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Why try Acro? Short answer: fun. This hybrid style combining acrobatics and healing arts like Thai massage with yoga can help you take the next step in your practice by connecting you with others while boosting strength, body awareness, and playfulness.
"It will take you out of your comfort zone and require that you exercise your trust muscle," says Deven Sisler, lead AcroYoga teacher on Wanderlust's 2015 tour. "Breathe deeply -- you will be flying before you know it!"
Round up a couple of friends and try this sequence Sisler created for YJ. These poses require a base (the person closest to the ground, who supports the flyer), a flyer, and a spotter.
Start with three rounds of Sun Salutations to connect to your center and breath before you start working in a partnership. Then hold Plank Pose for 30 seconds to fire up your core. Practice one backbend of your choice to further warm up your spine.
During the sequence, if a pose feels painful or the flyer is on the verge of falling, the base, flyer, or spotter can say "down." Then everyone brings the flyer safely to the ground. After each pose, rotate roles so that everyone can try basing, flying, and spotting.
Partner Warm-Up: Reverse Hand-to-Hand Push-Ups
This hand connection is an important partner mudra (hand gesture) for your AcroYoga practice, whether you are a beginner or advanced.
Imagine both the base and flyer have mittens on, fingers together with thumbs out. The flyer's fingers point toward the base's face. The base rotates hands at a 45-degree angle out to the side as the flyer clasps the base's hands. The base and flyer keep arms straight for a full breath cycle, so there's one long line from the base's shoulder through the connected hands to the flyer's shoulder.
The base then bends arms as far as comfortable out to the sides 5 times and the flyer keeps arms straight. Both the base and flyer inhale on the way down and exhale on the press up, keeping the abdominal muscles engaged.
Front Plank
This flying pose is just like Plank Pose on the ground, but with more support. Since there are four points of contact, the base and flyer can explore how the balance works.
Base: Lie on your back with your heels over your hips.
Flyer: Stand facing your base with your toes almost touching their glutes.
Base: Bring your feet to the hipbones of the flyer, bending your knees a little to connect in a reverse hand-to-hand grip.
Flyer: Lean forward into your base's feet, keeping your body in one line from shoulders to heels.
Base: With straight arms, receive the weight of your flyer in your feet, then straighten your legs and stack your heels directly over your hips, keeping your knees slightly bent if your hamstrings are tight.
Spotter: Stand next to the flyer's hips. Make sure the base and flyer are safe, and help the base keep their heels directly over their hips for maximum balance.
Flyer: Engage your core and allow the base to lift you off the ground.
Base: Keep your arms straight, shoulder blades grounded into your mat, and your hands directly over your shoulders.
Flyer: Push into the hand connection and lift your toes like in Locust Pose. Stay here for 5-10 breath cycles.
Base: Bend your legs to bring the flyer's feet to the floor.
Chair Pose (Utkatasana) on Shins
The base will build confidence and leg strength by keeping the shins parallel to the floor. The flyer learns to trust the uneven support under their feet.
Base: Stack your knees over your hips, keeping your legs about hip-width apart.
Flyer: Place the ball of your big toe at the top of base's shin/bottom of kneecap, then take a reverse hand-to-hand grip. Pressing into strong straight arms, place your second foot on the base's other shin and stand up.
Base: You can stabilize your legs by holding your own outer thighs once the flyer is standing. Your flyer may ask you to experiment with the angle of the shins to the floor for more or less support.
Spotter: Stand at the back body of the flyer in Warrior I (Virabhadrasana I), ready to help the flyer down by holding their hips if they lose balance. This pose can go down quickly, so watch closely!
Flyer: Breathe in Mountain Pose (Tadasana) for a moment. Then sit back into Chair Pose as you reach your arms forward and up. Stay up for 3 breath cycles.
Flyer: Slowly shift back into Tadasana, then clasp the base's hands and step off with control.
Want to keep flying? Continue with 4 additional AcroYoga Poses.


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Okay, it is getting close to that time of year where a lot of people are thinking about New Year's resolutions and one of the most favorites is to stop smoking. So we thought that we might introduce you to ZeroMed to see if it might help.
ZeroMed is a change from all the other stop smoking devices that you may know about. Instead of it being something that you ingest or apply as a patch to your body it is a device that you clip to your ear. Technically this is known as auricular therapy.
The Claim
The company claims that their device is a form of acupressure that will help you to quit smoking without the normal cravings that come during the quitting process. They say that it eliminates the need for using quitting devices that contain nicotine or other harmful chemicals.
The Hype
For those that desperately want to quit smoking it really doesn't take a lot of hype to entice them into trying a new product. Most that have tried to quit and have failed have tried multiple different types of stop smoking aids. Most will continue to do so until they find the one that works. So with the marketing material being so strong for ZeroMed chances are most will want to try it.
The Cost
You can expect to pay $39.99 for ZeroMed plus $6.99 shipping and handling.
The Commitment
Probably the first thing you are thinking is who wants to walk around with a device attached to their ear for several days? That is not the way the way it works though. Apparently all you have to do is clip the device to your ear for 20 minutes and it will help to eliminate the craving for the cigarette. The promo material doesn't indicate how often you can do this but the promo video says follow the instruction in the kit.
