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Noble McIntyre on July 28, 2015
An energy drink is a legal, non-alcoholic beverage that is available in many supermarkets, convenience stores and other places where you would purchase beverages like soda or juice. These drinks contain large doses of caffeine, along with other stimulants like guarana and ginseng.
One 16-ounce energy drink can contain up to 200 milligrams of caffeine. One serving of Coca-Cola has 34 milligrams of caffeine, Mountain Dew has 55 milligrams and the average cup of coffee has about 95 milligrams for a cup. That means that a single 16-ounce energy drink likely has about double the caffeine of a cup of coffee. For an adult, that might be okay, but the Mayo Clinic recommends that adults consume less than 500 mg of caffeine in the course of a day. So, for children and teens who consume energy drinks, the amount of caffeine is far too much to be safe. Even for adults who take in too much caffeine can experience insomnia, tremors, abdominal pain, anxiety and irritability, and for children the effects are far worse.
Energy drink ingredients can include several teaspoons of sugar; vitamins B2, B3, B6 and B12; taurine; sodium; guaranine; carnitine; inositol; maltodextrin and glucuronolactone. These chemicals are not necessarily dangerous individually, but together, they can give your body far more stimulant intake than it can handle.
As you probably know, food and drugs are strictly regulated by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration. But, these energy drinks label their ingredients as "dietary supplements", rather than food, which means that they are not required to be regulated by the FDA. They don't even need to label exactly how much caffeine the products contain. We also don't know what effect the combination of stimulant ingredients has on the body.
One of the main issues with energy drinks is that they are marketed to people engaging in extreme sports – to be consumed at times when you need a burst of energy. Some consumers see these drinks on the supermarket shelves alongside Gatorade or Powerade and think it's the same kind of thing, but it's actually the opposite. Gatorade and Powerade are designed to rehydrate your body by bringing electrolytes back into your system once you've sweated them out. They are ideal—arguably better than water—to keep your body hydrated on a hot day or during exertion. Caffeine-based energy drinks have the opposite effect. These have what's called a diuretic effect, so that they cause the body to lose water, which could cause a person to become dehydrated.
Really, energy drinks are not good for anyone. You should specifically avoid consuming an energy drink if you are:
These drinks have been linked to both heart and neurological problems, along with issues regarding mental health and substance abuse in teens. The CDC has suggested that caffeine can mask the effects of alcohol (which means that the alcohol is essentially "covered up", but not that it helps you sober up faster), which increases the likelihood of binge drinking.
Energy drinks could cause heart abnormalities and neurological effects like seizures, though more research is underway to determine exactly why and how.
If you believe that you or a loved one has suffered harm after consuming a energy drink, the experienced attorneys at McIntyre Law are on the case. We're working to get clients the compensation they deserve from having suffered as a result of these companies' failing to warn consumers of the drinks' risks. If you think you might have a case, contact us today for a free consultation. We want to hear from you!
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Have you seen any cases re: energy drinks and dehydration? I have a 20 year old son who has been to the Er 3x since his senior year in high school d/t dehydration. He plays football and drinks energy drinks. He's had work ups and they all come out ok except his kidney levels are elevated. I think he's becoming dehydrated from drinking the energy drinks. I would love to see energy drinks have more regulations esp towards teens/ young adults. Thank you for your time.


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Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep Together This Weekend
If it's got Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep, it should be a box office smash !
The 2 risk their careers by publishing top secret government papers to expose a 30-year cover-up about the Vietnam War, even after Nixon had already threatened the "New York Times" for the same thing.
It's directed by Steven Spielberg. Streep plays "Washington Post" owner Katherine Graham. Hanks is "Post" editor Ben Bradlee. Watch the trailer below. If you're tired of non-stop explosions at the movies, this may be just the right thing for you.

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Laos recently was named as a major source for the illicit ivory trade bought by foreign tourists and this is one of the main factors that have put the elephant population at risk.
ElefantAsia, an organisation that provides medical care to Lao elephants, told Vientiane Times yesterday the elephant population had been declining every year. Currently, there are 450 domestic elephants nationwide.
Xayaboury is believed to have the highest number of elephants in the country, but every year they are facing a tough situation with animals getting overworked, sometimes even killed.
Deputy Head of the Information, Culture and Tourism Department in Xayaboury, Mr Sangvien Saengchanaly, said there were 327 elephants in the province, but last year, three were killed.
One of them, a domestic elephant, died through overwork while the other two, who were a wild mother and her calf, were killed by poachers who used their parts to make handicrafts and jewellery.
"Besides the ivory, the poachers will use the elephant's hair from its eyebrows, tail and around its body to produce handicraft items for sale," Mr Sangvien said. Some people believe that wearing such items w ill bring them good luck, but in order to protect the elephants Mr Sangvien says this attitude has to change.
Laos was once known as the land of a million elephants and to most of the population the elephant is considered a sacred animal.


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Alec Udell To Campaign Three Races While Traveling to Three States In Eight Days
May 23, 2017 | Lakeville, Connecticut | Alec Udell will have one of road racing's more daunting challenges when the Clemson University junior travels from Canadian Tire Motorsports Park (CTMP) in Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada to Lime Rock Park in Lakeville, Connecticut via Southern California. By the time he returns to his native The Woodlands, Texas to celebrate Memorial Day, the 21 year-old will have campaigned three Pirelli World Challenge (PWC) SprintX races in the No. 77 Calvert Dynamics Porsche 911 GT3 R and done a promotional work for Porsche Motorsport North America (PMNA).
Udell, who teams with Preston Calvert (Potomac, Maryland) in the PWC SprintX GT-X Pro-Am class, has already completed the first leg of the contest. The 2016 PWC GT Cup Champion raced in Round 3 of the SprintX season at CTMP finishing seventh as the "Pro" driver in the Pro-Am category. The duo was scheduled to contest Round 4 on Sunday, May 21 but heavy rains forced PWC officials to cancel the race. The 60-minute race will be rescheduled for a venue later in the season.
The fact that the No. 77 was racing in Canada was a remarkable feat of effort and scheduling. Having been heavily damaged in the second race at VIRginia International Raceway (VIR), Calvert personally drove the damaged car to Phoenix Performance in Pennsylvania. Once there, and with the help of GMG and PMNA, the car was re-tubbed and a repaired engine and gearbox was installed. The car was then delivered to the CTMP paddock. Udell and Calvert were quickly up to speed further establishing the strength of the Calvert Dynamics, Phoenix Performance, GMG and Porsche partnership.
The ultra-fast CTMP circuit is the dichotomy of the next track the Porsche Young Driver Academy graduate will face in the rear-engine Porsche. While CTMP was 2.458-miles in length with ten turns, Lime Rock puts seven-turns into the short-track feel of its 1.5-mile confines. A lap of the Canadian track is turned in some of the quickest times the PWC cars will see all season while the dizzying pace of Lime Rock has more to do with its shorter nature. Yet, both circuits are steeped in motorsport history and require constant attention in both the attack for position and the defense of position. Lapped traffic is especially constant at the New England facility.
The larger, more powerful GT3-spec entry will test Udell over the Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car he charged to victory in Race 2 at Lime Rock Park in 2016. The record lap for that class at the track, set by Udell last season in the Euroworld Motorsports GMG Porsche, was 54.924-seconds (a 96.614 mph average). By contrast, the fastest GT race lap set by Johnny O'Connell in 2013 was a 51.646-second flyer at 102.745 mph. A three-second difference on a sub-one-minute lap will require a quick reset for the winner of 27 PWC races – including two GTA class victories to open the 2017 season. He will be left with little time to catch his breath between turns during his approximately 35-minutes in the black and yellow Porsche during each of the 60-minute SprintX races.
Udell also added a cross-country "hop" to his weekly schedule. Barely three weeks from his final exams in Mechanical Engineering at Clemson, Udell left Canada on Sunday evening following the rained-out Round 4 at CTMP to fly to Carson, California to visit PMNA. On Monday evening, he flew directly to Connecticut to begin preparations for practice, qualifying and Round 5 of the championship on May 26 – Friday's race will take the green flag at 3:55 p.m. ET. Round 6 will get underway at 1:20 p.m. Saturday, May 27.
Alec Udell |
about CTMP| "CTMP was good for us. We got caught out by a yellow flag in race one, which once again saw us lose a lap due to no wave by. Still Preston and I put in a solid effort for a great points finish. Unfortunate for the heavy rain on Sunday, we were ready to brave the elements, and had good starting position. Although disappointed, we understand the call made considering the treacherous conditions.
We were close to not making the event at all after being pushed off track at VIR. However, through the tireless efforts of Andrew Aquilante, Kurt Rezzetan and Ben VanDyke of Phoenix Performance, as well as PMNA and GMG we were able to get back on track and run a solid race. Thank you to all those involved in getting us back on track, we're ready for the next event!"
about Lime Rock | "We're looking forward to racing at Lime Rock this week. With back-to-back races we knew to get to Lime Rock we had to make it through CTMP. These tracks really do have similar feels, both averaging over 100 mph, making the lap times short and the racing fierce. Anything can happen!"
about the hectic travel and race schedule | "Traveling is all part of the gig here, back and forth across the country is pretty normal. I'm happy to be able to do all that I can to represent my supporters, Euroworld Motorsports, GMG and Calvert Dynamics."
about Alec Udell |
Alec Udell is a junior studying engineering at Clemson University. The 21 year-old from The Woodlands, Texas began his racing career in karting at age five. He went on to win the Rotax National Points Championship in 2008 and represented his country as part of Team USA in Egypt in the World Championships in 2009. By 2011, he made history by becoming, at the time, the Pirelli World Challenge's youngest ever competitor at age 15. He has 15 career Pirelli World Challenge GT Cup class wins entering the season and is the 2016 PWC GT Cup Champion.
about Euroworld Motorsports |
2017 is the third season Udell partners with Euroworld Motorsports (www.euroworldmotorsports.com). Euroworld is the country's only certified automotive carbon fiber repair facility. Based in Houston, they are one of Texas's leading European auto repair and performance facility.
Bio and Images Available Upon Request
More information on the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge can be found at www.world-challenge.com .


