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A little over three years ago, Bellwether Housing invited Weber Thompson to partner in the design and development of a piece of land owned by University Christian Church (UCC). In collaboration with Compass Alliance Housing, Bellwether Housing has been helping the church parishioners realize a dream – sparked in the 1960's – of transforming their parking lot into affordable housing. Continue reading "Arbora Court: A dream decades in the making begins to come true"
AIA Convention Highlights
Weber Thompson's Director of Sustainability, Myer Harrell, recently attended the AIA National Conference, where he presented as part of the panel "Living From Seattle's Living Building Pilot Program." The conference was filled with inspirational speakers and educational programs. Below, he captures some of the highlights.
At the first keynote of A'17 (the 2017 AIA Conference on Architecture), titled Anticipating the Need: Design that Cares, Pritzker Prize-winner Alejandro Aravena engaged the architect-filled audience by drawing diagrams on a white board to reinforce ideas as he spoke. Continue reading "AIA Convention Highlights"
Nexus breaks ground in Seattle's East Village
It's not every day that you see Blaine Weber digging in the dirt in downtown Seattle. But on March 14th he grabbed a shovel and joined the Nexus team at a ceremonial groundbreaking to kick off the start of construction of the iconic tower. Continue reading "Nexus breaks ground in Seattle's East Village"
It Takes a Village
In the summer of 2016 Weber Thompson started with a simple idea: to design, build, and donate basic shelter for a family in need through the Low Income Housing Institute's (LIHI) Tiny House program. How hard could it be for a few architects to build an 8' x 12' structure over a few weekends, right? Continue reading "It Takes a Village"
Meet the Staff: Brock Williams
Meet Brock Williams, a Project Manager in Weber Thompson's High Rise and Hospitality Design Studios. He has a wealth of experience in hotels, restaurants, commercial office buildings and tenant improvements. Learn more about him in this Q & A, or visit our website to read his bio.
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Brock Williams, Project Manager
How long have you worked at Weber Thompson and what is your favorite thing about working here?
I've worked at Weber Thompson for almost a year now and one of the things I like most about working here is the support I get from the office and individuals to pursue my professional goals and balance work and life outside of work. Continue reading "Meet the Staff: Brock Williams"
Breaking Ground at Arbora Court
On September 20th, Weber Thompson joined Bellwether Housing, members of the University Christian Church congregation, public officials, and community members to celebrate the groundbreaking of Arbora Court.
Years in the making, this new affordable family housing project will be home to individuals and families living in 133 units. The location is ideal – close to transit stops, grocery stores, a farmers market, medical facilities and other community amenities in the University District of Seattle. The site was formerly a parking lot owned by the University Christian Church, but was sold to Bellwether Housing so it could eventually be transformed into affordable housing. Continue reading "Breaking Ground at Arbora Court"
Reusing Stormwater Can Release Untapped Benefits
On September 29th, Weber Thompson Landscape Architecture Principal Rachael Meyer was featured in the Daily Journal of Commerce Environmental Outlook special section. Her article, titled "Reusing Stormwater Can Release Untapped Benefits," suggests that green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) could help mitigate the effects of stormwater runoff in the urban environment. GSI works because it mimics natural systems to absorb, delay and clean the water within a natural watershed before it reaches a collecting body of water.
Read the article on the DJC to learn about GSI strategies, or visit our website to learn about the green stormwater strategies that will be used at the Fremont Office Building. Continue reading "Reusing Stormwater Can Release Untapped Benefits"
Meet the Staff: Rachael Meyer
Rachael Meyer is Weber Thompson's new Landscape Architecture Principal. She joined the firm with 13 years of experience creating lush landscapes for residential projects, parks, and public open spaces. Get to know more about Rachael in the Q & A below.
What is your Name & Title/Role
Rachael Hope Watland Meyer, Weber Thompson's new Principal of Landscape Architecture
You just joined Weber Thompson as our new Landscape Architecture Principal. What brought you here?
Weber Thompson is such a great group of collaborative people and awesome projects! As the Landscape Architect on most of the projects in the office I get to work with pretty much everyone and every project. It is such a great opportunity for me!
What about this new role excites you the most?
I'm excited by the office's focus on sustainability and pushing each project to do more to improve our environment. It needs to be a driver in everything we do, especially with our urban landscapes.
What has been your favorite project?
The Bullitt Center and McGilvra Place Park, the first commercial living building and first living park, respectively, have been most influential on how I approach landscape design and team collaboration. These projects were cutting edge in their ultimate design, but also in the process to get there.
Why Landscape Architecture? Continue reading "Meet the Staff: Rachael Meyer"
Seeking two interior designers
Work hard, play hard, that's our motto. But when the work outweighs the play, we know we need to grow our team, which is why we're seeking two talented, hard-working interior designers with a great sense of humor. We work in a light filled, passively cooled office building in the middle of the highly energized South Lake Union neighborhood in Seattle. If you or someone you know meets the criteria below, please head to our careers page to learn more and apply.
Interior Designer
We are looking for someone to bring their excellent design eye, stellar rendering skills and technical knowledge and experience to support our interior designs. You are a self-starter with at least 4 years of experience in residential multi-family projects – either high-rise or mid-rise – and commercial office projects who can work well in a highly collaborative environment.
What we're looking for:
- Experience and expertise in AutoCAD 2009, Revit, Sketchup and Adobe Creative Cloud.
- Excellent team and interdisciplinary communication, both written and verbal.
- Strong organizational skills.
- The ability to manage both schedules and budgets.
- Resilience, drive, and a sense of humor.
A degree in Interior Design or Architecture from an accredited program is required; LEED AP Accreditation is preferred. Continue reading "Seeking two interior designers"
Healthy Materials for a Better World
It's amazing what humans can achieve when we are faced with a dilemma. Our current environmental predicament has sparked a surge of creativity from designers leading the way to a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. I've been tremendously inspired by the groundbreaking standards put forth by the Living Future Institute, and was excited to attend the Living Product Healthy Materials Summit at the 2016 ILFI unConference.
When I attended the Living Future Conference a few years back, there was a lot of discussion about how difficult it would be to actually meet the Living Building Challenge (LBC). Some felt that it was something they may never be able to achieve. Incredibly, what seemed so difficult to achieve a few years ago has become a new standard in sustainability.
A wide variety of industry professionals presented on how they are implementing the LBC, and using the Declare label to show transparency. With manufacturers and specifiers working together, real change is happening. A presentation on the Healthy Materials Collaborative shed light on the local group of architects and designers working to advocate for healthy building products.
Weber Thompson has been part of the Healthy Materials Collaborative (HMC) since its recent founding. Through the HMC, Weber Thompson has been able to further our sustainability goals and break down barriers to healthy, sustainable buildings. Our tremendous experience with LEED, Built Green, as well as current LBC and Passive House projects is helpful to other HMC members trying to achieve these rigorous building standards.
