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Your initial appointment will occur at the Macquarie University Clinic. Please bring along a list of your medications, any x-rays of your chest from the past five years and the results of any breathing tests from the past ten years.
For further information regarding initial appointment fees and services, please contact our reception staff on (02) 9812 3709.
Patients who may be suitable for an interventional treatment can be referred to us by fax or email.
We are happy to review your patient and perform the relevant investigations, although in cases where the patient is from outside Sydney, we may request that these be performed locally prior to review.
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Longplayer is a 1000-year-long piece of music, it was conceived by artist, musician and composer Jem Finer and originally commissioned by Artangel. It can be heard at listening posts worldwide, online, and in the lighthouse at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London's East End. Longplayer is playing now; we can tune in at anytime.
From its initial conception a central part of The Longplayer project has been about considering strategies for it's future; Longplayer needs to be adaptive to changes in technology and environment. In 2009, Longplayer Live, a fragment of the enormous continuum, was first performed on a giant instrument comprised of 234 singing bowls at The Roundhouse, London, with other performances at Trinity Buoy Wharf and in San Francisco. These were the projects first steps into the world of physical performance.
We now wish to develop a live version of Longplayer for Voices - a 1000 minute section of Longplayer that is dependent purely on the human voice and a set of scored instructions. It's an ambitious and exciting idea, the legacy of which will be a score for the human voice with the potential to endure through time.
In this exciting new phase in Longplayer's journey, Jem Finer will work with 240 singers under the direction of Peter Broadbent and Orlando Gough to make a new 1000-minute choral version of Longplayer.
Longplayer for Voices is at an early stage of development. Jem, Peter and Orlando are starting to audition singers and work on the score is also underway.
An early try-out took place at FutureEverything in Manchester in March 2014 and a further work-in-progress was presented at The Roundhouse in July 2014.
There will be plenty of opportunities to get involved and to experience the work as it evolves over the next four years before its planned launch at The Roundhouse in the Autumn of 2018. The process will be as interesting as the end result, there are no precedents!
Even listening to small sections of Longplayer for Voices in rehearsal it is already clear that the full piece will be truly remarkable but there is much work to do. The Longplayer Trust does not receive any 'core' funding, it currently raises money project-by-project. We're delighted to have received a small grant from Arts Council England with matched funding from Trinity Buoy Wharf Trust for Longplayer for Voices to get to 1000 seconds.
But now we need to go all the way to 1000 minutes... That's why we need your help!
This next stage of fundraising will support the costs of the development of the work from a 1000 second version to 1000 minutes - we will be developing the score, experimenting with voices, recruiting the required 240 singers, rehearsing and trying out methods of performance.
We want you to come on a journey with us. You can already experience what we have achieved with Longplayer, but you can play an important role in our next step with Longplayer for Voices. We have some exciting rewards in exchange for your support, and every step of the way we'll be keeping you up-to-date with behind-the-scenes information as the project unfurls.
Longplayer allows people to think carefully about the future. The music only plays on if people will it to. Be a part of this next chapter in Longplayer's story.
Risks and challenges
Longplayer has been playing uninterrupted for over 14 years and we have already produced several performances and events. Longplayer was commissioned by our friends at Artangel and is now in the care of the Longplayer Trust.
The trust has limited 'core' funding and moves forward project-by-project. This is the second major production for Longplayer, the first being Longplayer Live, a version of Longplayer performed on a giant instrument comprised of 234 singing bowls.
This version of Longplayer will require a major support effort not just to raise funds but in order to recruit the number of singers required for the performance.
There are no precedents for Longplayer productions. They are creative journeys with ups and downs. We cannot promise that there will not be significant challenges along the way, but if there are we will tell you about them and possibly even ask for your help and suggestionsLearn about accountability on Kickstarter
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Category Management is the most common feature of almost every type of web application & websites. It can help you group or organize large unstructured contents into useful hierarchy of categories to make contents easily accessible or expose to search engines easily to index it properly.
ASP.NET jMedia from first version have built-in support for this feature. There are two parts of category management in ASP.NET jMedia
- i: Manage Categories in Dashboard Application
- ii: Manage Categories & its Contents.
Manage Categories in Dashboard Application
ASP.NET jMedia have advance control panel written in Angular Framework with 500+ features including Category Management
You can use dashboard application to manage categories. List of core feature includes
- Create unlimited categories and sub categories.
- Support n-tier parent child categories.
- Support managing categories separately for different types of contents. e.g you can create separate categories for photos, videos, blogs, forums etc.
- Attach photo as cover with each category item.
- Complete management of categories including, search, delete, edit etc.
Manage Categories & its Contents
This part actually handle categories in public application and manage contents within it.
Based on application, categories can be shown in navigations and special detail listings.
Every type of content have their own categories and content management.


text: This evening in class I asked my students for suggestions as to what I should draw. The consensus developed into a female human type alien who was serious and determined and drawn realistically. This is what I came up with. Drawn with graphite, black line and ball point pens on 12 field animation paper.


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The Berea College Bluegrass Ensemble from eastern Kentucky, with special guest Alice McLain White, are about to begin a tour in Ireland.
Berea College has been a focal point in Appalachian culture since 1855. The College's Bluegrass Ensemble owes much to the work of the remarkable McLain Family (Raymond W. McLain was at the EBMA's EWOB Festival a few years ago in Bill Clifton's 'Pick of the Crop' band).
Thurs. 12th: O'Donovan's Hotel, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, 9.30 p.m.
Fri. 13th: Glen Theatre, Banteer, Co. Cork, 8.30 p.m.
Sat. 14th: Private party
Sun. 15th: Private party
Mon. 16th: Village Arts Centre, Kilworth, Co. Cork; with Gary Ferguson and David Miner, 8.15 p.m.
Tues. 17th: The Local Bar, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, 9.30 p.m.
Wed. 18th: Sixmilebridge Folk Club, Gallagher's, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, 9.30 p.m.
Thurs. 19th: Private party
Fri. 20th: St John's Theatre, Listowel, Co. Kerry
Enquiries to John Nyhan, +353 (0)87 792177.
2019 Bluegrass Conference
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Sybril Bennett, Ph.D. is an associate professor of journalism and the Executive Director of the New Century Journalism program at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Dr. Bennett, affectionately known as Dr. Syb has more than 17 years of television news experience. She's worked ABC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, CBS in Chicago, Illinois and CBS in Nashville, Tennessee. She's been a desk assistant, associate producer, assignement desk editor, news writer, reporter and fill-in anchor/talk show host. She doesn't tell you what she's heard, she tells you what she knows.
Dr. Bennett is a new media maven who has attended convergence seminars at the Poynter Institute in St. Petersburg, Florida; the Ifra Newsplex in Columbia, South Carolina and the master digital storytelling seminar hosted by the American Press Institute.
She was a fellow in the Management Development Program at Harvard University. In addition, she attended the Scripps Howard Leadership Academy. As a result, she is becoming quite adept at facilitating change. With a Ph.D in higher education administration from Vanderbilt University, a M.Ed. from Loyola University of Chicago in college student personnel and a B.A. in broadcast and electronic communications from Marquette University, Dr. Bennett is an educated journalist with a wealth of experience.
Dr. Bennett gets "it" and you should too.