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The Opioid Crisis Isn't Funny — But John Oliver's Segment On It IsOctober 24, 2016
Leave it to John Oliver to take on a topic as serious and depressing as America's opioid addiction crisis and somehow make it funny. You've probably heard about the serious heroin problem in the U.S., which largely sprung from thousands of Americans being addicted to prescription opioid painkillers and then migrating to heroin.
SEE MORE: Prescription Drugs Are Linked To West Virginia's Heroin Epidemic
Oliver talks about how this problem came to be, the pharmaceutical companies' part in it, and the addicts and first responders who've dealt with opioid addiction up close.
We've seen it up close, too. Recently, we sent reporters to Huntington, West Virginia, where the rate of overdoses is nine times the national average. Our reporters spoke with law enforcement and addicts, and rode along with first responders to the scene of a DUI. Later they were told the woman in the crash died.
Tragic update in this Huntington heroin story: Fire Dep Jan Rader tells me woman we saw hit by DUI suspect has died. https://t.co/TSboiyxY7m— Zach Toombs (@zachtoombs) October 16, 2016


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BSN to DNP (BSN-DNP) Learning Outcomes
MSN Program Outcomes
- Integrate scientific findings from nursing and other fields for continual improvement of nursing care.
- Synthesize organizational and systems leadership principles to promote high quality and safe patient care.
- Implement methods and tools of QI principles to promote high quality and safe patient care.
- Critique EB literature with a basic understanding of quantitative and qualitative research to guide decision-making.
- Analyze current and emerging trends and technologies to support quality health care.
- Analyze and synthesize innovative approaches to complex issues in health care delivery at the local, state and national level based on understanding of health policy and principles of advocacy.
- Construct effective communication strategies for working effectively in teams and collaboratively with other health care providers.
- Design evidence-based and culturally relevant clinical prevention interventions.
- Conduct a comprehensive and systematic assessment as a basis for decision-making.
- Obtain expertise in the role of educator, informatics and leadership.
DNP Program Outcomes
- Apply interprofessional collaboration concepts for improving patient and population health outcomes.
- Synthesize nursing research and integration of best practice for change in professional practice based on scientific underpinnings for practice.
- Integrates clinical scholarship and analytical methods for evidence-based practice.
- Impact health care outcomes through clinical prevention and population health for improving the nation's health.
- Integrate nursing science as the basis for the highest level of nursing practice.
- Develop and evaluates new practice approaches based on nursing theory and theories borrowed from other disciplines.
- Provide clinical nursing change through organizational and systems leadership for quality improvement and systems thinking.
- Utilize information systems/technology and patient care technology to improve and transform health care.
- Integrate health policy and ethics to improve health care outcomes through advocacy roles.


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Formats and tools
- Unit Description
- Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
- Assessment Tool
- an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
- Assessment Template
- generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
- Assessment Matrix
- a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
- Wiki Markup
- mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
- Evidence Guide
- create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
- Competency Mapping Template
- Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
- Observation Checklist
- create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)
- Self Assessment Survey
- A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
- Moodle Outcomes
- Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
- Registered Training Organisations
- Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver ICAGAM527A, 'Integrate database with online game'.
- Google Links
- links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
- Books
- Reference books for 'Integrate database with online game' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Install application programming interfaces (APIs) suitable to the game's data source provider
1.1 Research appropriate APIs
1.2 Identify specific APIs as suitable for the game architecture and data source provider
1.3 Install nominated APIs on game development computers
2. Define and use a connection to the data source
2.1 Define game data source connection parameters
2.2 Store connection parameters in external text-based configuration file
2.3 Open and close connection to the game data source
3. Configure and use connection pooling
3.1 Configure connection pooling in the database management system
3.2 Define connection pool parameters for minimum connections, maximum connections and idle connections
3.3 Minimise use of database resources through the use of connection pooling
3.4 Test and verify use of connection pooling
4. Pass embedded structured query language (SQL) to the database
4.1 Define database connection property
4.2 Compose SQL statement or command to be passed to the database
4.3 Test, debug and execute the SQL statement
5. Execute a stored procedure on a database
5.1 Call a stored procedure on the database using command callable statement
5.2 Define and pass parameters to the stored procedure
5.3 Test, debug and execute database stored procedure
6. Modify database data
6.1 Retrieve multi-row multi-column result sets from the database into the game application domain
6.2 Insert new records into the database
6.3 Update existing database records
6.4 Delete existing database records
7. Integrate data from the database with the game application domain
7.1 Integrate data from a forward-only and read-only cursor into the game application domain
7.2 Incorporate data from an updateable cursor into the game application domain
8. Test and debug database integration code
8.1 Test database integration code
8.2 Document test results
8.3 Determine errors and exceptions and document solutions
8.4 Debug all errors and exceptions
8.5 Assess all data modifications in the database and document any errors
8.6 Correct all causes to data modification errors