The premise behind ZeroMed revolves around using acupuncture for helping to stop smoking. The difference here is that it is using acupressure which means there are no needles involved so there is no invasive action. Acupuncture has really become popular in western medicine, and acupressure is slowly following in its footsteps, however many say it is not nearly as effective. Many have found that acupuncture did help them quit smoking so for those that are not into liking needles they may try acupressure. The ZeroMed is a very new product so whether it is is going to work or not really remains to be seen until enough valid feedback can be gathered from it. What is interesting is that they only ask you to pay the postage first and if you are not happy with the product you can return it. However, if you are happy then you pay the full price for it after the fourteen days. So probably the most it will cost you to at least try this product is the $6.99 shipping plus the return post to send it back. Plus, you have to rely on the company that they are really going to cancel your order and not charge your credit card if you do return it.
Final ZeroMed Review
We're going to give the ZeroMed a Try/Buy Rating. There is just not enough supportive evidence to show that acupressure is a really significant resource for smoking cessation. Plus, there is not enough feedback on the ZeroMed to support its credibility.
Our Recommendation
There are several health warnings that come with ZeroMed that you need to be aware of before you order it which is outlined in the promo material so make sure you are well aware of these before you decide to use the product. We have looked at a few stop smoking products in the past with some getting more thumbs up than others. One that is herbal based and is getting some good results is Zero Nicotine.


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Making Sense, By Michael Reagan
No matter how hard the media try to rehabilitate Bill Clinton - the man who brought shame and dishonor to the presidency - he seems unable to shed the chronic misbehavior that marked his White House years, sullied his image, got him impeached and destroyed forever his hopes for any kind of legacy worth remembering.
What he did this past weekend, during seemingly endless TV appearances where he attacked President Bush, showed once again why he deserves to be held in contempt instead of being fawned over by a subservient media and the Democrat party, both ever anxious to pay homage to him no matter how low he sinks.
The media's slavishly obsequious behavior during his widely-publicized 'save the world conference' in New York last week was typified by a female Italian reporter who was overheard saying that Monica Lewinski- whose groveling was of a different, more basic form - was 'lucky,' a remark on par with a similar gushing by one of her American sisters who once expressed the same sentiment in earthier terms, saying she would have been more than happy to perform the same lurid services for Bill Clinton that Miss Lewinski provided.
Some of the more honest journalists did admit that Clinton's attacks on President Bush were off-limits, pointing out the fact that former presidents simply do not criticize their successors. It's just not done. Unfortunately, they failed to add that Clinton's criticism was also completely off base, like much of what he says.
The whole incident reminded me of one of my father's finest moments when on the day of his inauguration in 1983, just minutes after learning that the American hostages in Iran had been freed, he sent former President Carter to greet the hostages and even gave him the use of Air Force One for his mission.
Dad had no reason beyond his great compassion and decency to treat the man he had defeated after a bruising campaign - where his opponent had viciously attacked him - with such a great and generous gesture. And from that moment on he never once spoke ill of Jimmy Carter nor did Jimmy Carter speak ill of him during his eight years in the White House.
Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter may have been worlds apart in their politics, but they shared one similarity -- they were both gentlemen. It's something that could never be said about Bill Clinton, now appropriately memorialized by the Chinese by having a line of condoms named after him. Our media and his fellow Democrats may not have his number, but the rest of the world does. Clinton's condoms -- what a legacy!
Clinton's activities last weekend showed once again, that like his Democrat colleagues, he cannot stop wanting to run this country and run the world while he's at it. The man's overwhelming hunger for the spotlight marks everything he says and does.
He cannot bring himself to leave center stage and slip into the background. Nor can his fellow Democrat Chuck Schumer; when he sees a microphone the area between him and the mike becomes a hazardous place to be. Get near either of them and you could be trampled to death as they race to get in front of the TV camera.
Clinton's ingratitude to the president who honored him once again by pairing him with his father to raise funds for the victims of Hurricane Katrina simply boggles the mind. At the very first opportunity he turned on the man who went out of his way to twice honor him with a prestigious assignment.
Chanting the Democrat party's favorite mantra about the need to raise taxes so they can spend more of the people's money on their pet spending schemes, Bill Clinton proved oblivious to the simple fact that the president's tax-cutting policies have given the United States the fastest growing economy in the world. His obsession with tax increases would plunge the U.S. into the recession that he left behind when he and his wife slipped away from the White House with a few national treasures in their trunks. We hoped then that he was gone. He wasn't.
Will he never go away?
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Scott Beck, University of Pittsburgh
Full paper: http://www.kon.org/urc/v9/beck.html
Taiwan has a history full of oppressive rulers and people who resisted their oppression. During October to December of 2008, widespread protests of government intervention in civil society showed that this struggle is not yet finished. This paper analyzes those protests, particularly as they pertain to the Wild Strawberry Student Movement. Key concepts used in this analysis are an action-centered conceptualization of culture as a tool-kit, a narrative of unfolding, and a language of resistance.
This paper explores the social upheaval that occurred in Taiwan from October to December of 2008. For this analysis, I view culture as a "tool-kit" of symbols, stories, rituals and worldviews, which people use in varying configurations to solve different kinds of problems.1 The appearance of these tools is in many respects born of necessity; in order to understand the raison d'être of any particular tool we must look at the historical and social conditions that necessitated its existence as these conditions act like a "culture" in a petri dish, out of which a multiplicity of tools may emerge.
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Hot Artichoke-Spinach Dip
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes3 cups
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1 can (14 ounces) water-packed artichoke hearts, rinsed, drained and chopped
- 1/2 cup frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1/4 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
- Assorted crackers
- In a large bowl, combine the cream cheese, Parmesan cheese, mayonnaise, garlic, basil, garlic salt and pepper; mix well. Stir in the artichokes and spinach. Transfer to a greased 9-in. pie plate. Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until bubbly and edges are lightly browned. Serve with crackers.