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In March this year Glam Affair released its long-awaited freckled beauty called Leah and the skin conquered the grid in a heartbeat. Leah was youthful, sweet and less high-fashion than all former Glam Affair skins. And while the SL fashion world largely welcomed her with arms wide open there were also a few voices criticizing the heavy realism of the skin such as the visible pores, beauty marks and yes, the freckles.
The wonderful thing about Glam Affair's owner Aida Ewing is that she is one of the few creators who actually involve buyers and bloggers actively in the creation process. Whenever she has a work in progress she posts little teasers on Plurk, asks for feedback on the skin tones and makeups and considers all suggestions in her final decision-making progress to gain a maximum of customer satisfaction.
All this lead to a complete makeover of Leah and so her little sister Lilith was born. Lilith has the body of Glam Affair's last release - Cassiopea. She comes in six skin tones as shown above with blonde, red and dark brows each (each with and without hairbase). And yes, the back features those über-cute bum dimples again.
Leah did not only undergo some body surgery but she also got a facelift to become Lilith. The freckles are now much smaller and less visible, the eyes have been completely overworked as well as the nose. The highlights have been softened and the eyebrows changed completely. That's quite a heavy makeover the poor thing had to go through but it was well worth it.
Lilith comes in 12 beautiful makeup variations. My personal favs are the ones in the second makeup picture cause they really get me in a late summer/early fall mood and the combination of berry colors for the lips and smoky green shades for the eyes are irresistible. As usual, each purchase also includes a clean version of the skin so you can add your own makeup layers. Speaking of which ... there are six glossy lip layers available to complete your look.
Lilith is available in the Glam Affair main store now!
Hair: TRUTH *mesh
Eyes: .Insufferable Dastard.
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Fr Roel Soto has been a great supporter of the Cagliero Project and has continued to welcome Cagliero volunteers into the community at the Don Bosco Technical School in Phnom Penh. Recently the Thai/Cambodia province has made Cambodia a delegation. The fantastic news is that Fr Roel has been elected Cambodia's first Salesian Delegate and was appointed by the Rector Major with the consent of his Council.
Fr Roel Soto hails from the Philippines and has been in Cambodia since 2009. The Delegation of Cambodia has 6 presences spread over five territorial provinces in Cambodia. In Phnom Penh there is a technical school, parish, youth centre and boarding houses. Tuol Kork is home to Don Bosco Children Fund's National Secretariat and Don Bosco Kiosk Restaurant Training Centre. In Sihanoukville there is a technical school, youth centre, pre-aspirantate and hotel school. Kep houses the Social communication centre and youth camp. Poipet has a children's home , elementary school and technical school and in Battambang there is the academic school and agro-vocational school.
We would like to congratulate Fr Roel on being elected into this position and we look forward to continuing our strong relationship with the Salesians in Cambodia.


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From: Moon-Ryul Jung (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Date: Sun Jun 27 1999 - 07:46:22 EDT
Moon wrote:
> > I would take the hOTI clause as a sort of noun clause, which defines what the person is
> > seeing. So I would have:
> >
> > I see men that I perceive [them] walking like trees.
Daniel replies:
> Yes, I would agree: the "defining" or limiting activity is precisely what the relative
> pronoun does. You have used the English "that," while I used "which"; in either case, we
> have a relative pronoun governing the clause.
My rendering above is misleading. What I meant was that here the use of
"that" is similar to the use of "that" in sentences like
"I see that you are a good man". Here "that" is a particle that
converts a sentence into a noun clause. No Greek grammars that
I have read indicated that hOTI can be used as a relative pronound.
So, I was forced to render the verse as:
I see men "that I perceive them_walking like trees".
That clause defines the content of the seeing.
Moon-Ryul Jung
Assistant Professor
Soongsil Univ.
Seoul, Korea
si iNo, my rendering above what I meant was that hOTI introduces a whole
> > Here I take the particiciple as predicative not as attributive, following Carl's well
> > argued thesis.
> I agree, here. My translation in the first response to Jay Adkins was a bit "off the
> cuff." I was at that point attempting more to capture the tenor of the dialogue, than the
> exact syntax. Of course, the use of the participle was not being discussed, yet. Perhaps
> more along the following line: "Looking up, he was saying 'I am seeing men, which I
> perceive walking [but] like trees.'"
> --
> Daniel L. Christiansen
> Department of Bible
> Multnomah Bible College
> 8435 NE Glisan Street
> Portland, OR 97220
> (Also Portland Bible College, Prof of Biblical Languages)
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Brainchild (European Dance - techno artist Cygnus X more information here: http://www.ivibes.nu/index.php?show=Artist&id=105
Not to be confused with Brainchild http://musicbrainz.org/showartist.html?artistid=290917
See http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/wiki.pl?NotDuplicateArtists for details.
Legal name: Matthias Hoffmann
Also performs as: A.C. Boutsen
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The following demos show various features of ULC. All demo applications can be started using Java Web Start and as an applet.
- Online Shop: rich thin client online shopping application.
- ULC Set: ULC standard widget set (similar to SwingSet).
- Team Members: simple example of master-detail view.
- ULC Drag-and-Drop Set: drag-and-drop functionality with ULC.
Demo sourcesSources for ULCSet, ULCDnDSet and Team Members demos from the above list are available as part of the IMTF RIA Suite release.
Below you will find sources for demos from the demo showcase.


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It's still crazy hot right now, 97 degrees to be exact. I tried to walk around the front garden barefoot for about 3 seconds before I scurried into the house to find my flip-flops! Even with the high temps, we have some blooms and some veggies.
The Desert Willow has been putting out gorgeous blooms for weeks now. There are always little goldfinches hanging out, eating the seeds.
Underneath the Desert Willow is a cute little Gazania. It doesn't necessarily need to be in the shade but it likes a little more water than the rest of the garden. Since it's pretty shaded and heavily mulched, it seems to be happy here.
The Dahlia's have been the big surprise. I really didn't know if they'd do well but they don't mind the drier soil and full sun, so YAY! There will be more of these next summer for sure.
These delicate little things are called Fame Flowers. They are out in the hellstrip, that area between the sidewalk and the street. It's hot and I only irrigate that section once a month. The Flame Flowers are totally happy there and I'm going to add a lot more next year. In the background, there is a sad little desert marigold, a baby Banana Yucca, and some Wine Cups that haven't bloomed since we had that heat wave a few weeks ago.
In the same bed the Prickly Poppy's are sending out a bloom every once in a while. I think they'd be happier with a little more water. They are natives of Colorado and Wyoming and are used to just a bit more precipitation. We'll see if they make it to next year.
The pink ice plant is also pretty happy. Frank picked these out because the shiny, hot pink blooms look like plastic and he thought that was hilarious. They're low maintenance and don't seem to mind the low water schedule.
The Moonbeam Yarrow is having a second bloom. I just pruned back the spent flowers, which I should have done 2 weeks ago. Hopefully that will kick it into gear again.
In the veggie garden, we've got cherry tomatoes. Those never make it into the house because we eat them like candy.
There is this mysterious volunteer squash. I have no idea what it is, maybe a kobucha? We'll have to wait and see.
Here's a little sunflower among the chilis. Sunflowers just seem to pop up everywhere. I didn't plant any but I think the birds probably scatter seeds from the feeders all over.
What's going on at your place? I'd love to see your pictures in the comments!