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Ever since I can remember America has been at war with somebody and Americans have literally worshiped the military industrial complex and celebrated its murders. It's as if a vile cult of death lords over America. While the disease of military worship is most overtly conspicuous among establishment Republicans and the Warvangelicals who kill in the name of a deity, the Democrats who opposed Bush/Cheney wars were suddenly quiet when Obama was doing the killing and escalating the wars.
For most Americans, the wars are just a reality show and entertainment!
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[scroll-box]Vincent was damn good at his job. It was why he'd been assigned a trainee during Jill's leave of absence despite the fact that his lack of people skills was as legendary as his ability to sniff out even the most clever of murderers.
In truth, Vincent had been dreading his three months with the near-rookie, but it had been less painful than expected. Dansen was a good cop. A little green, but when Dansen was assigned his new partner tomorrow, Vin had no doubts that the guy would be able to handle whatever came his way.
And then Vincent's life would finally get back to normal.
Not that these three months without Jill had been abnormal, precisely.
He still worked the same backbreaking schedule. Still saw death more days than not.
Still went to breakfast with his family after Mass every Sunday, and argued with his brothers and occasionally with his sister during said breakfast.
He still watched sports most evenings, still worked out most mornings.
So really, his life wasn't different without Jill at all. Except that it was. Wildly, horribly different.
He glanced at his watch. Two hours until her plane landed. Three hours, maybe four until he'd see her again. Not that he was counting.
"So you're good from here?" Vincent asked. "If you need anything, I'll be ..."
"Yeah, yeah, I'll call ya. You never did tell me where you were going."
"Probably because it's none of your Goddamn business."
Dansen put a hand to his chest. "I've come to love these heart-to-hearts of ours. The way we count on each other. Confide in each other—" "My cue to leave," Vincent grumbled.
He started to get in the car, when Dansen called his name again.
Vin shot him an impatient look and was surprised when the usually confident Dansen looked away briefly before meeting his eyes.
"Hey, I just wanted to say.. ." Dansen cleared his throat from across the hood of the car, and Vin tensed, knowing what was coming.
God, he hated shit like this.
"You can drop the detective," Vincent said roughly. "Just call me Moretti. Or Vin. Whatever."
Dansen's smile flashed white across his dark face. "Do you know how many cops dream of the day when they're given permission to call one of the members of the royal family by their first name?"
"Oh Jesus. Don't start that again."
For the most part, Dansen had done a remarkable job of not irritating Vincent to the extreme over the past three months. But Dansen's ridiculous hero worship of Vincent's last name grated on his nerves. Yet another reason he couldn't wait for Jill to get back.
Jill, who'd never cared that Vincent's father was the recently retired police commissioner. Or that his older brother was a captain. Or that his younger brother was the NYPD's most famous officer.
Or that his grandfather had been a cop and his mother had been a police dispatcher.. .
Okay, so maybe Vincent could sort of understand where Dansen was coming from. The Morettis were kind of NYPD royalty.
And Vincent was proud to be a part of it. Proud to carry on the legacy.
He just got damn tired of the ass kissing.
"Seriously though, thanks," Dansen said. "Couldn't have asked for a better detective to show me the ropes. A nicer one, sure. A better-looking one, definitely. And you can be a real—"
"Asshole, I know," Vincent said.
Dansen held up a finger. "Not what I was going to say. I think that's the first time you've tried to finish my sentence and gotten it wrong."
"I'm never wrong," Vin said out of habit.
"Fine." Dansen rolled his eyes. "You're an asshole. Happy?"
Vin didn't bother responding, just lifted his hand in a final farewell to Dansen before the younger man could say whatever it was he'd wanted to say, and lowered himself into the car.
Vincent slid on his aviator sunglasses as he fastened his seat belt.
Vin kept his face perfectly blank until he'd pulled away from the curb and merged into traffic.
Only then, only out of sight of prying eyes, did he let a smile overtake his face. A smile that quickly became a grin as he headed toward his longtime barber for a very overdue haircut.
He told himself that his decision to get his hair cut after weeks of putting it off had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that he'd be seeing Jill in a few short hours.
Vincent had never really given two thoughts to what Jill Henley thought of his looks.
But then, he and Jill had never spent three months apart. He'd never had a chance to realize just how much he'd . .. missed her.
Not that he'd be telling her that.
From the jump I'm just going to say that I totally fangirled all over this book! After reading a bunch of reviews for Frisk Me and Steal Me, I decided to purchase them and promptly got lost in the world of sexy, alpha-cops. And then I kept getting little peeks at Vincent and became quite intrigued with the silent man. And then I saw it on Netgalley and snatched it up before I decided I wanted on this tour. (Side note-the guy on the cover is a TOTAL hottie, but does not fit his description at all.)
To say that Vincent is quiet and surly is an understatement. But this man caught my eye and I have a thing for the strong, silent type. And cops (have my own man in uniform at home). Vin was this really great guy and was head-over-ass in love with Jill, but he's completely oblivious to what everyone else can see. I was already a little in love with him before this book, but then he has to go and be so awkwardly adorable and drop your panties sexy alpha at the same time. Vincent was so sweet on Jill that I was quite endearing.
I liked Jill in the previous books and knew she was going to give Vin a run for his money. She was down to earth and seemed like someone I'd want in my circle of friends. I did have one bone to pick, and that was I wish she called off her engagement sooner. I wanted Vincent to get his HEA! That being my only road bump in the book, Jill was refreshing and spoke to me. I felt like I could see myself in her. I couldn't have thought of a better heroine for Vin to end up with.
I feel like my review really doesn't do this gem any justice. If life didn't get in the way, I could have read this in one sitting. This book had me simultaneously yearning and dreading the ending-I didn't want it to end!
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Lauren currently lives in Manhattan with her husband and plus-sized Pomeranian. When not writing, you'll likely find her running (rarely), reading (sometimes), or at happy hour (often).
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Although Chinese frozen tofu had vast culinary potential, it had two drawbacks. First, it had to remain frozen or, like fresh tofu, it would spoil due to bacterial action. Second, like ice, it was heavy and difficult to transport.
Leave it to the Japanese to make a good thing better. About 1225 A.D., in a temple on Mount Koya, near Kyoto, a Buddhist monk began drying frozen tofu in a heated shed. This new "dried food" came to be known as koya dofu. Because it contained little water, it kept for several months without spoiling. The relentlessly utilitarian Japanese mind, however, was still not satisfied. In the fifteenth century, aggressive warlord Takeda Shingen recognized koya dofu's potential as a military ration. To make the process more mobile, Shingen did away with the heated shed and simply let the frozen tofu dry in the sun for a few weeks. This kori (frozen) dofu, named thus to distinguish it from the monk's version, was virtually imperishable.


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8 November 2017
Romans 13:8-10
Avoid getting into debt, except the debt of mutual love. If you love your fellow men you have carried out your obligations. All the commandments: You shall not commit adultery, you shall not kill, you shall not steal, you shall not covet, and so on, are summed up in this single command: You must love your neighbour as yourself. Love is the one thing that cannot hurt your neighbour; that is why it is the answer to every one of the commandments.
Luke 14:25-33
Great crowds accompanied Jesus on his way and he turned and spoke to them. 'If any man comes to me without hating his father, mother, wife, children, brothers, sisters, yes and his own life too, he cannot be my disciple. Anyone who does not carry his cross and come after me cannot be my disciple.
'And indeed, which of you here, intending to build a tower, would not first sit down and work out the cost to see if he had enough to complete it? Otherwise, if he laid the foundation and then found himself unable to finish the work, the onlookers would all start making fun of him and saying, "Here is a man who started to build and was unable to finish." Or again, what king marching to war against another king would not first sit down and consider whether with ten thousand men he could stand up to the other who advanced against him with twenty thousand? If not, then while the other king was still a long way off, he would send envoys to sue for peace. So in the same way, none of you can be my disciple unless he gives up all his possessions.'
Love is the answer to every one of the commandments.
Ahhh love…… It'd so easy to love those who are lovable, likeable, those who reciprocate your love. However, when faced with challenging situations and difficult people, it is another thing altogether. We've all heard homilies preached by our priests to: 'Love your neighbour as yourself', 'Love and pray for those who persecute you' and 'Love those difficult people'.
I know I have been in those pews, rolled my eyes in my mind and said 'Right, easier said than done.' But Jesus tells us that love is the greatest commandment!
Of all the commandants, this one must be the hardest for me to follow. Even priests find it hard to keep that commandment, so we are in good company. Love has been described as a 'two way street'. Many friendships and relationships end in disaster when one party forgets, and assumes that it has become a one-way expressway.
Recently, I was faced with a situation that put my faith to the test. I have had a business relationship with a very close relative of mine for the past 3 years. Though we are relatives, we are both like chalk and cheese — in personality, in the way we approach life and also how we approach business. Over time, I think we learnt to adjust to each other's working style. However, because of issues which festered, she chose to sever our working relationship; and on my birthday to boot!
I believe that the way our little venture started is God's gift to us. And working together would be beneficial to us and our clients. However, it is what it is and I have to honour the decision made and to move on. If the decision made was simply a difference in personality and ways we dealt with things, it would be easy for me to accept. However, the split was because of 'personal motivations'. Even that I could accept. What hurts me most is the betrayal and the person I thought I'd known and loved all my life, turn into someone I barely know. What hurts me most is we are both Christians who continue to hurt each other.
With any cessation of a relationship, we have to deal with the difficult topic of 'the split'. This has been an incredibly difficult process, you'd imagine. I liken it to a divorce. It brings out the monster in us. I have been praying about this and asking God what I should do. 'Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.'(Rom. 12:9). I know that I have to be fair and Christ-like in handling this and I am trying really hard. Every hour of the day, I need his grace to carry me through. If it were my old self, I would fight tooth and nail and drive a really hard bargain. But as a Catholic, I keep asking myself "What would Jesus do?" But each time I receive a downright rude and war-declaring WhatsApp message, I feel like someone punched me again and I just want to throw this 'Love your neighbour' thing out the window and punch right back.
Remember the phrase, 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you?' I read in some article that whether you've been betrayed or not, don't resort to betraying another. Following Christ is indeed not easy. It requires us to hate our father, mother, wife, children, brother, sisters, yes our own life too.
Don't take it too literally, what Jesus is telling us is to put Him first above all other relationships and things. It asks that I give up my own ways of doing things and lean on Him to lead me. It continues to be an uphill climb today. But I know that I cannot deal with it on my own. For now, ironically, love is a one-way street. This makes no sense in the outside world. But with God, it's the way. I have to forgive, let go and move on. Forgiving does not mean accepting the wrong behaviour of others; it means detaching from the pain, frustration, and bitterness buried within.
I continue to pray for her daily.
(Today's OXYGEN by Geraldine Nah)
Prayer: Jesus, in our humanness, we struggle each day to love, especially those who hurt and persecute us. But only if we walk with you, can love be possible. We pray for your grace to carry us through, especially through seemingly impossible situations. We pray to be more like you – when Peter betrayed you and yet you continued to love him.
Thanksgiving: Thank you Lord, for the trials that come our way. In these times, you show us you are closer to us than ever. And also in these times, you teach us how to love and forgive as you do.