Editor's NoteReduced-fat or fat-free mayonnaise is not recommended for this recipe.
Nutrition Facts2 tablespoons: 68 calories, 6g fat (3g saturated fat), 13mg cholesterol, 139mg sodium, 2g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 2g protein.
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Outstanding! Made as directed but without the spinache. To my surprise it was a hit with adults as well as teenagers! Easy to prepare and made early in the day before guests arrived, then baked. As a volunteer food editor for Taste of Home I enjoy making dishes that impress on flavor!
Jan 18, 2016
This was delicious and went fast. I will make a double batch next time. I am not a big fan of basil, so I used Italian seasoning instead.
Jul 4, 2014
Amazing! Used pita chips since they're more sturdy.
Jun 10, 2014
O.k. I wasn't crazy about the basil. Might add a little less next time. Or not at all.
Feb 9, 2014
Excellent recipe.
Dec 23, 2013
It was fabulous, my guests scraped the bottom clean.
Oct 25, 2012
Every time we have spinach in the house I make this dip. I add some crushed red pepper flakes to it to add a little kick.
Oct 9, 2012
I absolutely loved this! I made this for a family get-together and it was a hit. What was left my grandma asked if she could keep. It had to be something special to impress grandma!
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Awesome recipe! The flavor was great! I will definitely be making this again :)
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The long-serving Liberty Inn counter-service restaurant at Epcot's American Adventure pavilion will be closing on July 8, to make way for a new barbecue restaurant (which seems like a good trade-off).
Our friends at The Disney Blog were there today to say a proper farewell (I'm not sure if we'll make it, hence we're living vicariously through them!), and they provide a great look at this Epcot original:
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Jazzuelle 'Circles'
Jazzuelle 'Circles'
HAR201706. 21st July 2017.
House Afrika has swooped to bring South Africa one of the most anticipated releases of the year, Jazzuelle's debut full-length 'Circles'.
The 11-track album is getting an international release on Germany's Get Physical label – testament to how big this Cape Town-born, Joburg-based DJ/producer has become.
Since serving for the revered Red Bull Music Academy in 2013, Jazzuelle has played Sonar and Glastonbury, and his recorded output has landed on plenty labels, including Fred Everything's Lazy Days Recordings, Berlin's Foliage Records, and Martin Atjazz Iverson's Atjazz Record Company.
IDM Mag had given him the title of "South Africa's Best Kept Secret", but that's certainly not true anymore – he's up there with Black Coffee as one of Mzansi's biggest international stars. And the caliber of collaborators on this album is nothing short of staggering.
The names include Da Capo, Charles Webster, Matthias Vogt, Card On Spokes feat. LUMA, Fred Everything, and Lars Behrenroth with Tamara Dey. This latter cut is already causing quite a stir, but it'll be just one amongst many as people discover this wide-ranging record.
Rather than just bangers – though there are a few on display here – 'Circles' shows off a more restrained and brainy producer. This is an artist who operates in house but approaches it with a sense of soul and groove, folding elements of electronica and jazz into the mix.
"Circles' is certainly one of the most exciting SA albums of 2017.
01. Jazzuelle feat. Jinadu – Relativity
02. Jazzuelle feat. Da Capo – Blood Moon
03. Jazzuelle feat. Charles Webster – Towers
04. Jazzuelle feat. Matthias Vogt – Narnia
05. Jazzuelle, Card On Spokes feat. LUMA – Circles
06. Jazzuelle feat. Fred Everything – Adaptations
07. Jazzuelle feat. Thandi Ntuli – Parallels
08. Jazzuelle feat. Lars Behrenroth & Tamara Dey – Fall Into You
09. Jazzuelle – The Darkside Paradox
10. Jazzuelle – Music Of The Spheres
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For anyone who's walking around with a 'Siri' enabled iPhone 4S, 2007 may seem like lost in haze of time. But it is in that year that the first iPhone was unveiled and went on to write history of smartphones.
The year 2011 has been a good one for the product category with stiff competition among vendors who are at the same time intent on creating models featuring ever higher screen resolutions and speedier quad-core processors and graphics processing units (GPUs).
Click here to see the features and market share of the rival smartphones (pdf)
All of which will continue in 2012 and even lead to a year of "mobile ascendancy", according to IDC. Mobile devices will surpass PCs in both shipments and spending, while mobile apps, with 85 billion downloads, will generate more revenues than the mainframe market.
Put together, vendors will be able to build smartphones that will put in the shade all current offerings. The challenge will be to implement the hardware improvements in a way that won't leave consumers even more disappointed with battery life than they are today.
While this year brought the arrival of the first smartphone equipped with LTE (Long Term Evolution) and NFC technology, 2012 will see those with improved battery performance.
It is reported that Apple's iPhone in the future also intends to add NFC features. RIM, Nokia and Samsung have already introduced NFC-enabled models.
According to IMS Research, the number of NFC-enabled phones shipped in 2011 totalled 35 million. The enabling of other cellular handsets will drive that number to nearly 80 million by the end of 2012.
Despite ups and downs for some vendors and operating systems, larger screen sizes are one of the hardware trends which have prompted Samsung to come out with the Galaxy Note's 5.3-inch screen. There are a host of products whose screens measure between 3.5 and 4.7 inches. The iPhone already has lots of pixels, but the screen size has remained at 3.5 inches. However, along with LTE, the next iPhone 5 is expected to have a bigger screen.
But that doesn't mean smartphones have no room left for innovation. It can be argued that screen and the overall size have reached a practical maximum, which means vendors have to find another performance metric to entice users to pick up a new handset.