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- DNA analysis reveals the common ancestor of chimps and humans had penis spines and a smaller brain than we do.
- Monogamy among both humans and Neanderthals appears to have driven the sexual anatomy changes.
- The findings strengthen evidence that humans and Neanderthals interbred.
Think you have a rough sex life? Try being a female chimp.
The male common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees had spines on their members that likely increased stimulation during mating, according to a new study in the journal Nature. Human males (and Neanderthals) dropped this trait, while chimps kept the spine.
The penis spines, while improving stimulation, can also inflict damage on females during intercourse.
The discovery, made after a detailed comparative analysis of human, Neanderthal and chimpanzee genomes, reveals that both humans and Neanderthals went on a separate evolutionary path from chimpanzees and other primates after humans often paired up into couples.
The finding also bolsters the theory that humans and Neanderthals would have been sexually compatible and likely mated.
"Humans have evolved a more monogamous long-term bonding system, which involves a whole series of anatomical changes," lead author David Kingsley told Discovery News.
"Spines are no longer present on the human penis, intercourse is longer, and females are sexually receptive for an extended period of time rather than just around ovulation," he added.
Kingsley, principal investigator at The Kingsley Lab at the Stanford University School of Medicine, and his colleagues studied such changes on a genetic level. The researchers identified 37,251 ancestral primate gene sequences lost in humans and Neanderthals. Probing even further, the scientists then focused on molecular events that likely led to significant anatomical changes in humans.
The scientists found complete deletion of 510 such gene sequences in humans, most of which are non-coding and are near genes associated with nerve function and steroid regulation. One of these deletions removed penile spines in human males.
These spines, still present on chimpanzee males, "have been proposed to do many different things, including increasing stimulation in males, increasing stimulation in females, removing copulatory plugs left by other males or even inflicting minor damage during mating so that females are less receptive to sexual intercourse with other males."
Another major genome deletion led to an expansion of specific brain regions in both humans and Neanderthals.
Kingsley explained that genome deletions can lead to anatomical losses or gains, depending on how the sequence is laid out and evolves.
Most of the losses and gains identified by the researchers are also found in Neanderthals, suggesting that the changes evolved after the split of the human and chimp lineages about six million years ago, but before the split between Neanderthals and modern humans occurred roughly 500,000 years ago.
"Neanderthals are already known to have cranial capacities that were as large or larger than humans, so it is not surprising that molecular changes related to brain expansion are found in both Neanderthals and modern humans," Kingsley said.
"Our study shows that Neanderthals also likely resembled modern humans in lacking penile spines," he added. "This is consistent with the idea that interbreeding could have occurred between the two forms, an idea that is already strongly supported by the detailed analysis of the Neanderthal genome published last spring by Svante Paabo's group."
Paabo, director of the Department of Genetics at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, told Discovery News that it was smart of Kingsley and his team to have "identified a set of features lost in humans that are likely to have functional consequences."
"This is a clever thing to do and," he added, "as so often is the case with good ideas, seems almost obvious in hindsight."
"Since two of the almost 500 conserved features they identified turn out to be very interesting, I am sure that several other ones on their list will turn out to be so too." Paabo concluded.
Spines on a male chimp's genitals likely increase stimulation in both males and females during intercourse, but could also cause damage to females.
Spring has not even officially sprung yet, but zoos and aquariums nationwide are celebrating the births of baby animals.
The Oakland Zoo in California recently announced the birth of three meerkat pups, now part of the current mob (group of meerkats).
"It has been wonderful watching the mob raise the pups," zoological manager Victor Alm said. "It has truly been a collective effort and all the adults are taking their turns caring for and teaching the new pups their different roles and jobs needed to be a productive meerkat."
Clouded leopard cubs are a rite of spring at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute's facility in Front Royal, Va.
The cubs are now part of an international program to conserve the species, which is threatened by deforestation and hunting.
"Wesa" the California condor chick is the first such chick of the season at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The chick is being "puppet reared."
"The puppet is like a fancy glove," explained Rob Webb, senior condor keeper, "It covers our hands so the chick does not get any beneficial experiences from people. We do not want it imprinting on people or getting used to us when it goes out into the wild. We want it to be a nice, wild animal, not relying on people for food."
A baby orangutan delivered by C-section is doing well at Zoo Atlanta. Mother Blaze, now recovered, spends most days running over to her son, squeaking softly to him, and then hugging him onto her chest.
Keepers are providing the baby boy with environmental enrichment so that he is stimulated both mentally and physically. He is fascinated by his own reflection in a provided mirror.
A juvenile harbor seal had a rough start to life. Found off the coast of Delaware, he was suffering from abrasions and a severe respiratory infection.
Thanks to round-the-clock care provided by dedicated staff at the National Aquarium's Marine Animal Rescue Program, he is now on the mend. He has been enjoying a hearty diet of smelt and herring fish.
Five lion cubs were recently born at Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. During their last exam, the three females were found to weigh 19 to 22 pounds each, while the two males both came in at 23 pounds.
Mother "Mfisha" keeps the cubs in line and gently cleans each with her tongue.
A baby boy southern white rhino named "Kayode" is already said to be taking charge of his habitat at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California.
"Kayode is a little tank, a very cute little tank, and he is showing lots of personality," said Jane Kennedy, lead keeper at the park.
"He loves running and interacting with his mom, sticking out his tongue, and showing the buffalo in his enclosure he's a rhino and he's in charge."
The giant Pacific octopus at the National Aquarium is just a baby, but as an adult it could weigh up to 90 pounds.
Aquarium staff members are providing enrichment to encourage cognitive development. One such brainteaser involves providing the octopus with a container in which food has been hidden. The octopus learns how to open the container and, with its 1,800 suction cups, finds the tasty fishy morsels.
The Audubon Zoo in New Orleans is proudly showing off its baby babirusa. Babirusas are forest-dwelling wild pigs native to Malaysia.
This youngster seems to follow mom wherever she goes in their sun-filled exhibit.
Five-week-old baby gorilla "Gladys Stones" is melting hearts at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden.
She was actually born at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Texas, hence her first name. "Stones" is to recognize the Stones Family who cared for her during her first few weeks of life before she traveled to Cincinnati.
Gladys appears to be very happy at her new home, affectionately grabbing primate keepers by the shirt with her fingers.


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I am finishing up my second year of study and this has been a big year for me. I increased my work load from 3 classes per term to 4 classes. I'm studying the second level French, which is difficult at times and requires a lot of consistent practice. And to top it off, I decided that I want to change my major from English to Psychology.
I fell into a confused and stressful state for a few months. I spent a lot of time researching my options, and also had to discuss the change with the Trucker. I will require more years of school with a psychology degree. I would be subjecting my family to this limited financial situation that we are in for a longer time. I would be spending more years with homework and classes that interfere with their lives. I faced a lot of fear, and a lot of guilt.
One of my best friends lost her child in December. It is a devastating loss for all of us, though I could never pretend to imagine her pain, or her husband's. I carry a lot of guilt for not being able to be as supportive as I would like. I focused so much on how I can't help them. I became filled with my own fears about my children. My mind became filled with "What-if's" and I was distracted. I also had to come to terms with lapses in our friendship. Times I should have spent with the little guy but didn't. All the ways our friendship could have been different. I was also filled with grief, and yet I didn't feel that I had a right to feel the pain from this loss. He wasn't my child. He wasn't around us a whole lot in his 9 years. He wasn't mine, it isn't my loss. I should not grieve this much.
But I was wrong.
I was there. Maybe not enough, but I WAS there. I got to spend part of last summer with him. I was there in the hospital when he was born, I was in that short list of people who got to hold him first. His mother is my unbiological sister. We have been friends since we were 11. He is a part of me. I do have a right to grieve. I have a right to love him. I have a right to hurt.
His parents have never placed judgement or blame on me, never acted as though I wasn't part of the family. Why do I do it to myself?
So I gave in.
I cried horribly when I found out. I was in their house as soon as I found out. I've done my best to be there for them. I held my friend through the funeral services. The worst funeral I have ever attended. I thought that I had processed this loss. At least to some degree.
But I hadn't.
A little more than 3 months passed before I realized how much this little man affected me. I finally stopped my judgments, claimed him as part of me, and truly cried for his loss. I will never be the same person that I was before he was born. And I will never be the same person now that he is gone. I recognize the powerful ways that he inspires me to be a better person. I recognize that some days just seeing his smile will bring me peace. I recognize that my grief doesn't interfere with the pain of his parents. In many ways, it may help them to know that their boy will never be forgotten. That he touched so many people. Even if that does bring pain for them occasionally, it is a blessing.
I gave in.
I cried the hardest for this little boy about 2 weeks ago.
I was stressed beyond my limits. I was falling behind on schoolwork. My grades were coming in lower than I know I am capable of. I couldn't keep up to home. I forgot things for my kids. We were late every day. I was cranky, sarcastic and snippy. Very moody. Very emotional. Very unstable.
We had a few of the kid's friends over. The house was loud. Everything was too bright. My clothes felt too tight. My socks were bothering my feet. The TV was on. Youtube was playing somewhere. I reached my sensory maximum. Half way through dinner, with the TV off and no electronics on, the giggles and conversation reached a peak in my mind. Then the doorbell rang, then the phone, and I completely shut down.
I left the table, locked myself in the bathroom with the lights off. Shut out all sensory input.
I moved slow for a few days. but during this time I started to figure out where my troubles were coming from. This is when I truly let myself grieve. I gave in to the need to face the loss. I found acceptance in myself. I gave in to the guilt of extending my schooling.
And I came out of it with a thankful heart. I am allowed to feel all of my feelings. I am not being completely selfish. I am trying to make a better life for myself and my whole family and I am trying to be a better person. I am trying to find the sunshine and laugh more, as my little friend would have (He laughed so fully and often).
I found that part of my reasons for wanting to change to psychology is to allow me to help others in ways I can't now. To be the person that I needed in my darkest days. To be the person my friends have needed before and certainly need now. I can help someone else to never have to hurt as I have.
It is all connected.
Once I embraced the truth of my own heart and mind, I was able to restore my efforts in school to the levels I had before. I can do this. I will do this. I have all the right reasons behind me. My exam marks immediately jumped back up to where they were because I corrected my study habits. I recovered my equilibrium.
I can feel my pain. I can cry my tears. I can carry that little boy with me everywhere I go. I can be happy. I can treasure my family. I can take all the mess and heartache and tears with me. I can let them out, and I can carry on. I can laugh. I can be thankful.
Life is short, and that is a terrifying concept.
Life is short, and never guaranteed.
Tomorrow is not promised.
So I will do my very best to reach for the stars every single day.
I am grateful for this chance to start over and change my life.
I am grateful for the people who support me, through all my fears and doubts and worries, through all the difficult financial situations we maneuver through.
I am grateful for the people who help me when my to-do lists get too long.
I am grateful that I get to hug my children every day.
I am grateful that I had such an amazing, inspiring boy in my life, though it certainly was not long enough.
I am grateful for today.
I am committed to the direction I have chosen and I will stay this way. I will keep working towards the goals. I can thrive through darkness. I can stay focused.
Stay strong, my friends. It is okay to be scared or have doubts in life. But you must keep moving forward. Always forward.
Every day counts.


