies like Fairfield.
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This overview outlines the most common types of skin cancer and the treatment options available for each one.
This first in a two-part series on skin cancer gives an overview of the most common types and outlines the main treatment options. Part 2, to be published next week, discusses the causes of and risk factors for skin cancer, highlighting those people who are most at risk and the importance of early diagnosis.
Citation: Alexander RL (2012) Skin cancer 1: main types of skin cancer and treatment options. Nursing Times [online]; 108: 29, 18-20.
Author: Rachel Louise Alexander is Macmillan skin cancer clinical nurse specialist, dermatology and plastics outpatient department, the Ipswich Hospital Trust.
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Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in humans. In the UK incidence levels are currently 19.2 per 100,000 people for malignant melanoma alone (Cancer Research UK, 2011). Effective and efficient referrals should be made to a dermatology consultant in acute care for expert opinion on worrying lesions.
The current national cancer waiting-time targets in England and Wales apply to malignant melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) but exclude basal cell carcinoma (BCC), Bowen's intraepidermal squamous cell carcinoma and other precancerous skin lesions. Patients suspected of having a skin cancer should be referred urgently through the two-week GP referral route (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, 2012).
Around 97% of skin cancers are epithelial in origin and are either BCC or SCC, collectively known as non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSCs) (Bath-Hextall et al, 2008).
Basal cell carcinoma
BCC is defined as a slow-growing, locally invasive, malignant epidermal skin tumour that mainly affects people with light-coloured skins and originates from basal cells of the epidermis (Bath-Hextall et al, 2008).
Subtypes of BCC described by Bath-Hextall et al (2008) include:
- Superficial (Fig 1) - a well demarcated, scaly, red, minimally indurated plaque that, at times, can mimic a papulosquamous rash, such as psoriasis, or single patch;
- Multifocal - potentially more aggressive than other forms of BCC;
- Morphoeic (scarring) - this is the most invasive type of BCC;
- Ulcerated (Fig 2);
- Pigmented (Fig 3) - this is often confused with melanoma;
- Cystic (Fig 4);
- Nodular (Fig 5).
Sixty per cent of BCCs diagnosed in the UK are nodular, presenting as a pearly papule with telangiectasias (raised areas through which dilated vessels may show) throughout (Bath-Hextall et al, 2008).
Treating BCC
BCCs are generally treated with surgery although superficial ones can be treated with cryotherapy.
An alternative treatment for superficial BCC is imiquimod (Aldara). This offers a topical, non-invasive, patient-administered modality, expanding options for treating skin cancers. Benefits include less patient discomfort, favourable cosmetic outcome and documented efficacy against BCC. In addition, patients who are unsuitable for surgery (that is, those who are older, anticoagulated or who have implanted cardiac pacemakers) would benefit from this non-invasive topical therapy. It can also be used as an adjunct to surgery, such as excision, and allows clinicians to combine immunological-based treatment with surgical intervention.
Imiquimod works by stimulating innate and cell-mediated immune pathways, which are critical components of the body's defence mechanisms against both viruses and tumours, and has been shown to be an excellent treatment choice for selected skin malignancies (Sapijaszko, 2005). It is appropriate for patients who are able to apply treatment effectively themselves or for those with carers who can apply treatment to areas that may be difficult for patients to reach themselves.
Another treatment, accessed via consultant referral, is photodynamic therapy (PDT). In PDT, the lesion is prepared by removing overlying crust and scale. A photosensitising agent is applied to the lesion and a margin of surrounding skin, and is left to absorb for three hours. The lesion is illuminated by light of an appropriate wavelength to activate the photosensitiser, producing targeted tumour destruction. Occasionally, the photosensitising agent may be given intravenously. More than one lesion may be treated in a session and the treatment can be repeated. Non-melanoma skin tumours including BCC, SCC, Bowen's disease and actinic (or solar) keratosis can all be treated in this way (NICE, 2006).
If surgery is the treatment of choice for BCC, then, once clear histological margins are achieved, the treatment is complete. Patients can then be discharged back to their GP with sun-protection advice and BCC literature encouraging them to take measures against skin cancer in the future.