Changing landscape
According to Ashraf Fawakherji, General Manager of Telecommunications Group at Samsung Gulf Electronics, the technology landscape will continue to change driven by factors such as a developed infrastructure, higher broadband speeds and growing consumer demand for the latest devices.
He said some of the trends that consumers can look forward to next year within the smartphone segment include changes in design, improved battery performance and screen sizes. In addition, 2012 will see the technical integration of various broadband technologies.
Higher resolution is a likely candidate. Recent arrivals like the LG Nitro HD and the Galaxy Nexus have already made the leap to a screen resolution at 1280x720 pixels, and more are reportedly on the way.
Next year, the 720p resolution will be a standard high-end feature. Many manufacturers are trying to devise methods to make small screens with a resolution of 720p.
Big screens have the unfortunate side effect of using a lot of power, but upcoming announcements will focus on advancements in making displays more energy-efficient, according to Geoff Blaber, an analyst at CCS Insight.
Weak processors have given way to dual-core powerhouses. Smartphone cameras are now so capable, the best of them make owning a point-and-shoot camera redundant. The top-motion animation film Gulps and Olive were shot using Nokia N8 phones with 12 mega pixel camera.
"Technology is moving so quickly and cell phones are really going to be the thing that does everything eventually," Hooman Khalili, director of Olive, had said.
But Fawakherji and general manager for Motorola Mobility, Middle East and Africa Raed Hafez echoed in the same voice that we believe the smartphone will become a converged device making lives easier, it should not aim to replace professional digital cameras, which are proving increasingly popular among consumers. The two products serve very different consumer needs.
And display resolutions exceed the limits of the human eye's ability to distinguish separate pixels.
Clock speeds will also increase next year. But improved performance won't come from just faster main processors.
The GPU will also play a more important role in upcoming products, according to Blaber. ARMs Mali-T604 is one of the GPUs that will be used in high-end smartphones next year. It can also use four cores and offers five times the performance of previous Mali graphics processors, according to ARM.
Higher clock speeds
Tegra 3, a four-core processor and the world's first quad-core mobile chip, will bring about a qualitative improvement in multi-tasking, web browsing and applications performance.
"Qualcomm is developing quad-core Snapdragon processors, which will be ready in 2012," said Jay Srage, President of Middle East and Africa, Qualcomm.
"They will be part of the S4 class of Snapdragon processors. Still, the number of cores is not what's important when it comes to mobile device performance. What matters most is how you integrate all parts of the processor — the CPU, graphics processor, software and other components — and make them work together efficiently," Srage said.
"The smartphone industry is very much running in parallel to the computer industry. The fact that processors are moving from single core to eight cores on the chip will be repeated in the mobile industry but at a faster rate. To this end, we will absolutely see quad-core chips next year," Hafez said.
According to Fawakherji, higher clock speeds and the use of dual and quad core technology are definitely two areas of interest for smartphone manufacturers. By incorporating chipsets that offer higher processing speeds, smartphone vendors such are able to develop devices that maximise run-time efficiency leading to noticeably smoother, faster and longer multi-tasking than ever before resulting in a more enjoyable experience for consumers.
The smartphone industry will mirror the computer industry, Hafez said, adding that if we go back a few years, the computer industry was on a clock-speed race. "At one point, this stopped and there was a realisation that pushing the clock was no longer a differentiation or a means to make an impact with the consumer. Instead, there was a move towards multiple cores. We're going to see the same thing happening for smartphones where, for example, a 1.GHz quad-core chip will be faster than a 2 GHz single core chip."
Following the launch of Siri, Google and Microsoft are no doubt scrambling to bring more voice controls to their respective smartphone platforms. As for Siri, there's a slight chance that Apple will open up the virtual personal assistant to third-party apps in 2012. More likely, however, the company will expand Siri's functionality in some fashion.
Augmented reality is another feature we have seen on a few apps here and there, but it will become a standard feature in the phones of tomorrow, as opposed to being limited to one-off apps such as Google Goggles or the Layar browser.
While smartphones will continue to improve noticeably in processor power, screen quality, and data speeds, battery life is likely to see only minor improvements compared to this year. The major technological breakthroughs that could keep users from worrying about getting through the day are still in the laboratory; so the best hope for better battery life lies in optimisation.
Smartphone trends for 2012 will be a highlight of the Consumer Electronics Show, which starts on January 10 in Las Vegas, and the Mobile World Congress, which takes place at the end of February in Barcelona.
Android rules the roost
Dubai: Android took the crown in the war of operating systems in 2011. But things are going to take a dramatic turn with the launch of Windows Phone 7.
With Nokia Lumia's launch in major markets expected in the first quarter of next year, Windows market share will be ticking upwards from the current 5.6 per cent, behind Symbian in fifth place.
But by 2012 it will jump to 10.8 per cent, switching places with Symbian. And three years later in 2015, it will have surpassed iOS and Research in Motion, reaching 19.5 per cent market share, taking the No 2 spot in world market share.
Gartner predicts that RIM will fall from a 2010 peak market share of 16 per cent to 11.1 per cent by 2015. It also predicts that Apple iOS will rise this year, but fall by 2015.
Google's Android will rise from a narrow lead of 22.7 per cent in 2010 to a dominant 49.2 per cent market share by 2012. Apple's iOS will remain the second biggest platform worldwide through 2014 despite its share decreasing slightly after 2011.
Gartner analyst Roberta Cozza explained the Windows Phone growth, noting that Nokia will be able to sell Windows Phones at lower prices than many smartphones sold today and will sell them globally through an extensive sales channel.