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In many instances, rape or sexual assault committed by an Indian in Indian Country is a federal crime. In 2004, Congress passed the Crime Victims' Rights Act (18 U.S.C. § 3771), also known as the CVRA. This landmark federal legislation secures eight, major rights to federal victims of crime:
|The right to reasonable, accurate, and timely notice of any public court proceeding, or any parole proceeding, involving the crime or any release or escape of the perpetrator
|The right not to be excluded from any such public court proceeding, unless the court, after receiving clear and convincing evidence, determines that testimony by the victim would be materially altered if the victim heard other testimony at the proceeding
plea, sentencing, or parole proceedings;
- The reasonable right to confer with the attorney for the government in the case
- The right to full and timely restitution as provided in law
- The right proceedings free from unreasonable delay
- The right to be treated with fairness and with respect for the victim's dignity and privacy
While the CVRA applies solely in federal jurisdictions, all states (and an increasing number of Tribes) have also adopted their own victims' rights legislation. More than 100 Tribes have adopted some form of victims' rights legislation. Some tribes have modeled victims' rights codes after the federal and/or state statutes. Notification of hearings and the right to be heard during the sentencing phase are other common victims' rights provisions in tribal codes.
American Indian/Alaskan Native women are citizens of their tribe, the state in which they live, and of the United States. Sexual assault victims may access state victim compensation funds for crimes reported to state, tribal, or federal law enforcement that are not prosecuted by the federal government. Federal victim compensation funds are available for crimes committed under federal law.
Public Hearing on Victim Issues in Probabtion and Parole Recommendation Report
Public Hearing on Victim Issues in Probation and Parole Recommendation Report (August 2010). The report, funded and distributed by the Office for Victims of Crime, summarizes comments from the panel of crime victims and survivors and provides 10 recommendations for improving services to victims and survivors throughout the community corrections process.
Victim Services: Promising Practices in Indian Country (November 2004)
This monograph, funded and distributed by the Office for Victims of Crime, describes promising practices for assisting victims of violence and abuse in 12 Indian Country locations throughout the United States. Each description includes the program's keys to success, relevant demographic data, and a contact for further information.


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First Data International Renews Major EFT Services Contract with Cuscal
- 30 January, 2007 10:56

RENEWAL TO REACH A 25-YEAR PARTNERSHIP MILESTONE

Sydney – 30 January, 2007: First Data International, (First Data) a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced the renewal of a major Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) services contract with Cuscal Limited (Cuscal), the leading provider of wholesale and transactional banking services to specialist retail financial institutions in Australia.

Importantly the new five-year agreement, effective in January 2008, will allow subscribing Cuscal customers to automatically roll over existing processing and terminal driving services and gain access to new services. The renewal will bring the partnership between Cuscal and First Data to a 25-year business milestone.

John Gilbert, Chief Executive Officer, Cuscal, commented on the agreement: "At Cuscal we set high standards for our business relationships and expect to always deliver the best results to our partners. First Data's proven payments expertise during the past 20 years and its commitment to keeping our business focused on future outcomes proved to be the winning combination. We believe that First Data is the right payments solutions partner to move forward with our business. The First Data solution complements our financial services package to Australia's financial community, and we look forward to continuing our strong partnership."

"Cuscal is our foundation client in Australia with a relationship spanning two decades, " said Peter Wright, Managing Director, First Data International, Australia and New Zealand. "We are extremely proud of our capabilities in retaining and extending this business. We believe that Cuscal's continued confidence in our partnership is a reflection of First Data's ability to meet the evolving needs of its clients."

About First Data International

First Data International, a division of First Data Corporation (NYSE:FDC), is a leading, worldwide provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions for financial institutions and merchants. First Data International serves a diverse range of markets, leveraging global scale through local presence while maintaining focus on individual client needs. The company has more than 7,900 employees and operates across Europe, Middle East and Africa, Latin America, Canada, Australia and Asia-Pacific.

First Data provides services to 4.9 million merchant locations, 1,900 card issuers and their customers. First Data powers the global economy by making it easy, fast and secure for people and businesses around the world to buy goods and services using virtually any form of payment. The company's portfolio of services and solutions includes merchant transaction processing services; credit, debit, private-label, gift, payroll and other prepaid card offerings; fraud protection and authentication solutions; electronic check acceptance services through TeleCheck as well as e-commerce and mobile payment solutions. The company's STAR-Network offers PIN-secured debit acceptance at 2 million ATM and retail locations across the US. For more information, visit www.firstdata.com

About Cuscal

Cuscal is Australia's leading wholesale provider of transactional banking, liquidity and capital management products and services to over 150 specialist financial service retailers including the majority of Australia's credit unions. Cuscal's clients manage more than $30 billion worth of assets.

The core strengths of Cuscal's operating model are aggregation through Cuscal's collective buying power on behalf of clients, and ability to provide them with access to the Australian capital markets, payment systems, card schemes and inter-institutional settlement arrangements.

Cuscal's product offerings are fully supported by services including relationship management, legal, compliance, risk management, call centre, product training, marketing and business strategy, and project management.

Cuscal's service package is complemented by extensive partnerships with other respected suppliers in financial services in order for them to provide their clients with a cost effective, speed to market, gateway to Australia's financial community.

Clients are also able to leverage from Cuscal's credentials as an approved deposit taking institution, AA- S&P credit ratings, principal membership of both Visa and MasterCard card schemes, and membership of the Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA).

For more information, visit www.cuscal.com.au

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Anxiety exists in that gap between how things are and how we want them to be. Something goes wrong--or we fear it may go wrong--and mind and body seize up as one. Our thoughts become consumed with worry, our muscles tense, and our breathing and heartbeat race.
Those feelings aren't wholly unfamiliar to anyone. We all experience anxiety, and our culture and institutions do too. Offices, governments, stock markets--all move in and out of periods of high and low stress. It's tempting to think the species would be better off without anxiety, but the truth is, the species might not be here at all, since it's our hair-trigger senses that kept us alive in the wild, even if the same constant vigilance doesn't always serve us as well in the modern world.
As long as we're stuck with this overreactive legacy, how can we best cope with it? The first thing is to determine how serious your anxiety is--that is, if you're among the 40 million Americans with a clinical condition. Here are some bright red flags to look for, any one of which suggests it's time to consult a doctor:
You have chest pain accompanying stress.
You have feelings of doom, panic, light-headedness or rapid or irregular breathing or your heart is racing.
You are unable to function in your daily routine.
You have fears and worries about multiple things you can't control.
You are having repeated flashbacks or memories of traumatic events.
If your doctor diagnoses anxiety, cognitive-behavioral therapy--with or without medication as an adjunct--is the likeliest treatment. But whether professional therapy is or isn't in order, something's clearly winding you up, so it's wise to take some self-help steps too, ones that can put you in greater control of your life--not to mention your feelings.
As with so many other things, nutrition is a smart place to start. Omega-3 fatty acids, which can do so much good for the heart and brain, may also help turn down our anxiety rheostat. In one study from Ohio State University, omega-3s were linked to a 20% reduction in anxiety among medical students who were about to take exams, as well as a 14% reduction in interleukin-6, an inflammatory chemical our bodies release during stress. I wish I had known that in medical school.
Rhodiola rosea, an herbal supplement also known as golden root, roseroot and Aaron's rod, can be an effective mood booster, modulating resistance to stress and elevating natural opiates in the brain. People in Siberia have long used Rhodiola to help them cope with the harsh climate; they scrape bits of the root into vodka. I frequently serve this cocktail at parties and have yet to receive a complaint.
Lifestyle modifications can help as well. Recognize your stress triggers and then learn how to avoid them. This can sometimes mean saying no to family and friends--and even, on occasion, your boss--if you're being asked to attend a function or take on a project that pushes you beyond your healthy limits. Pleasing everybody but yourself can be a road to physical and mental ruin.