This year, we are combing through our entire materials library, to make it easier for our designers and architects to specify healthy materials. We are asking manufacturers to show transparency with their products so that we can make informed design decisions. We are also asking manufacturers to label their products with sustainability information so we can easily see which products meet green building standards. Continue reading "Healthy Materials for a Better World"


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This railroad starts in Romney, West Virginia, and offers regular three-hour tours, as well as occasional all-day tours. The train travels from the station in Romney, northward, following the South Branch of the Potomac River. Along the way, you will pass through some very scenic country, not only viewing the nearly-wild river the whole way (and back), but seeing beautiful, lush, green hills and even wildlife along the way. It is not unusual to see bald eagles nesting or flying in the area. There is even an open-air gondola car, on which you can walk out onto at a certain point during the ride, and view the scenery with nothing above or beside you but air and sky. It's very nice.
This train is powered by a diesel engine, pulling several passenger cars, a snack car, and the gondola car. You can also purchase souvenirs on the train while riding.
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Below are some photos I took on this terrific excursion.
This photo of the train traveling along the river was actually taken from another car on the train itself. This is typical of the scenery you will see.
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Flight Sim World Announced
What We Know And Announcement Trailer Breakdown
By Michael Hayward
Dovetail Games released on Wednesday a teaser to their latest flight simulator on show, Flight Sim World. As someone who kept a close eye at what became of the Microsoft Flight Simulator series, in this article I will go through the new announcement trailer and talk about what we see and what we can expect upon early access and release.
During the 10 year anniversary of FSX, I did talk about the downfall of ACES Team and how Dovetail took over the flight simulator franchise. Feel to read it here.
Dovetail Games
First of all, Dovetail Games and the name of the game itself. Dovetail Games are a company based in Chatham, England. They are known for their Train Simulator franchise Railworks, later Train Simulator 20XX, and now known as Train Sim World. Train Sim World is a train simulator where the user can conduct different locomotives across a wide range of pre-made and user-made routes with the use of Steam Workshop Integration. [Editor's note: TSW ships with only one route; others will be available as add-ons.] Their Train Simulator line is fairly infamous within the community for their heavy use of DLC but is praised for the good graphics and the overall interface and use of the simulator. There are also holes in some areas such as the overall physics and performance of the game, but it generally gets favorable reviews from its users.
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An introduction to physiological mechanisms, regulation and control in mammals and some other species. The organ systems of the body have to work together to maintain physiological functions. Thus the cells and tissues communicate within one organ, but also between organs. So while it often helps to examine processes at the cellular (even sub-cellular) and tissue levels, it is important to consider that it all works together, as part of one integrated system: the body.
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- Introduction to physiology, and to hormones and homoeostasis
- Cardiovascular system
- Respiratory system
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- Digestive system
- Kidneys and fluid balance
- Interactions of the organ systems, control and regulation are underlying themes
- Examples of physiological adaptations of other, non-human animals
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This module is 150 hours of work. This breaks down into 33 hours of contact time and 117 hours of independent study.
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Letters to the Editor for Winter 2018
By: Constitution Staff
More Wasted Money
Two or three times in recent months reports have surfaced from State Treasurer Ken Miller that revenue collections had shown substantial increases over 2016. These led me to question if there was a real need to have the "special sessions" of the Legislature called by Governor Fallin. Special sessions are rather expensive, especially when there is a projected revenue shortfall from the budget approved last year. We have been told that special sessions run a normal cost of about $30,000 per day, but not whether there are added costs to that number, such as travel and per-diem expenses.
Now there has appeared a story of another month, December, where there again was an increase. With increases in all but one month of 2017, receipts have exceeded those of 2016 by $667.6 million. The one month without an increase was not listed, but logic would give the presumption that it would have been January, before the boom engendered by the inauguration of President Trump became a reality. With a previously projected shortfall of $316 million, it would seem that the problem would have solved itself, and so it would not have been necessary to even have had any special session let alone two.
It still confuses me how this state government, which has a constitutional requirement to not operate on a deficit, can continue to spend money like there was no limit, and not seriously seek to cut waste wherever it is found to occur. State Auditor Gary Jones has documented a number of very wasteful situations in Oklahoma governmental operations, as he has stated in some of his speeches attended by me. But, neither chamber of the Legislature seems to be interested in taking action to reduce or eliminate the wasteful, and/or illegal operations and practices, nor does the governor.
On top of that there are those who want to, and do, throw large amounts of money into questionable activities (give away's or "bribes") in hopes of "bringing new business here." It would seem obvious to me that rather than such wasteful practices, the brakes should be put on all such wasteful practices and be able to substantially cut taxes. Another detriment to securing new business activities would be the multitude of onerous and anti-business regulations that exist, many instituted by unelected agency managers.
It would be interesting to see just how many individuals and corporations have moved headquarters out of the state and, if their management would divulge, what actual reasons they used to justify the expense of the move. My memory is still clear that when the decision was made by the parent company to move the headquarters of Amoco Production Company to Chicago, Amoco President Randy Yost publicly stated that he did not want to move there, but simply "Oklahoma is not friendly to business" (as best in my memory).
And now, House Speaker Pro Tempore Wright, (R(INO?)-Weatherford), has submitted a House Resolution that would amend the state Constitution to lower the vote requirement to raise taxes from the present 75% to 60%. It would, of course, require a vote of the people to take effect, but that would just open the door to more taxation and probably more businesses and people deciding to move out and thus lower the tax receipts. Are they mindless down there?
For those currently uninformed the acronym "RINO" stands for "Republican In Name Only" and should be applied to anyone who campaigns on low taxes, with no increases, and economies of operation, in accordance with the Republican Party Platform, and then violates the campaign promises when in office. It is sad, but there are far too many RINOs holding elective office all over the Nation.
Robert W. McDowell, Jr.
Broken Arrow, OK
Absolute Power
There is an old saying that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I have come to believe that it doesn't make any difference which political party that one belongs to. In the recent special session of the Oklahoma legislature, if it were not for State Question 640, we Oklahomans would have been saddled with the biggest tax increase in state history.
I happen to be very familiar with the events that brought about SQ 640 and the need for it. Before the voters approved SQ 640 the Democrats were in charge of state government, they were the dominant political power since statehood. Like many groups before them, they had established themselves as head of the political class, and they became so self important they didn't care about the problems and concerns that the average hard working taxpayer had to deal with. The average man was all but forgotten, and if you didn't belong to some organization or group that had the money to lobby our lawmakers you were SOL. Taxes were passed over the objections of the average man, all the Legislature was concerned with was how much money could be extracted from them.
