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Topic Archives: Pastoral Theology/Pastoral Helps
Beloved Brother, I write to you, August 5, 1836, in the seventieth year of my age, and in the fiftieth of my ministry, after conversing much with ministerial brethren, earnestly desiring to see our associational union brought into action by representatives of the churches, with a view to promote a determination — 1. To bear […]Read
Researchers are taking notice of a disturbing trend: children are spending less and less time outdoors. A recent survey of two thousand parents and children in the United Kingdom found that 'the average child between 6 and 16 years old spends only an hour a day outside.' The summary of the study says, 'Believe it […]Read
Every employment has its own particular perils and pitfalls, occupational hazards which are simply attendant on fulfilling the task in hand. In this post I want to share three healthy and holy fears which should characterise the mind and heart of a faithful minister. These are not the pathological fears which seize all of our […]Read
Scottish evangelical Christianity represents a tradition of biblically faithful, theologically rich, and spiritually powerful devotion and ministry. I think, for example, of William Still, Eric Alexander, and Sinclair Ferguson as outstanding representatives of this glorious tradition. And I can't think of these men and others like them and what they stand for without emotion. So […]Read
Almost two years ago I shared 15 reasons why visitation is good for your Pastor (you can read it here). At the time it was so fulfilling to talk to people about what I'd written, both online and in the real world, and to feel a sense of conviction about my own pastoral practice in […]Read
At the 2017 Shepherd's Conference, in Sun Valley, California, the Banner of Truth hosted a student event for Master's Seminary Students. We sat down with Iain Murray and John MacArthur to discuss reading in the ministry, asking them if they could share their accumulated wisdom after reading and writing for decades. Here are some of […]Read
Take advantage of this one week special listed below! Books on Sale 'Hodge gives an excellent, general statement of the Reformed Faith, yet Dabney adds something beyond the general treatment of most subjects. When his method of teaching is recalled, of sending his students to the standard texts on theology (including Hodge), and then adding his […]Read
There has been some online debate in recent days concerning pastoral visitation – chiefly in response to Thom Rainer's blog post on church member visitation, where he provided 15 reasons why those in pastoral ministry 'shouldn't visit much'. While the risk of being viewed by one's congregation as a sanctified social worker or life coach […]Read
The following are testimonials of how past Banner ministers' conferences have helped men in their ministries. After reading the testimonials, considering registering today, to join us in Elizabethtown, PA, May 26 – May 28, 2020. 'The Banner of Truth Ministers' Conference is an annual event in the US which should be attractive to ministers of […]Read
Speaking about the book A Way to Pray, Ligon Duncan says it is 'an invaluable asset to a pastor'. Watch the short video below (4 minutes) to learn why he believes that.Read
During the 2015 Inerrancy Summit, three Banner Trustees (Ian Hamilton, Iain Murray and Sinclair Ferguson) addressed a gathering of seminary students on the topic of 'Books to Read in the Ministry'. Steven Lawson, a professor of expository preaching at The Masters' Seminary, introduced the students to the Trustees present and to the ongoing work of the […]Read
I am asked whether, in my judgment, it is profitable for the minister of today to read the writings of Jonathan Edwards, and (I suppose) those of other similarly notable theologians of the past. The question may perhaps have been suggested to my friend by my own remark that I had recently been re-reading Edwards […]Read
Herman Bavinck in his Reformed Dogmatics begins his exposition of the doctrine of God with these striking words: 'Mystery is the life blood of dogmatics.' Bavinck is not telling us that systematic theology is an impenetrable puzzle. Rather, he is saying that incomprehensible and inexplicable wonder lies at the very heart of God's self-revelation to […]Read
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Some highlights from Mark Johnston and Ian Hamilton on Banner of Truth books at last year's US Ministers' Conference. Want to be there in 2014? Visit banneroftruth.org/us/events for US and banneroftruth.org/uk/events for UK conference information. Banner Book Room Tour Part 1 from Banner of Truth on Vimeo. Banner Book Room Tour Part 2 from Banner […]Read

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Celebrate strawberry season with this nutritious, lower-sugar strawberry baked oatmeal made with simple ingredients and bursting with strawberries! It's a delicious make-ahead breakfast for busy summer mornings. (gluten-free, nut-free)
This post is sponsored by siggi's. As always, all opinions are my own. Thanks for supporting the brands that keep Lively Table running!
Who else is excited about strawberry season?! I just love this time of year for all of the fresh produce. Sweet, juicy strawberries have always been a favorite of mine, and they tend to make an appearance in all of my food during the summer months.
You all know how much I love oatmeal, so I don't stop eating it in the summer just because it's hot out. And it is HOT here in Texas. We're already in 105+ temperatures! So I'm a little more strategic with heating up the kitchen in the summer. That means instead of firing up the stove every morning, I like to prep my oatmeal ahead of time in the form of baked oatmeal.
With this delicious strawberry baked oatmeal, I can cook once and have nutritious breakfasts all week long. I just have to pop a square in the microwave in the mornings and I'm good to go! Or I can eat a piece cold straight from the refrigerator on days that it's REALLY hot out. What could be easier?
One of the things I love about this strawberry baked oatmeal is that it's made with just a few simple ingredients, including siggi's strawberry yogurt. Not only is it so easy to throw together, but it's also lower in sugar, high in fiber, and has a good amount of protein. The combination makes for an easy meal that not only tastes great but will keep you full and energized all morning. All of the strawberry flavors is just perfect for summer!
No matter hot or cold, I like to top a square of this oatmeal with a dollop of siggi's strawberry yogurt for an extra creamy treat and a little extra protein. It's a delicious seasonal breakfast that the whole family will enjoy, from your young kiddos to adults!
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Easy Strawberry Baked Oatmeal
Celebrate strawberry season with this nutritious, lower-sugar strawberry baked oatmeal made with simple ingredients and bursting with strawberries! It's a delicious make-ahead breakfast for busy summer mornings. (gluten-free, nut-free)
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 9 servings 1x
- Category: breakfast
- Method: baked
- Cuisine: American
- Oil spray
- 2 cups rolled oats
- 2 tbsp ground flaxseed
- 1/4 tsp sea salt
- 1 (5.3 oz) container siggi's 0% strawberry yogurt, plus more for topping
- 1 1/4 cups milk of choice
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup chopped fresh strawberries
- Additional sliced strawberries, for topping
- Heat oven to 375°F. Spray a square or round 8″ baking dish with oil. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, stir together oats, flaxseed and salt.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together yogurt, milk, eggs and vanilla. Stir into oat mixture. Gently stir in chopped strawberries.
- Pour oatmeal into prepared baking dish. Top evenly with sliced strawberries.
- Bake 25-30 minutes or until set. Remove from oven and let cool before cutting into squares.
- Store covered in the refrigerator.
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Over the next few weeks Altpress.com will be hosting tour diaries from bands taking part in the Fight To Unite Tour, including William Control, Blood On The Dance Floor and New Years Day. Here's the first chapter from William Control.
The Fight To Unite Tour started just over a week ago and so far it's been the most disastrous run for William Control to date. We are dealing with extremely long days, malfunctions with gear, treacherous drives and eight different bands to compete with for merch sales. Despite all of these misgivings, we somehow manage to hit the stage on time and play our set. As much as I want to complain about the sheer weirdness of the lineup and how none of these bands really should be on tour together, it works. It really does. This is one of the most fascinating and enjoyable tours I have ever been on. Every band brings something different and there are no rock stars. Usually you can count on at least four or five people who are… cocksuckers. I haven't met one yet.
I come from a punk rock world, where ethics and the D.I.Y. attitude are taken very seriously. And yet for the past few years I have felt as if that sort of mentality has faded and been swapped out for something so much more obtuse and just lame.