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Laser Printers suffered what the company said is a close to 10.2% in the first quarter of 2017 compared to what it garnered in the previous year.
The decline in the profit market can be attributed to the introduction of a high-speed internet that has enabled clients to print and store their data on the Internet and various cloud stores as opposed to what it used to be before the current sophisticated technological advancement.
With the current high-tech innovations, people no longer need inkjet printer services as much as they needed then before thus the decline in the profit margin, which laser printer has suffered at the start of 2017 does not come by surprise.
According to the latest market report from the printing industry, IDC says that Epson, which is Inkjet printer is the leader in the market while HP, which is a lesser in the market during the period of the first year.
The report goes on to say that the position that is currently held by Epson was initially held by HP, which has dominated the position in the market for quite some time now.
Epson's unit share grew to 26.5% for the first time marking a remarkable rise that is worth praising.
Although the report indicates that Epson surpassed HP, real statistics do not show any big difference that is likely to scare any of the brands.
While Epson, which takes the lead boasts with a 42.9%, a figure that is so close to 43%, HP, which follows at a close range factor in with nearly 1.5% at 39.4 percent but the third position is taken by another renowned inkjet printer brand Cannon.
When giving the reason for Inkjet Printer Epson rise in share value, the same report said that there are many reasons why the change and unexpected rise in the value of shares.
"The past 12 months have seeded a tremendous change and shift in the way clients view the use of ink tank printers, with a majority of customers with Indian origin showing a burning inclination to the inkjet printer as opposed to entry level and laser printers.
The primary reason why we are witnessing this sudden yet expected shift is the change in the price of printing services. In many markets where there is sufficient competition, inkjet printer operators charge seven paise for a B&W printout and 18 paise for a colored printout, as well as the availability of many high-page and inbox ink bottles in all markets. These reasons plus the traditional marketing strategy carried out by vendors who are so close to the final user injected much input to the shift of attention," concluded the report.
While there is the reason to celebrate the increase in the value of inkjet printers, there is a cause of concern over the decline in the price value of laser printers especially in the first quarter of this year.
In this category, HP took the lead with 54.8%, and it was followed by Canon. Samsung came in at number 3.
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Note: Permit me to apologize for the infrequency of posts lately. Actual paid work has interfered with my writing schedule somewhat, but I also struggled to write this particular post for over a week. It's not perfect, but it's finally worth making public. Thank you to those of you who reached out to ask if I'm OK; in fact I'm fine, and you may look for a resumption of my normal posting schedule this coming week.
In mid-January at the Sundance film festival, a documentary called God Loves Uganda screened and elicited the most predictable critical responses imaginable. Really. Here: I'll tell you what it's about in a general sense, and I'll bet you can guess how it was written up everywhere. It's about evangelical missionaries to Uganda (from IHOP in Kansas City, for those of you familiar with them) and their impact on gay rights in that country.
See? Do you really need me to tell you that the film argues the missionaries are spreading hatred, homophobia, and the American culture war to Uganda? Will it surprise you to hear that the reviewers all suggest that the documentary is not entirely even-handed, but generally conclude that the anti-evangelical bias is immaterial given the stakes? Of course not, because evangelicals are so loathsome that right-thinking people always assume the worst about us anyway.
Let me be clear about this: I have not seen God Loves Uganda. I'm unable to evaluate the merits of the film's claims and perspectives, because I have not heard them. Even so, the response to God Loves Uganda warrants scrutiny, because even if the worst suggestions are true – even if normal American evangelicals are going to Uganda to brainwash Ugandan children into killing gay people – there is a truth about the film and its reviews that infuriates me: nobody is treating Ugandans as fully human.
In the rush to stick up for gay people and protect them from the dangers of evangelicals and evangelicalism, both the filmmaker and the reviewers reveal their utter dearth of respect for the people of Uganda. Of course, that appears to be one of the accusations implied (or stated; again, I haven't yet seen it) against the missionaries featured in the film, and – as I'll explain – I imagine it's an accusation with some merit. But that's the infuriating part about this whole thing. All the Americans involved – regardless of what side of the camera or screen they're on – appear to assume that Ugandans exist in some ethical and cultural void until white people arrive to tell them what to believe. I can't decide if this view consists of more racism or more imperialism, but rest assured it is composed of both.
Take it from someone who's lived in Africa, someone who has been given a name by two different tribes: every corner of that continent is steeped in culture and traditions older than the United States and older than evangelicalism. That doesn't mean that those traditions are written down; they frequently are not. It also doesn't mean that no other culture or perspective can enter, engage, or enrich the existing cultures of Africa. They can and have, for generations immemorial. It does mean that there's nobody in Africa waiting for a white person to come tell him what to believe. Neither African cultures nor African individuals are blank slates.
If the same missionaries that are in the film were headed to Manhattan's Upper West side instead of Uganda, it would be a nonstory. Some might think it a little odd, but since we assume that the people of Manhattan can tell someone with whom they disagree to be silent (with delightfully colorful language, I imagine), we wouldn't fear for their culture. So what's different about Uganda? Why do we assume that they're no more capable of adhering to their existing cultural views of morality, sexuality, religion, or anything else that these IHOP missionaries may discuss?
Is it that they're poor? Is it their skin color? Is it because they don't read the New York Times? Any answer you choose is patently offensive, and that's the problem. In this lack of respect for the integrity of Ugandan culture and intellect, we see that both the Christians and the film community are starting with the underlying assumption that Ugandans are lesser beings.
Regarding the smug cultural superiority evident in the reviews of God Loves Uganda that emerged from Sundance, a few brief points are in order. In the first place, the filmic zeitgeist appears to be so afraid of evangelicals as to give credence to reports we have magical powers to intellectually seduce whole countries, apparently for the purposes of committing mass acts of evil that are actually contrary to Christian doctrine. Tell me this isn't funny. Not the part where they think so little of Ugandans, but the part where they think American evangelicals – people they find so transparently malevolent and preposterously stupid – can achieve propaganda and foreign policy victories that would make Hugo Chavez or the Chinese government blush.
Secondly, of course, we should remember these reviews are dispatches escaped from the debauched excess of Sundance. I say this not to impugn the professionalism of the reviews' authors, but rather to point out that smugness is as contagious as hope, and the annual "our man at Sundance" columns various outlets print/post each year illustrate the orgy of smug narcissism composing Sundance. It's axiomatic that people who make films love to be important; what can we say about the dilettantes behind the pretentious films of Sundance? If the reviews read any other way – if they didn't look down on evangelicals and Ugandans alike – they wouldn't be from Sundance.
Having said that, there can be no excuse for the assumption that Ugandans are merely cultural receivers susceptible to the machinations of white people. It sounds as though the filmmaker has found some Ugandans to second that low view of Ugandans, but this is meaningless. Every culture has people within it who loathe it; that this serves the superiority of the Sundance crowd should not be taken as evidence that Africans are supine to any and every American idea. This entire line of thought requires Ugandans to be even more pitiable than evangelicals, and therein lies the fundamental racism. The film community views even the most reviled American as superior to an African. It's so offensive that words fail me.
The missionaries, sadly, appear guilty of the same crime.
I'm not opposed to missions; far from it in fact. I believe in Jesus, and I believe that he offers a hope for all people, and that requires some people to go and proclaim their hope – even when people aren't particularly interested in the message. That's what Christians are supposed to do, and it's what has happened in various places for over 2000 years now. There's also nothing intrinsically wrong with a religious group desiring to reach children; Jesus was massively popular with kids, so there's arguably an unassailable precedent here. The ghastly part about all of this is the fact that these missionaries seem so much more excited (obviously, I'm trusting the reviewers here) to reach young Ugandans than old Ugandans with the hope of Jesus.
Think about that. Why would these Midwesterners be targeting young Ugandans instead of just trying to bring Jesus to all people? The answer is found in their view of Ugandan culture. These missionaries must hold in tension the views that Ugandan culture is so corrupting and vile as to make it almost impossible to reach Ugandan adults with a message of hope, while at the same time believing Ugandan culture to be so anemic as to have no corruptive power on the young. They see Ugandan culture as a problem and a pity simultaneously. And in this logically incoherent – yet still breathtakingly condescending – view of Ugandan culture, we see the problem. It's a strategy that manages to both insult and underestimate Ugandans, and that's why it's both horrifying and misleading. It'll never work, because Ugandans understand what it means to be Ugandan on a level the missionaries don't even grasp exists; that the missionaries have confused American culture with faith in Jesus is revealed by their very strategies. Once again, I'm speechless.
Here's the final problem with both the missionaries and the film community so eager to denounce them: ideologies do not export in the way both seem to assume. Hope is contagious, and it's patently obvious that religious faiths spread across geography and cultures. But culture always changes things. Consider the Catholic Church, ostensibly under the unifying leadership of one person. If I told you a person was a devout Catholic, you'd have an image in your mind, but that image would change as soon as I gave you a country of origin. A devout Latin American Catholic probably lights a lot more candles and trusts the priest more implicitly than a devout American Catholic, who probably enjoys discussing things with her priest in a way that the Latin American would find impudent. The American Catholic meanwhile, probably wears fashionable clothes to mass that would horrify the devout South African Catholic, who wears a uniform to church. The charismatic tendencies of that South African Catholic meanwhile, would seem bizarre to a German Catholic, steeped in the theological riches of educated European culture. All Catholics, but all different.
The same is true with respect to Islam, democracy, communism, and every major ideology. Each country and culture adapts new ideologies to fit, and so we can say that ideologies do not export wholesale. So when the missionaries target children because they haven't yet been corrupted by Ugandan culture, they're fools. Ugandans are Ugandans, even when messianic white people come to teach them how to be American Christians. And when hyperventilating filmmakers and film reviewers worry that Americans are exporting hatred and our culture wars to Uganda, they're idiots too. Ugandans are not so malleable as to simply accept everything they're told. We wouldn't assume that about people on the Upper West Side, and we shouldn't assume it about Africans. If they listen to what the missionaries have to say, it's still up to the Ugandan hearers to decide what they'll do with what they hear. And if the film community doesn't like what Ugandans end up believing, maybe the problem isn't homophobia. Maybe it's Ugandaphobia or Africaphobia. In either case, it appears to be endemic to Americans, regardless of creed.