Squamous cell carcinoma
SCCs are generally more aggressive than BCCs and originate in the skin cells that produce keratin. Unlike BCC, which has no reported precursor lesions, SCC has two principal precursor lesions: actinic keratoses (Fig 6) and Bowen's disease (intraepidermal carcinoma) (Fig 7), described as SCC in situ (Bath-Hextall et al, 2008). Fig 8 shows SCC of the retroauricular region and Fig 9 shows SCC of the lower lip.
The potential for SCC to metastasise can range from 0.5% to 40% depending on the subtype (Bath-Hextall et al, 2008). Veness (2007) outlined high-risk factors related to SCC (Box 1).
Box 1. High-risk factors related to SCC
- Large size (>2cm)
- Thick or deeply invasive lesion (>4mm)
- Incomplete excision (<4mm)
- Recurrence of SCC at original SCC site
- High-grade or desmoplastic lesion
- Presence of perineural invasion
- Presence of lymphovascular invasion
- Located near the parotid gland (ear, temple, forehead, anterior scalp
- Immunosuppressed state (such as transplant recipient)
Note: patients often have multiple high-risk factors present
Source: Veness (2007)
Treating SCC
SCCs are treated primarily with surgery; when clear histological margins are satisfactorily achieved and individual risk factors of the skin cancer are known, practitioners can establish follow-up recommendations. Follow-up appointments ensure regular skin and lymph-node examinations can be carried out as a means of detecting possible disease recurrence.
Patients should be educated on the importance of self-examination and given leaflets about SCC, as well as sun-protection advice, to reduce the risk of further skin cancer. Adjuvant therapy in the form of radiotherapy is sometimes needed for identified high-risk SCC to reduce the risk of local recurrence. As previously mentioned, some people may benefit from using PDT for their particular SCC (NICE, 2006).
Malignant melanoma
Of all types of skin cancer, cutaneous malignant melanoma causes the most concern because of its significant morbidity and mortality. Melanoma is a malignant tumour developing from pigment-forming cells. Its incidence has steadily increased over the last 30 years; it is now the most common form of cancer in young adults and is responsible for 80% of deaths related to skin cancer (Calianno, 2011). There are nearly 12,000 new cases of malignant melanoma in the UK each year (11,767 diagnosed in 2008) (Cancer Research UK, 2011).
Superficial spreading melanoma, nodular melanoma and lentigo maligna melanomas make up 90% of all diagnosed malignant melanomas. Acral lentiginous melanoma and a few very rare types together make up the other 10% (Cancer Research UK, 2012). Types of malignant melanoma include:
- Superficial spreading malignant melanoma (Fig 10) - the most common type, which is most often seen on the trunk or legs and can appear as a new or existing mole;
- Nodular malignant melanoma (Fig 11) - can appear as blue or red and typically occurs as a new mole;
- Lentigo maligna melanoma (Fig 12) - about one in 10 melanomas (10%) are this type. It is most common on the face, and in people who have spent a lot of time outdoors. It grows very slowly;
- Acral lentiginous malignant melanoma (Fig 13) - rare and occurs on peripheral extremities. It is commonly seen on the palms, soles or nails of people with darker skin;
- Acral amelanotic (without colour) malignant melanoma (Fig 14) - as amelanotic melanomas are atypical and lack pigmented presentation, health professionals need to be vigilant to detect any atypical changes in any mole.
Diagnosis is ultimately made by biopsy. Usually an excision biopsy is taken with a potential follow-up re-excision if indicated. This first excision is performed to determine the presence and stage of the melanoma. In the early phase of growth, the tumour is limited to the dermo-
epidermal junction, which is the area of tissue that joins the epidermal and the dermal layers of the skin. The tumour can become invasive as it progresses and proceeds to grow vertically, entering the dermal layer and gaining potential access to other dermal structures.
The commonly used system to assess patient prognosis is the tumour, lymph-node and metastasis staging tool, developed by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (Marsden et al, 2010).