You can say what you want about these bands but the fact is this: Blood On The Dance Floor is more punk rock than you will ever be. Here are a couple of blokes from Florida who, on the outside look like wacked out versions of David Bowie and Elton John in their early twenties. Guys who have bypassed the system of: Start Band, Write Songs, Play Shows, Find Record Label, Make Record, Go On Tour, Repeat. Who, with the odds very much against them, have built a hardcore audience from the ground up, by themselves and on their own with the help of some silly haircuts and dance beats. They have taken pages straight from the D.I.Y. handbook, lit them on fire and said "Fuck you world, now let's party." Their show looks incredible from start to finish and about 1000 kids are showing up on a nightly basis.
Here we are traveling on the Fight To Unite Tour. A bunch of weirdos and circus freaks traveling through the night to a town near you. Instead of fighting about stage time and room for merchandise we are focusing on helping each other do what we all came to do, entertain an audience.
If you're in a band you should take note, even if you think you're at the top. It's not the style of music that binds us together. It's the attitude and vision we all share. It's the unity we can all enjoy if we put aside our prejudice, even for a moment and work towards that goal.
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Ervin Santana (SP-CHW) - We'll give him a pass considering this was his first start for the White Sox, but at Santana was lit up for seven runs (three HR) in just 3.2 innings by the Rays on Tuesday. He also walked three while managing just one strikeout and leaving with a 17.18 ERA. Santana won 16 games with a 3.28 ERA and 167 strikeouts in 2017 (though a 4.46 FIP indicates he was pitching over his head) before missing most of 2018 with a finger injury. Santana was in the 89-91 mph range with his fastball, which is well off the 92+ he averaged from 2013-2017 before dropping off last year (88.8 mph) due in large part to the finger issues. The White Sox have top prospect Dylan Cease waiting in the wings at Triple-A when needed, and that time could come as soon as after Santana's next start, so he's going to have to turn things around quickly. Perhaps while the White Sox await Cease, they can use Manny Banuelos in the interim. Banuelos relieved Santana Tuesday and tossed 3.1 scoreless innings.
Chris Sale (SP-BOS) - I saw Sale get traded for Chris Paddack and Lorenzo Cain in my dynasty league and thought the return was rather light. That was before Tuesday however, and now the deal seems at least reasonable. Sale was hit hard by the Blue Jays, allowing five runs on seven hits with a 3:0 K:BB over four innings to take his ERA to 9.00 in 13 innings with a pedestrian 8:4 K:BB. Even when Sale recorded a QS in his last outing, he struck out just one hitter over six innings. The good news is that after averaging just 89.6 mph with his four-seam fastball in his last outing, Sale appeared to be up from that on Tuesday. He dropped as low as 88 on a few pitches, but dialed it up over 94 a couple times and was generally in the 91-92 range. Certainly not vintage Sale, but maybe those reports of an illness affecting his last start were true, as while the results weren't great Tuesday, the velocity was better. With no reports of any sort of physical issue, he should continue to improve as the weather warms up a bit.
Dustin Pedroia (2B-BOS) - Pedroia has returned from his latest IL stint and should be the team's primary second baseman going forward. Given Pedroia is 35 and coming off a season in which he managed just three games, expect frequent days off for the former MVP. Pedroia was still productive in 105 games back in 2017 when he hit .293/.369/.392 with seven home runs. He's probably limited to 10 home runs these days, and that's being optimistic. Pedroia has posted above a .131 ISO once since 2012, so the average power he once showed is gone. Pedroia though should still be good for a solid batting average, and though it's likely he'll hit in the bottom third of the order (seventh on Tuesday), he's still worth a look as a MI in mixed leagues and as a 2B in AL-only formats. There may be a little gas left in the tank, though not much.
Jordan Zimmermann (SP-DET) - Zimmermann has been a nice story early this year, allowing just one run in 13.2 innings with a 10:1 K:BB in his first two starts. Though the putrid Detroit offense left him 0-0, Zimmermann saw his fantasy ownership percentage skyrocket. So that happens next? Of course he allows five runs (four earned) over 4.1 innings Tuesday against Cleveland. You know thinks weren't going to go well when he allowed a leadoff homer to Leonys Martin. Zimmermann did strike out four, but he also allowed three home runs to see his ERA rise to 2.50. Zimmermann certainly isn't throwing any harder, but his control has been excellent, and before Tuesday, he had yet to allow a ball to leave the yard. That's been his big issue in recent years, as Zimmermann has seen his HR/9 jump from 0.59 in 2014 to 1.92 last year. If he can do a decent job keeping the ball down, he should have some success in that ballpark, even with his wins total likely to finish in the single digits barring an unexpected improvement in the Tigers' offense.
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I'm going to travel back in time a bit today. Here's a list of my favorite summer memories…
Going to the beach
I've always loved going to the beach, for as long as I can remember! Whenever I was growing up, we didn't make it to the beach often, so the times I went are very memorable to me.
One of my most memorable beach trips was just a few days before I graduated from high school. Me and two of my girl friends, who were also graduating, went to the beach and spent the night–without our parents. Only one of us was 18, so I guess she rented the motel room. We thought we were something! The photo (of me) below was taken on that trip.
Spending time on the water in our boat
A couple of years after Ed and I were married, and I went to work, our first major purchase was a new boat! We lived near the coast, so we spent many happy hours riding, fishing, and skiing on the weekends. I know why boats are called "vessels of freedom". There's not a better feeling in the world than gliding across the water, feeling the breeze in your face.
We sold our boat when we moved back to our hometown because we were too far from the water to get much use out of it. We've only been boating once since those days, back in the 70's.
Riding motorcycles
Although I never really relaxed while on the back of the motorcycle, I did enjoy the element of adventure that riding one provided–and you can't get much closer to your honey than on a motorcycle!
Ed and I owned a couple of motorcycles during our early years of marriage, and we took a few short motorcycle trips with friends.
The most memorable trip found us in a laundromat wearing black trash bags while our clothes were being dried–after being drenched in a storm!
Camping trips with the children
We spent eight summers camping with our kids–and I loved every minute of it! Lots of family time around campfires, bike rides, and swimming. Oh, and how I loved hanging those pretty party lights on the camper awning…that always put me in a "festive" mood!
Having summers off with my kids
I figured if I was going to take a job, it might as well be a job with lots of holidays, and the same hours as my kids, so I applied to be a paraprofessional! If you're going to be a working mom, that's a nice way to do it. I loved having summers off and spending time with our kids.
Picking and canning vegetables from the garden with our parents
I sure had some good times out in the garden, and later in the kitchen, with both sets of our parents! It was work, but we had a good time doing it.
Ed and I still laugh about one particular time we were picking peas with his parents. Ed hit the pea vines with a stick and yelled "Snake"! Ed's mama and I almost wet our pants trying to get away from there! Of course, there was no snake, Ed was just being funny. He's always been a prankster.
The photo below was taken in the 70's. That's Ed's daddy, me, and a friend picking peas. That was one long row of peas!
Good times around our swimming pool
We sold our camper and put in a pool in the mid-nineties! Our children were entering their "tween years" by then. Camping was no longer cool, but having a pool was! We had our pool set up so we could walk out of the living room door, cross a short walkway, then step up on the pool deck. Ed built the deck by himself. We enjoyed that pool and deck for ten years before we took it all down!
Our anniversary get-away each year
For as long as I can remember, our family has always taken a vacation during the week of mine and Ed's wedding anniversary–it was our anniversary get-away. However, Ed and I had probably been married for close to twenty years before we ever went on an anniversary get-away without our children.
Finally, one year, at Ed's suggestion, we left the children behind. We went 30 miles from home, went to dinner, a movie, then we got a motel room with a giant Jacuzzi! It was one of our most memorable anniversaries.
Vacation trips with our grown children and their families
A few times, we've been fortunate enough to share vacation trips with our three grown children and their families. Although we've only been able to have the entire crew together once, we had fun with those who were able to come along.
Family fun times at home
We're living proof that you don't have to leave home to have a great time! Gather the family around, build a fire or light the grill, crank up the music, and you have the makings of a good time! We may do anything from playing yard games to getting on a slip-n-slide.