Reduced price
Nokia will also retain its reputation for solid smartphone hardware in the Windows Phone alliance, she added. "All the strengths Nokia still has will play a role" in Windows Phone moving to second place in 2015, Cozza said.
With Apple's iPhone 3GS sticking around for another year, we'll probably see some strong competition in the sub-$50 (Dh183.50) range and not just with Android but Windows-enabled phones as well.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has said that "the cheapest phones will be Android and we are trying to lower the production cost of smartphones, thereby reducing the sales price".
"By 2015, 67 per cent of all open OS devices will have an average selling price of $300 or below, proving that smartphones have been finally truly democratised," said Cozza.
"As vendors delivering Android-based devices continue to fight for market share, price will decrease to further benefit consumers.
"Android's position at the high end of the market will remain strong, but its greatest volume opportunity in the longer term will be in the mid- to low-cost smartphones, above all in emerging markets."


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Chester is a city within the county of Cheshire. The city is situated upon the River Dee. The Welsh border is close by. Chester is the largest city within the Cheshire area and has a recorded population of around 120,000 according to the census of 2011. Notable buildings within Chester are the town hall and cathedral, both found within the city centre. The architecture found throughout Chester has links to the Norman era, seen mostly in the form of the cathedral. Within the cathedral, the carved canopies are recognised among the finest in the country compared with other cathedrals.
The city is also appreciated for its city walls, the Chester Rows and the black and white architecture prominent throughout. Chester is also home to the Eastgate Clock, second in popularity to the Big Ben. It's recorded to be the most photographed clock found within England after the Big Ben. Along with its historical architecture, Chester is home to the Grosvenor Museum, which preserves Roman tombstones and also consists of a popular art gallery. Other attractions within the city are the Grovenor Park and Edgar's field, the latter is home to Minerva's Shrine – a Roman shrine dedicated to the goddess Minerva. This all lends to the popularity and tourist interest regarding Chester and its rich historical background and preserved remains serve as numerous hotspots for the city.
Major cities close to Chester include: Liverpool and Stoke on Trent.
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In light of the recent move by Donald Trump to withdraw America from the Paris Agreement, and in conjunction with our own response (which you can read here) as well as the World Environment Day, two of our partners – Huvadhoo Aid and Penita Initiative – have released their own statements expressing their views on the matter. We thank both organisations for their strong stance on ensuring human rights – especially women's rights – are affirmed during this unprecedented move which will have a significant impact on the climate change global effort.
Small island nations like MALDIVES is on the frontline of climate change. The decision by the Trump Administration to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change is deeply disappointing, especially for the citizens of vulnerable nations like Maldives which is exposed to more frequent extreme weather events, coastal erosion, coral bleaching, water contamination and dwindling fish which are already happening here. This leads to further adverse impacts on our society, especially marginalised groups such as women and will make them more vulnerable to adverse climate change events. This would also make it harder for disadvantaged groups to climb out of poverty.
Climate change finance is important for our adaptation to and mitigation of the effects of climate change. However, the future of USAID aid flows to small island developing countries for climate change adaptation is cracked as current US policy towards climate change action changed as a decision by Trump administration.
Imad Mohamed
Executive Director of Huvadhoo Aid
Climate Change action and movement towards a more sustainable world does not rest in one nation or leadership of one nation. President Trump's withdrawal most definitely has disappointed many. Yet, we should thank Mr President Trump for highlighting the fact that we all need to take action and leadership to ensure sustainability of our planet. Leadership does not rest in one person or one office. With this, we call for the UNFCCC processes to make greater commitment to ensure a gender responsive action plans and each country to ensure their climate actions leaves no one behind and no one marginalised.


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Bombay Drawing Room invites you to a fun laid back Art Gathering!
Discover the artist in you as you paint your version of "Doorway to Bliss".
Never painted before? not to worry, you will be guided by an Artist.
As always, a canvas, art supplies are all taken care of as well as beverage. All complimentary when you register. Oh yes, you get to carry the painting home!
Date: 25 May, 3 PM - 6 PM
Venue: Mango Art & Stationery(thane)
Ticket: 1700/- per person (Includes all art supplies for the use at workshop & refreshment)
Strictly no late entries allowed
Refund Policy :
Ticket once booked, if canceled 24 hours prior to the event, the participant is eligible for rescheduling & if the ticket is canceled on the day of the event, rescheduling won't be applicable.
Artist :
Ruchi Chheda
Ruchi is a professional working in a media company and a self-taught artist. She brings an enthusiastic spirit and genuinely loves teaching. She has coached over 800 guests and absolutely loves adding color to everyone's life !! (literally).
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4th Annual Health & Wellness Expo
Featuring Body Break duo Hal & Joanne
Let's Celebrate Health & Wellness in style! The 4th annual Health & Wellness Expo is thrilled to announce that Hal Johnson and Joanne McLeod will be coming to the 2018 Expo as our Keynote Speakers! Hal and Joanne will inspire our audience to create more wealth with their health and reinforce the message that "what habits we have today will impact on our tomorrow".
The dynamic duo, known for their quirky sense of humour, have always tried to deliver the serious message of health and activity with a dose of levity. The former Amazing Race Canada team will be on the main stage presenting twice throughout the Expo and attendees will also have an opportunity meet and greet the pair following each presentation.
The 2018 Expo will be host to dozens of Regional and local guests and vendors specializing in a wide range of health enhancing products & services; gluten-free food, physiotherapy, reiki, massage therapy, health-minded cosmetics and skin care, fitness studios, yoga, and much more. The Health & Wellness Expo is built on the sharing of ideas, techniques and products of both local and international communities. This coming together of like-minded community members creates a melting pot of healthy living options with limitless potential for healthier, more sustainable communities.