Finally the average man had enough and we carried petitions to get SQ 640 on the ballot. The Legislature had lost the trust of the people and we said with a loud voice that there would be no new taxes without a vote of the people, and if it became necessary, the Legislature could pass new taxes with a 75% vote. Even after we approved SQ 640 the Legislature was intent on still sticking it to the people by changing the word tax to fee. For years fees have been increased on everything imaginable. Instead of the liberal tax and spend philosophy, we Oklahomans decided to take a conservative path and give the Republican Party control.
I am a registered Republican, but I am a conservative first. I want to make it very clear that there are some great conservatives in the Legislature, but it is a sad fact that even though many may be registered Republican, they are definitely not conservative. For the most part they are no better than the Democrats they replaced. The Republicans have completely squandered their chance to improve our state. Over the past several sessions they have raised fees on everything imaginable, passed an illegal fee on cigarettes, and tried to pass the biggest tax increase in state history. Now some of our so-called conservatives want to lower the 75% number to 60%, while doing next to nothing to audit all government spending. I am not ready for any new taxes until a through audit is done on the money we are already paying. Too many of our Republicans have been infected with the arrogance that absolute power brings.
We the voters are also to blame. We have allowed ourselves to be manipulated with slick marketing campaigns that are, for the most part, paid for by special interest groups with deep pockets. We have elected far too many people who have never run a business or made a payroll and who cannot comprehend what it is to skimp out a living. If we ever need proof that we need SQ 640, just look at the mess our so-called conservative Republicans have made in our state legislature. I urge everyone to stay informed on the attempts to weaken 640. We got it in because of the mistrust of the Democrats, and need to keep it in due to the arrogance of the Republicans.
Russell Turner
Stilwell, OK
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So: The first two weeks of intermittent fasting will suck. "Like anything else, fasting becomes easier the more you do it," Fung says. You'll likely experience side effects (lack of concentration, irritability, headaches, maybe constipation), and you may feel hungry, but you shouldn't feel weak, he adds. Learn how to cope with these and know that if you can power through the first 7-14 days, you're golden.
Hi I just started OMAD or 24-HIIT fasting. But I found myself eating more calories than eating 3 meals a day, I used to eat around 1300cal per day but now around 1500cal. I wonder if I'll gain weight this way. I read some articles and they said if I start eating at dinner time, I should just eat the amount I usually eat for dinner like 500cal. I wonder if that is right.
Fasting is to be done with the object of seeking to know God in a deeper experience (Isaiah 58:1; Zechariah 7:5). Fasting relates to a time of confession (Psalms 69:10). Fasting can be a time of seeking a deeper prayer experience and drawing near to God in prevailing prayer (Ezra 8:23; Joel 2:12). The early church often fasted in seeking God's will for leadership in the local church (Acts 13:2). When the early church wanted to know the mind of God, there was a time of prayer and fasting.
Additionally, alternate-day fasting and whole-day fasting have been shown to not only reduce body fat but also total cholesterol and triglycerides in both overweight and normal-weight people, according to a study analysis in Nutrition Reviews. Because intermittent fasting can stabilize insulin levels—if you don't eat, your blood sugar will come down—there's reason to believe it could be a good diet for people with Type 2 diabetes, Varady adds. Research also suggests that intermittent fasting may even help prevent Alzheimer's and cancer, adds Fung.
The Bible has a great deal to say about both fasting and praying, including commands to fast and pray. The Bible also gives us examples of people who fasted and prayed, using different types of fasts for different reasons, all of which are very positive results. Jesus fasted and prayed. Jesus' disciples fasted and prayed after the Resurrection. Many of the Old Testament heroes and heroines of the faith fasted and prayed. The followers of John the Baptist fasted and prayed.Many people in the early church fasted and prayed. What the Scriptures have taught us directly and by the examples of the saints is surely something we are to do.
Scot McKnight is an Anabaptist theologian and is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies at North Park University. The author of more than10 books and numerous articles and chapters in multi-authored works, McKnight specializes in historical Jesus studies as well as the Gospels and the New Testament. As an authority in Jesus studies, McKnight has been frequently consulted by Fox News, WGN, US News & World Report, Newsweek, TIME, as well as newspapers throughout the United States.
Having issues with an eating disorder, I feel equipped to answer your question. The purpose of fasting is to take the focus off of being fulfilled by anything other than God. You can confess your addiction to the Lord and fast with the anticipation that He will free you from this addiction. Fasting and praying can help you gain mastery over your thoughts and behaviors. The enemy will try to attack you with all kinds of nonsense, but if you are prepared for the attack with God's Word, you will stand strong. After breaking the fast, employ the wisdom and self control that you gained during the fast and refuse to accept your former behaviors.
View fasting as a response instead of a request. Don't use fasting as a way to try to get the results you want from your prayers. Adding fasting to your requests to God when you want to convince Him to answer your prayers in a certain way amounts to using fasting as a manipulative tool. Instead of fasting to try to get God to respond to you, fast to respond to God. When you notice God at work in a special way in your life, you can express your awe, gratitude, and love back to Him by fasting. In the process, you may experience God's presence on a deeper level. But fasting doesn't guarantee any particular results. Fasting is simply a natural, inevitable response of a person to a grievous sacred moment in life – a moment when focusing on the physical pleasures of eating pales in comparison to focusing on the spiritual reality you're encountering. Rather than fasting for what you can get from God, fast for what you can give to God. Fasting is simply a way of worshipping Him.
You'll probably lose weight on the Fast Diet because you'll consume significantly fewer calories than you normally would on two days of the week. If you actually stick with the plan, you'll steadily drop weight. And because the two fast days are nonconsecutive and allow for at least some eating, the diet authors have found that people don't typically binge and overeat on the nonfasting days.
Repent through fasting. Empathize with God's grief over your sins by fasting. Engage your entire person in repentance by using your body to turn away from self-indulgence and toward God. At church, schedule some times to fast with others for group repentance, just as you all sometimes gather to feast together in celebration (at church parties, potluck dinners, etc.). Express your personal repentance through fasting at times like during Lent and Holy Week, when God seems absent from your life, and when you realize your own complicity in society's moral wrongs.
Hoddy suggests trying a plan for two weeks and keeping a record of how you feel and what you eat. You can switch to another one if it's making you grumpy, or you can modify it; when Hoddy fasted, she split one meal into two smaller ones on fast days so she could have dinner with her husband. Or follow a plan partway, says Peterson. "Any form of fasting helps burn fat, and extending your overnight fast a little—say, eating dinner earlier—is an overall health benefit."