I'm sure I could think of a few more favorite memories, but these are at the top of my list. How about you, what are some of your favorite summer memories?


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Lockheed demonstrates topside canister-launched LRASM missile
Shortly after receiving the first production contract for its Long Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM), Lockheed Martin conducted the first-ever launch of the surface-launch variant from a topside canister.
The flight test, taking place at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, on July 26, proved the missile's ability to conduct an angled launch from the newly designed topside canister, replicating a ship-launched environment.
During the test, the LRASM, its Mk-114 booster and booster adapter ejected cleanly from the topside launcher using the same launch control and launch sequencer software currently employed by the Mk-41 Vertical Launch System (VLS).
"This successful flight test demonstrates Lockheed Martin's readiness to answer the U.S. Navy's call for lethal, longer range anti-surface warfare capabilities as part of the 'Distributed Lethality' concept," said Scott Callaway, Subsonic Cruise Missile director at Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control. "This test also validates the flexibility and versatility of LRASM, as it proved it can be successfully fired from VLS and non-VLS surface platforms."
Integrating LRASM onto surface ships enables distributed operations beyond enemy threat ranges. Along with the already proven VLS launch capability of LRASM, this topside canister with an angled launcher allows the LRASM surface-launch variant to be employed aboard various platforms in the Navy's surface fleet.
The LRASM surface-launch variant is built on the same production line as JASSM, JASSM-ER and LRASM air-launch weapons, delivering the same long-range, precision capability while benefiting from manufacturing efficiencies.


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Eloquence is not a substitute for character, experience
Wouldn't it be wonderful to hail a black man as president – a beautiful symbol showing that America has risen above past prejudices and can continue to stand proud in the world. Of course it would. The vast majority of our people are far beyond the color of a man's skin and it would be glorious to have the unknowing rest of the world enlightened. But, sadly, the facts reject such a high claim for Senator Obama because eloquence is not a substitute for experience. He has less executive experience than McCain's VP choice – Sarah Palin. In fact, no executive experience. His claims of having reached across party lines are thin to non-existent. He is no Colin Powell.
Eloquence is not a substitute for character. He ran from his church of 20 years only after the Minister Wright's long-held, American-hating rhetoric was made public. He ran from Bill Ayres, a close associate and unrepentant terrorist, only after the association was revealed. He literally runs from his past.
His roots aren't in Kansas. They are in Hawaii and Harvard – in elitist schools with proven leftist's teachings. He has never lived, worked or played in the country and obviously doesn't understand our economy or values. His words (in San Francisco),
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And it's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations."
His "paper trail" is extremely thin: Has not provided more than one page of "medical records", has provided few papers from his Illinois Senate days and hasn't listed his law firm's clients. The papers from the "Chicago Annenberg Challenge", which he chaired, were suddenly closed by the Richard J. Daley Library at the University of Illinois Chicago.
He has the most leftist voting record in the Senate and his VP choice has the third most left record – properly earning the label "Socialist."
And then there are the issues. He believes that every American has a right to go to college – meaning that people who choose to be plumbers or painters will pay for many who may or may not belong there. He will not appoint judges to interpret the law, but rather to make it – not what the Judicial Branch of government was intended for. He would institute universal socialized medicine – a sure formula for terrible service. He favors many other new spending programs – much more than "only the rich" can pay for. He favors several new taxes including more taxes on corporations who merely pass it thru to we consumers and/or suffer in competition with foreign companies and/or send jobs off-shore. He does not support gun ownership or English as the official language. He does support abortion throughout the pregnancy, same sex marriage and giving Social Security benefits to illegals. He has not supported drilling for American oil offshore.
All experience, character and policies are in stark contrast to Senator McCain.
As Thomas Sowell a black, a professor and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institute and author of numerous books and articles wrote; "There is no reason why someone as arrogant, foolishly clever and ultimately dangerous as Barack Obama should become president – especially not at a time when the threat of international terrorists with nuclear weapons looms over 300 million Americans."
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The Boiler Efficiency and Cooling Tower Efficiency Mechanical Final Year Project Report describes the boiler which is a surrounded vessel which offers a means of combustion heat that passes into water to form steam or hot water. The heated water is utilized to pass the heat under pressure to a process. Water is an inexpensive and useful means to pass heat into a process.
When water is heated to form steam, it volume grows to 1,600 times to form force which is explosive like a gunpowder. The boiler is very dangerous equipment which should be handled with extreme care. The method of heating a liquid before it gets the form of gas which is known as evaporation.
Heat passes from one state to other state through the medium of radiation like air or water. The heating surface is the portion of the boiler metal including water and combustion hot gases. The boiler metal provides to form steam is heating surface. The heating surface is calculated in the form of square meters. The heating surface is efficient with its greatest surface.
The working of the boiler is accomplished by water walls, furnace, boiler drum, economiser, super heaters, reheater, draft system, down comers, and control valves. Steam generator is wet bottom, radiant reheat, single drum, natural circulation, tilting burners, direct corner fired, top type boiler, and balanced draft.
The Boiler Efficiency and Cooling Tower Efficiency project concludes on the boiler which is the vital portion of thermal power plant. The Power Plant of Jojobera is the water tube boiler which functions on Rankine Cycle. The method of boiling and steam is the job of the boiler.
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Like most innovators, Arielle Charnas was looking to solve a problem when she launched her fashion blog – it just wasn't a fashion problem. It was a boy problem: Namely, she was trying to impress an older guy she was seeing who had said the thing he found most appealing in a woman was entrepreneurship.
Charnas, based on a tip from her sister, decided to start a fashion blog in 2009. The relationship did not last. The fashion blog, on the other hand, not only lasted, but grew. Today, Charnas' website is a go-to destination: She has 1.1 million Instagram followers and is the motivating force behind the rapidly selling out Something Navy line at Nordstrom.
Today, she noted, things are quite good, as she is the rare internet celebrity who has turned a social brand into a bankable retail venture.
And while Charnas has always thought the industry was fun, it hasn't always been easy. Today, throwing digital marketing dollars at influencers seems like such a common and obvious move for a brand trying to tap into millennial consumers that it's barely a news event at this point.
In 2009 and for most of the business' early days, however, Charnas said the business of fashion didn't take influencers seriously as a real marketing channel.
"Even after a year or two, it was still difficult, because a lot of brands and businesses didn't understand digital marketing. It was all about print and billboards and TV commercials; the internet was not the place that people wanted to invest their money in for marketing. The first three to four years were tough, especially for business, and then Instagram launched and everything changed," Charnas noted in a Fashionista interview.
The highly visual Instagram medium made it much easier for influencers to find side gigs with brands that wanted a powerful digital promotion channel – and Something Navy, with its growing base of followers, seemed a perfect market.
The challenge from then on, Charnas noted, was in evolving to the point where the partnerships she chose did more than just pay the bills for the blog, but actually helped the Something Navy brand develop and display its own unique voice in the industry.
"As your followers grow, and grow with you, it's really important to make sure that everything is on-brand and are things that I genuinely use or tried out and love, and that I think they would love," she said. "We like to do long-term partnerships now because it feels more organic, especially when you're posting about a beauty product. Posting about it once and then going onto a new product the next week can sometimes turn off your followers."
The brand still does one-off partnerships, but they are much more selective in how they choose them.
"Sometimes if it's a brand that I'm absolutely obsessed with and it's a startup, we try to invest so that it also feels like our baby, and we want to see it grow and help it grow," Charnas pointed out.
And these days, Something Navy isn't just a place to find a brand to become obsessed with – it is officially an obsession-worthy brand in and of itself, at least if the early sales numbers out of Nordstrom are accurate.
Charnas first started working with Nordstrom last fall, in a collaborative collection with its existing private-label Treasure & Bond brand. That collection ended up a being strong performer saleswise. Nordstrom and Charnas embarked on a first-of-its-kind product for Nordstrom, an entirely influencer-designed, private-label brand by Charnas, to be called Something Navy after the site and Instagram feed.