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Letting my children run free
26/07/2011 4 Comments
I confess, I'm an over protective parent.
Perhaps its the fact that the increase in news and media platforms have made dangers to children so much more prolific now than times gone by, or maybe its because Xander's special needs make me want to wrap him up in cotton wool – but my children just don't get to play outside anywhere near as much as I did when I was growing up. And they're not alone, it seems.
Recent research from Savlon and Play England shows that children are missing out on the joys that the outdoors has to offer, and on a on a huge scale too, with shocking insights such as 42 per cent of children reporting that they've never made a daisy chain, 32 per cent saying that they've never climbed a tree, and over a quarter have never even experienced the simple fun of rolling down a hill.
Before we moved to London we lived on a working farm in Hereford – so even though we had all this space around us (80 acres of farmland all to ourselves) I was too scared to let them go outside in case they fell over or put things in their mouth when I wasn't looking .
Now we live in the beautiful borough of Greenwich, right on the border of Kent, and we're surrounded by all these beautiful green spaces and walks and I know that we should be making the most of them, but I'm still making excuses to keep them inside. The result is all of us starting to get a severe case of cabin fever with tantrums galore (from me and the kids) because Xander and Piper are really itching to get outside. My fears of them having an accident are holding my children back, and that makes me sad because I practically grew up outside, playing in dirt, rolling down hills and building dens. I was a total tomboy and spent most of my summers covered in cuts and scrapes.
So based on all of this, I've decided to set myself a challenge to let my kids 'run free' and give them the freedom that they need to explore the world outside for themselves. To kick this off I'm planning to host a my own event on the 3rd of August, celebrating National Playday. Hopefully I'll be able to get some of the parents at our nursery involved, which might also be a nice way of making some mummy friends in the area, because I have none!
Are you planning anything for National Playday? Make sure you sign up here, and download your blog badge here. If you don't have time to host your own event, check the map here to find an existing one in your area. Lets make the 3rd of August a magical day of play that we'll all remember 🙂
Oh and don't forget to use the #SavlonPlayday hashtag so we can all link up and swap playday tips!
Disclaimer: Savlon is a client of my employer, but this post is entirely my own.
Update: Due to lack of time, and my children's nursery mainly consisting of working parents , I won't be hosting my own event now. Instead I'm teaming up with the amazing Donna at Not Yet A Yummy Mummy and taking the children to run free in Richmond Park. Come and join us if you're in the area 🙂


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Images of the Month Gallery
A slight departure from common practice this month. Instead of selections from our collections, we present an entire collection of images scanned just prior to Katrina. This small (155 images) group consists of scans of 35mm color slides shows ongoing construction projects, new buildings, some public events, etc., ca. 1940s-1950s, sent to the archives by an unknown city agency.


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Mid-Missouri Man Picked up in Arkansas on Child Porn Charges
COLUMBIA - Boone County sheriff's deputies have arrested 35-year-old William Matthew Houston for statutory sodomy and promoting child pornography.
Deputies picked Houston up in Arkansas Tuesday. He was in the Boone County jail as of noon Wednesday. Missouri online court records list a Columbia address for Houston, but deputies said he also has a Moberly address listed.
Boone County Sgt. Mike Perkins told KOMU 8 News the charges stem from multiple incidents in 2008 in which they say Houston had intercourse with a female victim under the age of 12. Sgt. Perkins said Houston is also accused of showing the same victim pornographic videos.
Houston has been ordered to not have any contact with any child under the age of 17.
Houston was behind bars Wednesday pending a cash-only bond of $225,000.


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If you made a promise to yourself to start going to the gym to get in better shape this year, you're probably keeping that promise so far. After all, the year is still new. But does your workout consist of the same common exercises everyone always includes, the standard routine of bicep curls, shoulder shrugs, hamstring curls, leg extensions and so on?
There's nothing wrong with that. But how about adding something unique to your program? Choose a body part you've never specifically strengthened before and add it to your training. It could be your rotator cuffs, neck, lower back or even a ligament or tendon. If you play a sport or do an activity where injuries to such areas are common, training to build that body part works as great protection.
For example, rotator cuffs are very easily injured, especially if they are weak, or contracted from not being stretched out. The cuffs are four small muscles that basically hold the shoulder together. They can, in order of severity, become inflamed, strained or torn. A torn rotator cuff will require surgery and a long time of physical therapy if you want to regain the full use of your arm again.
Here are three cuff strengthening exercises:
1. Make a fist with your thumb upward. Stretch your arm straight out at shoulder level and roll the fist thumb down, then back up. Repeat while raising the arm up in small increments until the fist is straight overhead.
2. Using a cable machine or an elastic cord tied securely to a door knob, bend the lower arm into a right angle with the upper arm. Grab the end of the cable or the cord while standing sideways to the anchoring end, with your hand closest to the machine. Step away until the cable or cord is taut. Pull the weighted cable or the elastic cord inward to the navel 10 times.
3. Reverse the position so the hand holding the cable/cord is at your belly. Holding your upper arm still, pull the cable/cord out to the side, away from the machine. Repeat with the other arm. Do 10 times for each movement. Rest and repeat.
Also, why not add neck strengthening to your training? There is a special chain device that can be found online that can be attached to a small weight plate. Put this device around your head and add (to start) a one-pound weight plate. Get down on all fours, secure the device around your head, and keeping your spine straight and immobile, lift and lower your head. NEVER use more than a few pounds in doing this exercise, and get instructions on doing it correctly from a personal trainer, a football coach or online.
Strengthening a body part you've never conditioned before will help add interest and motivation to your workout. But even more important, it will help you be a stronger athlete and less injury-prone in your sport or any other activity.