Malignant melanoma has the invasive potential to metastasise via the lymphatic and haematological pathways. Regular outpatient surveillance allows all patients with a melanoma diagnosis to attend for lymph node and skin examination to detect any concerns. Patients should be encouraged to communicate any concerns clearly to health professionals, and to carry out self-surveillance in between outpatient visits.
Primary cutaneous melanoma is treated with surgery; Marsden et al (2010) contains full recommendations on treatment. There is also clear guidance on the wider local excision margins of melanoma, which depends on Breslow thickness (Table 1).
Sentinel lymph-node biopsy (the first lymph nodes to which cancer is likely to spread from a primary tumour) is offered to eligible patients, which adds to prognostic information about the melanoma and also allows nodal involvement to be detected early, enabling efficient surgical intervention.
Localised metastatic melanoma (Fig 15) is of great concern. Individual lesion excision, carbon dioxide laser therapy and chemotherapy creams (diphencyprone) all have a role in controlling local disease, with very close monitoring.
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer in humans. In this article, BCC, SCC and melanoma have been identified; all have their own levels of risk to the patient.
Identification of skin lesions by the patient, followed by assessment in primary care by the GP then referral to secondary care to see a dermatology consultant (if indicated via the two-week wait pathway) are essential for early assessment of suspected skin cancer.
Patient information relating to skin self-examination, as well as sun protection advice, is key in preventing new lesions or identifying them early.
Key points
- Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer
- Patients suspected of having skin cancer should be referred urgently through the two-week GP referral route
- Basal cell carcinoma can be treated with surgery, cryotherapy, imiquimod or photodynamic therapy, depending on patient circumstances
- Squamous cell carcinomas are generally more aggressive than basal cell carcinomas and are treated mainly with surgery
- Malignant melanoma causes the most concern because of its significant morbidity and mortality
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Well hello again! I'm posting this a little bit earlier, as I'm heading off to work soon and later there's a CASE Study post launching as well, so I wanted to get it done once I've got a green light and a clear lane... lol
This week at the TSG blog is a TSG (Again!) week where we are featuring cards/projects/tip sheets/etc. that use the older TSG stamp sets.
Later today, a post will be up, featuring some new Trendsetter card, featuring either Stick Together, Birdie Wishes or Penguin Love.
I posted a card with Birdie Wishes yesterday, and today I would like to show you a little sumthin' with the fabby Penguin Love set :)
I made the tag myself (I'm yet to get a tag die), and tried my hand at double embossing, for the background. So much fun! I have this ribbed cardstock, that I've been using a lot lately, and I just run it through Cuttlebug with polka dot embossing folder.
Supplies: cardstock: Canson (light grey, red), white, embossed white, American Crafts (black); stamps: There She Goes (Penguin Love); ink: Memento (Tuxedo Black); Copics; Quickutz embossing folder (Polka Dots); glitter glue; checked ribbon; sewing machine; black pen
For my layout, I used CPS244. I'm also playing with CFC28 - Tag, You're It!, and TPE125 - Embossing.
Thank you for visiting! See you later, peeps! :)
Wednesday, 16 November 2011
TSG (Again!) - From our waddle to yours!
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Soooo CUTE, love your bow!ReplyDelete
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I am very excited to share these limited edition polishes from the Beaute Louboutin range. Every time Louboutin releases a polish collection I must have it. Yes I am a premium beauty freak as I am sure you are already aware. Ok so let's get to business.
There are three full size polishes in the Scarabée collection, unlike the Python Vulcano collection which was released as thier Spring limited edition polishes, they were mini size and if you are interested you can find the review by clicking the link. Louboutin Spring Polish collection review and swatches.
All 3 of these polishes are multichome and so they can look very different in different lights, I tried to capture as many shots as I could to show you the real colour, which is not easy when photographing multichrome polishes.
'Christian Louboutin found his muse in a key piece of Egyptian iconography, the scarab beetle. The iridescent beauty and wonder of this creature sacred to the Pharaohs, inspired three new shades of nail colour – the Scarabée Limited Edition Collection.' (Taken from the Louboutin Website)
Gahhhhhh don't the bottles just look amazing, I am seriously in love with Louboutin bottles, they are beautiful and feel extremely expensive (well I suppose that is because they are).