Physiologically, calorie restriction has been shown in animals to increase lifespan and improve tolerance to various metabolic stresses in the body. [4] Although the evidence for caloric restriction in animal studies is strong, there is less convincing evidence in human studies. Proponents of the diet believe that the stress of intermittent fasting causes an immune response that repairs cells and produces positive metabolic changes (reduction in triglycerides, LDL cholesterol, blood pressure, weight, fat mass, blood glucose). [3,5] An understandable concern of this diet is that followers will overeat on non-fasting days to compensate for calories lost during fasting. However, studies have not shown this to be true when compared with other weight loss methods. [5]
In particular, consider fasting together with your family, small group, or church. Do you share together in some special need for God's wisdom and guidance? Is there an unusual difficulty in the church, or society, for which you need God's intervention? Do you want to keep the second coming of Christ in view? Plead with special earnestness for God's help by linking arms with other believers to fast together.
With this information in hand, you should know exactly how to schedule meals when starting an intermittent fasting plan. And while it might seem complicated at first, once you get into the habit of fasting, it will feel like second nature and fit pretty seamlessly into your days. Just remember to always start slow and gradually work up to more advanced plans.
The struggle is real at times to not to eat especially since food is so much a part of my life. In the moments were I am craving a pizza or chips is when I have to pray and listen to gospel music. Then I begin praise and worship and the Lord strengthens me and revitalizes me. It will not be easy these 21 days but when you are totally dependent on God He will definitely bring you through.
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The Bridegroom Fast – This fast was initiated by the leaders of the International House of Prayer, and is observed on the first Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each month. Based on Matthew 9:15, its focus is intimacy with Christ, who is described in the Bible as the bridegroom of the Church. The fast is accompanied by services in Kansas City, which are freely accessible by webcast. It is observed largely in charismatic circles.
Fasting during religious festivals is also very common. Common examples are Maha Shivaratri (Most people conduct a strict fast on Maha Shivratri, not even consuming a drop of water ), or the nine days of Navratri (which occurs twice a year in the months of April and October/November during Vijayadashami just before Diwali, as per the Hindu calendar). Karwa Chauth is a form of fasting practised in some parts of India where married women undertake a fast for the well-being, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands. The fast is broken after the wife views the moon through a sieve. In the fifth month (Shravan Maas) of the Hindu calendar, many celebrate Shraavana. During this time some will fast on the day of the week that is reserved for worship of their chosen god(s), while others will fast during the entire month.[82]
Even with these results, one of the concerns with fasting is that people will binge on non-fast days. But the results of two months-long trials, published in 2018 in the journal Food Science & Nutrition, showed that dieters, specifically those following 5:2, didn't binge. "When you impose a two-day 70 percent calorie restriction, what they do on the natural days is eat about 25 percent less," says Harvie, one of the authors of the study and a co-developer of the 5:2 diet. "And that is why the diet is so effective."
A mere five years ago, skipping meals was a top diet taboo. Now it's the core of an increasingly popular (and increasingly research-backed) weight-loss approach. Intermittent fasting—periodically eating very little—is not only not bad for you, it may lower blood glucose levels and insulin resistance and reduce inflammation and cardiovascular risk. Why? How? Theories abound, but some experts believe fasting puts your cells under mild stress, just as exercise taxes your muscles and heart, ultimately strengthening them and making them more resistant to disease.
Pray before your fast. Pray, confessing every one of your sins, and inviting the Holy Spirit to lead your life. Let Jesus know you wish to know Him personally. Acknowledge that He lived without sin, died in our place, on the cross for our sins and rose 3 days later, freeing us from condemnation, and giving us His free gift of eternal life. Humble yourself to ask forgiveness from everyone you have hurt; ask forgiveness from God. Forgive those who have hurt you. You do not want to enter into a fast holding grudges, carrying envy, pride, anger or hurt. The enemy will try to use those things to distract you from your fast.
On first fast days, people often expect to feel really hungry. But thought you will be aware of eating less, you'll probably be surprised at how quickly any pangs pass, especially if you keep busy with work or other activities. On the first few fasts, some people report feeling the cold more, or experiencing headaches – both of these are common with all diets. Most people find it gets much easier after the first one of two fasts.
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Dr. Michael Mosley, the creator of The Fast Diet, believes that fasting can help with weight loss. For Dr. Mosley, the term fasting does not mean abstaining from all food, but rather limiting food intake and adapting simplified eating patterns to help you lose weight. Below are some of Dr. Mosley's recommendations for a safe fast as well as a few extra Oz-approved tips and tricks.
Second, fasting seems foreign to many of us simply because nobody talks about it that much. The reason for this is that nobody stands to make much money by telling you to not eat their products, not take their supplements, or not buy their goods. In other words, fasting isn't a very marketable topic and so you're not exposed to advertising and marketing on it very often. The result is that it seems somewhat extreme or strange, even though its really not.
As fasting has grown in popularity, scientists and nutritionists have developed different methods of the practice. Some, such as Allen, practice time-restricted feeding, like the 20:4 regimen. Some push the approach to 23:1, cramming all their eating into one hour of a 24-hour day. Other approaches space out fasting days throughout the week, such as the 5:2 method — two days of fasting over seven days. Some enthusiasts supplement their practice with dayslong fasts.
It requires less time (and potentially less money). Rather than having to prepare or purchase three to six meals a day, you only need to prepare two meals. Instead of stopping what you're doing six times a day to eat, you simply only have to stop to eat twice. Rather than having to do the dishes six times, you only have to do them twice. Rather than having to purchase six meals a day, you only need to purchase two.
Studies show that intermittent fasting accelerates weight loss. In a 2015 review pooling 40 different studies, participants shed on average 10 pounds in a 10-week period.[1] Another study found that obese adults following an "alternate day" intermittent fasting schedule (eating 25 percent of their daily calories on one day, and eating normally the following day) lost up to 13 pounds over 8 weeks.[2]
For charismatic Christians fasting is undertaken at what is described as the leading of God. Fasting is done in order to seek a closer intimacy with God, as well as an act of petition. Some take up a regular fast of one or two days each week as a spiritual observance. Members of holiness movements, such as those started by John Wesley and George Whitefield, often practice such regular fasts as part of their regimen.
Hi I just started OMAD or 24-HIIT fasting. But I found myself eating more calories than eating 3 meals a day, I used to eat around 1300cal per day but now around 1500cal. I wonder if I'll gain weight this way. I read some articles and they said if I start eating at dinner time, I should just eat the amount I usually eat for dinner like 500cal. I wonder if that is right.
One type of ketone flooding the brain is beta-hydroxybutyrate, or BHB. According to a paper published in February in Nature Reviews Neuroscience, BHB stimulates memory, learning and the cellular housekeeping process of autophagy in mice. BHB also triggers neurons, including those in the hippocampus, a memory center in the brain, to release what's called brain-derived neurotrophic factor, or BDNF, a protein that is important for learning, memory and improved mood. CR doesn't generate these levels of ketones because glucose stores are never empty.
The second one is more subtle: The body shifts into fat-burning mode when it doesn't get food for an extended period of time. That's because the body's first source of fuel is glycogen, and it only turns to burning body fat once that quickly available energy source is depleted. So when you fast for long enough, you drive down stores of glycogen and start burning fat tissue. "In people, we see a change in fasting glucose — it's lower — and abdominal fat is affected without much of an effect on the muscles," Longo explained.