2018 Vendors include (adding more every day!):
- Arbonne - Allison Crandall
- Back to Nature Oils
- BC Responsible & Problem Gambling
- Bloom Family Wellness Collective
- Booster Juice
- Captured Wishes
- Chopped Leaf
- City of Dawson Creek
- Claudia's Healing Hands
- Crystal Wilson Designs
- Curastream Health Services
- Dawson Creek Coop
- Diamond C Catering
- DC & District Hospital Foundation
- Energetic Health & Wellness
- Epicure
- Equine Edge
- Everlasting Footprints
- Gentle Beginnings
- Gut Health with Rebecca McCord - Plexus
- Habbit Hobit Curios
- House of healing
- Isagenix
- Jessica Kulla Discovery Toys
- Journey Tree
- Juice Plus
- Karma Rub Canada
- Kontinuum Naturopathic
- Lipsense
- Luv Yourself
- Meals for You
- Misty Meadows Soap
- Modere
- Monat
- Nerium
- Nimitz Beef Jerky
- Norwex
- Nutra Crave
- Oak Naturapathic Clinic
- One Fitness
- Organo
- Pampered Chef
- Peace Pregnancy Support Centre
- Peekaboo beans
- Portal to Vital Health
- Positive Living North
- Rainbow
- Simply Delish
- Skin Medica
- Soak it
- South Peace Wellness Action Team
- Sweet Legs Grande Prairie
- True North Fitness & Rebit Fit Nutrition
- Voxxlife
- Yanndeau's Health & Wellness (XYNGULAR)
- 84 Logic
New for 2018 is the introduction of two POD CHAT areas which will create a more accessible and interactive area for guest speakers and product demonstrators. These 20 Min POD CHATS will be scheduled throughout the day and will create an atmosphere of learning, with talks that are not only eye-opening, but highly educational and entertaining as well.
POD CHAT SCHEDULE CLICK: Pod chat schedule Final Version.pdf
The Expo looks to strengthen partnerships, increase public awareness, and enhance the capacity for health promotion while developing and expanding wellness initiatives in our Region. It offers people a day of learning while providing businesses a chance to connect with customers in a fun and intimate setting.
Vendor applications are still being accepted! Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to showcase your business. Book your expo booth now, before they are sold out. 2018HWExhibitorPackageFinalVersion.pdf or sign up using the form below.
Tickets are available day of the event through the Tiger Box Office Plus at the Encana Events Centre for $5 per person with a portion of ticket sales going to the Have a Heart Radiothon Campaign.
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Tickets are available day of the event through the Tiger Box Office Plus at the Encana Events Centre for $5 per person with a portion of ticket sales going to a local charity.
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Opening Reception: April 6, 11 am - 1 pm
Dorset Library
Dorset, VT
Matthew's photographic images on display at the library represent a sampling of his work that captures the uniqueness of life on Mother Earth. His works in this exhibit range from scenic vistas to emotional portraits of plant and animal life. His deep roots in ecology diffuse into each photograph.
Matthew has dedicated his life to exploring nature and helping others see the beauty and splendor surrounding us. He spent forty years teaching biology in NYC area. In addition he has been a college professor of biology, marine ecology, oceanography, marine mammalogy, and anatomy-physiology at Kingsborough and CW Post Colleges in New York. He has won awards for nature photography from the NY Herpetological Society and from NMEA. In addition, Matthew took many of the nature photographs in the marine biology textbook he wrote, which is widely used in colleges and secondary schools throughout the world.
His work has been on display at the Southern Vermont Arts Center, the Gallery at Equinox Village, the National Art League in Douglaston, NY, and the Gander Gallery in Manchester VT. His artistic portrayal of nature strives to bring the beauty of the outdoors into focus by capturing fleeting moments and unique compositions.
All are invited to meet the artist at the opening reception. Refreshments will be served and all works are for sale, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit the library.
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A lot of people have their own beliefs about stuff and I find it absolutely fascinating reading about other peoples theories and opinions. Every single person is different and we all have individual thoughts whether they are influenced by other people's or not. All of our own personal experiences build up what or how we believe in things.
I am a big believer in karma over anything else in the whole world. What goes around certainly comes around. I guess you could say that I have learnt this the hard way through personal experience, however, I find a lot of comfort knowing in that karma will do my revenge better than I ever could and therefore, I get to keep my hands and conscience clean.
I'd like to believe that there are extraterrestrials out there that are smarter than us but on the other hand, I debate myself with if there were, wouldn't they be here already? We are able to travel through space to other planets, so surely if there was another life form out there, they'd have been here already. Maybe they're that smart they're staying away from our planet seeing as we're all out to destroy ourselves. Aliens are most definitely out there, I just couldn't possibly comment on how smart or what life form they have.
I believe that you don't need to be blood to be family. Whether you're blood or not people still screw you over in life and this is just one of those things you have to just breathe in and let karma deal with. There are people that aren't blood, potentially that you haven't known that long that feel like family. Family is all about the people who believe in you, support you and that you believe in and support back. Family, is all about everybody being on an equal level and mutual respect.
Every once in a while, a good cry does you the world of good. Nothing feels better than a good old ugly cry. Wouldn't you agree?
Mental Health Is Not A Limitation
There is a lot of misunderstood views when it comes to mental health. Some people assume that because you have a mental health problem, no matter what the kind that people are unable to do things, I mean I'm a mess mentally, and look at me, I've proved everyone wrong and am one step away from achieving my degree.