So Let's start with Scarabee I.
As you can see this has a Pink and Gold two tone chome effect. This is three coats without top coat. Yes your heard right…three coats, which was not like the websites claim that this is perfect in two coats, it wasn't. That actually disappointed me. After paying £36/$50 for a polish I was expecting it to be like all the other Louboutin polishes and near perfect in one coat and perfect in two, I was mistaken.
Despite the fact it took three coats to get this perfect I did love the Multichrome effect and it was much better than any other Multichrome polish for streaking, if applied carefully it did not streak at all, which is fantastic.
Ok so moving on to Scarabee II.
Well what can I say but it was love at first sight. This is a Blue and Purple Multi chome. I knew this was going to be my fave colour out of the three and that is because it is blue. It is delightful and just perfect and it was perfect in two coats 🙂 and possibly one if you have shorter nails. I don't think I need to say much about this one.
Gahhhhhhhhh I am in love, I think I found my favourite polish of all time. It is delightful and gorgeous and I cannot praise it enough, thank you for creating this Mr. Louboutin, you have made me one happy lady 🙂
Ok last but certainly not least is Scarabee III.
This Gold and Green multichrome is exquisite, and really gives a feeling of true luxury. Ok so this was also a three coat polish like Scarabee I, but it was again fantastic with application and I only had a few small streaks, mainly due to my heavy hand. It is a really gorgeous Khaki green/gold, very modern.
I took one extra shot of this polish because I managed to capture another facet of the colour in a different room in my house.
This collection is truly beautiful, I really do love this collection despite two of the polishes being thee coaters. If you have to pick between them which would be your first choice?
Look at those colours, I had so many photos of this collection I could have posted hundreds of shots 🙂
The collection is available from Louboutin US, Louboutin Europe, Louboutin Asia and Selfridges.
Thanks for reading, keep a look out for some nail art using these polishes coming soon.


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Convergence, the highly anticipated new album from Deity's Muse is available now! Get it on iTunes, Bandcamp and at all the band's upcoming tour dates.
Deity's Muse is a melodic alternative rock band based in Johannesburg, South Africa. The band is an absolute juggernaut live and has featured on every major South African rock music festival. The band has shared stages in their home country opening for revered international acts such as Dead Letter Circus (Aus), Rise Against (US), Bring Me The Horizon (UK), Blind Guardian (GER), Unearth (US), Protest The Hero (CAN), Knorkator (GER), Affiance (US), Monuments (UK), 36 Crazyfists (US), Karnivool (Aus), TesseracT (UK) and Blindside (SWE). The current lineup has only been together since 2014.
In October 2012 Deity's Muse took part in their first ever international tour where they performed at world famous venues such as The Viper Room in Hollywood and The 100 Club in London. In April 2013 the band shared the RAMfest main stage with international heavyweights, Rise Against and Bring Me The Horizon. In September 2013 Deity's Muse played two shows with Australian rock legends, Dead Letter Circus at The Assembly in Cape Town and Krank'd Up music festival in Johannesburg respectively.
In August 2014 the band made their first ever Oppikoppi Festival appearance. In September of the same year they performed on the main stage at Krank'd Up 2014 with Unearth and Protest The Hero. In November 2014 Deity's Muse embarked on a South African tour with Australian heavyweights, Dead Letter Circus.
Deity's Muse supported Australian prog-rock giants, Karnivool at the Johannesburg leg of their South African tour at the end of April 2016. 2016 also saw Deity's Muse tour South Africa extensively in support of their latest release. The band supported UK prog pioneers, TesseracT on the Johannesburg leg of their South African tour in April 2017. In July 2017 the band was featured on Metal Injection's "10 Great South African Bands You Have To Check Out" list. Following this, Deity's Muse made their first European music festival appearance, performing at the 2017 edition of the annual Euroblast festival at Essigfabrik in Cologne, Germany in October which was headlined by Twelve Foot Ninja, Textures and Devin Townsend Project.