Plans for the line began last winter, and three weeks ago the world got its first peek at the line of mixed staples and statement pieces. Nordstrom has 35 different private-label offerings, each with its own design director. For the Something Navy project, Charnas reportedly provided the design director with inspiration, which that designer then turned into specific, Charnas-approved pieces.
Nordstrom, instead of creating brands, has historically either sold the influencers' independent lines (usually exclusively) or collaborated with them on capsule collections.
"One thing we love about working with influencers is they have their audience they're really engaged with. It gives us the opportunity to connect with new and existing customers," said a Nordstrom brand PR manager. "We look to identify influencers who share our brand values and our goal of delivering new products to our customers they can't find anywhere else."
For this particular line of new products, finding some of the items at Nordstrom might prove to be challenging, because Something Navy ended up being an instantly popular offering. The brand sold over $1 million in merchandise on its first day, and sell-out of the most popular items is becoming common.
"It was a dream for me to start my own clothing line," Charnas noted. "I think that in having an Instagram platform and being able to engage and interact with my followers, and learning what they want and what they're looking for in the market, it was my duty to take that information and do something with it."
Because, she noted, data is something she has plenty of. Some of it comes directly from her customers, through their comments, direct messages and specific questions about what they want and love. But Charnas also gets great data from affiliates, so she knows what customers are swiping up and what is selling out. She then uses that information to make continual edits to the site, so it is showing what is on trend and also accessible for the "everyday girl" customer to wear.
After collaborating with Nordstrom and working with their design teams, this latest expansion seemed like the natural move for the social media brand.
"It was the perfect place for Something Navy. I felt like they totally understood me, understood my vision; they understood my followers and they really let me take the reins," Charnas added. "I was like, 'Why am I not doing this? I have all the tools; I have all the information from these girls.' I just felt like it was time."
The pressure on banks to modernize their payments capabilities to support initiatives such as ISO 20022 and instant/real time payments has been exacerbated by the emergence of COVID-19 and the compelling need to quickly scale operations due to the rapid growth of contactless payments, and subsequent increase in digitization. Given this new normal, the need for agility and optimization across the payments processing value chain is imperative.


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Working to Save Your Health – One Cigarette at a Time
Attempting to quit smoking is never easy; working to reduce your intake of cigarettes as well as actually quitting fully is always a hard process. If you have tried to quit cold turkey before, you have probably experienced a large number of problems. This is one of the hardest methods to quit smoking that there really is. This can really make the process of quitting smoking so much harder than it really is. If you have struggled to quit cold turkey before, there is still help available to you. Simply having trouble quitting smoking immediately does not mean that you are doomed to smoke forever.
If you are aware that you have had problems in the past quitting you are ahead when it comes to the next attempt. Being fully aware of your problems will enable you to create a plan to combat the complications that you experienced. For example, if you find that you are far too interested in smoking to just quit fully you might need to approach the process of quitting in a different manner. One of the most successful options you could pursue is quitting slowly.
Quitting all at once may be something that you are not capable of doing. This is not uncommon at all; in fact, many people have great difficulty if they attempt to quit cold turkey. If you take your time and quit slowly you will find that the process of quitting goes much easier. Slowly cutting out a few cigarettes each day will allow you to slowly decrease the amount of cigarettes that you smoke, without feeling as if you are completely suffering.
One of the most important things to remember if you are quitting slowly is you need to occupy your time during the period when you are typically smoking. If you have elected to skip smoking at specific times, you need to ensure you stay busy during these times. This would mean finding a way to keep your mind occupied that will not involve keeping your hands idle, after all if your hands are idle you are much more likely to slip up and smoke again.
If you find that you have a very strong temptation to smoke during these times, you need to create a specific task that you will do whenever the urge is strong to smoke. Looking into nicotine gum or possibly even chewing regular gum may be all of the help that you need to avoid the temptation to smoke when you are most tempted. Regardless of how quickly you are trying to smoke, you should always cut out no more than two cigarettes a day until you have established a successful pattern.
If you have gone a week with the reduction of two cigarettes successfully, it would then be time to decrease another two cigarettes. Going slow will allow you to easily see the point where you start to have serious problems, but at the same time build up your self-control. In the very least, you will begin to see improvements in your health due to the decrease of cigarettes that you are smoking still. Of course, as everyone knows, it is much better to simply quit smoking fully, but this is not always possible for everyone.
Making sure that you are successful the next time you attempt to quit smoking is going to involve a great amount of commitment on your part. Additionally, it will also take a serious desire for you to actually quit and improve your health. If you are merely working at quitting slowly you need to be aware of the potential problems and ready to take control of your habits in order to effectively make new habits that will set you up for a much healthier lifestyle. Avoiding the bad habits that smoking causes is certainly not easy; taking the time to really grasp at the small benefits that you start to achieve is critical to success and will find you in much better health.
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When you or a loved one is suffering from a powerful drug addiction, the possibility of getting help and actually being able to stop using drugs might seem out of reach. Many people with drug addictions truly believe that they are stuck in the cycle of use and abuse. They know that help is out there for drug addiction, but feel other people deserve that help, not them.
The truth is there is a reason why there are so many organizations and facilities that help people with drug addiction. Thats because these places truly believe that everyone who has a drug addiction deserves help. Alcoholics Anonymous was started because its founder wanted to help other people become free of the hold alcohol has on their lives. Many rehab facilities were opened for the same reason.
To get help for drug addiction, start with local resources. Talk with your doctor. If you dont have a doctor, find one. They are going to be your best first contact when it comes to battling and eventually overcoming drug addiction.
In nearly every telephone book in the country, there are drug abuse hotlines that you can call to get help. These are staffed by sympathetic volunteers who can guide you to the help you are looking for. Plus, youll stay anonymous and be able to talk freely.
Talk with your family about your drug addiction. They will be your support system as you travel down the road toward sobriety. Having their support will be instrumental in making a full recovery. They can also help you find a facility or program that will fit your specific needs in overcoming drug addiction.
There is a lot of great self-help information on the Internet in the form of articles and books. You can also research rehab facilities online. There is really a lot of difference between treatment centers, so if you are considering this route for your recovery, find one that fits your particular needs.
If you think you have a possible drug addiction, it is so important to seek out help both for your sake as well as that of your loved ones. Drug addiction doesnt have to be a way of life. It is possible to stop the cycle of use and abuse and live a full, healthy life. When you seek out help for drug addiction, you are doing a very brave thing, but more importantly, you are taking control of your life instead of letting the drugs take control of you!
Working the Math of Smoking
If you are trying to quit it is often necessary to really look at your overall budget to get a real reason to quit smoking. Simply trying to quit for your health sometimes is just not enough. You need to really open your eyes at times to see how much smoking really is costing you each year that you smoke. Additionally, this can also be impacted if you require a great amount of health care due to smoking related complications. However, at a minimum the costs that you can count on for certain will include the costs of the cigarettes themselves.
If you have ever stopped to think about how much you are spending a week on cigarettes you have surely noticed that it is a rather significant amount. Prices are climbing higher than ever before, and this is largely due to the fact that many states as well as the federal government are imposing extremely costly taxes on cigarettes to help offset many of the increased health problems that are created. On average, all around the country can cost as much as $5 per pack. If you have a habit of smoking that consists of only a single pack per day, you are smoking seven packs in a single week.
This might not seem like much, but if you consider that each week, you are spending $35 on cigarettes, it can add up quickly. In a single week if each pack costs $5 you will have spent as much as $35 on your cigarettes! For many people this is a tank of gas, a trip to a movie theater, or even a new outfit if you know how to shop right. You could even put the money in a savings account and start to find how your money could actually grow, rather than be burned.
As much as the idea of $35 might seem like a lot of money, to many people it is just a minor price to pay for something that they thoroughly enjoy. If we consider that the average month has 30 days, and each day you are smoking a $5 pack of cigarettes the monthly price will jump up to approximately $150. This is a rather substantial amount and could easily cover most people's gas bills, power bills, water bill, phone bill or even a great night out on the town occasionally.