This one is a hard one for me to admit because I feel there can be a lot of judgement from other people, however Tarot has become something I heavily rely on in my life and maybe in the future I will share with you how it's helped me make some important life decisions over these past few weeks.
Being Outdoors Is Medicine For The Soul
Unless you have some medical reason as to why going outside is not good for you of course, but if you don't have an unfortunate illness that prevents you from going outdoors you'll probably find that going out will make you feel a whole load better about everything in your life. You get to breath fresh air, listen to the sounds of nature and just connect with the earth. Some of us have certain things that maybe we feel is more beneficial than others, for me being in the midst of the mountains allows me to fully gain clarity and heal. It allows me to look at things in a realistic perspective. How small our problems are in relation to the size of the world around us.
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In which Randy Orton's credibility nosedives.
5 Star Wrestling promotor Daniel Hinkles has this week offered CM Punk a cool one million dollars to appear for his promotion, telling the UK Sun "We are hugely ambitious. When we ask the fans who they want to see, CM Punk's name is on everybody's wish list - and we're willing to spend big to make it happen."
The problem is that 5 Star Wrestling is total chancer of a promotion forged from the ashes of a deeply awkward video game. To be fair to them, they managed to secure a decent UK TV gig in January of this year - on which it revealed itself to be totally hopeless in every conceivable department. The show began with eight names of various stature, among them Rey Mysterio and Carlito, taking it in turns to interrupt one another. Sound familiar? John Morrison drew the WWE-aping segment to a close by offering to relinquish his Five Star Title and put it up for grabs in a tournament. Why would any wrestler, face or heel, volunteer to do that?
Carlito treated the experience of working there with such disdain that he wore a Chris Masters t-shirt for the occasion, and that wasn't the height of the stupidity. Five Star didn't even know to situate fans on the hard camera to create the illusion that more than a handful of people turned up.
The thought of Punk diving into such a literal sh*tshow is crazy...
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Collaboration enables 3D printing in manufacturing
The originator of 3D printing, 3D Systems, announced at IMTS 2018 that Align Technology, makers of the Invisalign system of clear aligners for straightening teeth, has increased its investment in 3D Systems' SLA 3D printing technology as part of Align's continued operational expansion and unprecedented use of 3D printing in manufacturing.
The multi-year collaboration is part of Align's highly customised additive manufacturing solution that meets the needs of Align's global business.
Align Technology's vision is to bring innovative solutions to dental professionals to deliver excellent treatment outcomes and great patient experiences. Since its inception, Align has partnered with 3D Systems to create a customised additive manufacturing component of an end-to-end manufacturing workflow that produces more than 320,000 unique medical devices (Invisalign clear aligners) per day.
Align has harnessed the accuracy and scalability of 3D printing to grow its patient base nearly 6X since 2009, with more than 5.8 million patients treated globally, with each patient representing a multi-piece set of unique clear aligners. Align continues to expand and scale its operations and manufacturing, including localised production in key markets like Asia Pacific, where Align recently opened manufacturing to serve the local market.
Align estimates the total Asia Pacific market for Invisalign clear aligner treatments to be 3 million cases per year. Anticipated overall market growth for the orthodontics market in China is 15 – 20 percent annually.
Srini Kaza, Vice President, Product Innovation, Align Technology, stated: "Align Technology disrupted the orthodontic industry by creating a digital approach to straightening teeth that makes treatment possible for more people than ever. None of what we have been able to achieve would be possible without 3D printing technology. We believe that our manufacturing process is the largest mass customisation operation in the world. We are leveraging our world-class mass customisation capabilities including 3D printing as we expand manufacturing operations in China, Align's fastest growing region."
3D Systems partnered with Align to develop a customised solution that meets Align's long-term business strategy and goals using 3D Systems' ProX SLA 3D printing technology, materials, and software as part of its aligner fabrication workflow. The additive manufacturing solution is used to create sacrificial tooling, which leads to the creation of the final, patient-ready aligners.
Each component of the additive manufacturing solution has been optimised to meet Align's unique manufacturing requirements and process. The design flexibility enabled by additive manufacturing has helped Align include risk-mitigating processes that prevent potential confusion of millions of patient-specific devices. For example, each Invisalign patient's treatment plan includes multiple unique aligners.
One of the benefits of 3D printing is the ability to print many different parts at once, with each print run potentially including aligners for multiple patients. To avoid confusion, each aligner has a unique patient ID which is added into the design of the aligner through the CAD file and printed directly into the device. This unique identifier does not divulge any patient information, yet allows manufacturing technicians to track and manage production and shipment of each patient's complete set of aligners.
Vyomesh Joshi, president and chief executive officer, 3D Systems, stated: "At IMTS 2018, 3D Systems is showcasing its solutions for large scale factory automation that are transforming manufacturing. Align has embraced 3D Systems' 3D printing solutions from its inception to produce a first of its kind medical device. Today, the company produces more than 320,000 custom aligners per day, and will surpass that number as new operations, such as the latest facility in China, come on-line, a scale that can only be accomplished with the help of additive manufacturing."


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Mary Poppins is back. Everyone's favourite nanny graces our screens again in sequel film Mary Poppins Returns, released in December. To get you back into the world of Cherry Tree Lane, take a look at some of the Mary Poppins themed events going on in London in the mean time.