Convergence is the title of the band's highly anticipated new album and was produced by Dead Letter Circus guitarist Clint Vincent. After a lengthy pre-production phase seeing demos being sent via the internet between South Africa and Clint Vincent's studio in Australia, the album was recorded in three different locations at the tail-end of 2015. Drums and vocals were recorded in the small town of Klerksdorp in the North West province of South Africa. Guitars and bass were recorded at Deity's Muse guitarist, Yokim Pillay's home. Additional guitars and programming were recorded and performed by Clint Vincent at Vin James Music in Brisbane, Australia.
Convergence is a dynamic and anthemic exercise in modern alternative rock boasting superb musical interplay and strong, melodic vocals. The diverse material effortlessly breathes and pulsates between catchy and progressive, high energy groove-rock to atmospheric and textured realms. In July 2017 Deity's Muse received the 'Album of the Year' award for Convergence at the annual South African Metal Music Awards ceremony.
Wayne Boucher (vocals/guitar)
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This listing is courtesy of the listing agent Audrey Gillett (#0328797), with the office RE/MAX Premier Properties.


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Stop!!!! Read this first*……
There is a nylon headed setscrew located on the side of the CCCK. The hex wrench to adjust this is 3/32" and its tension provides the locking mechanism when you pull the choke knob out. You can adjust the ease of release by loosening or tightening the hex set screw, but it is not necessary to over tighten it. If you do, you can strip the hex head and ruin the piece. A spare set screw and hex wrench are included to help you, just in case!
The CCCK should arrive with the correct tension already dialed in, but it is up to you if you want to change it.
So, when starting the installation, insert the spring onto the rod end of the CCCK. Pulling the spring back gently, insert the piston onto the end of the rod in the same way that it was fitted on the cable end. All you have to do now is thread the assembly onto the choke, taking care not to cross thread. There! You are done.
It takes a little while to learn to reach under and feel the knob, but the KLRs seem to be easy on the choke after they have started up, so it is usually just a matter of pushing in the knob after 30 secs or so.
* Disassembly instructions for removing the original cable choke are on the website if you need them.
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Jeremy Camp calls himself a "minister who happens to play music." Jeremy is the songwriter and recording artist of 8 studio albums, author of I Still Believe, and founder of Speaking Louder Ministries. Having performed in 32 countries, he continues to live a lifestyle of daily giving his heart to Jesus and knowing, "It's not me… it's all Him." Jeremy's latest album "The Answer" exudes energy and strength rooted in the wholehearted call to live confidently in God each day.
Micah's musical career began small with a desire to be faithful to his family even while on the road. Living continually surrendered to God, Micah wants to "live the music" he writes. He released his debut EP "Different" in 2016, and received 65 million cumulative views for YouTube and Facebook videos. His lead song "Never Been a Moment" was one of the biggest 2016 radio hit singles and doubled as an autobiography. It's a story of taking faithful steps, as Micah says, "to embrace music fulltime… and the identity that God has called and created me to be."
Nick Hall is the Founder and Chief Communicator for PULSE as well as author of the Reset and visionary behind Together 2016. In July 2017, Nick was also named the President and CEO of the Mission America Coalition, one of the nation's most significant conveners of Christian leaders and organizations focused upon evangelism and discipleship. Nick's passion is to "awaken culture to the reality of Jesus." Since 2006 Nick has shared the Gospel with more than three million students at PULSE and partnership events around the world. Nick is married to his best friend, Tiffany; they live in Minneapolis, MN. They are proud parents of Truett and Ruby.
Dave Lubben is a Christian singer/song-writer and producer from Portland, OR. In addition, for the past two decades, he has lead worship and shared the Gospel all over the world with a variety of high impact ministries including PULSE, the Luis Palau Association, Promise Keepers, and Integrity Music. He currently leads worship at Colossae Church in Portland, OR where he lives with his wife of 20 years and four children.