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This article was updated to include arguments from Wednesday's Supreme Court session and to clarify that the 1978 case involving Iowa had to do with taxing business income from certain sales.
The U.S. Supreme Court today heard arguments in a long-standing interstate tax dispute, the outcome of which could cost one state tens of millions of dollars and potentially shake up a fragile balance among states over how they tax their residents' income when they earn it elsewhere.
The case comes out of Maryland, brought by a couple who sued over how the state taxed income they earned out of state. Maryland — like every other state with an income tax — offers a credit to taxpayers on their income tax bills for what they pay in taxes where the income is earned.
But unlike the others, Maryland's credit is only partial. It offers no credit on a small part of its income tax that is distributed to counties, meaning that its residents pay taxes on the same income twice.
The plaintiffs in the case say the practice is unconstitutional, citing a string of cases that have generally blocked so-called double taxation, often in the name of protecting interstate commerce. The argument is that through its double taxation, Maryland creates an incentive for its residents to work only in Maryland.
During Wednesday's arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito seemed troubled by the potential threat to interstate commerce. Alito cited a submitted brief arguing that Maryland's tax "operated exactly like a tariff." Roberts later said that if every state did what Maryland did, "that sounds to me like a tariff."
But the acting solicitor general of Maryland, William Brockman, said his state should not have to change its tax practices in deference to those of another state, even if there is a concern over double taxation.
"There is no reason a state should have to subordinate this taxing power," Brockman told the justices. Further, he added, "Maryland is not required to provide a credit at all."
Justice Antonin Scalia seemed to welcome the point. "That's my problem with this," he said, referring to the thinking that one state would have to give in to another's tax decision. Scalia said opponents were citing "imaginary" constitutional arguments to back up their claims.
The U.S. and Maryland chambers of commerce, the Tax Foundation and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which lobbies for conservative causes, agree with the plaintiffs. Maryland, the federal government, the Multistate Tax Commission (a membership group of state departments of revenue) and others defend the practice. Click here for a full list of the briefs filed in the case.
For decades, states have operated under the assumption that double taxation is not allowed, hence their practice of offering credits for taxes levied by other states. But experts say the core question of whether states are forbidden from taxing income twice has never been truly settled.
As they see it, the uncertainty applies to every state's tax system, and pits federalism and state sovereignty against principles of free trade that have governed more than two centuries of commerce among states.
"It's a fundamental, foundational question," said Bradley W. Joondeph, the associate dean for academic affairs at the Santa Clara University School of Law, who wrote his own preview of the case. "When you have a state being told that its income tax system, which is in many respects critical to its raising of revenue, is unconstitutional, that's something that's going to get the court's attention."


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Recent releases:
- Aladdin (IMAX in some cinemas)
- Breakthrough
- John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
- Amazing Grace
- Hustle, The
- Where Hands Touch
- Curse of La Llorona, The
- Long Shot
- Vanishing, The
- Spy Cat
- Bel Canto
- Eighth Grade
- Pond Life
- Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich
- Greta
- Dragged Across Concrete
- Red Joan
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (reissue)
- Little
- Wild Rose
Muppets Most Wanted
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Ty Burrell, Tina Fey, Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, David Rudman, Matt Vogel, Peter Linz, Tony Bennett, Hugh Bonneville, William Brand, Andres Cantor, Jemaine Clement, Kenneth Collard, Sean Combs, Rob Corddry, Mackenzie Crook, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Zach Galifianakis, Josh Groban, Salma Hayek, Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hollander, Toby Jones, Frank Langella, Ray Liotta, Ross Lynch, James McAvoy, Aleksandar Mikic, Chloe Grace Moretz, Fleur Poad, Dylan "Hornswoggle" Postl, Usher Raymond, Miranda Richardson, Saoirse Ronan, Til Schweiger, Russell Tovey, Danny Trejo, Stanley Tucci, Christoph Waltz
Director: James Bobin
The Muppets are luckier than mere mortal movie stars.
They dont appear to age. Unfortunately human actors do as anyone who sees Robert Redford in Captain America: The Winter Soldier can testify.
And so, three years after their last big screen outing, Kermit and Company are back in cinemas, kicking off with a Busby Berkeley-influenced dance number involving the fabric actors and humans giving their all to, appropriately, Were doing a sequel.
After which the story, co-written with Nicholas Stoller by the director, kicks in as the Muppets, conned by Ricky Gervais into appointing him their new manager, head for a European tour, starting in the World Capital of Comedy Berlin.
But what the Muppets dont know is that their theatrical tour is nothing more than a cover for heists carried out by Constantine and his gang and Constantine is a Russian Kermit lookalike (apart from the mole, which he disguises) who has escaped from a Gulag in Darkest Russia. Which is where the luckless genuine Kermit ends up among the battiest bunch of jailed thugs Ive seen.
And they become even battier after Kermit introduces them to Show Business when he is asked to stage the annual prison musical. Forget the mild am-dram frolics of prisoner-of-war films like The Colditz Story until youve seen such legendary song-and-dance men as Danny Trejo and Ray Liotta tripping the light fantastic, you shouldnt consider yourself a musical movie completist.
Naturally, all ends happily.
The real Kermit breaks out, the false Kermit is revealed and returned to Russia and Gervais and his gang are prevented from stealing the Crown Jewels although, to be fair, the plot isnt that important.
Its the zany comedy that strikes the right chord, rather than the storyline. And there are plenty of good gags, put over with practiced vigour by the Muppets who are entertainingly aided and abetted by a ripe roster of guest stars, among them Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Tom Hiddleston, Celine Dion, Trejo, Chloe Grace Moretz, Salma Hayek, Christoph Waltz, Tom Hollander and Frank Langella, who all cheerfully enter into the lunatic proceedings.
Tina Fey is a delight as the warden of the Russian Gulag with (unfulfilled) hots for Kermit. Ty Burrells coarse take on Peter Sellers Inspector Clouseau as an Interpol agent on the trail of Gervais and the gang is amusing
Muppets Most Wanted is a welcome sequel that should ensure kids and adults alike enjoy the deliberately corny humour, silly songs and the happily familiar puppets at their most daffily endearing.
Theres just one fly (a bearded one) in the pleasing ointment and thats Gervais whose two basic expressions (one showing his teeth, one covering them) reduce the entertainment value of his scenes. Its ironic that, in a film starring the iconic porker Miss Piggy, it's Gervais who serves up the ham.
Alan Frank
USA 2014. UK Distributor: Walt Disney. Colour by deluxe.
112 minutes. Widescreen. UK certificate: U.
Guidance ratings (out of 3): Sex/nudity 0, Violence/Horror 0, Drugs 0, Swearing 0.
Review date: 25 Mar 2014


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Celebrities Support Eco-Fashion At LA Fashion Week
Do you like fashion that has more offer than just dead meat? Well then the Green Initiative Show at LA Fashion Week would have been just your cup of organic, shade grown, fair trade tea.
The Green Initiative Show was dreamt up by Mikey Koffman from The Gallery Los Angeles and helped spotlight some of today's hottest eco-fashion. Now we all know that green fashion is like a celebrity magnet, and this event was no different. Celebs like Amy Smart, Anna Getty, and Shar Jackson were rumored to have been perched in the front row simply drooling over the green garb.
Here's what the designers had to offer:
M the Movement designed by Simplicio Michael Luis gave you jeans, sweaters, tailored shirts, and jackets, all made of sustainable materials. Lady Muse by Mathilde, presented Edwardian-inspired, limited edition "desposyni" coats constructed from "rescued fabrics." Andria Rain Tees helps support the Costa Rican rain forest with their signature gear that they so proudly paraded down the catwalk. Barbara Boswell impressed with outfits made of bamboo, soy, organic cotton, and linen. Finally, Rene Geneva Design rocked corset-based eveningwear, satin dresses, and micro minis, all designed with handmade organic textiles.
Well sketch me down, cut me out and box me up…I'm sold! Let's all say a collective thanks to those eco-designers and to Mikey Koffman from The Gallery Los Angeles for working so hard on such a groovy fashion show. THANK. YOU.