Mary Poppins afternoon tea at Kona
A Mary Poppins themed afternoon tea was always going to be whimsical, but cakes spinning on a musical carousel on the table in front of us is beyond even our wildest dreams. Throw in tiny chocolate umbrellas, gooey replicas of Mary's famous hat and drinks served in fairytale carriages, and 'whimsy' is just the tip of the iceberg. Kona's Mary Poppins afternoon tea is beautifully executed, delicious, and served in a dining room fancy enough that it feels like a bit of a treat.
Mary Poppins Afternoon Tea at Kona, 51 Buckingham Gate, SW1E 6AF. £40-45 per person, booking required.
Mary Poppins afternoon tea at Aqua Shard
Aqua Shard also offers a Mary Poppins afternoon tea, served 31 floors above London, the city where the film's set. Overlook the chimney pots of the big smoke, including the steps of St Paul's (little old bird woman not included) as you tuck into egg and black truffle sandwiches, mini crumpets and fairground candy floss. It's served on a traditional tiered stand that's topped with Mary's umbrella and tailed with her boots.
Mary Poppins afternoon tea at Aqua Shard. £49 per person, booking required.
Practically Perfect at Milestone Hotel
Kensington's Milestone Hotel has put together a package for anyone wanting a Poppins-themed weekend in the capital.
Spend a night in the hotel overlooking Hyde Park, and enjoy a full English breakfast, a Super-cala-cocktail-licious cocktail, and the hotel's Spoonful of Sugar afternoon tea. For an extra charge, take a kite out into Hyde Park and let it fly (and take the kite home afterwards).
The afternoon tea can be taken separately, if the full package is out of your price range.
Practically Perfect at The Milestone Hotel, 1 Kensington Court. £540 per night for two adults. Spoonful of Sugar afternoon tea, £50 per adult/£25 per child (booking required). Both available until 31 January 2019.
Mary Poppins Returns snow globe at Harvey Nichols
Knightsbridge department store Harvey Nichols has had a Poppins themed makeover. Four costumes from Mary Poppins Returns are on display in the store's windows, a cherry tree bursts through floors and ceilings and arches over the escalator, and an umbrella canopy has been installed in the fifth floor restaurant.
The highlight is the Mary Poppins themed snowglobe — step inside the inflatable snowglobe to have your photo taken against a backdrop of 17 Cherry Tree Lane, the house in which the Banks family live. It'll cost you £10 though, and you need to book in advance.
Fizz, Bang, Poppins at Harvey Nichols, until 4 January 2019.
Mary Poppins film package at Mercure London Hyde Park Hotel
Guests at the Mercure London Hyde Park Hotel have the chance to book a Mary Poppins package to coincide with the film's release. You'll receive local cinema tickets, popcorn and a special guide to London locations inspired by the original 1964 film, made in partnership with Helen Blakeman, Screenwriter & Chair of the Children's Committee at BAFTA.
Mary Poppins package at Mercure London Hyde Park, from £255 on a bed and breakfast rate, available 1 December 2018- February 2019
Find out all you need to know about the new film, Mary Poppins Returns, including cast, characters and release date.


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FCC Publishes To-Do List
The Federal Communications Commission late Tuesday posted online a list of the items chairman Kevin Martin circulated to the other commissioners for a vote -- apparently a first for the commission.
The move comes on the eve of a congressional hearing at which Martin is expected to be grilled by Democrats in particular about criticisms of FCC processes, including insufficient notice to the public about propsals the FCC votes on.
In response to an October 2007 report from the Government Accountability Office, Martin told Congress Nov. 30 that he would take steps to unsure "equal access to information ... particularly in regard to the disclosure of information about proposed rules that are scheduled to be considered by the commission."
Legislators -- including Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, before which Martin and other commissioners are testifying Wednesday -- have complained that Martin sprung a proposed media-ownership change on them and other commissioners without sufficient notice and opportunity for public input.
Publishing the list online, the FCC said in a release, is part of an effort to "make the FCC's rulemaking process as fair and transparent as possible."
That list comprises some 150 items, including proposed fines, the broadcast-localism report, cable-ownership limits, digital-TV carriage, broadcast-diversity initiatives, sponsorship-identification rules and a veritable host of others. It does not explain the items, however, although some titles are relatively self-explanatory, providing a date when they were circulated and a title.
Martin has been saying, and other commissioenrs confirming, that there were many dozens of items before the other commissioners. While the commissioners vote on items at their monthly public meetings, they are free to vote at other times, as well, as they did last week to approve the Tribune newspaper-broadcast cross-ownership waivers.
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Monday, June 9, 2014
Sixth Month Meditation
Of course the sight part is easy, but looking up into these trees, identifying singular leaves, fully seeing the tree both in parts and as its whole that fills my spirit.
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I touch a leaf, or cradle a delicate bloom in my hand.
Photo by Tom Baugh
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"All our knowledge begins with the senses, proceeds then to the understanding, and ends with reason. There is nothing higher than reason." - Immanuel Kant
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What a delightful day....ReplyDelete
...and it ends with TEA!!
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Very thoughtful post for me. I'm guilty of taking all five for granted, and need reminders like yours of what I'm missing. For instance, the birds are singing outside my open door, and my two kitties are obviously listening. Now I am too! :)ReplyDelete
There's a rose garden near to where we live - a good place to be "in the moment"!ReplyDelete
For the moment, I have been exiled from nature due to an overbearing allergy season. Pollen is everywhere! and too strong for my meds. POO POO...I waited so long!!ReplyDelete
XX Carol
- AnonymousJune 10, 2014 at 2:28 AM
Thanks for sharing that - it's been a delight and a timely reminder and even exploring it second-hand has helped ease me into the morning. :o)ReplyDelete
walking through the woods is my favorite pastime. You said it all!ReplyDelete


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