If you really want to see the overall impact of smoking each year, consider that each year you are smoking 365 packs of cigarettes. This multiplied by 20 comes up to 7,300 cigarettes each year, which comes up to an astonishing $1,825 dollars each year! Talk about a huge amount of money spent on smoking. Remember though this is just the price of a single pack a day habit, and it is assuming that you are paying only $5 per pack, many states have higher prices, while others are a bit cheaper. If you actually smoke more than a single pack a day, you would be looking at $3,650 a year for a two pack a day smoking habit as well as 14,600 cigarettes each year that you smoke!
The sheer price of cigarettes when added up in a single year is horrific. If you consider that you would probably be smoking for a period of 5 years, at least should you have no desire to quit and you are looking at a total cost of $9,125 for a single pack a day habit and a striking $18,250 for a two pack a day habit. The amount of money that can be saved by skipping purchasing cigarettes is absolutely enormous.
If the idea of just improving your health, you may have a sudden desire to quit after you see exactly what it is costing you each year to smoke. The prices of cigarettes are continuing to rise, and this combined with increased living expenses makes it extremely hard for families to make ends meet. Saving money any way possible is a huge help, and even the expense of pricy stop smoking aids is significantly cheaper than the cost of actually continuing to smoke.


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Mark Hunter is a maritime historian of the Atlantic world. He specializes in economic history and the relationship between the civilian and naval labour markets, recruiting, employment and training. Dr. Hunter has published essays in the Journal of Military History, Mariner's Mirror, Newfoundland and Labrador Studies, and other venues.
To Employ and Uplift Them is a social and economic history of the Newfoundland branch of the Royal Naval Reserve. Established in 1900, the Newfoundland reserve provided part-time employment to fishermen and trained them to be Royal Navy sailors during war. Imperialists and the Newfoundland government hoped that the unit would alleviate outport unemployment and make Newfoundlanders better subjects. But the system had to contend with the British Treasury Office's scrutiny and the Admiralty's strategic objectives. In the end, Newfoundland reservists filled many roles during World War I, but London's post-war fiscal restraint terminated the Newfoundland reserve in the 1920s.
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The Amish go through this period called rumspringa, or running about. Between 15 to 20 years old, your community will choose to turn a blind eye if you go out to explore the English world. Maybe you get a job at McDonald's. Maybe you even buy a used car. You may still live at home, and maybe have your car behind the family barn, so you don't embarrass your parents. Basically, the Amish are given a chance to explore our world. They are making an informed decision. In a sense, when are they truly deciding to become Amish, they are rejecting our world.
In the 1960s and 1970s, 75% of Amish children would decide to become Amish adults. The most recent statistics show that's up to 95%.
Sociologically, it's a really important part of their culture that they allow young people to spend some time in our world. They have to decide: Am I going to become Amish? It's an incredibly important decision because if they choose not to become Amish, they can come and go as they please. They probably can't live in their parents' house anymore, but they're welcome to come back and celebrate birthdays with her family.
If they choose to become Amish and then leave the Amish church, then they are shunned. They're no longer allowed to come and go. Nobody in the community is allowed to speak to them ever again. That's true with your parents and siblings and everyone else who were in the Amish church. And this is their way of saying: Look, you're either going to make a commitment to us or not, but that commitment has to be complete.
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This post includes information for pet tech startups & entrepreneurs. Herein we've compiled four salient features, which you can consider during Uber for pets app development.
We live in the era where the meaning of "Uber" is the things will be done in a fraction of minutes. From taxi booking services to doctors on-demand, there are other services for sick pets, which come under Uber for X business model.
The Uber-like apps for sick pets are there, which mobilize the veterinary experiences through its services. People use apps like Uber for veterinarians to get doctors to visit their homes or they can also consult veterinarians through video.
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Uber for Veterinarians
An app like Uber for vets or veterinarians allows its app users or pet owners to order on-demand veterinarian services through an app with vets coming to their house for fuzzy pet health.
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In addition, there are a few vet on-demand apps, which are under the category "Uber for vet", allow users or pet owners to consult trusted veterinarians on the video call. Or, we can say that there are services for telemedicine for pets.
In short, the app like Uber for pets or sick pets is to take care of sick pets in a more accessible, affordable and delightful manner.
Being a startup, if you are planning to build on-demand solutions for sick pets, let us check out some salient features, which you need to consider before creating an app like Uber for pets.
4 Salient Features Need to Be Considered Before Creating an App like Uber for Pets
1. Find Out Nearby Vets and Book Home Visits Instantly
If you as a startup are all set to create an app like Uber for vets, then this feature is basic yet pivotal for you. For your app users or pet owners, you just need to provide an online platform to find out nearby professional and licensed veterinarians for their furry animals.
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To elaborate it more, let's take an example of the UK-based startup, PawSquad, which is known as the Uber for vets. This app like Uber for pets has already disrupted the on-demand industry by providing solutions to pet owners. So, by providing such feature to your app users or pet owners, they would be able to get quick advice with specific queries.
In addition, your app users will also be able to book home visits for their pets as what they require to. However, such features provide convenience to pet owners or users as it provides a different way of working to veterinarians. Therefore, you just need to include this features, which provides the fusion of quick and convenient online platform for pet owners as well as veterinarians.
2. Detailed Profile of Veterinarian With Genuine Reviews
It is important to consider features from which you can gain the trust of every pet owner or app user. So, your users should be allowed to check the detailed profile of veterinarian. They can check the genuine reviews of vets before hiring them. Plus, app users are allowed to do video calls with pet owners whenever they need advice with specific queries.
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Once the user hired a vet, then users must have the ability to do following things with the help of an app like Uber for veterinarians:
- Users must be allowed booking appointments as per their convenience, e.g. late evenings, weekends or instantly.
- Every possible feature can be covered from vaccinations to diagnostic tests and treatments.
- In emergencies, app users should be allowed to access video consultations.
- Users should be allowed to order and keep track of prescriptions and their pets' medical records.
So, if you would like to develop an app like Uber for vets, then you need to consider such feature during vets on-demand app development.
3. Live Chat
The vets on-demand app lets users to do the live chat to provide online assistance to app users or pet owners for their queries. This is one of the important features that need to be considered in order to provide convenience to your customers. So, such feature is highly recommended during Uber for pets app development.
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To provide instant help to your app users or pet owners, it is important to consider live chat or in-app messaging feature. So, if you want that your business would be widely famous, then it is important to focus on your users' needs and convenience. Thus, it is pivotal to consider such salient feature before creating an app like Uber for pets.
Interested in Uber for Pets app development?
4. Notifications & Know The Pets' Records
To build a trusted online platform, you need to provide your app users about everything regarding their furry friends. So, it is important to notify users with the latest updates. And, this is one of the essential features, and of course, it is also considered as one of the powerful tools. By sending the latest updates and some important information regarding their fur, you can connect with them and build a strong connection. Also, reminding them about health checkups of their pets can a great solution for them.
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In addition, it would be also great to consider such feature where users are allowed to add their pet's information. Along with it, they can create records of check-ups, past prescriptions, vaccines, total home visits, and diagnosis report. By using this feature, pet owners or app users will be able to access the records of the treatments of their furry friends.
Final Thoughts
After going through with salient features, if you have still not made up your mind to develop an app like Uber for pets or sick pets, then you need to check this.
According to the latest report from Google Trends, you can check the total search volume of the keyword "Uber for pets". And, the graph of the search volume has been increasing firmly since 2004.
Furthermore, the United States is the region where maximum users are. And, this is what you can see in this image.
Most of all, if you might have any queries like-
- How much does it cost to create an app like Uber for sick pets?
- Can I discuss my app idea based on Uber for vets or veterinarians with you?
- What are the benefits of creating an MVP (Minimum VIable Product) of an app?