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Friday Recap November 6, 201510:00 AM
Bad weather plus sickness is still slowing me down, but there's still some pretty good content on the blog this week! The brand new Gr...
Bad weather plus sickness is still slowing me down, but there's still some pretty good content on the blog this week!
The brand new Gracious Threads Star Anise is available today. You can see my review here
I finished my second (in my very long planned) series Optical Illusions. A What (not) to Wear continuation. Part 2 here.
Due to designers changing deadlines, the 5 out of 4 Ascent will go live next week.
Also lined up, Nap Time Creations Slouchy Sweatshirt, Wardrobe by Me Men's Sweatshirt. The Winter Wear Designs Provence Coat should release today! That means I'll have my copy in my hands and ready to sew up too!
Today's weather meant I couldn't get outside for photos. If everything cooperates, I've got not 1, but 3 outfits lined up for photos tomorrow. Those include:
P4P Raglan
P4P Layer Me Up and Sew Straight and Gather Uptown Downtown Mash up
Sisboom Judy's Fancy Pants in a straight leg
Love Notions La Bella Donna
Little Lizard King Petal Perfect Skirt
Assuming the weather is good, my clothes are ready for photos.
And the surprise news is that Sewing By Ti is going on vacation for Thanksgiving. That means I have to focus on getting a full series of outfits ready for our vacation. Because vacation means awesome photo opportunities. Sewing planned:
Pollywoggles Autumn Grace Dress
WWD Phresh Jeggings
WWD Aviator Pants (for women and kids!)
and maybe even a sneak peak of an unreleased kids pattern. ;)
Completed work this week:
Pattern tests; 5 out of 4, WBM, Gracious Threads, Nap Time Creations
Sisboom Judy Fancy Pants in straight leg, sewn up in both poly fleece and a gorgeous ponte
Rainbow Tee and Jocole Skort for an up and coming blog tour.
Fingers crossed I'll have tons lined up for you next week!


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Below are a list of past and present events Irene has or will be attending.
|Ancaster Fair 2013 - FAIR DETAILS | DIRECTIONS
|Ancaster Fairgrounds, Ancaster, Ontario (inside Concession building)
|Show Dates:
|Thursday September 19th to Sunday September 22nd, 2013
|Something Wicked This Way Comes
|2956 Jerseyville Road West, Jerseyville, Ontario
|Show Dates:
|Saturday, June 8th, 2013
|Show highlights include door prizes, a gift for everyone, unique jewelry sale, fabulous basket raffles and more. Proceeds go to a good cause, the vetting and caring of abandoned dogs and cats at Rescue Dogs Match
|Ancaster Fair 2012
|Ancaster Fairgrounds, Ancaster, Ontario (inside Concession building)
|Show Dates:
|Thursday September 20th to Sunday September 23rd, 2012
|A great fair with lots and lots of people! I was very busy the whole four days.
Thank you, everybody who came by my booth.
|Treasure Venture Psychic Fair
|Rockton Fairgrounds, Rockton, Ontario
|Show Dates:
|Friday June 22nd to Sunday June 24th, 2012
|This was a small but fun fair with lots to do for little ones.
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Yep, it's that time of the year again where summer comes to an end and we all go back to school. *cries hysterically*
But I'm trying to hang on to my last little bit of summer on my last week of vacation so I decided to do these summer-y floral nails. What better polish to use to capture the colors of summer than China Glaze "Flip Flop Fantasy"?
|I used Sally Hansen "Mellow Yellow", China Glaze "Flip Flop Fantasy", and OPI "Miami Beet" for the flowers, and I used Essie "The More the Merrier" and "Naughty Nautical" for the leaves.
I painted my nails with 3 coats of FFF to get it opaque, then used white acrylic paint and a dotting tool to add some polka dots. I used Salon Perfect "Sugar Cube" as a white base on my other nails, then I used a small brush to paint the flowers!
I also made a YouTube tutorial for you guys!
This mani actually started out as a terrible nail fail but I was determined to include the nails with FFF and white polka dots! Despite this being a nail fail in the beginning, I think what it ended up being turned out pretty well.
Thanks for reading!
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Stockton, CA is a beautiful city. Among the fantastic Delta views and tree lined streets house the most amazing thing we see in Stockton, the people. Stockton is filled with every culture imaginable, and it's absolutely beautiful. Our city is indeed filled with wonder. But even amidst the beauty of each handcrafted individual therein lie a need, a need for hope. And that's where Lord's Gym City Center comes in.
In 2009, we began to truly see the need our city had. We saw a need for a place that would serve as a fun and hopeful environment for teens, while providing a sate of the art fitness facility for adults. Stockton needed a place where love was shown in word and action. A place where every walk of life, young or old, would come and feel like it was their home, a place to belong. A place that would capture the heart of teenagers, providing an encouraging environment to grow them in their education, values and integrity. A place for new friendships to be discovered and relationships to be mended. A place where health would be an initiative and a place for fun!
We came across an empty warehouse that had been vacant for years. It did not have the makings of such a described place however as we walked through it, we began to see the potential of the 8,000 square foot facility. So we went to work! The vision was cast and it became a reality within a year.
It became apparent to us that our 8,000 square foot facility was by no means large enough! So we set our eyes to expand. For years we dreamed of purchasing the former Copeland's Sports building on Hammer lane, however that dream was not meant to be. Until now! Through a series of unique miraculous events, we purchased the building that sat dormant for 13 years and have renovated it to be one of the most desirable buildings in Stockton (so we have been told by City officials!)
Since opening in January 2018, our new 30,000 square foot facility has welcomed over 3,500 community members; 2,000+ of whom are teenagers (13-17). In the short time our doors have been open, our facility has organically grown to be the largest teen center in Stockton becoming a beacon of hope to all who come through our doors. It is our goal to provide local teens with the resources needed to stay off the street, and the foundation necessary to be successful today, tomorrow, and in the future.
Together, we will build strength for our community by igniting possibilities for under-served teens.
Our youth memberships are sponsored (no charge to the teen) because we believe in our work. Every teen (13-17) who signs up to be a member at the City Center completes a Resiliency Test because our teens are simply that; resilient. Since beginning our partnership with Community Partnership for Families of San Joaquin (CPFSJ) in February, the statistics below show how the City Center is improving the lives of our teens.