Fasting sounds so simple, and yet the world, our flesh, and the devil conspire to introduce all sorts of complications that keep it from happening. In view of helping you start down the slow path to good fasting, here are six simple pieces of advice. These suggestions might seem pedantic, but the hope is that such basic counsel can serve those who are new at fasting or have never seriously tried it.
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When your empty stomach starts to growl and begins sending your brain every "feed me" signal it can, don't be content to let your mind dwell on the fact that you haven't eaten. If you make it through with an iron will that says no to your stomach, but doesn't turn your mind's eye elsewhere, it says more about your love for food than your love for God.
Body mass index, or BMI, uses height and weight to determine how healthy a person's weight is. (To calculate, multiply weight in pounds by 703, divide by height in inches, then divide again by height in inches.) Though it doesn't measure body fat, BMI has been shown to correlate closely with metabolic and disease risks. In general, health risks rise for people with BMIs of 30 and above or below 18.5.
The purpose of fasting is never explicitly stated in Scripture but its connection to penitence, mourning, and supplication suggests a self-denial that opens one to God and to the immaterial aspects of life. Inasmuch as food and drink typify life in the flesh and all its demands and satisfactions, their absence or rejection speaks to the reality of a higher dimension, one in which the things of the spirit predominate. The theology of fasting, then, is a theology of priorities in which believers are given the opportunity to express themselves in an undivided and intensive devotion to the Lord and to the concerns of the spiritual life.
^ Pfatteicher, Philip H. (1990). Commentary on the Lutheran Book of Worship: Lutheran Liturgy in Its Ecumenical Context. Augsburg Fortress Publishers. pp. 223–244, 260. ISBN 9780800603922. The Good Friday fast became the principal fast in the calendar, and even after the Reformation in Germany many Lutherans who observed no other fast scrupulously kept Good Friday with strict fasting.
The findings were clear: Fasting just five days per month improved people's health outcomes. The group that fasted lost weight (about 7 pounds on average), lost some body fat, lowered their blood pressure, and decreased their IGF-1, a genetic marker for diseases such as cancer. (Their total cholesterol, blood glucose, and triglycerides didn't budge.)
To conduct the study, researchers divided the 150 individuals into three groups: a control group that wasn't asked to change their diets; a group that followed the 5:2 diet; and a group that followed a more conventional diet of continuously restricting their calorie intake by 20 percent. During the first few months of the experiment, a nutritionist monitored the participants to make sure they adhered to the diets; the next few months saw the participants monitor their own diets.
Most of us have contemplated going on a diet. When we find a diet that appeals to us, it seems as if it will be a breeze to do. But when we get into the nitty gritty of it, it becomes tough. For example, I stay on a low–carb diet almost all the time. But if I think about going on a low–fat diet, it looks easy. I think about bagels, whole wheat bread and jelly, mashed potatoes, corn, bananas by the dozen, etc. — all of which sound appealing. But were I to embark on such a low–fat diet I would soon tire of it and wish I could have meat and eggs. So a diet is easy in contemplation, but not so easy in the long–term execution.
Intermittent fasting, unlike many other diets, is famously flexible in that you choose the days and hours during which you think it's best to fast. The two most common methods are the 16:8 strategy—where you eat whatever you want (within reason) for eight hours a day and then fast for the other 16—and the 5:2 method, where you eat normally five days a week and then keep your food intake to roughly 500-600 calories for the other two days. It's kind of a simplified-calories math problem that's supposed to prevent the yo-yo effect of weight loss and weight gain.
Well, most notably, it's a great way to get lean without going on a crazy diet or cutting your calories down to nothing. In fact, most of the time you'll try to keep your calories the same when you start intermittent fasting. (Most people eat bigger meals during a shorter time frame.) Additionally, intermittent fasting is a good way to keep muscle mass on while getting lean.
And there's more than anecdotal experience like Corbin's that fasting can help people lose weight. In a one-year study, 100 obese adults ages 18 to 64 were assigned to three groups. One group practiced alternate-day fasting, eating 75 percent fewer calories every other day; another group followed CR, with a 25 percent calorie restriction every day; the rest were in a control group. Compared with the control group, the fasters averaged 6 percent weight loss, and those assigned to CR averaged about 5 percent, according to the 2017 paper in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Some of this newly created fat is stored in the liver, but most of it is exported to other fat deposits in the body. While this is a more complicated process, there is no limit to the amount of fat that can be created. So, two complementary food energy storage systems exist in our bodies. One is easily accessible but with limited storage space (glycogen), and the other is more difficult to access but has unlimited storage space (body fat).
Carbs are only problematic when eaten excessively, beyond what your body requires. As long as you are eating low calories then carb intake will make very little difference in respect to fat loss. In other words, two diets of equal calories with varying levels of carb intake will result in the same level of fat loss. If you are still unsure then you can read this brilliant article by Lyle McDonald, Low Carbohydrate Diets Have No Metabolic Advantage. In addition, carbs in the main meal serve very important functions such as increasing leptin (improved satiety and metabolic rate), refilling depleted muscle glycogen stores and triggering the release of serotonin which will improve your quality of sleep and make you feel good.
The participants ended up eating 350 fewer calories a day compared to a control group just because they couldn't squeeze in their normal food intake between 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the prescribed eating window in the study, said Krista Varady, co-author and an associate professor of nutrition at the University of Illinois, Chicago, who has been studying fasting for 12 years.
Fasting during religious festivals is also very common. Common examples are Maha Shivaratri (Most people conduct a strict fast on Maha Shivratri, not even consuming a drop of water ), or the nine days of Navratri (which occurs twice a year in the months of April and October/November during Vijayadashami just before Diwali, as per the Hindu calendar). Karwa Chauth is a form of fasting practised in some parts of India where married women undertake a fast for the well-being, prosperity, and longevity of their husbands. The fast is broken after the wife views the moon through a sieve. In the fifth month (Shravan Maas) of the Hindu calendar, many celebrate Shraavana. During this time some will fast on the day of the week that is reserved for worship of their chosen god(s), while others will fast during the entire month.[82]


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November, Week 2
While shooting a scene for The Van, Robert De Niro is ticketed for driving his humvee between the crossing arms of the King Street intersection as a train approaches.
November, Week 3
Lombard Street reopens, and Mayor Jordan uses the "crookedest street in the world" as an opportunity to tell a crowd, "I never want it said that San Francisco has the crookedest government in America."
November, Week 4
A federal grand jury indicts an Oakland research physicist for allegedly accepting nearly $250,000 in federal grant money to develop a laser, after he had already stopped working on the project.