(Fun fact: Dave was Nick Hall's Youth Pastor in Fargo, ND)


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Top 10 Best Countertop Blenders of 2019
Blenders are one of the most important appliances to have in the kitchen. They can help you make smoothies, salsa, sauces, and everything in between. The problem for many people is finding the right blender among all of the hundreds of options available on the market. To help you get started, here are the top 10 best countertop blenders, each of which has a reasonable capacity, is easy to use, and incredibly versatile.
Table Of Content:
- List Of Top 10 Best Countertop Blenders
- Detailed Review Of Top 10 Best Countertop Blenders
- Best Healthy Breakfast Smoothies Recipe (a Video)
List Of Top 10 Best Countertop Blenders
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Detailed Review Of Top 10 Best Countertop Blenders
#6 – Vitamix Standard Blender, Black, Certified Refurbished
This Vitamix blender is such a great deal because it has been certified reconditioned to offer incredible savings. Your investment is protected by the 30-day guarantee and 5-year full warranty. The variable speed control makes the blender versatile enough to puree, chop, or do anything else to take advantage of its 64 ounce capacity. Thanks to the two-part lid, you can add ingredients during the mixing process and you don't even have to disassemble the machine to clean it.
#5 – Oster BVCBO7-Z Counterforms 6-Cup Glass Jar 7-Speed Blender, Brushed Stainless/Black
The powerful 600 watt motor in this Oster blender is strong enough to crush ice and the 7 different speeds include the pulsing option to offer the versatility to blend at whatever consistency you want. The system is made with an Oster All Metal Drive to improve durability and the motor is reversible to let you blend precisely. There are also pre-programmed settings and the 6-cup system is dishwasher safe as well as thermal shock tested and scratch resistant.
#4 – Ninja Kitchen System Pulse (BL201)
The Ninja Kitchen System Pulse has professional power thanks to its 550 watt motor. The system uses total crushing technology, which means it only takes seconds to chop up whole vegetables or fruits (instead of using plastic bags in the refrigerator to store your vegetables and fruits use these reusable produce bags to keep them fresh longer) or crush ice. The system can also smoothly process your ingredients and as a bonus, it is capable enough to knead your dough in a matter of seconds, saving your wrists the trouble. With a 40 ounce capacity, you can fit the majority of items into this one of the top 10 best countertop blenders and create nutrient-rich beverages with a smooth texture.
#3 – Nutri Ninja Pro (BL450)
Nutri Ninja is a strong brand, which is why two of the top 10 best countertop blenders are from this company. This blender offers the perfect balance of affordability and power, with 900 watts of professional power. The Ninja Pro Extractor Blades are strong enough to do anything, including crushing ice and breaking through stems, skins, and seeds to give you an even, smooth consistency. For practicality, the system comes with to go cups in 18 and 24 ounces with sip and seal lids. There is even a wellness and recipe guide to help you come up with some delicious recipes.
#2 – Magic Bullet MBR-1701 17-Piece Express Mixing Set
The Magic Bullet is known for being one of the top blenders available and this 17-piece set gives you everything you could possibly need to use the system. This countertop blender can blend, whip, or chop at a high-speed and the construction is see-through so you can keep an eye on your food item. The system includes cups and mugs that are freezer- and microwave-safe and in addition to the power base, you get 4 mugs, 2 cups, 2 blades, 4 colored lip rings, 2 vented lids, 2 sealed lids, plus a recipe book.
#1 – Magic Bullet NutriBullet 12-Piece High-Speed Blender/Mixer System – Best Countertop Blender Winner
Sitting in first place in the list of top 10 best countertop blenders, the NutriBullet is the ideal system for those who want easily create protein shakes or pulverize superfoods, fruits, and vegetables. The 600 watt motor works with the high-torque power base and the system comes with the base, 2 short cups, 1 tall cup, 2 blades, 2 re-sealable lids, and a manual and pocket nutritionist. To preserver your fruits and vegetables longer to be used to make smoothies using this Nutribullet you can use these reusable produce bags.
Now that you know the top countertop blenders on the market, it should be easy to find your ideal system. Simply pick any of the blenders on this list and you will be wowed by its combination of value and performance.