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Commercial String Lights, Mini Bulbs, 42ft. Brown Wire, Plug In, Clear
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Our commercial grade clear bulb brown wired string lights are an ideal choice for outdoor lighting as they are durable and long lasting. Our strand measures 42 feet and has 100 mini clear incandescent bulbs with a warm white tint. Using a standard two prong plug and end-to-end connectable with up to 5 other strands, it's never been easier to decorate for weddings, events and holidays. See our other commercial string lights.
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- Lighted Length: 41 feet, overall length; 42 feet
- Lead Length: 6 inches
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- Bulb Spacing: 5 inches
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SweetKenny's " Perception "
This is SweetKenny's (Ken Sutton) 6th album in less then a year... With rockin' tune's like " Daddy's Little Girl " a song about a girl gone wild, to his Heavy guitar on " Burn Notice " a song he wrote while he was watching TV. with a mix of crazy partying in his song " Magic Girl " a song about his days partying in Detroit, Mi. Ken also has a guest singer Paul Burns aka " dorothy " singing on their song they co-wrote together " Pages The Break Of Dawn ", a song about Paul's time in jail. The whole album is packed with fun and a sure must have album!
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" Writing this album was a lot of fun and I hope you all enjoy it."
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The Astral Layla lifejacket was designed for women, but is popularly sold as a unisex PFD. The quarter zip side entry makes this style famous for its comfort. Adjustable webbing on shoulders and waist keep the PFD well fitting and secure.
Organic Kapok foam panels create an incredibly flexible jacket that moves with you. The hinged princess seams, and boob cups create a special fit that women of all sizes appreciate.
Key Features:
- Environmentally friendly Kapok foam flotation
- Polypro webbing
- Short torso and princess seams in front for true female sizing
- Adjustable shoulders atop neoprene pads
- Adjustable side and neoprene waistband
- 1/4 zip side zip entry
- Front pocket with buckle
- Weight: 1.76 lbs
- USCG approved Type III Personal Flotation Device
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Medium / Large: 38-44 in
Large / Extra Large: 45-51 in
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This is the Astral Layla Women's PFD. It is designed for women but it's also very popular for unisex. We have a quarter zip entry here so it goes over the head. The front is made of kapok so it's organic and it's very soft, it really wants to move with you. These are cut to kind of hit right at the waist, so you can have free articulation, very comfortable for the arms. We have adjustments here and on the side, three on each side. There's a bottom belt one with a clip. Another clip front storage, elasticated pocket. The back is made of regular foam, so kind of a square panel here. Just as we take this off right over the head, you can see on the inside you've got some mesh webbing over this, makes it very comfortable when you're moving around. This is the Astral Layla Women's PFD
New this year and just arrived at the shop from Astral Designs is the Layla life jacket. It's a women's lifejacket that is perfect for anyone who wants a traditional foam PFD to wear while on the water.
Whether you are sailing your dinghy or a small keelboat, coaching, or kayaking the Layla will keep you safe without getting in your way. Even though it's made specifically for women – it's also great for men too. I'm personally very excited about it because it's based on the design of my favorite life jacket (and the favorite of many other sailors out there) – the Lotus Lola.
If you're like me, you are probably still have your Lola lifejacket in your closet. First let me tell you that it's likely not very safe to use it – the foam in your life jackets and the materials are not made to last forever. It's always wise to replace your lifejacket anytime you start to see signs of sun fading in the outer material – that lets you know that both the outside, and the critical flotation inside have given up the ghost. Given that we sold out of our last remaining Lolas over a decade ago – it's pretty safe to say that if you're still using yours it's probably time to consider replacing it.
My old faded Lotus Lifejacket
Backstory -
It's obvious there are lots of similarities between the Layla and the old Lola. This is in large part because they were designed by the same person. The founder and owner of Astral Designs was also the owner of Lotus way back when they made the Lola. Lotus was later sold to Patagonia, but he just couldn't stay away from making awesome lifejackets, so later on he started Astral.
Construction and why its great -
One thing you die hard Lola fans might not know, is that the Lola was also a women's lifejacket. It just turned out that the style was a great fit for sailing. It caught on and started being widely used by both women and men. I'm betting the same will be true about the new Layla. As far as fit and sizing – it's really the shaping of the foam that makes it "designed for women." The sizes are identical between men's and women's lifejackets.
The most noticeable thing about the Layla when you try it on is how thin it feels. It is made from several different types of foam – combining soft and flexible Kapok foam with more traditional foam to ensure a comfortable fit that keeps you free to move around in the boat easily. The lifevest is also a little longer in the torso than some other models. It's a small change that you don't even notice – it's still very comfortable to sit down in and fits well above your waist, but the longer length means the foam is spread out a little more allowing Astral to make it thinner. This is particularly noticeable on the front of the lifejacket which feels way thinner than a lot of other jackets out there.
The Layla has a side quarter zip entry, the same as the Lola did. This means that you have to put your head through the two shoulder straps to put it on, but the zip makes that easy to do regardless of how much gear you have on. It also has a pretty roomy front pocket to store granola bars, sunscreen or a safety knife.
Tape up your shoulder straps-
One of the few downsides to the Layla PFD, which was an identical problem on the Lola, is the buckles for the shoulder straps. On a keelboat or a kayak they're likely not a problem, but if you're going to use your lifejacket for dinghy sailing, you may find they have a tendency to catch on the mainsheet as you cross the boat. If you are dinghy sailing, especially on a Laser or similar boat, I'd highly recommend making a similar modification to my Lola – using some highly advanced materials (electrical tape) to cover up the buckles once you've figured out what fit you want.
Taping the straps is still a good idea for dinghy sailors.
So if you're a woman in need of a new life jacket, I highly recommend you check out the Astral Layla. It offers a great fit designed for women. If you're a guy in need of a new lifejacket, I also highly recommend you check it out. Anyone out there still wearing their Lola – this is your opportunity to take a step forward for both fashion AND safety and upgrade your lifejacket without sacrificing the fit you love.


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Nate's Corner: Quality
Checkpoints: It's About Quality
We deeply care about the construction quality of our homes! Each of our homes is individually crafted for our buyers and represents the care, preparation, and individual efforts of all of us: the buyer, agent, designer, and the construction team. We take extra measures throughout the design and build of each home to ensure that the buyer and our team are in control of what the final product will become. Most of those extra measures are implemented in the form of quality control checkpoints, third party inspections, and separate departmental design audits. We've put into place a total of 12 key checkpoints to make sure the build process goes smoothly.
We Double-Check Your Decisions Before We Start
Before that detailed construction process begins, the hard work of the designer and the buyer is double-checked. There are 4 key checkpoints where members from the design and construction teams work together to review the individual home designs, selections, and drawings. These checkpoints cover everything from architectural plans to individual buyer selections to final cabinet details. As the designs are finalized, the home progresses through the pre-construction process towards the final pre-construction meeting where Builders and Buyers meet face to face to review the finalized plans and designs for the home that is now ready to begin construction.
Our Checkpoints Assure You Get the Home You Want
When we build a home, our builders, subcontractors, and third party engineers use these checkpoints to ensure the workmanship meets our EDGEhomes standards. These checkpoints cover initial lot survey, excavation observation, structural framing and roofing, exterior wrap and blower door testing, and everything in between! Each double check is perfectly timed to ensure that any corrections needed are completed before the next step in the build process. And while you might think these checkpoints are moderate in number, they are critical and precise in nature.
After Your Home is Built, You Get the Final Sign Off
Once the home is completed there are 2 final checkpoints where builders present the completed home to the buyer in a face-to-face in-home meeting. During this meeting, builders orient buyers with each facet of their new home, including its functions and homeowner maintenance and warranty information. All in all, the build process at EDGEhomes is aimed at ensuring not only the delivery of a predetermined product, but also a great experience with high levels of care and communication.


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Hey Gamers. While not a quickie per say, today's post is of a quicker nature. Among the many topics on ATE I write about, I do feel remorse in not living in the past on a more frequent basis. Nostalgia is a large part of why we game, and observing history can be an integral part of creating our future.
Whatever destiny awaits us, we can always take a moment to look back at what has driven us to our current state of mind. I saw on D-Toid the other day, that some early beta builds of Conker's Bad Fur Day had made their way into the hands of a lucky few. This was immediately exciting, as I always jump for joy to see what makes, or whats helped to make, games tick.
The video (for those lazy enough not to internet properly), can be found right here:
As some of you are no doubt familiar with, this infamous set piece was used in one of the funniest bits in the original…
Which can be found here:
The differences are shocking, and the tone changed completely from original premise to final product. Not only was the proposed premise far darker in tone, but represented the far grittier nature Bad Fur Day represented, from time to time. I think BFD worked well on so many levels, because it was seriously humorous and humorously serious at just the right moments.
The retail release of the game, involving the two doctors, was no doubt layered subtext about the game's graphic nature itself, and how many perceive the effects of violent games to have. I speculate further that the final joke, may very well have been in reference to the originally explicit contents of the scene getting cut out, due to unanimous approval that the squirrel operation was too dark to go through with.
I truly appreciate game design, in all of it's aspects. Considering the giant Rare was back in the 90's while developing on the N64, archived material like this BFD footage is a god damn gold mine. Beta footage can reveal a lot about how the title evolved, and can create a major dialogue of where or when a game got it right or wrong. In fact, this topic on hand has raised great scrutiny in the past, and one I've even directly addressed in my attempts at understanding the fairer sex.
I wish I had more time to delve deeper into my fond memories of Conker and his baddest of days, but alas, time is not on my side. With the fever that's spawned within me, in admiring such random information in regards to the past, I will consider heavily how important dedicated game design discussion is for the future of ATE.
Further, much like I waxed nostalgic about games of my own past before, I promise a more in-depth double take on what I consider to be one of the best N64 games of all time, Conker's Bad Fur Day.
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Pre-Order National Go Center T-Shirts
UPDATE: Good news! We were able to find a less expensive supplier and are able to lower the cost for NGC t-shirts. The colors are slightly different, but the design is the same.
As you may have seen in the E-Journal the National Go Center is opening the weekend of April 28-29. There will be a 4-round Cherry Blossom tournament on April 28th, educational events including a children's friendship match over Skype with Mexico City on the 29th, and lots more. Watch the E-Journal at usgo.org for announcements. No opening is complete without a t-shirt of course, and an order for t-shirts is going in this Friday, March 24th.
T-shirts will be on sale on the opening weekend for $20. Anyone who would like to pre-order one now can get a special price of $15. Shirts will be delivered at either the Sakura Matsuri, or on the opening weekend at the National Go Center. Here is the shirt design, available in 3 colors as shown.
If you would like to preorder a shirt (no payment necessary at this time), please send the following information to Gurujeet Khalsa:
- Size (XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL, 4XL)
- Color (Black, Purple, Blue)
- Pickup location (Sakura Matsuri volunteer, NGC opening weekend)
Information needed by end of day March 23rd for preorder pricing.
I live in Alabama but would still like to purchase a shirt. Is there any way that one can be sent to me if I order one?
Gary K-12 Schools
@karaglen1 it is definitely on our "to do" list to figure out how to make merchandise available to supporters who are not going to be visiting in person anytime soon.