December, Week 1
After much debate, Stanford President Gerhard Casper kills a marketing plan that urges the use of words like "incomparable," "stunning," and "vibrant" to promote the university.
December, Week 2
As a house in Sea Cliff slides into a sinkhole created by a burst sewage line, Willie Brown wins the mayoral election runoff.
December, Week 3
An Exxon refinery in Benecia is slapped with a public nuisance violation after residents in Marin, Solano, and Contra Costa counties complain of a nauseating rotten-egg smell.
December, Week 4
Police Chief Tony Ribera is cleared of sexual harassment charges against Officer Joanne Welsh, and conveniently resigns Jan. 8.
By Jack Boulware


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Synergy Multi-Academy Trust is made up of schools, both secondary and primary, from north Norfolk. The Trust was initially established by Reepham High School and College in 2015. Our vision is simple; for all of our schools to work together to provide teaching and learning of the highest quality and for all of them to provide an exceptional range of educational experiences and opportunities.
Welcome from the Chairperson
I am delighted to welcome you to the website of the Synergy Multi Academy Trust.
Synergy is a new sponsor of academies and is based in north Norfolk. Our mission is simple. We seek to provide ordered, well-organised, happy and caring schools. We expect pupils to work hard and to be well taught. Our intention is for every young person to achieve to their potential.
We also understand that excellent examination results alone are not enough for a successful life. The prowess shown on the sports field, the contribution to musical events and work for the wider community are among many things that help turn out balanced citizens of good character. All schools in the Synergy Multi Academy Trust are committed to providing such a broad and rich experience alongside academic excellence.
Tony Williams
Chair of the Board of Synergy Multi Academy Trust


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by Matthew Sheahan
Barney & Blythe's Five-Ring Circus was in its second week of playing New York's Madison Square Garden and despite a few animal rights groups protesting outside and sometimes causing a scene, everything was running smoothly.
James O'Donnell was the security chief for the circus, and his small staff was augmented by that of the local venue. In this case, Madison Square Garden's security staff was formidable. There were also NYPD officers there, overtime pay at the expense of B&B.
"We're getting a report that one of the clowns exposed themselves and urinated on the floor in the upper mezzanine," came one of the radio calls.
O'Donnell snapped to and went into action. He told Garden security to search for the culprit. Then he notified the police, took one of his deputies and headed to the upper mezzanine. Something like this had to be dealt with quickly. He was fairly certain that unless one of the Bailey & Blythe clowns had some kind of medical emergency, it was not one of the circus' clowns. There were clowns that worked the crowds, but most didn't go that far away from the ring, since they had to be a short distance from the action at all times. Every one of the clowns passed a rigorous background check. On top of that, being a B&B Five-Ring clown was a rigorous selection process only available to the graduates of the top clown colleges, of which there were only three in the U.S. and one in Italy.
This was well into the first part of the show. On his way to the upper mezzanine, he got confirmation from the first ringmaster's assistant that none of the B&B clowns were missing. No one had called in sick; everyone had made every call and cue.
When he and his deputy got to the upper mezzanine, the urine was already cleaned up and the police were taking a statement from a man and a small girl. He spoke with one of his guards.
"They say a clown whipped it out and took a piss right here and then went out that exit there," said the guard. "I sent a few guys down to try to find him but I think he left pretty fast. One of the guys is outside now looking for him. That exit stairway only goes outside. He couldn't get back in from there."
"He could still be outside causing problems. Let's get a few more guys outside. I think NYPD is going to send out a description to their people soon," O'Donnell said.
"The clown pissed on me!" the victim was yelling. A large dark spot on the front of his pants was still spreading.
"I was scolding my daughter about how she was complaining about going to the bathroom, and the clown taps me on the shoulder and he pissed on me!" the man said, shaking with rage. "I yelled at him and he just zipped up and walked away, giving me a mean look. I ran back over here and I called for security."
"Did he menace your daughter in any way?" asked the officer.
"I'm sure she's in shock! This is not supposed to happen at this circus! He made it look like I pissed myself! I have to travel home like this! What kind of circus has clowns like this?!?"
"We're pretty sure it's an intruder and not one of the circus clowns," said the cop. "We're going to put out a bulletin and there is already security looking for him."
An all-points-bulletin went out for a middle-aged or elderly balding white male wearing clown makeup and glasses. The police sent some extra officers to find the suspect, but nothing came of the search. The police made a sketch of the suspect, including a version without makeup, based on the description given by the angry father.
Two weeks later, the Big Ring Circus was in the middle of its week-long stay in Scranton, Pennsylvania. A family of five was outside the tent in the midway area stocking up on snacks and souvenirs when the father spotted a clown off by himself juggling.
"Excuse me! Clown!" called the father. "Let's get three of those balloon sculptures over here!"
The clown appeared not to hear him, and continued juggling by himself, away from everyone else.
"Hey!" the father said again before letting out two sharp whistles to get the clowns attention. "You, the one juggling! We need some balloon sculptures over here!"
The clown continued to juggle.
"Come with me kids. This clown is going to make you some balloon animals." The father led his brood to the lonesome clown.
"Here we are! The clown here is going to make you some balloon animals. Won't that be fun?"
"Yay!!" sang his spoiled children.
"OK, let's have a dog and a couple of giraffes," said the father as he opened a box of popcorn and began stuffing its contents into his mouth. "And hurry up; we want to take our seats soon."
The clown stopped juggling and calmly put his juggling balls into one of his pockets and then slowly drew a balloon from another pocket. He began to stretch the balloon and then started blowing, making the balloon long and filled with air. He inflated the balloon until it was swollen with air and fragile with tension. Then he calmly clapped his hands together to destroy the balloon.
The loud POP jolted the group, the father's popcorn raining down on the clean-combed heads of his children. His wife dropped one of the sodas she was carrying.
"That's out of line!" the father scolded the clown. "I'm going to have a word with your supervisor if you don't make with those balloon animals."
A few seconds later, the clown was ready with the second full balloon to pop, and he calmly popped it and reached for another while the father vowed to tell the management and get the clown in trouble.
A few minutes later, security was on the spot where the clown had been, but found no trace of him, save the eyewitness accounts.
Grandpa the clown wears blue khaki pants pulled up to his chest, a striped casual shirt, dark or argyle socks and black orthopedic shoes. He has silver hair that is balding with a very bad and obvious comb-over. His makeup consists of a big grey circle around his mouth and cheeks, a red nose, red lips painted into a frown, and silver circles around the eyes marked with thick black lines denoting bags under the eyes. He wears small-framed glasses that look almost like bifocals. There were a few grainy security camera photographs of him and a sketch that was circulated among the security departments of the circuses, but no one had any information about him. Some suspected he was a disgruntled circus employee of some kind and a few of the older clowns maybe had a few ideas of people who left the business on bad terms, but no one knew much about Grandpa the Clown.