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Jun 12, 18, 10:48 AM by Administrator
The 2018 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA State Baseball Tournament resumes Friday evening with the semifinals at Whitaker Bank Ballpark (6 & 8:30 p.m.), and concludes Saturday night with the championship game at 7 p.m. Tickets for the games are available for purchase through KHSAA.org (Tickets.com).
Hazard (26-9) will take on St. Xavier (35-2) in the first semifinal game at 6 p.m. on Friday night, followed by Highlands (28-13) versus McCracken County (34-8) at 8:30 p.m. The semifinals and final of the Whitaker Bank/KHSAA State Baseball Tournament will be webcast live at KHSAA.tv through the NFHS Network, which is a subscription-based service.
Subscription plans for the NFHS Network are available for $9.95 a month. A monthly subscription, priced less than the cost of admission to a state championship event, entitles users to every broadcast by the KHSAA and the more than 40 participating state associations. To subscribe to the NFHS Network, visit: Subscription Landing Page | Live high school sports video on the NFHS Network | NFHSNetwork.com
A free audio-only feed of the webcast games will also be available online through KHSAA.net and Mixlr (KHSAA is on Mixlr. Mixlr is a simple way to share live audio onlin...), which has a corresponding app available for iOS and Android devices. Live stats for each game will be available at KHSAA.org.
2018 Whitaker Bank/KHSAA State Baseball Tournament
Official Program – KHSAA
Tournament Bracket – http://khsaa.org/baseball/2018/statebaseballbracket.pdf
Tournament Central (Rosters, Live Stats, etc.) – http://khsaa.org/2018-whitaker-bankk...ll-tournament/
Order Tickets – Tickets.com
State Softball Moves to Single-Elimination Format in 2019
Scott County capturing the 2018 Owensboro Health/KHSAA State Softball Championship last weekend marked the last state title in the event's double-elimination format, as the softball tournament will transition to single elimination in 2019. The 2018 championship also marked the final year of the Association's contract with the city of Owensboro, leaving the future site of the tournament up for consideration. The KHSAA will begin the RFP process this summer for a future site, with the matter to be reviewed by the Board of Control during its September meeting in conjunction with championship discussions in other spring sports.
"Since I became Commissioner, I have been working with the Board of Control on various changes and improvements to tournament formats and new offerings. Softball has presented continual challenges during that time, largely due to its format," said KHSAA Commissioner Julian Tackett. "The overwhelming majority of our softball schools had long favored our sixteen team, double elimination format. While this format allowed for a great level of participation, it certainly placed restrictions on many aspects of the tournament including schedule, format and location.
"Our staff and Board have worked collectively in demonstrating the need for change as the game, its participants and all aspects around the event continue to evolve. These discussions culminated in the Board's February approval of moving the softball tournament away from a double-elimination event after our contracted period was up with the current site. I am pleased the Board has allowed for transformational discussions of both our baseball and softball state events. There are lots of factors to consider and discuss, but if all goes according to plan, we will collectively end up with a product that will allow our student-athletes the best possible participation experience regardless of the eventual tournament format or location.
"I, along with the Association and its Board of Control and member schools, will be forever grateful to the City of Owensboro and all of the past sites of our tournament over the last twenty-four years of fastpitch softball. Owensboro, its Parks Department and their great staff, Convention and hotel industries and the business community at-large, have been ultra-supportive of the event including funding tens of thousands of dollars in improvements to the local facilities in addition to significant sponsorship dollars. I am hopeful, and will make efforts to ensure, that they have a desire to be involved with this and many other KHSAA events and undertakings for the foreseeable future."
A current list of important championship dates and sites for the 2018-19 academic year can be found at https://khsaa.org/calendar/1819refcalendar.pdf
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Jun 15, 18, 09:46 PM #3It will be interesting to see who bids for state softball. Outside of the colleges are there any facilities that could reasonably host the way the KHSAA desires?
Taking a glance at pictures of the Division I facilities in Kentucky, UK and UofL could absolutely host; EKU and WKU probably could; Murray, Morehead, and NKU probably can't.