- Indian app developers cost to develop app like Uber for sick pets
Then, you can get in touch with us as we are a leading mobile application development company. We've already developed over 60 Uber-like apps along with unique features and functionalities, including multi-lingual support, cross-platform ability, payment gateway integration, online support, social media integration, and GPS real-time tracking.
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In my house we like coffee. But that's where the easy cohabiting ends.
How we like our coffee divides us into two camps; the half who can be arsed to grind beans every morning and actually knows how to use the new scary coffee machine, and the half who quite likes it when sweet, creamy lattes come out of a pod and is still lamenting the death of our old Dolce Gusto machine.
One of us prefers Nero, gets their order "extra hot, extra shot" and is a total coffee-snob, and the other likes Starbucks. Because syrup.
I'm the lament-y and Starbz one.
I do like good coffee, it's one of the many reasons I love Paris so much, but I also reeeally like the convenience of being able to push a button and have a latte. Or a cappuccino. Or a mocha. I'm happy with a pot of a dark roast instant at 7am, preferably supped in bed.
My other half however prefers to buy all different kinds of beans and terrify the cat first thing in the morning by grinding them up in the worlds noisiest grinding machine.
When our old penguin (the name we affectionately gave the Dolce Gusto) spat out its last espresso I, in my grieving state, assumed we'd pop over to Currys and replace it with an equally cute and friendly pod-eater. I flirted with the idea of buying a more grown up looking Nespresso machine but, before I'd even made a decision, the boyfriend came home with some snazzy monstrosity that cost ten times the price of a penguin, but apparently makes a better mug o'joe. It's been 3 years now and I still have no idea how to use this beast and as such have reverted sulkily back to my jar of instant. We remain at loggerheads when it comes to our caffeine-fix preferences.
With this rivalry continuing I thought I'd challenge the boyfriend and put my newfound skillz to the test by recreating some of the cocktails we had at the Coffee With Currys networking event last week. Currys threw a Nespresso party at Revs last Thursday to celebrate National Coffee Week (how have we never heard of this??) and Joe Blogs invited a pile of bloggers down to sup some coffee themed cocktails, have a go at
butchering making some ourselves and do a bit of handy networking. I hadn't been to Revolution since the relaunch at the beginning of 2014 so it was nice to pop down on a sunny evening and have a go at making a sticky mess behind the bar and sample the new Revs coffee cocktails. Whilst my other half was at home, watching the general election broadcasts and not drinking coffee cocktails.
One thing we DO have in common is a love of a good spirit or several. Our alcohol cupboard is well-stocked to say the least. He was therefore enthusiastic about having the chance to show off his prowess as a mixologist and I was eager to demonstrate how much learning I actually do at these events. Except that, after a few drinks, my memory was a bit hazy…
The recipe for this classic but delicious Espresso Martini is as follows:
1 x Coffee liqueur shot (We used Kahlúa)
1 x Stoli vanilla vodka shot
1 x Regular shot of coffee
1 x Gomme syrup shot
Add all the ingredients into a mixing glass.
Shake hard for 10-12 seconds.
Use a strainer to pour your drink into a Martini glass.
And then, because my other half wanted to involve his honey Jim Beam, we tried the Honey Bee:
2 x Jack Daniel's Honey OR if, like us, you only have JB, that'll do too
1 x Gomme syrup shot
100 ml Espresso
A Dollop of single cream
A Dollop of whipped cream
Again, add all ingredients into a mixing beaker.
More shaking for 10-12 seconds.
More using a strainer to pour your drink into a jam jar (or more normal glass).
Toast to your success and sample the fruits of your labour.
You will note that we only have one cocktail shaker so we could not do the fancy pouring that Josh at Revs showed Carly how to do, and you'll also note the glasses don't match 'cos I smashed the other martini glass, flailing my arms around, telling a dramatic story last year so he's using a margarita glass. Of which we have plenty (olé!). While our efforts tasted divine we could probably do with some work on not-spilling-some and the presentation. Which, if you ask me, seems like the perfect excuse to make some more.
The Coffee With Currys event has rekindled my love for the pod machines and I'm now thinking I might have to head down to Currys and get a new penguin anyway. I'll resist sabotaging our (his) current espresso maker though – I reckon the kitchen's probably big enough to handle side by side, his 'n' hers machines. We'll be That couple.
Thanks to Joe Blogs and Currys for the invitation. I had a lovely chatty night.
Most of these snaps are mine but the one of the back of my head was clearly not taken by me so thanks to JB for that one.
The recipes above were obviously not mine so for these and other boozey coffee recipes see here.


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Arkansas junior running back Felix Jones declared for the NFL draft at a news conference on Monday.
Jones and junior teammate Darren McFadden, each of whom topped 1,000 yards rushing this season, could both be taken in the first round of the next NFL draft.
McFadden spoke first at a joint news conference Monday. Then it
was Jones' turn.
"I guess that'll be the last handoff from D-Mac," Jones joked.
Jones, 6 feet, 207 pounds, averaged 8.7 yards per carry and scored 11 rushing touchdowns. He is also a proven threat as a returner.
Joe Schad covers college football for ESPN. Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.


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The Church of Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla aka "LA PUNTA"
Noted for his outstanding location the Church of Sant Bartomeu i Santa Tecla, better known as "La Punta". The strategic location of this church has become one of the most recognized icons in Sitges. An authentic coastal stamped at the end of the promenade and on top of the bastion, after climbing the steps to admire the sea before going to visit the Church. Its structure is quite peculiar, because it has two bell towers, and possesses one of the watch towers that served the population to calculate the time. Its facade is quite simple but the frame where it is located is incomparable. The beautiful parish of San Bartolome and Santa Tecla is certainly the image that symbolizes Sitges.
The church, built in the seventeenth century but with many subsequent amendments, is a charming Baroque style and the interior retains several Renaissance and Baroque altars and an organ of 1690. Despite the beauty of its architecture, the church would not be the same were it not for its great setting. Located on a small hill overlooking the beach and the town. El Raco de la Calma is a really lovely place to pass by and we stop for a while, as we go from the beach of San Sebastian to the church of Sant Bertomeu and Santa Tecla. Walking through the Racó will find the most beautiful and relaxing places in Sitges, as musicians help the relaxation and tranquility to appreciate. At the end of this walk in a large square overlooking the sea and the lighthouse there is a very nice market where we can buy accessories, earrings, clothes, bracelets … In conclusion, it is a wonderful place to spend a great summer in its magnificent beaches and to roam around its magnificent streets.
Accommodation in Sitges…BIG SAVINGS!
The Gay French Riviera!
Voted the most gay-friendly in the World!
Sitges economy is based on tourism and culture events.
The percentage of the Gay Transient Population is 35%.
Sitges is a province of Barcelona and it is located only 35 km SW of Barcelona
43.85 km²
17°C, Wind S at 0 m/s, 59% Humidity
28,171 (2014) Instituto Nacional de Estadística
35% are from the Netherlands, the UK, France and Scandinavia
Catalan, Spanish, English
Sitges has approximately 4,510 accommodations and the majority are 4 stars hotels. They all are gay friendly.
Sitges has over 20 restaurants that are gay or gay-friendly.
Carnival – February 28th to March 6th, 2019, the parades are on days 3 and 5. A winter party in which everyone disguises themselves to dance for days, even uploaded in floats. More information: Carnaval 2018
Rally Barcelona Sitges – March 16th to 18th, 2019. If you like vintage cars (and if you do not like them too), an event that you can not miss. More info: Rally 2018
Sitges Tapa a Tapa – From April 12th to 22nd. An excellent gastronomic event that takes place twice a year in Sitges where you can enjoy snacks of all kinds of cuisines. More info: Tapa a tapa 2018
Bears Week – May Edition, from the 30th of April to 5th of May.