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As part of our mission to help survivors heal we have now added a Daily Meditations page to our website. Here you will find guidelines for getting started with meditating and you will also find inspirational phrases to help you relax and find peace.
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The foundation continues to grow every day. Be sure to check our site often for new content and updates about our future plans.
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The Foundation has started to actively participate in blogs across the globe. We have established pages on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter and we are accepting donations though the paypal links on the "Donations" and "Photo and Caption" pages.
Stories from offline survivors
An editor will be ready to receive by mail the personal stories of those who do not use the internet, and insert them into the system. Our strength is in our numbers. We need every story we can get. They are all very important.
We're getting there!
Staff have been hired. IT system is being put in place, Volunteers are offering help…..The foundation will soon get busy. Very busy!


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2 fully air-conditioned bedroom sleeps 4 adults comfortably. Featuring two queen size bedrooms with private bathrooms overlooking the private tiled swimming pool and neatly tropical garden. In mid 2013, Villa Esmee adds a 3 bedroom villa which is located in the same area. It has 3 air-conditioned bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms (master bathroom has a bathtub). We have recently 4 units of two bedroom villa and 2 units of three bedroom villa.
The outdoor living area is close to the dining area and a fully equipped kitchen. These are also featured 42" LED TV with satellite channels and stereo system. Villa Esmee 2 and 3 bedrooms are designed for a privacy, tranquility and comfort when a hotel just won't do...


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Though preschoolers generally don't recognise it, maths is another way to understand and make sense of the world, much like language. Like words, maths is used everywhere and is an integral part of everyday life. What exactly is maths? Simply put, maths is the observation, identification, description and explanation of numbers, space, relation, and order. Counting, measuring, problem solving, reasoning, and identifying shapes and patterns are the activities of math. Preschoolers, who have opportunities to learn maths through play and everyday interactions are gaining the foundation for maths development.
Beyond exposing young kids to maths, fostering a healthy attitude is key. A maths attitude includes observing that maths is all around, identifying maths as fun and interesting, and believing that maths is something you can do. When a child notices that mittens make a pair, observes the similar shape of stop signs, or delights in counting animal crackers, this child is not only doing maths, but also showing a healthy math attitude.
The best way to teach preschool children (or students of any age) is in a purposeful manner—in a context that has a purpose to the child. Teaching moments can be created by playing a game that involves mathematics (e.g. recognizing the number of dots on a die or a domino). Everyday activities provide a wealth of real learning opportunities. Basically, as parents we need to find or manufacture situations that create a real need on the part of the child to use, and thus learn or practice math. Below I have listed some ideas for you to use at home. You will probably recognise many of these that you already do on a regular basis without even intentionally teaching to your child!Count everything
As you go up steps, eat strawberries, pick flowers, put up Lego's, you name it.
Count to 60 while brushing their teeth
Master 4 and I take turns brushing his teeth and I count out loud to 60 for each of our turns. It's an easy way for him to understand the concept of one minute and he's picked up most of his higher numbers too.
Use Card Games
From UNO to Go Fish, these are fun and easy ways to get to know numbers and their relation to each other.
Cook Together
Include your child when you cook. Have him count the cups of milk, the tablespoons of margarine, or the eggs when you cook. Show him the recipe as you cook so he can follow along.
Build a Playhouse
All kids love to take part in building forts and playhouses. A nice side effect is that they'll painlessly pick up geometry while using measurements & angles. On a smaller scale, plan and build a Lego fort.
Give Them Puzzles
Young children learn valuable spacial lessons while putting together puzzles of all types. Tangrams (geometric shapes that can be put together to create pictures and new shapes) are also great tools.
Let Them Earn Some Money
Even tiny tots can do small jobs and earn some pocket money. pay the money with different denominations of coins each week so your child starts to identify coins and their value.
Use Math Games
There are so many great board games that incorporate maths concepts.
Do Connect the Dots
Paint by number, connect the dots and other "funbook" type sheets are great ways to learn early concepts while having fun.
Play Dice Games
Kids can roll the dice & add the numbers, play "horses" or make up lots of games on their own.
Sing Songs & Memorise rhymes
Everything from "10 Green Bottles sitting on the wall" to "5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed" teaches counting down and subtraction. Many jump rope songs involve numbers too, and kinesthetic learners (those who learn best while doing and moving) and auditory learners (those who learn best by hearing and saying things) will especially benefit from moving and singing while they learn.
Count items around the house
Gather up items around your house such as buttons, pencils, paper clips, etc. Put them in stacks and count them with your child
Play Hopscotch
Use chalk and draw a hopscotch game outside. Make sure to say the numbers out loud as you play.
Read counting books
Check out counting books from the library. Read counting books to your child. Have him practice counting as you read the book.
Have a treasure hunt
Fold up ten pieces of paper. On each piece of paper draw a number of items. For example, draw one fish, two triangles, or three apples. Also write a clue on the paper telling where to find the next number "clue". Start the game with number one and end with the number ten. Have your child count the items on the page before you read the clue.
Play a telephone game
Using a toy telephone and a telephone book, have your child call an order a pizza. Help him read the number and press the numbers on the phone. You can also call the florist and have flowers delivered. Let your child use his imagination.
Make a counting book
You can purchase a blank book at an educational supply store or make your own with construction paper and a three-hole punch. On each page have your child draw or trace a number. Have him draw items such as balls, worms, or smiley faces to correspond with the number. Make pages for one to ten or one to twenty if your child is older.
Play an "I spy" game
Take turns playing "I spy". Look around your room and say, "I spy something we have two of (or three of)..." It could be speakers for your stereo, cushions on the couch or pictures on the wall, or anything you can count.
Some of my favourite books to use when I'm teaching about numbers and counting are:
- Hungry Monsters Teach Counting in Rhyme by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger.
- Young Children Can Learn to Count Down From Ten With Ten Little Ladybugs written by Melanie Gerth and illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith
- Miss Spider's Tea Party Teaches Counting With a Social Lesson written and illustrated by David Kirk.
- Six Dinner Sid by Inga Moore
- The Bad-tempered Ladybird Eric Carle, a good story to discuss the concept of size with a young child. This book would also be excellent for consolidating a child's understanding of time, as at the top of each page it shows a clock face with the time that the bad-tempered ladybird meets each animal.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar
- The Shopping Basket by John Burningham
- Nine Ducks Nine by Sarah Hayes
- Handa's Surprise by Eileen Browne
- The Smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson
- One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab by April Pulley Sayre