Jun 16, 18, 10:05 AM #4Another title game for Lexington perhaps? It amuses me that just a few years ago they were rah-rah about the need to distribute the title events, and then consolidated several to Lexington.
Frankly, I'm in favor of a single elimination format for softball. But it is so completely in-line with this administration to read about how the overwhelming majority wanted double-elimination, but they're going to single essentially because they didn't like holding the finals in the venues they've been at.


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Not so happy with your body? Maybe want fuller breasts or a six-pack for the abs? It appears, you can achieve it all using some smart makeup!
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Start by sculpting, shaping and highlighting your legs with Contour and Highlighting Palette to get those "Smokin' Hot Legs". No time for sit-ups, your tight six-pack abs come in a box!
Use Abs in a Box Contour and Highlighting Palette to draw abs of your dreams. Enhance your cleavage and give your bust a lift with My Beautiful Breasts Contour and Highlighting Palette. Vuala! You are ready!
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With the intent to educate, Teen Vogue hosted Fashion University — moderated by Teen Vogue's Editor-in-Chief Amy Astley — for Vogue Teen's subscribers and aspiring fashion designers, and sat down with Richard Chai, Philip Crangi, and Thakoon Panichgul, who invited questions about their – namely Thakoon's – meteoric rise to fame. Fashionista revealed the details:
– His family didn't initially accept his career in fashion. His mother and grandmother were expert seamstresses and didn't see why he wanted to make a career out of something that they saw as just "work". He learned how to sew very young and that fashion was much more hard work than glamour.
– He was a small-town boy. Raised in Omaha, Thakoon would hunt down editorials by Bruce Weber and looked forward to reading Vogue every month. They gave him a sense of escape and were his only real form of inspiration in his town. He sites art as his biggest design influence.
– He went to business school. He got a scholarship out of high school and felt that if he didn't attend he would regret missing the opportunity. After graduation, he did everything he could to break into the fashion industry, and he took a job at J-Crew as a production assistant. Next, he started writing for Harper's Bazaar, while at the same time spending all of his nights and weekends taking classes at Parson's.
– He never has preconceived ideas for his collections. He doesn't create his pieces around a common theme. Instead, it's always a design detail that he's into that shapes the collection.
– His interns go places. Thakoon hires very few interns, but he keeps them around a long time. He wants them to learn about every aspect of his business, and will make them work in various other departments before they ever get to design. One of his three year interns recently moved to Paris to take a job with Azzedine Alaia. Impressive.
– His number one tip for future designers: be well-rounded. Thakoon firmly believes that your teens and early twenties are meant to be filled with learning experiences. He suggests taking as many opportunities to learn as you can, whether it be through schooling, interning, or reading (ie: Women's Wear Daily) to arm yourself with knowledge of the industry. [Fashionista]


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At Rejoice Christian Schools we are blessed with not only incredible administration, faculty and staff, we are honored to have exceptional students and parents to share in an educational journey.
Twice a year, RCS publishes a magazine filled with accomplishments, pictures, and stories of our incredible Rejoice family. Please take a moment to look through the digital copies below by clicking on each picture.


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Blog Proprietors' Blog HALLOWEEN PARTY Fri 28 Oct
Dear all
We hope you will join us for our Halloween Party on Friday October 28th.
Here's what's on -
10% off food items on check ordered for costumed halloweeners from 4pm
Usual happy hour 4pm-7pm
Spooky Halloween shots from 4pm starting at $3.50
Votes taken behind bar for best costume. You need to be present at 9pm when votes are counted to win. Prize $100 CSB gift card.
We hope you will join us.
Jane and Chris
Proprietors' Blog!
Chris & Jane Hartland
Beer 'to go'
Take Home Our Craft Brews!
We are delighted that we have been licensed to sell our beer 'to-go'.
Why not enjoy our beer in the comfort of your own home when purchasing a growler (64oz) of our hand crafted brew to take away.
Glass and stainless steel growlers available.
Growler and fill from $20.00
Refill only from $15.00


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