Corpus Christi – From the 2nd to the 10th of June, day 3 the flower carpets. A day in which the streets of Sitges are covered with long and colorful carpets of carnations, more info: Corpus 2018
Sitges Gay Pride – From June 1st to 10th. Holidays, music, dance, union … and a lot of pride! Gay Pride 2018
Fiesta Mayor – August 18th to 26th, day 23 at night the fireworks. The most traditional festival in Sitges where you can enjoy popular dances, concerts, a night of fireworks and much more. Fiesta Mayor 2018
Bears Week – From the 1st to the 11th of September. Bears Week 2018
Santa Tecla – September 22th to 23th. Like the Fiesta Mayor named above, but in which the youngest also participate. For many it is the closing party of summer. Santa Tecla 2018
Festival de Cine Fantástico/ Zombie Walk – From the 4th to the 14th of October (zombie walk day 6). A film festival that has been held for over 50 years, the films shown will not leave you indifferent! Cine Fantástico 2018


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LecturerBrooklands CollegeWeybridge, SurreyHatton says she has always enjoyed sharing her skills as a baker and confectioner and her move into teaching from working full-time in various bakery businesses was a natural progression.She has now been teaching for 26 years, the last eight at Brooklands College.Hatton was chosen as the winner because of her passion for training and the industry as a whole. She says: "I love baking and I like to keep industry contacts to ensure I'm providing the right courses for what companies need. We must promote this industry and persuade young people that it offers a good career path."The judges also cited Hatton's "perseverance and willingness to go the extra mile for the industry" as making her an inspirational and worthy winner.Finalist Henry JefferiesAssessor/Internal VerifierHungerford, Berkshire After completing his training, Jefferies turned his attention to a family business. Opened in 1960, the firm grew from one shop to seven and, by 1998, had an annual turnover of £1.5 million. At this point, Jefferies sold up and moved on to training, with the National Association of Master Bakers, City & Guilds and the SAMB.Jefferies says he is, above all, a practical baker, always learning, and he hopes his 50 years' experience means he can offer students a breadth of knowledge vital to the demands of the industry today. "Bakers today must know so much and be able to relate various processes to one another - I think I have the communication skills to help them understand this."Finalist Julie KempHR ManagerBells of LazonbyPenrith, CumbriaThis 60-year-old family business has five shops in and around Cumbria and the north west and serves several wholesale clients, turning over £11 million a year. It also owns the Village Bakery and OK! 'free-from' brands. Kemp joined as HR manager two years ago and has put in place a programme addressing a raft of requirements, from hands-on bakery training, Skills for Life numeracy and literacy and English skills for the 10% of staff who are migrant workers.As a result, absence has reduced by over 15% and staff turnover by over 10%. "We have seen a real change in people's abilities and attitude. We are committed to developing a culture of life-long learning," she says
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The Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center—a designated large-scale sequencing center of the National Human Genome Research Institute—is a member of The Cancer Genome Atlas project, an ambitious government-funded consortium created to identify cancer-causing genes.
Administered by the NHGRI and the National Cancer Institute, both branches of the National Institutes of Health, the goal of the nine-year Cancer Genome Atlas Project is to identify genetic changes and variations found in more than 20 types of cancer. The initiative was formed to facilitate a comprehensive and coordinated effort to establish a detailed catalog of genomic changes in specific types of tumors, with the long-term goal of improving the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer.
The consortium, which studies up to 500 samples for each cancer type, has identified more than 100 new genes, to date. The Duncan Cancer Center conducted all tissue banking for the samples. Funded to the tune of $100 million annually, TCGA is leading the way in new understanding of the causes and progression of the disease.
Under the leadership of genomics expert Dr. Richard Gibbs, the Baylor center received a $114 million grant for research to identify every gene and mutation linked to 50 types of cancer. To date, the center's work has led to sequencing in tumors of the colon, pancreas, kidney, breast and bladder.
Pancreatic Cancer
A five-year collaboration between the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center and center members in the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery identified two new pathways involved in pancreatic tumors that may lead to the development of new and earlier diagnostic tests for the disease.
The study was the first to report findings from primary tumors. Previously, only cell lines or tumors transplanted into mice had been used.
Colorectal Cancer
Sequencing found that mutations in the genes of 224 cancerous colorectal tumors disrupted the proper activity of a cellular pathway known to play a crucial role in cancer and embryogenesis. The study identified several new genes not previously suspected in the disease.
Researchers considered colon and rectal cancers as distinct and examined each separately, but they found that the two were extremely similar on a genomic level, excluding hypermutated tumors that had abnormally high rates of genetic mutations.
The results of this study may help explain why people with hypermutated tumors have a better prognosis that those whose tumors are mutated at lower rates.
Bladder Cancer
Deep molecular analysis of 131 muscle-invasive tumors found recurring defects in 32 genes for bladder cancer, a form of the disease that currently has no targeted therapies. Many of the genetic abnormalities had previously been linked to other forms of cancer, but nine of the genes had never been reported as significantly mutated in any other cancer.
Kidney Cancer
Researchers surveyed 400 cancerous kidney tumors to identify 19 mutated genes.
The study found that high-grade, high-stage clear cell kidney tumors undergo a metabolic shift suggestive of the Warburg effect in cancer. The Warburg effect refers to the fact that cancer cells generate energy in the absence of oxygen, whereas normal cells produce energy in the presence of oxygen.
Breast Cancer
In the first comprehensive genetic analysis of breast cancer, TCGA researchers evaluated tumors and tissue samples from 825 patients and identified four main subclasses of breast cancer.
The study, which focused on the most common types of breast cancer that are thought to arise in the milk duct, found that the four subtypes do not appear to develop from one another. In addition, one type of breast cancer was found to have many of the same properties as an aggressive form of ovarian cancer. •
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Future of Humanity Institute Scholarships is inviting applications for DPhil students starting at the University of Oxford. Scholarships will be awarded to Home/EU or overseas students. The goal is to choose the very best students and support them as they begin work on some of the greatest challenges the human …Read More »
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Straws Documentary Free Viewing at the Camas Library on Monday!
Earth Day 2018 is Sunday April 22. The Earth Day 2018 Campaign is: End Plastic Pollution. Plastic pollution is poisoning our oceans and land, injuring marine life, and affecting our health! Earth Day is dedicated to providing the information and inspiration needed to fundamentally change human attitude and behavior about plastics.
In honor of this year's Earth Day campaign, two local women – Geri Rubano and Alicia King, and the Camas Public Library have teamed up to present a free screening of the award-winning documentary STRAWS. Directed by Linda Booker and narrated by Oscar winning actor Tim Robbins, the 33-minute documentary highlights the environmental impact of plastic straws and seeks a new path forward with sustainable straw alternatives.
The free documentary screening is open to the public and begins at 6:30 p.m., Monday, April 23, at the Camas Library, 625 N.E. Fourth Ave.
For more information about the documentary, visit strawsfilm.com. To learn about plastic straw dangers, visit blueocean.net, strawlessocean.org or thelastplasticstraw.org. Some sustainable alternatives to plastic straws include aardvarkstraws.com and ukonserve.com.


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The complexity and the duration of the interviews depend very much on the job you are applying for. You will be asked to participate in two or more of the following interviews.
There are several tests that you may have to pass, some will assess your general skills, while others will assess very specific skills that are required for the job you are applying for. These include:
Some of the common interview questions that you may come across your hiring process at Bobcat include:
What a great opportunity it would be to work for Bobcat. Its long-term presence on the market and the fame it has successfully accumulated over the years will provide you with new experiences and new knowledge. The highly complex interviews and tests may be difficult. We are here to help you with the hiring process. JobTestPrep offers lots of useful tips, guides, and tests which will help you get the job. Give JobTestPrep a try!
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The intelligence behind insulation [VIDEO]
Insulation plays an important role in keeping your home comfortable and cost-effective, but many homeowners are unfamiliar with how the material actually impacts their homes. High-performance insulation products like Icynene's spray foam insulation are effective at slowing the heat transfer process known as conduction.