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Horror shopping and decorations again! However, whilst the previous entry was dedicated to budget Halloween decor, this time we're going to the other end of the spectrum and looking at a store that's for fit for professional haunters and those of you who've been amassing your weath during your long years as members of the undead! Established in 2003, Creepy Collection has been specialising in anamatronics and props, aimed at ghost houses and Halloween/horror-themed events for 7 years.
As you would expect from a high-end, large-scale vendor, the items supplied do not come cheaply, with prices ranging from a hundred dollars to a few thousand. However, Creepy Collection do offer a huge selection of products, even providing fully made rooms of props for convenience and some of the cheaper "economy" props could even make an affordable, one-off addition to a private house. Even if the costs on the site run a little too high for your means, it's still worth having a look just to see all the ghoulish treats on offer!
Website: http://creepycollection.com/


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Great Fresh Egg Bake Off Final - Results
Last Thursday the Fresh Egg office was awash with the dreamy smells of cakes baking. Each contestant had an hour in the kitchen to bake their cake throughout the day. At 3pm we
reconvened in the kitchen to ice, decorate and arrange for the judging panel at 4pm.
The dishes were judged by three of our judges from last week; Ben D – Hoover, Chris P – Queenie, and Nazilla – Cheesecake Addict, along with two guest judges; Adam – MD of Cake, and Suzie – The Tough Judge.
The criteria used to judge were:
• The quality of the bake;
• The frosting, icing or sauce;
• Presentation;
• Bite-ability (general satisfaction from eating it).
Each criteria was rated from 1 to 5 (1 – first time baker, keep trying to 5 – better than Mum's).
The overall winner and runners-up were decided using their combined scores from both weeks of baking and a mark out of 20 for creativity and effort over both weeks.
The seven cakes and chefs were:
• Coconut Brownies by Pam J;
• Chocolate Squares by Kim H;
• Cream Butterfly Cakes by Dan C;
• Layered Red Velvet Cake by Kat P;
• Baked Cherry Cheesecake by Alice C;
• Caramel Popcorn Cupcakes by Steve H;
• Brownies with Meringue and Caramel Sauce by Alex G.
The results of the cake challenge are….
Third place was awarded to Alice C with a traditional Austrian family recipe, Baked Cherry Cheesecake.
Second place was Alex G with a delightful ensemble of brownies, meringue and delicious caramel sauce.
But the winner was Steve H with his very beautifully presented Caramel Popcorn Cupcakes, adorned with homemade nutty, honeycomb chocolate and caramel popcorn.
To re-cap on the previous week's proceedings please visit the round-up of the
In third place with a stellar cake creation was Steve H.
In second place, Miss Consistency with two third places was Alice C.
And finally with two highly commendable performances in first place was Alex G.
Congratulations to all entrants! The judges and staff at Fresh Egg were very impressed with the quality and deliciousness of all the culinary creations. We hope we have inspired more baking to be done in the future both in the Fresh Egg office and for anyone reading elsewhere!


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We have always felt that opening our farm's doors to the public is the best way to educate people on what it takes to produce milk. We love that visitors see the care and respect we have for our cows and the environment.
Dairy farmers across the U.S. know we have an important story to share, but we also know it's not realistic for everyone to visit a farm. That's one of the reasons why our industry created this site that allows dairy farmers to tell our story.
We recently hosted reporter Alexis Glick at our farm to produce a series of videos that will appear periodically on this site. The first video talks about our farm's history and how we got started in the dairy business.
We think this is the next best way to bring the farm experience to you and to show that a dairy farm such as ours truly is family owned and operated. We hope you get to know us a little better and we're able to show you what goes into producing the dairy products you enjoy!
If you have any questions or comments about any of the content of this site, please contact us.


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"Astrocytomas and oligodendrogliomas are subtypes of a brain cancer called 'glioma'. These incurable brain tumors arise from glial cells, a type of support cell found in the central nervous system. 'Low-grade gliomas', which grow comparatively slowly, spread in a diffuse manner across the brain and are very difficult to completely eliminate through surgery. In many cases, the effectiveness of treatments with chemotherapy and radiotherapy is very limited. Gliomas can develop into extremely aggressive glioblastomas.
"Low-grade gliomas have a particular feature in common: more than 70% of the cases exhibit the same gene mutation in tumor cells. An identical 'typo' in the DNA causes the exchange of a single, specific protein building block (amino acid) in an enzyme called isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1). As a result, most cancer cells do not follow the original building plan for the protein; at the 132nd position in the molecule's sequence, they insert the amino acid histidine instead of arginine…
" '…we might be able to use a vaccine to alert the patient's immune system to mutant IDH1, fighting the tumor without damaging healthy cells,' [Prof. Dr. Michael Platten at the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research] explains.
"In collaboration with a team of physicians and scientists from Heidelberg University Hospital, DKFZ and the Universities of Mainz, Tübingen and Hamburg, Platten and his co-workers have now made the first successful step toward a vaccine that specifically targets the mutation in the tumor.
"In a clinical trial scheduled to start early next year, with the support of the German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), they plan to examine the safety of the vaccine against gliomas based on mutant IDH1 in human patients, for the first time."
Editor's note: Early next year, oncologists will begin testing a newly developed cancer vaccine in a clinical trial with volunteer patients, in the hopes that it will help treat low-grade gliomas. Cancer vaccines are a type of immunotherapy treatment; they boost a patient's own immune system to fight cancer. The new vaccine takes advantage of a dysfunctional protein that is found in 70% of low-grade gliomas. The protein is called IDH1, and the vaccine is designed to alert the patient's immune system to attack cells with mutant IDH1, potentially shrinking the brain tumor. So far, the vaccine has only been tested in mice, but the results were promising.