It was hours before Arthur Guard's Big Top Circus was set to begin and one of the trainers was frustrated with Old Jim, the circus' oldest and largest elephant. Old Jim was slow and confused, and should have been retired years ago, but the budget was tight and they couldn't afford a new elephant. The trainer, an angry and frustrated type with little patience, was taking the whip to Old Jim pretty good. The trainer laid into the pachyderm with gusto, cursing him the whole time. As the whip cracked, a clown appeared and was putting on large glove. The trainer continued laying into Old Jim, cracking the whip on his tired back.
"You damn dumb animal,"—crack—"Old and dumb as dirt!—crack—.
"You ain't seen nothing y—ump!
Without warning, the clown slammed the trainer in the face with a heaping handful of elephant dung. The trainer fell on his back, rolled over, and began coughing and vomiting. The clown continued on his way as if he were taking a casual stroll, peeling off the protective glove and letting it drop on the ground behind him.
After the video of the elephant dung incident was made public, news about Grandpa the Clown traveled far and wide. Grandpa became a folk hero and a holy grail among underground culture watchers. There were enough photos and eyewitness accounts of Grandpa to weed out the many imitators that sprung up over the years.
Eventually though, someone found him and approached him. They arrived outside of his home and knew his real name. Taken aback, he politely listened to them. They explained how he had become a cultural phenomenon and held immediate and possibly lucrative pop culture cache. They urged him to appear and embrace the public that so venerated him. They offered him a lot of money.
"Oh, my God! Guess what! The real Grandpa the Clown is coming out of retirement and doing a show at the Highline Deluxe Lounge!"
Tickets cost $100 and the Highline Deluxe Lounge was a well-furnished venue of decadence that allowed only those 21 years of age or older.
Tickets sold briskly and it was a packed house when Grandpa arrived. A professional crew had followed his instructions and installed all of his props, including a dozen very heavy barrels outfitted with lights and electronics stationed throughout the venue.
Grandpa steps on stage to thunderous applause. He juggles for a while, endures hecklers calling for him to commit acts of violence. He makes some balloon animals and hands them out to docent young women. The young women gesture and pose with their balloon animals, embracing and celebrating their own childishness.
Grandpa the Clown walks over to his suitcase and takes out a cell phone. He opens it with a flourish and, in big sweeping gestures, begins to press the number keys.
There is a flash of white light as an obliterating force overcomes the audience, which feels nothing. The show is over.
Giggles the Clown played by the rules and worked well. Clowning was very satisfying. The best part about the Big Ring Circus is that it paid well and it was a non-profit circus that did lots of charity events for children and visited sick children in the hospital. That was where the trouble began.
I kept coming back to one girl with leukemia. Meredith.
Meredith was seven years old. I was her favorite; she kept asking for me. I think it was the way I danced and didn't say much and made balloons. Too many of my colleagues tried to come on larger than life and not do what they normally do best. The horror of the situation there is such that it's tempting to mug and overact and try to get the big laughs soon. All that has its place, no doubt, but I knew what I was good at and it wasn't the big pratfalls, it was the consistent and subdued presence that made me likeable, at least to the right people.
Yes, I was her favorite, and I kept going back to see her. Things were looking good; you can see the healing power of laugher and smiling on the patients. Really, you can.
We were getting ready to go back to that hospital, when the ringmaster and the general manager called me into the office. I thought they wanted to talk to me about next season; I had submitted some good ideas for new routines.
"Meredith didn't make it, Earl. Sorry about that. Here's information about the family and services if you want it," the general manager told me. She was being nice; better to let me know ahead of time rather than to see an empty bed where my favorite patient used to be.
They warn you not to get too attached and wrapped up in what's happening to the kids and how some of them may not make it. I knew that. But once that hit me I couldn't go back. Nothing could be the way it was anymore. I lived a lie to her and my clowning did nothing but at the end make her feel betrayed and scared. I couldn't go back. I did away with Giggles. I quit. They let me go home that day and I never went back, not to get any of my things. I don't even remember if I sent them a letter or even answered their calls. I took odd jobs and found something where I could make a decent living and not need the clown or the circus game anymore. I don't want to live that way and bring happiness to the smug and undeserving faces that pack into the seats.
I bring a small taste of justice to the spoiled and the unworthy. I am a real friend to children because I refuse to smother their spirit with lies. Let them see that life is ugly, life is death. Let them see that there is not a smiling face around the corner waiting to make things feel better; those faces are false and their words are lies. I give them the truth: that their parents and teachers and clowns for hire are liars who are only going to betray them.
They will surely call me a monster. They watch children die and they smile and pretend it's OK. How am I the monster?
Let them see the face of real life, the face of anger and disappointment and things never going your way. I am a performer for the real world, bringing truth to those who need it the most, those that are paying for a disgusting fantasy away from life. I am the sudden reminder of real life, smeared with paint to mirror their own altered faces, giving them a taste of the ugliness they're paying to run away from.
Young people celebrate me and want to meet me, but they are just another version of what I rightfully despise. They are self-centered and delusional, riding for fun on a rotting world while horrors abound all around them. That I have rejected the blind, amoral existence that most of the world embraces has only made me a thing of sick entertainment for people.
I did what I did not because I thought I could change the world, but because my own sanity needed it. By striking out at the unjust I made peace with myself for the years I was a complacent accomplice to selling children the Big Pack of Lies.
This notoriety is not because people are interested in my work or take some satisfaction in the small measures of justice I managed to execute. The people today celebrate only themselves. They look to me as a gambler watches birds at a cockfight, or a cruel theater owner who makes minstrels bow and scrape. They laugh to let others hear them laugh, not because their hearts know real joy. They are the embodiment of our sick society anew.
My final act will be a violent lashing out at this culture of spoiled adult children. I will give them the performance this world deserves.


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Football's future looks bright
Carlmont High School has not been known for a highly successful football program. This year's varsity team had a lackluster season, finishing 1-9. However, this year's junior varsity team had a great season, becoming league champions and ending with a record of 8-2 overall and 6-0 in their league.
So what exactly made the team so good this year? The answer lies in hard work and dedication.
"(The junior varsity team has) non-stop commitment and goes hard in practice every day," said sophomore Shelby Rebholtz, a former player on the junior varsity team who was moved up to varsity in the middle of the season.
"I'm so proud of these guys, the coaches, everybody that dedicated their time, the parents, all the faculty, everyone that believed in us," said junior varsity head coach Rene George. "We couldn't have done it without everybody involved."
The junior varsity team conditioned and practiced all summer, and came into their season with a great start, winning their first two games and going on to be undefeated in league, which was more than good enough to be named Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) champions.
Their first game against Kings Academy was an astounding 64-0 success, but their second game against Gunn High School was somewhat difficult. "We went in a little cocky at Gunn," said junior varsity player Chris Jabs. The team fell behind for the majority of the game, but was able to rebound with a strong effort to win in the fourth quarter.