Denser, more heat resistant materials are given a high R-value*, which is a measure of how well a material slows conduction. Heat escapes easily through the open air, so filling interior spaces with insulation like spray foam which allows you to create an air tight seal. Spray foam insulation acts as both an insulation and air barrier material, so not only does it help keep you comfortable but also limits air from escaping your home which leads to higher bills each month. Spray foam insulation is a smart investment for anyone looking to save money and protect their home from heat loss.
Speak with an Icynene professional or check out icynene.com again for more insulation information.
* R means resistance to heat flow. The higher the R-value, the greater the insulating power. Compare insulation R-values before you buy. There are other factors to consider. The amount of insulation you need depends mainly on the climate you live in. Also, your fuel savings from insulation will depend upon the climate, the type and size of your house, the amount of insulation already in your house, and your fuel use patterns and family size. If you buy too much insulation, it will cost you more than what you'll save on fuel. To get the marked R-value, it is essential that this insulation be installed properly.


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You know your life will never be the same, and you're struggling to move on. You've come to the right place! These tips will help you grow forward when you can't go back. I call them "Blossom Tips" because they're about planting seeds, nurturing growth, and flourishing in a new season of life.
"See, I am doing a new thing!" says God in Isaiah 43:19. "Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland."
It may have been bad news that brought you here, but the good news is that a new thing has been planted in your life! It may not be a season you planned for or expected. It may not be a season you're prepared for, or that you even want. But it's here. And so am I. And I have Blossom Tips for growing forward when you can't go back.
Finding the balance between learning how to stop dwelling on the past while honoring your experience can be tough. We often veer to one extreme or the other: we spend too much time grieving, or too much time marching stoutly forward without honoring the past.
My Blossom Tips will help you find that balance. We'll explore general ways to grow forward and accept the idea that even though you can't go back, you can be happy and healthy again. You can be free from the pain, and you can enjoy the peace, love and joy that comes with healing.
5 Tips for Growing Forward When You Can't Go Back
My articles — especially the ones on mending a broken heart and letting go of someone you love — are often broken up into five different categories. This offers a holistic approach to life because it includes the whole woman: Spirit, Heart, Soul, Body, and Brain.
And, the separate Blossom Tips will help you identify which works best for you.
1. Spirit Blossoms
The foundation of growing forward when you can't go back is your spiritual health. The stronger you are spiritually, the more hope, peace and joy you'll have — even when you're struggling with the death of a loved one. Your faith can become stronger and more meaningful because of your pain, and your relationship with Jesus can get deeper and more personal.
What painful experience brought you here? Maybe you're struggling with your husband's death, a difficult divorce, or a devastating health diagnosis. Maybe you were blindsided by a breakup or left stranded by a man you love. No matter what your loss is, your spirit is affected. And no matter how deep or weak your faith, the foundation of healing is this Blossom Tip. Without God, there is no growing forward when you can't go back.
2. Heart Blossoms
My first undergraduate degree is in psychology, and I have a master of social work. I'm a big fan of psychological and emotional healing as part of growing forward! Especially when you can't go back to the way things were. Not only have I taken counseling courses, I myself saw a counselor for almost a year. It wasn't easy to work through the pain of my past, but it was necessary for my growth.
How are you doing psychologically or emotionally? This is another important part of growing forward after a painful life experience. Recovering from loss and facing grief hurts because it forces us to work through pain, but it's necessary. What are you doing to take care of your psychological and emotional health?
3. Soul Blossoms
This is my favorite of all the Blossom Tips! We can get creative, artistic, and even entrepreneurial when we grow our souls. Writing, coloring, drawing, sculpting and sketching are just a few ways to grow forward and heal. Exploring the creative side of your personality is so important, and so Godly. He is our Creator; He is colorful, imaginative, inventive, interesting…and we're made in His image.
What are you creating in your life? I guarantee that it will help you grow forward when you can't go back. You don't have to create art, write a book, start a blog or design a house. Creativity involves taking anything and forming it into something different. Cooking food, planting or tending a garden, starting a community project, and even rearranging your house is being creative.
4. Body Blossoms
In my book Growing Forward When You Can't Go Back, I describe how I walk backwards up hills while listening to podcasts. Now, I've graduated to jogging uphills backwards! Maybe one day I'll be recording podcasts instead of just listening to them when I'm out there exercising 🙂
How are you taking care of your physical health? Grieving is exhausting. It's hard work for your brain, spirit, body, heart and soul. If you don't take good care of yourself, then who will? A fundamental aspect to growing forward when you can't go back is your physical health. This includes the foods you eat, the quantity and quality of hours you sleep, the amount of exercise you get and the way you treat your body.
5. Brain Blossoms
The last tip for growing forward when you can't go back involves your intellect. Your thoughts are crucial because they affect your mood, attitude, and choices. Your mind is incredibly powerful, and you have control over what thoughts you choose to accept or reject.
What thoughts do you dwell on? Maybe you're stuck in the past, and can't let go of the idea that your life turned out "wrong." Maybe you're holding on to a person, place or period of time that has passed. Maybe you don't want to grow forward because you wish the past was still here. Pay attention to your thoughts. You don't have to force yourself to think or act different right now. Just notice what thoughts you tend to have most often.
And there you have it, my friend: a general overview of my five "Blossom Tips" or ways to grow forward when you can't go back. You'll find more specific ideas in various "She Blossoms" blog posts, and of course my book Growing Forward When You Can't Go Back.
What do you think? Your thoughts – big and little – are welcome below! I read every comment, but don't worry: I won't give advice or tell you what to do. It's your turn to talk.


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Jack the Ripper
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Friday, 14 July 2017
Exeter Phoenix
A dark drama based on the true story of the mysterious, unidentified serial killer who terrorised Victorian London. This unique steampunk adaptation comes from a nationally award-winning theatre and film company from South Devon.
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报告人:Prof. Zhihong Zhang, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
报告题目:In vivo optical imaging of the spatio-temporal dynamic information of immunocytes during tumor immunotherapy
报告时间:16:00 PM, Sep. 25th (Monday)
Optical molecular imaging is the most promising tools for investigating the function and motility of immune cells in vivo. We established two kinds of visualization model about melanoma immunotherapy and investigated the spatio-temporal dynamic behavior and properties of immune cells in tumor microenvironment using optical imaging approaches. One model is the combined-immunotherapy of adoptive cell therapy (ACT) and cyclophosphamide (CTX) for B16 murine melanoma. Intravital microscopy data indicated that regulatory T cells formed an 'immunosuppressive ring' around a solid tumor. The CTX-ACT combined-treatment elicited synergistic immunoreactions in tumor areas, which included relieving the immune suppression, triggering the transient activation of endogenous tumor-infiltrating immunocytes, increasing the accumulation of adoptive cytotoxic T lymphocytes, and accelerating the infiltration of dendritic cells in tumor microenvironment. The other visualization model is the tetrameric far-red fluorescent protein (tfRFP)-elicited anti-tumor immune response. The intravital microscopy data indicated that strong and specific immune response against tfRFP-expressing B16 melanoma (tfRFP-B16) cells was occurred in the tfRFP-immunized mice after the implantation of tfRFP-B16 cells. The activated immunocytes attack and selectively eliminate tfRFP+ melanoma in vivo, which swarms of immunocytes rushed toward tumors with high motility, clusters of immunocytes form quickly, and numerous antigen-antibody complexes in the form of tfRFP+ microparticles are generated in the tumor areas and ingested by macrophages in the tumor microenvironment.
Professor Zhihong Zhang is the director of Division of Biomedical Photonics, Wuhan National Lab for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST) in China. She is the awardee of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of China. Aiming at significant demand for the visualization research of tumor immunotherapy, she devoted in developing novel optical imaging methods for multi-level, multi-molecular parallel detection and targeted labeling in vivo. Her research is also focused on intravital optical molecular imaging for tumor immune, multi-functional lipid nanoparticle for tumor imaging and therapeutics, and fluorescent protein probes and multi-event synchronization imaging in living cells.
Contact: Prof. Zhuang Liu