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The I-Pad Hits the Gallery
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As part of the "Meet the Artist" event at the Manofim Arts Festival, the ipad hit the studio for an impromptu portrait drawing session. This could be addictive!
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Many years ago (2004/5?) I was given the task of writing a XAML engine for System.Windows.Forms. It was a great experience and to do the job properly (I hope) it took quite some time. It had support for most of what's available in WPF's XAML – namespaces, markup extensions, attached properites (IExtenderProviders in WinForms speak), type converters, late bound binding, styles, triggers etc. plus a bunch of stuff that isn't – #include, using parameterized constructors, simplified referencing etc.
In my Windows Mobile UI Framework the idea of having the capability of defining screens in XAML was kind of an afterthought. I had truly forgotten how painful it is to define UI's programmatically. I've also never been a fan of form designers – I think they are slow, in-accurate and generate hard to maintain code/XAML. To this day I do 90% of my XAML using an XML editor (VS or Kaxaml).
So as per my last post I whipped up a very simplified XAML parser/renderer to use with my Mobile UI Framework. However, the latest control that I added to the framework was FormHost which allows a System.Windows.Forms control to be hosted within a DrawingElement (my UI base class). Of course when I say "hosted" the FormHost is really just acting as a placeholder so that the hosted control can be positioned during the render pass.
Here's the code I had to add for FormHost:
using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; using Spencen.Mobile.UI.Primitives; namespace Spencen.Mobile.UI.Controls { public class FormHost : DrawingContainer { private Control _hostControl; public FormHost( IDrawingHost host ) : base( host ) { _hostControl = host as Control; if ( _hostControl == null ) throw new ArgumentException(
"FormHost must have an IDrawingHost that is a Windows.Forms.Control.", "host"); // By default we have no background or border Background = new SolidBrush( Color.Transparent ); Stroke = null; } public Control HostedControl { get; set; } public override bool SupportsRotation { get { return false; } } protected override void OnRender( GraphicsContext context ) { base.OnRender( context ); var transformedBounds = TransformedBounds( context ); if ( !_hostControl.Controls.Contains( HostedControl ) ) _hostControl.Controls.Add( HostedControl ); var newLocation = new Point( transformedBounds.Left, transformedBounds.Top ); if ( newLocation != HostedControl.Location ) HostedControl.Location = newLocation; var newSize = new Size( transformedBounds.Width + 1, transformedBounds.Height + 1); if ( newSize != HostedControl.Size ) HostedControl.Size = newSize; } } }
So pretty simple – but what was extra nice was the fact that it meant I could immediately declare my hosted System.Windows.Forms controls using XAML without any changes to the XAML parser/renderer at all.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <View xmlns="http://mobileui.codeplex.com/v1" xmlns:x="http://mobileui.codeplex.com/xaml" xmlns:WinForms="System.Windows.Forms,System.Windows.Forms" DesiredSize="Unbound"> <DrawingPanel x:Name="container" DesiredSize="Unbound" Background="{null}"> <TextElement Text="Text" DesiredSize="150,60" AutoSize="True"/> <RectangleElement DesiredSize="50,80"/> <EllipseElement DesiredSize="40,70"/> <RegularPolygonElement NumberOfSides="6" DesiredSize="80,80"/> <RegularPolygonElement NumberOfSides="3" DesiredSize="90,70"/>
<RegularPolygonElement NumberOfSides="8" DesiredSize="80,80"/> <Star NumberOfPoints="5" DesiredSize="80,80"/> <!-- Just to spice things up - here's some WinForms controls - just don't expect them to rotate! --> <FormHost DesiredSize="240,40"> <FormHost.HostedControl> <WinForms:TextBox Text="Hello WinForms" Multiline="True" BackColor="240,255,240"/> </FormHost.HostedControl> </FormHost> <FormHost DesiredSize="240,80"> <FormHost.HostedControl> <WinFormsanel> <WinFormsanel.Controls> <WinForms:RadioButton Checked="True" Text="Is WinForms?" BackColor="255,255,223"
Dock="Top" Height="20"/> <WinForms:RadioButton Checked="True" Text="Is MobileUI?" BackColor="255,255,223"
Dock="Fill"/> </WinFormsanel.Controls> </WinFormsanel> </FormHost.HostedControl> </FormHost> </DrawingPanel> </View>


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The 1008S is a traditionally built mechanical sewing machine that provides all of the basic functions needed for general purpose sewing - and at an excellent price. Quality has not been compromised as for example it has the CB shuttle found in many of the more expensive machines. 16 stitch patterns including the useful reverse feed utility stitches. Decorative stitches, automatic buttonhole, are built in as standard. The metal casing provides extra robustness for harsher environments and the accessory box slides onto the free arm to give a simple extension table. This is a high quality sewing machine used by many professional sewers, quilters & patchworkers, schools & colleges.
Thread Cutter:
Easy cutting of threads when removing the sewing project from the machine. Upper and lower threads are safely secured without interlooping until the next time you sew.
Free Arm:
The especially slim free-arm enables easy and flawless sewing of tubular items such as children's clothing, sleeves, cuffs, collars and trouser hems.
Sewing standard buttonholes in six steps couldn't be easier. Add gimp for corded buttonholes to give them an especially raised look.
Stitch Width & Needle Position:
Simply use the appropriate dials to infinitely adjust stitch width between 1 and 5 mm and to choose from 3 needle positions.
Presser Feet:
Presser-foot soles to suit any task, with easy, one-handed changing of the soles. The most frequently used presser-foot soles are supplied as standard. Additional soles are available from BERNINA's comprehensive range of accessories.
Stitch Selection:
The stitch selection chart tells you which presser foot, needle position and stitch length and width best suit the selected stitch.
Stitch Length:
Infinitely adjustable stitch length. Use the setting wheel to adjust the stitch length as wished any length from 0 to 5mm.
Feed Dog Drop:
Some sewing tasks darning for instance do not require automatic feeding. Turn the setting wheel to lower the feed-dog. The fabric can then be freely guided and fed under the needle exactly as you wish.
Bobbin Winder:
For even winding of the bobbins. The winding stops automatically when the bobbin is full and the thread can be cut on site.
16 Stitch Patterns
Straight Stitch
Zig Zag
Overlock Stitch
6 Step Buttonhole
Stretch Overlock Stitch
Elastic Stitch
Decorative Stitches
Bernina CB Shuttle
Thread Cutter
Stitch Length & Width Controls
Drop Feed
Five Needle Positions
Sleeve Arm
Thread Cutter
Regular Zig Zag Foot
Blind Hemming Foot
Zipper Foot
Overlock Foot
Automatic Buttonhole Foot
Thick Fabric Compensator
Seam Ripper
Screw Driver Set
Cleaning Brush
Heavy Duty Canvas Dust Cover


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Below are some frequently asked questions about our Antibody Production services. Should you have any questions other than listed below, feel free to contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com and we will be happy to clear your thoughts.
We offer both polyclonal and monoclonal services in rabbits and mice. For monoclonal projects we use mice, while for polyclonal projects, we use rabbits.
For polyclonal production, we offer both standard and guaranteed projects. Our standard projects use protein A or G purification and we guarantee the antibody will be dot-blot positive and have an ELISA titre >1:50,000. For our guaranteed projects, we use antigen affinity purification and in addition to our dot-blot and ELISA guarantee, we also guarantee that the antibody will work in your assay of choice.
Yes, our experienced gene, peptide, and protein teams can produce your antigen in house either synthetically or in a recombinant expression system. Additionally, when ordering an antibody project, we offer these services at a reduced rate. Please inquire for details.
If you are submitting your own antigen for immunization, the requirements vary depending on the project type. For protein antigens, we require 3mg protein (>85% purity) for our standard projects or 5mg protein (>85% purity) for our guaranteed projects. For peptide antigens, we require 20mg peptide (>85% purity).
Yes, we will conjugate the peptide to KLH (keyhole limpet hemocyanin) as a carrier protein for injection with our peptide antigens.
Currently we only produce polyclonal antibodies in rabbits and monoclonal antibodies in mice.
Please click here for the terms and conditions for our Antibody Production services.


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The phrase "never been done before" jumps out easily when you think of Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent.
The phrase "never been done before" jumps out easily when you think of Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent. Luke Aikins is going to skydive out of a plane from 25,000 feet without a parachute or a wing suit. He will, literally, have on nothing but the clothes on his back. You cannot get any more "never been done before" than that!
"When we first heard what Luke Aikins was going to attempt, our jaws hit the floor," said Bonin Bough, chief media and e-commerce officer for Mondelēz International. "Bringing Luke's vision to life will redefine what's possible for skydiving and stunts moving forward. His focus, courage and intensity inspire us on so many levels."
As if that wasn't enough Amusement Park Entertainment has more. This is a venture with Mondelēz International that is so unique and huge that the marketing and advertising for this show can also own the claim of "never been done before." Amusement Park Entertainment and Mondelēz International have partnered with Fox to create a brand new innovative model to reach consumers. Our live event will be airing on FOX (which basically makes it a giant commercial for Stride Gum) at 8pm/7pm Central. We will also live stream the event on several platforms around the world.
"Capturing audience attention is more difficult than ever. As audiences become more empowered to control their viewing experience, the old model of interruptive advertising is rapidly becoming irrelevant," said Laura Henderson, global head of content & media monetization.
Stride Gum Presents Heaven Sent will also have a concert with top major artists (not aired on TV), a mobile game app, along with a Heaven Sent soundtrack, t-shirts and baseball caps. We are going all in! Once again, Amusement Park Entertainment is breaking the mold on how to reach out to consumers. Don't miss this epic "never been done before" event unfold live right before your eyes in a multitude of ways.


text: Our range of heat change mugs have to be seen to be believed. This Lord Of The Rings One Ring Heat Changing Mug features one design in its normal state but magically changes to reveal a new design when hot water is poured in. As the contents cool the mug gradually returns to its original design - ready for your next hot drink!