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Breaking Bad flash sheet by Lyesol
This Breaking Bad inspired flash sheet consists of 17 traditional tattoo flash designs representing some of Breaking Bad's greatest moments. these works were hand lined and spit shaded using traditional flash painting techniques. If you can't remember them all, you got some watching to do!
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
Po Kong Hot Dog
I just got around to pulling a few photos from the weekend's racing. Sadly other appointments left me out of the main action, but some fun racing all the same. It was a bit embarrassing to lose out on the top step of the podium in the 30s when all the proper guys are racing Elite, but if you can't shake 'em, you've got to expect to get pipped on the line dragging a guy on your around a crit for 4 laps. Ai yaaa / Hot Dog.
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In the new cop series The Bridge, debuting Friday on CTV (9 p.m.), Aaron Douglas plays a tough police officer turned union head battling top brass and an "old boys' network" as he cleans up the force.
Though the storylines are inspired by the insights of outspoken former Toronto police union head Craig Bromell, the events and characters are purely fictional, he insists.
"My life with the union is very well documented – it's in the public, there's no way around it – so I wanted ... a fictional side to this primarily because it's an international story," Bromell, an executive producer and adviser on the show, said in a recent interview.
"What I was trying to get out more than anything is: `Yeah, I've lived a certain situation, I was quite prominent in law enforcement in this country, but these stories could happen anywhere.'"
Bromell became president of the Toronto Police Association in 1997 at age 37, after a lengthy career on the force. He left his post in 2003 and went on to do a radio show in the city.
Several years ago, when Bromell heard someone was writing an unauthorized book on him, he thought of the idea for the series.
"I really wanted to try to set the record straight on what goes on behind the scenes of any police service anywhere in the world," he said.
He joined forces with Adam J. Shully to form 990 Multi Media Entertainment, and asked five-time Gemini Award-winning writer Alan Di Fiore (Da Vinci's Inquest) to write a drama that showed the personal side of law enforcement.
The series title is inspired by a bridge that separates wealthy Rosedale from the lower-income neighbourhoods of 51 Division to the south, which Bromell's unit patrolled when he was an officer.
He also says some on the force were worried that the series would spill secrets.
When the pilot was being shot for CTV in Toronto in 2008, Bromell says some of his friends were offered money (he wouldn't say who made such offers) to visit the set and find out what revelations were in the plot.
"They were being offered large sums of money to come up to me and say, `Listen, what story did you use in there?'
"It happened several times ... I think the highest offer was 3,000 bucks."
Douglas, a Vancouver native, signed on as the lead, Frank Leo, right after the conclusion of his last series, the heralded sci-fi drama Battlestar Galactica.
He said he was drawn to the script because it shows the "real gritty, grimy stuff" in law enforcement.
"So many of the cop shows are that real glorious, glamorous: cops run in and save the day and the bad guys lose.
"It's so refreshing to have a real human drama. I'm coming off Battlestar, which did for sci-fi kind of what I hope this show does for cop shows," Douglas said.
Added Hamilton actor Paul Popowich, who plays Frank's partner, Tommy Dunn: "We're trying to capture what it is about the (police) experience, what it is about the day-to-day that hasn't really been seen in other shows of the genre."
The police force in the 13-part series isn't set in a particular city.
From a procedural point of view, the show is authentic, but it does have a "Hollywood spin," Bromell said.
Any comparisons between him and Frank Leo stop at their job title, he added.
"The crime reporters who covered me for six years might think there are some comparisons ... but the truth of the matter is, with my character, with all the other characters that are around Frank Leo, it's just not there."


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Rating: 4.5
A Novel by Emma Donoghue
2010 / 352 Pages
Room is one of the only books to which I have had a physical reaction – it made me sweaty and nervous and my heart raced through parts of it. Emma Donoghue's newest book tells the story of 5 year-old Jack and his mother, who have been living in captivity in a single square room for Jack's entire life. One day, Ma tells Jack that she was kidnapped in college several years ago by the man who is keeping them imprisoned (and is also jack's father).
Ma and Jack have no contact with the outside world except for the few things that their captor brings them once a week. They also have a television and a few books. Despite their isolation, Jack is amazingly intelligent, as Ma has been able to give his education her complete attention throughout the 5 years of his life.
Their situation is terrifying enough, but things start to get really scary when Ma tells Jack that they must find a way to escape Room. Jack is reluctant and does not understand why Ma feels the need to leave, as he is happy and comfortable in the tiny space he shares with his mother. After all, he has never known anything different.
Room offers unique insight to the things we take for granted in this world as participants, where life in isolation on the periphery is difficult to imagine. Well, Emma Donoghue has imagined it for us and it's pretty much the scariest thing ever. Although sometimes Jack seems unbelievably mature and perceptive for his age, the author has created one of the most unique characters in contemporary literature through Jack.
Room is a work of fiction, but the possibility of this scenario as a reality is what makes this story so psychologically unsettling. By now, most people have probably heard a thing or two about this book, and it was just released in paperback a few weeks ago, so if you haven't read it yet, I really hope you do.
This review originally appeared on Hooked Bookworm on May 31, 2011


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Through our project we are dedicated to build an awareness movement together with a large network of partners that advocates for accessible and reliable fever diagnostics to every caregiver in the world. This challenge requires a multidisciplinary approach to address the various domains of fever: the medical, the socio-cultural, the political and the technical domain.
Design challenges
The design team faced several trade-offs including compatibility with unique local circumstances of diverse context, safety, maintenance, preformance and price, energy source, physical reliability, medical evidence and accuracy of measurements, diaply intuitiveness, local and international models of production and distribution.
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Prototyping, experimentation and role playing are fundamental aspects of our methods. They allow us to not only design products but also to explore more intangible aspects of the 'fever ecosysyem'.
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This is our first frugal thermometer prototype, the one idealized in Masindi, Uganda. It is battery powered (AAA) and it displays both numbers and colours related to the severity of the fever measurement.
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Our second frugal thermometer was designed according to design principles of aesthetics and embodiment. This solution is hand-powered and the professional appearence of a medical device.
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The third frugal thermometer is a provocative concept of a product-service system designed for mobile pharmacies and village health workers. The thermometer itself is simplified to the essentials of interaction: it has no display (the object changes color to indicate how severe the fever is). The numeric value is displayed in a diagnostic support tablet that is used for a complementary questionnaire and diagnostic algorithm.
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I am a nightmare when it comes to coats.
I find it really difficult to choose something because I know what I like but I am tall (5'9") and don't like bulky coats but want something that is just below the bum in length to really keep me warm this winter. I no longer love my ASOS Aztec parker so it is time to move on!
Here are a few coats on my wish/shopping list!
Cinched in waist and toasty-looking quilting:
Quilt and Melton jacket by Warehouse £80.00 @ ASOS
Big trend for AW12:
Military Pea Coat £75.00 @ ASOS
Comfy, warm and smart:
Biker Detail Coat by Oasis £100.00 @ ASOS
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Classic Mac in Camel (also available in Black) £55.00 @ ASOS
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