Two disappointing losses followed, but once the team started its official league games, it began a 6-win streak. "It felt great," said Boston Funk, starting quarterback for the junior varsity team. The team ended up becoming PAL champions as a result of their efforts. "They were successful because they had a good work ethic," said Jesse Gifford, a running back on the varsity team. "It will lead to great success in the future."
The junior varsity team also had a new approach to how they played.
"Defensively, we're very complex in what we do with our coverages, we brought a lot of pressure from our front four guys and kept our linebackers free so they can get out and make plays. Offensively, we're just a smashmouth team. We just get out, fire off quick, hurt everybody in our way, and just plow right through them," said George.
Students at the school were definitely excited to see their team do well this season. "I'll give them props for doing better than Carlmont usually does," said Brandon Magpayo, a Carlmont sophomore. Junior varsity had a disappointing season last year, with a record of 1-6. "The team had a rough year last year," said Funk.
With the junior varsity team feeding directly into the varsity team, many students believe that the talent in junior varsity will make for a better varsity team in coming years. Peter Brydon, a sophomore, said, "They'll actually have a chance at CCS when they're varsity."
For students like Samir Hede, this would make the football games more interesting. "I would watch more games if Varsity was better, because they pretty much suck right now," said Hede.
Coach George was very optimistic about the future of the Carlmont football program: "We turned the program around. Everything's looking up. It starts on the JV level, and then it goes up to the varsity level. We're gonna put Carlmont back on the map. We're here to stay."


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I'm Geoff Brown. I'm a native of metro Detroit and live with my wife, our two sons, and our four cats, two dogs, and several fish. My day is mostly occupied by the two sons, two dogs, four cats, and fish; once upon a time, I worked as a lawyer who handles appeals, primarily in the defense of doctors, lawyers, and other professionals being sued for malpractice.
This is mostly a forum for me to write about whatever happens to be on my mind. It is likely to be pretty random, and possibly pretty boring to anyone who isn't me (and possibly also to anyone who is me).
(Also, I'm not the comedian Geoff Brown (who's extremely funny, by the way)–that's this guy.)


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How to Insert Social Icons Into a Tumblr Blogby Andrea Ruiz
Many Tumblr themes automatically generate links to social media accounts and insert them into the main menu of your site. However, if you want to include a row of custom icons linking to your social media accounts, you can upload them to a Web host, and then insert HTML code into your theme's Description box, embedding the icons into your blog's layout and linking them to your social media profiles.
Inserting Icons Into Tumblr
First, upload all of your icons to a Web host that allows external linking. You can upload them to a third-party Web host account, or you can upload them into a Tumblr post. Right-click and copy the URLs of each icon to your clipboard. From your dashboard, select the blog into whose layout you want to insert the icons, and then click the "Customize" tab. In the Description box, enter the following code for each icon:

Replace "social-media-link" with the URL to your social media profile, and "image-link" with the corresponding URL to your hosted icon. Tumblr displays a preview of your edits in the main panel. Click the "Save" button to make the changes permanent.
Photo Credits
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India special olympics medal tally
India are winning big at the ongoing Special Olympics World Games 2019 taking place in Abu Dhabi, with the country's medal tally reaching 233 on Tuesday. The tournament that started on March 14 will go on till March 21.
The Indian athletes have been performing exceptionally across sports – athletics, aquatics, cycling, judo, powerlifting, table tennis, roller skating, badminton, basketball traditional, handball traditional and football 7-side female.
Participating in 14 out of 24 sports, India have so far won a whopping 233 medals including 60 gold, 83 silver and 90 bronze. This is India's ninth appearance at the Special Olympics World Games, which takes place every two years with the vision of treating all athletes equally.
Different from Paralympics, the Special Olympics event involves participants with not just physical, but intellectual disabilities. Around 7500 special athletes from around 200 countries are participating in the ongoing World Games taking place at the Zayed Stadium.
#SpecialOlympics: Award ceremony for Swimming 👇
Latest Medal Tally for #TeamBharat at #SpecialOlympicsWorldGames 2019.
Gold 🥇 – 44
Silver 🥈 – 54
Bronze 🥉 – 68
Total = 166 pic.twitter.com/5P2LhCyQUr
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) 17 March 2019
India bagged 49 medals in roller skating at the Abu Dhabi Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). The highest number of gold medals have also come from the sport, with India winning 13 gold, 20 silver and 16 bronze.
A strong contingent of 378 athletes is representing India at the Special Olympics including 289 players and 73 coaches. On Sunday, teenager Jitendra Pawal beat poverty to win gold in 200m race in his division at the Dubai Police Stadium. In Judo, Sonu Kumar from Rohtak, Haryana won the gold medal by winning all three bouts. Muskan bagged a silver each in squat and bench press. She also won a gold in deadlifting.


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Leading Scottish journalist Iain MacWhirter has written an odd piece on Comment is Free. He is critical of the police even investigating the TommY Sheridan defamation case, echoing the views of AListair Bonnington in his BBC website article last year.
MacWhirter writes,
"Perjury investigations are very rare even in criminal cases in Scotland, and it is unheard of for such an investigation to follow a defamation action. "
He also states,
"However, there is something perverse, surely, in the police devoting such time and money to pursuing a litigant in a civil action 18 months after the jury had made its decision. Whatever you think of the perma-tanned Tommy Sheridan and his eccentric politics – his radio signature tune is "I'm the King of the Swingers" – this is surely using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. "
Well, Mr MacWhirter to explain why it matters. Originally the police were asked by Lord Turnbull to look at the evidence presented because the evidence of Sheridan was diametrically opposed to that of the other attendees at an SSP executive committee meeting. Lord Turnbull indicated that one lot was lying. Judges don't like being lied to. Not when the motive is either to make money, or to destroy someone's career (the two competing motives in the case). The police investigated, and obviously their investigations (including interviewing the staff of the club in Manchester, tracking the mobile phone records and the like) suggested they had evidence that one of the parties was lying. If that party is the pursuer in the action then this opens up a whole new element. Ordinarily in the law if you attempt to obtain money by deception this is usually viewed as fraud. Attempting to obtain £200,000 by deception (which appears to be the crux of the allegation which underlies the charge of perjury) is usually viewed as being pretty serious, Mr MacWhirter. you can get the gaol for that. For years. Now, using the court to do so upsets the judges (rightly) and impacts on the integrity of the legal system. That's why it matters Mr MacWhirter. This is no witch hunt, no anti-left wing conspiracy. It's about a system reacting against its being manipulated by someone that it is alleged was out for financial gain at the expense of the truth. Now, some – like Mr MacWhirter – might think a potential £200,000 fraud isn't important. I, and obviously Lothian and Borders police, disagree.
Let the case go to court then and let a jury decide.